Burst: India will take a decision after a technical report … – Boursorama

Burst: India will take a decision after a technical report … – Boursorama

Rafale flies over Dubai November 18, 2013 (AFP / File / Karim Sahib)

The Indian government is expected by early March a report on the cost of Rafale before making a decision regarding the acquisition of 126 aircraft Dassault fighter, said Wednesday the defense minister, Manohar Parrikar.

India has entered into exclusive negotiations with Dassault in January 2012 to concluding this huge contract but negotiations have yet resulted.

The Indian minister, who had been the first end of December to discuss the possibility of failure, said want to wait for the report a technical committee on the cost of the French fighter before taking a decision.

“I do not comment until the Contract Negotiations Committee (CNC) issued its final report which is expected by the end of the month or early March, “said Parrikar at a press conference at the Aero India air show and defense Bangalore (south).

“I asked the NCC to accelerate the completion of this report for us to make a decision on the purchase of Rafale. The NCC is currently reviewing the long-term costs or costs over the life cycle “of the aircraft, the minister added.

These statements came as the French Defence Minister, Jean -Yves Le Drian, comes Monday and Tuesday in New Delhi to discuss the contract.

especially stumble Negotiations on liability in case of problem on the 108 aircraft will be manufactured in India under the leadership of the group Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. public (HAL), India claiming Dassault assume that guarantee.

The head of Dassault Aviation, Eric Trappier said Monday being “not particularly worried” for the contract India, after lifting Egypt’s first export order for the Rafale.

For his part, the Indian Minister for Defence, Rao Inderjit Singh, said the government wanted “a commitment from them (Dassault) on technology transfer to India and assured that there will be no compromise on the quality and characteristics “of the aircraft.

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