France’s Dassault is increasing Rafale fighter jet output to 3 per month by 2026, 4 per month in 2028-2029, with a further possibility of 5 per month later

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250323-france-s-dassault-says-upping-rafale-warplane-output

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7 comments

  1. 3 per month would be a production rate higher than the Russian one from last year

    4 per month would be 48 per year, 2 times more than Russia produced in 2024

    add in Eurofighter and Gripen, and Europe could easily produce 80 fighter jets per year by 2028

  2. That’s convenient because I’m about to order fourteen Rafales.

  3. I think Canada should buy some, instead of the F-35. That’ll give us the breathing room to hop on the sixth-gen program in Europe.

  4. How is that going to affect latecoere. Asking for a friend who’s invested some money in the stock.

  5. this is bad news. not good. rafale is a good fighter but that’s 70s technology.
    europe desperately needs a 5gen asap and needs to speed up 6gen even faster if it wants to stay relevant in military.
    F-35 is decades ahead of Rafale. No matter your feelings it’s just not comparable and that’s sad.
    FCAS and Tempest should merge and put on the fast track.

  7. And an fixed order backlog of 220 planes still (as of EOY 2024), a very confortable situation compared to the other euro jets.

    But I don’t think production rate will increase much more unless there’s new orders.

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