印度空軍購買200架戰鬥機_風聞

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KOLKATA: The government is in the process of acquiring around 200 aircraft to cope with the depleting aerial inventories of the Indian Air Force, defence secretary Ajay Kumar said here on Sunday.

加爾各答：印度國防部長庫馬爾週日表示，政府正在採購大約200架飛機，以替換印度空軍日益老舊的飛機。

The contract for Hindustan AeronauticsLimited-manufactured 83 LCA Tejas Mark 1 A advanced fighter jets are in the final stages, he said.

83架印度斯坦航空公司製造的LCA光輝Mark 1 A的合同已經已經處於最後階段，庫馬爾説。

Apart from these, Expression of Interest (EOI) has been floated for another 110 aircraft, based on which Request for Proposal (RFP) will be floated, Ajay Kumar said.

除此之外，還提出了110架飛機的意向書，基於意向書的招標書也將發佈。

“Roughly (for) 200 aircrafts, the acquisition is in process,” he said.

他説：“大約有200架飛機，採購正在進行中。”

​"We are in the process of finalising the contract for 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mark 1 A, which are advanced fighters to meet the urgent needs of India," the defence secretary told reporters on the sidelines of commissioning Indian Coast Guard vessels here.

“我們正在敲定83架Mark 1A的合同，這些先進的戰鬥機能滿足印度的迫切需求，” 在印度海岸警衞隊艦艇服役的間歇，國防部長對記者説道。

Kumar said that the contract for the LCAs will be signed “definitely this year”.

庫馬爾説，。

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“We want to do it as soon as possible,” the defence secretary said when asked whether a time frx has been finalised by which the new aircraft are to be acquired.

“我們希望儘快購買，” 當被問及是否已經敲定了購買新飛機的時間表時，國防部長這麼説。

Kumar said that with the design having been finalised, state-run aerospace behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will be ramping up production of the LCA Mark 1 A jets from 8 to 16 per year.

庫馬爾説，隨着設計完成，國營航空巨頭印度斯坦航空有限公司將加速生產LCA  Mark 1 A，從每年8架提高到每年16架。

“If required, through outsourcing, we can further enhance it,” he said.

他説：“如果有需要，通過外包，我們還可以更快。”

The Air Force has Sukhoi 30 MKIs, Mirage 2000s, Mig 29s and the ageing Jaguars and Mig 21 Bisons in its inventory of fighter jets at present.

目前，空軍庫存中的戰鬥機有蘇-30 MKI、幻影2000、米格29以及老舊的美洲虎和米格21野牛。

The last fleet of seven swing-wing MiG-27 fighters, which played an important role during the 1999 Kargil war, was decommissioned on December 27, 2019.

最後7架的可變後掠翼米格-27戰鬥機機隊在1999年卡吉爾戰爭中發揮了重要作用，已經在2019年12月27日退役。