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Indian Air Force: Rafale Fighter Jets Back in Contention for USD 10 billion Deal

2009-05-26 French Dassault Aviation SA (AM.FR) is likely to rejoin the race with five other global firms competing for the deal, AFP quoted MoD officials.

According to several News Agencies, Dassault which is offering the Rafale fighter aircraft failed to meet the required qualitative parameters listed in the Request for Proposal issued in 2007 for the aircraft manufacturers. The company, consequently, was excluded from continuing in the contest for the $10 billion (€7,6 billion) IAF deal.

"Dassault Aviation has been cleared to put up its Rafale fighter jet for field trials," the official said, further stating that the government has release this approval last week. In such a case, the Rafele would participate in the field trials expected to start soon, together with the other five bidders, consisting of Boeing’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Saab’s Gripen NG, Eurofighter’s Typhoon, Lockheed Martin’s F-16, and Russian Mikoyan’s MiG-35.

Dassault is one of six contenders for one of the biggest fighter aircraft deals since the early 1990s, the Indian Air Force’s medium multirole combat aircraft (MRCS/MMRCA) requirement covering 126 fighter jets.

"Dassault was dropped as it did not meet user requirements but the decision to re-induct it into the bidding was taken after the company offered the missing answers," the non-named official told AFP.

The official also said that the new government will have the final call in this issue, which is expected for later this week.

Under the conditions of IAF’s RFP, 18 of the jet fighters would be bought off the shelf and the remaining 108 will be manufactured by the public sector Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd through licensed transfer of technology. The RFP implies that the first aircraft is supplied within 36 months of the contract’s signing and the 18th aircraft within 48 months. The 19th aircraft, the first to be assembled in India, will come within 54 months. Thereafter, there will be an incremental increase with the last aircraft to be delivered by 2020.

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