Active array radar to boost Rance's next Rafale order

摘要

Thales expects to receive a series production order for its RBE2 active electronically scanned array radar from the French defence ministry before year-end, having recently completed flight tests using a Dassault Rafale.rnThe AESA system, which will equip the next batch of about 60 Rafales to be built for the French air force and French navy, is also now included as a baseline offer to potential export customers for the multirole fighter, including Brazil, India and Switzerland.rnThales will deliver the first of two AESA production arrays -now in manufacturing - to Dassault early next year under the terms of a development and integration contract awarded by France's DGA defence procurement agency in 2007.