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MoD approves 9 maritime patrol aircraft buy as part of MRMR |
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The
Defense Acquisitions Council of the Indian Ministry of Defense has launched
a procurment process for nine Medium Range Maritime Reconnaissance (MRMR)
aircraft for the Indian Navy. The Acceptance of Necessity this week
came after the evaluation of data provided by manufacturers in response
to the Request for Information issued a year ago.
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Dassault
Aviation Falcon 900 MPA
(Picture: Dassault Aviation)
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The Request for
Information was sent to the following aircraft manufacturers:
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Airbus
offering the Airbus A-319 MPA
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ATR
with its ATR 72 MPA
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Boeing
reported to offer a scaled down version of its P-8i
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Bombardier
with its Q400 in MPA configuration
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Casa
with the C-295 MPA
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Dassault
running with the Falcon 900 MPA
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Embraer
with the 145 MP
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Lockheed
Martin with its C-130 in MPA configuration
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Saab
with its Saab 2000 MPA
MRMR is estimated to be valued at
around $1 billion. |
