Morocco orders 36 fighter jets from US company
Lockheed Martin will start delivering the F-16 to Morocco in 2011. Manufacturing will begin in 2009.
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France to rejig arms sales after Rafale flop
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has decided that France's military export system is faulty and must be changed "from top to bottom and left to right." The decision was made after France lost a bid to sell Rafale fighters to Morocco.
The changes are likely to be announced with the presentation of a new defence white paper in March.
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French launch post-mortem on Morocco jet deal
The French are conducting a post mortem on the failed Moroccan Rafale jet deal but personally I think it should be a post mortem for the entire Rafale program.
Reuters quoted a defense industry source as saying : "It was impossible to lose this contract, and they did." For me I think if the French can't even secure a deal in their former colony, how can they expect to compete in other markets where it has no upper hand.
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Dassault Aviation waits on Morocco deal; hurt by euro
Dassault Aviation Chairman and Chief Executive Charles Edelstenne told France 24 TV that his company was still waiting to see if Morocco would buy its Rafale fighter plane, and added it was affected by the euro's strength.
"The business and technical discussions are wrapped up. Now it's up to the governments to put the ribbon on it or not."
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France silent on report Morocco may buy train
The French President's office refused to comment on reports that Morocco will buy the French GV high-speed train and dump the Rafale fighter jet.
"I do not confirm anything," David Martinon, spokesman for the President, told a weekly news conference.
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Morocco may buy French train, not jets - report
Dassault's chance of getting the first export for the Rafale fighter has virtually slipped away again as French daily La Tribune reports Morocco will instead buy the French TGV high-speed train.
The paper said the Moroccan government was set to accept a rival offer to buy F-16 fighter planes.
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Sarkozy To Pitch Rafales to Morocco
It has originally planned for French President Nicolas Sarkozy to sign a deal to sell Rafale fighter jets to Morocco when he visits next month. Now he has to go there to make a sales pitch.
This comes after United States offered the F-16 fighter at a cheaper price to Morocco.
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Dassault Aviation to lose Rafale order in Morocco to Lockheed Martin - report
The Moroccan deal for Rafale fighters seems to be threaten by another American fighter, the F-16.
La Tribune reported that Washington has offered 36 F-16s to Morocco for less than US$2 billion. Paris had initially proposed 18 Rafales for 2.3 billion euros.
Faced with competition, France changed its proposal to 12 Rafales and 12 Mirages or 24 Rafales for 2 billion euros.
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France sees delay to European military plane
French newspaper La Tribune quoted unidentified sources as saying French procurement agency DGA expected the A400M to enter service as much as six to nine months behind an end-2009 target date. The end of the article also mention about problems behind the deal to supply Rafales to Morocco.
There is a disagreement in the French government on how to finance the deal.
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Dassault says France govt in talks with Morocco to sell Rafale fighters
Dassault's chief executive Charles Edelstenne has confirmed that the French and Moroccan governments are negotiating the sale of 15 Rafale fighter jets.
The news was first reported one year ago on Alert 5 and this is the first time an official confirmation is given.
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France seen sealing jets sale to Morocco-report
French weekly Le Canard Enchaine said Paris has sealed a deal to sell 14 Rafale fighter jets to Morocco.
What is needed now is the signature from Morocco's king.
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Dassault deal report denied
Olivier Dassault, son of Serge Dassault and grandson of the founder Marcel, has denied a report that Dassault will be selling Rafale jets to Morocco.
"The news went a bit too fast and alas is not true," he said.
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Le Maroc pourrait acheter 12 à 18 Rafale de Dassault
French newspaper La Tribune reported yesterday that Morocco is negotiating for the purchase of 12 to 18 Rafales with financial support from Saudi Arabia.
The paper claims that Morocco is anxious to boost its Air Force after neighbour, Algeria, purchase Russian fighters recently.
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