In first, Emirati guided weapons to be equipped on UAE’s French Rafale F4 fighter fleet

In first, Emirati guided weapons to be equipped on UAE’s French Rafale F4 fighter fleet
In first, Emirati guided weapons to be equipped on UAE’s French Rafale F4 fighter fleet

Three different munitions — the Mk81, Mk82 and longer-range Mk83 guided bombs made by EDGE subsidiary Al Tariq — will all be integrated on the fourth generation plane in due course, Al Tariq CEO Theunis Botha told Breaking Defense.

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French Air Force No. 2 pushing for greater Rafale-JSF interoperability

French Air Force No. 2 pushing for greater Rafale-JSF interoperability
French Air Force No. 2 pushing for greater Rafale-JSF interoperability

Lt. Gen. Frédéric Parisot, number two in the French Air and Space Force (FASF), talked with Breaking Defense about his priorities for the future.

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Inside The ‘Laboratory Of Premieres’ For French Air Power

Inside The ‘Laboratory Of Premieres’ For French Air Power
Inside The ‘Laboratory Of Premieres’ For French Air Power

Gen. Philippe Lavigne, the Chief of French Air and Space Force, walks Breaking Defense through a recent Pacific exercise.

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ASTERX 2021: French Space Forces Reach For Higher ‘Orbit’

ASTERX 2021: French Space Forces Reach For Higher ‘Orbit’
ASTERX 2021: French Space Forces Reach For Higher ‘Orbit’

The French military is moving apace in keeping with Paris’s determination to, at a minimum, keep its rank as the third international space power in an increasingly large and competitive club of nations.

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