French Military aviation update and discussion

Picdelamirand-oil said:
It's pretty hard to say. In financial terms, the Indian ISEs certainly helped, let's just say that after negotiations the costs had to be shared, so there was undoubtedly a cost reduction for France, but in terms of timescales, making the ISEs operational in 3 years is quite an achievement, and F4.1 is arriving 4 years after the delivery of the ISEs. So this was only possible by giving absolute priority to the ISEs, to the detriment of F4 in terms of time. It's also worth noting that the configuration of the F4 pod and helmet-mounted sight is different from that of the ISEs, and that the ISEs took advantage of the Qatar contract for the helmet...
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