DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: India TODAY November 21, 2010 - After Obama, Now British Defence Secretary Liam Fox Readies Defence Pitch....NSI News Source Info # 1246Source: DTN News - - SPECIAL REPORT compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources The Telegraph, Calcutta - India
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - November 21, 2010: The British defence secretary is set to kick off a series of high-profile military exchanges with India beginning next week even as the defence ministry heads towards a “downselect” of combat aircraft for a $12-billion order.
Sweden’s defence minister is expected in December, to prop up Swedish firm SAAB’s bid with its Gripen fighter aircraft. French President Nicholas Sarkozy and Russian President Dimitry Medvedev are also slated to visit India in the same month.
A downselect from the six aircraft in the fray is likely only around February. The competing aircraft are the F/A-18 Super Hornet and the F-16 Super Viper (Boeing and Lockheed Martin, both of the US), the Russian MiG-35, the Dassault Aviation’s Rafale (France), Sweden’s Gripen, and European Consortium EADS’ Eurofighter Typhoon that is being promoted in India by Germany and the UK.
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - November 21, 2010: The British defence secretary is set to kick off a series of high-profile military exchanges with India beginning next week even as the defence ministry heads towards a “downselect” of combat aircraft for a $12-billion order.
Sweden’s defence minister is expected in December, to prop up Swedish firm SAAB’s bid with its Gripen fighter aircraft. French President Nicholas Sarkozy and Russian President Dimitry Medvedev are also slated to visit India in the same month.
A downselect from the six aircraft in the fray is likely only around February. The competing aircraft are the F/A-18 Super Hornet and the F-16 Super Viper (Boeing and Lockheed Martin, both of the US), the Russian MiG-35, the Dassault Aviation’s Rafale (France), Sweden’s Gripen, and European Consortium EADS’ Eurofighter Typhoon that is being promoted in India by Germany and the UK.
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