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Stockholm (AFP) April 27, 2011 India has scrapped Saab's Gripen from its fighter jet shortlist in its drive to modernise its armed forces, the Swedish aircraft builder said Wednesday. "Today defence and security company Saab AB has received information from the Indian ministry of defence that Gripen has not been shortlisted for the Indian Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) programme," the company said in a statement. India is planning to replace its fleet of 26 ageing MiG 21 Soviet-era jets to the tune of some 11 billion euros ($16 billion). Other than Saab, it is also considering France's Dassault, Russia's MiG, America's Boeing and Lockheed Martin, Europe's EADS, Britain's BAE Systems and Italy's Finmeccanica as possible suppliers. "We have received this decision and will closely monitor the future process and provide additional information if requested by the Indian ministry of defence," SAAB chief executive officer Haakan Buskhe said. He insisted the Gripen was a world class fighter, and that India was being offered a "very competitive price". The Gripen is already in service in the air forces of Sweden, the Czech Republic, Hungary, South Africa and Thailand, the company said. The jet was first deployed operationally in the current NATO strikes on targets aligned to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi.
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