India’s 114 Rafale Deal and France’s Structural Leverage Problem

The $36–40 billion deal for 114 Rafale F4s would be the largest single Rafale order in history. But the RFP sits at Step 4 of a 12-step procurement process, and the real negotiation — over source code, ICD access, and indigenization — hasn’t started. France’s reluctance is structural, not bilateral: the UAE, Germany, and now India have all encountered the same resistance, for the same reasons.

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Boston-based CircuitHub, which manufactures circuit boards based on customers’ requirements, raised a $28M Series A led by Plural (Natalie Breymeyer/Axios)

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Boston-based CircuitHub, which manufactures circuit boards based on customers’ requirements, raised a $28M Series A led by Plural  —  CircuitHub, an electronics manufacturer, raised a $28 million Series A, C…

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