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The struggle continues between Saab and Lockheed Martin for the Indian contract

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In early September, an alliance was announced between the Swedish company Saab AB and the Indian holding company Adani Group, which is to tender for the purchase of a single-engine fighter by the Indian Air Force. The Indian Air Force program provides for the acquisition of 120 fighters, reports bmpd with reference to the edition of "Intelligence online".



Saab is looking to surprise the Indian government with the help of its new partner - the Adani Group was founded in 1988 by Gautam Adani in the state of Gujarat, where the current Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is from. Companies from this state received preferences after Modi came to power, and in the first place - defense enterprises.

As part of the tender, the competitor to the Saab company with the Gripen NG fighter is Lockheed Martin, which offers the F-16 Block 70 fighter to an Indian customer.

“Indian pilots once dreamed of the F-35 Lightinig II fighter, but this hope was quickly dispelled by Washington. Lockheed Martin competes in the Indian competition with his longstanding local partner, the Tata Group, ”the material says.

Request to Russian firms to participate in the tender was not sent. "After Modi came to power, relations between the two countries are increasingly cooled due to the rapprochement between Russia and China and Pakistan," the author notes.
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  1. NEXUS
    NEXUS 29 September 2017 13: 51
    +2
    Has our MIG gone out of the race? Apparently did not agree on a price, knowing the tightness and moodiness of the Indians. It is a pity of course, for KB it was a good start to new developments.
    1. Finches
      Finches 29 September 2017 14: 01
      +4
      The Hindus themselves quarreled with all their neighbors to the smithereens, and now relations are cooling ... GDP needs to be stirred up on the basis of the CSTO a full-fledged modern ATS with the BRICS countries, and put everyone on the same standards - Russian! Indians will immediately have less bunting ... laughing
      1. samoletil18
        samoletil18 29 September 2017 14: 44
        +2
        Do the CSTO and BRICS agree?
        1. Finches
          Finches 29 September 2017 14: 47
          +1
          They don’t know about it yet ... laughing
    2. Kurare
      Kurare 29 September 2017 14: 04
      +7
      Quote: NEXUS
      Has our MIG gone out of the race?

      The MiG does not seem to have a modern single-engine fighter at the moment. And in the Indian tender we are talking about a single-engine one.
      1. Orel
        Orel 29 September 2017 14: 23
        +3
        Request to Russian firms to participate in the tender was not sent. "After Modi came to power, relations between the two countries are increasingly cooled due to the rapprochement between Russia and China and Pakistan," the author notes.


        We were not even invited ...
        1. Kurare
          Kurare 29 September 2017 14: 26
          +8
          And the point is to invite one who does not have the right product? If it says "single-engineered", then you can invite the United States, Swedes, Chinese and Pakistan, Koreans. That seems to be the whole list.
          1. tomket
            tomket 29 September 2017 16: 24
            +2
            Quote: Kurare
            Chinese with Pakistan, Koreans. That seems to be the whole list.

            Invite China and Pakistan?))))))) However))))))))
            1. Kurare
              Kurare 29 September 2017 21: 29
              +2
              Of course, no one will invite the Chinese and Pakistanis. I just listed all the possible bidders on this tender.
    3. aws4
      aws4 30 September 2017 00: 51
      0
      In early September, it was reported that an alliance was formed between the Swedish company Saab AB and the Indian holding company Adani Group, which is due to bid on the purchase of a single-engine fighter by the Indian Air Force.
  2. DEPARTMENT
    DEPARTMENT 29 September 2017 13: 51
    +3
    I have the feeling that Indians are simply collecting various military equipment!
    They are strange .. The mentality is probably so!
    1. NEXUS
      NEXUS 29 September 2017 13: 54
      +4
      Quote: DEPARTMENT
      I have the feeling that Indians are simply collecting various military equipment!
      They are strange .. The mentality is probably so!

      They don’t have much choice, as China goes quickly forward and builds up its military power. But such a motley girl can later come back to life as an Indian.
      1. Kurare
        Kurare 29 September 2017 14: 10
        +2
        Quote: NEXUS
        They have no big choice ...

        They just had a choice, but the project of their light fighter, it seems the Indians failed miserably.
    2. Corsair0304
      Corsair0304 29 September 2017 13: 57
      0
      Quote: DEPARTMENT
      They are strange .. The mentality is probably so!


      But what about the repair base and infrastructure?
      Until recently, the Indians flew beautifully on MiGs and SU ...
      Fighter-bomber aviation includes 367 aircraft, reduced to 18 squadrons:
      one - Su-ZOK
      three - MiG-23
      four - "Jaguar"
      six - MiG-27 (most of the MiG-27 Indians plan to write off by 2015)
      four - MiG-21.
      The structure of fighter aviation includes 368 aircraft in 20 squadrons:

      14 MiG-21 squadrons (120 MiG-21 intend to operate until 2019)
      one - MiG-23MF and UM
      three - MiG-29
      two - Mirage 2000
      eight squadrons of Su-30MK aircraft.
  3. Corsair0304
    Corsair0304 29 September 2017 13: 52
    0
    "Indian pilots at one time dreamed of an F-35 Lightinig II fighter"

    Come on?! Why would that be?
    But the Indian arms markets of Russia can not be lost in any way .. Too much is imprisoned for it.
    1. samoletil18
      samoletil18 29 September 2017 14: 48
      0
      Yeah, at the local level, everyone knows who to carry kickbacks at, but at the international ... Maybe the Indians have such kickbacks that ours think this is a provocation?
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  5. voyaka uh
    voyaka uh 29 September 2017 16: 02
    +1
    F-16 Lockheed is ready to completely give India with all the technology. The plane becomes obsolete, Lockheed can no longer squeeze a lot of profit out of it.
    1. Zaurbek
      Zaurbek 29 September 2017 16: 20
      0
      Already not ready ...
      Moving the production line of the F-16 fighter jets to India may encounter difficulties amid the conclusion of a contract for the delivery of F-16V aircraft for the Bahrain Air Force - it is noted that the United States does not really want to share the technologies of this latest version of the aircraft with India, including the radar with AFAR - Lockheed Martin's executive director announced at the last IDEX air show in Abu Dhabi that the next F-16s will be built in the US - it is also noted that moving the assembly line from Fort Worth to Greenville actually puts an end to creating an “unnecessary” line in Indie
      1. tomket
        tomket 29 September 2017 16: 40
        +1
        Quote: Zaurbek
        including a radar with AFAR - Lockheed Martin’s chief executive announced at the last IDEX air show in Abu Dhabi that the next F-16 will be built in the US - it’s also noted that the transfer of the assembly line from Fort Worth to Greenville actually puts an end to the creation of " unnecessary "line in indie

        One way or another, the interest of India was including leaving Pakistan without f-16. In principle, if they bought the Flu, the Indians would somehow get access to both the AFAR and American engines, which undoubtedly improved their national aviation industry. Although the assembly line from the United States is also very attractive. But here, apparently, Trump intervened with his "buy in America" ​​...
        1. tlauicol
          tlauicol 29 September 2017 16: 43
          +1
          the Swedes themselves have long been producing Volvo engines themselves.
          but an alliance with an Indian holding is a strong move good
          1. tomket
            tomket 29 September 2017 16: 52
            0
            Quote: Tlauicol
            the Swedes themselves have long been producing Volvo engines themselves.

            Isn't General Electric there?
            1. tlauicol
              tlauicol 29 September 2017 16: 53
              +1
              licensed Volvo
              1. tomket
                tomket 29 September 2017 17: 24
                0
                Quote: Tlauicol
                licensed Volvo

                Well, the license is from DE .....
                1. tlauicol
                  tlauicol 29 September 2017 17: 31
                  0
                  Yes. But is there a right to sell assembly lines from the Swedes?
                  Indians have an appetite ogogo
              2. Zaurbek
                Zaurbek 30 September 2017 12: 50
                0
                But the Swedes are dependent in detail on the Americans and cannot sell where they want, let alone give away a license. And the radar is Leonard. not swedish.
    2. tomket
      tomket 29 September 2017 16: 27
      0
      Quote: voyaka uh
      F-16 Lockheed is ready to completely give India with all the technology. The plane becomes obsolete, Lockheed can no longer squeeze a lot of profit out of it.

      Well, if Lockheed does it, then Pakistan will completely jump off American technology. It’s probably going to China, or MiG. It will be interesting to see. India has f-16, and Pakistan MiG-35)))) waved without looking so to speak))))
      1. voyaka uh
        voyaka uh 29 September 2017 20: 22
        0
        Pakistan is already lost for America. China "took" it by building ports, glands, factories.
        States now bet on India. It was better for Israel when Muslim nuclear Pakistan was under US control. But alas ... sad
        1. tomket
          tomket 29 September 2017 23: 44
          0
          Quote: voyaka uh
          Pakistan is already lost for America. China "took" it by building ports, glands, factories.

          In terms of the Air Force fleet, Pakistan is still dependent on America. FS-1 somehow does not pull to replace the park f-16, but it will be necessary to change, the question is, what?
          Quote: voyaka uh
          It was better for Israel when Muslim nuclear Pakistan was under US control. But alas.

          So who is to blame for the United States? They themselves raised the dragon, and they themselves will suffer from it, directly or indirectly. BUT
  6. ZVO
    ZVO 29 September 2017 16: 57
    +1
    All such readers, all such thinkers ...
    Why Indians do not want to buy Migi?


    Yes, with the last sentence, everything is written:
    Request to Russian firms to participate in the tender was not sent. "After Modi came to power, relations between the two countries are increasingly cooled due to the rapprochement between Russia and China and Pakistan," the author notes.

    Russia itself covered the gate to India itself ...
    1. Sharansky
      Sharansky 30 September 2017 22: 17
      0
      Yes, this is not the last sentence written. The competition is announced for a light single-engine fighter. Russia simply has nothing to put there.