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Indian fighter tender: IAI-Saab Gripen joint-venture blocked

Tel Aviv, Israel - The USA would have made pressure on Israel to prevent this project

The Pentagon is understood to have made pressure on Israeli government to make it block a possible joint-venture between the Israeli company IAI (Israel Aerospace Industries) and Swedish Saab. The project would have led to the building of an advanced version of the JAS 39 Gripen for the tender for the new MMRCA (Medium multi-role combat aircraft) of the Indian Air Force (IAF). According to local...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1106762
Rome, Italy, 07/06/2009 16:07
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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