Moderadores: Lepanto, poliorcetes, Edu, Orel
...
The transition from the F1 standard to the F3 standard involves the following changes:
New modular electronic computers,
New cockpit screens,
Changes to the aircraft’s electrical wiring,
Upgrading of the Spectra countermeasures system,
Changes to the RBE2 PESA radar (interchangeable with the new AESA antenna),
Changes to the weapon store stations.
The delivery of the retrofitted Rafale Marine aircraft will be staggered over a period up to 2017.
The F3 standard provides the Navy and Air Force Rafale with complete versatility to carry out the following missions:
Interception and air-to-air combat with 30mm gun and Mica IR/EM missiles (+ Meteor missiles from 2018 onwards).
Ground support with 30mm gun, GBU-12/24 laser-guided bombs and Hammer precision-guided bombs.
In depth strikes with Scalp cruise missiles.
Sea strikes with the Exocet AM39 Block 2 missile and other air-to-surface weapons.
Real-time strategic and tactical reconnaissance with the Areos pod.
In-flight refueling from one Rafale to another (“buddy-buddy”).
Nuclear deterrence with the ASMP-A missile.
Of the 180 Rafale aircraft ordered by France to date, 133 have been delivered. As an optimization and a rationalization factor of the French forces, the Rafale was designed to gradually replace seven types of previous-generation combat aircraft. According to the White Paper on Defense and National Security (2013), there will be eventually 225 combat aircraft in the French Navy and French Air Force, compared with almost 700 in the 90s.
The Rafale fleet has now flown a total of 120,000 flight hours, 16,000 of which during operations. Since mid-2013, series-production Rafale have been provided with the Thales RBE2 AESA active-antenna radar. Since its service entry, the Rafale has been used in all theatres of operations: Afghanistan, Libya, Mali, Central Africa and Iraq.
www.dassault-aviation.com
...
...
Saint-Cloud, 7 October 2014: On Friday, 3 October, the Dassault Aviation plant in Mérignac (France) delivered to the French defense procurement agency (DGA) the Rafale M10, the first of a tranche of ten retrofitted Rafale “Marine” (Navy) aircraft.
...
Esta semana los Rafale en Iraq han destruído varios vehículos con GBU-12, y usaron el cañón en AS: http://www.air-cosmos.com/2014/10/23/26 ... -le-rafale
Y ayer en concreto dos Rafales destruyeron un complejo de fabricación de armas y entrenamiento de yihadistas lanzando cada uno sus seis AASM: http://lignesdedefense.blogs.ouest-fran ... 12758.html
vacación tras vacación me meto en los hilos de Rafale esperando la firma en India...
No softlanding in sight for $20-bn Rafale deal
Oct 27 2014
IAF chief Arup Raha has admitted that it would take another three to four years before the first squadron of Rafale aircraft could be raised...
Speaking to FE on conditions of anonymity, an officer who has been part of the negotiating team, said, “While the negotiations with the French company are on track, there are several other agencies involved in this project and it will be another few months before the negotiations are complete. Which means this deal will not be done this fiscal ended March 2015.”
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/no ... al/1302175
Why India needs to rethink the Rafale deal
October 26, 2014
...To be sure, the most significant aspect of the Rafale deal is the cost. Originally pegged at $10 billion, the size of the deal has climbed to a stratospheric $30 billion. So instead of bolstering the country’s air power, the Rafale is threatening to blow a gaping hole in India’s overstretched defence budget
http://in.rbth.com/blogs/2014/10/26/why ... 39297.html
Amid sniping by rivals, France aims to close Rafale deal by early 2015
30 Oct, 2014
MoD sources say 90% of the draft MMRCA contract is ready, with ToT, offsets and other issues all settled, and even the inter-governmental agreement with France has been finalized.
But the sticking point is Dassault's reluctance to accept responsibility for the 108 fighters to be built by HAL as far as liquidity damages and timelines for production are concerned.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/art ... aign=cppst
Le Rafale va-t-il enfin se poser au Qatar? Le Qatar semble proche d'un achat de 36 Rafale à la France
30/10/2014
Selon plusieurs sources concordantes, une délégation qatarie de très haut niveau est actuellement en France pour négocier un contrat Rafale avec Dassault Aviation. Elle devrait rester trois semaines à Paris pour tenter de conclure un contrat portant sur l'achat de 36 Rafale. Si les négociateurs parviennent à s'entendre, une visite présidentielle de François Hollande au Qatar d'ici à la fin de l'année serait prévue pour officialiser cette commande, la première du Rafale à l'exportation.
http://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-fin ... qatar.html
Usuarios navegando por este Foro: luisarga300 y 27 invitados