Rafale Ramps Up: In Squadrons and Capability
The French navy next month expects to inaugurate its second operational unit, 11F, to be collocated with 12F at Landisvisiau near Brest.
The move comes as the inventory of single-seat Dassault Aviation Rafale Ms is starting to grow.
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100th Rafale for September
So what's next? Stéphane Rebb, Rafale program manager at the DGA French procurement agency, says the aim it to “keep Rafale at the top level of performance and interoperability,” and points out that “today's architecture and platform allows this to be achieved without any major hardware changes before the mid-life upgrade expected in around 2025.”
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Que de news sur le Rafale récement, dans les medias anglophone (ce qui n'etait pas si courant)