Flight international news on singaproe rafale requirements
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Most likely avionics cooling, the Grifo radar is a vastly different beast from thee original setOriginally posted by IAF:Thanks dude...btw, what's an air scoop for? -
Why don't you request a transfer to one of the Viper sqn. Then perhaps you can go to ArizonaOriginally posted by kopiosatu:i hope F5...
so i can get posted to Paya Lebar Airbase... and go for overseas upgrade courses to fix Rafales!
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Originally posted by Viper52:Most likely avionics cooling, the Grifo radar is a vastly different beast from thee original set
gun bay
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I simply love the RAFALE glass cockpit!
Here is an image.......
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User friendly, looks like a arcade game...
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Thanks duotiga for the great pics!
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No problem man...i juz wan to make u more clearer wad is it likeOriginally posted by IAF:Thanks duotiga for the great pics!
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latest flight international news...
8-14April
BRENDAN SOBIE & ANDREW DOYLE / SINGAPORE
Country could help to fund export version in return
Dassault is offering Singapore the option of investing in an upgraded multirole version of the Rafale in an effort to stay in contention in the country's fighter competition.
The French company is revising its response to last year's request for information (RFI) to include a proposal for Singapore to help fund the enhanced variant in return for a significant share of development work for local firms and a potential share of revenues from future export sales, say industry sources.
guess is back on track again -
would singapore invest another huge amount of taxpayer's money into another fighter jet project after JSF? not to mention the ecnomy's not doing great?Originally posted by duotiga83:latest flight international news...
8-14April
BRENDAN SOBIE & ANDREW DOYLE / SINGAPORE
Country could help to fund export version in return
Dassault is offering Singapore the option of investing in an upgraded multirole version of the Rafale in an effort to stay in contention in the country's fighter competition.
The French company is revising its response to last year's request for information (RFI) to include a proposal for Singapore to help fund the enhanced variant in return for a significant share of development work for local firms and a potential share of revenues from future export sales, say industry sources. guess is back on track again
i dunthink so, but then again it could be a way to lower the price of the jets we buy from US?
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we have een this debate for a veri long time liao.....though i admit the american planes is fantasic, but due to the fact that their onli current advance plane is onli F/A-22 and F-35, and their F-16 and F-15 undergo major upgrades, IMO i can onli c the EU planes more prospect in terms of customize upgrade and 100% tech transfer.Originally posted by foga:would singapore invest another huge amount of taxpayer's money into another fighter jet project after JSF? not to mention the ecnomy's not doing great?
i dunthink so, but then again it could be a way to lower the price of the jets we buy from US?
give you ten cents ah...
the RFP is still a mth away, y dun we just wait n c the top 2/3 selection of planes and weapons packages and other packages b4 we start this debate again?
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ok... give you change...Originally posted by duotiga83:we have een this debate for a veri long time liao.....though i admit the american planes is fantasic, but due to the fact that their onli current advance plane is onli F/A-22 and F-35, and their F-16 and F-15 undergo major upgrades, IMO i can onli c the EU planes more prospect in terms of customize upgrade and 100% tech transfer.
the FYP is still a mth away, y dun we just wait n c the top 2/3 selection of planes and weapons packages and other packages b4 we start this debate again?
my 2 and a 1/2 cents
na 10 cent minus 2.5 cents means.....
ok heres your 7.5 cents. -
-_-"Originally posted by foga:ok... give you change...
na 10 cent minus 2.5 cents means.....
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hmmm. . . like they said, in future they wanna operate only 2 types of aircraft. . . maybe the future inventory after the F-16 is phased out will be something like the Rafale and F-35 only. . . F-35 for attack, Rafale for knocking things out of the sky. . .so you invest in two aircraft, but if both are the only fighters in the air force, then why not?Originally posted by foga:would singapore invest another huge amount of taxpayer's money into another fighter jet project after JSF? not to mention the ecnomy's not doing great?
i dunthink so, but then again it could be a way to lower the price of the jets we buy from US?
give you ten cents ah...
and duotiga83. . . very announcement time liao mah. . . tension building up time. . .
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url? lemmi cOriginally posted by laser51088:and duotiga83. . . very announcement time liao mah. . . tension building up time. . . -
another interesting models .....for the coming RFP
http://www.arcair5.com/Gal1/701-800/Gal756_Typhoon_Rafale_Lim/gal756.htm
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Hmm... 140 squadron operating typhoons? Thought we'll be replacing A-4s with the new plane. So should be the A-4 squadrons' insigna on it instead.
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kinda old news........but i'll post...
Flight International 8-14 April 2003
Singapore offered role in rafale work
Country could help to fund export version in return
Dassualt is offering Singapore the option of investing in an upgraded multirole version of the rafale in an effort to stay in contention in country's fighter competition.
The French Company is revising its response to last year's request for information(RFI) to include a proposal for Singapore help fund enhanced variant in return for a significant share of development work for local firms and a potential share of revenues from future export sales, say industry resources.
The aircraft would feature an improved Thales radar, compared to French air force and navy Rafales, and upgraded avionics.
Dassualt declines to comment on its Singapore campaign, saying it is bound by a confidentiality claus.
Singapore is expected to downselect from six to three or four proposals by June and order at least 20 fighters next year.
Pitched against the Rafale are the Boeing F-15 Eagle and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Eurofighter Typhoon, Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 60 and Sukhoi Su-35.
Dassualt original RFI submission envisaged significant French governement financial support, which subsequently fallen through, forcing the manufacturer to come up with an alternative investment scheme or drop its proposal of a dedicated export version altogether.
Under the new proposal, Dassualt, thales and the French DGA procurement agency would provide development funds alongside a contribution from the Singapore government.
Dassualt and its partners Thales and engine manufacturer Snecma have not secured a Rafale export deal, most recent competition loss being South Korea last year, prompting the French governement to pull support for the export version. The smaller Singapore competition is the last near-term export opportunity for the Rafale. -
Everybody knows that Dassault are desperate to get a export sale for the Rafale, and that they are dangling all sorts of carrots to sweeten the deal, such as the proposed tie-up with Singapore agencies. There is no doubt that the Rafale is competent, but so is every other plane on the list. The question is then, exactly how desperate are the French to secure a deal?