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Equality Network, according to Russian military reported on May 23, the Indian government has decided to end within the year on the purchase of 126 medium multi-role fighter aircraft in international bidding activities.

“The Times of India” recently published news that the Indian government is currently at full speed to implement the time-consuming long program will be finalized in December with the winner to sign fighter aircraft procurement contract.

Analysts pointed out that the Indian government is attempting to play from December 2014 to obtain the first batch of new aircraft. It is reported that the first new mid-sized fighter squadron would be into the military in 2015. In addition, the first batch of 18 aircraft in addition to the foreign enterprises in charge of production, the rest 108 are assembled in India and China (the contractor for the Hindustan). It is from the Indian military sources, these new aircraft will be mainly deployed in the nearby Chinese border airport.

need to be reminded that, after media reports had said the Indian Air Force is also working to re-deploy its fleet of Su-30MKI fighters, which is deployed in key areas of the northwest border with China.

India plans to spend 100 billion dollars for the procurement of new medium-sized aircraft, to replace the existing fleet of older MiG fighters. However, competition entering the final stages of the relevant tender, only four European countries jointly developed the “Typhoon” and the French Dassault “Rafale” fighter. In July, the Indian side to determine the final price will be based on the winner. These new fighter procurement is expected to serve 40 years.

before India’s test drive of the six officers who were involved in bid fighter, more than 270 hours total flight time.

addition to participating in this bid and the Russian MiG-35 entered the final race of the “Typhoon” and “Rafale” fighter, there are the Swedish JAS-39, U.S. Lockheed Martin F ? -16IN and the Boeing F/A-18, but they were not favored by the Indian Air Force. It is reported that in the final stage of the competition process, “gust” and “Typhoon” will also receive several tests to decide the final winner.

According to information released by the Indian Air Force, F/A-18 was eliminated, because Boeing has refused to provide the Indian aircraft engine production technology. And Sweden’s JAS-39 is being phased out because of its on-board avionics performance did not meet. Russian-made MiG-35 combat performance, while very powerful, but its engine performance is a fatal weakness. In addition, F-16IN overall performance of the Indian Air Force has failed to meet the technical requirements for next-generation fighter aircraft.

Indian media have reported that the “gust” and “typhoon” was able to enter the final race, in large part by political factors. (Compass)

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