so what are the details to why the Rafale isn’t being considered by the japanese. Some one mentioned that it didn’t meet what the japanese want but whats the details?

From Dassault, it’s just that after the Korean case (and a bit like Norway too), they decided that some deals were only jokes and nothing more.
Japan didn’t look like a country free to buy what they want, so, Dassault asked them if they could provide them a proof that Japan is independant of their choices but nothing get back.

I thought the French were open to license production, tech transfers (from their Korea dealings)

They are, it’s the most important argument except the qualities of the plane.

Herakles is not so powerful for AAW ship like someone says :diablo: :diablo:

Comment réaliser une FREMM antiaérienne ?

Sorry, that’s not what is written. :p

Mention a F-15T operator and the number they have and why it is better?

Singapore
Twenty IIRC
Better avionics and radar.

To bring the discussion back on topic: Can anyone tell me if the new AESA for the Rafale will have GaN based T/R modules or not.

Nothing has been official for any technologies.

I think it’s that EADS bought some of the stakes and can earn money with them. But no idea how it works at all. :confused:

IIRC, EADS got these share from the French State at low price, so I’m not even sure if EADS has a total freedom with them.
Welcome in the french capitalism 😀

xanadu asked a question about the active cancellation. Without being so far, I would gladly take your feeling of the Rafale stealth features. What do you think of them ? Sufficient ? Cost efficient ?

Thales never stated any capabilities of that kind but several technological bricks from their portfolio seems to fit very well into that concept.

Usual french BS ?

This is the first website who speak about that
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/9735/rafale1.htm
Unless Popular Science is a french magazine you should replace “french BS” by “speculation”.

Anyway, no way someone can think that active cancellation, even if available on the Rafale is THE magical way to achieve stealth?
It would certainly be more like a last joker, to breack the lock of a radar for few seconds.

With the exception of the su-34, what plane can really replace the F-111 ?

Most arguments of the anti E/F-18 crowd hardly worth the interest of being posted on a forum.
But from the mouth of former high rank officials, it’s amazing.

Now, there’s definitely something unclear in Greece, about Rafale

According to several french magazines (Le point or L’express among others), that’s very simple.
The french secret service has threaten the greek governement to make public some documents about several millions of dollars that reach a lebanese account of the brother in law of the minister of defense, and few days after that, Greece dumped the EF2000 with a crappy reason.

It seems that Dassault complained, and could not show the aircraft (no competition polemic, and no offer !).
As far as I remember, this was because Dassault wasn’t even invited, and reacted too late. But I can’t find evidence anymore…

Dassault and LM too, made several propositions, each way way cheaper than the EF2000 but Greece wasn’t interested.

You Rafale fans really shouldn’t bring up the Netherlands, because the Typhoon is presently the RNLAF’s favoured alternative to F-35. Both European aircraft have been flown by a number of Dutch pilots (both high profile VIPs and evaluation pilots) and Typhoon was preferred.

I’m sure you can prove that easily.

And yet you harp back to a paperwork exercise that was so unimportant, and so long ago, that I almost couldn’t find it in my notebooks.

Don’t you think it sounds like “Too much favorable to RAfale, doesn’t matter” ?

I told you you shouldn’t have mentioned the Netherlands…..

http://www.dedefensa.org/article.php?art_id=84
“The Dutch Way ”

As a starter, I’ll ask a question. After Greek Mirage pilots had flown Rafale, why did the Greeks not issue an RFI to Dassault for the Rafale, but did issue an RFI to Lockheed, Boeing and Eurofighter?

Starter ? I would say “troll” instead ….

Evaluations where Typhoon was selected or placed ahead of Rafale on technical grounds: Austria, Saudi Arabia, Greece, Norway, Singapore.

…. or beginner