Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
http://www.stratpost.com/india-selects-ef-rafale-for-mmrca-shortlistThe Indian Ministry of Defense has issued letters, on Wednesday, to two of the six vendors competing in the estimated USD 10 billion Indian Air Force (IAF) tender for 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA), asking them to extend the validity of their commercial bids, which will expire on Thursday, tomorrow.
StratPost can confirm that the European Eurofighter Typhoon consortium and the French Dassault’s Rafale have been invited to do so, effectively making up the shortlist.
StratPost can also confirm that according to the IAF and the ministry, the other aircraft in the fray, the US Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet, the US Lockheed Martin Corporation’s F-16, the Russian MiG-35 and the Swedish SAAB’s Gripen did not pass the technical evaluation conducted by the IAF.
It is noteworthy that this comes just a day before the commercial bids of all six vendors were to expire.
It would not be unsurprising if this move by the ministry and it’s coincidentally sharp timing were to raise the hackles of the spurned vendors. Industry insiders are already expecting to see a robust response from these vendors and their countries of origin, at least in private, to this decision.
One question some of the vendors losing out are already asking is why the ministry asked all the vendors to resubmit their offset proposals early this month if they already knew the outcome of the technical evaluation submitted by the IAF last summer, and waited till a day before the expiry of the commercial bids to effectively announce a shortlist by inviting extension of commercial bids from only two vendors.
The commercial bids of the other four vendors will lapse on Thursday, tomorrow.
Something else the uninvited vendors are ready to question is the basis for judging technical compliance, with robust speculation that none of the MMRCA-6 aircraft were actually completely compliant with the IAF’s 643 parameters listed in the Air Staff Qualitative Requirements (ASQRs) for the tender.
It seems clear that these issues will not be settled quickly. Watch out for more on this tonight, at StratPost.
n Indian soldier has shot and killed four other soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir, a defence spokesman said.
The incident happened at a camp for paramilitary soldiers in Anantnag district.
Investigations have begun to determine whether the soldier was under stress.
baikal kirjoitti:Joku päivä sitten luin Intian ydinvoimakäytänteistä.....onneksi Intia on kaukana, ei siitä muuta voi sanoa.
OldSkool kirjoitti:baikal kirjoitti:Joku päivä sitten luin Intian ydinvoimakäytänteistä.....onneksi Intia on kaukana, ei siitä muuta voi sanoa.
Avaisitko vähän lisää ... vaikka aavistankin että tieto voi lisätä tuskaa. Toisaalta, jos asiassa ei ole maanpuolustuksellista tai turvallisuuspoliittista näkökulmaa niin toki OK sekin että jätetään asia muille foorumeille (olkoonkin vaikka kuinka p*skempi käytäntö)
baikal kirjoitti:OldSkool kirjoitti:baikal kirjoitti:Joku päivä sitten luin Intian ydinvoimakäytänteistä.....onneksi Intia on kaukana, ei siitä muuta voi sanoa.
Avaisitko vähän lisää ... vaikka aavistankin että tieto voi lisätä tuskaa. Toisaalta, jos asiassa ei ole maanpuolustuksellista tai turvallisuuspoliittista näkökulmaa niin toki OK sekin että jätetään asia muille foorumeille (olkoonkin vaikka kuinka p*skempi käytäntö)
Huoltovälejä pidennetään, osien laadunvalvonta tökkii, hlöstön koulutustasoa ei pidetä riittävänä, ydinmateriaalin valvonta ei sillä tasalla kuin iaea on vaatinut, varajärjestelmien kuntoa testataan jos testataan. iaea:n edustajien pääsyä laitoksiin hidastetaan, esitetään viivytysverukkeita jne. :a-laugh: näin ulkomuistista, valitan, en huomannut aiemmin kysymystä. Intia-aihe on tietyllä tapaa aina viihdyttävä. Ei maha mitän.
Niin, sama julkaisu päivitteli sitä, että jos nykymenoa ei hillitä, niin Intiassa ei ole 25 vuoden kuluttua jalansijaa, jossa ei ole jätteitä. Käyttövettä ei saa mistään ja suistoalueet ovat merellistä kuumaisemaa. Onnena pidettiin sitä, että Intian jätteistä yli 80 prosenttia on kompostoituvaa.
Chattisgarh, June 10 (ANI): Maoists killed five policemen near a police camp on Thursday in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh.The policemen were carrying out a search operation in the interiors of a jungle in the district, which was away from their base camp when the ambushed Maoists opened indiscriminate fire on them. The cops died on the spot and security officers in the camp, who rushed to the site after listening to bullet sounds, later recovered their bodies. Maoists also stole an AK-47 rifle and an INSAS rifle from the deceased policemen. Chhattisgarh police spokesperson R.C. Shrivastav said search operations are being carried out to arrest the Maoists.
http://www.asianage.com/india/india-begins-work-2nd-nuclear-submarine-184India has begun construction of its second nuclear submarine at a classified facility in Visakhapatnam.
Top sources told Deccan Chronicle that the keel of the project has been laid and the initial work is on full swing.
The project, launched just 24 months after the first nuclear submarine INS Arihant was commissioned - underlines the great strides the programme has made, sources said.
http://www.brahmand.com/news/India-approves-proposals-for-French-firms-to-upgrade-IAF-fleet/7507/1/10.htmlNEW DELHI (PTI): The Indian government has cleared proposals worth over $3 billion for upgrading the fleet of 51 Mirage 2000 aircraft of the Indian Force(IAF).
As per the proposals, French firms Dassault and Thales will upgrade the aircraft, which will add 20-25 years to the life of the Mirages, inducted by the IAF in the mid-80s.
"The proposals related to upgrade of the Mirage 2000 were cleared by a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS)," a defence ministry official said Wednesday.
Two different proposals, one for the upgrade of systems of the aircraft and the other for over 400 MICA missiles for the upgraded fleet, were placed before the CCS.
Under the deal, the French firms will help in upgrading the avionics, navigation systems, mission computers, electronic warfare systems and radars bringing the aircraft to the Mirage-2000-5 standards.
Teräsmies kirjoitti::a-lipsrsealed:
India approves proposals for French firms to upgrade IAF fleet
http://www.brahmand.com/news/India-approves-proposals-for-French-firms-to-upgrade-IAF-fleet/7507/1/10.htmlNEW DELHI (PTI): The Indian government has cleared proposals worth over $3 billion for upgrading the fleet of 51 Mirage 2000 aircraft of the Indian Force(IAF).
As per the proposals, French firms Dassault and Thales will upgrade the aircraft, which will add 20-25 years to the life of the Mirages, inducted by the IAF in the mid-80s.
"The proposals related to upgrade of the Mirage 2000 were cleared by a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS)," a defence ministry official said Wednesday.
Two different proposals, one for the upgrade of systems of the aircraft and the other for over 400 MICA missiles for the upgraded fleet, were placed before the CCS.
Under the deal, the French firms will help in upgrading the avionics, navigation systems, mission computers, electronic warfare systems and radars bringing the aircraft to the Mirage-2000-5 standards.
Teräsmies kirjoitti:Kiina.
Siltikin melkoisen suolainen hinta 51 koneen päivittämisestä.