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[SpArK]

MMRCA commercial bids to be out after the DAC meeting of Oct 7th

 

[POPS]

MMRCA commercial bids to be out after the DAC meeting of Oct 7th

Really sir hope its not a false alarm this time

 

[sancho]

Interesting, these developments are very much India-centric- BAE HAWK now made in India, job cuts to reduce price of EFT to make it more competitive with Rafele for MMRCA.

Just shows how desperate they are, it must be a slap in the face of their own workers! However, the reduction of the production rate is aslo confirming, that the partners don't plan with a follow order of T3Bs anymore and will cancel the orders, just like Italy did already. It's either India or Japan, or no future for the EF at all!

 

[SpArK]

Really sir hope its not a false alarm this time

I never give any.

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Also among the issues to be discussed at the DAC meeting scheduled for October 7, the effect of falling value of the rupee on the deal, price optimisation and offset proposals made .

 

[jha]

Lets hope the bids expire...

 

[sancho]

Lets hope the bids expire...

I'm afraid not even that would help any of those fighters you supported mate.

 

[WHITESMOKE]

Lets hope the bids expire...

Jha ji... you always hope this i know

 

[SpArK]

Brazil in 'Urgent' Need Of Fighter Jets: Minister - Defense News

Swap our minister with that guy..

 

[angeldemon_007]

^^^
But Brazil has already said that they won't be purchasing this year.

 

[jha]

Meet on MMRCA deal on Oct 7

The future of India’s contract for 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) hinges on the decisions that would be taken at the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) meeting to be held on on October 7.
An officer told FE on condition of anonymity: “At the DAC meeting, the offset proposals of the two shortlisted contenders will be discussed. Depending on the decisions taken and relaxations made in the proposal concerned, the commercial bids for the $10.4-billion deal will be opened on October 10.”
Also among the issues to be discussed at the DAC would be the effect of falling value of the rupee on the deal, and price optimisation. If the deal has to be executed this year, with the falling rupee, there could be a considerable cost escalation even at current prices.

 

[Birbal]

^^^
But Brazil has already said that they won't be purchasing this year.

Yeah Brazil has been even slower in its acquisition than India, though that's more due to the government rather than the MoD.

 

[angeldemon_007]

^^^
MOD is actually government and FYI the present President Dilma Rousseff was actually defence minister before the present one. So everyone are the same, nobody is stopping anyone. The thing is Brazil don't really need fighter jets immediately so the government is thinking of defence cut so as to cope up with economic slowdown.

 

[SpArK]

MMRCA Final Meet Friday, Bids Open Month-end

IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Norman Browne today said the two final commercial bids in the Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) -- from Dassault for the Rafale and EADS for the Typhoon -- will be opened by the end of this month. On October 7, the MoD's Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) will hold a final meeting on the programme, and, according to the IAF chief, "sort out any final issues before the bids are opened".

Livefist: MMRCA Final Meet Friday, Bids Open Month-end

 

[SpArK]

Great video on the hornets..

Wings of change for F/A-18, EA-18G programs (Video)

 

[sancho]

Brazil in 'Urgent' Need Of Fighter Jets: Minister - Defense News

Swap our minister with that guy..

No thanks! Brazilian officials, be it their presidents, def mins, or even from their air force openly stated their opinons and preferences for certain contenders, which actually is bad for negotiations and very unprofessional imo. Compare that to MMRCA and the behaviours of GoI, MoD, or IAF! Most of what we heared was speculations by the media and all official statements were very general to not give away any much of the important stuff (except the 2 issues with bribes at Aero India and that some docs got leaked). That's why we still don't know anything about the speculated disqualification of Rafale, or what the offer of the French really inclueds unlike in Brazil, or even Switzerland. So although we have a bad reputation in India and the world about bribes, difficult bureaucracy and uncertain delays, one have to say, MoD and IAF still did a good job in MMRCA, especially compared to their Brazilian counterparts.