المواصفات الاماراتية ان تحققت , ستنقل الرافال لمستويات متقدمة جدا ( ثورية )
احد المؤشرات المهمة التي تشير لقرب انجاز الرافال بالاشتقاق F4 الاماراتي
Rafale F4 talks with the UAE (almost) finalized
Last week France’s Defense Minister Herve Morin has said technical talks with the United Arab Emirates were being finalized. France was expected to cover part of the modernization costs for the gulf state’s fleet of Rafale jet fighters.
Morin told France Info radio that the project’s cost was estimated at $2.47 billion. He denied reports, however, that the cost of the plan has increased.
The remarks spawned from a report in the French daily La Tribune claiming that that the cost of the deal with the United Arab Emirates would climb to between $5.2 and $6.7 billion.
The project concerns the upgrading of 60 Rafale combat aircraft which the United Arab Emirates wants to replace its aging fleet of 60 Mirage 2000-9 fighters. They mark the first signs of a co-development initiative with a foreign partner and customer. They also pave the way for possible provision of the new F4 version model to the French air force and navy.
An agreement reached by “the end of 2010″ with the UAE would open the way for delivery of the more capable Rafale model in 2014 and a flying operational life in 2015, said the official, who is familiar with the negotiations. The talks on cooperation also mean the French Air Force and Navy could get an advanced F4 version of the Rafale earlier than planned. The F3 standard is just entering service and is expected to fly until 2018-20.
The main additional capabilities under discussion with the UAE include an active electronically scanned array radar (Thales RBE2 AA -AESA Radar), advanced electronic warfare and frontal sector optronics gear, a nine ton thrust version of the M88 engine, and MBDA’s Meteor BVRAAM to its weapons capabilities.
Development costs for the Rafale jet for Abu Dhabi may reach between 4 billion and 5 billion euros, French daily La Tribune reported, citing unidentified people.
Abu Dhabi will fund half of the cost at most. The rest will be shared between Dassault Aviation SA, Thales SA and Safran SA in line with their project stakes of around 37.5 percent, 37.5 percent and 25 percent respectively, according to the newspaper.
A buyback of the Mirage 2000-9 fleet flown by the UAE has not been agreed with France, but remains a “hypothesis among others,” the official said. There is “a small club” of countries flying the Mirage 2000 into which the UAE could sell the 2000-9 aircraft, the official said
The twin-engine fighter Rafale is considered Dassault’s crown jewel in France’s arms industry. Its manufacturer is bidding for lucrative deals in Brazil and India, making pitches also to Libya and Kuwait.
الرافال في المستوى الاول للشق F4 ستحظى برادار الـRBE2 AA AESA ( الاغلب تطوير على الايسا الحالي ) , حزمة حرب الكترونية متقدمة ( الاغلب تطوير على السبيكترا ) , حزمة كهروبصرية امامية ( الاغلب تطوير على الـ FSO الحالي ) , محرك بقوة دفع 9 طن ( تطوير على المحرك الحالي من نوع M88-2 وبعض المصادر اشارت له بالتسمية M88-9 تيمنا بقوة الدفع الجديدة 9 طن ) , دمج صاروخ الميتيور ضمن قدرات تسليح الرافال ( هذا تم بالفعل وتمت اختبارات اطلاق مؤخرا )
الامر المثير للاهتمام هو مشاركة الامارات بنصف التكلفة بينما ستساهم الشركات المشاركة في الرافال بالنسب التالية :
1- داسو = 37.5 %
2- ثاليس = 37.5 %
3- سافران = 25 %
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هذه النسب مؤشر للمساهمة الاماراتية القوية ( مع ما ينتجه ذلك من انعكاس ايجابي جدا على شركات الشراكة التي تقودها بينونة لتكنولوجيا الطيران مع الجانب الفرنسي )
AEROSPACE INDUSTRY
ADVANCED SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
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جانب مما قد نراه في تطويرات الرافال التي ستخرج للنور 2025 ( على الارجح .. مرتبطة بالمستوى الثاني من الاشتقاق F4 )
تشغيل مقاتلات بدون طيار ، محركات دفع موجه ، مصفوفات رادار على البدن ،
-- New capabilities that might be incorporated into the Rafale’s mid-life update in around 2025 could include operating unmanned aerial vehicles, thrust vectoring for improved maneuverability, and conformal radar antenna arrays located all around the airframe.
مصفوفات رادار تغطي جسم الرافال ( اعتقد انه في الوقت التي ستبدأ فيه المنافسات بالتباهي بالايسا ميكانيكي الحركة ،، ستستعرض الرفال قدرات ال 360 درجه في التغطية الرادارية )
