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Serious RSAF better dump F-16 Karunguni ASAP! It is Ah-Pu-Neh from now on! Crash 100%

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Finished! Once made in Ah-Neh-Land then F-16 is gone to the dogs!

Wasted!

Lockheed Martin desperate for cash and wasted a good plane. Next year a lot of pilots will die from F-16 crashes. Then all of them will be SCRAPED.

no worries, have confidences, we will train with the chinese sukhoi fighters in india n move the chennai air base and tambi air base there permanently
 

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http://fortune.com/2017/06/19/lockheed-martin-tata-india/


Lockheed Signs Pact With Tata to Make F-16 Planes in India

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Jun 19, 2017

Lockheed Martin (lmt, +0.48%) signed an agreement with India's Tata Advanced Systems on Monday to produce F-16 fighter planes in India, pressing ahead with a plan to shift its Fort Worth, Texas plant to win billions of dollars worth of order from the Indian military.

India's air force needs hundreds of aircraft to replace its Soviet-era fleet, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has said foreign suppliers would have to make the planes in India with a local partner to help build a domestic industrial base and cut outright imports.

But Modi's Make-in-India drive runs the risk of conflicting with U.S. President Donald Trump's America First campaign under which he has been pressing for companies to invest in the United States and create jobs instead of setting up factories abroad.

In announcing their agreement at the Paris Airshow, Lockheed and Tata said moving the production base to India would still retain jobs in the United States.

"F-16 production in India supports thousands of Lockheed Martin and F-16 supplier jobs in the U.S., creates new manufacturing jobs in India, and positions Indian industry at the center of the most extensive fighter aircraft supply ecosystem in the world," a joint statement by the firms said.

Sweden's Saab is the other contender to supply the Indian Air Force, offering to make its Gripen fighter in India. It has not yet announced a local partner for the plane which it has pitched as a modern alternative to the F-16s.

The announcement comes days before Modi travels to Washington for a first meeting with Trump, scheduled for June 26. India and the United States have built a close defense relationship in recent years with Washington emerging as among the top three arms suppliers to India, along with Russia and Israel.

India will also have the chance to export the F-16 that is flown by air forces around the world, the joint statement said. Some 3,200 of these planes are being flown by 26 countries and the model that is being offered to India will be Block 70, the most modern of all the F-16s.

"This unprecedented F-16 production partnership between the world’s largest defense contractor and India’s premier industrial house provides India the opportunity to produce, operate and export F-16 Block 70 aircraft, the newest and most advanced version of the world’s most successful, combat-proven multi-role fighter," the statement said.

Tata is already building airframe components for the C-130 military transport aircraft.

India has not opened formal bidding for the jet order, which is expected to be anything from 100 planes to 250.
 

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F-16 fighter jets will now be made in India, Tatas sign pact with Lockheed Martin
The US-Indian industry partnership directly supports India's initiative to develop private aerospace and defense manufacturing capacity in India.
Manjeet Singh Negi
June 19, 2017 | UPDATED 22:10 IST
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The announcement comes ahead of PM Modi's US tour
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Indo-US defence collaboration has increased over the years
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India will also be able to export F-16 Block 70 aircraft

In a major boost to indigenous defence production to become self-reliant in the defence sector, Lockheed Martin today inked an agreement with Tata Advanced Systems to produce F-16 fighter jets in India.

The F-16 Block 70 is ideally suited to meet the Indian Air Force's single-engine fighter needs and this unmatched US-Indian industry partnership directly supports India's initiative to develop private aerospace and defense manufacturing capacity in India.

This F-16 production partnership between the world's largest defense contractor and India's premier industrial house provides India the opportunity to produce, operate and export F-16 Block 70 aircraft, the newest and most advanced version of the world's most successful, combat-proven multi-role fighter.

The announcement comes days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi travels to Washington for a first meeting with US President Donald Trump scheduled for June 26.

India and the United States have built a close defence relationship in recent years with Washington emerging as among the top three arms suppliers to India, along with Russia and Israel.

India will also have the chance to export the F-16 that is flown by air forces around the world, a joint statement issued by the two companies said.

"This unprecedented F-16 production partnership between the world's largest defense contractor and India's premier industrial house provides India the opportunity to produce, operate and export F-16 Block 70 aircraft, the newest and most advanced version of the world's most successful, combat-proven multi-role fighter," the statement said.

F-16 production in India also supports thousands of Lockheed Martin and F-16 supplier jobs in the US, creates new manufacturing jobs in India, and positions Indian industry at the center of the most extensive fighter aircraft supply ecosystem in the world.

"Our partnership significantly strengthens the F-16 'Make in India' offer, creates and maintains numerous new job opportunities in India and the US, and brings the world's most combat-proven multi-role fighter aircraft to India, the statement said.

With more than 4,500 produced and approximately 3,200 operational aircraft worldwide being flown today by 26 countries, the F-16 remains the world's most successful, combat-proven multi-role fighter ever produced. The F-16 Block 70 is the newest and most technologically advanced F-16 ever offered.

Also read:

Lockheed has Make in India plans for F-16 jets, Trump wants to take a 'fresh look'

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It's a pity the yanks are giving up on the F16...no wonder with globalization the main beneficiary are the MNCs n not workers. No one will trust the ah nehs to do a good job n maintain quality control with the F16...but maybe the time of the F16 is over that is why the yanks are transferring it out. But with all the money dumped in to the F35...the yanks could have made a better F15 n f15 to meet its future needs....but I guess they want a brand new toy n not an upgraded one
 

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soon they will learn from temasek and start selling off alaska, NYC, statue of liberty, grand canyon, the hollywood sign board n paris hilton undies... oops she dont wear undies
 

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It's a pity the yanks are giving up on the F16...no wonder with globalization the main beneficiary are the MNCs n not workers. No one will trust the ah nehs to do a good job n maintain quality control with the F16...but maybe the time of the F16 is over that is why the yanks are transferring it out. But with all the money dumped in to the F35...the yanks could have made a better F15 n f15 to meet its future needs....but I guess they want a brand new toy n not an upgraded one



US go fuck spider lah!

Who is going to order US$20M F-16 made in India ones?
 
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