Indian Navy successfully tests Rafale-M fighter jet for INS Vikrant.

According to information published by Nagaland Post on February 3, 2022, the French ambassador to India, Emmanuel Lenain, told journalists that the Indian Navy successfully tested the Rafale-M fighter jet in the Indian Naval air station in Goa.
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Dassault Rafale-M fighter jet (Picture source: Kurush Pawar)

The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine delta-wing fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Dassault described Rafale as being an omnirole fighter with semi-stealth capabilities.

The Rafale is a multi-role combat aircraft; capable of simultaneously undertaking air supremacy, interdiction, reconnaissance, and airborne nuclear deterrent missions.

The Rafale M is a carrier-borne version for the Aéronavale, which entered service in 2002. The Rafale M weighs about 500 kg (1,100 lb) more than the Rafale C.

For carrier operations, the M model has a strengthened airframe, longer nose gear leg to provide a more nose-up attitude, a larger tailhook between the engines, and a built-in boarding ladder.

INS Hansa is an Indian naval air station located near Dabolim in Goa, India. It is India's biggest naval airbase. The military airbase has a civil enclave, that operates as Dabolim Airport.