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Le radar ne dépend pas non plus d un brevet us ce qui ne devrait pas restreindre les exportationsThe company says production of its mechanically scanned RBE2 will cease in 2011 for the Rafale, and any export sale would include the active array. "Now any customer demonstration is with an AESA," says Jean-Marc Goujon, head of marketing and product policy for Thales Aerospace. "We are not afraid of any weakness in terms of reliability."
Benefits of the AESA system include an increase of more than 50% in detection range and reduced life-cycle costs, says Thales, while Goujon notes the design is also free of US International Traffic in Arms Regulations.