A Rafale fighter jet, built by French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation, flies over Halim Air Base during a display for Indonesian defence and military officials in Jakarta March 25, 2015 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. REUTERS/Antara Foto/Widodo S. Jusuf
RIYADH (Reuters) - After failing for years to win a single order for the Dassault-built Rafale fighter jet, France has scored a string of multi-billion-euro wins in recent weeks and is on a quest for more.
Global appetite for the jets has surged as a result of the United States' diminishing influence in the Arab world along with wider security concerns over the rise of Islamic State insurgents - which Paris is more than happy to assuage. Egypt, India and Qatar have all just signed contracts.
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