Egypt signs contract with France to buy 30 Rafale fighter jets

CAIRO - 4 May 2021: Egypt signed a contract with the French Dassault Aviation company to purchase 30 Rafale fighter jets, announced the Egyptian Armed Forces in a statement on Monday evening.

 

The deal will be financed by a loan that will be repaid over 10 years, the statement said, adding that Egypt had signed a contract in 2015 with France to get 24 Rafale fighter jets for the Egyptian Air Force. The 24 Rafale aircrafts were part of a deal valued at 5.3 billion euros ($5.9 billion). Rafale was first introduced in the French Air Defense in 2006.

 

#المتحدث_العسكرى : الحكومتان المصرية والفرنسية توقعان عقد توريد (30) طائرة طراز رافال . pic.twitter.com/6gEMGZNtWo

— المتحدث العسكري (@EgyArmySpox) May 3, 2021

 

Reuters reported that the new deal is worth 3.75 billion euro ($4.5 billion).

 

The aircraft has a multi-sensor data fusion, and “has the potential to integrate a variety of current and future armaments.”

 

Rafale jets in Egypt took part in training activities, securing Egyptian vital areas, operations to combat terrorism, and aviation shows when inaugurating Mohamed Naguib airbase, the largest in MENA region.