The proposal submitted by French firm Dassault Aviation in the multi-billion dollar combat aircraft deal for Transfer of Technology has been found to be fully compliant to the requirements specified in the tender, Rajya Sabha was informed today.“The Request for Proposal for procurement of MMRCA is included in a full section on ToT requirements. The offer of Dassault Aviation for ToT is compliant to the requirements specified in the RFP,” Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said in a written reply to a query.
India is holding contract negotiations with the French firm, which was selected as the lowest bidder by the Government in 2012, for supplying 126 Rafale multi-role combat aircraft to the IAF.