Tag Archives: Dassault
TYLER’S 10 THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE OF DRONE WARFARE
1.) Drones will grow up to become droids- That’s right, autonomy is not only on the way, in many ways it exists today. Over the last decade or two, drones have been like infant children, requiring hand holding and constant … Read the rest of this entry
RAFALE RISES FROM THE ASHES IN THE GULF!
The good news for France’s once faltering fighter program keeps coming! After knocking out the EF-2000 Typhoon for India’s long running MMRCA competition, news came yesterday that the seemingly hopeless deal to provide the UAE’s growing tactical air forces with … Read the rest of this entry
NEWS ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 1st, 2011!
Sorry for a few slow days around here guys, just got back from photographing RED FLAG at Nellis AFB. Images will be filtering in to my flickr page in the coming days, you can see a few of the first … Read the rest of this entry
UAE Backs The Bus Up Over Dassault!
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/dubai-uae-stings-dassaults-uncompetitive-and-unworkable-rafale-bid-365019/ Some intense statements here! That bid must be pretty fat for the UAE brass to call Dassault out to this degree. Why is the UAE after the Rafale in the first place? It’s a fine machine but they already have F-16E/Fs in … Read the rest of this entry
UAE’s Air Arm Continues To Explode In Size
It’s amazing how modern and large the UAE’s Air Force has ballooned. F-16E/F, Mirage 2000-9 now the Rafale. This is a big deal for the Rafale as it will be the first export sale for the fighter. The once struggling Rafale has seen an … Read the rest of this entry
The Rafale’s Reputation and Capabilities Grows…
Wow, claims of .90 mach cruise at a 50% power rating?! The French can embellish but if that is true that is fantastic performance for a 4.5 generation jet. http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?shop=dae&modele=feature&prod=126031&cat=5