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The Optronique Secteur Frontal (OSF) is a long-range optoelectronics system, developed for the French Dassault Rafale combat aircraft.

It allows target tracking through IRST (infrared search and track) and visual sensors:

on the left, the main IR detector can be used as forward-looking infrared (FLIR) (to send a video signal to the pilot), or to detect:
- air targets (at ranges up to 100 km)
- surface or sea targets (up to 6 km)
on the right, a TV/IR sensor us used for target identification (40 km range) and includes a laser rangefinder.^[1]

Visible waveband capability is included to identify targets in situations where visual contact is required by the rules of engagement.^[2]

The benefits in air-air confrontation are:

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 The '''''Optronique Secteur Frontal''''' ('''OSF''') is a long-range [[optoelectronics]] system, developed for the French [[Dassault Rafale]] [[combat aircraft]].
-It allows target tracking through IRST ([[Infrared search and track]]) and visual sensors:
+It allows target tracking through IRST ([[infrared search and track]]) and visual sensors:
-* on the left, the main IR detector can be used as [[Forward looking infrared|FLIR]] (to send a video signal to the pilot), or to detect:
+* on the left, the main IR detector can be used as [[forward-looking infrared]] (FLIR) (to send a video signal to the pilot), or to detect:
 ** air targets (at ranges up to 100 km)
 ** surface or sea targets (up to 6 km)