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Saturday, November 5, 2011

MMRCA, first rumors on the bids

India Ministry of Defense
So, the bids have been unsealed and their content revealed to Dassault, EADS and the Indian Defense Ministry officials. Then, each company has forwarded the figures to their respective government. The Indian MOD has already stated that the final decision will be anounced in 6 to 8 weeks. Until then, both competitors must respect a non divulgation agreement. However, some rumors are already leaking...




  • Rumor N°1 : Dassault bid would be only marginally lower, meaning that it will take some time to find out the best offer including all parameters. 
  • Rumor N°2 : both bids would be above the initial 42,000 Crore ($10 billions) estimate of the Indian MOD stated in 2007. That's not really a surprise but, now, some sources are talking about $20 billions which is a huge increase. 
  • Rumor N°3 : A scheduled meeting, on the sidelines of the G20, between French president Sarkozy and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan have been cancelled and the cause could be related to the MMRCA and the opening of the bids (well, this one sounds very unlikely).
sources :
livemint.com
www.tribuneindia.com
dailypioneer.com
livefist.blogspot.com
indiatoday.intoday.in (video report)
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3 comments:

  1. Justin P.November 5, 2011 at 2:22 PM

    Rumour Number 3 is more or less baseless. The French government has far more serious headaches to deal with (Greece/Eurozone debt) than a 20billion dollar defense deal. Any MMRCA angle to a planned meeting would have created a ruckus with the other Eurofighter member states and the Indian government played it safe.

    If you ask me, the narrow price difference and timeframe for assessing costs means things are proceeding as planned since the April shortlist-however, that doesn't mean either contender has a clear advantage.

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  2. KovyNovember 5, 2011 at 4:29 PM

    I agree

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  3. The Maverick - Pramod RaoNovember 8, 2011 at 8:44 AM

    R No.1 - If the bids doesnt ve a big difference, then eurofighter may clinch it with 5th partner offer ....as both aircrafts did admirably well in libya.

    R No.- This can be true as both aircrafts are most expensive out of 6 first included. but will not have much effect on choosing the winner.

    R No. 3- i agree with justin

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