Dassault Rafale NEWS ONLY

[BROF]

As long, as it stays purely on the technical side, why not ?

I object to this. There is not enough technical knowledge on Rafale here, for various reasons. It will quickly stray into politics and bashing. Please stay with this single NEWS ONLY topic. News pertaining to the programme are covered here and this is enough, sparing yourself a lot of trouble.

 

[dark sidius]

We start to have litlle news about the Rafale F-5, it seem to have more powerfull engines , new radar , more elongated wings and conformals tanks , this F-5 could be a real beast.
Le F5 est un autre Rafale. Ce nouvel avion doit transporter l'ASN4G,futur missile hypersonique - sa vitesse dépassera en effet Mach 5 - et hypervéloce, qui sera doté de capacités de manoeuvre tout au long du vol. Il s'agit d'une véritable rupture technologique

The Rafale F5 will have to carry this missile, of a considerable weight. It will therefore require new engines, compliant tanks, improved radar detection, connectivity and electronic warfare countermeasures.

e F5 is not only synonymous with new integrated technologies and a larger device. It also involves tanks compliant to ship an M88 engine with a greater thrust. Safran’s work on this topic will also be useful in the context of the future Scaf aircraft by 2040. Let us not forget that the ability to build, in a sovereign way, engines of important thrust conditions the totality of the fighter plane.

 

[AGS-1787]

Is Colobia getting Rafales after all?

 

[Ainen]

We start to have litlle news about the Rafale F-5, it seem to have more powerfull engines , new radar , more elongated wings and conformals tanks , this F-5 could be a real beast.
Le F5 est un autre Rafale. Ce nouvel avion doit transporter l'ASN4G,futur missile hypersonique - sa vitesse dépassera en effet Mach 5 - et hypervéloce, qui sera doté de capacités de manoeuvre tout au long du vol. Il s'agit d'une véritable rupture technologique

The Rafale F5 will have to carry this missile, of a considerable weight. It will therefore require new engines, compliant tanks, improved radar detection, connectivity and electronic warfare countermeasures.

e F5 is not only synonymous with new integrated technologies and a larger device. It also involves tanks compliant to ship an M88 engine with a greater thrust. Safran’s work on this topic will also be useful in the context of the future Scaf aircraft by 2040. Let us not forget that the ability to build, in a sovereign way, engines of important thrust conditions the totality of the fighter plane.

Basically, comprehensive MLU came. Sensible.

 

[Deltafan]

We start to have litlle news about the Rafale F-5, it seem to have more powerfull engines , new radar , more elongated wings and conformals tanks

The F5 is not only synonymous with new integrated technologies and a larger device.

The original text says :

Le F5 n'est pas seulement synonyme de nouvelles technologies intégrées et d'un appareil de plus grande envergure. Il implique aussi des réservoirs conformes pour embarquer un moteur M88 avec une poussée plus importante.

In French, "envergure" can be translated as "span", but it also has a figurative meaning which, for an airplane, could be translated as "capable" (I haven't found anything better. This is the choice I made in my translation above). In my opinion, it is the figurative meaning that should be given to this word. But I could be wrong.

 

[Archibald]

Yup, can't see why (and how) they would give Rafale more span. Particularly on a delta.