Dassault Close to Selling 12 Additional Rafale Jets Each to Qatar and Egypt

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07:26 PM, November 23, 2017

Egypt Rafale deal signing

Dassault may be signing deals with Egypt and Qatar to sell 12 Rafale fighter jets to each of them within the next two months.

Egypt and Qatar could convert their options on 12 additional Rafale fighters each by the end of the year and order 24 aircraft altogether, according to the LaTribune publication.

Egypt has been facing opposition from the French Treasury for several months to obtain the same favorable financial package it obtained for the original order, but President Emmanuel Macron is said to have intervened to ensure that the Egyptian purchase goes through.

Dassault CEO Eric Trappier recently visited Doha as the options offer of additional batch of 12 Rafale was due to expire, La Tribune reported adding that the contract for the additional planes could be signed as on December 7 when French President Macron is due to make an official visit to Qatar.

The original contract with Qatar, and worth €6.3 billion including a very large weapon package, was signed in May 2015 and covered six Rafale two-seaters and 18 single-seaters.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi asked Macron in September to overrule the French Treasury’s veto on the sale of 12 additional Rafale, and La Tribune reported Nov 16 that French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian visited Cairo to tell al-Sissi his request had been approved.

An Egyptian delegation is currently in France for the deal’s final negotiations, La Tribune said quoting several unidentified sources, said the contract could be concluded in the coming weeks.

Egypt in the past two years has ordered €6.8 billions’ worth of French military equipment, including the first 24 Rafales.

http://www.defenseworld.net/news/21...2_Additional_Rafale_Jets_Each_to_Qatar__Egypt

 

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Twelve additional Rafale in Qatar, it's hot for Dassault Aviation..

Qatar may soon lift the option to purchase an additional twelve Rafale. Emmanuel Macron will be in Doha on December 7th.

It's hot again for the Rafale in Qatar. Doha has also asked Paris for an extension of the option on the sale of twelve Rafale, which was due to expire, according to La Tribune. According to our information, the CEO of Dassault Aviation Eric Trappier also recently went to Qatar to carry a commercial offer for the sale of twelve additional Rafale following the contract of 6.3 billion euros (including arms MBDA and Safran ) signed in May 2015 by Doha for the purchase of 24 French fighter aircraft (six in tandem and 18 in single-seaters).

12 additional Rafale and VBCI for Qatar?

The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who came to Paris on September 15 to meet Emmanuel Macron, should quickly decide. He could even announce this new order during the visit of the French Head of State to Qatar scheduled for 7 December. An announcement that could precede that of Egypt which continues negotiations with diligence with France. An Egyptian delegation was still in Paris this week.

This visit would also be an opportunity to sign a contract in favor of Nexter for the sale of VBCI, shortlisted by Qatar. "This is not excluded," says one at La Tribune. The land armament group responded several years ago to an offer for more than 300 VBCI armored vehicles, a contract estimated at 2 billion euros, to equip the Qatari land forces.

http://www.latribune.fr/entreprises...-est-chaud-pour-dassault-aviation-758959.html

 

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Egypt Rafale deal signing
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Dassault may be signing deals with Egypt and Qatar to sell 12 Rafale fighter jets to each of them within the next two months.

Egypt and Qatar could convert their options on 12 additional Rafale fighters each by the end of the year and order 24 aircraft altogether, according to the LaTribune publication.

Egypt has been facing opposition from the French Treasury for several months to obtain the same favorable financial package it obtained for the original order, but President Emmanuel Macron is said to have intervened to ensure that the Egyptian purchase goes through.

Dassault CEO Eric Trappier recently visited Doha as the options offer of additional batch of 12 Rafale was due to expire, La Tribune reported adding that the contract for the additional planes could be signed as on December 7 when French President Macron is due to make an official visit to Qatar.

The original contract with Qatar, and worth €6.3 billion including a very large weapon package, was signed in May 2015 and covered six Rafale two-seaters and 18 single-seaters.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi asked Macron in September to overrule the French Treasury’s veto on the sale of 12 additional Rafale, and La Tribune reported Nov 16 that French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian visited Cairo to tell al-Sissi his request had been approved.

An Egyptian delegation is currently in France for the deal’s final negotiations, La Tribune said quoting several unidentified sources, said the contract could be concluded in the coming weeks.

Egypt in the past two years has ordered €6.8 billions’ worth of French military equipment, including the first 24 Rafales.

http://www.defenseworld.net/news/21...Rafale_Jets_Each_to_Qatar__Egypt#.Whdl40qWZPY

 

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