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Artikel über die Rafale.

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Rafale To Offer Multirole
Mission Capability

The aircraft will offer operators high performance,
a reduced signature and sensor integration

The Dassault Aviation Rafale provides a high-performance platform for the integrated avionics and fusion of tactical information needed by today's pilots to effectively perform true multirole combat missions.

While the French fighter program was started in the early 1980s as a single aircraft to perform multiple roles for both the French air force and navy, the acquisition program was stalled for many years during French government budget deliberations. Despite the delay, the test program on the aircraft continued, and there has been some 3,600 hr. of test flying logged on the prototypes and one production two-seater.

However, during the development of the aircraft, the Thomson-CSF RBE2 radar, the Spectra integrated countermeasures suite and other sensor packages have continually been upgraded so that they are more than comparable with those of other modern-day fighters.