RAFALES para Marrocos
Enviado: Seg Jun 18, 2007 11:57 am
Morocco Negotiating Rafale’s First Export Contract
(Source: defense-aerospace.com; published June 18, 2007)
For the first time, Dassault Aviation has officially confirmed that Morocco is negotiating to buy Rafale combat aircraft. (Dassault Aviation photo)
PARIS --- Dassault Aviation has completed contractual negotiations for the sale of Rafale fighters to Morocco, and the deal is now being discussed by the two governments. If itg goes through, this would be the first export sale of the aircraft.
“Industrial negotiations regarding the sale of the Rafale to Morocco have now been completed, and are now in the hands of the two governments,” Dassault Aviation chairman Charles Edelstenne told reporters here June 15. However, he added that “I can’t say when those discussions will end, nor what their final outcome will be.”
This is the first official confirmation of a possible Rafale sale to Morocco, which has been reported by various French newspapers for a year or so. The number of aircraft being negotiated is reportedly between 14 and 18.
The deal has been cleared on the political level, sources say, and ongoing talks are focusing on resolving financial aspects of the deal.
If finalized, this would be the first export sale of the Rafale. Libya and Saudi Arabia also have been mentioned as possible buyers, but no foreign orders have yet materialized.
Edelstenne also confirmed that Dassault will compete to provide unmanned vehicles to the French army. “We will adapt to whatever our customer requires,” he said, either by teaming with Thales to adapt the Watchkeeper UAV to French requirements, or by adapting a foreign-sourced airframe if France wants a more capable system.
Company sources say that one of the possible systems being discussed is derived from the Heron TP medium altitude, long endurance (MALE) unmanned aircraft to be unveiled by Israel Aerospace Industries at the Paris Air Show.
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(Source: defense-aerospace.com; published June 18, 2007)
For the first time, Dassault Aviation has officially confirmed that Morocco is negotiating to buy Rafale combat aircraft. (Dassault Aviation photo)
PARIS --- Dassault Aviation has completed contractual negotiations for the sale of Rafale fighters to Morocco, and the deal is now being discussed by the two governments. If itg goes through, this would be the first export sale of the aircraft.
“Industrial negotiations regarding the sale of the Rafale to Morocco have now been completed, and are now in the hands of the two governments,” Dassault Aviation chairman Charles Edelstenne told reporters here June 15. However, he added that “I can’t say when those discussions will end, nor what their final outcome will be.”
This is the first official confirmation of a possible Rafale sale to Morocco, which has been reported by various French newspapers for a year or so. The number of aircraft being negotiated is reportedly between 14 and 18.
The deal has been cleared on the political level, sources say, and ongoing talks are focusing on resolving financial aspects of the deal.
If finalized, this would be the first export sale of the Rafale. Libya and Saudi Arabia also have been mentioned as possible buyers, but no foreign orders have yet materialized.
Edelstenne also confirmed that Dassault will compete to provide unmanned vehicles to the French army. “We will adapt to whatever our customer requires,” he said, either by teaming with Thales to adapt the Watchkeeper UAV to French requirements, or by adapting a foreign-sourced airframe if France wants a more capable system.
Company sources say that one of the possible systems being discussed is derived from the Heron TP medium altitude, long endurance (MALE) unmanned aircraft to be unveiled by Israel Aerospace Industries at the Paris Air Show.
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