Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions [Thread 2]

[proud indian94]

What about the 18 optional rafale clause.is it there or not.

 

[Chauvinist]

India signed a deal to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France on Friday for close to 7.8 billion euros ($8.7 billion) on Friday.

The long-awaited deal was inked in Delhi between defence minister Manohar Parrikar and his French counterpart Jean Yves Le Drian.

The 7.8 billion euro deal is crucial for the Indian Air Force that is grappling with a drawdown of its fighter fleet.

The IAF has 33 fighter squadrons, each consisting of 18 fighter planes. It requires 45 combat units to counter a combined threat from China and Pakistan. The IAF admits it does not have sufficient number of warplanes for a two-front war.

The Rafale aircraft will allow the airforce to strike targets in Pakistani soil even while flying within the Indian airspace.

The Narendra Modi government had cleared the deal amid indications that the French government waived off the advance guarantee, allowing India to save 134 million euros.

The Centre had initially planned to purchase 126 fighter planes but later opted for just 36 jets in fly-away condition from France with Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcing the revised deal in Paris last year.
The delivery of the jets will begin in 36 months and will be completed in 66 months from the date the contract is inked.

The fighter jets will have state-of-the-art missiles like Meteor and Scalp that will give the IAF a capability that had been sorely missing in its arsenal.

Rafale jets will enable the air force to hit targets inside Pakistan from within India. Pakistan currently has only a beyond-visual-range (BVR) missile with 80-km range.

During the Kargil war, India had used a BVR having 50-km range while Pakistan had none. With Meteor, the balance of power in the air space has again tilted in India’s favour.

The “vanilla price” or the price of only the 36 aircraft is 3.42 billion euros. The armaments cost 710 million euros and changes specific for India will be done for 1,700 million euros. The total price also includes spare parts and maintenance.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india...from-france/story-KFXMt9NlWnHVaNPeEdrPXI.html

 

[HIT AND RUN]

Please, remove this thread.

 

[Hellfire]

What about the 18 optional rafale clause.is it there or not.

By default.

 

[randomradio]

Finally, all that waiting paid off.

 

[noksss]

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@Abingdonboy Atleast now you should change your view on parikkar a little bit. I agree that he still has a long way to go but we should give some credit where its due

@PARIKRAMA Awesome work dude keep rocking

 

[PARIKRAMA]

A little tit bit -
28 single seater and 8 twin seater in this deal

 

[KingRaj]

Please, remove this thread.

This is for you:

 

[Yogi]

@PARIKRAMA Sir can u plz confirm the 18 follow on point.....

 

[PARIKRAMA]

Dassault: the sale of 36 Rafale to India paves the way for further success

ActionsThere are 58 minutes

The Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian before a Rafale March 10, 2016 in Mont-de-Marsan (Photo GEORGES GOBET. AFP)



The CEO of Dassault, Eric Trappier, estimates that the sale of 36 Rafale fighter jets to India will open the way to other successes in this country and that Malaysia may be the next market winner in Asia.

Question: The sale of 36 aircraft to India she is not half a success compared to the original tender (126 Rafale, 108 manufactured in India)? Is this a first step for other contracts in India?

Answer: "I believe in a primer The 36 will be a primer We will continue efforts to get maybe renewal (wider) of the army of the Indian Air It will work the day after the... signing the contract on 36. Regarding the case of the 126, it took so much time that the Indians have said 'we will buy 36 aircraft directly +. Better than 36 126 virtual real. "

Q: The contract provides for compensation (offset). What are the guidelines and what Dassault benefits can he draw?

A: "The + offset + is: buy Indian products, produce and help produce parts that we buy in India, helping develop new products We will initiate an industrial plant, probably through a partnership with. local player. It will be aerospace and defense mainly. India is a major emerging country. It's easier to be here than in China. There will be no license problem of 'export...

It was an obligation of 50% offset. If the contract is EUR 8 billion was a theoretical obligation to 4 billion. After there are coefficients (an investment account over a gross purchase, note). We negotiated the principle, it has obligations, deadlines, chapter headings (...) Now we must do. "

Q: Does the contract he opens new perspectives in the region or elsewhere to Dassault?

A: "It is moving towards the East: Egypt, Qatar and India ... I would like to continue with Malaysia This is a little more again The first three countries were long users.. date of Mirage 2000, Mirage F1 ... We never sold a plane to Malaysia. It is a new challenge. I believe more in Malaysia than in Canada. the west side + + seems to me more complicated because of US close. Want or they may not buy American?

The snowball effect continues. There is a good momentum. French politics may appeal to some who want to stay more independent of the United States. We can not sell that kind of material if there is no trust (strategic) between two countries. "

Interviewed by Valerie Leroux
http://fr.investing.com/news/actual...l'inde-ouvre-la-voie-à-d'autres-succès-190552
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Enjoy his interview..

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[Ankit Kumar 002]

A little tit bit -
28 single seater and 8 twin seater in this deal

And what is the amount we will be paying as the first tranche of payments , and one crucial question , will it require another long process of clearance from Finance ministry ?

 

[VivasvatManu]

And what is the amount we will be paying as the first tranche of payments , and one crucial question , will it require another long process of clearance from Finance ministry ?

That is irrelevant. The Finance ministry has to honour the contract once its signed.

 

[dadeechi]

If there is one person that needs to be credited for this deal that is Mr. Modi. He literally brought back a dead MMRCA deal to life and managed to close the deal.

Specifications wise too this is better than the original MMRCA. MII component is the one where jury is still out.

Parrikar played his part well by being the bad cop. (There is no money for RAFALEs.....I could not laugh enough when he said that )

Full credit to Modi, Doval & Parrikar team effort.

 

[Vergennes]

Congratulations to the indians and dassault !​

Finally!!​

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[Fireurimagination]

Finally, good work, darn both Indians and French are tough negotiators