| The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine, canard delta-wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Conceived as a replacement for a wide range of aging aircraft in the French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace) and the French Navy (Marine Nationale), its design philosophy revolves around the concept of "Omnirole" capability, the ability to perform diverse mission types during a single sortie. This adaptability is achieved through a combination of three distinct physical variants and a series of incremental, software- and hardware-driven upgrades known as "Standards." |