Indian Air Force is finalizing the terms of reference (TZ) for new large-scale tender for the purchase and manufacture of 114 fighters. Expected, The project will be submitted to the Council for Defense Procurement (DAC) in June.
Requirements finalized Force headquarters. After finishing work on a document, in the next two months, he will be sent to the Joint Defense Staff (IDS) for inclusion in the budget plan
– spokesman for India's Ministry of Defense.
However, the next meeting of the Council for Defense Procurement scheduled in June, after the country held elections, that, however, unlikely to affect long-term projects of the Air Force.
After, as a list of the tender requirements will be provided, Indian Air Force issued a detailed request for proposals to potential applicants.
In April last year in New Delhi issued a communiqué, which reported, that the government plans to buy 114 fighters, of which 85% it will be necessary to build on local businesses in the program Make in India.
The purchases will be processed in accordance with the model of strategic partnership, according to which the selected foreign company must sign an agreement with the Indian private partner, in which organizes the production of the aircraft at the local enterprises with technology transfer.
At the moment their interest to participate in the tender announced seven international companies. Two of these will be presented to the contest single-engine jet aircraft, and others – twin-engine fighters.
among the machines, submitted to the contest, exactly will Rafale Dassault, F/A-18 Boeing и Saab Gripen. Also expected to participate with Lockheed Martin fighter F-16V Block 70/72, India renamed F-21. Eurofighter consortium will present "Typhoon".
Russian aviakorporatsii prepared to offer MiG-35 and Su-35.
The total amount of the transaction may amount 20 billions of dollars. Direct procurement will be 18 fighters, rest 96 They will be collected “on the spot”.
