Team to visit France to review Rafale jet production

January 12, 2017 23:24

A high-level Indian defence team will visit France next week to review the ongoing production of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft and to formalise the modalities for the payment of the second tranche due this year in the euro 7.878-billion deal.

Defence sources also said the first Rafale fighter is expected to come to India a few months earlier than the scheduled date in 2019.

A team comprising of senior IAF and Defence Ministry officials will travel to France next week to work out the modalities of the payment for the second tranche, the sources said, adding the delegation will also visit the production line in Bordeaux.

The Rafale fighters planes, aimed as a strategic asset against China, will be based in Sarsawa in Uttar Pradesh and Hasimara in West Bengal.

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