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India, France sign ₹63,000 crore deal for 26 Rafale fighters

India is procuring the jets from French defence major Dassault Aviation for deployment on board aircraft carrier INS Vikrant.

A French multirole fighter aircraft Rafale takes part in a practice session for a simulated landing on a aircraft carrier at the French Navy airbase of Landivisiau in Saint-Servais.(AFP)

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Updated on Apr 28, 2025 02:39 PM IST

ByRahul Singh

French aerospace firm seeks to build facility near Noida airport

Yeida said that the firm also wants to open a skill development centre in UP in collaboration with the ministries of skill development and defence

The company has decided to set up an MRO facility within a 1,365-hectare area designated in the second phase of the Noida International Airport project, which includes the development of an aviation hub including Centre of Excellence. (Sunil Ghosh/HT File)

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Published on Apr 16, 2025 08:18 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput

Dassault to set up facility near Noida to support Rafale, Mirage 2000 jets

The new company, Dassault Aviation Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul India, is expected to begin operations in six months and will progressively expand its activities

The Indian Air Force operates a fleet of 36 Rafales and around 50 Mirage 2000s. (File Photo)

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Updated on Sep 24, 2024 05:54 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Serbia, France's Dassault Aviation agree over purchase of Rafale fighter jets

SERBIA-FRANCE/ (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX):UPDATE 1-Serbia, France's Dassault Aviation agree over purchase of Rafale fighter jets

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Published on Aug 30, 2024 12:42 AM IST

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Why Pawar keeps contradicting Congress and helping BJP

Pawar said that a probe by a Supreme Court appointed committee would be a better option than the JPC since the latter would be dominated by ruling party MPs.

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Updated on Apr 09, 2023 12:27 AM IST

ByShailesh Gaikwad, Saurabha Kulshrestha

France hands over 3 Rafale fighter jets with India-specific enhancements to IAF

In light of the Indian acquisition of Rafale, the Pakistani air force has decided to go for 25 Chinese made J-10 multi-role fighters as a counter and PLA Air Force has deployed the J-20, so called fifth generation fighter, at Hotan, Lhasa, Kashgar and Nyingchi air bases in Tibet and Sinkiang.

IAF's Rafale jet fighter doing the vertical Charlie maneuver on 2021 Republic Day.

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Published on Feb 01, 2022 03:59 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

'No violations in Rafale deal with India', says Dassault Aviation

Rafale deal: Dassault Aviation said that the statement is in connection with certain allegations reported in the press about the contract signed in 2016 with India.

According to the 2016 deal, India will receive 36 Rafale fighter jet from France.(ANI Photo)

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Updated on Apr 08, 2021 07:51 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

CAG picks holes in chopper upgrade, flags concerns about navy vessels

CAG said the choppers were flying with limited capability, attributing the situation to “poor planning and indecision”

Representational image of a Mi-17 chopper.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 24, 2020 11:17 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRahul Singh

‘Defended Rafale deal on merit’: Former IAF chief Dhanoa on Supreme Court verdict

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi dismissed a review petition that sought an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged irregularities in the ₹59,000 crore Rafale fighter jet deal with French planemaker Dassault Aviation.

When the Indian Air Force (IAF) defended the Rafale deal then it was criticised for wading into politics, air chief marshal (retd) BS Dhanoa said on Thursday(ANI /Twitter)

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Updated on Jul 23, 2020 10:29 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | BySudhi Ranjan Sen

Don’t terrorise us on tax: Rafale engine manufacturer tells Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh formally accepted the first Rafale fighter jet on October 8 after India had signed a deal with the French government and Dassault Aviation in September 2016, to acquire 36 Rafale fighter jets.

Indian Defense Minister Minister Rajnath Singh, listens to an aide as French Defense Minister Florence Parly, left, listens during a ceremony at the Dassault Aviation plant in Merignac, near Bordeaux.(Photo: AP)

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Updated on Oct 09, 2019 05:35 PM IST

Paris | ByPress Trust of India

‘Not aggression but self defence’: Rajnath after India gets first Rafale

The Defence Minister was speaking after he completed a sortie on a Rafale jet. The plane was flown by a French pilot as Indian pilots have just begun training on the India-specific Rafale aircraft.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh gestures before a test flight in a Rafale jet fighter at the Dassault Aviation plant in Merignac, near Bordeaux, southwestern France, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019.(AP)

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Updated on Oct 09, 2019 05:05 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

News updates from Hindustan Times at 9 PM: Rajnath Singh receives India’s first Rafale jet in France, takes off for sortie and all the latest news at this hour

Here are today’s top news, analysis and opinion at this hour curated for you at 9 PM. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.

Rajnath Singh formally accepted the first Rafale fighter jet after India had signed a deal with the French government and Dassault Aviation in September 2016, to acquire 36 Rafale fighter jets.(Photo: rajnathsingh/ Twitter)

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Updated on Oct 08, 2019 08:56 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

After receiving India’s first Rafale jet, Rajnath takes off for sortie

Soon after taking delivery of the combat aircraft, Singh flew in the two-seater Rafale jet accompanied by French pilot Philippe Duchateau in the front cockpit with Singh sitting in the rear seat.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on board a Rafale fighter jet in France.(ANI PHOTO.)

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Updated on Jul 08, 2020 06:55 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

IAF receives first Rafale combat aircraft in France

As per the ₹60,000 crore contract signed between India and France, the first aircraft was scheduled to be delivered in acceptance mode to the Indian side and it will now undergo trials and tests for another seven months more in France.

The first aircraft with tail number RB-01 was received by a team of Indian Air Force officers led by Air Marshal VR Chaudhary in France who also flew in the plane for around one hour, Indian Air Force sources told ANI.(Photo: ANI)

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Updated on Sep 21, 2019 12:56 AM IST

Bordeaux | ByAsian News International

ITI students from Nagpur to learn Rafale assembling

The course for Aeronautical Structure and Equipment Fitter will be conducted in collaboration with French manufacturer, Dassault Aviation.

The students of government-run Industrial Training Institute in Nagpur will now learn to assemble Rafale and Falcon jets.(Reuters Photo (Representative))

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Updated on Sep 21, 2019 07:05 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByShreya Bhandary, Mumbai

India tweaks rules for friendly countries for defence exports

The office in question oversees the implementation of the project for 36 Rafale multi-role fighters, which India is acquiring.

An Indian Air Force (IAF) team comprising computer forensic experts is in France to probe if documents or designs were stolen or copied during the break-in at the Rafale project management team office in the European country last Sunday(AFP)

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Published on May 26, 2019 11:21 PM IST

New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Break-in at IAF’s office managing Rafale deal in Paris

News agency AFP quoted an unnamed source in a local French prosecutor’s office as saying that “documents and money” had been taken. HT could not verify the statement.

French plane-maker Dassault Aviation has an office complex in Saint-Cloud and the five-member Indian project management team, headed by a group captain, operates from the same premises.

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Updated on May 23, 2019 07:48 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRahul Singh

Break-in at Indian Air Force’s Paris office handling Rafale info: Report

The Rafale team sits in a building complex in Saint Cloud suburb of Paris and the police there is investigating the case.

Sources said the main aim of the break-in could have been to steal data as valuables or money are not kept in these administrative offices.(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 22, 2019 06:52 PM IST

New Delhi | ByAsian News International

Anil Ambani to drop ₹5,000 cr defamation cases against Congress leaders

Reliance Group’s lawyer, Rasesh Parikh, said on Tuesday that they have communicated to the defence about the intention to withdraw the suits, once the court reopens after vacation

Reliance Group filed a defamation suit against the National Herald, saying an article published in the newspaper regarding the Rafale fighter deal was “libellous and derogatory”(PTI)

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Updated on May 22, 2019 09:37 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | ByHT Correspondent

Government denies suppressing any information on Rafale deal

In its December judgement, the Supreme Court rejected pleas for a court-monitored probe of the deal for the purchase of 36 Rafale jet fighters made by Dassault Aviation of France, saying it had no reason to doubt that due process had been followed .

In an affidavit filed before the court opposing the demand to initiate perjury proceedings against the Centre, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government denied allegations of suppressing information(PTI)

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Updated on May 11, 2019 07:07 AM IST

New Delhi | ByBhadra Sinha

Row during launch of book on Rafale deal in Chennai

In 2016, the Narendra Modi government signed a ₹59,000-crore deal with French firm, Dassault Aviation, for the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets to be supplied in flyaway condition starting September. The Congress-led opposition alleged malfeasance in the deal.

French aircraft Rafale manoeuvres during AERO India 2019 air show at Yelahanka airbase in Bengaluru.(PTI Photo)

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Updated on Apr 03, 2019 12:19 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chennai | ByHT Correspondent

Rafale deal: Congress says PM Modi ‘misused office, time to file an FIR’

The Congress on Wednesday said the time has come to lodge a first information report (FIR) against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly causing loss to public exchequer by waiving the bank guarantee to Dassault Aviation in the Rafale fighter jet deal.

Congress’s chief spokesperson, Randeep Singh Surjewala, told reporters in New Delhi that Modi should be investigated under the relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code.(PTI)

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Published on Mar 06, 2019 11:35 PM IST

New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

‘Enough proof to prosecute PM’: Rahul Gandhi renews attack over Rafale row

Leading the party’s charge, Rahul Gandhi alleged “the trail of corruption” in the Rafale fighter jet deal “begins and ends with” Modi.

The Congress Wednesday sought registration of an FIR against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “corruption” in the Rafale fighter jet deal, with party president Rahul Gandhi claiming that there “is now enough evidence” to prosecute him.(PTI)

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Updated on Mar 06, 2019 11:32 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

‘Without Rafale, how can we resist F-16s’: Centre to Supreme Court

The Centre has told the Supreme Court that defence procurements done by the government can’t be examined by judiciary.

The Narendra Modi government signed an agreement with France in 2016 for the purchase of Rafale fighter jets.(PTI)

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Updated on Mar 06, 2019 05:24 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Supreme Court to hear petition to review Rafale verdict today

The petition referred to the CAG’s audit of the deal and states that at the time of the Supreme Court’s verdict, no CAG report existed.

A Dassault's Rafale fighter jet takes off during a flying display during Aero India 2019 airshow at the Yelahanka Air Force station, in Bangalore on February 20.(AFP Photo)

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Updated on Mar 06, 2019 08:46 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

‘Rafale to join IAF inventory in September,’ says IAF chief Dhanoa

India has ordered 36 Rafale fighter planes from Dassault Aviation of France as part of the IAF’s modernization drive.

Air CHief Marshal B S Dhanoa at a media conference on Monday in Coimbatore.(ANI)

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Updated on Mar 04, 2019 01:49 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Mirage 2000 ‘natural choice’ for air strikes at Jaish camp across LoC

The Mirage 2000s, the officials said, struck their target with Israeli-origin SPICE 2000 bombs from a stand-off distance, which wasn’t immediately known.

The French-origin Mirage 2000s carried out the predawn air strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist camp in Pakistan’s Balakot on Tuesday(AP)

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Updated on Feb 26, 2019 10:56 PM IST

New Delhi, Hindustan Times | ByRahul Singh

‘Rafale IGA protects Indian interests’: French Envoy

India floated a global tender in August 2007 to buy 126 planes but it stood cancelled after Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared in April 2015 that India would buy 36 Rafale planes from France under a government-to-government deal.

The Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) between France and India for the sale of Rafale fighter jets to the air force has in-built provisions to ensure that Indian interests are protected, a(REUTERS)

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Published on Feb 14, 2019 11:47 PM IST

New Delhi | ByRahul Singh

3 Rafale jets fly to India for Bengaluru air show

The biennial international expo is being held at the Yellahanka base of the Indian Air Force (IAF) near the Bengaluru international airport.

French aerospace major Dassault Aviation flew to India three Rafale fighters to participate in the 12th edition of Aero India 2019 air show from February 20-24.(AFP)

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Published on Feb 14, 2019 05:46 PM IST

Bengaluru | ByIndo Asian News Service

Decoding the CAG report on Rafale fighter jet deal in 10 points

CAG report on Rafale deal was tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday amid renewed attack on the Modi government over the 2016 defence contract.

A French fighter jet Rafale prepares to take off on the aircraft carrier

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Updated on Feb 13, 2019 03:05 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

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India is procuring the jets from French defence major Dassault Aviation for deployment on board aircraft carrier INS Vikrant.

Yeida said that the firm also wants to open a skill development centre in UP in collaboration with the ministries of skill development and defence

The new company, Dassault Aviation Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul India, is expected to begin operations in six months and will progressively expand its activities

SERBIA-FRANCE/ (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX):UPDATE 1-Serbia, France's Dassault Aviation agree over purchase of Rafale fighter jets

Pawar said that a probe by a Supreme Court appointed committee would be a better option than the JPC since the latter would be dominated by ruling party MPs.

In light of the Indian acquisition of Rafale, the Pakistani air force has decided to go for 25 Chinese made J-10 multi-role fighters as a counter and PLA Air Force has deployed the J-20, so called fifth generation fighter, at Hotan, Lhasa, Kashgar and Nyingchi air bases in Tibet and Sinkiang.

Rafale deal: Dassault Aviation said that the statement is in connection with certain allegations reported in the press about the contract signed in 2016 with India.

CAG said the choppers were flying with limited capability, attributing the situation to “poor planning and indecision”

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi dismissed a review petition that sought an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged irregularities in the ₹59,000 crore Rafale fighter jet deal with French planemaker Dassault Aviation.

Rajnath Singh formally accepted the first Rafale fighter jet on October 8 after India had signed a deal with the French government and Dassault Aviation in September 2016, to acquire 36 Rafale fighter jets.

The Defence Minister was speaking after he completed a sortie on a Rafale jet. The plane was flown by a French pilot as Indian pilots have just begun training on the India-specific Rafale aircraft.

Here are today’s top news, analysis and opinion at this hour curated for you at 9 PM. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.

Soon after taking delivery of the combat aircraft, Singh flew in the two-seater Rafale jet accompanied by French pilot Philippe Duchateau in the front cockpit with Singh sitting in the rear seat.

As per the ₹60,000 crore contract signed between India and France, the first aircraft was scheduled to be delivered in acceptance mode to the Indian side and it will now undergo trials and tests for another seven months more in France.

The course for Aeronautical Structure and Equipment Fitter will be conducted in collaboration with French manufacturer, Dassault Aviation.

The office in question oversees the implementation of the project for 36 Rafale multi-role fighters, which India is acquiring.

News agency AFP quoted an unnamed source in a local French prosecutor’s office as saying that “documents and money” had been taken. HT could not verify the statement.

The Rafale team sits in a building complex in Saint Cloud suburb of Paris and the police there is investigating the case.

Reliance Group’s lawyer, Rasesh Parikh, said on Tuesday that they have communicated to the defence about the intention to withdraw the suits, once the court reopens after vacation

In its December judgement, the Supreme Court rejected pleas for a court-monitored probe of the deal for the purchase of 36 Rafale jet fighters made by Dassault Aviation of France, saying it had no reason to doubt that due process had been followed .

In 2016, the Narendra Modi government signed a ₹59,000-crore deal with French firm, Dassault Aviation, for the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets to be supplied in flyaway condition starting September. The Congress-led opposition alleged malfeasance in the deal.

The Congress on Wednesday said the time has come to lodge a first information report (FIR) against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly causing loss to public exchequer by waiving the bank guarantee to Dassault Aviation in the Rafale fighter jet deal.

Leading the party’s charge, Rahul Gandhi alleged “the trail of corruption” in the Rafale fighter jet deal “begins and ends with” Modi.

The Centre has told the Supreme Court that defence procurements done by the government can’t be examined by judiciary.

The petition referred to the CAG’s audit of the deal and states that at the time of the Supreme Court’s verdict, no CAG report existed.

India has ordered 36 Rafale fighter planes from Dassault Aviation of France as part of the IAF’s modernization drive.

The Mirage 2000s, the officials said, struck their target with Israeli-origin SPICE 2000 bombs from a stand-off distance, which wasn’t immediately known.

India floated a global tender in August 2007 to buy 126 planes but it stood cancelled after Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared in April 2015 that India would buy 36 Rafale planes from France under a government-to-government deal.

The biennial international expo is being held at the Yellahanka base of the Indian Air Force (IAF) near the Bengaluru international airport.

CAG report on Rafale deal was tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday amid renewed attack on the Modi government over the 2016 defence contract.

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