A joint venture by Dassault and Reliance
Defense & Aerospace are breaking ground
on a facility in India to produce
parts for Rafale aircraft.
By Richard Tomkins | June 12, 2017 at 7:32 AM
June 12 (UPI) -- Dassault Aviation and Indian
partner Reliance Defense & Aerospace plan to break ground next month on a
joint venture facility for Rafale jet fighter components.
The investment of Dassault-Reliance Aerospace
Limited is part of Dassault's obligations on Make in India commitments under
the Rafale fighter jet deal.
The overall deal, worth $8.8 billion, was
reached last September for India's purchase of more than 30 of the jet
fighters.
"The JV will be used for creating
infrastructure at the Mihan (Nagpur) facility, with a ground-breaking ceremony
planned for the end of July, India's Economic Times quoted Rajesh K Dhingra,
president, Reliance Defense & Aerospace.
"Teams from the French company have
visited the site at least four times in the past three months to finalize
project plans. "Groundbreaking is planned in July and we expect the first
article to roll out in the first quarter of 2018."
The first group of Indian engineers are
currently undergoing training at Dassault facilities in France, he said
(http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/frances-dassault/articleshow/59060183.cms).
Under the September deal, Dassault is
required to manufacture a significant portion of the Rafale aircraft in India.
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