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Macron calls India’s push for Rafale co-production ‘legitimate,’ urges Europe to strengthen defence industries
France will co-produce up to 114 Rafale jets with India, boosting local manufacturing and strategic ties, with 50% Indian components targeted, officials said.
- On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron underlined the need to deepen defence cooperation with India, pledging to maximise Indian components on Rafale fighter jets and calling their ties a `special global strategic partnership`.
- Against that backdrop, Rafale jets were prominent during the May 2025 India-Pakistan conflict, and Macron highlighted India's demand for more co-production and maintenance as important.
- On procurement details, India’s Defence Acquisition Council last week cleared 114 Rafales, with media reporting a 3.25 trillion Indian rupees package and up to 90 jets produced in India.
- Macron warned Europe must build shared standards or risk industrial fragmentation and emphasised strengthening maintenance and sustainment capacities with long-term industrial arrangements, including future cooperation on submarines.
- On Tuesday, the leaders announced an H125 helicopter assembly line by Airbus and Tata Advanced Systems and joint Hammer missile production by Safran and Bharat Electronics, with Modi invited for a state visit to France and as a G7 special guest next year.
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India to make Rafale jets with France in boost to defence ties, Macron says
France and India are entering a new era of defence cooperation with plans to jointly produce Rafale fighter jets as well as helicopters, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday, adding France also hopes to sell more submarines to India. India’s expected order for another 114 Rafales is a “new step forward” in defence ties between the two countries and France hopes to see this replicated with submarines as well, Macron told reporters at…
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