Dassault Falcon Epicure
Appearance
Falcon Epicure | |
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Role | Airborne battlefield and surveillance aircraft |
Manufacturer | Dassault Aviation |
Introduction | at least 2025 |
Status | Project |
Primary user | French Air Force |
Developed from | Dassault Falcon 7X |
The Dassault Falcon Epicure is a project of Dassault Aviation and Thales[1] for a surveillance, reconnaissance, and electronic warfare aircraft. This will replace by 2025 the two Transall Gabriel currently used by the French Air Force[2] for strategic missions of electronic warfare and airborne espionage. Falcon Epicure will be developed from the Falcon 7X[3] as the basis for work. It is currently unknown whether or not the aircraft will be refueled. In the French Air Force this aircraft will be part of the CUGE program,[4] for Capacité Universelle de Guerre Électronique or in English Universal Electronic Warfare Capacity.
References
[edit]- ^ (in French)https://www.boursier.com/actions/actualites/news/la-france-commande-trois-falcon-a-dassault-pour-la-guerre-electronique-758468.html
- ^ (in French)http://www.avionslegendaires.net/2018/03/actu/des-jets-daffaires-dassault-aviation-pour-remplacer-les-transall-gabriel/
- ^ (in French)http://psk.blog.24heures.ch/tag/falcon+epicure
- ^ (in French)https://www.dassault-aviation.com/fr/groupe/presse/press-kits/falcon-epicure-service-de-larmee-de-lair/