Rafale deal - ரஃபேல் ஒப்பந்த ஊழல்
Rafale Timeline: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/the-rafale-timeline-1346534-2018-09-22 2007: A proposal to buy Medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) is sent from Air Force to government. Tenders for 126 MMRCA fighters are issued by Indian government in 2007. August 28, 2007: Dassault places its bid for Rafale, other bidders were Russia's MIG-35, the Swedish Saab JAS-39 Gripen, American Lockheed Martin's F-16, the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet and Eurofighter Typhoon. September 4, 2008: Mukesh Ambani led Reliance group incorporated a new company named Reliance Aerospace Technologies Ltd. (RATL). There were undconfirmed reports that RATL and Dassault were in talks and had agreed for a joint venture which would have complied by all the requirements of the Indo-French deal in future. May 2011: Air Force shortlists Rafale and Eurofighter jets. January 2012: The bids are finally opened. Rafale comes up with the lowest bid. According to conditions 126 j...