Mmrca Deal

The Indian Air Force's quest for a Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) is finally over with the Indian government confirming the order for 36 Rafale jets with the French government.

The Indian Air Force or IAF may lose its traditional conventional edge against Pakistan if the contract to buy 126 Rafale medium multi-role combat aircraft or MMRCA is not clinched immediately, senior IAF officials told Defence Minister Arun Jaitley at an extensive briefing recently.

After losing out to India's biggest-ever military contract for supplying 126 combat aircraft to the French Dassault Rafale, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) said it was disappointed over the development but respected the Defence Ministry's decision.

Sources have told NDTV that the French aviation company Dassault Rafale has won the $10.4 million deal for supplying fighter aircraft to India. The Indian Airforce plans to buy 126 aircraft over the next ten years.

  IAF will make public in four weeks the winner of India's biggest-ever Rs 42,000 crore military contract to acquire 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA), Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne said here. "We are calculating very hard. There is a lot of work going on. I expect (in) another four weeks, we should be able to wrap it u...

The Indian Air Force's quest for a Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) is finally over with the Indian government confirming the order for 36 Rafale jets with the French government.

The Indian Air Force or IAF may lose its traditional conventional edge against Pakistan if the contract to buy 126 Rafale medium multi-role combat aircraft or MMRCA is not clinched immediately, senior IAF officials told Defence Minister Arun Jaitley at an extensive briefing recently.

After losing out to India's biggest-ever military contract for supplying 126 combat aircraft to the French Dassault Rafale, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) said it was disappointed over the development but respected the Defence Ministry's decision.

Sources have told NDTV that the French aviation company Dassault Rafale has won the $10.4 million deal for supplying fighter aircraft to India. The Indian Airforce plans to buy 126 aircraft over the next ten years.

  IAF will make public in four weeks the winner of India's biggest-ever Rs 42,000 crore military contract to acquire 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA), Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne said here. "We are calculating very hard. There is a lot of work going on. I expect (in) another four weeks, we should be able to wrap it u...