Mirage 5MA Elkan and ENAER 50CN Pantera

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Does anyone have information on the avionics upgrade suite of the former Fuerza Aérea de Chile Mirage 5MA Elkan and ENAER 50CN Pantera?

The photo from the link below apparently shows Elkan's cockpit:
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Chile-Air-Force/Dassault-SABCA-Mirage-5MA-Elkan/1886523/LCan anyone recognize the make of the Flight Management System (FMS) ie. the black display with keypad on the left side of the panel, and the MFD on the right side of the panel? What kind of navigation equipment did it use? INS and/or GPS? Was Elkan equipped with RWR?

On the link below there are two cropped photos of Pantera's cockpits:
https://razonyfuerza.mforos.com/549912/10128365-fotos-cockpits-aviones-fach/Question is as above, does anyone recognize the avionics types?
 
well the Mirage 5MA's were in fact ex-Belgian Mirage 5BA's that have been upgraded under the MirSIP program.
there was a site that held all the info as to what the upgrade included but its seems to have gone dead.

http://www.sbap.be/archivalia/mirsip/mirsip.htm
what i do know about it is that the upgrade included some avionics and HUD from an F-16, the flight control stick and throttle similar to those from the Mirage 2000, a SAGEM laser range finder, fixed canards,....
 
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@Spey_Phantom Thank you very much indeed!

Is the type of RWR installed on MirSIP known that eventually went to Chile?
 
MirSIP/Elkan used the Loral RAPPORT II RWR. A system that had originally been installed on Belgian Mirage 5s in the early 80s.
 
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