Honeywell ad from two years ago
Posted on 02/11/2011 8:58:36 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
Rolls-Royce out of Jaguar re-engining?
TNN, Feb 12, 2011, 03.43am IST
BANGALORE: DefenseNews.com, the website of the Defense News Media Group, reports that Rolls-Royce has pulled out of the contest to re-engine the Indian Air Force's Jaguar strike aircraft.
Quoting industry sources at the Aero India show, the publication said the British engine maker had decided not to respond after seeing the terms of a recently released request for proposals from the IAF.
Considering the size of the Rolls-Royce exhibition stall at Aero India, and especially compared to that of its competitor in the contract Honeywell, the information sounds credible. DefenseNews also noted that Honeywell's stand was dominated by the F-125 engine and a model of the Indian Jaguar, while the Rolls-Royce exhibit "failed to find room for a single mention of the aircraft program".
"Technical and commercial offers are due to be returned to the Indian Air Force at the end of this month to re-engine an aircraft that has become overweight and underpowered since its introduction in India in 1979," the publication said.
This could mean that the prized contract will go to Honeywell, which has a big presence in India already.
Honeywell ad from two years ago
Why not just make it in China . . . like everbody else?
Given the role of both the names “Rolls-Royce” and “Jaguar” in British automobile manufacturing, as well as aerospace, that was a particularly confusing headline.
The 1042 lives on...
That was probably more than I really needed to know, but thanks!
the jaguar car is owned by an Indian firm, however, I think the aircraft is made by british aerospace.
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