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EXCLUSIVE The first Egyptian Rafale should be delivered in ten days
Les premiers Rafale égyptiens devraient être livrés dans une dizaine de jours - Defens'Aero
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When signing the contract 5.3 billion between Jean-Yves Le Drian, Defense Minister, and Egypt, Monday, February 16, 2015, for the delivery of twenty four Rafale, including sixteen Rafale DM and EM eight Rafale to the Egyptian Air Force, the latter had requested that its first three Rafale were delivered before August so that it could scroll over the Suez Canal, August 5, at the inauguration of the enlargement of the canal work.
For this customer request is possible, it was necessary that the French Air Force agrees that three single seater Rafale, which were already being manufactured on the assembly lines Dassault Aviation, in Bordeaux-Merignac, do him are not delivered at their factory, but they are at the Egyptian Air Force.
To do this, Dassault Aviation and the Air Force have partnered to these two actors can meet the demand of Egypt. Therefore, Dassault Aviation has continued to rise three seater Rafale, now Egypt, taking into account in particular the removal of data and software for the implementation of the ASMP-A nuclear weapon, and software used for communications, given that Egypt is not part of NATO.
In parallel, the Air Force has received on the air base 118 of Mont-de-Marsan air base and 113 Saint-Dizier fighter pilots and Egyptian engineers to train so they can use independently, in a few months, their own Rafale on their own Egyptian air bases.
(Additional information, read the article: Future Egyptian Rafale fighter pilots are currently training in Mont-de-Marsan .)
These responsibilities, which weighed on all Dassault Aviation employees and the various staff of the Air Force, will be honored because according to my information, Dassault Aviation is expected to deliver the first three Rafale Egyptian DM in ten days.
This ceremony, although we do not yet know the precise location thereof, should certainly take place at the air base 125 of Istres, given that over the last few weeks of the test flights Egyptian Rafale were held on this basis.
Furthermore, and if not fuitent photographs on the web before the official ceremony, whether in the specialized media, an aerospace forum, etc ... This is the first time that we will see these three Rafale (B352 / 353/354) with Egyptian roundels.
Note that these twenty-four Rafale will be equipped with air-to-air missiles MICA cruise missile SCALP air-ground (called Black Shaheen for export version) and air-ground bombs AASM, developed by Sagem, and whose effectiveness has been demonstrated in Libya, Mali, and even today in Iraq.
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Egypt signed rafale contract and in another10 days getting delivery of first bird...
And we in India closed MMRCA and yet to sign even 36 order...talk about waste of time, and lost opportunities.. When we will ever learn
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India Starts Talks With France on Rafale Jets Purchase | idrw.org
New Delhi and Paris have started negotiating on the terms and conditions of India’s purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France, Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar said Tuesday.
“A Negotiating Team has been constituted by the Government to negotiate the terms and conditions of the procurement of 36 Rafale jets and recommend the draft agreement. The meetings of the Indian Negotiating Team with the French team have commenced,” Parrikar said in a written reply to a question by a member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament.
In June, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said that a deal on India’s purchase of French-made Rafale jets could be reached within the next two-three months. Eric Trappier, the head of the Rafale manufacturer Dassault Aviation, had earlier expressed hope that the deal would be finalized before the end of 2015.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the agreement between his country and France on the purchase of 36 Rafale aircraft in April. Initially India planned to buy 126 Rafale jets.
The Dassault Rafale is a multirole fighter jet which can be used for reconnaissance and nuclear strike missions.
Not an other MMRCA tender... Indian members would commit ... They have waited so long for the Rafales.If reports are to be believed, another MMRCA competition might be announced soon!
In another major step towards self reliance in the defence sector, a plan is being finalised to produce 90 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) in India, informed sources said. A Request for Proposal (RFP) is expected to be drafted soon after the new Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) comes in place.
Expected to be one of the biggest projects under the Make in India campaign, the cost of the programme is expected to be around $30 billion, the sources said. The Indian Air Force requires 126 MMRCAs. With India getting into an agreement with France to get 36 Rafale fighter jets in flyaway condition, there was a lack of clarity on how the rest of the gap will be filled. The sources said that now these remaining jets will be made in India, in what will be a major step in domestic manufacturing of such aircraft.
According to the sources, the air force does not have enough squadrons in the event of a joint war with Pakistan and China. “An RFP is expected to be drafted soon for making 90 MMRCAs in India. A global tender will be floated. The private sector will also have an active participation,” said an official from the defence ministry. As many foreign bidders were in the race when India set out to buy 126 MMRCAs, for which Dassault Aviation, the makers of Rafale, was finally chosen, the sources said all original bidders will be invited.
The list of fighters that were in competition for the MMRCA bid included Russia’s MIG-35 (RAC MiG), Swedish Gripen, Dassault, American Lockheed Martin and Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet and Eurofighter Typhoon made by a consortium of British, German, Spanish and Italian firms. The sources said that out of the 90 aircraft, 54 will be single-seaters and the remaining 36 tandem-seaters. There will be an option of acquiring 45 additional fighters as a follow-up order.
The Indian Air Force is expected to be down to 32 squadrons by the end of this year, 576 fighter jets short of the 750-strong fighter jet fleet required as per vision documents to face simultaneous two-front wars with Pakistan and China. At least three squadrons of the vintage Soviet origin MiG-21 and MiG-27 single engine aircraft are scheduled to be phased out.
Source - IANS
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