I googled and could not find any, infact the most information I have about the tender is that article. There is nothing in Force/India-Strategic or any other defense mags regarding it but for that one article.

sorry what on earth are you talking about ? the first link in a google search for : india heavy lift helicopter tender
note the source :rolleyes:
http://www.indiastrategic.in/topstories304.htm

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has released the much-awaited tenders for 22 combat and 15 heavy lift helicopters to US, European and Russian manufacturers.
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On Tuesday, the RfP for the Heavy Lift helicopters was released.

do not blame others for your inadequate computer skills.

Originally Posted by quadbike
How many articles, magazines have you published ?

a few, some on defence matters. obviously not under this name. 😀

anyway, you don’t get credibility by joining a media group, credibility is gained by a history of sensible reporting over a period of time. people who have that in India are T subramanium, P Chacko joseph, Col Shukla sans his PAKFA and JSF bias, Huma siddiqui and a couple of others. aroor is enthusiastic and much improved from his DDM avatar but he still makes some silly mistakes sometimes.

prasun has stolen articles from BR, bill sweetman and even now the man simply makes up news item after news item and has no shame even after all of them are found out to be copy paste jobs of unrelated reports.
some examples here :
https://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?p=1182729#p1182729
https://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?p=1182732#p1182732
article here http://trishul-trident.blogspot.com/2011/10/update-on-latest-iaf-mig-29-crash.html
copied almost word for word from
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Into+the+dark%3A+Night+flying+has+always+been+a+great+challenge.+The…-a082475621
farce’s editor gazala wahab had to be served legal copyright notice to prevent them from stealing BR photos. less said about their credibility the better.

You discredit Mr Aroor, Sengupta, Col Shukla all based on what ? Because you are a member of a fantasy nationalist forum called BR ?

sweety you still do not understand simple facts of life. appeals to authority or credibility by association are not valid methods of judging the worth of an author or his/her articles. I do not base anything on who I am but what I write.

lastly, this is the russian aviation forum, can we PLEASE get back to scheduled programming ? it would help immensely if you lay off prasun sengupta fanboyism for a while. :rolleyes:

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something I asked sometime back but got no reply. what is the status of the Mig UCAV called skat ? is there any indication of a second fighter type from russia, whether manned or unmanned ? a lighter 5th gen perhaps ?
lastly, what is the future of mig after the mig-29k’s and the few mig-35’s to RuAF are done ?

disprove it ? :rolleyes: just look at the gazillion of reports on the net on the heavy lift chopper tender.

force, also known as farce is hardly a reputed defence mag. who asked you to take my word for it ? I believe google is not blocked at your place ?

Sengupta while being a chor, is right about a lot of things.

a lot ? more like none.

I am getting you alright, just saying you are wrong. 😀

heavy lift helo for IAF is not for troop transport, flat terrain or not. if used for that it would be a bonus.
it’s for transfer of oversized cargo like light arty, 4X4 etc.

Or it could just be decided by brides once again.

It’s not because that officials claim out loud that they are not going to let bribes play a role that it won’t happen behind the curtains.

Nic

brides ? mail order ? :dev2:

once again ? after the bofors issue, Indian defence procurement, esp the larger ones have been quite clean. even then it was the politicians, not the officials who were bribed to change the decision.

is that the same as sura-k ? sorry, I always confuse the russian helmets.

the thing is IAF has been extremely dissatisfied with mi-26 uptimes, they have been hangar queens most of their lives. so much so that at no point of time has the full fleet been serviceable simultaneously. and this is not a force that is unfamiliar with mil bureau helos or doesn’t know the capability of the mi-26. (google sumdorong chu)

the current thinking is they are willing to sacrifice some of the capability if it means better uptimes.

dude, you have no understanding of bengal politics. that massive victory came on the back of massive rigged elections and bloody political violence, in the best traditions of communist politics. which is why EC arranged for unprecedented security and strict pre-poll policing this time.