India Offered Eurofighter Blueprint in Contract Bid, London-based Sunday Times Says

[Veeru]

India Offered Eurofighter Blueprint in Contract Bid, London-based Sunday Times Says

By Thomas Biesheuvel

The Eurofighter Typhoon consortium will offer India the technical blueprint of the jet in a bid to land a 7 billion pound ($11 billion) contract to supply 126 aircraft to the country’s air force, the London-based Sunday Times reported.

U.K. Defense Secretary Liam Fox will visit India this week to bolster the bid, the newspaper said.

India Offered Eurofighter Blueprint in Contract Bid, Times Says - Bloomberg

 

[justanobserver]

The 'Blueprint' ? What does it mean ? Something like full ToT (not gonna happen imo) ?

 

[Jade]

Typhoon is the best...and an independent choice

 

[sudhir007]

i think they dispratly needed money. that is why first they offer us partnership own blueprint of the machine.

 

[gowthamraj]

Rafale also offers the same

 

[Veeru]

Britain to discuss Eurofighter bid for IAF deal

London: The Eurofighter Typhoon consortium is to offer India the technological blueprint of its jets in a bid to secure a whopping 7.1-billion-pound contract to sell 126 combat aircraft to the Indian Air Force.

Britain's Defence Secretary Liam Fox will take up the issue with Indian authorities in Delhi in the next couple of days during his visit there.

According to 'The Sunday Times', Fox's meetings with Defence Minister AK Antony tomorrow and on Tuesday will mark another chapter in the intense lobbying of the Indian government for the 7.1 billion-pound contract.

Fox's visit, the first of a British defence secretary in six years, has been described as "pivotal" as the debate on the jet deal shifts from a technical to a more political phase.

The Typhoon received a boost in the race for the biggest defence deal in India's history after it was ranked in the top two of the Indian Air Force's technical trials of all six bidding aircraft, which included America's F-16 and F-18 and Sweden's Gripen, the paper said.

The report quoted Andrew Gallagher, chief executive of BAE Systems India, as saying that the deal being offered toIndia would bring New Delhi in as a full "fifth partner", including the transfer of full technical sovereignty, access to computer source codes and the objective of making the entire aircraft in Indian factories.

Fox will be followed over the next couple of months by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and French leader Nicolas Sarkozy.

They will be pushing Delhi to opt, respectively, for MiG-35 and Dassault Aviation's Rafale when the decision is made next year, the report said.

Fox`s India trip: Eurofighter bid for IAF deal to be discussed

 

[Ammyy]

I think EF is best choice


We have enough Russian jets
No need to take incomplete US jets. ( they not gonna provide all systems to us)

 

[SpArK]

Wont everybody who will win the contract gives the blue print??

Since it will be made here in HAL??

 

[Vajra_Yuddh]

Wow! Looks like Europeans are really desperate to get a breakthrough. They have my full support. Typhoon Tranche-3 multirole fighter for IAF!

 

[SpArK]

Sweden’s defence minister is expected in December, to prop up Swedish firm SAAB’s bid with its Gripen fighter aircraft. French President Nicholas Sarkozy and Russian President Dimitry Medvedev are also slated to visit India in the same month


OMG its gonna be a hell of a circus in December..

All the Santa Clauses are coming to India with their gift boxes during Christmas time

 

[jha]

Rafale also offers the same

Here comes a troll (RAFALE supporter in a EF thread )..

Every manufacturer will offer the blueprint since the aircrafts will be manufactured in India...
Nothing path breaking in this offer...

 

[Vimana1]

The more time that goes on the more they will offer just wait till French PM lands im sure he has something up his sleeve too thats the great thing about tenders you can really milk it!

 

[justanobserver]

OK, let me ask again. What does 'offering the blueprint mean' ??

 

[AMCA]

OK, let me ask again. What does 'offering the blueprint mean' ??

THIS

 

[shineonyoucrazydiamond]

Blueprint is more than just TOT.. Some crucial parts of the EF their source codes, all the minute details everything..