The French group Dassault Aviation reported on Thursday a 47 per cent jump in 2012 first quarter sales to 950 million euros ($1.25 billion) owing to strong results from its business aviation division.

Selection of French fighter Rafale as the multi-role medium combat aircraft (MMRCA) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) was final and the price negotiations were under way, Minister of State for Defence M.

France could seal a long-awaited deal for Dassault to sell at least 60 Rafale fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates by April, turning around what appeared to have been a lost cause, French newspape

Having lost out on the multi-billion Indian Air Force contract, the Pentagon said American fighter jets - F16 and F18 - would have provided India unbeatable platforms with proven technologies at a com

The lowest bidder for MMRCA deal was arrived at after detailed calculations by the ministry of defence in the wake of opening of the financial bids in November last year.

Prior to that, technical tri

French firm Dassault has won a multi-billion dollar contract to provide 126 fighter jets to the Indian military, the reports claimed, citing unnamed sources.

Dassault will provide its Rafale multi-ro

This is how India's biggest defence deal - a $10.4-billion tender for 126 combat aircraft - panned out:

* 2000: Indian Air Force (IAF) conveys to defence ministry its interest in acquiring medium mul

India has no timetable for the hotly awaited decision to award its $11 billion fighter jet deal, a defence ministry official said on Friday, and he denied reports that the government had contacted the