The Rafale is a French twin-engine delta-wing multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Produced for both land-based use with the French Air Force and carrier-based operation with the French Navy. The Rafale carries the SPECTRA integrated electronic survival system featuring software-based virtual stealth technology.
Specifications
Crew1 or 2
Length15.30 m (50 ft 2 in)
Wingspan10.90 m (35 ft 9 in)
Height5.34 m (17 ft 6 in)
Empty Weight9,060 kg (19,975 lb)
Max Takeoff19,500 kg (42,990 lb)
Engines2 × Snecma M88-3, 19,710 lbf each
Max Speed2,125 km/h (Mach 1.8)
Combat Range1,850 km (1,150 mi)
Ceiling16,750 m (55,000 ft)
RadarThales RBE2
Armament
- 1 × 30mm GIAT 30/719B cannon
- 8 AAMs: MICA, AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-132 ASRAAM, AIM-120 AMRAAM
- Air-to-ground: MBDA Apache, MBDA Meteor, SCALP EG
- ASMP nuclear missile
Variants
- Rafale A – Technology demonstrator
- Rafale B – Two-seat land-based version
- Rafale C – Single-seat land-based version
- Rafale D – Proposed stealth version
- Rafale M – Single-seat carrier-based version
- Rafale N – Two-seat carrier-based strike version