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Até ao final do ano, Marrocos irá assinar para 24 Rafale, tendo interesse também no F-15EX.
CPs

Nice. Continua tudo a se preparar.

Para mim é um win-win. Marrocos compra Rafale aos franceses. Franceses produzem mais Rafale. Espanhóis usam como motivo para comprar mais Eurofighters. Países do consórcio produzem mais Eurofighter.

Voltando ao caso da Índia. Imaginem se não tivessem sabotado a competição original do MRCA. A esta hora já andava a Índia a produzir Rafale às centenas: se formos optimistas, 108 caças dos 126 originalmente planeados para a força aérea e depois eventualmente 36 a 54 para a marinha.

Desta forma, foram 36 fabricados na França e vão ser agora outros 36 aeronaves e continuam com falta de caças face às necessidades.

Cumprimentos,

Por cá..... Super Tucanos. 

Há que untar alguns bolsos

[Vicente de Lisboa]

Malta, têm aqui em primeira mão, a França adotou o Eurofighter:

https://www.publico.pt/2024/10/17/local/noticia/caca-frances-aterra-emergencia-aeroporto-porto-devido-avaria-2108265

[Get_It]

French Rafale Refuels A400M Cargo in Unconventional Buddy Refueling
(27 de Novembro de 2024)

The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) shared on LinkedIn an interesting photo showing an unconventional buddy refueling operation, where the usual receiver and tanker have reversed their roles. In fact, a Rafale M is shown while refueling an A400M cargo during a test of the former’s new NARANG (nacelle de ravitaillement nouvelle generation, new generation refueling pod) buddy refueling pod.

The French Air and Space Force usually employs the A400M (together with the A330 MRTT) to refuel in flight its fighters on longer flights. During this test, however, the A400M acted as a surrogate receiver, simulating an E-2D Hawkeye AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning and Control) aircraft during the testing of NARANG, which will be employed by the French Navy’s Rafale while at sea to refuel other aircraft embarked on the Charles the Gaulle aircraft carrier.

The reason behind the test is the acquisition of the E-2D which, compared to the E-2C currently in service, introduces an air refueling capability. As mentioned by the DGA’s statement, this test will allow to verify the Rafale can safely operate the pod at a speed representative of the E-2D's. If the result is positive, the Rafale will have the capability to refuel the Hawkeye for a safe landing on the carrier when the fuel reserves get too low at the end of a mission, a primary need when the aircraft are in the middle of the ocean.

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Fonte: https://theaviationist.com/2024/11/27/rafale-refuels-a400m/

Cumprimentos,