Contracts with Greek Defense Ministry
20 June 2001
The French companies Dassault Aviation, Thomson-CSF Detexis, SNECMA Moteurs and Matra BAe Dynamics France today announced in Athens the signing of contracts with the Greek Defence Ministry for the provision of 15 Mirage 2000-5 Mark 2 aircraft, and the upgrade to the same standard of the current Greek fleet of 10 Mirage 2000 aircraft. The contracts include the supply of defence systems for the Mirage 2000-5.
The upgrade of Greece's 10 Mirage 2000 aircraft to the new Mark 2 standard will be carried out in Greece by HAI (Hellenic Aerospace Industry), as part of strategic cooperation both with HAI and with Greek industry in general.
The contracts reinforce the development of more than 30 years of Franco-Greek relations, between respective Air Forces as well as the two countries' defence aerospace industries. These relations are expected to continue to develop further in the future.
Press contacts
Dassault Aviation
Gerard David
01 47 95 86 90
Thomson-CSF
Caroline Harvey-Gutierrez
01 53 77 87 26
SNECMA Moteurs Olivier Lapy
01 40 60 80 29
Matra Bae Dynamics
Pierre Bayle
01 34 88 14 95
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