Indonesia will take delivery of its first three Dassault Rafale F4 multirole fighters in January 2026 following a formal acceptance ceremony at Dassault on 28 November 2025. The handover begins Jakarta’s Rafale induction and marks the opening tranche of the government-to-government purchase.
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Starts Indonesia’s Rafale F4 induction: the first three jets are due in January 2026 after a 28 Nov 2025 acceptance ceremony, initiating operational fielding.
Reinforces Dassault’s export and production momentum — the programme has a large global orderbook and a ramping production profile that underpins timely deliveries (see Dassault’s recent production and orderbook update: https://hype.aero/?story=69bd8157-5a46-4d21-96dd-bf0d1b8a072b).
Occurs while Jakarta continues parallel engagement with other fighter programmes, underscored by an Indonesian test pilot flying a KF-21 prototype — highlighting Indonesia’s multi-track procurement and capability assessment approach: https://hype.aero/?story=57d0529b-1ced-46cc-9439-2c14046aa1b4.
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