The DGA announced plans for a ‘post-F3’ standard, to follow the aircraft now on order, in January 2006. These would be required for service after 2012, when the last eight F3 models are now expected ...

A Rafale M was spotted with a pod for 68 mm laser-guided rockets, first unveiled at the Paris Air Show 2025 as a cost-effective solution against drones and asymmetric threats. A French Navy (Marine ...

Thales is to offer an enhanced XF version of its Damocles targeting pod, and expects to complete flight qualification trials of the system in 2012. To be equipped with a new daylight camera with ...

Dassault president Charles Edelstenne remains tight-lipped over the potential export contract for the Rafale fighter jets to the UAE. Speaking at a pre-Paris Air Show briefing Edelstenne said that ...

This incredible video was taken by a Damocles targeting pod. The video in this post was probably taken somewhere over Afghanistan. It shows U.S. Air Force KC-10 “buddy” refueling against a full moon.