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IAF chief on 4-day visit to France to advance Rafale acquisition deal

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June 02, 2026

AIR Chief Marshal A P Singh reached France on Monday for a four-day visit as India prepares to formally begin negotiations for a mega Rafale fighter acquisition programme, one of the biggest combat aircraft deals in the pipeline.

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The IAF chief will hold talks with senior French military officials and visit Dassault Aviation, maker of the Rafale, and European missile giant MBDA, which supplies the IAF with key weapons including the Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM), the MICA air-to-air missile and the SCALP deep-strike cruise missile. He is expected to return on June 5.

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