Hal Is Better Suited To Collaborate On The MRFA Project With Any Foreign Aerospace Major: Madhavan

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Hal Is Better Suited To Collaborate On The MRFA
Project With Any Foreign Aerospace Major
Madhavan
In order to produce combat jets in India for the
ambitious Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft
(MRFA) programme, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(HAL) is better positioned than any other
foreign military aircraft manufacturer, according
to R Madhavan, chairman and managing director of
the state-run aerospace behemoth. One of the
largest military acquisition programmes in recent
years, the government is pressing forward with
plans to purchase 114 jets for the Indian Air
Force (IAF) at a staggering cost of USD 20
billion.
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At ?rst, it was stated that the plane will be
purchased under the strategic partnership
(SP) model, which requires a foreign manufacturer
to work together with an Indian ?rm to produce
large-scale military systems. The top HAL o?cial
further stated that the government should choose
the aircraft for the IAF under the MRFA
programme and that the choice of the Indian
partner should be left to the planes maker.
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