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A French multirole fighter aircraft Rafale takes part in a practice session for a simulated landing on a aircraft carrier at the French Navy airbase of Landivisiau in Saint-Servais.(AFP) <\/p>\n
India is procuring the jets from French defence major Dassault Aviation for deployment on board aircraft carrier INS Vikrant.<\/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 this month, Hindustan Times had earlier reported<\/a>.<\/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 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 jet 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.<\/p>\n See Less <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apr 28, 2025 02:39 PM IST India is procuring the jets from French defence major Dassault Aviation for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2000,299,36,30094,27203,30092,30093,30095,30096],"class_list":["post-57247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-france","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-france","tag-india-france-rafale-agreement","tag-india-france-rafale-deal","tag-rafale","tag-rafale-fighter-jet","tag-rs-63000-crore-rafale","tag-rs-63000-crore-rafale-deal"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114415211919275137","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57247","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=57247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57247"}],"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 sign \u20b963,000 crore deal for 26 Rafale fighters <\/p>\n