NOTÍCIAS DO RAFALE

[Túlio]

Excelentes fotos do Gripen C/D e do DEMO, não do NG. Mas dá para ver o quanto se aumentou as entradas de ar, muito mas MUITO mais do que 1,5cm. Os problemas de CG, aerodinâmica & quetales devem ser simplesmente HORRENDOS! Acho que o Rafale ainda se sai melhor na comparação...

[Zepa]

Rafale é destaque no Salão Internacional Aeroespacial 2011

Evento realizado na base aérea de Le Bourget, na França, reúne as maiores empresas da indústria aeroespacial e de Defesa do mundo

A aeronave de guerra RAFALE mais uma vez estará presente na edição deste ano do Salão Internacional Aeroespacial, onde diariamente fará voos demonstrativos para apresentar suas qualidades excepcionais. Durante os sete dias de evento, a partir das 14h30, o RAFALE será apresentado pela Força Aérea Francesa em uma demonstração de sete minutos que lhe deu dois prêmios de Melhor Apresentação Solo no Royal Air Tattoo, realizado no Reino Unido em julho de 2009.
Segundo a RAFALE International, que participa com o caça RAFALE do processo de escolha da nova aeronave de combate brasileira, é o único concorrente do F-X2 que oferece transferência de tecnologia irrestrita ao Governo Brasileiro e a empresas e instituições locais – os projetos de offsets e transferência tecnológica cobrirão mais de 160% do valor do contrato de aquisição das aeronaves.

http://www.defesanet.com.br/lb2011/noti ... acial-2011

[AlbertoRJ]

Le Bourget 2011, Dassault aviation CEO press conference
do Rafale News de Kovy

Vídeos:
http://tv.dassault-aviation.com/web/c-2 ... rence.html
http://tv.dassault-aviation.com/web/c-2 ... swers.html

Main points :

Lybia :
Spectra has allowed the Rafale to enter first in the Libyan airspace while the
Lybian Air defenses were still consistant
Total interroperability, excellent reliability and availability demonstrated
AASM demonstrated at a range of 57 km against a tank
All the scalps launched have hit their target

Rafale F3+ :
First deliveries in 2013
RBE-2 AESA qualification in 2012 and deliveries in 2013
Meteor planned for 2018 or earlier
Other improvements expected due to field experience : on the Canon, FBW system, introduction of concrete bombs ...

French deliveries :
180 Rafale on order
98 delivered (the 100th is flying and its delivery is expected in September)
82 remaining planes to be built between now and 2018 at a rate of 11 aicrafts/year
Further deliveries for french needs should continue until about 2025

Export
Program cost increase only by 4.7% in 25 years thanks to significant optimizations to reduce production costs.
Rafale global cost would be 60% less expensive than a typhoon
Dassault Aviation CEO says he's "more than optimistic" in India adding that the Rafale does have capabilities that the Eurofigter doesn't have.
Indian offsets requierements are very high and could be difficult to fulfill.
Dassault declined to answer the japan's RFQ/RFI because they are convinced that the Final choice will be american, no matter what. "We don't want to spend money to serve as a rabbit for the USA" said Edelstenne.
Switzerland competion re-opened with very good chances for the Rafale
9 Tonnes engine for the UAE can be offered without any problem
Brazil FX-2 competition in stand by but should start up again in 2012

Fonte: Rafale News

[PRick]

Le Bourget 2011, Dassault aviation CEO press conference
do Rafale News de Kovy

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Main points :

Lybia :
Spectra has allowed the Rafale to enter first in the Libyan airspace while the
Lybian Air defenses were still consistant
Total interroperability, excellent reliability and availability demonstrated
AASM demonstrated at a range of 57 km against a tank
All the scalps launched have hit their target
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Export
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Rafale global cost would be 60% less expensive than a typhoon
Dassault Aviation CEO says he's "more than optimistic" in India adding that the Rafale does have capabilities that the Eurofigter doesn't have.
Indian offsets requierements are very high and could be difficult to fulfill.
Dassault declined to answer the japan's RFQ/RFI because they are convinced that the Final choice will be american, no matter what. "We don't want to spend money to serve as a rabbit for the USA" said Edelstenne.
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9 Tonnes engine for the UAE can be offered without any problem
Brazil FX-2 competition in stand by but should start up again in 2012

Fonte: Rafale News

Esses são os pontos interessantes, o cara deu umas caneladas, a do Japão foi a mais forte, e uma constatação que já havia feito!

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[AlbertoRJ]

Interessantes informações no prospecto do Rafale do site do Salão de Le Bourget 2011:

- Twin-engine delta-wing multi-role jet fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation.
- Introduced in 2000, the Rafale is produced botded use with the French Air Force and for carrier-based operations with the French Navy.
- The Rafale features a delta wing combined with active integrated canard to maximize maneuverability (withstanding +9g/ -3 g) while maintaining stability in flight, a maximum of 11g can be reached in case of emergency. The canard also reduces landing speed to 115 knots. The aircraft can operate from 1 300 ft runways.
- Built as an air supremacy fighter, the Rafale features an advanced avionics suite designed to provide its pilots with excellent situational awareness. It sports the SPECTRA integrated electronic survival system which embodies a software-based virtual stealth technology. The SPECTRA electronic warfare system, jointly developed by Thales and EADS France, provides the aircraft with the highest survivability assets against airborne and ground threats. But the most important sensor is the Thales RBE2 passive electronically scanned multi-mode radar ; Thales claims to have achieved unprecedented levels of situational awareness through the earlier detection and tracking of multiple air targets for close combat and long-range interception, as well as real time generation of three-dimensional maps for terrain-following and the real time generation of high resolution ground maps for navigation and targeting. The cockpit uses a Martin-Baker Mark 16F "zero-zero” ejection seat inclined 29° to improve G-force tolerance.
- The Snecma M88 engine in the Rafale develops 11,250 lb of dry thrust and 16,900 lb with afterburner. They allow it to supercruise with four missiles and a 1,250 liter belly drop tank. The naval version (Rafale M) can supercruise up to Mach 1.4 while carrying six air-to-air missiles (MBDA MICA). On 28 April 2011, the Government of India shortlisted Dassault Rafale as a potential candidate for the Indian Air Force MRCA deal.

http://siae.netdirect.fr/2011/sites/act ... le_G-B.pdf

[AlbertoRJ]

Le Bourget 2011, digital color HUD for the Rafale



The French DGA is developping a digital color Head Up Display for the Rafale. This would be the first color HUD in the world in a fighter jet.
"Until now all combat aircraft had an analog HUD that was able to display gemometric forms in 2 dimensions only with a single green font"

According to Guillaume Grasset (DGA Rafale simulation trial ingineer), this new digital HUD will offer a 3D display of the ground with important items like obstacles or the runway for example assuring a safety flight by night and bad visibility.
The higher resolution of this new HUD allow to display perfect geometric forms (variable line thickness and brightness) and several different font in different colors (green and red for the current prototype) in order to match the other displays color code used in the aircraft (red for high priority threats for example)

P.S: Agora poderá mostrar o SH ou o Typhoon em High-definition.

Fonte: Rafale News.

[AlbertoRJ]

Fotos do Stand da Thales, em Le Bourget, com RBE-2 AESA e o Topsight HMD, que poderá ser usado no Rafale:




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[Penguin]

Le Bourget 2011, digital color HUD for the Rafale



The French DGA is developping a digital color Head Up Display for the Rafale. This would be the first color HUD in the world in a fighter jet.
"Until now all combat aircraft had an analog HUD that was able to display gemometric forms in 2 dimensions only with a single green font"

According to Guillaume Grasset (DGA Rafale simulation trial ingineer), this new digital HUD will offer a 3D display of the ground with important items like obstacles or the runway for example assuring a safety flight by night and bad visibility.
The higher resolution of this new HUD allow to display perfect geometric forms (variable line thickness and brightness) and several different font in different colors (green and red for the current prototype) in order to match the other displays color code used in the aircraft (red for high priority threats for example)

P.S: Agora poderá mostrar o SH ou o Typhoon em High-definition.

Fonte: Rafale News.

HUD e MFD com synthetic vision technology já estão sendo oferecidos por alguns fabricantes de aviônicos principalmente para aeronaves de emprego geral e jatos executivos. Logo haverão opções para aeronaves militares. Se já não há...

De 2005...
http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/categor ... _1047.html

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[Petry]

Interessantes informações no prospecto do Rafale do site do Salão de Le Bourget 2011:

- Twin-engine delta-wing multi-role jet fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation.
- Introduced in 2000, the Rafale is produced botded use with the French Air Force and for carrier-based operations with the French Navy.
- The Rafale features a delta wing combined with active integrated canard to maximize maneuverability (withstanding +9g/ -3 g) while maintaining stability in flight, a maximum of 11g can be reached in case of emergency. The canard also reduces landing speed to 115 knots. The aircraft can operate from 1 300 ft runways.
- Built as an air supremacy fighter, the Rafale features an advanced avionics suite designed to provide its pilots with excellent situational awareness. It sports the SPECTRA integrated electronic survival system which embodies a software-based virtual stealth technology. The SPECTRA electronic warfare system, jointly developed by Thales and EADS France, provides the aircraft with the highest survivability assets against airborne and ground threats. But the most important sensor is the Thales RBE2 passive electronically scanned multi-mode radar ; Thales claims to have achieved unprecedented levels of situational awareness through the earlier detection and tracking of multiple air targets for close combat and long-range interception, as well as real time generation of three-dimensional maps for terrain-following and the real time generation of high resolution ground maps for navigation and targeting. The cockpit uses a Martin-Baker Mark 16F "zero-zero” ejection seat inclined 29° to improve G-force tolerance.
- The Snecma M88 engine in the Rafale develops 11,250 lb of dry thrust and 16,900 lb with afterburner. They allow it to supercruise with four missiles and a 1,250 liter belly drop tank. The naval version (Rafale M) can supercruise up to Mach 1.4 while carrying six air-to-air missiles (MBDA MICA). On 28 April 2011, the Government of India shortlisted Dassault Rafale as a potential candidate for the Indian Air Force MRCA deal.

http://siae.netdirect.fr/2011/sites/act ... le_G-B.pdf

Essa informação do supercruise é muito boa!!!!

[AlbertoRJ]

Paris 2011: Thales Brings Consistency to Rafale Radar
By: Bernard Fitzsimons
June 21, 2011
Military Aircraft


Thales is “five years ahead of anybody in Europe or the U.S.” in active arrays for airborne radars, according to Jean-Nöel Stock, Thales vice-president UAVs and intelligence, and a former program director for Dassault Rafale airborne systems.
Speaking earlier this month at Thales Airborne Systems’ radar and mission systems facility in Pessac, Bordeaux, where he is also site director, Stock said one of the strengths of the Rafale program is that most of the electronics come from a single company. “The consistency we bring to the electronics means the pilot has a system that is fully integrated,” he said.
Thales’s contribution to the Rafale amounts to more than a quarter of the airplane’s dollar value, Stock said. It includes the RBE2 radar, frontal sector optronics, missile seekers (with MBDA), Damocles targeting pod and Spectra electronic warfare system. And all the data from the sensors is fuzed in a modular, data-processing unit before being displayed to the pilot or datalinked to friendly units.
Two weeks ago an RBE2 was in the final integration room at Pessac, awaiting delivery to France’s armaments agency, the DGA, for installation in the next Rafale to be produced by Dassault Aviation. It retained the passive array that will continue to be delivered through 2012. But sharing the room was an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar already undergoing integration ahead of installation on one of the 60 tranche 4 Rafales ordered by the DGA in 2009 for delivery from 2013.
The advantage of electronic scanning is that the radar beam is directed electronically, rather than by mechanically swiveling the antenna back and forth to scan the sky. That means the beam can be switched in microseconds from one area of the sky to another, or used for ground mapping and air surveillance at the same time by flipping between the two modes.
The current RBE2’s passive antenna uses electronic lenses consisting of arrays of diodes to direct the beam horizontally and vertically. The active array eliminates the grids; instead, the front end of the antenna is populated by hundreds of transmit/receive modules, each combining a high-power transmit amplifier, low-noise, receive amplifier and beam control.
Eliminating the grids also eliminates the power lost by the signal going back and forth, improving the radar’s detection capability. “With the active array, Rafale will have a radar with twice the performance of today’s radar,” said Stock.
Such a high level of integration is made possible by the gallium-arsenide, integrated-circuit technology on which Stock bases his claim of a five-year lead in active array radar. “It was not feasible in the ’80s or ’90s and is still not feasible for many European countries,” he said. “It is not possible to integrate at this density in a combat aircraft radar without gallium arsenide. It would produce more heat and we couldn’t accommodate it.” As it is, Thales had to develop a new liquid-cooling system for the modules.
The gallium-arsenide chips, which carry out digital processing and frequency management at the same time, are produced by United Monolithic Semiconductor, a Thales/EADS joint venture based at Orsay, south of Paris, then integrated into subassemblies by Thales Micro Electronics in Brittany before being integrated into the antenna itself at Pessac. “When Rafale is exported we will find local partners for components,” Stock said. “But we will ensure we have full control of the supply chain, right down to the printed circuit boards.”
Replacing a passive with an active array is “totally plug and play” and can be achieved in two hours, he added. Future enhancements to the radar, such as a finer aperture for ground mapping in synthetic aperture radar mode and simultaneous mode operation will be achieved through new software with no change to the hardware.
In fact, Thales said, the large number of T/R modules means some of them can fail without noticeably affecting the system’s overall reliability and performance. Their reliability is such that the active front end should not require maintenance at intervals of less than 10 years.
The same gallium-arsenide technology that is transforming the RBE2 is likely to find other applications, such as a future version of the Ocean Master 4000 maritime-surveillance radar that would retain mechanical rotation but use electronic-beam tilting. Current risk assessments are also looking at applications on the Franco-British Telemos medium altitude long endurance UAV.
http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-ne ... dar-30149/

[AlbertoRJ]

Vídeo com o futuro HUD do Rafale:

http://www.gouvernement.fr/gouvernement ... -numerique"

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[soultrain]

Alberto,

Já toda a gente tem ou vai ter no futuro...

[Penguin]

Alberto,

Já toda a gente tem ou vai ter no futuro...

DATE:10/05/11
SOURCE:Flight International
EBACE: Superman vision in sight for future cockpits
By John Croft

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... kpits.html


© Rockwell Collins
Innovations in cockpit technology could bring an era of 'superman vision'










Rockwell Collins synthetic vision system - 3D terrain viewed through HUD (Rockwell Collins)

http://www.rockwellcollins.com/Products ... plays.aspx

Flight tests reveal synthetic vision on HUD improves approach accuracy
Industry’s first HUD with synthetic vision on track for certification in 2011

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (May 10, 2011)
http://www.rockwellcollins.com/sitecore ... _Test.aspx




http://www.honeywell.com/sites/portal?p ... e&theme=T5



Legacy 450 e 500

[AlbertoRJ]

Se não repararam, a grande novidade tecnológica do novo HUD para o Rafale é a cor vermelha nos indicadores. É o único com essa característica.



Pode parecer um detalhe de menor importância mas para os franceses não é. Se observarem no vídeo abaixo, as informações críticas (ou mais importantes) em vermelho tem muito mais destaque e isso é muito importante para filtrar ou avisar o piloto das prioridades no combate ou vôo, principalmente em situações onde certos detalhes possam ser despercebidos.

http://www.gouvernement.fr/gouvernement ... -numerique

No caso do Rafale, creio que em muitos outros caças também, o HUD é o visor primário para o piloto.
Além dessa novidade tecnológica, o novo HUD passa a mostrar muito mais informações (em alta definição) para que o piloto possa manter a visão no infinito na maior parte do tempo.

Abraços

[Franz Luiz]

Em pousos embarcados noturnos ou com pouca visibilidade deve ajudar muito.