Then the UPA government came, carrying the ghost of Bofors. Denel was blacklisted and the other two competitions reset, the first of a dozen such rounds of blacklisting/reset.:(

Ironic how they have been involved in the biggest corruption scandals so far including the common wealth games fiasco… the indian public has been desensitized to corruption over the rule of the UPA.

I take back my critic of the MMRCA competition if it goes through without a hitch, atleast its not the repeat of the arty purchase and to think all this time the OFB had been sitting on all the papers to make the 155guns! they didnt tell because they were probably going to get comission for buying new ones..they should be privatised!

Well back to the MMRCA hope it goes through… and i hope they choose gripen NG for the next batch of 60 aircraft
India was best served by George Fernandez in my opinion.

Well notice the MiG-35 was eliminated because its radar’s range wasn’t good enough (despite its nose), and the Gripen because it couldn’t offer enough guarantee for the AESA development.

So I really wonder when people will stop with a statement that is sounding every time more dull…

first time i have posted anything about this, and its more about wanting to know what the IAF was thinking, i mean for them they evaluated all of the aircraft and their radars, they did not find the Rafale wanting so i just want to know more.

I hope our good man Swamiji spare the Rafale & stop connecting its win to the Italian madam and start concentrating on this >$450million/unit scam tagging our Prime Minister’s Boss from Italy! :diablo:

Dont understand

So basically one has potential to be great but isnt yet because too many governments were involved and messing up the management of the projects. They needed india to be the additional partner and actually drive the upgrade…

The other had all the upgrade but was slightly inferior in one or other respect, developed by a single country and had all the things required now but needed India to stay alive.. Hope dassault realise the oppertunity here and not mess up.. I also wonder if the upgrade of the Miraage 2000’s has been over priced and lengthened to compensate for the lower bid made in the MMRCA!

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Its not only India, these seems to be a general trend in R&D where it is funded by government or local councils to be very academic in nature and not thinking of exploitation etc…

King fisher etc is a special case, they got rid of their low cost section try to go for the higher class market (like BA tried to do ) and are suffering for it… it was a critical and fundamental business error by the owners…

do you have any links that back up these claims?

i too would like to see the vid of dassalt board chuckling!

So the main priority is sustainability/affordability, and they trust the concept of close coupled canards

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16809532

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/31/us-india-defence-idUSTRE80U0A820120131

Now bring on the Silent Gripen as complement & top cover !!! :diablo:

Those 80 aircraft might go the Shornet or F16 way! remember it is Congress!