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Rafale order plan: Govt to ensure jets can carry indigenous missiles

Rafale Fighter played a huge role in destroying terrorist camps in Pakistan during Operation Sindoor on May 7, 2025.
Updated on Apr 11, 2026 12:02 am IST

What Dassault said after report on CEO’s response to Pakistan over Rafale jets

French intelligence report recently suggested that China was running a 'disinformation' campaign against Dassault's Rafale jets after Operation Sindoor.
Updated on Jul 09, 2025 11:59 pm IST

Did India lose Rafales? Dassault CEO gives curt response on Pakistan's claim

Eric Trappier, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of French aviation company Dassault Aviation quashes Pakistan claims of downing Rafale as "inaccurate"
Updated on Jun 15, 2025 01:40 pm IST

India, France sign 63,000 crore deal for 26 Rafale fighters

A French multirole fighter aircraft Rafale takes part in a practice session for a simulated landing on a aircraft carrier at the French Navy airbase of Landivisiau in Saint-Servais.
Updated on Apr 28, 2025 02:39 pm IST

Jonathan Majors talks about alleged audio leak admitting to strangling his ex

Jonathan Majors was arrested in March 2023 on charges of assault and harassment
Published on Mar 22, 2025 10:38 am IST

36th Rafale to have all India specific enhancements, arrives Jan 2022

A fully-loaded Rafale fighter jet is seen in this photo. 
Published on Sept 10, 2021 11:51 am IST

French aviation industrialist Olivier Dassault killed in helicopter crash

FILE PHOTO: French deputy Olivier Dassault attends the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris, France, November 15, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
Published on Mar 08, 2021 03:02 pm IST

5 Rafale jets fly out of France on 7,000 km trip to India, to be refueled mid-air

India ordered 36 Rafale jets from France in a deal worth Rs 59,000 crore in September 2016 as an emergency purchase to arrest the worrying slide in the IAF’s combat capabilities. (Photo @Indian_Embassy)
Updated on Jul 27, 2020 10:05 pm IST

Dassault to collaborate on aeronautics with Pune college

Dassault Aviation to collaborate on aeronautics with College of Engineering Pune.
Published on Oct 17, 2019 05:48 pm IST

22-room farmhouse, jet among HDIL assets seized in fresh raids

HDIL’s 22-room farmhouse in Awas village, Alibaugh tehsil.
Updated on Oct 08, 2019 06:42 am IST

Opinion | What the IAF-PAF dogfight reveals

An IAF Mirage 2000 during a drill, 2017. It is only because of the force’s good training, situational awareness, and some luck that this audacious PAF mission failed.
Updated on Apr 25, 2020 03:36 pm IST

100-jet order needed to build Rafales in India: Dassault

French aircraft maker Dassault Aviation on Wednesday said it would be in a position to set up a production line for Rafale jets in the country only if India placed an order for at least 100 fighters.
Updated on Feb 21, 2019 12:13 am IST

‘Rafale IGA protects Indian interests’: French Envoy

The Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) between France and India for the sale of Rafale fighter jets to the air force has in-built provisions to ensure that Indian interests are protected, a
Published on Feb 14, 2019 11:47 pm IST

Rafale, the fighter jet with 7 lives, survives amid row

During field evaluation trials, Eurofighter and Rafale were cleared based on their presentation in the lab as to how they proposed to meet the entire set of ASQR.
Updated on Feb 14, 2019 11:53 am IST

Time, questions over quality hit HAL

Airport ground staff stand besides Tejas, India's first locally-built Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), before its induction into the Indian Air Force at the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Airport in Bengaluru, India, July 1, 2016.
Updated on Feb 13, 2019 10:25 pm IST

Dassault-Reliance aims to roll out Falcon jets in 2022

Dassault-Reliance aims to roll out Falcon jets in 2022.
Published on Feb 08, 2019 12:01 am IST

CAG finalising report on Rafale deal

CAG is auditing the Rafale deal along with around a dozen other big-ticket procurements made by the MoD.
Updated on Jan 31, 2019 07:31 am IST

Question the government on Rafale

The prime minister evidently took the decision to scrap the old tender and purchase 36 Rafales without consulting the Air Force or the ministry of defence.
Published on Jan 23, 2019 07:48 am IST

‘Yeh public hai, sab janti hai’: Smriti Irani on Chidambaram’s Rafale charge

Union Minister, Smriti Irani address a press conference at BjP headquarter Deendayal Upadhyay Marg, Photos by Amal KS
Updated on Jan 18, 2019 06:40 pm IST

NDA govt’s Rafale deal windfall for Dassault, says Chidambaram

Congress leader P Chidambaram at party headquarter in New Delhi on January 18.
Updated on Jan 18, 2019 05:40 pm IST

Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie move SC seeking review of December 14 Rafale verdict

Supreme Court on December 14 had rejected petitions seeking a court-monitored CBI probe into the purchase of Rafale fighter jets.
Updated on Jan 02, 2019 01:38 pm IST

Revealing pricing details can give enemies an edge, Centre tells Supreme Court in Rafale case

The government had on Monday submitted the pricing details of the Rafale deal in compliance with the October 31 order of the Supreme Court.
Updated on Nov 14, 2018 05:57 pm IST

‘I don’t lie… We chose Ambani’: Dassault CEO Eric Trappier on Rahul’s Rafale allegations

Dassault CEO Eric Trappier during an interview.
Updated on Nov 13, 2018 03:39 pm IST

Dassault gave Reliance 284 cr to secure Rafale deal: Rahul Gandhi

Congress president Rahul Gandhi addressing media in New Delhi on Friday.
Updated on Nov 03, 2018 12:07 am IST

Supreme Court asks govt to submit Rafale jet deal pricing details within 10 days

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to submit pricing details of the Rafale jet deal in a sealed cover within 10 days, in what appeared to be a departure from its position three weeks ago when the court said it did not want to examine the issue of pricing.
Updated on Nov 01, 2018 12:08 am IST

Arun Jaitley hits back at Rahul Gandhi over Rafale deal, non-performing assets

Arun Jaitley gestures during a press conference.
Updated on Oct 16, 2018 11:54 pm IST

Rafale fighter jets to be delivered to India from 2019: Dassault CEO

Eric Trappier, chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation, attends a meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin and other representatives of the French and Russian business communities at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia January 31, 2018.
Updated on Oct 16, 2018 08:05 am IST

Dassault Aviation says it ‘freely’ chose Reliance for Rafale offsets

A Rafale fighter jet performs during the Aero India air show at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru on February 18, 2015.
Updated on Oct 11, 2018 11:21 am IST