Top guns squawk ‘Make in India’. It’s a win-win for Indian Air Force as major fighter plane makers seek a pie of the Indian skies.
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00:00The Government of India intends to hand out a massive contract for building 200 single
00:14engine fighter jets in India. However, there is one rider. The contract shall be contingent
00:18upon the plane manufacturers setting up their production line in India, in keeping with
00:23New Delhi's Make in India initiative. Boeing's Super Hornet, Dassault Rafale, MiG-35, Eurofighter
00:29Typhoon are all eager to secure the deal with promises of making these planes in India.
00:34However, the way things stand right now, the two frontrunners in this contest are Lockheed
00:38Martin's F-16 Block 70 and Saab's Gripen E. Owing to the fact that both are single engine
00:44planes, they have a head start over their rivals, which are all twin engine. So fasten
00:48your seatbelts for the next couple of minutes as we take you on a rollercoaster ride to
00:53see how these two supercrafts, the F-16 and Gripen E, stack up against each other.
01:53The fight to secure the $10 billion contract for making single engine fighter planes in
02:18India is wide open right now, as the government of India tries to make sure that whichever
02:22manufacturer it opts for, it will be the best that the Indian Air Force can get. No wonder
02:27it's a win-win for IAF. Sanjeev Kumar Das for Gulf News.