الميتيور والسكالب (يبدو انه بالنسخة الفرنسية)
Elysée just announced "The Rafale fighter won his first export contract. The signing will take place on February 16 in Cairo. I asked the defense minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, sign in name of France, "the head of state.
Dassault won the team's first export contract for its fighter. Great news for the French fighter as well as for the defense budget! For military planning law (LPM) is based on assumptions of the Rafale export to lighten his order and thus smooth the financial burden of the program.
If the conditions of the contract are not yet fully known, the first three aircraft will be removed from the production line to the French army. So the first 3 Rafale products early this year will go directly to Cairo, reports a good source. Still, it will take some work to adapt "défrancisation" to bring them to the Egyptian standard.
This means that the Egyptian Rafale will be virtually the French standards.
Side arms, according to a close case, the demand of Cairo is about "French Suite" or Scalp cruise missiles, air to air missiles Meteor MBDA and Sagem 2ASM propelled bombs.
If Egypt has French Mirage fleet, Cairo is traditionally an American client. Still, Cairo has decided to diversify its arms purchases following the decsion of the US administration to limit its arms supplies with the arrival of Morsi government. While Paris is at the forefront in the fight against terrorism in the region including the Operation Barkhane.