India will ensure that its 114 Rafale fighters can carry indigenously developed missiles and weapons systems, people familiar with the matter said.
The defence ministry will issue a Request For Proposal (RFP) to French jet maker Dassault next month, and contract negotiations will begin after that.
The plan is to integrate an interface control document (ICD) into the final contract for the ₹3.25 lakh crore mega deal.
ICD is a critical system engineering document that controls and defines all the vital protocols between a system and sub-systems.
According to the proposal, 18 fighters will be delivered in fly away condition from France while remaining 96 will be manufactured in India with indigenous content of over 25%.
