The CEO of Dassault Aviation, Eric Trappier said Saturday in Le Figaro that the manufacturer is set to “pass the first Rafale export contract,” the French fighter.
Rafale, which equips the French Army since 2004, has never been sold abroad.
“When the temperature rises, I am very careful. I can only say that we are close to succeed the first export contract for the Rafale, “said Mr. Trappier Figaro Economie, without naming the potential recipient country.
” We have several prospects in the Middle East who are very active. In Egypt, it remains still several steps. We are conducting a background working with India in a very complex issue in terms of industrial assembly. And we have more distant campaigns Rafale, including in Europe, “says CEO of Dassault Aviation.
The business daily Les Echos claimed Friday that France was about to enter Egypt with a financing plan to sell 24 Rafale combat aircraft and a frigate FREMM multimission, a market estimated between 5 and € 6 billion.
The financing plan could be completed this week, according to Les Echos.
On the other hand, Paris and New Delhi promised early December to conclude ” quickly “sell 126 Rafale to India, a giant contract negotiations since January 2012, which if made would end fifteen years of hopes and disappointments to try to export the device Dassault Aviation.
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