Serbia could become the 8th export customer for Rafale. If confirmed, contract signature would take place before the end of June 2024, for 12 aircraft.
https://apnews.com/article/france-serbi ... 264997c837
jouy31 wrote:Dassault is currently producing two aircraft a month. It will take a year for Dassault and its supply chain to reach three Rafale a month.
Dassault is currently producing two aircraft a month. It will take a year for Dassault and its supply chain to reach three Rafale a month.
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https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/in ... 96.article
Confirmation of the second batch of Rafale for Indonesia: 18 aircraft, in addition to the earlier batch of 6, with the last 18 expected to be confirmed by year's end. https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/dassault-indonesia-second-rafale-tranche https://www.boursorama.com/actualite-economique/actualite...
Jump to postMy apologies for misspelling the name of Colombia.
Jump to postAccording to La Tribune, Columbia has pre-selected the Rafale for its Air Force and plans to acquire 16 Rafale for a cost of EUR 3 billion. https://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/industrie/aeronautique-defense/la-colombie-prefere-le-rafale-de-dassault-aviation-au-gripen-saab-et-au-f-16-lockhee...
Jump to postAccording to La Tribune, the first payment for the first batch of 6 Rafale has been paid to Dassault Aviation. Indonesia is the 7th foreign Rafale customer after Egypt, Qatar, India, Greece, Croatia, and the UAE. https://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/industrie/aeronautique-defense/rafale-une-...
Jump to postConfirmation of the deal for six Rafale, within a larger order for 42. https://www.capital.fr/entreprises-marches/rafale-lindonesie-signe-un-contrat-pour-6-premiers-avions-de-combat-sur-42-au-total-1428063 https://www.brecorder.com/news/40153446/indonesia-signs-deal-with-france-to-buy-6-rafale-warpl...
Jump to postFirst batch of six Rafales reported for Indonesia
https://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-fi ... 03640.html
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerosp ... 021-12-03/
UAE order for 80 Rafale has been signed
Official :
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerosp ... 021-05-28/
It's great for French politicians too, they get praise for the same order 3 or 4 times. What happens when this falls through in 18 months...? As the elections for next President are 9 months away, they could not care less. It is much more difficult to kill an inter-governmental agreement than a sta...
Jump to postThe intergovernmental agreement (IGA) has been signed. http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-india- ... KKCN11T0K2 India signed a deal to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France on Friday for close to 7.8 billion euros (6.68 billion pounds) on Friday, the country's first major acquisition of fighter plane...
Jump to postWell, this is definitely looking good :) [url]http://www.wsj.com/articles/india-clears-dassaults-rafale-fighter-jet-deal-1474475774][/url] NEW DELHI—India on Wednesday cleared the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France’s Dassault Aviation SA, in a long-delayed move to modernize and expand it...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BarfBag" class="quote" target="_blank">BarfBag</a> (<a href="#49" class="quote">Reply 49</a>):<br/><i>It's super easy to sell bling to a dictato...
Jump to postThe F3 standard inducted in 2009 did not include an AESA radar, nor did the <acronym title="Falcon Air Express (USA)">F2</acronym> standard. So the lack of an AESA radar in the planes that were tested by India would not imply that these planes were at the <acronym title="Falcon Air Express (USA)">F2...
Jump to postThree additional Rafales (the 4th, 5th and 6th) have taken off from Istres and are being delivered to the Egyptian armed forces. <a href="http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/egypt-receives-three-new-rafale-fighter-jets-france" target="_blank">http://www.egyptindependent.com/news...ree-new-rafale-fi...
Jump to postI am quite surprised by claims that it was the F2 standard that was tested by India, as F3 standard Rafales have been inducted into the French Air Force since 2009.
[Edited 2016-01-28 05:27:37]
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote" ><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/angad84" class="quote" target="_blank">angad84</a> (<a href="#31" class="quote">Reply 31</a>):<br/><i>I wasn't aware the TALIOS was already in...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Ozair" class="quote" target="_blank">Ozair</a> (<a href="#85" class="quote">Reply 85</a>):<br/><i>Until Mali in 2012 the Rafale, which had been ...
Jump to postA Second Line of Defense viewpoint: <a href="http://www.sldinfo.com/indias-choice-rafale-su-35-or-hal-tejas/" target="_blank">http://www.sldinfo.com/indias-choice-rafale-su-35-or-hal-tejas/</a> <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, ...
Jump to postMSN19, the 7th A400M for the French Air Force, has been reportedly delivered to DGA, the French procurement agency. <a href="http://www.opex360.com/2015/06/19/le-7e-avion-de-transport-a400m-atlas-destine-larmee-de-lair-ete-livre/" target="_blank">http://www.opex360.com/2015/06/19/le...-destine-larme...
Jump to postThe firm order is for 6 twin-seaters and 18 single-seaters to be delivered from mid-2018, at a rate of one aircraft per month over a period of two years. The deal also includes air to air missiles as well as cruise missiles, and training for pilots and technicians. According to Eric Trappier, Dassau...
Jump to postTwo pieces of (good) news for Rafale: - the purchase by Qatar, scheduled to be signed next Monday - the first trial launch of the Meteor from a Rafale <a href="http://www.air-cosmos.com/2015/04/30/33545-premier-tir-guide-pour-le-meteor-depuis-un-rafale" target="_blank">http://www.air-cosmos.com/2015...
Jump to postI don't believe Qatar has purchased the Eurofighter, ever. Unless I am mistaken, the export customers were Saudi Arabia, Austria and Oman.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/TheSonntag" class="quote" target="_blank">TheSonntag</a> (<a href="#79" class="quote">Reply 79</a>):<br/><i>German criminal law applies, no matt...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quote:<br/><i>Airbus Defence and Space's A400M military transport aircraft has successfully demonstrated its capability to conduct simultaneous air-to-air refuelling (<ac...
Jump to postAccording to Le Monde, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi has approved the purchase of 24 Rafale fighters, a FREMM frigate and MBDA missiles. Signing of the agreement is expected within a week. <a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2015/02/10/l-egypte-approuve-le-contrat-rafale_45734...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jfk777" class="quote" target="_blank">jfk777</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>Hope Cathay gets a royalty for all the airline...
Jump to postIIRC, the extension was necessary for the landing of the E-2C Hawkeyes under degraded conditions. This resulted in a cost overrun of 0,025% of the project cost. The purchase of the Hawkeyes was not contempalted in 1986, at the launch of the program, but was decided in 1992.<br><br>[Edited 2013-05-14...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jollo" class="quote" target="_blank">jollo</a> (<a href="#153" class="quote">Reply 153</a>):<br/><i>Not exactly. C-17 can do aerial delivery, ha...
Jump to post<a href="http://www.4-traders.com/THALES-4715/news/THALES-delivers-first-production-RBE2-AESA-radar-to-Dassault-Aviation-14248583/" target="_blank">http://www.4-traders.com/THALES-4715...dar-to-Dassault-Aviation-14248583/</a> <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font s...
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Jump to postRafale M and the Super Hornet would be great choices for Indian carriers, PROVIDED India opts for catapult-enabled carriers.
Jump to post@flagon <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quote:<br/><i>(Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday said that he welcomed a decision by India's government to enter into "exclusive negotiations...
Jump to postWell, the information is being taken up by Associated Press and Bloomberg , and Dassault shares on the Paris stock exchange have risen by 21%, so I believe this has far more substance than previous rumours. So I guess I will start celebrating now, although it is just the L1 bidder designation. <a hr...
Jump to postAccording to multiple sources, Dassault's Rafale has emerged as the lowest bidder, and therefore probable winner in India's MMRCA competition for 126 and possibly an additional 80 combat aircraft. Kudos to Rafale ! <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/lowest-bidder-for-india-fighter-jets-sourc...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Autothrust" class="quote" target="_blank">Autothrust</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>Quoting jouy31 (Reply 4): Eurofighter ...
Jump to postWell, in terms of financial management, the cost of the Rafale program has not suffered from the overruns of the Eurofighter. Furthermore, while the AESA radar for Rafale is already slated for production, the development cost of the AESA radar for the <acronym title="Far East Air Transport (Taiwan)"...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Chamonix" class="quote" target="_blank">Chamonix</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>The French Defence Minister has thr...
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Jump to postHere is the breakdown of strike sorties in Libya, according to data compiled by the Atlantic Council, a NATO-affiliated think tank, on August 22nd: Source: <a href="http://www.acus.org/natosource/national-composition-nato-strike-sorties-libya" target="_blank">http://www.acus.org/natosource/natio...p...
Jump to postFor France, you can add in the summary table - one C160NG Gabriel - one Bréguet Atlantic 2 - several Puma, Gazelle (which you mentioned in a specific post) and Caracal helicopters - several C160 Transall and C130 Hercules for deployment of Air Force assets to Solenzara, Sigonella and Souda Bay - one...
Jump to postThanks for the great trip reports <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" border="0"/>. Bodory actually made it for the round trip and was seated one row behind me and Paul Palmer from the <acronym title="British Airways">BA</ac...
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