Comparing the Eurofighter Typhoon (EF2000) 4th Generation Multirole Fighter Aircraft against the Dassault Rafale Multirole 4th Generation Fighter Aircraft.

During that campaign, India obtained French clearance – and possibly more – to urgently adapt Israeli and Russian-supplied laser-guided bombs to the Mirages, which were thus able to successfully engage high-altitude targets that Indian MiG-23s and MiG-27s had been unable to reach.The OP has asked ‘Why Indian Govt cancelled the Eurofighter deal?’First of all, there was no deal negotiations between the Indian Govt and Eurofighter.

In the MMRCA competition announced by the IAF in 2007, the Rafale was joined by the Eurofighter Typhoon (built by a British, German and Spanish consortium), Lockheed Martin … The IAF doesn't need modern attack jets in five years; it needs them today.Take the Sukhoi Su-30 which HAL is licence producing in India. Eurofighter is over… production will be stop before 2020 and now there are a lot of technicals problems…5. The agency's local agents conducted a few digs but drew a blank.One of the little-known facts about the Gripen is that it was the IAF's first choice when it was looking for an advanced jet fighter in the late 1970s.

In 2013, the company inaugurated a 25,000 square metre Bangalore facility, equipped with a suite of sheet-metal, surface-treatment and assembly capabilities to meet the requirements of the global aerospace industry. This clause is expected to boost indigenous defence production with joint ventures with local partner firms and licensed production. As of 2014 everyone knows that Rafale is much more efficient than Typhoon which was humiliated in ATLC and Lybia by Rafale. Eurofighter Typhoon vs Dassault Rafale - Which would win? On January 31, 2012, it was announced that the Rafale had won the competition due to its lower life-cycle cost.Now let's look at how the other aircraft were eliminated, and also the reaction of the losing countries.The Typhoon made it to the final round of two but one of the reasons it got shot down was British corruption. In areas where there has been no political interference, HAL has produced usable weapons. India bought 36 Rafales worth €7.878 billion. India will - and must - extract its pound of flesh in terms of French support for New Delhi's positions in diplomacy, trade and technology transfers. To be fair, HAL's problems are clearly owing to sabotage by India's military procurement lobby which has a vested interest in seeing indigenous defence manufacturing fail. Secondly, the Indian Navy's MiG-29Ks suffered from serious maintenance problems. Not to mention the significant industrial advantage the French get from going it alone.8. With the rapidly shrinking IAF having declared on a number of occasions that it wouldn't be able to fight a two-front war without the Rafales, the current government had no choice but to thrash out the 36-aircraft deal.The bitter dogfight that has taken place in the political arena over the Rafale jet fighter has managed to obscure several important factors why the Indian Air Force (IAF) selected the French jet. The Rafale is a better bomber AND and a better dogfighter. The MiG-29's air dominance allowed other Indian fighter jets to operate freely and pound enemy positions with impunity, leading to Pakistan's quick capitulation. Dassault Rafale. It was an 'honest', reliable and low-cost fighter but the fact that it continued to have an American power plant made it a hot potato. Besides, the Raphale is also designed for being embarked over carriers, while the Eurofighter is solely a ground based airplane. I don’t know much (if anything) about the technical side of aeronautics, but from what I can see is that the only reason the Rafale was predicted the winner of a guns only WVR dogfight is because it has the bigger gun.7. Eurofighter; Rafale; Mirage; Gripen; F-15E; F-16; F/A-18EF; F-22 Raptor; F-35; SU-27; SU-30; SU-30MKI; SU-35; PAK FA; MiG-35; J-10; Home. Also, sending an aircraft that weighs over 18,000 kg (unloaded) against the comparatively tiny JF-17 (6400 kg) would be an exercise in overkill.Or take the MiG-27 which was developed to support rapidly moving infantry and armoured columns. It's commendable they are manufacturing the aircraft locally but there is a cost difference. The MiG-35 was basically a MiG-29 on steroids and never really excited the IAF.