India Orders 36 More Rafales | No Boeing Or No Lockheed Martin

India Orders 36 More Rafales | No Boeing Or No Lockheed Martin #Rafale #Lockheed #Boeing According to a recently published report by the Indian Defence Research Wing, India will sign an agreement for additional 36 more Dassault Rafale jet fighters in 2020. The new order would take India’s Rafale fleet to 72 aircraft. India signed a €7.8 billion contract on September 23, 2016, for just 36 French-built Rafales. The order was for 28 Rafale EH single-seaters and eight Rafale DH two-seat dual-control trainers. Delivery of the aircraft was to be completed in 67 months from the date the contract was signed, beginning in September 2019 and ending in April 2022. The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft. Equipped with a wide range of weapons, the Rafale is intended to perform air supremacy, interdiction, aerial recon, ground support, in-depth strike, anti-ship strike and nuclear deterrence missions. It is referred to as an “omnirole” aircraft by Dassault. The aircraft for the Indian Air Force incorporate a range of India-specific enhancements, including a new weather mapping mode for the RBE-2 AESA radar, an uprated onboard oxygen generating system, modifications to the Safran Sigma 95N IN/GPS, and starter modifications for improved operation at high-altitude airfields. In addition to the above enhancements, both Rafale DH and EH also has Provision for Rafael Litening G4 targeting pod: LITENING targeting pod which is used to increase the combat effectiveness of the aircraft during day, night and under-the-weather conditions in the attack of ground and air targets. It also has Elbit Targo-II helmet-mounted display system, Rafael X-Guard towed radar decoys, a Rafael standby radar altimeter, an upgraded Spectra electronic warfare system, a new Thales TCAS, and quadruple launchers for the SPICE 250-based DEW EMP weapons being jointly developed by India and Israel. There is also provision for a range of weapons in India’s inventory, including the BrahMos-NG supersonic cruise missile. An order for a second batch of Rafales would likely spell the end of US efforts to sell Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets or Lockheed Martin F-16 Vipers to India. Even though Boeing and Lockheed Martin (LM) offered to locally manufacture the F16 ‘Super Viper’ and a customised F/A 18 ‘Super Hornet’ for Indian Air Force requirements within Indian, the order has gone to France Dassault Aviation. Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/