Sorry to post it again but I think it deserves a new heading.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=225993
At Last!!!! Things seem to be moving.
The phalcon for India is not the same as the one that China was supposedto receive or the ones the Israelis have is it? There was talk of Indian made modules and software- whatever that means!!!!!
Will the Hawk deal be signed and the Gorshkov deal be finalised now
India sign deal, IAF to get Phalcon plane
PTI[ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2003 02:33:06 PM ]
NEW DELHI: India on Friday concluded a major defence deal with Israel and Russia for manufacture of airborne early warning and control system (AWACS), Phalcon, for the Indian Air Force.
The deal to mount Israeli Phalcon surveillance radar on a Russian IL-76 platform was signed by Defence Secretary Ajay Prasad with officials from the two countries.
On behalf of the Israelis, Maj Gen (Retd) Yasi Ben Hanan initialed the deal and from the Russian side, it was signed by Denisov Alexander of Rosoboron Export.
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October 10, 2003 at 2:06 pm