JPost: Gripen pushed out of MMRCA?!
Under pressure from the Pentagon, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been forced to back out of a joint partnership with a Swedish aerospace company to […]
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DEFENCE PROCUREMENTS
MMRCA Part 5 – The American Turbo Bug
The F/A-18E/F/IN Super Hornet is a little gem of an aircraft, except it’s hardly little. It’s 30% heavier than the legacy Hornet, and its designation
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MMRCA Part 4 – The French Squall
The Rafale is an intriguing aircraft. Everyone remembers the dramatic way in which Dassault announced in 2006 that it was withdrawing the Mirage-2000-V from the
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MMRCA Part 3 – The Future Fulcrum
The way the Russians have been behaving over a multiplicity of ongoing defence contracts, it would seem as though they had no real interest in
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MMRCA Part 2 – The Swedish Underdog
Saab’s tagline for the Gripen India campaign (“The Independent Choice“) tells you a great deal about the depth of recognition by the company that the
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MMRCA Part 1 – The F-16IN Super Viper
The handful of IAF pilots who got a chance to fly one of the UAE Block 60 Desert Falcons at Yelahanka in February had fantastic
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Coming up…
Ahead of the field evaluation tests (FETs) that kick off shortly, LiveFist brings you a six-part series that breaks down the six contenders in the
How important is Supercruise in the MMRCA competition?
Supercruise is not a qualitative requirement in the Indian Air Force’s Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition, but that doesn’t mean it won’t play a
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Is the Adour MK 821 a natural progression for the IAF Jaguar?
Earlier this month, Rolls Royce Turbomeca installed and demonstrated the performance of the Adour MK 821 turbofan engine on a Royal Air Force Jaguar at
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The IAF’s new Very Heavy Transport Aircraft?
Reports suggest the IAF has chosen the C-17 Globemaster III as its Very Heavy Transport Aircraft (VHTAC). It plans to order ten.
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