Dassault Aviation Offers The Rafale Fighter Jet To The Indian Navy, Calling It A “Force Multiplier At Sea”

On December 4, 2022, the Indian Navy celebrated Navy Day for the first time outside of Delhi, in Visakhapatnam. Dassault Aviation, which makes the Rafale 4.5 Gen fighter jet, sent its best wishes to the Indian Navy and once again pitched its Rafale fighter jet, which can be used for many different things.

French company said in a post on social media, “The Rafale is a force multiplier at sea for the Indian Navy. Navy Day is being honoured “. The Indian Navy, which is the third part of the Indian Defense Forces after the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force, wants to get new fighter jets for its aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant.

On December 4, the Navy celebrates Navy Day to remember the brave attack on Karachi harbour and the decisive victory in the Indo-Pak war of 1971. The INS Vikrant (IAC I), India’s first aircraft carrier made by Indians, was put into service in September. The aircraft carrier was built at a cost of about Rs 23,000 crore. It can carry 40,000 tonnes.

At the moment, fighter jets made in Russia, called MiG-29Ks, are flown from the aircraft carrier. The Indian Navy wants to get 57 advanced jets, and tests for taking off from the deck of a ship were done in Goa. Boeing and Dassault are in a race to sell multi-role combat aircraft to the Indian Navy for its new-generation aircraft carriers. The Navy can choose between the Rafale M from Dassault and the F/A-18 Super Hornet from Boeing.

India is also making its own planes for the Indian Navy, which will eventually replace the fighter jets that come from other countries. Navy Chief Admiral R. Hari Kumar said that the Light Combat Aircraft (naval version) project will help a lot with making the next generation of deck-based fighters that are being planned. “This is helping us build the next generation of fighters that can be controlled from the deck. These are called “twin engine deck-based fighters,” and they are part of the next generation.”

Rafale is a French word that means “gust of wind.” It is also the name of a twin-engine, multirole, 4.5-generation fighter plane made by Dassault Aviation. The Indian Air Force has put in a big order for 36 Rafale jets, which will be used to make two Squadrons, one in the north of India and one in the south. The Rafale Marine is the Navy’s version of the Rafale fighter jet, which has a similar design.

Dassault Rafale Marine

The Dassault Rafale has a delta-shaped wing and can handle G-forces of up to 11G. It can be built with either one or two seats in the cockpit. The Rafale is 15.27 metres long and 10.80 metres across.

The Rafale is equipped with a GIAT 30M/719B cannon that can fire in controlled bursts of 0.5 or 1 second at 2,500 RPM. Rafale comes with the multi-target, fire-and-forget, air-to-air MBDA MICA missile as its main weapon. Rafale has the MBDA Meteor as its air-to-air missile for BVR (beyond visual range).