The Price Negotiating Committee for the Alternate Engine of the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Mk-2 issued a statement on Thursday, saying that it had finalized the Comparative Statement of Tenders. “After evaluation and acceptance of the Technical offer provided by both Eurojet and GE Aviation, the commercial quotes were compared in detail and GE Aviation was declared as the lowest bidder,” said the statement.
Tag: F-16
Harpoon deal sorts out End Use Monitoring
by •
The Indian purchase of Harpoon anti-ship missiles has settled the issue of end use monitoring by the US, with both sides agreeing to a compromise that can be a model for future deals.
How many engines for the MMRCA?
by •
If the Indian Air Force has to choose, should it assume a single-engine aircraft to be cheaper or a twin-engine aircraft to be more reliable, to decide their choice for the 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft contest?
Blog: LM mag’s new website out
by •
Lockheed Martin’s magazine, Code One, has unveiled a new avatar on the internet and if you’ve got an aviation history itch that needs scratching, the website is especially cool, as they’ve got their hands on LM’s film archives, and uploaded footage of first flights of some aircraft Lockheed Martin and its predecessor companies have produced in the past.
Exercise Garuda reaches endgame
by •
The exercise Garuda 2010, which began on June 14 at Istres Air Base in France, conducted between the Indian Air Force (IAF), French French Armée de l’Air (ALA) and the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), is nearing its end now, with over 60 missions successfully flown.
Exercise Garuda begins
by •
The fourth round of the Indo-French air exercise Garuda began today at Istres Air Base in Southern France.
Lockheed Martin to show off LCS and UUV at DefExpo
by •
The arms firm also plans to display its Littoral Combat Ship, Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV), an unmanned, semi-submersible system for Mine Warfare and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) as well as the Marlin Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV).
Gripen hardsells new AESA radar, low cost for MMRCA
by •
Saab claims this radar to be unique for its ‘Swashplate’, which allows the face of the radar to be swiveled around allowing for radar coverage up to an angle of a hundred degrees, sideways, also tagging the Gripen with a price that is half of the F-16 and a quarter of the twin-engine contenders in the race.
IAF’s MMRCA trials to begin next week
by •
StratPost has been reliably informed that the trials for the 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) are slated to begin in the last week of July or the first week of August. Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet is to be the first aircraft that will be tried out for the estimated $ 10 billion order.
