La Fuerza Aérea India tiene la intención de adquirir 75 aviones de entrenamiento básico. El ministerio de defensa, ha lazado una "request for proposal" (RFP) a una docena de fabricantes: Embraer(Tucano), Pilatus (PC-7 or PC-/9), Raytheon (T-6 Texan), Finmeccanica (M-311), Grob Aircraft Company (G-120TP), EADS PZL (PZL-130-TC-11 Orik) yKorea Aerospace Industries (KT-1). Las ofertas pueden enviarse hasta el 17 de Marzo. Una conferencia se celebrará el 2 de febrero para clarificar los detalles a los interesados. El motivo de la compra de entrenadores es la intención de sustituir a los 125 HAL Hindustan Piston Trainer-32 (HPT-32), con 30 años en servicio, después del accidente que acabó con la vidad de dos instructores recientemente, en un vuelo desde la base de la academia de la Fuerza Aérea, en Dundigal. Según la RFP el fabricante debe entregar las primeras 12 unidades dentro de los 24 meses después de la compra. Se desea mantener al nuevo entrenador durante 30 años, por lo que el nuevo modelo, debe ser un avión recientemente certificado.
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Looking to acquire 75 basic trainer aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF), the Ministry of Defence has issued a request for proposal (RFP) to a dozen global aircraft manufacturers.
The manufacturers included are:Embraer (aircraft name in brackets) (Tucano), Pilatus (PC-7 or PC-/9), Raytheon (T-6 Texan), Finmeccanica (M-311), Grob Aircraft Company (G-120TP), EADS PZL (PZL-130-TC-11 Orik) and Korea Aerospace Industries (KT-1). They are required to submit their proposals by March 17.
Officials in the Ministry told that a pre-bidders conference would be held on February 2 during which clarifications if any would be entertained. The IAF would technically evaluate the aircraft once the proposals were received.
The move to acquire the trainers comes in the wake of the grounding by the IAF of their 125-strong Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) designed and manufactured ab initio Hindustan Piston Trainer-32 (HPT-32) fleet after one of these aircraft crashed killing two instructors during a flight from the Air Force Academy (AFA) at Dundigal. As per the RFP the manufacturer will have to deliver the first 12 aircraft within 24 months of the contract. The remaining trainers will follow in batches.
With the IAF looking to keep the chosen trainer in its inventory for at least 30 years the RFP specifies that the aircraft should have been “recently certified.”
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