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The MoD of Serbia is considering the purchase of new multirole combat aircraft capable of performing the tasks of air superiority, ground strike, as well as reconnaissance, said in an interview with the Serbian newspaper "Evening News" Air Force Commander Major-General Dragan Katanich. The type and number of aircraft is currently not defined. Request for Information (RFI) have been sent out to the manufacturers of the following aircraft: the Lockheed Martin F-16 "Fighting Falcon", the Boeing F/A-18E/F "Super Hornet", the EADS Eurofighter Typhoon, the Saab Gripen, the Mikoyan MiG-29M, the Sukhoi Su-30 and the Dassault Rafale. SAAB did not respond to Serbia's Request For Information (RFI). Although no RFI was submitted to Chinese companies, CAC presented it's J10A and FC-1 aircraft to a Serbian delegation that was visiting China. Requests for Proposal (RFP) have been sent out to the companies which answered the previous RFI, namely Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Dassault, Mikoyan, Sukhoi and EADS. No RFP has been sent out to the Chinese CAC.
From information released in 2013, Serbia is planning to purchase 12 or 16 MiG-29M/M2 multi-role fighters, S-300PMU-2 surface-to-air missile systems, as well as Pantsir-S1 and Buk-M2E air defence systems.
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