Tag: SCAF Program

Italian-British-Japanese GCAP 6th generation fighter program specializes in air superiority

Announced at the 2018 Farnbourouh air show, the Futur Combat Air System program and the British 6th generation Tempest fighter was then perceived by many experts as a proud response to the announcement of the upcoming launch of the Franco-German SCAF program in autumn 2017. And even if European partners, such as the Italian Leonardo or the missile MBDA, participated in the British program, many questions remained as to the budgetary sustainability of such a program by London. However, the political determination of the British did not waver, and the first significant investments for the development of the program were not long in being announced, with in passing…

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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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How can the evolution of the doctrine of possession of equipment make it possible to extend the format of the armies?

At the end of the 60s and the arrival of electronic systems and the beginnings of on-board electronic systems, military equipment experienced very rapid growth in performance and capacity. At the same time, their costs of acquisition and implementation also experienced a doped increase, far exceeding the increase in military budgets. In an attempt to maintain the formats and above all the operational capacities, the military and industrialists undertook to rely on two characteristics made possible thanks to the contributions of electronics and information technology, namely the versatility of the equipment, and their scalability to extending effective life in…

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Is French on-board hunting threatened by the next military programming law?

In order to meet the security challenges imposed by geopolitical and technological developments, in particular the emergence of new significant military threats, including in Europe, President Emmanuel Macron announced, shortly after his re-election, that a new Planning Law would be designed to be presented in the first quarter of 2023, and voted on immediately by Parliament, probably before the summer break. Beyond a strategic review of the most obscure, mixing in its conclusions strategic objectives, means and cooperation, it is since then very difficult to obtain from the Ministry of the Armed Forces as well as from the General Staff, information on the content of…

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What alternative in France for the New Generation Aircraft Carrier?

For several days, a background noise has been becoming more and more audible in the French defense ecosphere: faced with the budgetary constraints surrounding the next Military Programming Law currently being prepared, the New Generation Aircraft Carrier program, or PANG , which was nevertheless the undisputed star of the Euronaval 2022 show a few weeks ago, would be threatened. Even with a significant budget increase, with €100 billion more between 2024 and 2030 compared to the 2018-2025 period, around €400 billion, i.e. €57 billion per year on average, the available resources would in fact not be not sufficient to finance the extension of the forces...

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Aircraft carrier NG, SCAF, MGCS ..: Did France aim too high?

Just two years ago, the Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, formalized the start of study work for the construction of a new aircraft carrier intended to replace the Charles de Gaulle from 2038. Since then, much information has filtered about this program, which should be, like the Charles de Gaulle, nuclear-powered, and reach 75.000 tons of displacement, in particular to be able to implement the new 90-meter electromagnetic catapults necessary to launch the new Next Generation Fighter of the SCAF program, itself much larger than the Rafale M. Predictably, the design costs and…

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Has the merger of the Tempest and FX programs convinced Germany to relaunch FCAS?

A few days ago, Dassault Aviation confirmed that negotiations with Airbus DS on the subject of industrial sharing around the SCAF program had indeed been successful, and that the program was now ready to begin phase 1B of the design of the demonstrator. If this announcement was welcomed as it should be by Paris, Berlin and Madrid, it results from an obvious softening of German positions, which suddenly accepted the red lines drawn by Dassault Aviation, particularly in terms of piloting the first pillar, the one that must precisely design the NGF fighter aircraft and its flight controls. At first glance, you might think...

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Should a second fighter program be developed with certain Gulf countries?

After months of tension, the Franco-German defense industrial cooperation programs broke the impasse last week, with two agreements concerning the SCAF program of new generation combat aircraft, and MGCS of heavy armored vehicles of the future. According to published communiqués, it seems that the main sticking points have indeed been resolved, largely due to a softening of German positions in the face of the red lines of French industrialists. As such, a recent interview with Ralf Ketzel, CEO of Krauss Maffei Wegman, provides valuable context regarding the difficulties encountered within the MGCS program due to the arrival…

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SCAF, MGCS: Franco-German cooperation restarts on good foundations against a background of concern

For nearly a year, the two flagship programs of Franco-German defense industrial cooperation, the Future Air Combat System to replace the Rafale and Typhoon, and the Main Ground Combat System to replace the Leclerc and Leopard 2 tanks, encountered immense difficulties around sharing and industrial cooperation between French players, Dassault aviation and Nexter, and their German counterparts, Airbus DS and Rheinmetall, putting both initiatives on hold. After many months of arm wrestling and tense declarations, no agreement seemed in sight at the beginning of September, with everyone sticking to their positions, and…

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6 recurring but erroneous statements around the SCAF next-generation aircraft program

Announced in 2017 shortly after Emmanuel Macron's arrival at the Elysée for his first term, the SCAF program, for Future Air Combat System, represents one of the two main pillars, along with the MGCS program, of France's ambition -Germany developed on this date to strengthen European strategic autonomy in the field of defense around strategic industrial cooperation between the two countries. Since then, the program has integrated Spain within it, but has above all been marked by growing and increasingly divisive tensions between Paris and Berlin, more particularly between the industrialists of the two countries, in particular around the first and main 7 pillars…

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