Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited, a joint venture between France-based Dassault Group and India's Reliance Group since 2017, announced the completion of its first Falcon 2000 cockpit front section. Assembled in Nagpur, 600 miles from New Delhi, these parts of jets are shipped to France for the final Falcon assembly line....
Dassault Aviation Enters into JV with India's Reliance Group
The Dassault Reliance Aerospace was announced by France's Dassault Aviation chairman and CEO Eric Trappier and Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani. The agreement includes a 50% offset obligation, which is the largest-ever offset contract recorded in India. Defense News quotes an Indian Air Force official who said, "A comprehensive military...
Indian Defense Minister’s Shopping List
India currently has an outdated system of weaponry, and the armed forces face a shortage of ammunition, submarines, helicopters, and fighter jets to mention a few of the items that are urgently needed, according to a report on NDTV, a media company that owns a news channel in India The...
India Fighter Contract, Gunjan Bagla quoted in the Financial Times and Aviation Week
The Financial Times of London carried a full length feature story (February 6 and 7) on how the Eurofighter Typhoon lost the bid to the French-made Rafale in a contest that has lasted over five years and will cost between $10 billion and $20 billion over the life of the...
How to Succeed in India's Defense Procurements
The last page of the defense/aerospace industry leading magazine, typically carries a Viewpoint article. In the latest issue, the following article by me is published. How To Win Indian Business by Gunjan Bagla, Managing Director, Amritt, Inc. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the management of Dassault are elated, as Rafale...
France is the big winner in India today, Dassault Aviation wins $10.4 billion MMRCA defense order
The Rafale fighter jet, manufactured by the French company Dassault Aviation, has won India's contract worth $10.4 billion, The Indian Air Force will buy 126 aircraft over the next ten years. In 2007, India invited proposals from six contenders, Russia’s MiG- 35,Lockheed Martin's F-16 Falcon, Boeing's F-18/A Hornet, the Swedish...