As the Indian government have ordered the Rafale fighter jets there were 5 competitors with this french-made fighter jet for the bidding process to get one of the most costliest order in the history of aerial defence industry.So here are the competitors of Rafale fighter jet.
- Dassault rafale (France)
- Eurofighter Typhoon(UK,Spain,Italy,Germany)
- F-16 fighting falcon (USA)
- F/A-18F Super Hornet (USA)
- JAS 39 Gripen(Sweden)
- MIG – 35(Russia)
Dassault Rafale ->manufacturer: Dassault Aviation (France) Successful Bids : France,Qatar,Egypt,India(jets not yet delivered) Countries Interested: Finland, Malaysia,Spain,Switzerland,UAE Failed Bids: Belgium,Brazil,Canada,Kuwait,Libya,Singapore,South Korea,Britain,Oman,Morocco.
Eurofighter Typhoon->manufacturer: Consortium of Airbus,BAE systems and Leonardo (UK,Germany,Italy,Spain) Successful Bids: Austria,Germany,Italy,UK ,Oman,Saudi Arabia,Spain (jets not yet delivered: Kuwait, Qatar) Countries interested: India,Belgium,Denmark,Singapore,South Korea (also failed to secure orders )
F-16 Fighting Falcon-> manufacturer: General Dynamics,Lockheed Martin(USA) Successful Bids: USA,Israel,Pakistan,Turkey,Bahrain,Belgium,Chile,Denmark,Venezuela, Thailand,Taiwan,South Korea,Singapore,Indonesia,Morocco,UAE,Oman, Jordan,Iraq,Egypt,Slovakia,Romania,Portugal,Poland,Italy,Greece,Norway,Netherlands,Denmark. Countries Interested : Bulgaria,Colombia. Failed Bids: India,Croatia,Philippines,Argentina,Australia,Brazil,Iran,New Zealand.
F/A-18F Super Hornet->manufacturer: McDonnell Douglas,Boeing(USA) Successful Bids: USA,Australia. Countries Interested : Canada,Denmark,Finland,Germany,Kuwait,Malaysia,Spain,Switzerland, UAE, South Korea,Bulgaria. Failed Bids : India,US marine corps,Greece,UK,Poland,Brazil,Belgium.
Jas 39 Gripen->manufacturer: Saab(Sweden) Successful Bids : Sweden,Czech Republic,Hungary,South Africa,Thailand,UK,Brazil(jets not yet delivered). Countries Interested : Botswana,Canada,Colombia, Croatia,Finland,Indonesia,Philippines, Switzerland,Argentina,Australia,Ecuador,Estonia,Kenya,Latvia,Lithuania,Malaysia,Mexico,Namibia,Peru,Portugal,Serbia,Slovenia,Uruguay,Vietnam Failed Bids : India,Poland,Bulgaria,Denmark,Finland,Netherlands,Norway,Romania, Austia,Slovakia,Oman,Belgium.
MIG-35 -> manufacturer Mikoyan(Russia) Successful Bids : Egypt,Russia. Countries Interested : Bangladesh,Myanmar,Peru. Failed Bids : India
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