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Rafale royalty row rages on

A Rafale fighter jet during the dress rehearsal for Aero India 2023 in Bengaluru, 11 February 2023. © Kashif Masood/Str/Xinhua/MaxPPP

Dassault, Thales and Safran have failed to get a French court to stop the state demanding €153m in royalties on sales of the fighter aircraft. [...]

Published on 27/06/2024 at 04:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes Théo Sou

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