Rafale Fighter Jet Manufacturers

Dassault, the manufacturer of French fighter jet Rafale, paid one million Euro to a middleman in India just after the India-France deal for 36 Rafales was signed, French publication "Mediapart" alleges citing an investigation by the country's anti-co

An architect in Punjab has designed a jet-shaped vehicle and named it 'Punjab Rafale'. Inspired by the Rafale fighter jets, the vehicle looks like an aircraft but cannot fly. It can run at a speed of 15 to 20 kmph and has been manufactured in Bathinda's Rama Mandi.

India has been handed over three Rafale fighter jets by Dassault, the French company which manufactures the multi-role combat aircraft, the centre told parliament on Wednesday.

French multinational Safran, the manufacturer of the M88 state-of-the-art engines fitted in the Rafale fighter jets acquired by India, says it asked the centre not to "penalise" the company on tax and customs matters.

A day after India got the delivery of Rafale fighter jet RB-001, Dassault Aviation, the French company that manufactures the jets, has released the first airborne photographs of the second aircraft, RB-002.

India should provide an attractive business environment and not "terrorise us" with its tax and customs rules, the CEO of the French engine manufacturer behind the Rafale fighter jet told Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday while announcing that the company plans to invest nearly USD 150 million in the country.

India got the formal delivery of the first of the 36 long-awaited Rafale fighter jets bought from the Dassault Aviation in France on Tuesday. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is on a three-day visit to France, accepted the handover at a facility of Rafale manufacturer Dassault Aviation in Bordeaux. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was preceded ...

Launching a sharp attack on the central government over the Rafale jet deal, Congress President Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday that the state-owned aircraft manufacturer, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited or HAL, had made the fighter planes that dropped bombs on Pakistani soldiers during the Kargil war in 1999, but the government still sidelined the com...

While pointing out that the Indian Air Force was never consulted before announcing the 59,000-crore Rafale fighter jet deal with France in 2015 -- as revealed in the document shared by the government with petitioners demanding a probe into the deal -- Congress president Rahul Gandhi alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has admitted to "theft" ...

Asserting that the truth has a way of coming out, the Congress today alleged that "dictated interviews" and "manufactured lies" cannot "suppress the Rafale scam."

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said today that India cannot be assured about its security unless it becomes "self-reliant" in defence production. The RSS chief also said that India should purchase defence equipment from the international market "on its own terms."

Rahul Gandhi has given an emotional twist to the Congress's continuing attack on the ruling BJP over the controversial Rafale jet deal. In his latest tweet, the Congress chief sympathised with soldiers and those who worked for the state-run defence manufacturer which was allegedly ignored to favour a rookie firm, and promised justice in the alleged...

Deputy Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar on Thursday flew a Rafale fighter jet manufactured by Dassault Aviation for India, official sources said.

Amid the raging controversy over the Defence Ministry's procurement of the Rafale fighter aircraft from French firm Dassault Aviation, a senior Swedish official has said that his country's firm Saab, in its Gripen aircraft, has the requisite experience to contest for the upcoming Indian deal for manufacturing 110 new fighter jets under the Make in ...

Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani has written to Congress President Rahul Gandhi saying that the party has been "misinformed, misdirected and misled" by malicious vested interests and corporate rivals on the offsets related to the Rafale fighter jet deal.

Dassault, the manufacturer of French fighter jet Rafale, paid one million Euro to a middleman in India just after the India-France deal for 36 Rafales was signed, French publication "Mediapart" alleges citing an investigation by the country's anti-co

An architect in Punjab has designed a jet-shaped vehicle and named it 'Punjab Rafale'. Inspired by the Rafale fighter jets, the vehicle looks like an aircraft but cannot fly. It can run at a speed of 15 to 20 kmph and has been manufactured in Bathinda's Rama Mandi.

India has been handed over three Rafale fighter jets by Dassault, the French company which manufactures the multi-role combat aircraft, the centre told parliament on Wednesday.

French multinational Safran, the manufacturer of the M88 state-of-the-art engines fitted in the Rafale fighter jets acquired by India, says it asked the centre not to "penalise" the company on tax and customs matters.

A day after India got the delivery of Rafale fighter jet RB-001, Dassault Aviation, the French company that manufactures the jets, has released the first airborne photographs of the second aircraft, RB-002.

India should provide an attractive business environment and not "terrorise us" with its tax and customs rules, the CEO of the French engine manufacturer behind the Rafale fighter jet told Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday while announcing that the company plans to invest nearly USD 150 million in the country.

India got the formal delivery of the first of the 36 long-awaited Rafale fighter jets bought from the Dassault Aviation in France on Tuesday. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is on a three-day visit to France, accepted the handover at a facility of Rafale manufacturer Dassault Aviation in Bordeaux. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was preceded ...

Launching a sharp attack on the central government over the Rafale jet deal, Congress President Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday that the state-owned aircraft manufacturer, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited or HAL, had made the fighter planes that dropped bombs on Pakistani soldiers during the Kargil war in 1999, but the government still sidelined the com...

While pointing out that the Indian Air Force was never consulted before announcing the 59,000-crore Rafale fighter jet deal with France in 2015 -- as revealed in the document shared by the government with petitioners demanding a probe into the deal -- Congress president Rahul Gandhi alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has admitted to "theft" ...

Asserting that the truth has a way of coming out, the Congress today alleged that "dictated interviews" and "manufactured lies" cannot "suppress the Rafale scam."

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said today that India cannot be assured about its security unless it becomes "self-reliant" in defence production. The RSS chief also said that India should purchase defence equipment from the international market "on its own terms."

Rahul Gandhi has given an emotional twist to the Congress's continuing attack on the ruling BJP over the controversial Rafale jet deal. In his latest tweet, the Congress chief sympathised with soldiers and those who worked for the state-run defence manufacturer which was allegedly ignored to favour a rookie firm, and promised justice in the alleged...

Deputy Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar on Thursday flew a Rafale fighter jet manufactured by Dassault Aviation for India, official sources said.

Amid the raging controversy over the Defence Ministry's procurement of the Rafale fighter aircraft from French firm Dassault Aviation, a senior Swedish official has said that his country's firm Saab, in its Gripen aircraft, has the requisite experience to contest for the upcoming Indian deal for manufacturing 110 new fighter jets under the Make in ...

Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani has written to Congress President Rahul Gandhi saying that the party has been "misinformed, misdirected and misled" by malicious vested interests and corporate rivals on the offsets related to the Rafale fighter jet deal.