The Dassault Falcon Epicure is a project of Dassault Aviation and
Thales
Thales of Miletus ( ; grc-gre, Θαλῆς; ) was a Greek mathematician, astronomer, statesman, and pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus in Ionia, Asia Minor. He was one of the Seven Sages of Greece. Many, most notably Aristotle, regarded ...
for a surveillance,
reconnaissance
In military operations, reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enemy forces, terrain, and other activities.
Examples of reconnaissance include patrolling by troops (skirmisher ...
, and
electronic warfare aircraft
An electronic-warfare aircraft is a military aircraft equipped for electronic warfare (EW), that is, degrading the effectiveness of enemy radar and radio systems by using radar jamming and deception methods.
In 1943, British Avro Lancaster aircraf ...
. This will replace by 2025 the two
Transall Gabriel currently used by the French Air Force for strategic missions of electronic warfare and airborne espionage. Falcon Epicure will be developed from the Falcon 7X as the basis for work. It is currently unknown whether or not the aircraft will be refueled.
In the French Air Force this aircraft will be part of the CUGE program,
[https://www.dassault-aviation.com/fr/groupe/presse/press-kits/falcon-epicure-service-de-larmee-de-lair/] for ''Capacité Universelle de Guerre Électronique'' or in English Universal Electronic Warfare Capacity.
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Falcon Epicure