Indonesia will buy a Dassault Rafale bomber, the France-based La Tribune website reported. The website said the parties could make a deal soon.
As talks between France and Indonesia continued, the sale of a total of 48 platforms was on the agenda.
It has been reported that Indonesia wants to sign an agreement before the end of the year, but French authorities are ingoing out time for details about the sale of the platforms.
France’s Air and Space Forces (Armée de ‘Air et de l’Espace) presented 12 Dassault Rafale hunting/bombers to Croatia.
In addition, Greece is known to be close to completing a total of 18 Rafale sales, including 12 second-hand.
211216-N-QI061-1222 NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. (December 16, 2021) An MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), assigned to Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 (VUP-19), sits on the flight line at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Dec. 16, 2021. VUP-19, the Navy’s first Triton squadron, will continue to maintain and operate the aircraft off the East Coast to further develop the concept of operations and refine tactics, techniques, and procedures. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan T. Beard/ Released)