Nah real name will be atlantic iv but Shhhh

Agree with you Aereo. Btw, as we are talking about euro planes, lil info about UCLASS. BAE/Dassault is opened to foreign countries “as soon as a firm dev program is established”, and french requirement is it should be carrier capable.
I didnt intend to bash typhoon, thats why it took me a bunch of time (apart from holidays) to check that Rafale were using a new spectra updaye vs old Captor M software during joint warrior.
PS. Give a hand to your training ground (A2G) boys, they do tremendous job! (you know what i mean)

Look, i’m found of F18. Re read what you quoted, IAF had nothing to do with offsets. Talked with USS Eisenhower pilot recently. “Rafale is the first plane designed by pilots for pilots”.

Checked with Dassault official, the 1 billion euros in Programmation law are for next F3-R standard, not for an F4. Wondering what will be inside apart from already described…

You may not think so but HMS and HOBS beats an air show tumble
the chief of the air force said that the Super Hornet had the best Systems..Weapons..Radar
http://www.indiastrategic.in/topstories1068.htm

2 years ago… since new aws 360, degs, aesa radar imporoved spectra. And f18 lost despite all these advantages… some other thiings arent so good then

Tactical situati8n displays.?

There arent any unwillingness for ToT or whatever from Rafale consortium (not only Dassault) (there’s been some from Thales in UAE, another story). Problem about responsability is solved for long. The problem is to determine each indian subcontractor (remember there are 500 in France for ex) , and they are ALL identified for months now, capability to absorb tech, at which speed, with how many help? Mix that with industrialization process (each part, be it french or indian must arrive right in time) and ramping up of indian input, multiply per the number of contracts (one for each subcontractor), and you will get an idea of the complexity of the process. ToT is not simply blueprint, but about acquisition of process, quality control etc.

What it performs? Sry to my german friends, but the kidnapping of aerospace industry by Germany. Near no tech input since the creation of EADS, but now even space activities will be led from Germany… (kidding of course)