Media: MiG will offer its fighter at the competition in New Delhi
According to the Aircraft Corporation, "the Swedish company SAAB with the Gripen NG aircraft and the American Lockheed Martin with the" Indian "version of the F-16 fighter will receive invitations to participate in the competition. The main customer requirements - "the maximum localization of the production of fighters in India."
"UAC and RAC" MiG "will take part in the upcoming competition of the Indian Air Force. It remains to wait for the official terms of reference from the Indian government and receive an invitation. After that, we will prepare and send a package of documents with our proposals to New Delhi, ”the corporation told.
“At the moment, New Delhi is completing the formation of a technical task, which in the form of a Request for Proposals (RFP) will be sent to selected participating firms. This will be the formal start of the new tender. In the summer of this year, Indian representatives appealed to Russia with a request to describe the possible complete set of MiG-35 fighter jets, which the KLA will be ready to show at the tender, ”the newspaper writes citing its sources.
“The Russian side has sent to India an expanded list of equipment and weapons, which includes electronic warfare stations, suspended optical-electronic sighting containers, a wide range of aviation weapons, including air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground missiles, high-precision bombs, ”a military diplomatic source said.
He noted that “in many respects, a set of equipment and weapons is similar to what will be supplied to Egypt with MiG-29M fighter jets”.
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