Approximately valued at $20 billion, the MRCA is said to be one of the world’s biggest defence deals in recent times. Among the aircraft in the race to bag the contract are Dassault’s Rafale, Boeing’s Super Hornet F/A-18, SAAB’s Gripen, Lockheed Martin’s F-21, Russian MiG-35 and the Eurofighter Typhoon.Sources said French company Dassault, makers of Rafale, which has been the frontrunner to bag the contract, is not keen to transfer technology for production in India. The Indian government has already bought 36 Rafale jets for the Indian Air Force and is likely to go ahead with its decision to purchase 26 Rafale Marine to replace the ageing MiG-29s being used on INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya.
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