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Orders for Rafale Aircraft: Status Report

As indicated by the Minister of Defence on Sept. 22, 2004, the ministry and the manufacturers involved in the Rafale combat aircraft program have successfully concluded negotiations for a further order of 59 aircraft.

This order is valued at about 3.1 billion euros.

This agreement covers the acquisition of 11 Rafale B two-seater aircraft, 36 Rafale C single-seat air force aircraft and 12 Rafale M naval single-seat aircraft. All of these aircraft will be delivered to the F 3 multirole standard, whose development contract was awarded in February 2004.

The new order will bring to 120 the total number of production Rafale aircraft ordered to date by France, 82 for the air force and 38 for the navy.

It includes remedial action for some electronic components which have become obsolescent, for which an equitable cost-sharing agreement has been concluded.

The new order will be translated into several contract awards to industry, the main contracts going to Dassault Aviation (1.5 billion euros), SNECMA (600 million euros) and Thales (500 million euros). MBDA and SAGEM are also included.

These contracts will be awarded before the end of 2004, at the completion of the review process.

Delivery of the newly-ordered aircraft will take place between June 2008 and January 2012.