DefenceTalkLibya’s UN-recognized government on Wednesday protested over what it said was an unauthorized overflight of territory under its control by a French-built Rafale warplane. The Rafale and a refueling aircraft had flown over Misrata, 200 kilometers (120 miles) east of Tripoli, and Abu Grein, a combat zone further east, the Government of National Accord’s foreign […]https://www.defencetalk.com/libya-unity-govt-protests-french-rafale-overflight-75332/

NEW DELHI: India has asked France to arm the first four Rafale fighters with the top-notch Meteor air-to-air missiles, which, with a strike range of 120 to 150-km, can outgun any missile that can be unleashed by Pakistani or Chinese jets. The first Rafale fighters will touch down at the Ambala airbase in May next […]

The Finnish Defence Forces’ Logistics Command sent a Revised Request for Quotation for the HX Programme on 31 October 2019. The revised call for tenders is regarding the following multi-role fighters and their related systems and weapons: Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet (United States), Dassault Rafale (France), Eurofighter Typhoon (United Kingdom), Lockheed Martin F-35 (United States) […]

DefenceTalkHis Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, on Wednesday attended a reception ceremony to welcome the first squadron of Rafale fighter jets of the Qatari Amiri Air Force from France. The reception was attended by officers, non-commissioned officers and members of the squadron Al Adiyat. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-rafale-fighter-jet-squadron-arrives-in-qatar-72317/

DefenceTalkNew Delhi: India’s opposition Thursday called for a corruption probe into a multi-billion-dollar fighter jet deal, raising pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as government lawyers threatened a leading newspaper with legal action for revealing details. New Delhi agreed in 2016 to purchase 36 Rafale jets from France but the deal has been embroiled in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indian-govt-in-new-dogfight-over-french-fighters-deal-72189/

DefenceTalkPARIS: The French government said on Sunday it feared damage to its relations with India after former president Francois Hollande’s claims on the Rafale jet deal stirred a controversy. Hollande, who left office in May last year, said on Friday that French jet manufacturer Dassault Aviation had been given no choice about its local partner […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-fears-damage-to-india-ties-after-hollande-fans-controversy-over-rafale-deal-71866/

DefenceTalkSAINT-CLOUD, France — In the presence of the President of the French Republic, Mr. Emmanuel Macron, and his Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Qatar Armed Forces and Dassault Aviation signed an agreement on future cooperation and the exercise of an option for 12 Rafale. This new order follows on from the contract […]https://www.defencetalk.com/qatar-acquires-an-additional-12-rafale-70978/

DefenceTalkSAINT CLOUD, France: On Friday 24 November, Dassault Aviation, Safran and Thales, which together make up Rafale International, were invited by the Centre Val de Loire Regional Council and AEROCENTRE to the aeronautical forum being held in Tours, to present its creation of an industrial aeronautical sector in India, as part of the “Make in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/rafale-team-looking-for-smes-to-set-up-industrial-aeronautical-sector-in-india-70861/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin has agreed to jointly build F-16 fighter planes equipped with new-generation electronics in India with Tata Advanced Systems Ltd, both companies said on Monday. The fighters are of the Block 70 type, “the newest and most technologically advanced F-16 ever”, they said. “The F-16 Block 70 is ideally suited to meet the Indian […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-martin-agrees-to-build-f-16-fighter-jets-in-india-70175/

DefenceTalkU.S. Air Force Airmen will partner with the Royal Air Force and the French Air Force for a second trilateral exercise beginning April 12 through April 28, 2017, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. Atlantic Trident 2017, hosted by the 1st Fighter Wing, focuses on operations in a highly contested operational environment through a variety of complex, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-35a-to-face-eurofighter-rafale-in-combat-exercise-for-first-time-69724/