Bids were received from various candidates in April 2006. A July 2007 Defense News report says that a procurement team will be sending preliminary evaluations to the Defence Ministry by September 2007, which will lead to a short list. This has happened, but the military’s wishes and development timelines for their target platforms may force a split into short-term and long-term buys. A preliminary decision and price negotiations are scheduled to begin “within two years,” i.e. by mid-2009.
Past experience has demonstrated that price negotiations with India’s MoD can take years themselves – or even sink deals entirely, vid. the various collapsed deals for second-hand Mirage 2000 fighter jets.
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