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New Delhi, Nov 28: The intense competition between US aerospace giant Boeing and French major Dassault Aviation to deck their fighter jets on India's first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant seems to have heated up. On Sunday, French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu will begin his first official visit to India by boarding INS Vikrant in Kochi to "highlight the importance" of Indo-French naval cooperation for security and stability in the Indo-Pacific. France is offering Dassault Aviation's Rafale maritime fighter for carrier operations on the largest ship ever built in the maritime history of India. Rafale-M carrier-borne fighters…