DTN News - UAE DEFENSE NEWS: Dassault Close To UAE Deal On Rafale Jets - Paper
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 20, 2011: Dassault Aviation is expected to put an offer to sell about 60 Rafale fighterjets to the United Arab Emirates this month, in a sign that negotiations are progressing, Les Echos newspaper reported on Thursday.
Last month another French newspaper said an agreement could be reached between September and the end of the year.
No one at Dassault was immediately available to comment
The UAE has been in talks with Dassault since 2008 over the purchase of 60 Rafale jets, estimated at 10 billion dollars, to replace the fleet of Mirage 2000s they bought in 1983.
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