印度再次慷慨挥舞支票簿，要购入价值20亿美元的加油机

印度已经为价值20亿美元的六架中型空中加油机合同做好了决标准备。竞争者为欧洲航空防务和航天公司的空中客车和俄罗斯的伊留辛。2009年空中客车曾经被选定获胜，但后来印度财政当局拒绝空中客车的高额收费，印度于2010年1月决定重新竞标。

心得：20亿美元说花就花，印度人就是财大气粗，咱没话讲。这么大个国家，自己开发一款轰炸机/加油机的平台是能怀孕还咋的，这一买得买到啥时候，一辈子被人当猪杀。。这20亿美元放中国军工手里得做多少研发了，心疼。

NEW DELHI: India is readying to select the winner of the $2-billion tender for six mid-air refuelers for its air force, with both the contending planes from European consortium EADS Airbus and Russian Ilyushin clearing the flight trials.

According to informed sources, the Indian defence ministry is now considering the bids to arrive at the lowest bidder in the tender issued in September 2010. India is looking for six refuelers.

The tender had been reissued by the government after the Airbus' A330MRTT was selected by the Indian Air Force as the winner of an earlier tender in 2009.

But the finance ministry objected to the "high cost" for the A330MRTT. So the tender was cancelled in January 2010.

"After three trials in November, we have been informed that we are compliant with the specifications mentioned in the tender," Airbus Defence Capability Marketing vice president Ian Elliot told reporters here.

Ilyushin too has been found complaint, the sources said.

Asked about the finance ministry objections during the previous tendering process, Elliot said the concerns were relating to "capital investment cost."

But now, the lowest bidder for the tender will be worked out on the basis of life cycle cost of operating the plane over several decades.

During flight trials, Airbus had demonstrated midair refueling of Indian Air Force's Sukhoi-30 and Jaguar combat planes on its A330MRTT.

It also similarly demonstrated refueling of Mirage-2000s while contesting the United Arab Emirates tender. India has a fleet of nearly 50 Mirage-2000s. India also has a six-aircraft fleet of IL-78s.

印度已经为价值20亿美元的六架中型空中加油机合同做好了决标准备。竞争者为欧洲航空防务和航天公司的空中客车和俄罗斯的伊留辛。2009年空中客车曾经被选定获胜，但后来印度财政当局拒绝空中客车的高额收费，印度于2010年1月决定重新竞标。

心得：20亿美元说花就花，印度人就是财大气粗，咱没话讲。这么大个国家，自己开发一款轰炸机/加油机的平台是能怀孕还咋的，这一买得买到啥时候，一辈子被人当猪杀。。这20亿美元放中国军工手里得做多少研发了，心疼。

NEW DELHI: India is readying to select the winner of the $2-billion tender for six mid-air refuelers for its air force, with both the contending planes from European consortium EADS Airbus and Russian Ilyushin clearing the flight trials.

According to informed sources, the Indian defence ministry is now considering the bids to arrive at the lowest bidder in the tender issued in September 2010. India is looking for six refuelers.

The tender had been reissued by the government after the Airbus' A330MRTT was selected by the Indian Air Force as the winner of an earlier tender in 2009.

But the finance ministry objected to the "high cost" for the A330MRTT. So the tender was cancelled in January 2010.

"After three trials in November, we have been informed that we are compliant with the specifications mentioned in the tender," Airbus Defence Capability Marketing vice president Ian Elliot told reporters here.

Ilyushin too has been found complaint, the sources said.

Asked about the finance ministry objections during the previous tendering process, Elliot said the concerns were relating to "capital investment cost."

But now, the lowest bidder for the tender will be worked out on the basis of life cycle cost of operating the plane over several decades.

During flight trials, Airbus had demonstrated midair refueling of Indian Air Force's Sukhoi-30 and Jaguar combat planes on its A330MRTT.

It also similarly demonstrated refueling of Mirage-2000s while contesting the United Arab Emirates tender. India has a fleet of nearly 50 Mirage-2000s. India also has a six-aircraft fleet of IL-78s.