# Reliance Aerostructure and Dassault Aviation form joint venture for Rafale parts

Reliance Aerostructure and Dassault Aviation formed a joint venture, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd (DRAL), to manufacture parts and spares for Rafale fighter jets. The greenfield facility at Dhirubhai Aerospace Park in Nagpur, India, will start construction in May 2017 and production by end-2017, creating over 700 direct jobs.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2017-02-16
- Where: Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
- Jobs: 700
- Status: announced
- Products: aircraft parts and spares for Rafale fighter jets
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Reliance Aerostructure](https://endata.com/companies/22005.md)
- [Dassault Aviation](https://endata.com/companies/9300.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [telegraphindia.com](https://www.telegraphindia.com/business/anil-firm-s-french-deal-takes-shape/cid/1472099), 2017-02-16: "DRAL has finalised the infrastructure requirements at Dhirubhai Aerospace Park at Mihan, Nagpur, and the construction work for the greenfield facility will start in May 2017, and production by end-2017."

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