(CercleFinance.com) – The Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) has received the two two-seater Rafale ‘B364’ and ‘B363’ at the Dassault Aviation site in Mérignac (Gironde), announces the Ministry of the Armed Forces.
First Rafale delivered in 2024, the ‘B364’ and the ‘B363’ are the 13th and 14th examples of a batch of 40 aircraft (tranche 4T2), which will all be delivered by the end of 2025. 13 additional Rafale deliveries are planned in 2024.
At the end of 2023, an order for the 5th production tranche of the Rafale program was notified to the companies Dassault Aviation, Thales, Safran and MBDA. It includes the production of 42 single-seat aircraft, for the benefit of the Air and Space Force, the first deliveries of which will begin in 2027.
Since 1993, 234 Rafales have been ordered by the DGA from the Rafale economic interest group (made up of the companies Dassault Aviation, Safran and Thales), including 166 delivered to date.