european home to sew rafale aviation secures massive maintenance deal for mirage 2000 fighter
for 14 years even as france's rafale fighter jets have caused a stir in the global arms
export market european nations have continued to support the aging mirage 2000 aircraft and
are looking to run them into the next decade the directorate of aviation maintenance demai
of the french ministry of the armed forces awarded to so aviation a long-term contract
to support the mirage 2000 fleet the agreement which lasts for 14 years covers all maintenance
activities for the mirage 2000s of the french air and space force fasf until they retire
following in the footsteps of rafale and atl2 vertical maintenance contracts
dassault currently supports nearly all equipment on its mirage 2000b c5 and d
models including those with mid-life updates previously covered by 15 different contracts
however machine maintenance and servicing is part of a separate contract
daso aviation chairman and ceo eric trappier said this contract is in line with the demise strategy
for verticalizing aeronautical maintenance as requested by the french minister of the armed
forces by assigning responsibility for support to one main contractor
the agreement covers all electronic systems especially those made by thales
it also includes improving technical and logistics services such as integrated
logistics centers at luxoy and nancy air bases as well as creating a daiso aviation presence
at atelier industrial de la aeronautic all stakeholders will have access to the mirage
2000 aircraft support management information system derived from the optimal as currently
being developed for the rafale under the revel contract for management of maintenance activity
this digital continuity optimizes the consistency of reference documentation and smooth exchange
and enables the company to meet its aircraft availability commitments over the long term
according to daso the purpose of the upgrade is to keep the aircraft up to date by providing better
weaponry new sensors advanced electronic warfare systems and extended service life the manufacturer
to sew aviation will upgrade two of the aircraft in france and then two more in india
at the hindustan aeronautics limited hal plant in bengaluru the rest will be updated by hal
via technology transfer the upgrade consists of a new mission computer with more memory
new radar advanced navigation and electronic warfare systems advanced communication and
identification systems glass cockpit with two lateral screens and helmet mounted displays