Dassault says profits slump, but closer to India fighter deal

[Halimi]

The International Spectator - Dassault says profits slump, but closer to India fighter deal

France’s Dassault Aviation reported on Thursday a profit slump for 2013, but said it was moving closer to sealing a major fighter jet contract with India.

Net profit for the year fell 8.5 percent to 459.45 million euros ($641 million), but total orders intake rose 25 percent to 4.16 billion.

During the year, it recorded 64 orders for its Falcon private jets, up from 58 in 2012.

Defence orders made up just 1.26 billion euros in 2013, up from 793 million euros in 2012.

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[trident2010]

Good. Dassault needs Indian order much more than vice versa. Hope India gets the good juice out of it. Win-win situation for both

 

[npm]

Is this deal ever going get finalized. By the time we induct them I believe these will become obsolete.

-npm

 

[Superboy]

How exactly is Dassault losing profit? Selling Rafale to the French air force at some 180 million bucks per plane. How much money doe the Dassault family have by now? Trillions of bucks.

 

[Robinhood Pandey]

Huh ?

Another thread. . tell me when the deal is sealed

 

[PoKeMon]

Huh ?

Another thread. . tell me when the deal is sealed

Wake me when first Rafale arrives.

 

[That Guy]

Is this deal ever going get finalized. By the time we induct them I believe these will become obsolete.

-npm

Every time a new jet is about to be inducted, it's already on it's way of becoming obsolete. By the time the F-22 was inducted, it was already due for a hardware and software update, because it was running on decade old computer systems.

 

[Nishan_101]

The International Spectator - Dassault says profits slump, but closer to India fighter deal

France’s Dassault Aviation reported on Thursday a profit slump for 2013, but said it was moving closer to sealing a major fighter jet contract with India.

Net profit for the year fell 8.5 percent to 459.45 million euros ($641 million), but total orders intake rose 25 percent to 4.16 billion.

During the year, it recorded 64 orders for its Falcon private jets, up from 58 in 2012.

Defence orders made up just 1.26 billion euros in 2013, up from 793 million euros in 2012.

Rest of article here.

Why not sell them 200 Rafales along with some additional IJT and AJTs...