The Mirage 2000-9,
advanced multi-role
combat aircraft, is the
last version ever
produced of the Mirage
2000 family.
Adopted by nine air forces
worldwide, 550 Mirage
2000 are currently in
service, logging over
1,540,000 flying hours.
Operated in a wide variety
of environment ranging
from deserts to humid
tropical countries,
including polar and high-
elevation area, deployed
in many international
training exercises and
engaged in various fields
of operation, the Mirage
2000 is a world reference
in terms of availability and
maintenance. Its
interoperability and its
performance have been
well proven in combat.
Mirage 2000-9: the most
advanced version in the
Mirage 2000 family
The Mirage 2000-9 design
has taken advantage of
this huge feed-back
experience from the onset
of the program to
improve the aircraft, the
navigation and weapon
system, and to implement
new functionalities.
As an example,
operational experience
especially within
multinational forces, has
shown the need for an
increased fuel capacity
and firing power.
This requirement has been
fulfilled, among others,
with the introduction into
operational service within
UAE AF & AD (United
Arab Emirates Air Force &
Air Defense) of the
Mirage 2000-9, which is a
significant upgrade from
the previous versions of
the Mirage 2000-5 series.
The Mirage 2000-9
integrates
- the additional operating
capabilities specified and
tailored by the UAE AF &
AD,
- together with a lots of
new technologies
- and functionalities
directly issued from the
experience gained from
the RAFALE aircraft
development.
Mirage 2000-9: a very
ambitious program
This Mirage 2000-9
version is a very ambitious
and successful program
which embedded an
incomparable number of
new capabilities:
→ Navigation and
Weapon System:
Modular avionics, new
RDY-2 multimode radar,
digital terrain following
system, new IMEWS
countermeasures suite,
Thomrad radio with
frequency evasion and
enhanced encoding, glass
cockpit with new LCD
visualisations, 4-display
digital recording system
and night vision goggles
compatibility, tactical
data-link, gyro-Iaser
inertial navigation system,
navigation Forward
Looking Infra-Red system
(NAHAR)
.
→ Air-to-Air role:
A unique capability
available on the Mirage
2000-9 version, allows to
use simultaneously IR and
EM MICA in BVR mode
(Beyond Visual Range) to
deceive electronic warfare
system of the target.
→ Air-to-Ground
strikes:
Conventional bombs, day/
night video and laser-
guided bombs, "Black
Shaheen" stand-off cruise
missiles, long range recce
pod, and "SHEHAB" laser
designation pod.
→ Plus an in-flight
refuelling capacity and
the automatic speed
control system thanks
to the implementation
of the autothrottle
function.
Modular avionics and
countermeasures suite are
particularly worth
mentioning in view of
their unusual nature.
The Mirage 2000-9 is
equipped with a
pioneering IT "core
system" architecture as of
last generation aircraft
(Rafale, F-22 & F-35/JSF).
When it comes to
countermeasures, they
break new ground by
adopting interferometry
technology, providing the
aircraft with high self-
protection capability and
accurate EW threats
localisation.
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