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The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has cleared deals for 114 Rafale fighter planes for the Indian Air Force and six P8i patrol and reconnaissance aircraft for the Indian Navy, according to sources.
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Thursday cleared deals for 114 Rafale fighter planes for the Indian Air Force and six P8i patrol and reconnaissance aircraft for the Indian Navy, sources told CNN-News 18.
The approval for the Rafale deal has come days ahead of French President Emmanuel Macron to India — France’s Dassault Aviation makes Rafale planes.
Under the deal, India would buy 18 planes in fly-away conditions and the rest would be manufactured in India under a government-to-government deal.
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