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DASSAULT RAFALE
The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole

fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Equipped with a wide
range of weapons, the Rafale is intended to perform air supremacy, interdiction,
aerial reconnaissance, ground support, in-depth strike, anti-ship strike and
nuclear deterrence missions.
The Rafale is fitted with two Snecma M88 engines, each capable of providing
up to 50 kilonewtons of dry thrust and 75 kN with afterburners. The engines
feature several advances, including a non-polluting combustion chamber, single-
crystal turbine blades, powder metallurgy disks, and technology to reduce radar
and infrared signatures.
The state-of-the-art 4.5 Generation Rafale jet can reach almost double the speed
of sound, with a top speed of 1.8 Mach. With its multi-role capabilities the
Rafale lends air superiority to the Indian Air Force
The Rafale jets come with SCALP, the air-to-ground cruise missile with a range
over 300 km. It is a long-range deep strike missile. The MICA air-to-air missile
on Rafale is for both, close-quarter dogfights, and for BVR(Beyond Visual
Range).
The Mica missiles are known to have a high level of tactical flexibility with
multi-mission. Mica missiles are known to have an operational range of 50 km
and measure 3.1 meters in length.
BRAHMOS
The BrahMos (also designated as PJ-10) is a medium-range ramjet supersonic
cruise missile that can be Launched from Submarines, Ships, Fighter Aircraft It
is a joint-venture between DRDO and the Russian Federation's NPO
Mashinostroyeniya
The BrahMos-A is a modified air-launched variant of the missile with a range of
500 km. reduce the missile's weight to 2.55 tons, many modifications were
made like using a smaller booster, adding fins for airborne stability after launch.
It can be released from the height of 500 to 14,000 metres
It has a diameter of 70 cm and a wingspan of 1.7 m. It can gain a speed of
Mach 3.5, and has a maximum range of 650 km. The aircraft-launched variant
can carry a 300 kg warhead.
It has a two-stage propulsion system, with a solid-propellant rocket for initial
acceleration and a liquid-fuelled ramjet responsible for sustained supersonic
cruise. Air-breathing ramjet propulsion is much more fuel-efficient than rocket
propulsion.
AIRBUS C295
Airbus Defence and Space (Spain) and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL)
will jointly execute the project to equip the air force with 56 C-295 transport
aircraft under the Make in India initiative in the aerospace sector. Under the
contract, Airbus will supply the first 16 aircraft in flyaway condition while the
remaining 40 will be assembled in India by TASL
The first 16 planes will be supplied in two years, and the deliveries of the 40
locally assembled ones will be spread over an additional eight years
It has an auto-reverse capability, being able to turn 180º on runways as narrow

as 12 meters wide. The dimensions of its cargo hold, 12.69 × 1.90 × 2.70 meters
It has sufficient volume to carry up to 71 soldiers, 24 stretchers along with up to
seven medical attendants, five standard 108" pallets of cargo, or three Land
Rover-sized light vehicles
Typically, the C-295 is powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127G
turboprop engines, each capable of providing up to 2,645 SHP (1,972 kW).
HAL TEJAS
The HAL Tejas is an Indian single engine, delta wing, light multirole fighter
designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) in collaboration
with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force and Indian
Navy
Currently there are three production models of the Tejas - the Mark 1, Mark 1A
and a trainer version. The IAF has ordered 32 Mark 1s, 73 Mark 1As and 18
Mark 1 trainer aircraft. Eventually the IAF plans to procure a total of 324
aircraft in all variants, including the Tejas Mark 2 which is currently under
development
The HAL Tejas design has been further developed into the Tejas Mark 2,
incorporating a more powerful General Electric F414 INS6 engine, canards and
other design changes.
It will have an infra-red search and track (IRST) system and a missile approach
warning system. An increase in payload capacity to 6,500 kg and internal fuel
capacity to over 3,400 kg will allow it to carry more weapons with a longer
range.
The GE F414 INS6 engine has a maximum thrust output of 98 kN and also
offers improved specific fuel consumption over the F404 IN20 engine selected
to power both Mark 1 and Mark 1A variants of Tejas

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DASSAULT RAFALE

The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole

It has an auto-reverse capability, being able to turn 180º on runways as narrow

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