India invites bids for fighter jets from 6 firms
New
Delhi,
Aug
29:
India
invited
bids
from
six
defense
manufacturers
for
126
fighter
jets,
one
of
the
world's
biggest
military
aircraft
deals,
as
part
of
its
plan
to
modernize
the
country's
ageing
air
force.
Preliminary offers to supply the aircraft -- valued at 420 billion rupees-- were sought from the makers of Russia's MiG-35 and France's Rafale fighter, and Sweden's Saab, which builds the JAS-39 Gripen.
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Story first published: Thursday, August 30, 2007, 16:34 [IST]