CLARIFICATION OF ERRONEOUS MEDIA REPORTS ON SELECTION OF NEXT
GENERATION FIGHTER
We refer to the reports, Eurofighters headed here by STREATS
(page 8, 31 May 2004) and UK will be selling 50 Eurofighters to
Austria and Singapore by Zao Bao (page 19, 31 May 2004).
Both reports said that Singapore had agreed to buy an unspecified
number of the UKs Eurofighter aircraft. The reports are erroneous.
The three shortlisted candidates for our Next Generation Fighter
Programme the F-15T, Rafale and Eurofighter are still
undergoing flight trials and technical evaluation. A decision is
not likely until next year.
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