2024-09-24 20:21:06 :
French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation is reportedly setting up a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility near Noida to support the Indian Air Force’s French-made fighter jets such as the Rafale and Mirage 2000. Year.
According to reports, the new company Dassault Aviation Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul India (DAMROI) is expected to start operations within six months and will expand its operations Year Quoting defense officials.
“The French company recently notified the Indian Ministry of Defense and the Indian Air Force that it will set up a new Dassault Aviation Maintenance and Overhaul India (DAMROI) in India to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul support to French fighter jets in India,” a defense official told Year.
The Indian Air Force, meanwhile, has a fleet of 36 Rafale fighter jets and about 50 Mirage 2000 fighter jets, which were inducted in the past few years and were introduced in the 1980s.
Dassault has also set up a new MRO company in line with India’s vision of Aatmanirbharta (self-reliance) and will open the facility in one of the industrial sectors of Uttar Pradesh’s Noida, the report added.
For the new MRO company, Dassault informed the Union Ministry of Defense that they will appoint Indian national and old Dassault representative in India, Posina Venkata Rao, as CEO.
Rao has been associated with Dassault Aviation in India for decades and will have a workforce of French and Indian nationals in his team.
Other plans:
Among other plans, Dassault said it plans to gradually expand DAMROI’s MRO activities in partnership with the Indian aerospace industry ecosystem, which will expand support for French fighter jets.
During the final phase of operations in India, Jaguar deep penetration fighters could also receive MRO support as they also had links with France. Dassault is in talks with the Indian Navy for a deal to sell Rafale fighter jets.
According to the plan, Dassault is considering purchasing 26 such aircraft for the Indian Navy, which will be deployed on the “Vikrant” aircraft carrier. The Indian Air Force has also prepared two bases at Ambala and Hashimala for Rafale fighter jets.
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