Rafael for Indian Navy
Context: Recently, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved proposals to procure 26 Rafale Marine aircraft and three additional Scorpene submarines for the Indian Navy.
News Source: HT
- Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
- It will come with associated ancillary equipment, weapons, simulator, spares, documentation, crew training and logistic support.
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- Their procurement from the French Government is on an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) basis.
- 26 Rafale-M fighters include 22 single seater jets and four twin-seater trainers,
- For the Navy’s fighter jet deal, the competition was between Boeing’s F/A-18 , E/F Super Hornet and Dassault Aviation’s Rafale-M.
- While both fighters met the Navy’s requirements, the Rafale M had common spares and support as the Rafale operated by the Indian Air Force.
- IAF operates 36 Rafale jets customised for Indian requirements procured under a €7.87 bn deal signed in April 2016.
- DAC also granted the Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for procurement of three additional Scorpene submarines.
- Submarines will be procured under Buy (Indian) category and will be built by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL).
- The MDL is already building six Scorpene class submarines under Project-75 under transfer of technology from Naval Group which was a $3.75-billion deal signed in October 2005.
- Five of these have already been commissioned and the sixth will likely be commissioned early next year.
About Defense Acquisition Council (DAC)
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