PARIS - Paris announced the signing of the French military industries DassoIts features compared to its American F-35 (F-35) competitions.
The recent years have witnessed an increase in demand for the French plane. In 2015, Egypt signed a deal to provide 24 aircraft before adding a new request in 30 aircraft in 2021, then requests and contracts continued with many countries, especially India and Qatar, which signed two decades to provide 36 fighters each,And Greece requested 24 fighters, Croatia 12 used aircraft and in the service phase.
Development race
And as soon as the French armies of the French armies announced in 2019, Florence Barley, the launch of the new stage of the development of the "Raval" plane, represented by the "F-4" version (F-4), from which local media reports were reported at that time saying that the new version of the French fighter will form "a jump.Daso's technology, industrial and strategy, "especially with the huge amount announced to develop this fighter, and reached 1.9 billion euros (2.150 billion dollars).
Competitive capabilities
The "Wind Storm" - the literal meaning of Raval - is a name on a name, and according to the Daso website on the Internet, the speed of the plane is 1.8 Mach (sound speed), or 1912 km/hour.
It has a range of 3,700 km, and it consists of about 300 thousand pieces, with a double French engine. The plane is available in a single seat version, and a two -seat marine version.
The multi -task fighter is designed and manufactured by Daso Aviation, as it is designed to perform air superiority, deep strikes, anti -ship strikes, and nuclear deterrent tasks.
On the other hand, the speed of the American plane "F-35" is 1975 km/hour, and just as the website of the manufacturer indicates, the plane is the first ghost fighter faster than the sound and the second generation fighter enters service in the US Armed Forces..
The American fighter "F-35", such as its French competitor, consists of 300 thousand pieces, and it has one engine and one seat for the pilot.
The plane descends from the Lockheed Martin project, which mainly funds the United States, as well as additional funding from the partner countries in the program from NATO and close US allies.
The last generation of the "F-35" plane is characterized by a wide radar that allows it to detect hostile aircraft early, and has additional capabilities to disrupt the hostile radars from long distances.
Rafal alternative to the American market
For his part, the military expert and writer specializing in defense and international relations issues, Roman Milkirck, believes that the success of the "Rafale" plane was surprising, and that enthusiasm is not a new thing. Between 2000 and 2010 Rafal was a high -quality plane.
"Several factors have played a role in recent contracts, I think one of the most important things is the desire of customers to reduce their dependence on the United States. President Donald Trump showed how the options of this country could be unexpected," he said, as he said, "He said,".
He pointed out that the arrival of Joe Biden did not change anything..
Two fighters of different generations
Regarding the possibility of the new model of "F4-AFALE", which is under development, the capabilities of the American "F-35" plane or to outperform it, Milkirke confirmed that it is difficult to compare the French and American fighters "because two generations of generationsDifferent ".
"While the first entered the service in 2015, Rafale was the beginning of 2002 and stunned the first time in 1986, while the F -35 was in 2008.".
Regarding the comparison between the two planes in the global weapon market, the writer specializing in defense and international relations issues indicated that it is a strategic political option mainly.
Careful deals
And if the value of the last generation of the F-35, according to the manufacturer's website, Lockheed Martin, on the Internet ranged between 94 and 101 million dollars, the military expert Melkirk believes that it is difficult to determine the financial value of the two planes, because these two fighters are not public products, and each manufacturer varies.About others, according to a set of circumstances.
He continues that the cost of the French Rafal is different from the Indian or Emirati raval, so the Rafal plane does not cost the French forces the cost of Rafal to the Indian forces, and the same thing in the F -35 aircraft.
He explains that the cost of the "F-35" model in the British Air Force is different from its counterpart in the Israeli Air Force or in the American army.
"In export contracts, countries remain cautious about the details, in order to avoid obstructing negotiations with other potential customers by giving a very specific idea of what was accepted elsewhere.".
"We have a global amount in general," the French expert says. "We are talking about 17 billion dollars for 80 Rafale aircraft in the UAE contract..
He added, "One of the elements of negotiations with the Emirates, for example, was related to France's restoration of old Mirage aircraft in some contracts, and there are also compensation as is the case in the contract with India with part of production directly in the buyer country, but the contract with the Emirates was not a signTo this point, which means that all production will be in France..
Melkirk concluded that all of these details make the cost of the combat plane vary from one decade to another and from one country to another, and if we do fast accounts, this makes the value of the Emirati Rafale of about 238 million dollars.Deep in the cost of the plane itself with different contracts.
Pilot helmet
And by entering the details of the manufacture of such advanced aircraft and air fighters, and the cost of some of its important parts, reports published about the two planes confirmed that the cost of a single pilot helmet for the "F-35" plane, for example, is about 400 thousand dollars, and the helmet enables the pilot to see the land clearlyIn the night and day and all the vital plane devices.
On the other hand, the helmet of the new generation pilot of the French fighter, according to military expert Roman Milkirk, is still under development and progress.
The technologies and technology of the current pilots helmets of the last generation of Raval are distinguished by the features of the same pilots in the American F-35 aircraft.
These advanced technological standards are an essential pillar in the work and superiority of modern armies, and the final cost of the new Rafale pilot helmets remains unknown, and has not yet been revealed..
Stepping from the radar
In response to a question about the extent of the superiority of the "F-35" plane on the Rafale plane regarding the mechanisms of hiding from the radar provided by its advanced technological system enjoyed by modern fighters, the writer specializing in defense issues justifies this superiority that the disguise from the reign in the older generation wasLess importance than today's aircraft.
He added that the integrity feature is witnessing a recent recent discussion in the last period, and that those in charge of the project to update this fighter are seriously considering developing this point..