Le Rafale dans l'Indian Air Force

India will not veer from its decision to award a 12-billion-dollar contract to France for Rafale fighter planes, the Indian Air Force chief of staff said in an interview published online.
"We have a procedure as per the defense procurement policy that stipulates the contract goes to the lowest bidder," Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne told the US monthly Aviation International News at the Singapore Airshow.
India chose Dassault Aviation's Rafale plane over the Typhoon built by Eurofighter, a consortium made up of British group BAE Sytems, Europe's EADS and Italy's Finmeccanica.
Browne added in the interview posted Thursday that they have begun negotiations to finalise the contract for 126 planes and that any decision now to involve another manufacturer would be "procedurally untenable."
He was speaking after Rafale's rival Eurofighter said it still hoped to win the contract, despite Dassault being chosen for exclusive negotiations.
BAE Systems, which has a 33-percent stake in the consortium, said Thursday that it still "actively" upholds its Typhoon offer, adding: "There is still a long way to go before the contract is awarded."
The contract negotiations committee opened Dassault Aviation's Rafale bid on February 13 and identified the French company as its lowest bidder.
Browne called the Rafale selection "Brilliant!" in the AIN interview and added: "We got it at the best cost possible. The decision was based on performance and Rafale passed all qualifications.

Beochien a écrit:Le M88 est trés léger, en dessous des 900 Kg ..
Mais 600 kg de moins que quoi ??

Le M-88 9 tonnes est enfin dans les rapports d'efficacité des moteurs Américains, et celà, ça faisait 40 ans qu'ils courraient derrière SNECMA ! Bravo !

Fuel consumption: 0.80 kg/(daN*h) (0.78 lbm/(lbf*h)) (dry)M-88
Specific fuel consumption: 21–23 g/kNs dry thrust (EJ-200)Appliquer X 3600 SVP !
Military thrust: 0.81 lb/(lbf·h) (82.6 kg/(kN·h))(F-404)

Pour le F-414, ça reste confidentiel ... mais ça a baissé récemment (CF nouvelles perfs range du Gripen)

JPRS

More than 10 months after India chose the French Rafale to meet its $15 billion medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) requirement,
contract negotiations are mired in issues related to offsets, the
transfer of technology and the role of Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL).
The Press Trust of India quoted industry sources as saying that
Dassault has requested from the Indian Ministry of Defence the freedom
to decide the proportion of work to be done by HAL,
versus private Indian companies. Last February, Dassault signed an MoU
with Reliance Industry, India’s largest private-sector company, for
collaboration in manufacturing.
At a French parliamentary hearing on December 4, Dassault Aviation CEO
Charles Edelstenne expressed “relative optimism” about the progress of
talks. “It’s a complicated country, the negotiations are tough, but
there is a desire to wrap up on both sides,” he added. Of the 126
aircraft envisioned, 18 are to be delivered as flyaways and the rest to
be manufactured in India, with final assembly by HAL.

An official told AIN that HAL needs to define a partner that will facilitate Tier 2 and 3 suppliers, or assume that responsibility itself. Proponents of HAL
say that the government-owned company has far more experience in
selecting suppliers for high-technology defense projects than private
companies such as Reliance or Tata.

One vendor noted that since India lacks the appropriate level of
avionics and engine production capability, “there is no clarity on how
value can be added by Indian industry and 50-percent offsets absorbed.”
The MMRCA project does not fall within the new and more liberal defense offsets policy that permits them to be sourced from adjacent sectors such as homeland security and commercial aviation.

Elections are looming in 2014, and while reports have indicated the
contract could be signed early next year, the government, fearing
reprisals from opposition parties, is unlikely to proceed unless matters
are ironed out in the next few months. One defense official suggested
to AIN that if decisions are deferred beyond the election, the MMRCA
requirement might be cut to around 60 aircraft as newer solutions–such
as the Indo-Russian fifth-generation fighter aircraft, and unmanned
combat air vehicles–become available.

Admin a écrit:C'est Tony ça non ? ou Gordon ?
Merci Arnaud aussi