Tag: Air and Space Army

Can the future standard Rafale F5 evolve into a Super Rafale?

A few days ago, the first Rafale to the F4.1 standard was delivered to the Military Air Expertise Center, or CEAM, at Air Base 118 in Mont-de-Marsan. This new standard will equip the Rafale with new expected capabilities, such as the helmet sight, new air-to-air and air-to-ground modes of its engagement system, extended data fusion and a completely modernized SPECTRA self-protection system. . In addition, the device will be able to implement new ammunition such as the short and medium range air-to-air missile MICA NG which promises to be the best in its category, as was the MICA at the beginning of the…

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Should the UAE Mirage 2000-9 be taken over to densify the Air and Space Force?

The next French military programming law, which will cover the period 2024 to 2030, promises to be ambitious, with a defense effort brought to more than 2,25% of GDP, and an increase of nearly 35% in the budget allocation. to armies. However, in the opinion of many analysts and former senior and general officers, it will not make it possible to remedy certain critical shortcomings of the armed forces, particularly in terms of format. This will be the case for the Air and Space Force fighter fleet, which will certainly experience an increase in power with the delivery of 80 Rafale aircraft over this period, reinforcing…

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Hard-kill, SEAD, wandering munitions…: the future French LPM is preparing for high intensity

Although all the arbitrations have not yet been made, the content of the future Military Programming Law which will cover the period 2024-2030 is beginning to be partly known, whether through certain official statements by the Minister for the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu, Chiefs of Staff and even President Emmanuel Macron. Thus, the overall budget seems to target an envelope of €413 billion over the period, i.e. an average annual budget of €58 billion, almost 32% more than the budget for the armed forces in 2023 (€44 billion), and 66% more than the 2017 budget (€35 billion). Once integrated into a…

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Thales ready to meet the SHORAD/CIWS needs of the French armies

Several critical weaknesses affecting the French armies have been repeatedly detailed on Meta-Defense. As part of the preparation of the 2024-2030 Military Programming Law, it seems, according to information that has filtered into the public domain, that several of them are now taken into account, with solutions envisaged in the relatively short term. This is particularly the case of the ability to destroy enemy anti-aircraft defenses and electronic warfare for the Rafale, the Chief of Staff of the Air and Space Force having announced, during his hearing by the Defense Committee of the National Assembly, that this capacity, initially provided for in…

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France demonstrates the performance of the A330 MRTT in India during the Garuda 22 exercise

Major international military exercises are an opportunity to share the knowledge and experience of participating armies, and to improve the interoperability of forces. It is also the occasion, sometimes, to make the article of one or more military equipment, especially when one knows that the partner is carrying out consultations in this field. It is therefore not surprising that the Air and Space Force sent to India, on the occasion of the Garuda 2022 exercise which was held from October 26 to November 12 2022 on the Indian air base of Jodhpur, beyond 5 Rafale planes and 130 airmen, an A330 MRTT tanker plane…

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How many Rafales will the French air forces field in 2030?

Earlier this week, the Ministry of the Armed Forces announced that a new order for 42 Rafale combat aircraft will be placed in the 2023 budget year. This was expected, since in line with the 2019-2025 Military Programming Law , and in line with the objectives of the 2017 Strategic Review. However, due to the postponement of deliveries from 2016 to release industrial capacities for export, but also to release investment credits needed elsewhere programs, as well as the sale of 12 second-hand Rafales to Greece in 2020, then 12 aircraft to Croatia in 2021, all taken from the…

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4 arguments in favor of the development of a new French Mirage fighter

Whether or not it comes to an end, the SCAF next-generation combat aircraft program bringing together Germany, Spain and France will not see the light of day before the end of the 2040s, and probably even at the beginning. of the 2050s, by the admission of Eric Trappier, CEO of Dassault Aviation. It must be said that for the French aircraft manufacturer, but also for its German counterpart Airbus DS, this new date is far from lacking in meaning. It is indeed in 2050 that the replacement of a majority of the Rafale and Typhoon, but also of the F-35A sold recently, will begin to be considered. However, the SCAF Next Generation Fighter…

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LPM 2023: 5 capability opportunities to prepare the French armies for High Intensity

The series of articles devoted to the 2023 Military Programming Law is coming to an end. We have so far addressed many subjects, whether strategic, such as the future of the global army format inherited from General de Gaulle, or purely technical subjects, such as the advisability of providing the French Navy with sub- conventionally powered sailors alongside its SNAs. If these articles made it possible to present in a relatively exhaustive way the stakes but also the constraints which will apply to this LPM, the last two articles which will conclude this series, treat, for their part, of potential Quickwin, capacities on the one hand, technological on the other, likely to provide…

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LPM 2023: a trajectory already mapped out for the Air and Space Force?

During the 2000s and until 2015, the French Air Force, which has since become the Air and Space Force, was largely privileged, and sometimes envied, vis-à-vis the other armies. In fact, it captured, on its own, almost half of the credits for equipment devoted to Programs with major effects, forcing both the Army and the Navy to review some of their programs by reducing their volumes and spreading out the calendars. This situation was not so much due to government preference or a form of lobbying, as to strong industrial constraints. Indeed, it was then necessary in order to maintain in activity…

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LPM 2023: Will France have to abandon its “Global Army”?

“An army of samples”. This phrase has been used on many occasions to define the French Armies and their capabilities. However, it is not in the least relevant, because it suggests that all of its components have been undersized below a threshold guaranteeing their effectiveness. While it is true that 200 Leclerc tanks and 77 CAESAR guns are insufficient to undertake a major conflict under acceptable conditions, other capacities, in the air, naval or projection forces domain, are for their part dimensioned in order to respond needs to. As for French deterrence, if it may seem insufficiently endowed in the face of...

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