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Mirage 2000H, state-of-the-art combat aircraft designed, developed
and produced by Dassault Aviation was inducted in iaf in 1985
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In February 2011, along with the other five competitors,
Dassault Aviation demonstrated the Rafale at Aero India held
at the IAF Station, Yelahanka on the outskirts of Bengaluru. On
January 31, 2012 in five years after global tender was floated,
the IAF finally declared the Rafale as the lowest bidder and technically the preferred option in the MMRCA competition. Under
the proposed contract, 18 aircraft would be supplied to the IAF
by 2015 in flyaway condition, while the remaining 108 would
be manufactured by HAL in India under transfer of technology
agreement. The contract for 126 aircraft along with services and
spares packages could be worth as much as $20 billion or even
more. The IAF also has an option for another 63 aircraft.
Unfortunately, over two years have gone by since the selection of the Dassault Rafale was made public, for one reason or
another, negotiations have dragged on [