Paris, 10th April 2015 – Dassault Aviation, which is the Indian Air Force supplier for more than 60 years, is honored of the repeated trust of the Indian Government and welcomes its intention to finalize the acquisition of 36 Rafale aircraft at conditions that will allow to meet rapidly the security needs of India.
Dassault Aviation is grateful to the Indian Authorities to be given the opportunity to pursue and extend their partnership and underlines its pride in contributing to Indian defense and sovereignty.
“Just as we are delivering the first upgraded Mirage 2000, I am delighted by the decision of the Indian Authorities which gives a new impetus to our partnership for the next decades and comes within the scope of the strategic relationship gathering France and India”, declared Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation.
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From scrapping MMRCA deal to ordering 36 Rafales in addition to already ongoing negotiations for 120+ Rafales. Modi using MMRCA deal to secure permanent UN Security Council seat. Good political stroke Mr. Modi.
WRONG BUY.
They’ll take us for a ride. We’ve seen it before – we’ll end up paying through our noses. Besides, we’ll get some thing which is ‘over the hill’ by the time it gets here.
A Russian fighter would any day have been a BETTER DEAL.
For HAL and others in the production chain and for the country, in general
Pull out all the avionics [ total ] and fit the latest in the world, specially Israeli and we would have a FORMIDABLE aircraft.
Which one ? The Sukhoi-35.
Awesome fighter,
But, then, such decisions are purely political and seldom strategic.