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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

France to Upgrade Ten Rafale Fighter Aircraft to F3 Standard

[Rafale]The first ten Rafale Marine fighters delivered to the French Navy in the early 2000s will be upgraded from their current F1 standard to the latest F3 standard, according to Christophe Carpentier, head of the French defense procurement agency’s “Operation Rétrofit F1-F3”.

Carpentier says that his mission is to monitor contracts related to this modernization effort, and coordinate the work of different stakeholders.

These include Dassault Aviation, MBDA, Thales, Sagem, and government agencies such as the aviation industrial service (SIAé), the Navy and the integrated structure for operational maintenance of defence ministry aviation equipment (SIMMAD).

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