Sweden's Gripen in talks with Thailand and India
Both Thailand and India are in talks with Gripen International on the procurement of the JAS 39 Gripen fighter plane, reports DN.
India, which will eventually replace its fleet of Russian MiG 21 fighter planes, has requested information from Sweden, USA, Russia and France prior to issuing a call for tender.
Owe Wagermark, information director at Gripen International, says the firm expects that India will issue an invitation to tender within six months.
Talks with Thailand on replacing some 20 American F5 fighters are more advanced, according to Wagermark.
Sources: Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Dagens Industri
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India, which will eventually replace its fleet of Russian MiG 21 fighter planes, has requested information from Sweden, USA, Russia and France prior to issuing a call for tender.
Owe Wagermark, information director at Gripen International, says the firm expects that India will issue an invitation to tender within six months.
Talks with Thailand on replacing some 20 American F5 fighters are more advanced, according to Wagermark.
Sources: Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Dagens Industri
Supplied by BECK TRANSLATIONS.
With an experienced team of in-house translators, Beck specialises in translating from Swedish into English in such areas as finance and economics, marketing and advertising, biotechnology, the environment, quality, and personnel & administration.
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