Rafale contract for India: clarifications by Dassault Aviation
As per the parameters of the September 2016 Inter-Government Agreement between France and India, Dassault Aviation has sold 36 Rafale aircraft to India.
In compliance with the Indian regulations (Defence Procurement Procedure) and as frequent with such a contract, Dassault Aviation has committed to offsets in India worth 50% of the value of the purchase.
In order to deliver some of these offsets, Dassault Aviation has decided to create a joint-venture. Dassault Aviation has freely chosen to make a partnership with India’s Reliance Group.
This joint-venture, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd (DRAL), was created February 10, 2017. 0ther partnerships have been signed with other companies such as BTSL, DEFSYS, Kinetic, Mahindra, Maini, SAMTEL,… Other negotiations are ongoing with a hundred-odd other potential partners.
In compliance with French regulations, Chief Operating Officer Lo. Segalen informed, May 11, 2017, the Central Works Council of the creation of the DRAL joint-venture in order to fulfil some of the offsets commitment.
The cornerstone for the DRAL plant in Nagpur (Maharashtra) was laid October 27, 2017. This plant will manufacture parts for Falcon 2000 business jets and, in a second step, parts for Rafale aircraft.
An initial team of Indian managers have been trained for six months to our manufacturing processes in our plant in Biarritz (France).
The first Indian skilled workers have also benefited from an intensive training in our manufacturing techniques in France.
The first Falcon 2000 parts will be delivered by end 2018.
