វិទ្យាសាស្រ្តយោធាកម្ពុជា: Dassault Rafale

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Dassault Rafale

The Dassault Rafale (French pronunciation: [ʁafal], literally meaning "gust of wind",[9] and "burst of fire" in a more military sense)[10] is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Equipped with a wide range of weapons, the Rafale is intended to perform air supremacy, interdiction, aerial reconnaissance, ground support, in-depth strike, anti-ship strike and nuclear deterrence missions. The Rafale is referred to as an "omnirole" aircraft by Dassault.

Indian Air Force – Total 36 (28 single-seat and 8 dual-seat) aircrafts ordered. All to be delivered by the end of 2021. 10 delivered (5 inducted in July 2020 and 5 kept for training missions in France)

Role	Multirole fighter
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Dassault Aviation
First flight	Rafale A demo: 4 July 1986
First flight	Rafale C: 19 May 1991
Introduction	18 May 2001
Status	In service
Primary users	French Air Force
	French Navy
	Egyptian Air Force
	Qatar Air Force
Produced	1986–present
Number built	201 as of 2019^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}
Program cost	€45.9 billion (as of FY2013)[8] (US$62.7 billion)
Unit cost	Rafale B: €74M (flyaway cost, FY2013)^[8]
	Rafale C: €68.8M (flyaway cost, FY2013)[8]
	Rafale M: €79M (flyaway cost, FY2011)[8]

General characteristics
Crew: 1 or 2
Length: 15.27 m (50 ft 1 in)
Wingspan: 10.90 m (35 ft 9 in)
Height: 5.34 m (17 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 45.7 m² (492 sq ft)
Empty weight: 10,300 kg (22,708 lb) (B)^[69][294]
9,850 kilograms (21,720 lb) (C)^[69][294]
10,600 kilograms (23,400 lb) (M)^[69][294]
Gross weight: 15,000 kg (33,069 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 24,500 kg (54,013 lb)
Fuel capacity: 4,700 kg (10,362 lb) internal for single-seater (C); 4,400 kg (9,700 l
Performance
Maximum speed: 2,223 km/h (1,381 mph, 1,200 kn) ^[299] / Mach 1.8^[300] at high altitude
1,390 km/h, 860 mph, 750 kn / Mach 1.1 at low altitude
Supercruise:^[301] Mach 1.4^[^{citation needed}^]
Combat range: 1,850 km (1,150 mi, 1,000 nmi)
Ferry range: 3,700 km (2,300 mi, 2,000 nmi) with 3 drop tanks
Service ceiling: 15,835 m (51,952 ft)
g limits: +9 −3.6 (+11 in emergencies)^{[60][302][303]}
Rate of climb: 304.8 m/s (60,000 ft/min)
Wing loading: 328 kg/m² (67 lb/sq ft)
Thrust/weight: 0.988 (100% fuel, 2 EM A2A missile, 2 IR A2A missile) version B
Armament
Guns: 1× 30 mm (1.2 in) GIAT 30/M791 autocannon with 125 rounds
Hardpoints: 14 for Air Force versions (Rafale B/C),provisions to carry combinations of:
Missiles:
Air-to-air:
Magic II
MBDA MICA IR or EM
MBDA Meteor
Air-to-ground:
MBDA Apache
MBDA Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG
AASM-Hammer (SBU-38/54/64)
GBU-12 Paveway II, GBU-22 Paveway III, GBU-24 Paveway III, GBU-49 Enhanced Paveway
AS-30L
Mark 82^[304]
Air-to-surface:
MBDA AM 39-Exocet anti-ship missile
Nuclear Deterrence:
ASMP-A nuclear missile
Other:
Thales Damocles targeting pod
Thales AREOS (Airborne Recce Observation System) reconnaissance pod[305]
Thales TALIOS multi-function targeting pod in the future (F3R Standard)[306]
Up to 5 drop tanks
Buddy-buddy refuelling pod[69]
Avionics
Thales RBE2-AA AESA radar
Thales SPECTRA Electronic Warfare system.
Thales/SAGEM-OSF Optronique Secteur Frontal infra-red search and track (IRST) system