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India: a more strenuous competition for the new fighter?

New Dheli, India - Indian Air force does not intend to limit itself to just four competitors but no clear allusion has been made about new contestants to date

Lockheed Martin, Boeing, MIG e SAAB are competing for the provision of 126 multirole light fighter for Indian Navy respectively offering the -16 Fighting Falcon, the F/A-18 Hornet, the Mig-29 and the JAS-39 Gripen. No one among the four makers provided sufficient data regarding their own proposals, according to what recently stated by Indian institutional and military officers about such a programme,...

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Rome, Italy, 07/19/2005 12:39
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