Purchase of Mirage 2000 and Air Re-Fuellers

There is no pro­pos­al before the gov­ern­ment to buy Mirage 2000 V aircraft.

Indi­an Air Force is pro­cess­ing a case for pro­cure­ment of six Air to Air Re-fuellers from the glob­al mar­ket. The Defence Pro­cure­ment Pro­ce­dure envis­ages a time­line of about two and a half years from the date of issue-of RFP to con­clu­sion of con­tract in such mul­ti-ven­dor cas­es. The deliv­erysched­uleis expect­ed to be between 36 to 51 months from the date of sign­ing the contract. 

This infor­ma­tion was giv­en by Defence Min­is­ter Shri AK Antony in writ­ten reply to Shri Anil Mad­hav Dave in Rajya Sab­ha toda

Indi­an Min­istry of Defence