Dassault Rafale

E11742

fourth-generation fighter aircraft multirole fighter aircraft

The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine, multirole fighter aircraft designed for air superiority, ground attack, reconnaissance, and nuclear deterrence missions.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form	Occurrences
Rafale M	4
Dassault Rafale M	3
Rafale B	3
Rafale C	3
Rafale	2
RBE2 PESA on later Rafale standards	1
Rafale F3R	1
Rafale mission computer	1
Rafale multirole fighter	1
Rafale sensor suite	1
Système de Protection et d’Évitement des Conduites de Tir du Rafale	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fourth-generation fighter aircraft ⓘ multirole fighter aircraft ⓘ
armament	GIAT 30M 30 mm cannon ⓘ
avionics	RBE2 radar ⓘ SPECTRA electronic warfare system ⓘ
canCarry	air-to-air missiles ⓘ air-to-surface missiles ⓘ laser-guided bombs ⓘ nuclear cruise missiles ⓘ
combatUse	used in Afghanistan ⓘ used in Libya ⓘ used in Mali ⓘ used in operations against ISIS ⓘ
configuration	canard delta wing ⓘ twin-engine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
crew	1 ⓘ
crewVariant	2 (tandem) for trainer and strike variants ⓘ
designedFor	carrier operations ⓘ omnirole capability ⓘ
designer	Dassault Aviation ⓘ
engineType	turbofan ⓘ
exportUser	Croatian Air Force ⓘ Egyptian Air Force ⓘ Hellenic Air Force ⓘ Indian Air Force ⓘ Qatar Emiri Air Force ⓘ
firstFlight	1986-07-04 ⓘ
flyByWire	yes ⓘ
generation	4.5-generation fighter ⓘ
introduced	2001 ⓘ
manufacturer	Dassault Aviation ⓘ
maxSpeed	approximately Mach 1.8 ⓘ
nationalProgram	France-only development after withdrawal from Eurofighter program ⓘ
powerplant	2 × Snecma M88 turbofan engines ⓘ
primaryUser	French Air Force ⓘ surface form: French Air and Space Force French Navy ⓘ
role	air superiority fighter ⓘ ground attack aircraft ⓘ nuclear strike aircraft ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
serviceBranch	French Air Force ⓘ surface form: French Air and Space Force French Navy ⓘ
status	in service ⓘ
takeoffType	CATOBAR carrier operations ⓘ
variant	Dassault Rafale self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rafale B Dassault Rafale self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rafale C Dassault Rafale self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rafale M

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Egyptian Air Force → aircraftInService → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

French Naval Aviation → aircraftOperated → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dassault Rafale M

Baltic Air Policing → aircraftUsed → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rafale

Storm Shadow → compatibleAircraft → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

Meteor missile → designedFor → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

subject surface form: Meteor

SPECTRA electronic warfare system → designedFor → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

RBE2 radar → designedForAircraft → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

SPECTRA electronic warfare system → fullName → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Système de Protection et d’Évitement des Conduites de Tir du Rafale

Meteor missile → integratedOn → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

subject surface form: Meteor

SPECTRA electronic warfare system → integratedOn → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

SPECTRA electronic warfare system → integratedWith → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rafale mission computer

SPECTRA electronic warfare system → integratedWith → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rafale sensor suite

RBE2 radar → introducedOnStandard → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rafale F3R

Storm Shadow cruise missile → launchPlatform → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

subject surface form: Storm Shadow

Indian Air Force → notableAircraft → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

Dassault Aviation → notableWork → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rafale multirole fighter

AAE → operates → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

Hellenic Air Force → plannedAircraft → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

RBE2 radar → platform → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rafale C

RBE2 radar → platform → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rafale B

RBE2 radar → platform → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rafale M

RBE2 radar → primaryUser → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

Dassault Aviation → product → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rafale

RBE2 radar → replaced → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

this entity surface form: RBE2 PESA on later Rafale standards

Super Étendard aircraft → successor → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

subject surface form: Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard

this entity surface form: Dassault Rafale M

aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle → typicalAircraft → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles de Gaulle

this entity surface form: Dassault Rafale M

GIAT 30M 30 mm cannon → usedOnAircraft → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

Meteor → usedOnPlatform → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

SPECTRA electronic warfare system → usedOnVariant → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rafale C

SPECTRA electronic warfare system → usedOnVariant → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rafale B

SPECTRA electronic warfare system → usedOnVariant → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rafale M

French Air Force → usesAircraft → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

French Navy → usesAircraft → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rafale M

Qatar Emiri Air Force → usesAircraftType → Dassault Rafale ⓘ

Dassault Rafale → variant → Dassault Rafale self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rafale C

Dassault Rafale → variant → Dassault Rafale self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rafale B

Dassault Rafale → variant → Dassault Rafale self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rafale M