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French Navy's Rafales assess AESA radar capabilities in combat

Issue No. 22 | November 16-30, 2015

From February to April 2015, French Navy’s Rafale M F3 omni-role combat aircraft, equipped with the brand-new RBE2 active electronically-scanned array (AESA) radar and assigned to the 11th Fleet Air Squadron (Flotille 11F), operated in the Arabian Gulf from the Charles de Gaulle nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

Tasked for close air support (CAS) missions and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions to the benefit of operation inherent resolve (OIR) over Iraq, the French Navy pilots had the opportunity to assess the cutting-edge capabilities of the Rafale’s RBE2 AESA radar in a very demanding environment.