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A big step in India's Rafale jet deal with France French firm will send 18 Rafale fighter jets, India will build the rest :thumb: :thumb: Courtesy: AFP File photo: A French Dassault Rafale fighter performs in an air show over Le Bourget airport, north of Paris New Delhi: The...

India's arms deal draws Britain's ire . .THE Anglo-French rivalry that marked India's colonisation has resurfaced in a new avatar with India preferring French Rafale over Eurofighter Typhoon, offered by a British-led consortium in the biggest deal for fighter aircraft in the last two...

Smaller French Firms Feel Offset Heat | Defense News | defensenews.com . Smaller French Firms Feel Offset Heat Feb. 19, 2012 - 02:12PM | By PIERRE TRAN . . . PARIS — Industrial offsets demanded in arms export deals by emerging-market countries are a source of harm for small and...

IAF defends Rafale pick . . IAF defends Rafale pick The Indian Air Force, on Monday rubbished reports in the Western media, especially in the UK, criticising India picking Dassault's Rafale over Eurofighter in the $10.4 billion medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) deal that will see...

Britain again raises the pitch for Typhoon for fighter deal- News - IBNLive Mobile . Britain again raises the pitch for Typhoon for fighter deal ---Press Trust Of India. 06:02 PM,Feb 13,2012

HAL prepares to manufacture Rafale combat jet in India State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is getting ready to progressively manufacture the Dassault Rafale combat jet that has apparently been chosen by the Indian Air Force (IAF) for its $10.4 billion order for 126 planes. HAL...

MMRCA: Counter Point | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses ++ IDSA COMMENT MMRCA: Counter Point by- Ramesh Phadke February 13, 2012 . . Since the announcement of the French Rafale as a possible winner (possible because serious negotiations on the final price based on life cycle...

India has made powerful enemies by selecting Dassault | idrw.org ++ India has made powerful enemies by selecting Dassault . india is not likely to bow to Anglo-American pressure to revisit the MMRCA decision in favour of Dassault-Rafale. By deciding on the basis of technical parameters...

here is one more artical that proves EFT is more costly. Even costler then F-35. . . Italy buys its first three F-35s. With a shocking announcement: “a JSF will cost less than a Eurofighter Typhoon” « The Aviationist ++ . Italy buys its first three F-35s. With a shocking announcement: "a...

Google Translate ++ . 'C'est ça' . BRASILIA - After so many comings and goings, the government is finally hitting the hammer in favor of the Rafale, the French Dassault, to renew its fleet of FAB. The notice must be in the first half, but only after May 6, when the second round of...

. . Now thats some serious amount of money, and i for that matter anyone in his sane mind will not going to change this decision in favour of EFT. That will be completly in-sane.

The $20 Billion Dogfight for an Indian Air Force Contract | idrw.org ++ . The $20 Billion Dogfight for an Indian Air Force Contract . SOURCE : WALL STREET DAILY It flies at over 1,500 miles per hour and has been called the complete combat aircraft. But India doesn't want it. The...

Landing Gear differences in the Rafale C (air force variant) and the Rafale M (naval variant) ++ Rafale C landing gear ++ Rafale M landing gear ++ Rafale B with Rafale M stationed together

.This quote from this article http://m.timesofindia.com/india/IAF-fighter-deal-Rafale-much-cheaper-than-Typhoon-govt-rules-out-review/articleshow/11830845.cms is very intresting. . "The fact is that the cost deferential between Typhoon and Rafale was very high... it would cost India around 22%...

Flying into rough weather - The Times of India ++ Flying into rough weather . India's long and convoluted search for a new fighter plane - a medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) - has entered its final stage. New Delhi has just announced that the Rafale, built by Dassault Aviation...

chances for Typhoon dimminished more as Source:- IAF fighter deal: Rafale much cheaper than Typhoon; govt rules out review - The Times of India ++ IAF fighter deal: Rafale much cheaper than Typhoon; govt rules out review NEW DELHI: It was the "substantially higher cost" of acquiring and...

A dogfight over Delhi | idrw.org ++ . . A dogfight over Delhi Published February 8, 2012 SOURCE:-FINANCIAL TIMES . . Sir Stephen Dalton, the UK's chief of air staff, hurtled down the runway behind the controls of a Russian-designed Sukhoi-30 at the Kalaikunda air base in West...

Eppur Si Muove !: The MRCA Story And What It Means For India

all you want to ever know about Rafale. Know your Rafale: India's latest Fighter Aircraft acquisition . http://aame.in/2012/02/know-your-rafale-india-latest-fighter.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Shubhspace%2Fblog+%28AA+Me%29&m=1

Wake up and smell the curry:- India spurns Mother England's peanuts . Source- Wake up and smell the curry India spurns Mother Englands peanuts - Page 1 | Firstpost . The Brits are in a tizzy. "What on earth do they know about cricket and curries?" sniffed Tory MP Peter Bone when he heard...