Revealed: January 2021 | |
Lieutenant Basic Theodoros Lagios, Basic Director for Defence Investments and Armaments of the Greek Ministry of Defence and Eric Béranger, CEO of MBDA, on January twenty fifth signed a contract to supply the armaments for 18 Rafale fight plane supposed for Greece’s air drive.
A signing ceremony was held in Athens within the presence of the French Minister for Armed Forces, Florence Parly, and the Greek Minister for Protection, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos.
The brand new aircrafts’ weapons will profit from the robust commonality with these from the Mirage 2000s and Mirage 2000-5s presently in service within the Hellenic Air Drive. Like these, the Rafales might be armed with SCALP cruise missiles, AM39 Exocet anti-ship missiles and MICA multi-mission air-to-air missiles. Moreover, MBDA will even provide Meteor past visible vary air-to-air missiles.
Eric Béranger, CEO of MBDA, stated: “The signing of this settlement turns a brand new web page in our relationship with Greece, which now we have had for greater than half a century. The nation was the very first buyer of the Exocet missile in 1968, exhibiting nice confidence in it and in our predecessor firms. This confidence has been renewed through the years and is being renewed once more in the present day. It’s our obligation to do all the things we are able to in an effort to proceed delivering on this confidence into tomorrow.”