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NEW DELHI: The defence ministry has decided to remain firm on having Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) as the lead integrator for producing 108
medium multirole combat aircraft (MMRCA) in the country, virtually turning down French firm
Dassault Aviations plea to play a bigger role in
the multi-billion dollar project. The ministrys stand in this regard has come after
French firm Dassault, which has bagged the IAF
deal for supplying 126 MMRCA, asked it to define
the role of HAL in the project. As per the tender, first 18 of the 126 aircraft are
to be supplied by Rafale from its facilities and the
rest 108 are to be license produced and
integrated by the HAL at its facilities here. If any company other than HAL is designated as
the integrator, it would be deviation from the
tender issued for the project and as per the defence procurement procedure, it will have to be approved by the defence acquisition council, defence ministry sources said. In view of this, the ministry has decided that it
will stick to the clauses of the tender issued in
2007, they said. The ministry is expected to convey its decision
on the issue to the company during the
negotiations on the deal beginning next week. The French company had told the ministry that if
it is given the overall responsibility for the
project, it should be given the freedom to decide
on the proportion of work to be done by HAL
and private companies in the programme If the government had given a major role to the
French firm in producing the aircraft in the
country, it would have assigned a major share of
work to an Indian defence company. Soon after Dassault was declared as the lowest
bidder for the MMRCA deal piping EADs
Eurofighter, it signed a MoU with a Reliance
Industries Ltd. company for working together in
the security sector. It is currently negotiating the deal with the
defence ministry and the IAF.
http://www.timesofindia.com/india/MMRCA-project-Govt-firm-on-HAL-as-lead-integrator/articleshow/17874385.cms
medium multirole combat aircraft (MMRCA) in the country, virtually turning down French firm
Dassault Aviations plea to play a bigger role in
the multi-billion dollar project. The ministrys stand in this regard has come after
French firm Dassault, which has bagged the IAF
deal for supplying 126 MMRCA, asked it to define
the role of HAL in the project. As per the tender, first 18 of the 126 aircraft are
to be supplied by Rafale from its facilities and the
rest 108 are to be license produced and
integrated by the HAL at its facilities here. If any company other than HAL is designated as
the integrator, it would be deviation from the
tender issued for the project and as per the defence procurement procedure, it will have to be approved by the defence acquisition council, defence ministry sources said. In view of this, the ministry has decided that it
will stick to the clauses of the tender issued in
2007, they said. The ministry is expected to convey its decision
on the issue to the company during the
negotiations on the deal beginning next week. The French company had told the ministry that if
it is given the overall responsibility for the
project, it should be given the freedom to decide
on the proportion of work to be done by HAL
and private companies in the programme If the government had given a major role to the
French firm in producing the aircraft in the
country, it would have assigned a major share of
work to an Indian defence company. Soon after Dassault was declared as the lowest
bidder for the MMRCA deal piping EADs
Eurofighter, it signed a MoU with a Reliance
Industries Ltd. company for working together in
the security sector. It is currently negotiating the deal with the
defence ministry and the IAF.
http://www.timesofindia.com/india/MMRCA-project-Govt-firm-on-HAL-as-lead-integrator/articleshow/17874385.cms
