ROUDRAM Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 [b]New Delhi:[/b] American defence contractors continue to make impressive inroads in the Indian defence markets inspite of a spectacular loss with the Indian Air Force's medium range multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) tender. According to latest reports, aerospace and defence giant Boeing may have bagged a $1.4-billion deal for the supply of 22 heavy-duty attack helicopters or gunships to the IAF. [img]http://www.domain-b.com/aero/mil_avi/mil_aircraft/images/mi_28n_domain-b.jpg[/img] Interestingly, reports emerging in Russian media also suggest that their contractor Mil appears to have thrown in the towel as far as this particular contract is concerned, though they remain strongly in contention for two other contracts for supply of heavy-lift and light utility helicopters. According to reports, the Cabinet Committee on Security's approval is still required for approval of the deal but it would appear that the contract will go to Boeing for its Apache AH-64D Longbow gunship, which has been preferred over the Russian Mil corporation's Mi-28N 'Night Hunter'. Reports in the Russian media suggest that though both the Russian and American offerings were evenly matched in most respects, the Apache provided ''increased capabilities and displayed superior all-weather applications.'' The Russian report was quoting unnamed IAF sources. The Obama administration has already notified the US Congress about the impending contract, listing out what all India "will request" as part of the "complete package" worth around $1.4 billion. Besides the 22 Apaches, the package will include 812 AGM-114L-3 Hellfire Longbow missiles, 542 AGM-114R-3 Hellfire-II missiles, 245 Stinger Block I-92H missiles, 12 AN/APG-78 fire-control radars and the like. A Russian analysis of the loss of the latest contract reveals that the Russians are aware that the Mi-28 'Night Hunter's' operating system needed to be improved as also its radar, which did not function properly at night or in bad weather . The Russians are still in the race for a tender for multipurpose and super heavy helicopters with the Ka-226 as their offering for the multipurpose helicopter contract and the Mi-26 for the super heavy category. Russian analysis points out that both helicopters stand a high chance of winning these tenders and it is for this particular reason that the Indians decided to award the gunship contract to the Americans as it would have been too much expect that the Russians would walk away with all three. India has floated three contracts for the supply of helicopters indifferent categories. The first is a contract for the supply of 22 attack helicopters to the IAF, 12 heavy transport helicopters once again to the IAF and 197 general-purpose light helicopters for both the IAF and the Indian Army. The total value of the tenders is more than $2.5 billion. The contract for the delivery of 22 attack helicopters is likely to be expanded in size to 44 or more. The contract for 197 light utility helicopters is split between the Indian Army (133 units) and the Indian Air Force (64) units. According to defence industry sources India is likely to deploy about 700 helicopters over the coming decade. [url="http://www.domain-b.com/aero/mil_avi/mil_aircraft/20111028_helicopter_gunships_2.html"]http://www.domain-b.com/aero/mil_avi/mil_aircraft/20111028_helicopter_gunships_2.html[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k2s Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 [quote name='ROUDRAM' timestamp='1319836213' post='3043783'] [b]New Delhi:[/b] American defence contractors continue to make impressive inroads in the Indian defence markets inspite of a spectacular loss with the Indian Air Force's medium range multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) tender. According to latest reports, aerospace and defence giant Boeing may have bagged a $1.4-billion deal for the supply of 22 heavy-duty attack helicopters or gunships to the IAF. [img]http://www.domain-b.com/aero/mil_avi/mil_aircraft/images/mi_28n_domain-b.jpg[/img] Interestingly, reports emerging in Russian media also suggest that their contractor Mil appears to have thrown in the towel as far as this particular contract is concerned, though they remain strongly in contention for two other contracts for supply of heavy-lift and light utility helicopters. According to reports, the Cabinet Committee on Security's approval is still required for approval of the deal but it would appear that the contract will go to Boeing for its Apache AH-64D Longbow gunship, which has been preferred over the Russian Mil corporation's Mi-28N 'Night Hunter'. Reports in the Russian media suggest that though both the Russian and American offerings were evenly matched in most respects, the Apache provided ''increased capabilities and displayed superior all-weather applications.'' The Russian report was quoting unnamed IAF sources. The Obama administration has already notified the US Congress about the impending contract, listing out what all India "will request" as part of the "complete package" worth around $1.4 billion. Besides the 22 Apaches, the package will include 812 AGM-114L-3 Hellfire Longbow missiles, 542 AGM-114R-3 Hellfire-II missiles, 245 Stinger Block I-92H missiles, 12 AN/APG-78 fire-control radars and the like. [color=#ff0000]A Russian analysis of the loss of the latest contract reveals that the Russians are aware that the Mi-28 'Night Hunter's' operating system needed to be improved as also its radar, which did not function properly at night or in bad weather[/color] [color=#ff0000]. [/color] [color=#ff0000]The Russians are still in the race for a tender for multipurpose and super heavy helicopters with the Ka-226 as their offering for the multipurpose helicopter contract and the Mi-26 for the super heavy category.[/color] Russian analysis points out that both helicopters stand a high chance of winning these tenders and it is for this particular reason that the Indians decided to award the gunship contract to the Americans as it would have been too much expect that the Russians would walk away with all three. India has floated three contracts for the supply of helicopters indifferent categories. The first is a contract for the supply of 22 attack helicopters to the IAF, 12 heavy transport helicopters once again to the IAF and 197 general-purpose light helicopters for both the IAF and the Indian Army. The total value of the tenders is more than $2.5 billion. The contract for the delivery of 22 attack helicopters is likely to be expanded in size to 44 or more. The contract for 197 light utility helicopters is split between the Indian Army (133 units) and the Indian Air Force (64) units. According to defence industry sources India is likely to deploy about 700 helicopters over the coming decade. [url="http://www.domain-b.com/aero/mil_avi/mil_aircraft/20111028_helicopter_gunships_2.html"]http://www.domain-b....gunships_2.html[/url] [/quote] saaley gallu.......eppudu competition ee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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