MMRCA News and Discussion III

I think this is the third thread?

http://ptinews.com/news/204445_MMRCA-trials-to-begin-in-Bangalore-next-week

New Delhi, July 31 (PTI) India’s quest to buy 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) will shift gear when the flight trials of the six global contenders will begin in Bangalore next week with US major Boeing’s warplane F/A-18 being the first contender.

“F/A-18 will be the first contender to arrive in India for the trails that will begin in Bangalore next week,” top IAF officers said here today.

The US’ Lockheed Martin F-16s, French D’Assault’s Rafale, Swiss SAAB’s Gripen, European consortium EADS’ Eurofighter Typhoon and Russian MiG-35, the other five competitors for the USD 10-billion deal, will follow F/A-18, not necessarily in that order, for the first phase of the flight trials in India, they said.

After Bangalore, all contending aircraft will move to Leh for high altitude trials and to Jaisalmer for summer trials.

I wonder if Brazils decision in the near future will have any impact on what India decides to go for? Probably not?

Also note that Saab is now Swiss and not Swedish 🙂

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