Egypt officializes its order for 30 Rafales from France

After years of scarcity, the flagship of French defense aeronautics is seeing contracts multiply. The Arab Republic of Egypt has indeed decided to acquire 30 additional Rafales to equip its Air Force. This order marks a new export success for Dassault-Aviation. The amount of the transaction amounts to 3.95 billion euros, including 200 million for armaments, according to the investigative media Disclose. Born from the desire to find a replacement for the French Mirage 2000 and the British, Italian and German Tornado, the Rafale A demonstrator made its first flight in 1986. It has been used by the French Navy since 2004 and the French Army. air since 2006 and replaced seven types of combat aircraft of previous generations.

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