France will invest 13.3 billion euros in SCAF and Rafale by 2035
In total, all payment credits already allocated to these two programs reach 1.6 billion euros for SCAF and 11.7 billion euros for Rafale.
Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 10/13/2023 - 21:25 in Military
Behind the United States, France wants to maintain its leadership in combat aviation. That is why it will invest colossal amounts during the period 2023-2026 in the European SCAF program and Rafale.
France is investing massively in its combat aviation to remain in the major leagues. Thus, the Future Air Combat System (SCAF) program, led by France, is gaining momentum. And this is very clearly seen at the budgetary level. This emblematic European program between Germany, Spain and France is also beginning to weigh on the budget of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces. Thus, over the four years of the period 2023-2026, the payment credits for the system of air combat systems of the future (combat planes, drones, weapons, combat cloud, etc.) reach 1.36 billion euros. In addition to 2026, the Ministry of the Armed Forces also plans to spend almost 300 million additional euros. Or 1.65 billion euros in total already budgeted.
Signed in December 2022, the contract for phase 1B of the SCAF, whose value reaches more than 3 billion euros equally financed between Germany, Spain and France, has an approximate duration of 36 months. The current work concerns the development of a technological demonstration program aimed at bringing innovative capabilities in the field of combat aviation. To this amount are added national investments from France. Thus, the main commitments planned for 2024 for the SCAF concern investments in the technical direction centers of the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) and the national work in support of the demonstration program.
While waiting for the commissioning of the SCAF program beyond 2045, France continues to invest massively in Rafale. There are 6.4 billion euros, including 128 million for the nEUROn (UCAV) recently released from the naphthalene under the military programming law 2024-2030, during the period 2023-2026. The Ministry of the Armed Forces has also budgeted payment credits in the amount of 5.36 billion euros in addition to 2026. This represents a total of 11.76 billion euros, which will partially end up in the coffers of Rafale's main contractor, Dassault Aviation, which will then redistribute to the 400 companies working in this crucial program for France, including Thales and Safran. This figure includes economic increases due to inflation.
Of this total, France continues to finance the Rafale F4 (2.27 billion euros), whose standard qualification 4.2 delayed one year (2025 instead of 2024). This version will make it possible to face evolving threats in more contested engagement contexts, notably improving connected collaborative combat capabilities. The Ministry of the Armed Forces begins the reinforcement of the Rafale F5 program (111.9 million euros) at the budget level with, in 2024, the continuation of work related to the RBE2 XG radar and risk reduction studies. But most of these budgeted credits refer to payments on the delivery of Rafale, 13 copies of which will be delivered in 2023 and then in 2024. This represents a total of 8.5 billion, including 3.7 billion during the period 2023-2026.
The ministry is currently negotiating with Dassault Aviation a new Rafale order for the French Air Force, which should be announced by the end of this year (42 units). The future LPM foresees a Rafale (Air + Maritime) fleet of 178 aircraft by the end of 2030 and 225 aircraft by 2035.
Source: La Tribune
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Fernando Valduga
Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Dayton Airshow and FIDAE. He has work published in specialized aviation magazines in Brazil and abroad. Uses Canon equipment during his photographic work in the world of aviation.
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