r/europe • u/Interesting-Cat7307 Egypt • 19h ago

News France Launches Development of Its Own 6th-Generation Fighter and ‘Super Rafale’

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/france-launches-development-of-its-own-6th-generation-fighter-and-super-rafale/
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u/BeardedBaldMan Subcarpathia (Poland) 19h ago

Before they do this they need to get a handle on their nomenclature.

ACF (Avion de combat du futur) will replace the NGF (New Generation Fighter). What do they do then? Replace the ACF with the ENGF (Even Newer Generation Fighter)?

They need to implement a proper versioning scheme.

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u/Malt129 Munster 19h ago

It's a weird name anyway because Super usually denotes a revised and improved existing model and there is already a 4.5 gen Rafale.

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u/thet-bes France 18h ago

Super Rafale is a nickname for the Rafale F5