France Flight Testing New Optronics Sensors System For Rafale

Rafale

Credit: France General Directorate of Armaments
France’s defense materiel agency, the DGA, has begun flight tests of a new optronics sensors system destined for the next upgrade package for the Dassault Rafale. Thales has developed an updated Front Sector Optronics (FSO) system featuring an infrared search and track and a laser rangefinder system...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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