Croatia officially signed a contract for the procurement of 12 Dassault Rafale multirole aircraft on 25 November. The contract formalizes the country’s selection of the French aircraft on 28 May… Continue reading "Croatia Signs For Used French Air Force Dassault Rafales"
Dassault Aviation, the manufacturer of the Rafale multirole aircraft, announced on Monday that the Egyptian contract to procure 30 additional Rafales had come into force. The company had announced the… Continue reading "Egyptian Contract For 30 Additional Rafales Now In Force"
Welcome to another Weekend Briefing, where we round-up the week’s most important defense news and some of the stories that may have flown under the radar. This week at Overt… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (19 – 23 July)"
Dassault Aviation officially delivered the first Rafale to the Hellenic Air Force on Wednesday. The occasion was commemorated with a ceremony at Dassault’s Flight Test Center in Istres, with Dassault… Continue reading "Dassault Aviation Officially Delivers First Greek Rafale Fighter"
The Egyptian Ministry of Defense announced the signing of a contract with France to purchase 30 Rafale fighter jets. With this, the claim that was first brought forward by the… Continue reading "Egypt Purchases 30 Dassault Rafale Fighter Jets from France"
The Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command has announced that it has received final quotations for the HX Programme from the five contenders, ahead of the 30 April deadline for the… Continue reading "Best And Final Offers For Finland’s HX Program Received"
Lauri Puranen, the director of the Finnish HX program, which aims to procure Finland’s next-generation fighter posted an update on his blog. It announces that the final bids for HX… Continue reading "Finnish HX Fighter Program Director Update: Final Bids Coming"
A French Air Force Rafale collided with power lines in the village of Le Castellet on Wednesday, briefly knocking out power to the village’s 300 residents in the south of… Continue reading "Rafale Low-Level Training Mishap Results In Village Power Outage"
On January 25, the Greek government officially signed two contracts with Dassault Aviation for the purchase of 18 Dassault Rafales and their logistical support. The two contracts were signed in… Continue reading "Greece Signs Contracts For Purchase Of Rafales And Their Armanents"
Jumaa Adnan, the Iraqi Minister of Defense, has expressed interest in procuring Dassault Rafale multirole aircraft for the Iraqi Air Force. In an interview, on 10 November, Jumaa stated that… Continue reading "Iraqi Defense Minister Expresses Interest In Dassault Rafales"