sancho
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I Dont Think that it is Possible to receive fighters in 2013
You can Blame it on Antony
Had we opened the commercial Bids in April , after announcing the shortlist , then we probably would have received 6-8 Fighters in 2013
However as it stands today , If Rafale wins then we will start getting Fighters in 2014 and First sqd with 18 fighters will be operational in 2015
However if EF wins then we will have to wait till 2015 to receive first Batch coz Euro-fighter T3B that we have been offered would hit production in 2015 , and we will only get IT IN 2015 if other Partner nations allow us to receive EF T3B before them
The comercial bis expired in april, because of delays in the trials, that's why they had to be re-issued/extended till december again.
EF partners don't by T3Bs with AESA radar, they just buy lightly upgraded T3As and will upgrade them with AESA radar during the MLU. They want to sell us their initial T3B orders, that's why they was able to reduce the costs for EF, because they offered their own orders even with a loss, which is still better than paying the penality for cancelling them.