indeed 😀
1/6.8 model.

Mach 1.4 supercruise in Air to air config is enough for you? (i don’t have the link here, but you can read and learn a lot from Dassault Fox Three magazine).

My bad..didn’t notice the landing gear was that of the Air Force version..

But I do recall reading a report on the Admiral getting a flight on the Rafale M..and back then it was the F1.

May be you are confusing with Rafale B-01 which is a testbed and maybe the most advanced Rafale?

Definitive FACT is Mig 35 was dismissed on technical reasons frome MMRCA. coma.

Looks like Dassault and HAL have agreed on a co-contractor deal that allows each firm to issue guarantees for the parts they produce that will be used on the Indian-assembled Rafales..that seems to be one issue sorted out now. Follows on from HAL Chief’s statements at AI-’15 where he said that HAL doesn’t need any other company to guarantee what it produces.

The co-management setup would imply that Dassault would take full responsibility for parts that it sources from suppliers (whom it manages) or produces itself, whereas HAL would take full responsibility for parts that it would produce in-house.

Dassault and HAL to be co-contractors for Indian built Rafales

More precisely, he said the offer was the same as in 2012 in euros.

That is not the same as what Sagem is saying about it.

It seems that an airborne image (with specific target marked beforehand) of the target area has to be uploaded to the seeker first, prior to launch. Whether this has to come from the launching aircraft, be in IIR, or can come from a UAV is not stated.

In fact, pre-prepared models exist and can be loaded. Nvm, the weapon has impressive capabilities, no? But there’s a real difference with JDAM, AASM is a propelled kit.

Just a single question, Maurobaggio. I was told there was an inquiry commitee about the 900 millions price hike. Is it true?

It is not exactly what Hollande said. (I’m not a fan, but this is not what he said)