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Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Dassault Aviation and Thales complete delivery of France's Rafale C137

Rafale AESA Radar |The DGA (French defenceprocurement agency) has officially taken delivery of the Rafale C137, the first production Rafale equipped with the Thales RBE2 AESA* radar, at Dassault Aviation's Mérignac establishment near Bordeaux.

The Rafale is the first European combat aircraft in operational service equipped with this type of radar.

The RBE2 AESA brings the Rafale a number of key operational benefits:
  • extended range capabilities supporting low-observable target detection and full use of new weapon systems such as the Meteor air-to-air missile;
  • higher reliability for reduced maintenance and lower through-life support costs;
  • greater waveform agility for SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) imaging and improved resistance to jamming.
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