Mistral row: France risks losing Rafale contract in India
France risks losing a contract to supply 126 fighter jets to India due to its refusal to deliver Mistral-class ships to Russia, a leading French analyst told the Delovoi Peterburg website. French officials said this week that they will not deliver the first Mistral-class amphibious warship that Russia had ordered as part of a $1.7 billion agreement for weapons sale. The biggest repercussion would be a loss of reputation for France as a reliable supplier, Arnaud Dubien, a Russia research associate at the Institut de relations Internatio…
Come clean on ties with Agusta: India to Dassault
With the defence ministry all set to blacklist Agusta-Westland-Finmeccanica for the VVIP helicopter bribery scandal, it has asked French aircraft manufacturer Dassault to clarify whether the Anglo-Italian chopper company was supplying parts for its Rafale medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) slated to be acquired by India at the cost of $20 billion. South Block sources said the ministry wanted to seek prior clarification from Dassault during the negotiation stage as it did not want to face legal or operational hurdles for spare …
Thales, BEL to form Joint Venture Company for Radars
The French aerospace company Thales and India’s Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL) have announced a joint venture to produce civil and military applications radars. According to a press statement issued by the two companies Aug 29, the two companies have taken this decision as a follow-up to the bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on 17 Nov 2009 to set up a Joint Venture Company (JVC) to manufacture radars for India and foreign markets. The JVC will be “dedicated to the design, development, marketing, supply and support of c…
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