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Hi I would like to have the information about the multi-billion dollar deal for procuring the Medium Multi Role Combat Aircrafts (MMRCA) for Indian Air Force?

[Shaleen]

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar educated the Upper House on 30 July 2015 that the Center has pulled back the multi-billion dollar delicate for the 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircrafts (MMRCA), for which Rafale was shortlisted in 2012. "The Request for Proposal (RFP) issued prior for the obtainment of 126 MMRCA has been pulled back.

The Medium Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft (MMRCA)/Multi-Role Fighter buy was to supplant 200 of India's maturing Russian fabricated MiG-21s, which go back to the 1960s. Russian airplane make up a large portion of India's armada, which had no US-fabricated equipment in it.

The Mirage-2000-5 and the SU-30K were the two flying machine that were thought to be plausible different options for supplant outdated air ship that the Air Force wanted to eliminate.

Keeping in mind the end goal to enhance the declining battle ability of the Air Force attributable to armada outdated nature, the Ministry contracted in November 1996 for supply of 40 SU-30 flying machine and related hardware with its maker at an aggregate expense of US $1462 million.