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IAF trainer crashes near Tambaram, pilots safe A trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed this morning near Urapakkam on the outskirts of the city this morning. The two pilots ejected to safety and have been taken to a nearby hospital. The aircraft, a Kiran MK II from the IAF station at Tam...

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$1-bn basic trainer deal stuck as IAF awaits nod Indian Express The US$ 1 billion deal to purchase a new fleet of basic trainer aircraft is stuck with the Air Force failing to get approval from the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to sign the contract despite making the choice more than eight mo...

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$1-bn basic trainer deal stuck as IAF awaits nod Indian Express The US$ 1 billion deal to purchase a new fleet of basic trainer aircraft is stuck with the Air Force failing to get approval from the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to sign the contract despite making the choice more than eight mo...

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Talking about the Swiss competition, here's a twist.. French jet firm makes Swiss new offer: report GENEVA — French aircraft maker Dassault has made a new offer to Switzerland for its Rafale fighter jets after the government decided in November to buy Sweden's Gripen planes instead, a report said Su...

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Talks To Sell Typhoons to Oman and Saudi Arabia Continue.. Two years ago, the Omani deal seemed to have been agreed. Then-British prime minister Gordon Brown suggested as much in public, and an aircraft in final assembly at Warton was allocated to Oman. But a British industry source told AIN that O...

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Is The Eurofighter Upstaging The F-16 As The World’s Most Popular Fighter? Defenseworld Oman has become the latest addition in the Middle East to express its interest in acquiring the Eurofighter Typhoon. The Government of Oman has requested BAE Systems to submit a formal bid for the supply o...

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MMRCA decision imminent, CCS meet to discuss deal and army chief controversy The Hindu A meeting of the high-level Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) took place in the capital on Tuesday amid speculation that the date of birth (DoB) controversy involving Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. V.K. Singh ...

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BAE shrugs off spending slump BAE Systems is Britain's largest player in the industry - and a number of announcements over the next few weeks could be important for sentiment. One of these is a looming decision by India on a fighter- jet contract that is potentially worth about $10bn (£6.4bn). Inde...

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UK must build naval Typhoon The UK should cancel the purchase of the F-35C and invest in developing a naval variant of the Eurofighter Typhoon, the UK Independence Party (UKIP) has said. Lord Alexander Hesketh, UKIP's defence spokesman and former executive deputy chairman of Babcock International G...

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D-day 24th Jan?? Most immediately, the Typhoon and Rafale are the ‘last men standing’ in India, where an announcement of the winner of the IAF’s medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) requirement is tentatively expected on January 24. http://www.arabianaerospace.aero/bahrain-2012-fighter-contende...

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X-post US says it is open to work with India on missile shield TOI The offer was made by deputy assistant secretary of defence Robert Scher who said that the Indo-US defence ties were valuable and critical not only for the security and stability of the region, but globally. "We are really open ...

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US says it is open to work with India on missile shield TOI The offer was made by deputy assistant secretary of defence Robert Scher who said that the Indo-US defence ties were valuable and critical not only for the security and stability of the region, but globally. "We are really open to it....

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Some reports suggesing that the winner could be announced as early as this thursday this week, during the CCS meet (scheduled for thursday to finalise the deal for basic thrainers).

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Mega-defence deal decision by Jan-end The Pioneer Sources said here on Sunday the Government will announce the lowest bidder amongst the two in another ten days or so and then the price negotiations will commence followed by the final approval from the Cabinet Committee on Security chaired by the P...

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Decision on Multi Role Combat Aircraft in 10 days
Economic Times

The winner of the multi billion dollar deal to procure 126 combat planes for the Indian Air Force is expected to be announced in the next ten days..

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No decision yet for $11 bn India fighter jet deal Economic Times India has no timetable for the hotly awaited decision to award its $11 billion fighter jet deal, a defence ministry official said on Friday, and he denied reports that the government had contacted the constructors. "We don't know...

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And the rumor mills churning thick n fast..

Eurofighter Typhoon Wins Massive MMRCA Contract from India

GrandeStrategy sources suggest that the Eurofighter Typhoon may in fact be the winner of the long delayed Indian Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition

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Breaking news (or not).. EF Closes in on victory. Govt to soon close deal for fighter jets LiveMint New Delhi: The Eurofighter Typhoon may have emerged as the lowest bidder (L1) in the multi-billion dollar deal to procure 126 fighter jets for the Indian Air Force (IAF), according to people familiar ...

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Just MAYBE the Mirage and Mica deals were cleared just in time before the final announcement so the French won't have too much to complain when the contract is awarded to EADS...

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India Set To Unleash Raft Of A&D Deals
Aviation week

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India Set To Unleash Raft Of A&D Deals Aviation week The first month of the year is expected to bring perhaps the most anticipated decision in current contracting activity—the lowest bidder, and therefore prospective winner, of the Indian air force’s Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) co...

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The never ending story... India completes more air refueling trials NEW DELHI, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- India's air force has completed more trials of an EADS Airbus 330 and an Ilyushin 78 air-to-air refueling aircraft as part of its latest attempt to purchase six planes, likely for around $2 billion. The ca...

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UK, Italy, Germany, Spain pitch for Eurofighter Express India Days before the government is set to finalise the winner of the multi-billion dollar contract to purchase new generation fighters for the Air Force, four heads of governments from the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain have jointly pitched for...

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Govt to announce winner for 126-plus combat jets in 2012 DNA India Authoritative sources told India Strategic defence magazine (http://www.indiastrategic.in) that the process was nearing completion but there were volumes of paperwork and the complicated costs involving Transfer of Technology (ToT),...

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Rupee fall jacks up India's arms purchase bill Ajay Shukla - Business Standard Today, at about Rs 53 to the dollar, that $15 billion bid translates into Rs 79,500 crore. The two per cent cost of forex hedging is Rs 1,590 crore, taking the bill to Rs 81,090 crore, Rs 15,525 crore more than last Octo...

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US delivers last Super Hercules cargo plane this weekend

This aircraft, like its five predecessors, was delivered ahead of schedule and under budget, a Lockheed Martin official told IANS

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No boxing day announcement :( Decision on combat aircraft within fortnight Ajay Shukla The IAF has given a comparative evaluation and the ball is now in the MoD’s court. Once the winning bid is announced, the MoD will convene a ‘Contract Negotiation Committee’ to negotiate a final price. MoD sources...

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Lindsay Hoyle MP says Japan's BAE rejection a 'real blow' Lindsay Hoyle, the Labour MP for Chorley, said providing Eurofighter Typhoons to Japan would have helped save jobs at the BAE Systems ' plants at Warton and Samlesbury. "Once again we are seeing the North West being hardest hit; the imp...

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Rafale back on track UAE? UAE's Rafale deal is no mirage UAE has made no secret of the fact that it requires an aircraft significantly more advanced than the current Rafale versions in service with the Armée de l’Air. It specifies a longer-range active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar with ...

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....and its official....

Japan selects troubled F-35 as new fighter jet

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Winner on boxing day?

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/winn ... 64683.html

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Eurofighter combat jet: awaiting the outcome of the Indian and Japanese tenders Another exciting event caused by New Delhi following a tender launched for military aircraft to be allocated to the Indian armed forces. In this case, apart from the Typhoon, the French Rafale of Dassault is competing; ...

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No need for alarm over crash-Air-marshal bhushan gokhale

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France hopeful on Rafale, not giving up aviation-PM PARIS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - France still hopes to find a buyer for its Rafale fighter jets and has no intention of giving up on its aviation industry because of difficulties selling the aircraft abroad, Prime Minister Francois Fillon said on Monday....

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MMRCA procurement at contract negotiations stage: Antony Msn News New Delhi, Dec 12 (PTI) The final cost of procurement of 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (M-MRCA) for the Indian Air Force would be known after completion of negotiations and finalisation of the contract, the government told th...

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India may cancel fighter competetion AviationWeek LANGKAWI, Malaysia — Victor Komardin, the deputy director of Russia’s arms export agency Rosoboronexport, contends that the two short-listed candidates for India’s Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition have effectively ruled themselve...

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'Combat aircraft contest not over' Ajay Shukla - Business Standard India’s has decided differently, short-listing the Typhoon and Rafale over the Gripen NG in New Delhi’s ongoing selection of 126 medium, multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA). But, visiting Linkoping, Business Standard sees little desp...

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Gripen is an interesting option for countries that seek an asset providing basic multi-role fighter capabilities to defend their air space and territory, but who cannot or do not want to invest in a more complex or advanced aircraft . Hence, in addition to the domestic market, the company has signe...

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Keeping tab on the political grapevine Flight of fancy? With air chief NAK Browne announcing that the winner of the Rs42,000 crore medium multi-role combat aircraft contract will be declared next month, the fight between the two contenders, Eurofighter and Rafale, has got serious. Both are offering...

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Eurofighter, Rafle extend dogfight from India to UAE to win commercial tender Economic Times Sources here told this writer that informal discussions on selling the Mirage 2000-9s have been held "at the diplomatic level with India" but that there has been no interest from New Delhi. Detail...

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