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TUDM LCA/FLIT recent happenings October 2021 - Tender Closed!

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   tanahairdefence.blogspot.com  Some very interesting news has came out on the TUDM LCA/FLIT tender, now that the tender is officially closed. This is my second update on this  tender, the first one can be read in this link  here .  Originally the closing date for the tender is supposed to be 22nd September 2021. For unknown reasons, the closing date of the tender was extended to 6th October 2021. It is expected that the winner for this tender will be announced in around March or April 2022. In my previous article, I have said that t he front runners for the LCA/FLIT requirements for TUDM would be in my opinion the Tejas, FA/TA-50 and the JF-17. The biggest news is that the JF-17 team did not submit any bid for the LCA/FLIT tender! For the tender, a total of nine (9) companies bought the tender documents. But when the tender was closed on  6th October 2021, only six (6) bids was submitted. The companies and aircraft types that has submitted the LCA/FL...