France submits response to India’s tender for buying 26 Rafales for Navy

France has submitted its response to India’s tender for buying 26 Rafale Marine jets for the Indian Navy’s aircraft carriers – INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya, according to news agency ANI. A team of French officials flew from Paris to submit a response to India’s tender.

India issued a Letter of Request (LoR) in October for the acquisition of 22 single-seat jets and four twin-seat trainers. The LoR is like a tender document in which the Centre has specified all its requirements and capabilities that it would want to have in the Rafale Marine aircraft being acquired for the aircraft carriers INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya