Israel holds major role in RMMO equipment over 15 years, France still leads

Kathimerini reported in an article titled “RMMO Equipment with Israeli Breezes” that Israel has held a dominant position in the RMMO armament programme for the past 15 years, while France's military industry has continued to hold the reins.

The newspaper said that although Israel's military industry has had a strong presence in RMMO equipment over the last 15 years, the French military industry has led RMMO's equipment for much longer. French firms are involved in 80 percent of RMMO equipment agreements.

Among the items the paper lists as French are the Airbus H145M helicopters, TOMA armoured vehicles, Griffon and Serval, and the fifth-generation anti-tank and multipurpose guided missile AKERON. According to the paper, Israeli military industry products, including the BARAK MX, an open-sea vessel and Merkava tanks, also form part of RMMO's equipment.