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Tough bargaining ahead for India’s MMRCA winner
October 22, 2011 @ 12:00 AMThe two finalists in India’s Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) aircraft deal, Eurofighter and Dassault, will have to be prepared for tough bargaining at the price negotiation stage as a rise in the value of the Euro Vs the Indian currency has pushed up the Rupee value of their bid by an estimated 15% in the last one year. Following the acceptance of the offsets proposals of the two bidders a fortnight ago, the only remaining formality is the opening of the envelopes containing the commercial bids and announcing the lowest bidder which will walk
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Indian Coast Guard’s Helicopter Lease Procurement Gets Underway
September 13, 2011 @ 12:00 AMThe Indian Coast Guard (ICG)’s program to lease helicopters has got off the ground with Sikorsky, OSS Air and Indocopter submitting bids by the close of bid submission date. The ICG had invited bids at the beginning of this year to quickly induct the helicopters for transport and surveillance duties
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Russian Fifth Generation Fighter Breaks Cover at MAKS 2011
August 17, 2011 @ 12:00 AMMoscow, August 17: Watched by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the Russian fifth generation fighter aircraft, designated PAK-FA, also called the Sukhoi T-50 broke cover over Moscow’s skies at the MAKS 2011 show today. India is partnering the Russian company United Aircraft Corp
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Mirage 2000 Upgrade Offsets Deal to Benefit India’s Tata Group
July 13, 2011 @ 12:00 AMFrench companies, Dassault, Thales and MBDA which have together won a US$2.4 billion Indian Mirage 2000 upgrade deal will have to plough back 30% of the contract value as offsets into Indian companies
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India’s 197 Light Utility Helicopter Contract Process Extended
July 4, 2011 @ 12:00 AMContenders for India’s 197 light utility helicopter tender have been requested an year’s extension to complete the acquisition process. The commercial bids of the two finalists, Eurocopter and Russian Helicopters had expired in mid-June under India’s two year time limit for procurement bids
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Eurofighter, Dassault Submit Revised Offset Bids, Indian MMRCA Contest Enters Final Round
June 23, 2011 @ 12:00 AMEurofighter and Dassault, the two shortlisted bidders in India's MMRCA fighter tender submitted revised offset bids on June 17 signaling the start of the final round of evaluation at the end of which one of the bidders will walk away with the $10 billion tender to equip the Indian Air Force (IAF) with 126 (plus 66 options)Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA). A source from one of the bidders told Defenseworld
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First public flight of Indo-Russian fifth generation fighter in August
June 22, 2011 @ 12:00 AMThe T-50 fifth generation fighter ( Russian designated PAK-FA), being developed by Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation(UAC) with India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited(HAL) as an active partner, is expected to make its first public flight at the Moscow Air Show (MAKS) in August 2011. However, the aircraft will not be available for closer examination in the static display area, Russian sources told Defensewold
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AVI-OIL open to partnering international companies in Indian offset obligations discharge: Paris...
June 18, 2011 @ 12:00 AMAVI Oil India Pvt. Ltd
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Commercial bids validity expires for India’s 197 light utility helicopter tender
June 18, 2011 @ 12:00 AMThe validity of the bids for the Indian defence forces’ tender for 197 light utility and attack helicopters expired this week and there is no word if the two bidders, Eurocopter and Kamov will be called to extend or put in fresh bids for the long delayed contract. Earlier, AgustaWestland was disqualified from the tender on grounds that its helicopter did not meet important conditions in the RFP
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Pilateus forges ahead in India’s $1Bn trainer aircraft contract: reports
June 13, 2011 @ 12:00 AMThe Pilateus PCT has reportedly forged ahead in the Indian Air Force (IAF) competition to buy a new basic trainer aircraft. Two others, the Korean Aerospace KT-1 and the Hawker-Beechcraft T-6C Texan-II make up the final short list of three out of the six aircraft which participated in the flight trials last year
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