tushar
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Yeah its true but i think if we could manage a somewhat similar deal with french it would be far more superior for us....but in a reguler bidding Rafale has a higher chance of winning as EF is more expensive on intial cost as well as maintanence cost , adding to a higher life cycle cost....but if the cost negotiating commete takes the equity swap amount into account on partnership offer from EF ,then the EF will became the L1 bidder...
Rafale cost way too less than EF
We don't have to spend too much on infrastructure and training of ground crew and maintenance...
The above two points will definitely reduce the operating cost....
PLus ToT and source code availability technically place Rafale way ahead of typhoon...
Now with both its sure that we will something around 5 billion$ return in the form of offsets....but the advantage with EF is that our companies will continue to produce those components even for future tenders of EF while in case of Rafale our companies will produce components for our deal only...
Now its true that our companies will definitely benefit through EF deal for long term but its a huge gamble as due to high cost further sale of EF is in dark...what if EF couldn't bag any more deal after MMRCA ??
On the other hand we can use this option to bargain with France although France has already said that this won't just be buyer seller deal...lets hope we could get similar deal with rafale because if selected in MMRCA,Rafale will definitely make through Brazilian tender....
Dassault has already said that they will help in whatever way India wants them to help when RFI was issued last year for UCAV but our government will have to approach...but yeah we can't be part of Neuron project but we can purchase them...More importantly could be a team up with Dassault for AURA UCAV, which dramatically would boost our UAV developments as well.