Indian military purchasing jets from Dassault

[steingar]

After more than two decades of trying, France apparently has finally found a foreign customer for its Rafale fighter jet, reaching an $11 billion deal with India for 126 planes and a heavy technology transfer, the government announced Tuesday.

Full story in the Washington Post.

 

[weilke]

Full story in the Washington Post.

The indians had already purchased the french carrier, not a huge suprise that they went with the plane that was built for it.

 

[zaitcev]

The point here is that F/A-18 was out of contention because of technology transfer concerns. It is only a high-profile case where ITAR hurts us, but there are incountable other. Remember how Bob Bigelow's coffee table had to be kept under armed guard at all times during the launch of Genesis on Dnepr? Because you know, if Russians gained the coffee table technology, the would be UNSTOPPABLE.

As far as stealing everything they can grab, Indians are nowhere as bad as Chinese in this regard. This is why French are letting them to build those Rafales as part of the deal.

P.S. I did not hear about any of them navalized. So counter-intuitively, Indians are going to continue flying MiG-29K off that carrier.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

The Indians are claiming $20 billion dollars, but the rest of the information agrees...just submitted as another point of view.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120201/jsp/frontpage/story_15077648.jsp

The F/A 18 was considered by the Indians, but was apparently beaten.

The Typhoon and the Rafale were shortlisted after 643-point technical and flight evaluation tests by the IAF through 2009 and 2010.
They edged out four other competitors — the F-16 Super Viper (made by Lockheed Martin, US), the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet (Boeing, US), Saab’s Gripen (Swedish) and the Russian MiG 35 — to be shortlisted for the final leg.
The Eurofighter, built by companies from the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain — has now been beaten by the Rafale for the Indian order.​

Not sure if the plane offered was too expensive, or "dumbed down" to uselessness.