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Dassault developing Rafale F5 without foreign partner

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Dassault Aviation is developing the Rafale F5 standard without a foreign co-development partner and does not expect to offer the aircraft for export before 2035.  “We are working today on this super Rafale, which we call the Rafale F5,” Dassault Chairman and CEO Eric Trappier told BFM Business. “It is a request from the French armed forces.”  Asked about the schedule, Trappier said the aim was to “be ready for 2033, 2035.”  “There is no co-devel…

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After the failure of the Franco-German FCAS project, France is drawing the consequences: by 2035, a new super-battle jet is to be created – with camouflage drones and hypersonic missiles.

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We were promised a united European sky, a fighter designed with several hands to embody the air power of the continent. The reality is quite different: it is alone that France is now advancing. Dassault Aviation has just confirmed the development of a successor to the Rafale, conceived and built without foreign partner, with an expected launch [...] More

The future combat aircraft of Dassault Aviation, the Rafale F5, could enter service between 2033 and 2035, as announced by CEO Eric Trappier. This timing was mentioned by the CEO of Dassault Aviation in an interview with BFM Business during the Rencontres des entrepreneurs de France tentuti in Paris....

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aerotime.aero broke the news on Thursday, August 27, 2026.
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