Instead of MiG-35 126 fighter jets Rafale
The project to create the Rafale aircraft was saved thanks to the victoria of the company Dassault (France) in the tender for the sale of 126 fighters for the Indian Air Force. In an uncompromising struggle, businessmen from the banks of the Loire won against the creators of the European fighter Eurofighter Typhoon, reducing the cost of the project. A bit earlier MiG-35 (Russia) fizzled out.
According to mass media from India, the fighter of the IV generation of versatile use of the Rafale (“Rafale”) from the company Dassault (France) won the tender for the supply of 126 aircraft of this type for the Indian Air Force. The official French authorities announced this, adding that some points of the transaction need to be finalized.
“Our contract, but we need to finish something,” said the representative of the French side, P. Lellouche, to whom France-Presse refers. “We are finalizing the contract,” he remarked, hinting at the confidentiality of consultations.
The buyer plans to replace the obsolete MiG-21 aircraft, which constitute almost a third of India’s military aviation potential, in the format of this transaction.
MiG-21 Indian Air Force
Multi-purpose fighters Rafale (France) for the first time will be exported to other countries, and winning the tender de facto saved the project of production of these aircraft from closing. Previously, the French Air Force acted as a monopolist in orders for such equipment. At the same time, the company tried to expand the geography of sales by offering aircraft equipment to the UAE Air Force and Switzerland.
After losing the tender for the 2011 fighter for the Swiss Air Force at the end of 22, French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet announced that production of the Rafale was discontinued as a project if consumer foreign demand was not adjusted to them. Consequently, the purchase by India of a large batch of aircraft reanimated this program. It is quite natural that after this successful transaction, Dassault shares in the Paris stock market went up by 20% ..
At the final stage of the tender, the competition for the supply of fighters for the Indian Air Force was conducted between the French company Dassault, which represented Rafale, and a conglomeration of European aircraft manufacturers, who launched the Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft.
According to Reuters, the French aircraft industry managed to win the tender for 2 conditions. The first is a lower price, the second is the similarity of the new fighters with the Mirage 2000, which are already in service with the Indian Air Force. The contract amount is 10,4 billion dollars. At the same time, according to The Financial Times, India wanted to spend a lot more on the purchase of 126 fighters - up to 20 billion dollars.
French dassualt rafale
MiG-35 multipurpose fighter
According to the positions of the contract, the French must "invest" 50% of the transaction amount in the aircraft industry in the areas of the buyer state. Therefore, initially, 18 fighters are going to be exported to India, the remaining 108 products will be assembled by the aircraft manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd ..
At the same time, Russia also had decent chances to win this promising order. The tender for the purchase of aircraft was announced in 2007 year. Among the participants were 6 aircraft manufacturers - MiG-35 (manufacturer - Russian IC MiG), Gripen (SAAB) from Sweden, Eurofighter Typhoon (conglomerate), Rafale from France, and F / A-18 and F-16 (Lockheed Martin ) from America.
Statistics reports that in the 2010, the Indian Air Force was armed with 48 MiG-29 fighters. In 2012, RAC MiG will export MiG-29K fighter jets to India (ship’s for the Vikramaditya aircraft carrier, which is under construction here) under the contract signed in 2010. The cost of 29 Russian fighters, which will be sent to India, is one and a half billion dollars. The previous deal with the Indians brought our state 1,2 billion dollars under a contract from 2004 of the year for selling 16 such fighters.
MiG-29 and Su-30MKI Indian Air Force
About 70% of the military equipment that is in the arsenal of the army of this country is produced by the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation. Su-30MKI fighters and Tanks The T-90 was appreciated by the Indian military. Our state could receive this order earlier, but last year arrived with competitors from among the Swedes and Americans for the competition.
According to the data, it was the MiG-35 that initially looked better in terms of test indicators. All competitors had problems with the launch of engines, as the air base was located in a mountainous area, where the air is very thin. Even then, the tender could have been Russian if the buyers had not announced the second stage of the tender, in which they asked to finalize the engine start system.
Already after 4 of the month, information appeared in the media about the refusal of the Indian military from our MiG-35 due to the design flaws of the on-board radar and the discrepancy between the performance characteristics of the engine and the declared figures.
It is noticeable that in recent years, India is increasingly beginning to give preference to Western manufacturers. Rossvoaruzhenie did not receive a contract for the manufacture of military transport models for the needs of the Indian army. Instead of IL-76, the Indians wanted to purchase X-NUMX C-6J-130 Super Hercules products (USA) for 30 billion dollars. Our air products would be cheaper.
Despite the list of problems, India remains the largest exporter of the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation. World Trade Analysis Center weapons (TSAMTO) reported that in 2012, India exports military hardware and equipment worth 7,7 billion dollars from Russia, which will be more than 60% of all planned exports from Russia and 80% of imports to India.
The Indian state is among the world's largest buyers of weapons and equipment. This year it will spend 9,4 billion dollars for these purposes.
Particularly large military-technical projects are planned in the military aviation. So, this year our government will hand over to the Ministry of Defense of India 40 Mi-17V-5 turntables, 21 Su-30MKI fighters (assembly under license under the 2000 contract), 12 Su-30MKI fighters (under the 2007 contract), 9 fighters deck-based MiG-29K / KUB.
This year, projects to improve the MiG-29, BPA Tu-142, Mi-17 turntables and a number of other projects, including even the repair of diesel submarines, will be developed.
The most expensive financial transaction will be the transfer of the Indian Navy to the aircraft carrier Vikramaditya at the end of 2012. The cost of this community is estimated at 2,34 billion. The next volume contract in terms of price parameters will be launching under the Indian flag of two ships of the “frigate” type of the 11350.6 project, the cost of which is estimated to be more than 1 billion dollars. The third step in the military-technical community will be the lease of the nuclear submarine cruiser of the 2012 Nerpa project to Indian sailors in January 971. The price of this transaction will be slightly less than 1 billion dollars.
Based on materials newspapers "Vzglyad"
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