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Military honors rendered to Serge Dassault by the Prime Minister, E.Philippe, in the Cour d'Honneur of the Hôtel des Invalides, in the presence of the Minister of the Armed Forces, F.Parly, the high military authorities, the representatives of the aviation industry and Group staff.
Military honors rendered to Serge Dassault by the Prime Minister, E.Philippe, in the Cour d'Honneur of the Hôtel des Invalides, in the presence of the Minister of the Armed Forces, F.Parly, the high military authorities, the representatives of the aviation industry and Group staff.
CAG almost done with audit of Rafale deal
TNN | Jun 6, 2018, 04:01 IST
NEW DELHI: The Comptroller and Auditor General has almost finalised its audit on the big-ticket Rafale inter-governmental deal with France which has seen the government and Congress clash over allegations that the defence deal is over priced and tainted by graft.
While Congress chief Rahul Gandhi claimed that the deal for the purchase of the French fighter was changed and UPA negotiated a cheaper rate, the government said the costs have been substantially improved. Congress has demanded disclosure of item-wise details of the Rs 59,000 crore contract.
The government has said UPA was unable to close the deal for seven years after Dassault was announced as the lowest bidder, despite a steeply declining fighter strength. It has said that there was no deal under UPA, and NDA got better costs for fly-way aircraft saving around 350 million euros with an additional weapons, maintenance and training package.
A top source in CAG said the audit is in final stages and can soon be tabled in Parliament as early as the forthcoming monsoon session.
CAG almost done with audit of Rafale deal - Times of India
TNN | Jun 6, 2018, 04:01 IST
NEW DELHI: The Comptroller and Auditor General has almost finalised its audit on the big-ticket Rafale inter-governmental deal with France which has seen the government and Congress clash over allegations that the defence deal is over priced and tainted by graft.
While Congress chief Rahul Gandhi claimed that the deal for the purchase of the French fighter was changed and UPA negotiated a cheaper rate, the government said the costs have been substantially improved. Congress has demanded disclosure of item-wise details of the Rs 59,000 crore contract.
The government has said UPA was unable to close the deal for seven years after Dassault was announced as the lowest bidder, despite a steeply declining fighter strength. It has said that there was no deal under UPA, and NDA got better costs for fly-way aircraft saving around 350 million euros with an additional weapons, maintenance and training package.
A top source in CAG said the audit is in final stages and can soon be tabled in Parliament as early as the forthcoming monsoon session.
CAG almost done with audit of Rafale deal - Times of India
DASSAULT AVIATION COMPLETES F3-R STANDARD BEFORE ENTERING THE FORCES
EXCLUSIVE!
Early 2014, the French Ministry of Defense, the Directorate General of Armament (DGA) and Dassault Aviation officially announce the launch of work for the development of the standard F3-R on Rafale M of the Navy and the Rafale Air (C / B) of the Air Force. Four years later, this work is about to end and the standard is about to join the French armed forces.
Indeed, according to our information, all the work done by the companies involved in this new version of the Rafale have been completed and are validated by the end of May 2018, as planned when the contract was signed. , notably between Dassault Aviation, THALES, SAFRAN, MBDA and the DGA.
But the end of the development and testing of the F3-R standard does not mean its direct integration into the armed forces. The modernization of the Rafale M / C / B currently being delivered and operating with the F3-4 + standard will not be done until the third quarter of this year, around September 2018, according to our information.
In addition, the Rafale EM / DM of the Egyptian Air Force and Qatari Air Force EQ / DQ who have come out of the Dassault Aviation factories will also have to be brought to this new standard. However, it would only take a few hours to integrate the F3-R into the aircraft system.
In addition, the validation of all the F3-R standard tests by manufacturers has yet to go through the experimentation stage.Indeed, in a few months, the Air Force Air Force Expertise Center (CEAM) at Mont-de-Marsan, and the Naval Aeronautics Practical Experiments and Reception Center (CEPA / 10S) at the Naval Air Station Hyères will have to define the instructions for use of these systems.
© Dassault Aviation / Anthony Pecchi - A Rafale C, used for flight tests, here in flight with the TALIOS laser nacelle.
What exactly is this experimentation?
Flight crews and ground staff will be responsible for designing the user manual for all new equipment that make up this F3-R standard. When signing contracts, manufacturers are responsible only for the design of the system and their equipment, their integration on Rafale and test them in all possible flight configurations to see if they work well, or not (all altitudes, speeds, configurations, aircraft-armament separation, with failures, etc ...).
For CEAM and CEPA, the objective is therefore to test this same material in an environment representative of an operational context. Whether it is a flight aid system, an offensive or defensive armament, the two centers will conduct experiments in flight taking into account new issues. For example, they will verify that everything works normally even in the presence of jamming, in the absence of GPS, with adverse threats, in which situations such weaponry is more suitable and what are its capabilities, etc ...
It is necessary that the function that is tested does not take the hand without the pilot wanting it, but also and above all, that it is analyzed with all the types of missions, the configurations and capacities that the crews are brought to meet on the theaters of operations. The work is immense because it must take into account absolutely everything: load factors, speed, wind, altitude, aircraft mass and armament, tilt, attack profile, maneuvers, etc ...
All these tests carried out, user manuals established, always with the support of industry, the operational commissioning of the standard F3-R can then be pronounced. It should be, according to our information, in the course of 2019.
© Dassault Aviation / Anthony Pecchi - A heavily loaded Rafale C equipped with 6 AASM, 4 MICA IR / EM, 2 METEOR and 3 releasable tanks.
What is included in the F3-R standard?
Above all, one of the major changes with the arrival of this new standard is the METEOR long-range air-to-air missile.Announced exclusively in April 2017 on Defens'Aero and recently confirmed by Dassault Aviation, the integration was effective on April 06, 2017, when firing a fourth and last METEOR missile since the Rafale B301.
This integration campaign was conducted by the Directorate General of Armament (DGA), in cooperation with Dassault Aviation, the missile MBDA and the industrial Thales. Designed for the mission of defense and air superiority to very long range, it is equipped with a ramjet and equipped with the mode "draws and forgets".
Thanks to the performance of the RBE2 radar with active antenna equipped with the Rafale (the only European combat aircraft equipped with this type of radar), it will be able to intercept very long-range targets, in addition to the current missiles MICA IR or EM (InfraRed or ElectroMagnetic), also used for combat and self-defense but at closer distances.
With a top speed of Mach 4, the METEOR has a range of more than 100 kilometers. However, for obvious operational reasons, the actual range of the missile was never disclosed. It can be fired with a Rafale equipped with PESA or AESA radar.
This new standard will also allow the integration of the new laser designation nacelle, the TALIOS, to replace the DAMOCLES nacelles, which are suffering from a technological delay against its American competitors, including the SNIPER, which has been selected by Qatar . All the tests are now completed, after a flight test campaign which opened at the end of April 2016, as we had specified.
According to our information, the delivery of the first TALIOS series nacelles must occur at the beginning of the year 2019 in order to be able to start the experiments by the CEAM and the CEPA / 10S. However, even if the gondola is now integrated on Rafale, that does not mean that its development is stopped. Indeed, at the manufacturer Thales, development and testing are continuing to make the pod even more efficient.
In terms of air-to-ground capability, the pilot will be able to select the impact mode of the guided laser / GPS AASM bomb.In addition, the Rafale will also be able to fire the GBU-16 Paveway II guided laser bomb, whose guide kit is mounted on a bomb body Mk 83. Weighing 500 kg, the explosive charge is 200kg. it is now used by M2000D only. Its integration will allow the Rafale to hit hard targets with a small to medium size.
In the cockpit and in a less visible manner, the Rafale will have a new IFF mode 5 / S, the SPECTRA system will be reinforced with better electronic warfare capabilities and the NATO encrypted communication system, the L16 Link, will be improved. In addition, the radar RBE2-AESA (active antenna or Active Electronically Scanned Array) will be modernized and the Rafale has an AGCAS system (Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System) which allows to recover the aircraft in case of a loss of control.
We will also find the system SAASM (Selective availability anti-spoofing module). The latter makes it possible, among other things, to avoid electronic jamming of the GPS data by the adversary. Finally, for the Rafale Marine only, buddy-buddy refueling will be carried out with the NARANG nacelle (New Generation Refueling Cradle). Its skills must allow it to have a higher kerosene flow than the one in service.
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EXCLUSIVE!
Early 2014, the French Ministry of Defense, the Directorate General of Armament (DGA) and Dassault Aviation officially announce the launch of work for the development of the standard F3-R on Rafale M of the Navy and the Rafale Air (C / B) of the Air Force. Four years later, this work is about to end and the standard is about to join the French armed forces.
Indeed, according to our information, all the work done by the companies involved in this new version of the Rafale have been completed and are validated by the end of May 2018, as planned when the contract was signed. , notably between Dassault Aviation, THALES, SAFRAN, MBDA and the DGA.
But the end of the development and testing of the F3-R standard does not mean its direct integration into the armed forces. The modernization of the Rafale M / C / B currently being delivered and operating with the F3-4 + standard will not be done until the third quarter of this year, around September 2018, according to our information.
In addition, the Rafale EM / DM of the Egyptian Air Force and Qatari Air Force EQ / DQ who have come out of the Dassault Aviation factories will also have to be brought to this new standard. However, it would only take a few hours to integrate the F3-R into the aircraft system.
In addition, the validation of all the F3-R standard tests by manufacturers has yet to go through the experimentation stage.Indeed, in a few months, the Air Force Air Force Expertise Center (CEAM) at Mont-de-Marsan, and the Naval Aeronautics Practical Experiments and Reception Center (CEPA / 10S) at the Naval Air Station Hyères will have to define the instructions for use of these systems.
© Dassault Aviation / Anthony Pecchi - A Rafale C, used for flight tests, here in flight with the TALIOS laser nacelle.
What exactly is this experimentation?
Flight crews and ground staff will be responsible for designing the user manual for all new equipment that make up this F3-R standard. When signing contracts, manufacturers are responsible only for the design of the system and their equipment, their integration on Rafale and test them in all possible flight configurations to see if they work well, or not (all altitudes, speeds, configurations, aircraft-armament separation, with failures, etc ...).
For CEAM and CEPA, the objective is therefore to test this same material in an environment representative of an operational context. Whether it is a flight aid system, an offensive or defensive armament, the two centers will conduct experiments in flight taking into account new issues. For example, they will verify that everything works normally even in the presence of jamming, in the absence of GPS, with adverse threats, in which situations such weaponry is more suitable and what are its capabilities, etc ...
It is necessary that the function that is tested does not take the hand without the pilot wanting it, but also and above all, that it is analyzed with all the types of missions, the configurations and capacities that the crews are brought to meet on the theaters of operations. The work is immense because it must take into account absolutely everything: load factors, speed, wind, altitude, aircraft mass and armament, tilt, attack profile, maneuvers, etc ...
All these tests carried out, user manuals established, always with the support of industry, the operational commissioning of the standard F3-R can then be pronounced. It should be, according to our information, in the course of 2019.
© Dassault Aviation / Anthony Pecchi - A heavily loaded Rafale C equipped with 6 AASM, 4 MICA IR / EM, 2 METEOR and 3 releasable tanks.
What is included in the F3-R standard?
Above all, one of the major changes with the arrival of this new standard is the METEOR long-range air-to-air missile.Announced exclusively in April 2017 on Defens'Aero and recently confirmed by Dassault Aviation, the integration was effective on April 06, 2017, when firing a fourth and last METEOR missile since the Rafale B301.
This integration campaign was conducted by the Directorate General of Armament (DGA), in cooperation with Dassault Aviation, the missile MBDA and the industrial Thales. Designed for the mission of defense and air superiority to very long range, it is equipped with a ramjet and equipped with the mode "draws and forgets".
Thanks to the performance of the RBE2 radar with active antenna equipped with the Rafale (the only European combat aircraft equipped with this type of radar), it will be able to intercept very long-range targets, in addition to the current missiles MICA IR or EM (InfraRed or ElectroMagnetic), also used for combat and self-defense but at closer distances.
With a top speed of Mach 4, the METEOR has a range of more than 100 kilometers. However, for obvious operational reasons, the actual range of the missile was never disclosed. It can be fired with a Rafale equipped with PESA or AESA radar.
This new standard will also allow the integration of the new laser designation nacelle, the TALIOS, to replace the DAMOCLES nacelles, which are suffering from a technological delay against its American competitors, including the SNIPER, which has been selected by Qatar . All the tests are now completed, after a flight test campaign which opened at the end of April 2016, as we had specified.
According to our information, the delivery of the first TALIOS series nacelles must occur at the beginning of the year 2019 in order to be able to start the experiments by the CEAM and the CEPA / 10S. However, even if the gondola is now integrated on Rafale, that does not mean that its development is stopped. Indeed, at the manufacturer Thales, development and testing are continuing to make the pod even more efficient.
In terms of air-to-ground capability, the pilot will be able to select the impact mode of the guided laser / GPS AASM bomb.In addition, the Rafale will also be able to fire the GBU-16 Paveway II guided laser bomb, whose guide kit is mounted on a bomb body Mk 83. Weighing 500 kg, the explosive charge is 200kg. it is now used by M2000D only. Its integration will allow the Rafale to hit hard targets with a small to medium size.
In the cockpit and in a less visible manner, the Rafale will have a new IFF mode 5 / S, the SPECTRA system will be reinforced with better electronic warfare capabilities and the NATO encrypted communication system, the L16 Link, will be improved. In addition, the radar RBE2-AESA (active antenna or Active Electronically Scanned Array) will be modernized and the Rafale has an AGCAS system (Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System) which allows to recover the aircraft in case of a loss of control.
We will also find the system SAASM (Selective availability anti-spoofing module). The latter makes it possible, among other things, to avoid electronic jamming of the GPS data by the adversary. Finally, for the Rafale Marine only, buddy-buddy refueling will be carried out with the NARANG nacelle (New Generation Refueling Cradle). Its skills must allow it to have a higher kerosene flow than the one in service.
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The three major challenges of the future European combat aircraft
By Michel Cabirol | 19/06/2018, 6:56 |
The bet of SCAF or vassalage in the United States? (Credits: DR)Flawless political will, strong industrial project management and technological innovations will be the three challenges of the SCAF program. The air combat system of the future will be one of the themes of the Paris Air Forum to be held June 21 at the roof of the Grande Arche de La Defense in Paris.
To be able to take off in the skies of the Old Continent by 2035, the future European fighter plane will have to "treat" three enormous challenges: fight to fly alongside the F-35, find the right balance between Germany and France in terms of industrial cooperation (Dassault Aviation and Airbus) and convergence of needs and finally succeed, not only a combat aircraft program but a system of systems (fighter-driven aircraft, drones, future missiles cruises and other armaments, space assets, command and control system, intelligence ...). Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron, who meet on Tuesday north of Berlin, should solidify the foundations of this program to succeed the Rafale and the Eurofighter by 2040.
Because the three challenges require a political will from Paris and Berlin without fault in the long term, including on the budget, and an assurance of ticking all the boxes in the field of technological innovation to win the ultimate bet of the performance of this major program for the sovereignty of France. Because until its commissioning, this project will be strewn with traps, mines and other nonsense to torpedo it.Because the United States does not want it. They will be helped by European countries at best indifferent, at worst, opponents of the program, being instrumentalised and / or piloted by Washington and Lockheed Martin. The war has already begun for a long time.
The bet of SCAF or vassalage in the United States?
Five member countries of the European Union (Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Italy) have already taken a blind eye on the F-35 ... Two other countries - Belgium, in the heart of Europe , and Finland - which have recently issued tenders, are still hesitant despite the technological and financial drift of the Lockheed Martin program. Not to mention Switzerland, which has the choice between three European fighter jets (Eurofighter, Gripen and Rafale) and two American F / A-18 Hornet and F-35). The source of many conflicts between the Pentagon and Lockheed Martin, the F-35 is one of the most expensive military programs in history, with an estimated total cost of nearly $ 400 billion.
But so far this has not pushed back the European countries.Especially since, in general, between Europe of defense and the defense of Europe by the United States, most countries of the Old Continent have long since chosen Washington. Only six European countries do not fly with American aircraft: Germany and Austria (Eurofighter), France (Rafale), Hungary, Czech Republic and Sweden (Gripen). For the Chief of Staff of the Air Force General André Lanata, the choice of the F-35 by partners is a "concern" because "the F-35 will quickly establish a standard reference in the global air forces, not only in the United States but also among our main partners, " he explained in July 2017.
Which industrialist controls SCAF?
To succeed in this very large-scale project, Airbus and Dassault Aviation are condemned to agree. France took the SCAF round in return for the German leadership on the European Male Drone and the future Battle Tank (MGCS). "When there is (industrial) cooperation, the nations must decide, there is always a nation leading (...) for SCAF it will be France," confirmed in May the German Defense Minister, Ursula Von der Leyen. The Ministry of the Armies for its part said that "the idea is to build a program by capitalizing on existing skills" . Dassault Aviation should logically and legitimately take over the project management of this program, which is important for Europe. But already, at Airbus, some believe that " the state leadership does not necessarily imply an industrial leadership, especially when a Franco-German industrialist (Airbus) is involved . " Will this challenge to the leadership of Dassault Aviation be the worm in the fruit ...
However, the systems-based approach, based on platform networking, could help accelerate the consolidation of a European defense industrial and technological defense (BITD) base. However, the French industry must assume a central role in this movement with regard to investments made for more than 60 years.
What will this future system of systems look like?
The purpose of SCAF is to network the systems that make up the system: planes, combat drones, future space missiles, cruise missiles and other weapons, command and control, intelligence. The air system of the future will have to be "a system of systems, with different platforms in network: There will not be a plane but a mixed patrol with planes, drones - combat or reconnaissance - hypervelocity missiles and some part of an AWACS or the successor of the AWACS " , explains one to the DGA.
Thus this complete system will only work if it fully shares all the information and if it is able to set up a real collaborative fight. This system can decide according to the threat or the evolution of the situation which platform will attack (drone, missile) and the one that stays behind. The war of the future will consist more of a battle "of a network facing a network" , says one to the DGA. "Instead of thinking exclusively about the development of platforms, I recommend, at this stage of thinking, an approach also focused on the architecture of the system as a whole," said General André Lanata.
By Michel Cabirol | 19/06/2018, 6:56 |
The bet of SCAF or vassalage in the United States? (Credits: DR)Flawless political will, strong industrial project management and technological innovations will be the three challenges of the SCAF program. The air combat system of the future will be one of the themes of the Paris Air Forum to be held June 21 at the roof of the Grande Arche de La Defense in Paris.
To be able to take off in the skies of the Old Continent by 2035, the future European fighter plane will have to "treat" three enormous challenges: fight to fly alongside the F-35, find the right balance between Germany and France in terms of industrial cooperation (Dassault Aviation and Airbus) and convergence of needs and finally succeed, not only a combat aircraft program but a system of systems (fighter-driven aircraft, drones, future missiles cruises and other armaments, space assets, command and control system, intelligence ...). Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron, who meet on Tuesday north of Berlin, should solidify the foundations of this program to succeed the Rafale and the Eurofighter by 2040.
Because the three challenges require a political will from Paris and Berlin without fault in the long term, including on the budget, and an assurance of ticking all the boxes in the field of technological innovation to win the ultimate bet of the performance of this major program for the sovereignty of France. Because until its commissioning, this project will be strewn with traps, mines and other nonsense to torpedo it.Because the United States does not want it. They will be helped by European countries at best indifferent, at worst, opponents of the program, being instrumentalised and / or piloted by Washington and Lockheed Martin. The war has already begun for a long time.
The bet of SCAF or vassalage in the United States?
Five member countries of the European Union (Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Italy) have already taken a blind eye on the F-35 ... Two other countries - Belgium, in the heart of Europe , and Finland - which have recently issued tenders, are still hesitant despite the technological and financial drift of the Lockheed Martin program. Not to mention Switzerland, which has the choice between three European fighter jets (Eurofighter, Gripen and Rafale) and two American F / A-18 Hornet and F-35). The source of many conflicts between the Pentagon and Lockheed Martin, the F-35 is one of the most expensive military programs in history, with an estimated total cost of nearly $ 400 billion.
But so far this has not pushed back the European countries.Especially since, in general, between Europe of defense and the defense of Europe by the United States, most countries of the Old Continent have long since chosen Washington. Only six European countries do not fly with American aircraft: Germany and Austria (Eurofighter), France (Rafale), Hungary, Czech Republic and Sweden (Gripen). For the Chief of Staff of the Air Force General André Lanata, the choice of the F-35 by partners is a "concern" because "the F-35 will quickly establish a standard reference in the global air forces, not only in the United States but also among our main partners, " he explained in July 2017.
"The F-35, which can only be paired with other F-35s today, is a closed system, a sort of standard on its own," he confirmed last February. National Assembly This is not satisfactory because it does not make sense to have to buy F-35s to work in full association with these planes. "
To kill the SCAF (Future Air Combat System) project and beyond, the European military aviation industry, Washington has targeted Germany, and more specifically the German Air Force very much tempted by the F- 35. The United States has put Germany's nuclear mission in the balance under NATO. So far the German Tornado can implement the B61 bomb.Seduced, the Luftwaffe made several trips to the United States to force the German political lock. The chief of staff of the German Air Force, General Karl Müllner, had not hidden last November, his preference for the F-35A to replace the old Tornado. "If the Germans buy the F-35, we have not got off to a good start for future cooperation ," said General Armaments Delegate Joel Barre in February 2010. " If we try to boost this European cooperation, our partners must follow us . " So far, Berlin has not given in. Angela Merkel even gave the green light to launch the French-controlled SCAF project in French-German, and Karl Müllner was pushed to to retire at the end of May.Which industrialist controls SCAF?
To succeed in this very large-scale project, Airbus and Dassault Aviation are condemned to agree. France took the SCAF round in return for the German leadership on the European Male Drone and the future Battle Tank (MGCS). "When there is (industrial) cooperation, the nations must decide, there is always a nation leading (...) for SCAF it will be France," confirmed in May the German Defense Minister, Ursula Von der Leyen. The Ministry of the Armies for its part said that "the idea is to build a program by capitalizing on existing skills" . Dassault Aviation should logically and legitimately take over the project management of this program, which is important for Europe. But already, at Airbus, some believe that " the state leadership does not necessarily imply an industrial leadership, especially when a Franco-German industrialist (Airbus) is involved . " Will this challenge to the leadership of Dassault Aviation be the worm in the fruit ...
However, the systems-based approach, based on platform networking, could help accelerate the consolidation of a European defense industrial and technological defense (BITD) base. However, the French industry must assume a central role in this movement with regard to investments made for more than 60 years.
What will this future system of systems look like?
The purpose of SCAF is to network the systems that make up the system: planes, combat drones, future space missiles, cruise missiles and other weapons, command and control, intelligence. The air system of the future will have to be "a system of systems, with different platforms in network: There will not be a plane but a mixed patrol with planes, drones - combat or reconnaissance - hypervelocity missiles and some part of an AWACS or the successor of the AWACS " , explains one to the DGA.
Thus this complete system will only work if it fully shares all the information and if it is able to set up a real collaborative fight. This system can decide according to the threat or the evolution of the situation which platform will attack (drone, missile) and the one that stays behind. The war of the future will consist more of a battle "of a network facing a network" , says one to the DGA. "Instead of thinking exclusively about the development of platforms, I recommend, at this stage of thinking, an approach also focused on the architecture of the system as a whole," said General André Lanata.
"A combat aircraft does not produce the necessary effects on its own, and depends in particular on the information available to it: this requires the combination of sensors, weapons, surveillance equipment, means and communication standards often very long distance but also the support of air refueling, airborne detection means, etc., he said, so we have to start by evaluating the system architectures and the exchange norm of the system to respond to our business needs, so we will be able to determine where we need to focus our investments. "
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Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd begins assembly of Falcon jet cockpit at MIHAN in Nagpur
The Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited (DRAL) has started commercial production of Falcon – the business jet made by Dassault Aviation, France – at its unit in Dhirubhai Ambani Aerospace Park, MIHAN-SEZ, from April 18. In the first phase, the DRAL is assembling cockpit along with landing gear and other parts.
A team of 50 experts including five engineers and 30 local technicians are working in this project. Expansion of the project would provide jobs to many engineers. The unit set up at the MIHAN SEZ in Nagpur is part of Reliance Aerospace Park which is coming up on in an area of 106 acres. At this Park, the DRAL project is on 56 acre land. In the beginning, production of Falcon jet cockpit and spare parts has commenced. The set up of machinery and actual work was done under the leadership of DRAL’s Chief Executive Officer Sampatkumar and Chief Operating Officer Robert Loock within 60 days. Both these officers were camping in city since September 2107. A workshop for providing hi-tech training for new recruits has been set up. At the outset, five engineers were given six-month training in Dassault Aviation Company in France and the 30 local technicians were trained at a special training centre in Kamptee.
The production of entire Falcon business jet will be done in three years and that of Tafale fighter jet in five years at Dhirubhai Ambani Aerospace Park. India is purchasing 36 Rafale fighter jets worth Rs 60,000 crore. As the offset obligation connected to the purchase of 36 Rafale fighters from France, signed between the two Governments in September 2016, Dassault Aviation has to invest 50 percent of the cost in India. Under this obligation, the Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd has commenced the project at MIHAN SEZ.
The DRAL has imported machinery from France for manufacture of spare parts. The machinery reached Nagpur in containers from France via Chennai. DRAL will manufacture components for the Legacy Falcon 2000 Series of Civil Jets manufactured by Dassault Aviation and thus will become part of its Global Supply Chain. These first steps are expected to achieve in the coming years, the possible setting up of final assembly of Rafale and Falcon Aircraft.
The Joint Venture also represents a unequalled Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by Dassault Aviation of over 100 Million Euros, the largest such Defence FDI in one location in India. The DRAL facility will train thousands of skilled workers in aviation assembly and integration, and lead to huge employment generation in Nagpur and its surrounding areas. It will also attract and house an organic ecosystem of over 200 MSMEs to secure the component and avionics manufacturing needs of Rafale and Falcon Jets.
The Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited (DRAL) has started commercial production of Falcon – the business jet made by Dassault Aviation, France – at its unit in Dhirubhai Ambani Aerospace Park, MIHAN-SEZ, from April 18. In the first phase, the DRAL is assembling cockpit along with landing gear and other parts.
A team of 50 experts including five engineers and 30 local technicians are working in this project. Expansion of the project would provide jobs to many engineers. The unit set up at the MIHAN SEZ in Nagpur is part of Reliance Aerospace Park which is coming up on in an area of 106 acres. At this Park, the DRAL project is on 56 acre land. In the beginning, production of Falcon jet cockpit and spare parts has commenced. The set up of machinery and actual work was done under the leadership of DRAL’s Chief Executive Officer Sampatkumar and Chief Operating Officer Robert Loock within 60 days. Both these officers were camping in city since September 2107. A workshop for providing hi-tech training for new recruits has been set up. At the outset, five engineers were given six-month training in Dassault Aviation Company in France and the 30 local technicians were trained at a special training centre in Kamptee.
The production of entire Falcon business jet will be done in three years and that of Tafale fighter jet in five years at Dhirubhai Ambani Aerospace Park. India is purchasing 36 Rafale fighter jets worth Rs 60,000 crore. As the offset obligation connected to the purchase of 36 Rafale fighters from France, signed between the two Governments in September 2016, Dassault Aviation has to invest 50 percent of the cost in India. Under this obligation, the Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd has commenced the project at MIHAN SEZ.
The DRAL has imported machinery from France for manufacture of spare parts. The machinery reached Nagpur in containers from France via Chennai. DRAL will manufacture components for the Legacy Falcon 2000 Series of Civil Jets manufactured by Dassault Aviation and thus will become part of its Global Supply Chain. These first steps are expected to achieve in the coming years, the possible setting up of final assembly of Rafale and Falcon Aircraft.
The Joint Venture also represents a unequalled Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by Dassault Aviation of over 100 Million Euros, the largest such Defence FDI in one location in India. The DRAL facility will train thousands of skilled workers in aviation assembly and integration, and lead to huge employment generation in Nagpur and its surrounding areas. It will also attract and house an organic ecosystem of over 200 MSMEs to secure the component and avionics manufacturing needs of Rafale and Falcon Jets.
French government approves MICA NG development
Robin Hughes, London - IHS Jane's Missiles & Rockets
29 July 2018
French government ministers on 24 July signed off their consent for industry to begin development of MICA NG (new generation) – a new variant of the MICA family of air-to-air missile (AAM).
The MICA NG missiles will replace the current MICA medium-range infrared (IR) and radio frequency missiles – whose withdrawal of service is expected between 2018 and 2030 – on the Dassault Mirage 2000 and Rafale multirole combat aircraft of the French Air Force and French Navy.
The new MICA NG effectors will be developed in two versions – IR and electromagnetic – and will be delivered to both services between 2026 and 2031.
French government approves MICA NG development | Jane's 360
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Any insight on what could be the new features on the NG version? Incremental development or is it going to be pretty much a completely new missile?
Robin Hughes, London - IHS Jane's Missiles & Rockets
29 July 2018
French government ministers on 24 July signed off their consent for industry to begin development of MICA NG (new generation) – a new variant of the MICA family of air-to-air missile (AAM).
The MICA NG missiles will replace the current MICA medium-range infrared (IR) and radio frequency missiles – whose withdrawal of service is expected between 2018 and 2030 – on the Dassault Mirage 2000 and Rafale multirole combat aircraft of the French Air Force and French Navy.
The new MICA NG effectors will be developed in two versions – IR and electromagnetic – and will be delivered to both services between 2026 and 2031.
French government approves MICA NG development | Jane's 360
@Picdelamirand-oil @Bon Plan @halloweene @randomradio @Aashish @Ashwin @vstol Jockey @Milspec
Any insight on what could be the new features on the NG version? Incremental development or is it going to be pretty much a completely new missile?
Yeah. Just switching to dual pulse practically doubles range. The Israelis have developed a single pulse version of the Barak 8, and it has a range of 35Km.
As far as I know, it's an evolution of the actual missile : same frame, new seekers, new dual pulse motor.
One goal is to have more speed and more terminal agility instead of more range. High range is achieved by Meteor.
No.
Same range (+/-) but higher speed and dual pulse motor to have a maximum agility in the ultimate km, thanks to vectored thrust.
If you manage to put a dual pulse motor and still achieve the same range, then that's a bad design.
The Barak 8's motors increases range as well as increases the terminal kill velocity by a big margin during the end game.
You forget that we want a higher speed. Higher speed = more energy consum.
The second pulse is "just" there so as to energize the missile the last few seconds before impact.
Okay, so the second pulse is only for a very short duration compared to the first pulse.
So when are we gonna end the drama/circus and agree a deal for the remaining Air Force and Navy Rafales now? Everything seems to have ground to a halt, and now we're acting as if we're gonna go through the whole process two more times (once for IAF, once for INAA), after having already bought 36 highly customized Rafales and the accompanying bases/logistics (and boy would it be demented if the tenders seriously ended up going to some other competitor now).
A french source, near Dassault, said few days ago that the final goal is to have 57 for Navy and 72 for air force. Total = 129 (very near the famous 126 of MMRCA 1).