India is planning to revise the specifications for one of the world’s
biggest fighter jet orders, people familiar with the matter said, a move
that would allow manufacturers such as Boeing Co. and United Aircraft
Corp. to pitch their twin-engine combat aircraft. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s government has asked the Indian Air Force if the search
for fighter jets could be expanded to include twin-engine aircraft after
Lockheed Martin Corp. and Saab AB were the only ones left in the fray
with single-engine products that met the earlier norms, the people said,
asking not to be identified as the discussions are private. The South
Asian country started looking for new warplanes in 2007, a contest.
Source: Yahoo News
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