India Cancels $12B Combat Jet Program
NEW DELHI - India has canceled its $12 billion program to purchase 126
medium multirole combat aircraft.
According to a July 30 press release from the Indian Ministry of Defence,
"The RFP issued earlier for procurement of 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft
(MMRCA) has been withdrawn. In this multi-vendor procurement case, the Rafale
aircraft met all the performance characteristics stipulated in the Request for
Proposal (RFP) during the evaluation conducted by Indian Air
Force."
The release added, "This information was given by Defence Minister Manohar
Parrikar in a written reply to Ahmed Patel in the upper house of parliament on
Thursday, 30 July 2015."
Indian officials provided no reason for the cancellation.
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