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BANGALORE (PTI): India will shortly open bids for procuring 15 heavy-lift helicopters, and six air-to-air tankers, Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne has said.
"We are going to shortly open the bids for the heavy-lift helicopters....," he told reporters on Thursday, noting that contenders for the contract are Boeing's Chinook and Mi-26 of Russia.
By next month, IAF would also be opening bids for six air-to-air tankers tender, for which Airbus A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) and the Russian Ilyushin-78 air-to-air tanker are competing, the Air Chief said.
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