Yes they can still reject it but given the evidence provided and the one you present there is a strong chance (at least I hope so) that this postponement will be accepted.
For the sources talking about the OFS, there is no document from the manufacturer that talks about its capabilities, the defense secret in France being a little particular, the information can only be disclosed several years after the end of service of the system, we can therefore only use secondary sources
Where Galileo will give some figures, Thales only indicates the capacity to detect targets via their thermal signature, nothing more, not even a range.
I think the time will be too short to have a second server dev, usually the update comes out on the Friday before Christmas and there is about a week between the closing of the server dev and the release.
We will see but I am skeptical about a second dev server
Nice! But one thing I really want and find important is having two different sounds to differentiate between an incoming radar-guided missile and an infrared-guided missile, since the Rafale carries a limited number of flares.
Working with Wareta on the IR channel of the OSF. It appears that the IR channel was removed because it just did not work properly. It was then added back with newer capabilities in the new OSF-IRST system with the F4.1 standard.
I have no idea. Wareta has not yet sent it to devs, and then it will be up to them to decide. I’m not aware of what’s going on behind the scene.
I still find a few inconsistencies. Some mention that there was still an IR detector usable on the F3, I guess there might be an IR channel in the TV sensor. However that would surprise me since there appear to be only one sensor on the TV system, meaning it should only be a visible spectrum sensor
