SAAB and Lockheed slug it out for Indian fighter plane contract
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Published on 16 August 2017
Business moghul Ambani is key partner for defence contracts between France and India
In just a few months, Indian business tycoon Anil Ambani has established himself as the key intermediary for virtually the whole of the French military-industrial complex in India. He has close relations with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, who has been in power since 2014. Since then, Modi has signed several major contracts with French industrial groups partnered by Ambani. The leading one among them is Dassault, which signed a mega contract for the sale of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft with India in September 2016. Thanks to this and other contracts, the flamboyant business magnate has been able to restore his financial health after the failure of several large-scale ventures which have been carefully edited out of his officially biography. How has Ambani been able to win the loyalty of French business groups? Has he the financial solidity to meet the commitments he has taken on in the defence sector? Over the last 12 monts, Intelligence Online has taken a long, hard look at the connections of the man who has become the key channel for business between France and India. Read the results below.
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INDIA
20/09/2017
Anil Ambani, head of Reliance, places its hopes in Rafale offset
Anil Ambani's Reliance, the local partner of Dassault for the Rafale, has made some missteps that could jeopardize the deal. [...]
After Saudi Arabia, Chaltiel goes to India
After being involved in the DONAS contract, which later transformed [...]
Rafale's partner in Delhi now woos Paris
Indian magnate Anil Ambani, a close friend of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the French defence industry's new ally in India, has been carefully working his contacts in Paris to position himself as the go-to intermediary at a boom time [...]
FRANCE
26/10/2016
Dassault, DCNS, Pigasse share Indian ally
Indian billionaire businessman Anil Ambani, a close friend of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is being wooed by a number of French companies. [...]
INDIA
12/10/2016
Ambani, Dassault's surprise partner in India
The creation of a joint venture between Dassault and Reliance has come as a surprise since the Indian conglomerate is not in the best financial health. [...]