He joined the DGA flight test center at Istres, southern France in 2002, testing the Rafale and helping in its development to the F3 standard.
This' Rafale Care 'contract covers all the functions of the aircraft with the exception of the engine and the radar, countermeasures and weapon systems.
India also rejected Russian and Swedish aircraft, leaving Britain's Eurofighter and France's Dassault Rafale as the finalists in the contest to fill India's order for 126 planes.
The Swiss army has been carrying out test flights in recent months with the EADS Eurofighter, Dassault's Rafale and Saab's Gripen, ahead of the scheduled choice in Spring 2010.
The Roadmap program was intended to speed up development of the AESA sensor and deliver self-protection gear to make the Rafale from Dassault Aviation more attractive in export markets.
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