Parrikar also made it clear that if India goes in for additional French Rafale fighters, after the outright purchase of 36 jets decided dur...

"The RFP (request for proposal) terms have to be met... they cannot be diluted," defence minister Manohar Parrikar said.

Defence ministry is now hopping mad with French aviation major Dassault's continuing refusal to take "ownership" of the 108 Rafale fighters.

India can either ink the deal for the Rafales or scrap the entire MMRCA selection process undertaken over the last 7-8 years.

India is quitely continuing its final negotiations for acquiring 126 French Rafale fighters under the almost $20 billion MMRCA project.

Under the MMRCA project, the first 18 jets will come in "fly-away condition", while Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd is to manufacture 108 fighter...

The final MMRCA contract is expected to be inked by the next government that comes to office in May-June after the general elections 2014.

Dassault Aviation and HAL have to work together to produce 108 Rafale fighter planes in India as part of the contract.

Both China and Pakistan are fast bolstering their fleets, the IAF is down to just 34 fighter squadrons (each has 16-18 jets) as of now.

India to proceed with extreme caution while finalizing its biggest-ever defence deal till now, MMRCA project to acquire 126 fighter jets.

The US would like to bag other deals through either direct commercial sales after vying in an open tender or FMS route.

Top official in Department of Defence Production was asked to clarify on the role of HAL in the project in view of the demand made by Dassa...

The almost $20 billion MMRCA (medium multi-role combat aircraft ) race to supply 126 fighters to India , which was won by the French jet Ra...

First, the Americans, Russians and Swedes were ejected out of the hotly-contested race. And now, the Europeans too have been shot down in t...

India is likely to go in for another 63 fighters after delivery of the first 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft if other fighter jet pro...

The file dealt with the technical offsets evaluation of the bids submitted by the six global aviation majors, whose fighters have already b...

India is now pressing the throttle to ensure the contract to acquire 126 new fighters under the Rs 42,000-crore medium multi-role combat ai...