Here is some F-35 EW info thanks to Garrya.

Besides what we already know, it got me thinking and searching…

Turns out that the F-35 has the ALE-70 Towed decoy and that it’s operational as of Block2B.

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Here is everything that I could dig out of the current FY2017 budget docs.

http://www.dtic.mil/procurement/Y2017/Navy/U_P40_0182_BSA-1_BA-1_APP-1508N_PB_2017.pdf
http://www.dtic.mil/procurement/Y2017/AirForce/U_P40_76_BSA-4_BA-7_APP-3010F_PB_2017.pdf

ALE-70 = Towed Decoy ($50k each)
MJU-68/69 = Flares http://www.chemring.co.uk/~/media/Files/C/Chemring-V2/PDFs/introduction-to-chemring-for-investors-oct2014.pdf
CCU-168 = Impulse cartridge for the flares https://govtribe.com/project/13-pn-8385852-2-ccu-168b-impulse-cartridge/activity
MJU-61/64 = also flares (4 differenc kinds?)

Absence of chaff info is odd….

This tidbit from the FY2017 budget (looks like the ALE-70 is in Block 2B/3i already:

Conversely to general opinion, chaffs are very sensitive infos. 4 types of chaffs (coupled with varable pulse cartridge) would not surprise me, some other planes do have different types of chaffs depending on potential/incoming threats.

Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry May Change Criteria for Jet Fighter Acquisition

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/177938/bulgaria-may-change-criteria-for-jet-fighter-acquisition.html

Not so good for Gripen’s chances of landing the order.

From a Bulgarian pilot, not really happy and grumbling after corruption of politicians…

+1

Well said Swerve!

Maurobaggio please don’t come back with that old nonsense about “I am just an old man and in my humble opinion”….it doesn’t not matter if you are eight years old or eighty years old if you come out with the same old nonsense!

What has your age got to do with anything and why do you mention it anytime some challenges you? Perhaps you think they will go easier on you if you keep saying you are old and are packing groceries in the supermarket in your retirement (nothing wrong with that….I hope one day to also to do something similar and useful when I am much older and retired;-).

Perhaps you think by keep mentioning you are old this means you can get away with talking nonsense ….but at the same time you slyly talking about dodgy deals……if you have any evidence why don’t you take it to the National Congress or to journalist friends like Hammer (Brazilian journalist who used to post here regularly)?

With all due respect some posters here are old, some young and other in-between….age makes no difference….we are only interested in what you have to say and your age is irrelevant because we are all here to exchange information and to learn more…..nothing more!

Also, please stop saying “in my humble opinion”….firstly because just because you say you are humble does not mean you are! You ignore and do not have a dialogue or conversation with anyone that challenges or disagrees with your statements!

Secondly, your opinion is a good as anyone else’s (even if someone else might disagree with your opinion) and your opinion is good enough by itself without any extra qualification as either “humble” (you are not really humble because you are very angry for some reason with SAAB and keep talking about dodgy deals :D) and it does not matter if your opinion is said by either a old or young man…..only the facts matter!

Maurobaggio is from a Latin culture country. Do not expect us (latins) talking the same way as you are. Different meanings behind similar words.

It’s in F4 for Rafale 2023/24 (radar and Spectra) according to Henri-Pierre Grolleau in Combat Aircraft.

As far as I can see, F3R is as follows:

http://www.dassault-aviation.com/fr/dassault-aviation/presse/press-kits/le-standard-f3-r-du-rafale-est-lance/

Purely by memory, GaN RBE2 was envisaged but not implemented on F3-R on cost issues. But spectra antennas will, as a result of PEA INCAS.

And in a terrible location for forward visibility. A shoulder location should be better for view and less likely to dump fuel over the windshield. Either way, retractable would have been nicer drag-wise.

Yep, but less reliable and much lower flow rate. About forward visibility, you cars windshield support prevent your visibility?

2 french militaries from my former unit were badly injured (near Erbil), one very seriously by such an item few days ago.

What you write is highly controversial without much to fill it. Although I am sure Polish politics does not shine on every corner like plenty of Eu democracy, in that case, anyone paying a bit of attention to that deal should have noted that recentely the Polish mod reminded all that he did specify targeted financial objectives for the production line in Poland. Airbus choose to manufacture the old Puma there.
In light of the recent setback following the Norway crash, the MGB failure etc… it is obvious that Airbus could have difficulty arguing that it will fullfill the best RoI with a Puma derivative when all predict a shrinking market for that model that has already multiple production lines.

Instead of fingerpointing somewhere in the fog of local politics, the above is more a rational explanation*, isn’t it?

Oh stop that. Puma do not have same engines and gearboxes. Do we stand shouting each time a S-61 or a Lynx crashes?
And it is a very rational explanation. Sikorsky unit is in an PIS held district, and offsets offered by Airbus was very generous.
And it was the only offer that complied every clause of Polish demands.

And please do not give EU countries democracy lessons. Eg Our president cannot be elected with less votes than its opponent (see Bush…)

Show me a MICA 5+km OTS shot at sea level.

Sea level shot? Show me ONE 5Km+ OTS shot from ASRAAM 😉 . The only thing mentioned is that the target was low alt. G’bye