Avril 2013, telle serait désormais la date à laquelle le gouvernement indiens signerait définitivement le contrat portant sur l'acquisitin des 126 Rafale souhaités pas l'Indian Air Force.
“Negotiations are on. We should be able to finish [the contract] this financial year. It is a complex process. We are discussing offsets, transfer of technology, HAL’s [Hindustan Aeronautics Limited] role and the cost, of course. It is progressing well,”. Air Chief Marshal N.A.K.Browne, Chief of Air Staff IAF.