New delhi:
India will buy 26 rafale m fighter jets – IE, the marine variants – for the navy in a Record government -to -government Deal Worth Over Rs 63,000 RS 63,000 Crore, Sources Told NDTV TUSDAY.
These will be the first Major Fighter Jet Upgrade for the Country’s Naval Forces.
The deal will also include a Comprehensive Package for Fleet Maintenance, Logistical Support, Personnel Training, and Indigenous Manufacturing of Componants Under Offset obligations.
It will likely be signed later this month, when french defense minister sébastien lecornu visits India. Deliveries are expected five years after the papers are signed, sources said.
The jets-22 single-seater and four twin-seater variants- Given the need to keep a watch on Chinese Activities in the Indian Ocean Region.
“We are tweaking our strategy to” negate “any infringement in its area of operations and is” ready to tackle threats from all neighbors “, navy chiff admiral dinesh tripathai said in death.
The navy’s new rafales will also help enhance the Air Force’s Capabilities, Including Upgrading The ‘Buddy-Buddy’ Aerial RefuElling System, IE, Which Allows One Jet, Equipped With A RefuIling Pod, to act as a fuel tanker for another, which allows the fighters to stay airborne longer.
The navy’s new rafales will complete complement the existing fleet of mig-29ks, which will likely continue to operate from Ins Vikramaditya, India’s’s second (and Older).
The navy is also planning to induct indigenous, fifth-geen fighter jets that are being developed by the defense research and development institute, or drdo. These – styled as Twin -Engine, Deck -Based Fighters – Are Likely to Be the Naval Counterpart of the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft, Or Amca, Being Developed for the Air FORCE by the aerous by the aer Agency.
The Air Force, Meanwhile, Alredy Operates 36 rafale jets out of two bases in the North.
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