India to recompete helicopter contract

According to AFP here, India will put out for rebid its utility helicopter contract. India had previously awarded a contract to Eurocopter, a subsidiary of EADS, to buy 197 aircraft. This was scrapped due to what the Indian Government called irregularities, which EADS has denied. The new contract is for 312 helicopters and is worth substantially more.

Comments

One Response to “India to recompete helicopter contract”

  1. India to buy 384 light helicopters | Defense Procurement News on April 10th, 2008 2:45 pm

    [...] 125 for the Air Force. See an article here. For information on the previous contract action see this. It is expected that Bell, Eurocopter, Augusta and Kamov will bid on the contract. The Indian [...]

Feel free to leave a comment...
and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar!

You must be logged in to post a comment.

>