Dassault Aviation Discussing with 60 Indian companies for Supply Chain Operations
Dassault Aviation has signed deal with 30 Indian companies and is talking to 60 more to set up a supply-chain network for its JV with Reliance Defence in Nagpur.
The supply chain network will feed its JV with Reliance Defencewhich is engaged in executing offsets contract as part of India's buy of 36 Rafale fighter jets. Dassault Aviation is dedicated to establishing successfully the Make in India, a company statement said, welcoming the decision of India's supreme court dismissing all petitions filed on the Rafale Contract signed on 23rd September 2016.
“The deal is absolutely clean in accordance with Indian laws and regulations, as I have stated before, and the first Falcon part is currently under delivery out of our facility in Nagpur” has declared Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation.
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