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Published on: 3/30/2005
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All these purchases will be followed by additional related contracts for MRO and Training and Simulation worth hundreds of millions of dollars," reports Marko Lukovic, Research Analyst at Frost & Sullivan.
China is much more of a mystery, as the nation's defence procurement system is still completely opaque.It is known that they have been heavily modernising their Armed Forces over the past decade, but it is not certain what kind of a mix of modernised domestically produced and imported equipment the Chinese have managed to acquire.It is known that the purchases of Su-27s have stopped after about 120 were built."However, it is unclear whether this had happened because they wanted to build them with better avionics after the EU sanctions are lifted as expected, or because the indigenous J-10 fighter is considered to be a better value product," Mr Lukovic adds.
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Mr Lukovic further observes a notable shift in procurement methodology, especially in India and Brazil, where the emphasis on quality and value for money has gained in prominence, and procurement decisions are no longer based purely on political reasoning.