Dassault can double production output of Rafale if it signs 3rd contract

Dassault’s CEO Eric Trappier told reporters his company can double the production output of the Rafale fighter if a third export order is secured.

Dassault Rafale C Armée de lAir (FAF) 125 118-GD - MSN 125 (9686850503)
By Laurent ERRERA from L’Union, France [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

“For now we have the first two contracts which fit into our existing production, because France is substituting export planes for its own planes,” he said.

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