Indonesia Deal Boosts Rafale’s Burgeoning Export Backlog

Tony Osborne Chen Chuanren Thierry Dubois February 10, 2022
Rafale
Backed by French defense minister Florence Parly, Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier (left) signs the Rafale contract.
Credit: Dassault Aviation
LONDON/LYON/SINGAPORE—Dassault’s Rafale has scored another major export contract with the sale of 42 aircraft to Indonesia. The order, announced in Jakarta on Feb. 10, comes less than two months after France secured contracts for 80 Rafales from the United Arab Emirates and also follows smaller...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

Thierry Dubois

Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997. An engineer in fluid dynamics from Toulouse-based Enseeiht, he covers the French commercial aviation, defense and space industries. His expertise extends to all things technology in Europe. Thierry is also the editor-in-chief of Aviation Week’s ShowNews. 

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