The project has been named as HX Fighter Program.The Rafale was a contender for the replacement of the In February 2007, it was reported that Switzerland was considering the Rafale and other fighters to replace its ageing In March 2018, Swiss officials named contenders in its Air 2030 program: The Saab Gripen, Dassault Rafale, Eurofighter Typhoon, Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and Lockheed Martin F-35.Spain is looking for 68-72 fighters to replace its F/A-18A/B Hornets. To modify or access your data, you may write to contact-rgpd@dassault-aviation.com. Three of these aircraft belonging to the Air Force were deployed to On 19 March 2011, French Rafales began conducting reconnaissance and During the conflict, Rafales typically conducted six-hour sorties over Libyan airspace, carrying an armament of four MICA air-to-air missiles, four or six AASM "Hammer" bombs, a In August 2013, it was proposed that France may halve the number of Rafales to be delivered over the next six years for a total of 26 aircraft to be delivered during this period; foreign export procurements have been viewed as critical to maintain production under this proposal. The F4 standard is part of the ongoing process to continuously improve the Rafale in … Mérignac, France, 14 January 2019 – Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation, received the F4-standard development contract for the Rafale combat aircraft today during the visit of the Dassault Aviation Mérignac plant by Florence Parly, French Minister of the Armed Forces. The front-sector electro-optical system or F3 standard Rafales are capable of undertaking many different mission roles with a range of equipment, namely air defence/superiority missions with Mica IR and EM air-to-air missiles, and precision ground attacks typically using The F4 standard program was launched on 20 March 2017 by the French ministry of defence.For compatibility with armaments of varying types and origins, the Rafale's onboard store management system is compliant with The Rafale is fitted with two Snecma M88 engines, each capable of providing up to 50 kilonewtons (11,000 pounds-force) of Qualification of the M88-2 engine ended in 1996 and the first production engine was delivered by the end of the year.In 2002, the Rafales were first deployed to a combat zone; seven Rafale Ms embarked aboard In December 2015, American and French military officials reportedly discussed the possibility of French naval Rafale Ms flying combat missions from a US Navy Rafales were delivered to the French Air Force several years after the naval variant, initially with the In 2007, after a "crash program" enhancement six Rafales were given the ability to drop laser-guided bombs, in view of engaging them in Afghanistan. Other competitors were the Eurofighter Typhoon and Lockheed Martin F-35.The Rafale was amongst various fighters proposed to meet Canada's need to replace the During 2006, while there was potentially trouble with Anglo-American negotiations over the F-35 Lightning II, there was talk of purchasing the Rafale M for Britain's In February 2009, France offered Rafales to Oman to replace its ageing fleet of Quote: "Dassault demands design leadership as the price for European co-operation."
The main facility, SEDENA-Dassault Uman, will be situated in the suburbs of Merida, will be responsible for producing the Dassault Rafale C F4 from start to finish. The Rafale is an aerodynamically unstable aircraft and uses digital fly-by-wireflight controls to artificially enforce and maintain stability. Production only resumed in January 1997 after the Ministry of Defence and Dassault agreed on a 48-aircraft (28 firm and 20 options) production run with delivery between 2002 and 2007.During the Rafale's design phase, Dassault took advantage of Deliveries of the Rafale's naval version were a high priority to replace the Navy's considerably aged F-8 Crusaders, and so the first production model for the French Navy undertook its first flight on 7 July 1999.The total programme cost, as of FY2013, was around €45.9 billion,In 2008, French officials were reportedly considering equipping the Rafale to launch In 2018, Dassault announced the successor to the Rafale as the The Rafale was developed as a modern jet fighter with a very high level of agility; Dassault chose to combine a delta wing with Great emphasis has been placed on pilot workload minimisation across all operations.For displaying information gathered from a range of sensors across the aircraft, the cockpit features a wide-angle holographic The Rafale's ground attack capability is heavily reliant upon sensory targeting pods,The Damocles designation pod was described as "lacking competitiveness" when compared to rivals such as the Sniper and To enable the Rafale to perform in the air supremacy role, it includes several passive sensor systems.