Fresh from three weeks of gruelling drills that involved all operational commands, the Air Force says it's ready for a two-front war (the brass prefers ...
07:39 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: A senior Russian official has hinted that India could cancel the results of the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) tender and refloat it. A report in the The Hindu newspaper quoted Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Vyacheslav Dzirkaln as saying that India and France had failed to reach agreement on crucial issues including technology transfer and financial terms. Dzirkaln indicated that Russia would bid again if the tender was...
10:46 AM, Aug 22, 2012
New Delhi: The first squadron of Medium-Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) consisting of 18 aircraft is expected to be inducted into the IAF within three to four years of signing of the contract with its supplier. In reply to a question on delivery of MMRCA, Defence Minister AK Antony told Lok Sabha on Monday, "First squadron of MMRCA consisting of 18 aircraft is expected to be inducted within three to...
03:29 PM, Mar 19, 2012
New Delhi: French company Dassault Aviation's Rafale has won the $10.4 billion deal to supply 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) to the Indian Air Force (IAF). According to sources, Rafale won the multi-billion dollar deal as it was found to be similar to the French Mirage 2000 fighter jet, which is already being operated by the IAF. Rafale beat the Eurofighter Typhoon to bag the deal. Rafale was preferred...
05:35 PM, Jan 31, 2012
New Delhi: The winner of the multi-billion dollar deal to procure 126 combat planes for Indian Air Force is expected to be announced in two weeks time, the IAF Chief said in New Delhi on Tuesday. European EADS Eurofighter and Dasault Rafale are in the final race for Air Force's global tender to procure 126 Medium-Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA). "Right now we have to do the selection for who...
05:12 PM, Jan 17, 2012
Bangalore: IAF will make public in four weeks the winner of India's biggest-ever Rs 42,000 crore military contract to acquire 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA), Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne said in Bangalore. "We are calculating very hard. There is a lot of work going on. I expect (in) another four weeks, we should be able to wrap it up", Browne told reporters here amid intense flurry among the...
10:53 AM, Nov 19, 2011
New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council will decide on Friday which company will be given India's over $10 billion Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) deal. The race to supply for 126 fighter jets is between two European offerings - the French Rafale and the Eurofighter Typhoon, manufactured by a European consortium. The EuroFighter and the Rafale are relatively new aircraft and according to the IAF state of art. The EuroFighter...
01:02 PM, Oct 07, 2011
New Delhi: New Delhi seems to be bending backwards to explain why two iconic US Fighter aircraft have been left out of the Multi-Role Combat Aircraft Competition to supply fighter jets to India. However, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to push for the fifth generation F-35 on her visit to India. There could be some American sour grapes over the elimination of two iconic American fighter aircraft...
07:56 AM, Jul 19, 2011
New Delhi: US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin may re-enter the Indian Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) race. The powerful Senate Armed Services Committee of the US is pushing the Defense Department to offer India the high-tech F-35 stealth fighter aircraft, the worlds only fifth generation multi-role fighter, built by Lockheed Martin. The move comes after Lockheed's F-16IN Super Viper and Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet were eliminated from the MMRCA race...
02:24 PM, Jun 21, 2011
New Delhi: India and Germany will hold their first inter-governmental consultations at the cabinet-level on Tuesday. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be in New Delhi for a day. Her main focus would be to make a strong push for the Eurofighter. Germany and France are both eyeing that coveted deal with Indian Air force (IAF). The Eurofighter built by Germany and three other European countries and the French Rafale are...
07:39 AM, May 31, 2011
New Delhi: The high flying American campaign to win the ten billion dollar Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) tender has crashed. The Defence Ministry confirmed that Lockheed Martin's F-16 and the Boeing Super Hornet were out of the race to supply and co produce as many as 200 fighters for the Indian Air Force. Reportedly, neither aircraft met the IAF's technical requirements during trials. In a statement US Ambassador Timothy...
08:51 PM, Apr 28, 2011
New Delhi: The race for the multi-billion dollar contract for 126 combat aircraft for the Indian Air Force has entered the final phase. Defence Ministry sources have told CNN-IBN that the Eurofighter consortium and the French Dassault Aviation which makes Rafale aircraft are in the fray while the other the American, Swedish and Russian aircraft are out of the over $10 billion dollar Medium Multi-role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) fighter competition....
10:51 AM, Apr 28, 2011
New Delhi: The race for the multi-billion dollar contract for 126 combat aircraft for the Indian Air Force has entered the final phase. Defence Ministry sources have told CNN-IBN that the Eurofighter consortium and the French Dassault Aviation which makes Rafale aircraft are in the fray while the other the American, Swedish and Russian aircraft are out of the over $10 billion dollar Medium Multi-role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) fighter competition....
10:51 AM, Apr 28, 2011
New Delhi: The Eurofighter Typhoon is in combat for the first time over Libya and the Indian Air Force is watching with deep interest. The aircraft is one of six competing for the medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) tender. And recent reports give the Eurofighter and the French Rafale the edge in the competition. Air Marshal PK Barbora, Ex Vice Chief of Air Staff said, "The Air Force is not...
07:11 AM, Apr 05, 2011
India's choice of a medium fighter for the Air Force won't happen until next year. ...
03:21 PM, Oct 24, 2010
