India to buy 126 Rafale fighter jets in $11B dealNIRMALA GEORGE
NEW DELHI, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Allegations and counter-allegations continue to fly between India's main opposition Indian National Congress (INC) and the centre government over the ongoing raging controversy involving "Rafale" fighter jets deal with France. Taking cognizance of a media report publ...
In September 2016, India and France signed a €7.87 billion Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) for 36 Rafale multi-role fighter jets in fly-away condition following the surprise announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April 2015. The first batch of the jets will arrive in India only in...
India will become the fourth country to operate the Rafale multi-role combat jet after France, Egypt and Qatar. Speaking at the handover ceremony, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who visited France to take delivery of the first aircraft on behalf of the IAF, said the fighter will enhan...
The procurement of Rafale jets was first initiated in 2012. Indian government then intended to buy 126 fighter jets. However, the purchase faced delays and hurdles during the past four years over the cost and assembly of the planes in India. ...
On Monday, July 27, the first batch of five Rafale fighter jets took off from Istres in France for India. While the delivery of the first batch of planes has been delayed by about nine months, according to sources in India’s Defence Ministry, every effort is now being made to ...
After Malaysia, the tour will continue into Vietnam before ending in Singapore. The FAF contingent will fly to India after Singapore before the Rafales returned to UAE where they are based. The airlifters will returned to France where they are based. ...
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The Mediapart said the probe into the inter-governmental deal signed in 2016 was formally opened on June 14. “A judicial probe into suspected corruption has been opened in France over the 7.8-billion-euro sale to India in 2016 of 36 Dassault-built Rafale fighter aircraft,” the Me...
The contract comes just days after Qatar signed up to buy 12 additional Dassault Rafales from France, adding to the 24 it already has on order, as well as the 36 Boeing F-15QA Advanced Eagles being purchased from the U.S. Qatar now has ordered 96 fighter jets to replace the 12 Dassaul...