Overview

• Dassault recently opened a new manufacturing and integration site in Cergy to support Rafale and Falcon output.
• Eight export customers have ordered the fighter: Egypt, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, India, Greece, Croatia and Serbia.
• The program is overseen by France’s DGA and brings together about 400 French companies across the defense-industrial base.
• Dassault plans to deliver 25 Rafales in 2025 with a gradual increase in annual output in the coming years, according to industry reporting.
• Rafale entered French naval service in 2004 and air force service in 2006, with export deliveries starting in 2015 to Egypt.