Two years before the delivery began, French Airlines launched the first Rafare fighter for the UAE (UAE).
The two aircraft marked with 1101 suggest a major difference between the use to support tests and are potentially destined for export standard Rafares and the UAE.
The image issued by an aircraft from a presentation ceremony at IStres AB in France on January 29 indicates some additional air along the aircraft’s spine to enhance the connection function.
The UAE ordered 80 Rafares with the largest export contract for French fighters. Everything is distributed in the F4 configuration under development. This provides additional weapon integration, aircraft RBE2 active electronic scanning ray ray rater new mode, and spectral electronic warfare system. When you work, Rafares replaces the Mirage 2000-9 fleet, where the United Arab Emirates worked hard.
The test is a guided bomb kit AL-TARIQ family, scalp/Storm Shadow Air-Raunched CRUISEEN Derivative, probably UAE’s MBDA and UAE. Included It may be. The UAE aircraft will be equipped with an improved engine electronic control unit for the Safran M88 engine, a correction cockpit equipped with a larger display and a software definition radio.
According to UAE’s WAM News Agency, the Ministry of Defense in the country states that the introduction of Rafarre is “in line with the comprehensive plans to update the national defense ability, and the issues of security and security at the region and international level.” Masu. In a statement on social media, Dassau Airlines stated that “it is committed to the delivery to the UAE, and aircraft will” increase the influence of UAE as a major international power. “
The Rafare contract has been evaluated as 16 billion euros ($ 16.7 billion). Of these, 14 billion euros will be assigned to Dassau aircraft and accompanying support, and will be 2 billion euros for MBDA weapons packages. Aircraft delivery will be executed until 2031.
When used, Lafales works with the US Lockhid Martin Brek fleet provided by the United States. 60 F-16E/FS.
