Eurofighter Typhoon and Dassault Rafale leading the race for India MRCA Deal

After exhaustive trials of six fighter jets, Indian Air Force (IAF) has made its choice clear to the Government on the kind of fighter jets needed. Front runners for the force are French fighter Dassault Rafale and the Eurofighter Typhoon built by the European consortium. Bernhard Gerwert, Chief, EADS, says "If you are taking into account the portfolio of EADS we can bring the bridge between civil aviation and military aviation." But the Americans and Russians have lost out. Boeing's F18 no longer a frontrunner and Sweden's Gripen too falling off the Indian radar.

Despite MiG 35s big thunder, its engine failing to impress while the F-16, according to the IAF has no future. Another reason favoring Rafale and Euro fighter is political. Thomas Matussek, German Ambassador, "We regard India as a strategic security partner and this is why we do not insist on an end user monitoring agreement period." So when the mother of all defence deals is signed for the 126 Multi-Role Combat Aircraft either Rafale or the Euro fighter will fly away with the Rs 42,000 crore deal.

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[CHERIKUGAJEVIKUGA]

raphaleVStyphoon-Both perfect!who 'll WIN12 billon indian deal?since performance wise both r equal may b th aftr sale package might decide th winer.Especially 2 meet th nw indian aircraft carrier reqirmnts.may b ind 'll opt for dealer who cn sign as a partnr rather than a saler.may b raphale since ind had a huge mirage fleet...nt french is lookNG fr a partnership aftr many fails.or may b typhon which is more compact prooven..more users In line so more cost efEctive..but i go wth th RAFLE!!

[SilentEagles]

India Su-30MKI is better than Chinese J-11B/BH & Su-30MKK. India Teja, upgrade Mig-29B, Mig-29K w/ French TopSight E Helmet, & upgrade Mirage 2000 is better than J-10A/B/FC-20, FC-1/JF-17, J-8II, & J-15. An also in the future the MCA 5th Gen. Stealth Multirole fighters is going be better than J-18.

[SilentEagles]

I would pick the Dassault Rafale as the winner is because is cheaper than Typhoon.  The Rafale cost about $80 million compare to Typhoon $123 million. What does India going use Typhoon for in combat? The Eurofighter Typhoon is a big fighter like the Su-30. The Indian air force doesn't need another big fighters.

[TRGnoobie]

@TRGnoobie Military analysts have also rated our airforces as one of the strongest in the region, so even though we may not be able to project power, we can more than defend ourselves against most aggressors in our region. So, the Singapore airforce may not be a big player, but its definitely a good one.

Lastly, the Typhoons are not widely used because they have not been deployed widely by UK, and not many foreign countries have purchased it yet.

Get your facts right, and reply me again.

[TRGnoobie]

Secondly, you quoted operations in Kosovo, Bosnia, the Osiraq attack, which happened in the 70s and 80s. The F-22 only entered service in US in 2005, so those mean nothing.

Next, US are not going to sell their F22s to foreign countries, so Israel won't have them. They are waiting for the F-35 instead.

Also, though Singapore's airforce is small, it is not a bad airforce. Our armed forces were initially trained by the Israelis and we still do today. We also train with the Americans as well.

[TRGnoobie]

@alinaumankhan The reason why the US in the middle east not using F22s is because they are very expensive, so there are only less than 200 in their arsenal, and they keep it for homeland defence. Also, F22s would be subject to combat and the rough conditions of fighting, and there is a higher chance, even with stealth, that they may get damaged or shot down. the reason why the US did not use it in Libya no fly zone was because F-22s are land based, not carrier based.

[krenim786]

@alinaumankhan

Why are u getting so excited.Your F-16s source codes are already known to us via Israel.Your better off retiring them and using the money on Chinese J-10,JF-17 etc not that those aircraft have any hope against mki but atleast they'll be able to launch missiles over Indian territory in a major war...

[razor11079]

idiot

[G777GUN]

Eurofighter has been using 360 degree AESA tech for the past 10 years!

[jimmyattard]

Both the rafale and the eurofighter are very much higher than the actual budget arent they ??