Dassault Aviation has successfully completed its first flight of company’s widebody Falcon 6X business jet. With test pilots Bruno Ferry and Fabrice Valette at its controls, aircraft 6X s/n 01 lifted off from Dassault Aviation’s Mérignac plant near Bordeaux and undertook two hour and thirty minute maiden flight, with the pilots testing aircraft handling qualities, engine response and the behavior …
The story so far: On September 28, the new Defence Acquisition Procedure was released. Auditing the offset deals till March 2018, the Comptroller and Auditor General said 46 offset contracts were signed for ₹66,427 crore, and till December 2018, ₹19,223 crore worth of offsets should have been discharged. The CAG said the French aircraft manufacturer, Dassault Aviation, and missile maker …
Nearly 23 years after Sukhoi aircraft were imported, a fleet of five French-manufactured Rafale multi-role combat jets touched down in India, giving the country's air power a strategic edge over its adversaries in the neighbourhood. The NDA government had inked a Rs 59,000-crore deal on September 23, 2016 to procure 36 Rafale jets from French aerospace major Dassault Aviation after …
After flying for around 7,000 km, Rafale have landed at the Ambala Air Force Base. These fighter jets took off from Merignac airbase in the French port city of Bordeaux and covered around thousands of miles before arriving at the Ambala Air Force Base. The NDA government had inked a Rs 59,000-crore deal on September 23, 2016 to procure 36 …
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