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The fighter is known to be a sturdy aircraft and comes with a raft of design features. (PTI photo) <\/p>\nApr 28, 2025 12:15 PM IST <\/p>\n
The aircraft is being imported as an interim measure to meet the navy\u2019s urgent requirements until India develops its own twin-engine deck-based fighter <\/p>\n
India will on Monday sign a \u20b963,000-crore deal with France to buy 26 Rafale Marine aircraft for the country\u2019s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, a move aimed at boosting the Indian Navy\u2019s capabilities in the Indo-Pacific. <\/p>\n
The fighter is known to be a sturdy aircraft and comes with a raft of design features. (PTI photo) <\/p>\n
The Cabinet Commitee on Security (CCS), headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cleared the government-to-government deal for 22 single-seat Rafale M fighters and four twin-seat trainers earlier this month. <\/p>\n
The aircraft, manufactured by French plane maker Dassault Aviation, is being imported as an interim measure to meet the navy\u2019s urgent requirements until India develops its own twin-engine deck-based fighter. <\/p>\n
The Rafale M procurement will include weapons, simulators, spares, associated ancillary equipment, crew training and logistics support for the Indian Navy from the French government. <\/p>\n
Also Read: <\/b>India clears deal to buy 26 Rafale fighters for navy<\/a><\/p>\n In July 2023, India\u2019s defence acquisition council (DAC), headed by defence minister Rajnath Singh, approved the navy\u2019s proposal to buy 26 Rafale M fighters to sharpen its operational capabilities. <\/p>\n The fighter is known to be a sturdy aircraft and comes with a raft of design features that enhance its survivability in aircraft carrier operations that are demanding and expose deck-based assets to a highly corrosive environment. <\/p>\n It has been specifically designed to operate from 40,000-tonne class aircraft carriers. The aircraft is deployed on the French Navy\u2019s Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier. <\/a><\/p>\n See Less <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apr 28, 2025 12:15 PM IST The aircraft is being imported as an interim measure to meet the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[29948,27560,2000,299,36,730,19985,27994,29947],"class_list":{"0":"post-56908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-cabinet-commitee-on-security","9":"tag-dassault-aviation","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-france","13":"tag-india","14":"tag-india-france-relations","15":"tag-ins-vikrant","16":"tag-rafale-marine-aircraft"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114414504352807404","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/story_trending@2x.png\" "\\"\\"\/")
News<\/a> \/ India News<\/a> \/ India, France to sign \u20b963k-cr deal for 26 Rafale fighters today <\/p>\n