. The first three of 24 Rafale ordered by Egypt in February were delivered Monday in Istres (Bouches-du-Rhône). The three-seater aircraft were delivered during an official ceremony at the air base 125 in the presence of the Ambassador of Egypt in France, Ehad Badawy.
These are the very first models of this aircraft combat provided by the manufacturer to a foreign country.
The planes will take off Tuesday for Egypt, piloted by Egyptian military trained in Istres, the main base of flight tests of the Rafale. The three aircraft were taken on the quota for the French Air Force, who will receive five this year, three other Rafale assembled in 2015 to be delivered early 2016 in Egypt.
Dassault Aviation Rafale currently produces 11 per year and has not announced to date rate of increase, although the industrial sure to be able to multiply by 2.5. Long remained the sole purchaser of the Rafale, France has ordered 180 copies, of which 137 have already been delivered. After several disappointments in export, Dassault Aviation has signed two contracts since the beginning of the year, first with Cairo in February and with Qatar, which has also bought 24 Rafale early June.
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India has also announced the purchase of 36 aircraft “off the shelf” (made in France) during the visit of Prime Minister to Paris India Narendra Modi in April. The negotiation of this contract should be concluded before the end of the summer, according to the French defense minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian.
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The CEO of Dassault Aviation, Eric Trappier, thanked in a statement “the authorities and forces French armies, without whose support this success would not have been possible. “
The 24 Rafale (16 seater and 8 cars) purchased by Egypt are part of a $ 5.2 billion order Euro also including a frigate FREMM multimission, shed by the end of June DCNS shipbuilder to the Egyptian navy at a ceremony in Lorient. Egypt has also bought in June of air-ground missile AASM Hammer kits Sagem (Safran group), which will be delivered from 2016 and will equip its Rafale
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