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https://www.latribune.fr/entreprise...087.html#xtor=EPR-2-[l-actu-du-jour]-20190607Not only did he sell far more, he set up a bunch of deals Macron only had to finish but not a single mega deal has been signed since he became president. He tries selling arms to SKA and lets protesters turn the ships around without picking up their shipments and lies to the public swearing they won't be killing civilians. Appeasing protesters has made him weak. He needs to get out of the office and start making state visits to get these deals done. The first thing he can do is replace that weak woman Parly as DefMin. She doesn't know the first thing about being an arms dealer.
It's a complete BS.Yeah, you heard me. French elections are a farce where the results are fixed in backdoor negotiation. So, there is no difference before and after elections. Elections are just a means to vent the anger people might be having against authority figures and feel cheap satisfactions. France is governed by an establishment which is also called 'deep state' and elections are just ceremonial.
So, India dealing with France when Macron is President or when Hollande was president will be same. The deal is made with the establishment and their negotiation agents. The president is just a rubber stamp and nothing more
https://www.latribune.fr/entreprise...087.html#xtor=EPR-2-[l-actu-du-jour]-20190607
"Macron en super vendeur
C'était au dernier jour de sa visite présidentielle en novembre 2017 aux Emirats Arabes Unis, que le Chef de l'Etat Emmanuel Macron avait indiqué lors d'une conférence de presse, la volonté d'Abu Dhabi d'acquérir deux corvettes françaisesassorties de deux options. Une annonce qui intervenait après une série d'entretiens avec le prince héritier d'Abu Dhabi et commandant en chef adjoint des forces armées des Emirats, Mohammed ben Zayed al-Nahyane. Emmanuel Macron n'a alors donné aucun détail sur l'accord conclu avec les EAU pour la fourniture de ces navires de surveillance."
3 years u mean?i heard one Rafale per monthIn 3 months IAF to get 36 Rafael fighters.
All that explanation is not required ,one can simply state Dual PULSE ROCKET MOTOR.MBDA Developing New Version Of Mica ‘Silent Killer’ Air-to-Air Missile
France’s F4 upgrade of the Dassault Rafalemay represent the first steppingstone toward readying the fighter for the information age, but it also will pave the way for a new primary weapon.
The MBDA Mica NG (New Generation) is a radically reengineered version of the legacy Mica missile, which was developed in the 1980s and ’90s for the Rafale family as its air-to-air weapon.
Mica NG is planned to enter service as in 2026 on the Rafale
Missile HUMS will enable on-condition maintenance and reduced through-life cost
The Mica was built upon France’s extensive experience in developing air-to-air weapons for its home-grown combat aircraft through iterations of the Magic family of infrared (IR)-guided missiles and the R.530 family of semiactive radar-guided missiles.
The Mica replaced both of those weapons with a family of two missiles that used the same airframe but different seekers. It also has evolved into a ground- and ship-launched air defense weapon. Overall, 5,000 missiles have been produced, of which 3,500 have been exported.
“France adopted a double-duality approach with Mica,” say senior MBDA officials working on the program. Company policy prevents them from being named. “We are using a radar and IR seeker, but the missile is capable of engaging at short range and beyond visual range in one weapon.”
By comparison, the U.S. uses the AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 Amraam—two different missiles for two different roles.
The new Mica NG uses the same body as the legacy weapon to retain the same aerodynamic attributes. It is a very different missile under the skin however. Credit: MBDA
Officials say the weapon has earned the epithet “the silent killer” because it can operate passively, going active close to its target and allowing little time for effective countermeasures.
Over the years, the legacy Mica has undergone two significant upgrades. The most recent one saw the addition of modifications to enable vertical launch, but the NG version will be the most substantial upgrade yet, boosting range and lethality. Like its predecessor, the Mica NG again will come in two versions: one with an IR seeker, the other with an RF seeker.
Externally, the weapon will be virtually indistinguishable from the legacy model. This is largely driven by the need to maintain the weapon’s aerodynamic profile, center of gravity and weight, and reducing the need for additional integration work onto the fighter.
“We explored a number of different concepts—larger, smaller, longer missiles with different seekers—but the objective was the easiest possible integration,” says a company official close to the program. “New missiles are costly to integrate on modern fighters, so the best option was to keep the same envelope.”
Key to the Mica NG’s performance is a new bipulse motor developed by Roxel. It provides the weapon with up to 30% more range, reduces its time of flight and boosts power when dealing with highly maneuvering targets.
“We can switch on the second burst whenever we want to. . . . It depends on the type of threat,” the company official says.
The size of the rocket motor means reduced volume for the rest of the missile’s components, with the warhead, seeker and fuze squeezed down the front, and the weapon’s computer and battery fitted at the rear. On the radar-guided version, MBDA is using a Thales-developed active, electronically scanned array, which the company says is better at coping with countermeasures. The IR version with its Safran seeker features an increased field of view and greater sensitivity.
The Rafale also is able to use the IR seekers fitted to the Mica as additional sensors linked into the aircraft’s self-defense systems. Like its predecessor, the Mica NG retains thrust-vectoring and the ability to lock onto its target before and after launch.
Although MBDA received its first contracts for the development of the missile last November, the company has been undertaking studies for de-risking and technology maturation since 2007. Since the program launch, the company has completed the preliminary design review, and the first firings are planned for 2022 with launch from a Rafale. Service entry is planned for 2026. France is planning to purchase 567 missiles.
The NG version is expected to be compatible with Rafales in the F3R and F4 configurations. It is possible the weapon may be featured on early versions of the Franco-German Next-Generation Fighter and its associated Future Combat Air System, although MBDA is proposing a new generation of weapons for that platform.
MBDA also is refurbishing 300 legacy Micas for use on platforms such as the DassaultMirage 2000D, which is being upgraded to serve alongside the Rafale until the end of the 2020s.
The Mica NG is planned to be free from U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations, but it will not be entirely French either. MBDA’s development of national centers of excellence for key missile components means the Mica NG’s actuators and data link will be made in the UK. MBDA also is targeting a lower acquisition expense than for the legacy version as well as reduced through-life costs driven via use of an onboard health-and-usage monitoring system to measure on-wing carriage life and other data. The manufacturer aims to be able to offer on-condition maintenance for the missiles.
The company is optimistic for Mica-NG sales, particularly with recent overseas exports of the Rafale.
First Rafale fighter will arrive in September 2019 and remaining Rafale will be delivered by 2023.3 years u mean?i heard one Rafale per month
add : AESA seeker ....All that explanation is not required ,one can simply state Dual PULSE ROCKET MOTOR.
The first delivery is a batch of four. They will not be sent one at a time and it will be completed by 2022. At which time the AdA will resume deliveries for France which have been delayed to complete export orders on time.First Rafale fighter will arrive in September 2019 and remaining Rafale will be delivered by 2023.
Now i cant edit the comment ..............add : AESA seeker ....
Morr Rafales will be ordered i guess , 4 more squadrons will take the tally to 100https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...ia-next-may/articleshow/70033753.cms?from=mdr
IAF to get Rafale fighter jets in September, flight to India next May
Rafale jets to be flown in France for at least 1,500 hours as part of the testing process.
72 more? hummm....Morr Rafales will be ordered i guess , 4 more squadrons will take the tally to 100
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