The Rafale doesn’t have an HMDS, but there’s no problem factoring that into its F3R build
Well, in fact no. fench F3-R should not have HMDS, but a HMDS is under integration ‘aswell as a SATCOM btw), probably for indian clients.
Didn’t follow proper tactics and stay above 15,000ft AGL?
The first rule of guns…If the enemy is in range, so are you.
Have you ANY iea on hw it works??????
According to BAE account on twitter, Typhoone is enduring cold weather tests atm.
Some low level atumatic terrain following (sry only 300 feet low due to french regulations) in this french Forces Armées Strategiques reconstitution of a mission.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Acxj1DNBqe0&list=UU9tdrNLs9QpsFZI050UARkQ
nice to see this thread revive! i think there is a nice F-15 in Grand Canyon video also, aswell as some nice videos from Mach Loop for ex. Tried to get some videos of Rafale on autofollow mode, but classified 🙁
SAAB (in fact Chalmers/Ericsson) were involved in European GaN efforts. But workshare was finally done, afaik that UMS is the only provider of X-band GaN modules in Europe (although other facilities are qualified, like QinetiQ for ex.)
Of course i may be wrong.
Aren’t we a bit out off topic?
i pretty much like the 2000 one in Morocco also (The first one, after one min)
Gripen just officially offered to Belgium.
Why not some movies? Enjoy!
It still DOES not fly any typical mission as the military would need it during a real war, still need a Civilian crew and heavy AirbusM back-up and have some serviceability concerns.
Really? Like in Mali? Civilian crew? I’ll tell them they are civilians next time i go to Orléans 😉
I have a sincere quesion about “big white” and shelters. We know present problems about thuderstrucks are linked to the OBBIGS. The usual procedure is to refill tanks as soon as a plane lands (to avoid vaporization and fire risks). How is it managed presently on F-35?
Rafale F4 should have high speed datalink from RBE2 and smartskin (check Rafale thread)
On the technology front, a future version of the Rafale is expected to show “a major evolution” with high datalink capacity and an active electronically scanned array radar fitted in the skin of the fighter, instead of the present front-facing radar. That new capability is expected in 2020 to 2025 and would allow an active electronic warfare and a very high data rate for communications, he said.
Thales builds the RBE2 radar for the Rafale.
The present Spectra EW pod gathers a wealth of data, which could be sent to other pilots and allies if the datalink were there, Mercier said. Thales and MBDA built the Spectra.
Another expected upgrade is a new-generation reconnaissance pod, intended to deliver detection at a higher altitude than the present system, which is not ineffective, but it is time to move on, Mercier said.
A high datalink is part of the move toward the big data and cloud applied to military aircraft. The service plans to receive a second standard of the A330 multirole tanker transport (MRTT) aircraft, which will be equipped as a network node with command-and-control systems, reflecting the interest in datalinks, an Air Force spokesman said.
Air Force planners are studying how a future combat system would not be limited to a combat aircraft but connect manned and unmanned aircraft with warships, submarines, tanks and other forces.
And you are assuming that all “low risk” are F35s?
It is clearly stated in the report that they could not uncover which plane was rated and how…