Sweden offer to collabrate with india for LCA

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Sweden offers to collaborate with India for production of LCA
SOURCE: PTI

Sweden on Wednesday offered to collaborate with India on production of light combat aircraft in the country as part of the ‘Make-in-India’ initiative as the two countries decided to scale up bilateral defence ties.

Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist held talks with his counterpart Manohar Parrikar here during which a range of issues were discussed.India and Sweden exchanged views on “rising scourge of terrorism” and agreed to cooperate in stemming it, Defence Ministry spokesperson Sitanshu Kar said.

He added that the two sides also discussed issues relating to participation of Swedish firms in defence manufacturing in India under the ‘Make-in-India’ initiative.

Both sides agreed to continue to explore opportunities for enhancing cooperation between the defence establishments of the two countries in mutually agreed areas, he added.

Hultqvist, sources said, talked about possible collaboration in manufacturing single engine light combat planes.

Hultqvist will visit the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Bharat Electronics Limited units in Bengaluru.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had in April said his government was in talks with Swedish defence company ‘Saab Group’ to set up a production unit in his state.

During his trip to that country, Fadnavis had tweeted a photo of himself in the cockpit of a Gripen and said “it was great to be at the aerospace and defence company Saab at Linkoping, Sweden. Promised a defence manufacturing policy in Maharashtra soon.”
Saab had offered JAS39 Gripen-E light fighter to India when the tender for Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft was announced.

The bid was finally won by French firm Dassault Aviation.

Gripen is said to be a far better version of India’s indigenous light combat aircraft Tejas which has been in the making for nearly 30 years.

Parrikar had said that Tejas would be replacement of aging MiG-21s.

DRDO had a few years back sought Saab’s help in the Mark II version of Tejas, which will eventually be inducted into the Air Force.

Saab is likely to insist on a government-to-government (G2G) deal if they step into assist India in developing and manufacturing a light fighter.

India and Sweden had on June 1 signed several agreements to boost ties and decided to restart the bilateral strategic dialogue besides finding ways for investment by the Nordic country in India’s defence sector under the ambitious ‘Make-in-India’ initiative.

 

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India should take this offer...this is a great opportunity to make LCA a world class platform.

 

[ZooZoo]

Do it, nothing bad in taking help...

Get LCA done...

 

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Sweden gains speed in Indian arms race as France falters
SOURCE : REUTERS

India and Sweden were in talks on Wednesday over a bigger role for Swedish firms in India’s defence manufacturing, including jet fighters worth billions of dollars, after a deal with French giant Dassault Aviation was scaled back.

Sweden’s Saab has clawed its way back into the race to equip the Indian Air Force’s ageing squadrons after Prime Minister Narendra Modi struck a pact to buy 36 French Rafale planes, instead of 126 originally planned, to cut costs.

Saab has offered to produce its single-engine Gripen plane locally under Modi’s “Make-in-India” programme, after an earlier version was passed over in favour of the French aircraft.

Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist held talks with Indian government leaders in New Delhi, and was due to meet his counterpart, Manohar Parrikar, later on Wednesday to resume defence supply talks after a gap of four years.


With India allowing up to 49 percent foreign participation in the defence sector, Sweden is looking at India as a manufacturing base, Navtej Sarna, Secretary (West) in the foreign ministry, said.

An Indian defence ministry official said the Swedes had shown interest in a range of military hardware, not just aircraft, including shipyards in India where the next generation of warships and submarines will be built for the navy.

“They are very keen to set up shop here,” the official said, asking not to be named in line with defence ministry policy.

Saab declined to comment on its offer of fighter planes, saying it would rather wait for India to spell out plans for any potential purchases.

Between 2010 to 2014, India was the world’s top arms buyer, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, importing three times more weapons than China to equip a military for a two-front war including Pakistan.

As well as France and Sweden, the United States has been active in India, and was one of the top three arms suppliers in recent years in a challenge to Russia’s traditional dominance.

But Modi has vowed to slash India’s dependence on arms imports, saying it weakened its strategic autonomy, and vowed to build a domestic industrial arms base.

FRENCH FALTER

One reason the Dassault deal faltered was that the French firm and state-run Indian partner Hindustan Aeronautics could not agree on terms under which 108 of the proposed 126 Rafale planes would be manufactured in India.

Saab India chairman Lars-Olof Lindgren told Indian military website StratPost last year that the firm had done the ground work to build the Gripen in India.

“We already have a Make in India plan for our aircraft,” said Lindgren, a former ambassador to India.

“We have all the designs for a factory … how it would look like and how the flow of products would work, and we have also prepared for sub-contractors being in the same area.”

India’s air force says its needs 42 squadrons to face the threat from nuclear rivals Pakistan and China, but because of years of delays and budget constraints, it is currently down to 34 squadrons, each of around 18 aircraft.

The main reason is that an indigenous light combat aircraft (LCA) meant to form the backbone of the air force is nowhere near completion, 32 years after it was proposed.

Saab has offered to help in the development of the newer version of the LCA, which the Modi government says remains the top long-term priority for the air force.

Defence Minister Parrikar told parliament in March that the LCA’s parameters were better than foreign competitors in terms of thrust and speed. The one aircraft that scored better was the Swedish Gripen, he said, although it costs much more.

“There is no way the government can ditch the LCA, it will be political suicide,” said retired air vice marshal Manmohan Bahadur. “They could, however, look for supporting it (from external sources), the avionics etc.”

 

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Sweden offers to collaborate with India for production of LCA
SOURCE: PTI

Sweden on Wednesday offered to collaborate with India on production of light combat aircraft in the country as part of the ‘Make-in-India’ initiative as the two countries decided to scale up bilateral defence ties.

Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist held talks with his counterpart Manohar Parrikar here during which a range of issues were discussed.India and Sweden exchanged views on “rising scourge of terrorism” and agreed to cooperate in stemming it, Defence Ministry spokesperson Sitanshu Kar said.

He added that the two sides also discussed issues relating to participation of Swedish firms in defence manufacturing in India under the ‘Make-in-India’ initiative.

Both sides agreed to continue to explore opportunities for enhancing cooperation between the defence establishments of the two countries in mutually agreed areas, he added.

Hultqvist, sources said, talked about possible collaboration in manufacturing single engine light combat planes.

Hultqvist will visit the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Bharat Electronics Limited units in Bengaluru.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had in April said his government was in talks with Swedish defence company ‘Saab Group’ to set up a production unit in his state.

During his trip to that country, Fadnavis had tweeted a photo of himself in the cockpit of a Gripen and said “it was great to be at the aerospace and defence company Saab at Linkoping, Sweden. Promised a defence manufacturing policy in Maharashtra soon.”
Saab had offered JAS39 Gripen-E light fighter to India when the tender for Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft was announced.

The bid was finally won by French firm Dassault Aviation.

Gripen is said to be a far better version of India’s indigenous light combat aircraft Tejas which has been in the making for nearly 30 years.

Parrikar had said that Tejas would be replacement of aging MiG-21s.

DRDO had a few years back sought Saab’s help in the Mark II version of Tejas, which will eventually be inducted into the Air Force.

Saab is likely to insist on a government-to-government (G2G) deal if they step into assist India in developing and manufacturing a light fighter.

India and Sweden had on June 1 signed several agreements to boost ties and decided to restart the bilateral strategic dialogue besides finding ways for investment by the Nordic country in India’s defence sector under the ambitious ‘Make-in-India’ initiative.

If this deal it true india should take it by all means

 

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Sweden offers to collaborate with India for production of LCA
SOURCE: PTI

Sweden on Wednesday offered to collaborate with India on production of light combat aircraft in the country as part of the ‘Make-in-India’ initiative as the two countries decided to scale up bilateral defence ties.

Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist held talks with his counterpart Manohar Parrikar here during which a range of issues were discussed.India and Sweden exchanged views on “rising scourge of terrorism” and agreed to cooperate in stemming it, Defence Ministry spokesperson Sitanshu Kar said.

He added that the two sides also discussed issues relating to participation of Swedish firms in defence manufacturing in India under the ‘Make-in-India’ initiative.

Both sides agreed to continue to explore opportunities for enhancing cooperation between the defence establishments of the two countries in mutually agreed areas, he added.

Hultqvist, sources said, talked about possible collaboration in manufacturing single engine light combat planes.

Hultqvist will visit the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Bharat Electronics Limited units in Bengaluru.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had in April said his government was in talks with Swedish defence company ‘Saab Group’ to set up a production unit in his state.

During his trip to that country, Fadnavis had tweeted a photo of himself in the cockpit of a Gripen and said “it was great to be at the aerospace and defence company Saab at Linkoping, Sweden. Promised a defence manufacturing policy in Maharashtra soon.”
Saab had offered JAS39 Gripen-E light fighter to India when the tender for Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft was announced.

The bid was finally won by French firm Dassault Aviation.

Gripen is said to be a far better version of India’s indigenous light combat aircraft Tejas which has been in the making for nearly 30 years.

Parrikar had said that Tejas would be replacement of aging MiG-21s.

DRDO had a few years back sought Saab’s help in the Mark II version of Tejas, which will eventually be inducted into the Air Force.

Saab is likely to insist on a government-to-government (G2G) deal if they step into assist India in developing and manufacturing a light fighter.

India and Sweden had on June 1 signed several agreements to boost ties and decided to restart the bilateral strategic dialogue besides finding ways for investment by the Nordic country in India’s defence sector under the ambitious ‘Make-in-India’ initiative.

Good we can learn advanced production methods from them

 

[Ankit Kumar 001]

Hi
I don't understand why we need a collaboration with SAAB to make LCA. What has it achived that we haven't?
Gripen's engine is American.
We are developing our own AESA.
We already have a good EW systems which we have used in Mig 29 UPG.
We already have a Naval varient of Tejas flying.


So what has SAAB achieved with Gripen that we haven't with Tejas.

If we really want a collaboration go for Dassault or BAE . Or simply buy out substancial share in Mikoyan Gurveich.

Cheers
Thanks

Good we can learn advanced production methods from them

Hi
I again repeat my post
What has SAAB done with Gripen that we haven't with Tejas. If we really need some production help get it from Boeing or Dassault.
Cheers
Thanks

 

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Privatize HAL immediately

 

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sighing and moaning......

 

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It will be best for us to collabrate with saab for tejas mk2. I hope if we redesign tejas airframe into gripen which is far more beautiful.Also it would led to speedy induction of mk2 .
And tejas / gripen is no replacement for rafale .both are of different class . So we can have best of both class although price of concern. But since its make in india and most of its avionics will be indian i hope its not more than twice costly than mk1

 

[Dash]

sighing and moaning......

for cocaine??

 

[halupridol]

So what has SAAB achieved with Gripen that we haven't with Tejas.

FOC

 

[Ankit Kumar 001]

It will be best for us to collabrate with saab for tejas mk2. I hope if we redesign tejas airframe into gripen which is far more beautiful.Also it would led to speedy induction of mk2 .
And tejas / gripen is no replacement for rafale .both are of different class . So we can have best of both class although price of concern. But since its make in india and most of its avionics will be indian i hope its not more than twice costly than mk1

Hi
Just wanted to know your opinion.
Which company is better.
Dassault or SAAB according to you.

Cheers
Thanks

FOC

Hi
Its obvious. They started work much before us.
By work I mean some serious work.

And what can they offer us in Tejas program.

Cheers
Thanks

 

[Dash]

Hi
I don't understand why we need a collaboration with SAAB to make LCA. What has it achived that we haven't?
Gripen's engine is American.
We are developing our own AESA.
We already have a good EW systems which we have used in Mig 29 UPG.
We already have a Naval varient of Tejas flying.


So what has SAAB achieved with Gripen that we haven't with Tejas.

If we really want a collaboration go for Dassault or BAE . Or simply buy out substancial share in Mikoyan Gurveich.

Cheers
Thanks



Hi
I again repeat my post
What has SAAB done with Gripen that we haven't with Tejas. If we really need some production help get it from Boeing or Dassault.
Cheers
Thanks

There is nothing substantial in this report. I agree with you, it doesn't offer any big advantage to tie up with SAAB

 

[Ankit Kumar 001]

There is nothing substantial in this report. I agree with you, it doesn't offer any big advantage to tie up with SAAB

It will only drain our resources and time.