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By Gulshan Luthra & Air Marshal (retd) Ashok Goel
The government is all set to announce the winner of the Indian Air Force (IAF) competition for 126-plus combat jets early in 2012.
Authoritative sources told India Strategic defence magazine (www.indiastrategic.in) that the process was nearing completion but there were volumes of paperwork and the complicated costs involving Transfer of Technology (ToT), Offsets, Lifecycle Upgrades and Maintenance Support. Every detail was being looked into as this was India’s -- and the world’s -- single biggest defence tender yet in the 21st century.
The defence ministry has not set any deadline to the process, but it could be a New Year gift to the Indian Air Force as the announcement could come around mid-January.
Read the full story at DNA