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Friday, April 17, 2009

French contender out of IAF race

RafaleFrench contender Rafale has been knocked out of the race for the Indian Air Force’s $10.2-billion contract for 126 multi-role fighter aircraft, in a development bound to impact Delhi’s diplomatic relations with Paris.

Touted as state-of-the-art multi-role combat aircraft from Dassault Aviation, Rafale was ejected at the technical evaluation stage of the competition for the Rs 50,800-crore order, probably the largest involving fighter planes in the world today.

This means the aircraft was not found eligible for practical summer and winter trials when the IAF would put the other contenders through the demands it made in the Requests for Proposals to which the bidders have responded.

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