India Receives the Last of 36 Rafales
Indian Air Force (IAF) received on December 15, the 36th and last Dassault-made Rafale fighter jet from France, and tweeted, "The Pack is Complete."
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Air
Weapon / Missile
France and Italy to Provide SAMP/T Air Defence System to Ukraine
According to the French Ambassador to Ukraine, France and Italy will provide Ukraine with a modern SAMP/T mobile anti-aircraft defence weapon.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
Naval Group Offers Gowind Corvettes to Greece with ToT
The Naval Group made an official announcement about the acquisition program for the new Hellenic Navy corvettes (3+1).
Air
Saudi Arabia to Invest in Rafale and FCAS
Saudi Arabia is interested in acquiring 100-200 Rafale fighter jets and participating in the new FCAS fighter aircraft.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Greece Receives the ninth Rafale
Greece took delivery of the ninth Rafale aircraft it ordered for France.
Air
Investment
Demonstrator Deal Inks for FCAS
New developments exist on the FCAS front. Germany claimed there was an agreement on industrial participation, while French Dassault denied it.
Air
Defence Politics
Dassault Denies Agreement on FCAS
On Friday, the French group, Dassault Aviation, denied an agreement with Airbus to develop on next phase of industrial development for the future FCAS project, as French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne had announced a little earlier in Berlin.
Navy / Maritime
French Navy received the Final FREMM Frigate “Lorraine”
The French Armament General Directorate (DGA) received the FREMM Frigate “Lorraine” (D657) from the Naval Group for the French Navy (Marine Nationale).
Land
Bilateral Relations
France Hands Over Armoured Vehicles to Tunisia
The French Embassy in Tunis handed over the first batch of all-terrain Technam’s Masstech T4 armoured vehicles for the benefit of the Tunisian army.
Air
Defence Politics
New Agreement for FCAS
German Defence Minister stated that Germany, France and Spain had reached a political agreement further to develop the Future Combat Air System (FCAS).
Air
Bilateral Relations
Greece Received Two Brand New Rafales
Hellenic Air Force (Polemikí Aeroporía/PA) added two more Rafale H3R fighter jets to its inventory.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
Naval Group Launches French Navy’s first FDI
The lead ship of the French Navy’s first defence and intervention frigate FDI class, also known as Belharra class Amiral Ronar’ch, was launched in Lorient.
Investment
Expo and Air Show
Submarine Energy Cooperation for Indonesia
Indonesia continues its future steps for navy investments. PT PAL of the country signed a vital cooperation agreement.
Air
Rafale planes fly with foreign pilots, while French pilots lack flight hours
According to a report presented to the French National Defence and Armed Forces Committee, French Rafale fighters have good export success, but French pilots do not fly as much as NATO standards require.
