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India may finalise MRFA deal by current financial year: IAF chief

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India may finalise MRFA deal by current financial year: IAF chief
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Responding to a question on the depleting strength of fighter squadrons, Air Chief Marshal Singh said the IAF needs at least 36 to 40 aircraft annually over the next few years. File
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Responding to a question on the depleting strength of fighter squadrons, Air Chief Marshal Singh said the IAF needs at least 36 to 40 aircraft annually over the next few years. File | Photo Credit: PTI

India is looking at finalising the much-awaited multi-role fighter aircraft (MRFA) deal by this financial year, provided things go as per plan, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh said on Saturday (October 3, 2026).

In its largest-ever defence acquisition push, India in February 2026 cleared a long-pending proposal to procure 114 Rafale fighter jets under a government-to-government framework with France, nearly two decades after the plan was originally rolled out to boost the Indian Air Force's (IAF) combat prowess.

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