Indian Government to order 36 more Rafale fighter jets

[Mrc]

Guess we'll need to build more block 3s

 

[Smarana Mitra]

Shrugging off the controversy around the previous deal, the Narendra Modi government has finalized a deal for another 36 Rafale fighter jets, according to media reports.

An Indian Defence Research Wing report published on Saturday said the new order will be inked in early 2020.

The Indian Air Force has recently been handed over its first Rafale aircraft from France. The official handing over will take place on October 8 when Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be visiting France.

The purchase of another 36 Rafale fighter jets will take the fleet to 72, which will be key to bolster India’s air power, particularly in the aftermath of the Balakot strike, when the IAF went deep inside Pakistan to destroy terror training camps. Ever since, both India and Pakistan have been keen to bolster their air power.

Considering India’s huge defence market, official sources here say the US is impressing upon India to buy its Lockheed Martin jets. However, ever since Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman downed an F-16 flown by Pakistan, this aircraft’s reputation has gone down by many notches.

Even the F-21 isn’t something India is keen to procure, irrespective of the pressure from US. But the Boeing F-18, which has both a carrier as well as an Air force variant, is under consideration of the IAF along with Rafale, say sources.

SAAB’s Gripen-E is out of the race, while the Russian Mig-35 and Sukhoi-Su-35 are not expected to give a tough fight to Rafale.

The IAF has decided to procure 18 Su-30 MKI and 21 Mig-29 fighter jets from Russia. Upgradation of 272 aircraft of Su- 30 MKI fleet is also under serious consideration. The recent Russia visit of PM Modi has accelerated this process.

Dassault Aviation, the creator of Rafale, and the US’ Boeing, have both extended their offers to help build India’s 5th generation AMCA fighter jet, provided they win the lucrative contract to supply fighter aircraft to the Indian Air force.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...-rafale-fighter-jets/articleshow/71243729.cms

Fake news. There is no AoN issued to get another 36 Rafale. Instead there is MMRCA tender for 114 Rafale.

Everybody wants to milk India. Goras will milk India until it go dry. Than they will wait for poverty and sickness to reduce some people population.

This is. TOT deal, not some random import. India will get airframe technology and design transferred. India will use its own avionics, UTTAM radar, Indian EW suite and Kaveri engine in the made in India rafale.

There is no milking. India is getting the design if the plane and India is buying it to reduce time for designing.

MMRCA is dead. That tender has been issued and cancelled multiple times and any future news on it is only mouthpieces of the respective competitors and their propaganda while IAF's top brass would prolong that process for kickbacks. Tejas procurement will continue along with development of Mk-1A and MCA while there wouldn't be any procurement of 126 or 200 foreign jets be it Rafales/Gripens/F-16s.

Maybe 36 more Rafales and that's about it. If IN decides to go with Rafale-M for IAC-3, there is a possibility that we might negotiate for localized production and ToT

MMRCA is specifically meant for technology transfer. Rafale was orderedin mere 36 in first phase as India intends to first give limited order with offset money to get some technology transfer to verify French intention. If India gave entire 150 orders, French may take the money and then backtrack or delay. So, India went to 2 phase approach. Since France has kept ita side of the bargain, India will go ahead with MMRCA2

 

[salarsikander]

So all the bullshit of mother of all deals for a decade that it Rafael will be manufactured locally and Indigenous crap is all now Cow shit?
Its just Hard cash import like normally that every other country with cash can procure nothing important.

Indians have this fucking Fetish habit of making mole out of mounatian. Chuztipah Bollywood nation

 

[Zapper]

It's not dead. Matter a fact, local partnerships are already forming. TATAs to produce F21, Adanis to produce Gripen E, HAL/Mahindra to produce Super Hornet, those are the partnerships publicized as of now

Every company offers kickbacks to MoD and IAF's top brass to select their fighter jet. Since the pre-condition is for em to partner with one of the local firms...that's the only reason they partnered with em and these tenders have been issued, postponed and cancelled multiple times

Realistically, if we go ahead with the MMRCA-2 in order to procure 200 jets...the negotiations would take about a decade to finalize the deal. Setting up a manufacturing facility, identifying local vendors, establishing the supply chain since we'd ask for local sourcing and starting the production would take a while and by the time we receive our first 4th gen fighter, most countries would be phasing out 4th gen and move on to the 5th gen

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

Fake news. There is no AoN issued to get another 36 Rafale. Instead there is MMRCA tender for 114 Rafale.

This is. TOT deal, not some random import. India will get airframe technology and design transferred. India will use its own avionics, UTTAM radar, Indian EW suite and Kaveri engine in the made in India rafale.

There is no milking. India is getting the design if the plane and India is buying it to reduce time for designing.



MMRCA is specifically meant for technology transfer. Rafale was orderedin mere 36 in first phase as India intends to first give limited order with offset money to get some technology transfer to verify French intention. If India gave entire 150 orders, French may take the money and then backtrack or delay. So, India went to 2 phase approach. Since France has kept ita side of the bargain, India will go ahead with MMRCA2

Considering that the Kaveri development deal with Safran died earlier this year, i rather doubt it.
Lot of hot air right now in India.

 

[crankthatskunk]

They did killed terrorists.....Five eye has the information. Ask your MI-6 t...if you know any among them.

Yeah sure, and you are sitting on the top post in MI 6!

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

A great piece of news for PAF!!! They don’t have to “worry” about yet another platform....

 

[Ali_Baba]

The meteor is an impressive system, but it doesnot have the combat record of the AMRAAM or the history of test firings that the AMRAAM has. It is an untested platform, with impressive paper specs.

 

[blain2]

Shrugging off the controversy around the previous deal, the Narendra Modi government has finalized a deal for another 36 Rafale fighter jets, according to media reports.

An Indian Defence Research Wing report published on Saturday said the new order will be inked in early 2020.

The Indian Air Force has recently been handed over its first Rafale aircraft from France. The official handing over will take place on October 8 when Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be visiting France.

The purchase of another 36 Rafale fighter jets will take the fleet to 72, which will be key to bolster India’s air power, particularly in the aftermath of the Balakot strike, when the IAF went deep inside Pakistan to destroy terror training camps. Ever since, both India and Pakistan have been keen to bolster their air power.

Considering India’s huge defence market, official sources here say the US is impressing upon India to buy its Lockheed Martin jets. However, ever since Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman downed an F-16 flown by Pakistan, this aircraft’s reputation has gone down by many notches.

Even the F-21 isn’t something India is keen to procure, irrespective of the pressure from US. But the Boeing F-18, which has both a carrier as well as an Air force variant, is under consideration of the IAF along with Rafale, say sources.

SAAB’s Gripen-E is out of the race, while the Russian Mig-35 and Sukhoi-Su-35 are not expected to give a tough fight to Rafale.

The IAF has decided to procure 18 Su-30 MKI and 21 Mig-29 fighter jets from Russia. Upgradation of 272 aircraft of Su- 30 MKI fleet is also under serious consideration. The recent Russia visit of PM Modi has accelerated this process.

Dassault Aviation, the creator of Rafale, and the US’ Boeing, have both extended their offers to help build India’s 5th generation AMCA fighter jet, provided they win the lucrative contract to supply fighter aircraft to the Indian Air force.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...-rafale-fighter-jets/articleshow/71243729.cms

The only thing downed by India, which is also confirmed, is OG.

 

[Adonis]

Yeah sure, and you are sitting on the top post in MI 6!

Just ask if you want to verify....else don't claim nothing happened that day. Period!!

 

[crankthatskunk]

Just ask if you want to verify....else don't claim nothing happened that day. Period!!

Yeah yeah sure. We have heard the evidence like the bombs were so smart that they entered the building creating a very small hole and then destroyed and killed everyone inside the building. Yup. Got it long time ago, no need to ask the agencies, whose office I am sure is in your back garden that you know all about their "secret reports".
The Indian idiots have failed to realise that those roofs were wooden and shacks, any projectile striking them with force would have shattered them to pieces, visible in the photographs.
But little common sense always betrays the little Indians. Now off you go to Vauxhall to bring the evidence from the "spoofs".

 

[OldenWisdom...قول بزرگ]

A great piece of news for PAF!!! They don’t have to “worry” about yet another platform....

In fact another platform should be welcomed! Why not... I'd suggest them going for both F-18, F-21 and Gripen as well. Indian approach has always been more the merrier...