L’aéroporte Le Bourget, Paris - Dassault’s Rafale has been touted as the best European fighter with the most growth potential for years. Some even say it's the best fighter not named F-35 or ...

Dassault Aviation AM 0.82 % increase; green up pointing triangle delivered more Rafale fighter jets to customers last year than in 2023 as geopolitical tensions remain elevated, though deliveries ...

President Emmanuel Macron said France would order additional Rafale warplanes in the coming years and invest nearly 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) into one of its air bases to equip its ...

For power, the Rafale relies on two Snecma M88 engines. Each M88 offers 11,000 pounds of force dry and 17,000 pounds of thrust with afterburners engaged.

The U.S. Air Force denied that the Rafale had “shot down” the F-22 Raptor, prompting the French to release a cockpit video showing the incident. Although the Rafale and its pilot had to push ...

Dassault Aviation delivered six Rafale jets to the French Air Force in the first half of 2024, and repeated its target to deliver 20 of the fighters this year. The company had orders for 223 ...

The Rafale M, while at sea on the FNS Charles De Gaulle aircraft carrier, also performs the tanker role, similarly to U.S. Navy’s F/A-18s at sea.

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The new UCAV that will complement the Rafale F5 will benefit from the achievements of the nEUROn program. The development comes at a time of changes in air warfare and application doctrine in the ...

The F5 iteration of the Rafale combat aircraft will operate alongside stealthy ‘loyal wingmen', as illustrated in this image showing a nEUROn technology demonstrator unmanned combat aerial vehicle.

However, the Rafale M has a smaller payload-carrying capacity of 6,000 kg, compared with the 9,500 kg payload-carrying capacity of the Rafale EH. The Rafale M is also 610 kg heavier than the land ...