France To Upgrade Rafale

France has signed a development and integration contract worth around €1 billion to upgrade the Dassault Aviation Rafale fighter with arms and systems, including a long-range missile, and make improvements on a targeting pod and active electronic radar.
The deal, will raise the Rafale to a new F3-R standard to prepare the Rafale for the environment in 2018.
The program will allow the Rafale to be armed with the MBDA Meteor.
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