Indian Navy Developments & Discussions

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https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/india-france-to-sign-their-largest-ever-deal-for-rafale-marine-fighter-jets-on-april-2820250419202630/

A new tender from the Indian Air Force for competition for multirole fighter aircraft is expected to be issued soon.
However, the Indian Air Force has shown keenness to acquire a particular aircraft to meet its immediate requirements

MRFA carrot dangled in front of assorted other foreign countries

But also...

40 Rafale G2G it seems

 

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If the reports of importing 40 nos Rafales are true then news of a MRFA tender is counter intuitive. I mean what even is the point of it if you're going with 36+40 nos of a particular brand of FA. Does any other Air Force go in for duplication of abilities by opting for 2 FAs in the same category except for the Gulf Sheikhdoms?

The only way this is true is if the GoI is trying to bargain hard with Dassault holding the rest of the requirement as a carrot failing which they can threaten going in for a tender.

At this point the dhotis & the babooos have already lost. Beginning 2012 , when nobody had purchased the Rafale to ~ 2020 immediately post Galwan where we should've orderded the second tranche of 36 nos for facilities we've already paid for in advance & the order book of Dassault was anaemic meaning they didn't have much orders also implying we could've got most of the second tranche by now if not all of them & could've gone in for a third tranche, we're now trying to dictate terms to a company which in these 5 years has managed an order book of 200+ nos & a waiting list lasting till the end of the decade.

https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/india-france-to-sign-their-largest-ever-deal-for-rafale-marine-fighter-jets-on-april-2820250419202630/

MRFA carrot dangled in front of assorted other foreign countries

But also...

40 Rafale G2G it seems