Neelam Mathews
Sept 5, 2012
An RFP for a tender for manufacturing replacement of 56 Avros, is expected to be out within the next three months.
The bidders will be given five months to respond to the tender, Aerospace Diary
learns.
No public sector undertaking will be allowed to
participate in this tender. The foreign OEM will select a partner in India and
the TOT will be his responsibility.
On Oct 5 last year, Aerospace Diary had filed a report in
which IAF Chief NAK Browne had dared the Indian industry to put its money where
its mouth is by getting involved in the indigenization program to replace its
ageing Avros.
The question now is- who will take the bait? Will the 26%
FDI be a dampener? Will the limited number required be enough for the industry
to set up its facility? Are tier two and three suppliers in the country ready
to take on the challenge?
The first 16 aircraft will be bought in a fly away
condition, while the rest are to be developed in India. There is no embargo to
making additional aircraft, and the government has committed to not interfering
in the business model.
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