Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions

[localoca]

Because that's only a dream Boeing has

France wished they had Boeing dreams... and U.S.A Black budget...

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

It could just be a planted news to get India to buy Rafales. IAF is a better judge and so is MoD. Leave it to them.

If it was a planted news they woud habve made a STRONG counter-claim ......... Coz they r also pitting there jet for indian mrca!

 

[notsuperstitious]

If it was a planted news they woud habve made a STRONG counter-claim ......... Coz they r also pitting there jet for indian mrca!

Most companies will not respond to 'unnamed' sources news, until it becomes a big issue for them. My British company has that policy.

If they take the news seriously, irrespective of real or fake, there would have beee some PR response. The assumption that they will not respond to a ''real'' news is plain incorrect, they will respond depending on how seriously the news will affect them.

Apparently, not much.

 

[praveen007]

Rafale Upgrade Ready in 2012
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AESA Radar Ready for Production
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Separately, DGA is flight-testing
further improvements to the
Rafale, says Lt. Col. Olivier
Bordes, director of Rafale flight
testing at the agency’s facility at
Cazaux air base. “Now, we are
focusing on the Link 16 and
AESA radar integration, and their
test and evaluation phase is
being carried out in June and
July.” Final qualification of the
RBE-2 AESA radar will be the
major development milestone for
this year, Bordes said.
This radar will equip all 60
aircraft of the 4th production
batch, ordered in December
2009 and comprising 10 Rafale M
carrier fighters and 25 Rafale C
single-seaters and 25 Rafale B
two-seaters for the air force.
Deliveries are scheduled from
mid-2013 to end 2019. The
current production rate is of 11
aircraft per year, a remarkably
low figure that nonetheless
allows the program to remain
economically viable, and
Dassault Aviation to turn a profit,
despite the lack of export orders.
The AESA radar will improve
detection range and the ability to
detect targets with small radar
cross-section, and will be
compatible with the future
Meteor air-to-air missile of which
France ordered an initial batch in
December 2010 for delivery in
2018. Flight-testing is carried out
with a modified Falcon 20
business jet and a hybrid test-
bed which combines a Mirage
2000B two-seat airframe fitted
with the Rafale’s nose and AESA
radar. The aircraft sports DGA
markings and a ghost-grey color
scheme.

 

[brational]

Rafale wud be good choice for India as the IAF is well acquinted with French systems. The previous platform (mirage) was highly successful with IAF. EF were better if there were only one country involved in development. French are always a reliable supplier and it is time tested(post pokhran) . The Concerned area are the effectiveness and capability of the RBE2 and the A2G role of the aircraft.. The libiyan excercise is still not clear.. Another gr8 part is the weapon load carrying capacity of Rafale.. Let see what MoD ends up with.. I am with Rafale..

 

[kingdurgaking]

Rafale wud be good choice for India as the IAF is well acquinted with French systems. The previous platform (mirage) was highly successful with IAF. EF were better if there were only one country involved in development. French are always a reliable supplier and it is time tested(post pokhran) . The Concerned area are the effectiveness and capability of the RBE2 and the A2G role of the aircraft.. The libiyan excercise is still not clear.. Another gr8 part is the weapon load carrying capacity of Rafale.. Let see what MoD ends up with.. I am with Rafale..

Another good thing about Rafale is .. 100% ToT ... even on Radar ... but I am not sure on Engine ...
But Dassault has agreed on porting Kaveri on Rafale..

 

[luckyyy]

Another good thing about Rafale is .. 100% ToT ... even on Radar ... but I am not sure on Engine ...
But Dassault has agreed on porting Kaveri on Rafale..

rafale will be just another licence menufecturing...

 

[sancho]

rafale will be just another licence menufecturing...

Of course, just like any other MMRCA contender would be, because that's the aim behind it!

 

[sancho]

No pressure from US with regard to M-MRCA deal: Antony

New Delhi, Jun 14 (PTI) After rejecting American companies in the bid to procure 126 Medium-Multi Role Combat Aircraft (M-MRCA) deal, India today denied there was any pressure from the US to favour its firms in the race."It is natural that every company try to sell their product and for that they do everything needed. I don't accept that is a pressure," Defence Minister A K Antony said here.Stressing that the M-MRCA procurement process was completely transparent he said, "Our procurement is not a political decision. Everybody gets a level-playing field and the ultimate decision would be on the basis of strictly professional decision. There is no political interference." He was talking to reporters after flagging off a mountaineering expedition by the Indian Army to Mount Manaslu on May 9.A team of mountaineers led by Colonel Ajay Kothiyal, a recipient of Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra, created a world record when 15 of its member summited the 8,163 meter high peak.Two American firms Lockheed Martin and Boeing had participated in the 126-fighter aircraft deal for the Indian Air Force (IAF), along with European Consortium's Eurofighter Typhoon, French Rafale and Swedish Gripen.Going ahead with the procurement process, India recently down-selected Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon for commercial bidding process.

No pressure from US with regard to M-MRCA deal: Antony, IBN Live News

 

[brational]

rafale will be just another licence menufecturing...

Boss is there any other option in MMRCA tender? So Chill Yaar.. Let see how we can implement our licenses in shaping out AMCA a truly 5th gen figher craft...

 

[brational]

Another good thing about Rafale is .. 100% ToT ... even on Radar ... but I am not sure on Engine ...
But Dassault has agreed on porting Kaveri on Rafale..

Agreed.. But goin in for a Kaveri, I think the french should hv offred anything like TVC engine.. This wud hv a great combi - Beast in a beauty (New Term although)..

 

[brational]

Humare pikistani bhaiyon khahan gaye? Yaar Kuch to input daalo.. 11 biilion dollers are in stake.. We need ur inputs if any...

 

[sancho]

Rafale Web documentary

Rafale News: Rafale Web documentary

 

[sancho]

Crossposting from the MP forum:

Striking Lybia From The Sea

Combat Aircraft magazine , June 2011, page 59

...Rafale success

For the French navy, the Lybian operation, the 1st significant engagement of the Rafale in a major conflict has proved an unconditional success: "The Rafale is a brilliant fighter capable of performing the whole spectrum of tactical missions" says 'Harry'. "For instance we have carried out strike missions and recce missions without any dedicated escort, our RBE2 radar , our Link 16 and our Spectra electronic warfare suite helping us maintain a very good all-round situational awareness. if intercepted, we could have engaged and destroyed any airborne threat with our MICA's during the very same missions. The Rafale's sensor and armament suite have also proved extremely effective and remarkably flexible. I will take one example: the Rafale's weapons system has not been specifically designed for the destruction of ennemy air defenses (DEAD) role. With all our sensors - the high-resolution radar mode, the Spectra suite, the Damocles and the FSO optronics system- we were nevertheless fully capable of detecting, localizing and engaging enemy surface-to-air missile sites, and we destroyed SA-3 and SA-6 SAM systems with the AASM including some mobile systems. This was a significant achievement. I would like to stress the fact that Flotille 12F is one of the very few units in the world which can carry such a large array of missions from a carrier deck, from reconnaissance to nuclear deterrence, from DEAD to anti-ships attacks, from close air support to air defense".
Operation Harmattan has demonstrated once again, that naval power and air power from the sea are decisive tools in modern warfare...

Credits to Olybrius!

 

[marcos98]

Meanwhile:

RAF strips jets for spare parts: Typhoons torn up for Libya air fleet

The RAF is tearing apart state-of-the-art fighter jets for spare parts to keep warplanes flying over Libya.

Three Typhoons, costing £125million each, are being cannibalised at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire to cover a desperate shortage of parts.

Eight Typhoons are taking part in bombing raids and enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya. The jets also patrol the Falkland Islands and provide the Quick Reaction Alert force protecting UK airspace.

Read more: RAF strips jets for spare parts: Typhoons torn up for Libya air fleet | Mail Online