You are very certainly true. I was wondering because according to many rumours, France is gonna lease or lend 2 Fremms to Greece. And thay are much cheaper on some sides : only 90 crew etc. And very credible, no? Ask US Navy 😉

Btw not really fan of italian ones, very ^powerful combat system, but weight and height imbalances an otherwise very well disigned ship.

Maestrale could also be a smoke in order to hide Fremm class resale with economic crises in Europe.

Well i’ve seen the T50 flight envelope, 2/3 of a F16. Certainly kinematically best trainer in the world, certainly capable in terms of pointdefence or air to sea, but not suited to air2air vs advanced fighters. Any diff with combat version?

As I said, we are back to the whole “mothership” idea aren’t we. The key to extending the longevity of the Eurocanards and possibly a reason to develop the LO Rafale…

Either way, in my opinion UCAVs flying alongside manned fighters is the future for the US and Britain/France/SAAB.

The article mentions 7g as being the limit for the UCAV (this must be erroneous no?). I would have thought on of the main points of having unmanned aircraft would be that they aren’t operated around the physical imitations of the pilots.

Also nice to see VARIOUS pop up again (even if only to illustrate the article).

On another note, I’m wondering whether the delay in reporting of the first flight of Taranis is because:

a) They will report it once the test campaign is complete
b) They had some aerodynamic enhancements to test that have delayed the whole programme
c) They wanted to test the visible light cloaking equipment at the same time as the UCAV.

Discuss.

Btw, article based on a 13 years old PDF..;

http://t.co/DwBDGJsXdY

At least i can say new cell reinforcement EW spectra like system and RDY3 radar. I asked for some details at PAS13, but Dassault answered me “its not our politics to communicate about our clients requirements, when you sell a car, you dont claim which options a client asked for” (it was informal interview)

According to Gripen news on tweeter (signatory), Philippines also consider Gripen.

i know but few months later lol

Original concept is more then 10 years old from Dassault (hear me singing the marseillaise?)