The Systeme de Combat Aerien du Futur (SCAF)/Future Combat Air System (FCAS) began its long gestation process in February with the signature of a €155 million contract (financed equally by France and Germany) that will cover 18 months of studies. French industry, the Direction Generate de I'Armement (DGA) and the armed forces have a clear understanding of the evolutionary path that will lead from the current RAFALE to the future SCAF.DGA and Dassault Aviation have concrete ideas of the capabilities FCAS will feature and are confident they possess all the necessary technical and industrial skills to develop them. French industry proudly shows off its capacities, coupled with supply and value chains capable of producing any innovative components. For those not yet available, the country is able to launch large-scale studies and research. From a French point of view, the starting point for FCAS is the RAFALE programme, the latest production batches and updates of which will serve as launchpads for the development of new technologies as well as new forms of combat. Both the DGA and Dassault believe that RAFALE still has enough growth margin to cater for the development of further cutting-edge capabilities. In 2025, the RAFALE F4 will be a comprehensive air system, completely different from today's aircraft, albeit encapsulated in the same airframe. On the one hand, this will lead to limitations: on the other, it will allow the Armee de I'Air (AdA) and Marine Nationale (MN) to gradually adapt to the fifth-generation (or 'generation five-and-a-half,' as some would have it) system, as well as to immediately deploy essential assets for future conflicts well before FCAS can enter service. The starting point is the current F3R version, which will be the standard for 152 aircraft, while the last 28 are planned to be delivered, starting in 2023, in the F4.1 standard. By 2025, the entire fleet will start being updated to the F4.2 final standard. In 2023, Dassault expects a further French order for 30-45 aircraft, with deliveries that could start from 2027, in the F4.2 version.
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机译：Systeme de Combat Aerien du Futur（SCAF）/未来的战斗空气系统（FCAS）于2月开始了其长期妊娠流程，签署了1.55亿欧元的合同（法国平等融资），将涵盖18个月的研究。法国工业，方向生成de'Arment（DGA）和武装部队对进化的道路有明确的了解，将从目前的Rafale到未来的Scaf.dga和Dassault航空具有CCCA的具体思想，FCAS将有特色的功能并确信他们拥有开发它们的所有必要的技术和工业技能。法国工业自豪地展示了能力，加上能够生产任何创新组件的供应和价值链。对于尚未获得的人来说，该国能够推出大规模的研究和研究。从法国的角度来看，FCA的起点是rafale计划，最新的生产批次和更新，其中它将成为开发新技术以及新形式的战斗的发射板。 DGA和Dassault都认为Rafale仍然有足够的增长余量来满足进一步的尖端能力的发展。在2025年，Rafale F4将是一个综合空气系统，与今天的飞机完全不同，尽管封装在同一机身上。一方面，这将导致限制：另一方面，它将允许Armee de i'air（Ada）和海域（Mn）逐步适应第五代（或'第一代和a -HALF，'因为有些人会有它）系统，以及在FCA可以进入服务之前立即部署未来冲突的基本资产。起始点是当前的F3R版本，这将是152架飞机的标准，而在F4.1标准中，计划在2023年开始提供最后的28。到2025年，整个舰队将开始更新到F4.2最终标准。在2023年，Dassault预计为30-45架飞机的进一步法语订单，可以在F4.2版本中从2027年开始的交付。
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