{"id":29085,"date":"2026-06-02T02:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T02:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/29085\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T02:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T02:35:12","slug":"india-moves-to-acquire-114-rafale-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/29085\/","title":{"rendered":"India moves to acquire 114 Rafale jets"},"content":{"rendered":"

India has taken a significant step towards bolstering its air combat capabilities by finalising a Letter of Request (LoR) to France for the acquisition of 114 Dassault Rafale multi-role fighter aircraft in a deal estimated to be worth around Rs 3.25 lakh crore, APA<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

The LoR, a formal government-to-government communication under the Intergovernmental Agreement framework, is expected to be sent to France in the coming weeks, initiating negotiations for what is set to become India’s largest-ever fighter aircraft procurement programme.<\/p>\n

Under the proposed agreement, nearly 90 of the 114 Rafale jets will be manufactured in India through a partnership between Dassault Aviation and an Indian company under the government’s Make in India initiative. The remaining aircraft will be supplied in fly-away condition from France. Some estimates suggest that 92 aircraft could be built in India, while 22 would be delivered directly from French production facilities.<\/p>\n

The programme is expected to feature indigenous content of nearly 50 percent, providing a major boost to India’s aerospace manufacturing ecosystem while supporting the government’s drive for self-reliance in defence production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India has taken a significant step towards bolstering its air combat capabilities by finalising a Letter of Request…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13060],"tags":[2229,21139,21167,21106,21102,21103,21104,21108,21146,3953,21113,21131,21148,21121,21134,2976,4664,2240,21119,21161,21126,21170,21171,21145,21158,1388,21154,12494,21130,21128,258,21147,21174,21175,18424,21132,21141,21116,1373,21163,21160,21140,21117,21149,2772,21115,21125,21155,21109,21129,21156,21157,21135,21110,21107,21114,13531,21120,1340,21137,21165,2375,21150,21168,21166,21173,422,21124,21123,21118,21133,21152,21144,21138,21143,21169,21176,21177,21142,21112,21178,21127,21162,21159,21164,21122,21111,21136,21172,21105,21153,21151],"class_list":["post-29085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dassault-aviation","tag-afghanistan-news","tag-al-qaeda-news","tag-al-aqsa-mosque","tag-all-news","tag-apa-az","tag-apa-news","tag-apa-az-news","tag-apaaz-news","tag-arab-countries","tag-arabian-peninsula","tag-asian-countries-news","tag-australia-news","tag-baghdad-news","tag-beijing-news","tag-canberra-news","tag-china-news","tag-dassault","tag-dassault-aviation","tag-dprk-news","tag-dubai-news","tag-earthquake-news-in-japan","tag-gaza-news","tag-golan-heights","tag-gulf-countries-news","tag-hajj-pilgrimage","tag-hamas","tag-hussein","tag-india-news","tag-indian-ocean","tag-indonesian-news","tag-iran-news","tag-iraq-news","tag-isis-news","tag-islamic-state-news","tag-israel-news","tag-jakarta-news","tag-jammu-and-kashmir-news","tag-japan-news","tag-jerusalem","tag-jordan-news","tag-kaaba","tag-kashmir-news","tag-korea-news","tag-kurdish-terrorists","tag-latest-news","tag-latest-news-from-asian-countries","tag-latest-news-from-tokyo","tag-league-of-arab-states","tag-lent-az-news","tag-malaysian-news","tag-mecca-news","tag-medina-news","tag-mongolia-news","tag-most-read-news","tag-news-baku","tag-news-from-asian-countries","tag-news-today","tag-north-korea-news","tag-pacific-ocean","tag-pakistan-news","tag-palestine-news","tag-persian-gulf","tag-pkk-news","tag-quds","tag-ramallah","tag-rocket-attacks","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-shanghai-cooperation-organisation","tag-shanghai-news","tag-south-korea-news","tag-sydney-news","tag-syria-news","tag-tabriz-news","tag-taliban-news","tag-tehran-news","tag-terror-news","tag-terrorist-isis","tag-terrorist-islamic-state","tag-thailand-news","tag-todays-news","tag-tribal-news","tag-tsunami-news","tag-uae-news","tag-umrah-pilgrimage","tag-united-arab-emirates-news","tag-uyghurs","tag-vesti-az-news","tag-vietnam-news","tag-west-coast-of-jordan-river","tag-xeber-az","tag-yemen-news","tag-ypg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}