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India says France's Dassault out of 12-bln dollar fighter deal

by Staff Writers
 New Delhi (AFP) April 16, 2009
 India has decided not to buy Rafale fighters from French firm Dassault Aviation as part of a 12 billion dollar upgrade of its air force, an Indian defence ministry official said Thursday.

The official said the company, one of six contenders in the race for the mammoth contract, had failed to meet India's technical requirements.

"The Rafale is out of the race for the tender process, because during the technical evaluation the company did not meet all the user requirements," said the senior ministry official, who was speaking on condition he not be named.

"Dassault cannot submit fresh proposals or offer any other variants for technical evaluation, and is permanently out of the race. We now have one less bidder in the process," the official told AFP.

Industry sources have said that US-based Lockheed Martin, offering the F-16, and Boeing's F-18 "Superhornet" have emerged as the front-runners for

the 12-billion-dollar, 126-jet contract.

The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company has offered its Typhoon Eurofighter, while Russian manufacturers of the MiG-35 and MiG-29, as well as Sweden's Saab, which makes the Gripen fighter, are also in the running.

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