- August 8th, 2025
France has begun an intensive operational test campaign of its most advanced Rafale fighter configuration to date—the F4.3 standard. Orchestrated by the Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) at Istres-Le Tubé Air Base, the rigorous multi-domain assessment marks a critical milestone for the Dassault...
With a flyover that blended nostalgia with symbolism, France’s final Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker made its ceremonial pass over Airbase 125 in Istres on June 30, 2025, marking the end of an era. As the aircraft banked away, it signaled not...
A simmering strategic dispute between India and France over access to the Rafale fighter jet’s source code has reignited questions about the limits of digital sovereignty in an era where software defines battlefield dominance. India’s push for technological autonomy, enshrined...
The Middle East into a broader and more catastrophic war, the United States launched air strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities on Sunday. The strikes, which President Donald Trump hailed as a “historic act of preemption,” have drawn sharp rebukes...
France's Dassault Rafale fighter jet has stood as a symbol of modern aerial warfare superiority—proven in combat, respected globally, and free from the blemish of fatal combat loss. That aura of invincibility has, however, come under scrutiny following a brief...
France is evaluating a bold transformation of the Airbus A400M Atlas from a tactical airlifter into a heavily armed, multirole combat platform. This development, revealed in a June 2025 report by Opex360 and confirmed by senior officers in the French...
Southeast Asia may soon become the next theater of competition between two of the world’s most aggressively marketed fourth-generation-plus combat aircraft — France’s Dassault Rafale and China’s Chengdu J-10C. The potential confrontation isn’t just one of hardware and firepower; it...
In a landmark development that underscores India’s burgeoning aerospace capabilities and global defense significance, Dassault Aviation and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) have entered into four pivotal Production Transfer Agreements to manufacture the fuselage of the Rafale fighter aircraft in...
In a sobering and hard-hitting new report, the prestigious Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI) has delivered a pointed warning about the state of France's air combat capabilities. The detailed analysis, authored by defense experts and former French Air Force...
Rafale fighter jet Under Fire: Surfaced alleging the downing of multiple Indian Rafale fighter jets by Pakistan, France has officially acknowledged ongoing efforts to ascertain the truth. The French Ministry of Armed Forces has confirmed it is in close contact...
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