India inks contract for 36 Rafales Posted on September 24, 2016 by alert5 French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves le Drian and his Indian counterpart, Mr Manohar Parrikar inked the contract for 36 Dassault fighters on Sept. 23 in New Delhi. India will pay around $8.7 billion for the aircraft. Photo: Indian Ministry of Defense Related posts (Automatically Generated): French Defense Minister in India for another round of talks over MMRCA UAE halts negotiations for Rafale Rafale F3 R standard launched New French government to review Franco-British UAV project Dassault will be co-contractor with HAL for Rafales made in India French defense minister confirms Rafale talks with Egypt