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Sunday, January 11, 2015

Dassault Insists on Latest Rafale Version for India, Doubles the Price

Dassault RafaleDassault has offered the latest version of the Rafale fighter, the F3R for nearly double the price of the F3 version it originally bid with in the Indian fighter aircraft competition.

The company is reportedy insisting that India take the latest version as the French company is upgrading aircraft in the French Air Force to the F3R version and all future aircraft manufactured will be of the latest version.

After it was declared the lowest bidder in the Medium Multi Role Fighter Aircraft (MMRCA) competition, the French manufacturer upped the price from about US$ 65 million a unit to US$120 million a unit in mid-2014. The price hike is one of the main bones of contention which is delaying the deal.

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1 comment:

  1. Curtis Conway12/1/15 01:37

    At these prices the Indian Military should seriously look at F-35B.

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