Two IAF Mirage aircraft flown to France for upgradation

New Delhi: Two Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) have been flown to France for upgradation under a USD 2.4 billion deal with defence majors Thales and Dassault Aviation. The deal was signed between India and these two companies in July this year for upgrading IAF's 51-strong Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft fleet. The first of the two aircraft were flown from their home-base in Gwalior last week to France yesterday where they will be equipped with advanced avionics, electronic warfare suites and weapon systems, IAF officials said here today. As per the deal, the two planes would be upgraded at the French facilities and the remaining 49 would undergo the modernisation process at the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) units in India, they said. Under the deal, the French firms will also modernise the navigation systems, mission computers, electronic warfare systems and radars bringing the aircraft to the standards of more advanced Mirage-2000-5 planes.
06/12/11 PTI/IBN Live

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