This is why India can't buy new fighters after more then five years everything has to be so difficult. I understand why the French closed the Mirage 2000 production line down on them. Maybe they want somebody to come over and fly the aircraft for them too.
I hope the mighty HAL Industry can keep what they have flying for a long time.
Talk about shooting one self in the foot you could make a comedy out of this.
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NEW DELHI — Technology transfer will not count toward the offset requirement in bids for India’s $10 billion Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft (MMRCA), Indian Defence Ministry officials have decided.
Potential bidders learned of this new twist in an Oct. 30 meeting with ministry officials. The deadline for offset proposals has been extended until June, although technical bids are still due in March, a senior ministry official said.
The change will force bidders to recalculate their offers and increase the cost to the Indian Air Force, said one senior executive of a foreign aircraft firm. “The transfer of technology alone could add up to 60 percent of the total cost of the aircraft,” the executive said.
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http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=3181327&C=airwar
Talk about shooting one self in the foot you could make a comedy out of this.
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NEW DELHI — Technology transfer will not count toward the offset requirement in bids for India’s $10 billion Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft (MMRCA), Indian Defence Ministry officials have decided.
Potential bidders learned of this new twist in an Oct. 30 meeting with ministry officials. The deadline for offset proposals has been extended until June, although technical bids are still due in March, a senior ministry official said.
The change will force bidders to recalculate their offers and increase the cost to the Indian Air Force, said one senior executive of a foreign aircraft firm. “The transfer of technology alone could add up to 60 percent of the total cost of the aircraft,” the executive said.
Link to story
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=3181327&C=airwar
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