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13 juillet 2011 3 13 /07 /juillet /2011 06:10

Kongsberg receives contract additions
source defencetalk.com KONGSBERG, Norway, July 12 (UPI) Kongsberg has signed a contract for extensions to a command and weapons control systems for the Italian navy. The contract for two new U212A systems was received from Fincantieri and will be used...
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13 juillet 2011 3 13 /07 /juillet /2011 06:05

Korea Aerospace Chosen For Attack Helo
Photo: Korea Aerospace Jul 12, 2011 By Bradley Perrett aerospace daily and defense report BEIJING — Korea Aerospace Industries will move ahead with preliminary development of South Korea’s proposed light attack helicopter, following the Defense Ministry’s...
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13 juillet 2011 3 13 /07 /juillet /2011 06:00

Fighter Contests Re-Energized In Europe
Photo: Saab Jul 12, 2011 By Robert Wall AviationWeek.com London - Upcoming national elections in Switzerland and Denmark could re-energize fighter competitions there, although the outcomes are far from certain. The Danes will cast votes for their representatives...
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13 juillet 2011 3 13 /07 /juillet /2011 05:55

Britain Supports Eurofighter Bid For Indian MMRCA
Typhoons photo: Geoffrey Lee Jul 11, 2011 By Jay Menon AviationWeek.com NEW DELHI — Britain has outlined its strong support for the Eurofighter Typhoon’s bid for the Indian air force’s $11 billion Medium-Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) program, as...
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13 juillet 2011 3 13 /07 /juillet /2011 05:50

Indonesia-South Korea Fighter Jet Deal Readies for Take-Off Amid Expert Doubts
July 12, 2011 defense-aerospace.com (Source: Jakarta Globe; published July 12, 2011) Indonesia has taken a huge gamble in a deal with South Korea to manufacture a new type of fighter plane, an expert warned on Monday, with a real risk that the project...
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13 juillet 2011 3 13 /07 /juillet /2011 05:45

Challenges for European Defense Budgets after the Economic Crisis (excerpt)
July 11, 2011 defense-aerospace.com (Source: American Enterprise Institute; issued July 11, 2011) In Europe, some of the most dangerous effects of the 2008 financial and economic crisis have not yet been fully understood. For almost three years, the focus...
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13 juillet 2011 3 13 /07 /juillet /2011 05:40

The Hidden Casualties
July 12th, 2011 STRATEGY PAGE With the withdrawal of 33,000 American troops from Afghanistan by the end of next year, the U.S. has decided to increase the number of special operations troops (Special Forces, SEALs and SOCOM support forces) to Afghanistan....
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13 juillet 2011 3 13 /07 /juillet /2011 05:35

BUFF Chute
July 12th, 2011 STRATEGY PAGE A B-52 Stratofortress lands at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., June 30, 2011, after a sortie. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Michael J. Veloz)
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13 juillet 2011 3 13 /07 /juillet /2011 05:30

Turkey selling combat vehicles
July 8, 2011 The Brunei Times TURKEY is among the countries bidding to supply land-based combat vehicles to Brunei, as a "fully mechanised battalion" has been envisioned by the Defence White Paper 2011 for the Royal Brunei Land Force's (RBLF) capabilities...
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13 juillet 2011 3 13 /07 /juillet /2011 05:30

Portuguese Navy to receive undisclosed quantities of Portuguese AUV
photo whale.fe.up.pt July 12th, 2011 by VMSB – DEFESA Global The Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa) is to receive undisclosed quantities of AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) unmanned vehicles developed and built in Portugal. The supply includes associates...
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12 juillet 2011 2 12 /07 /juillet /2011 21:30

MICO Machine Gunner's Assault Pack And A Mystery
source mycity-military.com July 12, 2011: STRATEGY PAGE The U.S. Army recently announced that its Natick Soldier Center had received a request for a backpack that would carry 500 rounds of linked 7.62mm machine-gun ammunition, and a sleeve that would...
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12 juillet 2011 2 12 /07 /juillet /2011 21:25

The Simulators Of The Queen
photo army-uk.com July 12, 2011: STRATEGY PAGE The British Army has developed a computer-aided training facility (Sennelager Training Center) for combat troops headed to Afghanistan. Costing half a billion dollars, the center uses several different high-tech...
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12 juillet 2011 2 12 /07 /juillet /2011 21:20

Déploiement des Rafale en Italie
Photo EMA/COM 12/07/2011 Adrien Prévost AEROCONTACT La base aérienne de Sigonella en Sicile (Italie) a accueilli ce 10 juillet 2011 cinq Rafale de l’armée de l’Air. Ils ont atterri sur la base de l’Otan après avoir effectué leur mission au-dessus de la...
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12 juillet 2011 2 12 /07 /juillet /2011 21:15

Dogs of War: Sniffing Out IEDs
July 11, 2011 STRATEGY PAGE American K-9 Detection Services dog handler Ambar Limbu, (center) a Panchkhal, Nepal, native and his explosive detector dog, Tinus, lead a partnered dismounted patrol with the Afghan National Army and Canadian forces through...
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12 juillet 2011 2 12 /07 /juillet /2011 21:10

Gerald Howarth MP, UK Minister for International Security Strategy, visited the European Defence Agency
Brussels - 12 July 2011 EDA News On 30 June Gerald Howarth MP, Minister for International Security Strategy at the UK Ministry of Defence, visited the European Defence Agency. Following a meeting with Ms. Claude-France Arnould, the EDA Chief Executive,...
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12 juillet 2011 2 12 /07 /juillet /2011 21:05

General Dynamics Receives $16 Million Navy Award for Common Missile Compartment Work
July 12, 2011 defpro.com GROTON, Conn. | The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $15.8 million contract modification for continued engineering, technical services, concept studies and design in support of the Common Missile Compartment...
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12 juillet 2011 2 12 /07 /juillet /2011 21:00

New Transition Lenses May Boost Combat Survival
12/07/2011 by Armed Forces International's Defence Correspondent Rapid-response lens colour-changing technology could be a useful and potentially life-saving tool for military personnel tasked with urban combat duties, it's been reported. Equipped with...
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12 juillet 2011 2 12 /07 /juillet /2011 20:55

URS awarded support contract for USMC MRAP vehicles
photo urscorp.com July 12, 2011 SHEPARD GROUP Source: US Department of Defense URS Technical Services, Inc, Stafford, Va., is being awarded a $45,501,715 time and material contract for the procurement of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle...
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12 juillet 2011 2 12 /07 /juillet /2011 20:50

AAI to research UAS payloads with US Army CERDEC
photo aerosonde.com July 12, 2011 SHEPARD GROUP Source: AAI AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced today that it has entered into a five-year cooperative research and development agreement...
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12 juillet 2011 2 12 /07 /juillet /2011 20:45

UK to launch interim SAR competition
July 11, 2011 Tony Osborne, SHEPARD GROUP London - The British government is to launch a competition to find an interim search and rescue (SAR) helicopter provider following the collaspe of the £6 billion SAR-H programme. Secretary of State for Transport...
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12 juillet 2011 2 12 /07 /juillet /2011 20:40

Nigerian Air Force reintroduces four Alpha Jets into service
source defenceweb.co.za 12 July 2011 by defenceWeb The Nigerian Air Force has finished upgrading four of its 24 Alpha Jet trainers and will soon return them to service. The Nigerian Air Force’s (NAF’s) Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Mohammed Umar,...
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12 juillet 2011 2 12 /07 /juillet /2011 20:35

Frégates: le groupe français d'armement Thales rembourse 630 millions EUR à Taiwan
source levif.rnews.be 12 juillet 2011 levif.rnews.be (Belga) Taiwan a perçu 875 millions de dollars de Thales (environ 630 millions d'euros), un versement qui fait suite à la condamnation en appel du fabricant français d'armement pour un contrat datant...
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12 juillet 2011 2 12 /07 /juillet /2011 20:30

Libye: le Pentagone appelle les alliés à augmenter leur capacité de combat
MOSCOU, 12 juillet - RIA Novosti Certains membres de l'Otan participant aux opérations en Libye seront venus à bout de leurs moyens d'ici 90 jours, si bien que Washington sera obligé de leur venir en aide, a annoncé lundi le secrétaire américain à la...
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12 juillet 2011 2 12 /07 /juillet /2011 20:25

Testing the next-generation Super Hornet
The F/A-18E/F can employ weapons targeted by onboard sensors - photo US Navy 12/07/11 By Mike Gerzanics SOURCE:Flight International Nearly 11 years ago, I had the chance to fly a Boeing F/A-18F at NAS Lemoore, in California's central valley. During my...
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12 juillet 2011 2 12 /07 /juillet /2011 20:20

«L'armée française n'est pas en surchauffe» (Amiral Guillaud)
(Photo AFP -Joël Saget / Le Chef d'Etat Major des Armées Cema, l'amiral Edouard Guillaud prononce un discours, le 21 juin 2011 dans la cour des Invalides à Paris, lors de la prise d'armes de création des bases de défense) 12/07/2011 Alain Ruello - lesechos.fr...
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