France: “Keep outlining……No hurry…..The more time you four countries waste for anticipation and painting the bright future, the more Rafales I may export:D “

I found a zoomed in version of that photo and they match up well with the 1424 pic.

Although, the above looks a lot like the “Lite-Brite” PR version of the radar

My personal calculation:

(15*2 + 21*4 + 29*6 + 33*4 + 35*5)*2 = 1,190 TR modules……:apologetic:

Downscaling and closer to Rafale~~~~:p

Let’s hope this CAPTOR-E AESA picture is just a downscaling and simplified prototype…..:D

another news, according to La Tribune, France and Egypt are close to signing a deal over 2 frigates and between 23 and 26 Rafales (depending on source)

Right, just as France were close to sign a Rafale deal with Morroco in 2007, with Swiss in 2008, with UAE in 2009, with Brazil in 2010, and with India in 2012……..:dev2:

Rafale, the queen of “Close To Sign A Deal”!!:applause:

The snow glows white on the Himalaya tonight
Not a deal to be sign
A kingdom of no exportation and it looks like I’m the queen
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
Couldn’t get deal in, heaven knows I tried

Don’t let deal sink
Don’t let deal flee
Be the omnirole fighter you always have to be
To seal, the deal
Don’t let clients go
Well, now clients go

Let deal go! Let deal go!
Can’t hold it back anymore
Let deal go! Let deal go!
Turn away and slam the door
I don’t care what clients are going to say
Let the storm rage on
No deal never bothered me anyway

It’s funny how some time
Makes no deal seem small
And the fears that once controlled me
Can’t get to me at all

It’s time to see what I can do
To test client’s patience and break it through
No deal, no client, no rules for me
I’m free!

Let deal go! Let deal go!
I am one with the wind and sky
Let deal go! Let deal go!
You’ll never see me cry
Here I stand and here I’ll stay
Let the storm rage on

My fighting power through the air into the ground
My agility is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
And one thought no exportation like an icy blast
I’m never getting a deal back. The past is in the past
Let deal go! Let deal go!
And I’ll rise like the gust of dawn
Let deal go! Let deal go!
That perfect fighter is gone
Here I dash in the light of day
Let the storm rage on!
No deal never bothered me anyway

Ultimatum at the gate ~ Let’s see if French will let the deal go in the last minute once again, again, and again ….:applause:

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Southern Korea, Morocco, Swiss, UAE, Brazil……..Next: India ??

http://itar-tass.com/en/world/770693

NEW DELHI, January 12. /TASS/. India will make a decision on whether or not to purchase French Rafale fighters by April this year, when India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi goes on a visit to France and Germany, the Times of India edition wrote Monday.

According to a source in the country’s Defense Ministry, the sides have been trying to reach an agreement on guarantee maintenance of India-assembled fighters for a year. The French side insists on raising the price of the fighter jets in case maintenance is provided by them. The price of the jets has already risen from the initial $10 billion to over $20 billion, runs the article

What’s the bet that 2 conformal 1,500L tanks will add as much range as two 2,250L drop tanks even without a centreline 1,000L tank?

2 CFTs with 1,500 L fuel each = 3 1,000 L drop tanks that Typhoon can carry today.

And because of the much less drag compared with the traditional drop tank, the EF-2000 with two 2 CFTs shall have the better combat radius, speed, and acceleration than the EF-2000 with three 1,000 L drop tanks.

The predicted date of FOC for LCA Tejas MK1: 2003 (The initial prediction) –> 2008 (2003) –> 2011 (2008) –> 2012 (2010) –> 2013 (2011) –> 2015 (2013) –> No early than 2016 (The newest prediction now)…… :angel:

HAL: “We are always ahead of our time for at least two years!!:eagerness:”

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140720/DEFREG03/307200009/India-s-20-Year-Late-LCA-Faces-Fresh-Delays

http://www.boursier.com/actions/actualites/news/dassault-aviation-le-contrat-d-export-geant-du-rafale-en-inde-evoluerait-dans-le-bon-sens-587246.html?rss

The drama series of “We will sign the contract soon, very soon, extremely soon, sooner than you can image” since 2012:applause:

I wonder which one will become the truth faster? The day that the productional Eurofighter finally gets its own AESA radar? or the day that Rafale finally gets its first confirmatory export sale?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5ffS2CiBOM

Around 1,500 T/R modules according to the video mentioned above.