€580 million for Rafale support

The outgo of the declaration for technical support of the Greek Rafale is expected to scope €580 million, marking the archetypal declaration to beryllium signed pursuing Greece’s acquisition of the French fighters.

Given that technical contracts relationship for a ample information of the available budget, solutions such arsenic including them successful European backing programs, similar SAFE, are being considered by the government.

The archetypal Rafale F3R version landed astatine Tanagra, cardinal Greece, successful 2021, accompanied by the archetypal €127 cardinal Follow-on Support (FOS) contract. A fewer months later, on with the 2nd bid for six Rafales, the General Directorate for Defense Investments signed a supplementary €63 cardinal FOS contract.

The total outgo of purchasing 24 combatant jets, including weapons and technical support, amounted to €3.5 billion.

The caller Rafale FOS declaration will past 4 years, covering the support needs of the French fighters until 2030. Negotiations betwixt the authorities and the contracting companies Dassault, Safran and Thales were completed astir a year ago, with contacts expected to beryllium signed earlier the extremity of this year. 

According to competent sources, galore of the support programs, such arsenic the declaration for the FDI frigates, which will beryllium accompanied by a three-year FOS, conscionable the conditions for inclusion successful European backing tools, thereby avoiding a load connected the equipped forces’ budget.