06/28/2011 Neil Waghorn - defenceiq.com The Block III upgrade for the Apache Longbow AH-64D promises to drastically improve one of the best attack helicopter platforms in the world. The upgrade is to include composite main rotor blades, an improved drive...
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June 28, 2011 defense-aerospace.com (Source: L-3 Communications; issued June 28, 2011) NEW YORK --- L-3 Communications announced today that its Platform Integration division has been competitively awarded an approximately $104 million contract to perform...
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June 29th, 2011 by Air Force News Agency – DEFENCE TALK In July, the Kingdom of Morocco, a strategic partner for U.S. forces in North Africa, will become the 25th country to own and operate F-16s. The pilots tapped to fly them are scheduled to finish...
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June 29, 2011 defpro.com The United States last week allocated US$145 million worth of military equipment to North and East African nations in order to help combat terrorist threats in the region. The biggest recipients were Burundi and Uganda, which...
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Jun 29, 2011 Paris, France (SPX) Hawker Beechcraft and ATK hasve announced an upcoming demonstration of ATK's Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket (GATR) from HBC's AT-6 Light Attack and Armed Reconnaissance (LAAR) aircraft. The demonstration is expected to...
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Jun 29, 2011 White Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) High in the mountains, infantrymen used smartphone applications to plot their movements and request help for casualties. Driving across the desert below, field artillery Soldiers eyed a computer screen to...
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28/06/11 By John Croft SOURCE:Flight International Sikorsky hopes to demonstrate an optionally piloted resupply mission using a fly-by-wire-equipped UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopter by the end of this year. Jeff Pino, president of the Connecticut-based...
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source unmanned.co.uk 29/06/11 By Greg Waldron SOURCE:Flight International Northrop Grumman is pitching its MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aircraft system to the Indian navy. Earlier this year the company responded to an Indian...
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LONDRES, June 29, 2011 /PRNewswire Alors que l'armée indienne est soumise à l'un des programmes les plus vastes du monde dans le cadre de la modernisation des véhicules blindés,Defence IQ organisera Armoured Vehicles India2011 pour faciliter les opportunités...
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29.06.2011 par Edouard Maire INFO-AVIATION Le 26 juin, Taïwan a pu recevoir son premier lot d’avions de combat F-CK-1C/D Hsiung Ying mis à niveau et destinés à la force aérienne 443 dans le centre de Taichung pour le 30 juin. Cette livraison intervient...
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June 29, 2011 Beth Stevenson, SHEPARD GROUP London - Reflecting on the UK's experiences in conflicts such as Northern Ireland, a military official has argued that the fundamental concept of EOD ROV deployment in theatre is the same now as it was then....
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June 29, 2011: STRATEGY PAGE ARABIAN SEA (June 25, 2011) An EA-6B Prowler assigned to the Cougars of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (VAQ) 139 catapults from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan and Carrier Air Wing (CVW)...
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June 29th, 2011 By RIA Novosti – DEFENCE TALK Russia will exhibit for the first time its newest Steregushchy class (Project 20380) corvette, the Soobrazitelny, at a biennial naval show on June 29-July 3 in St. Petersburg. More than 300 companies, including...
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source aero.pub.ro June 29, 2011: STRATEGY PAGE As the cost of jet fighters keeps rising, air forces have to come up with ways to control the costs. One increasingly popular method is putting specialized (and not-always-needed) electronics into a pod...
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photo UK MoD June 29, 2011: STRATEGY PAGE The U.S. Army has bought 4,410 more GMLRS (GPS guided MLRS) rockets, as well as 3,048 cheaper (reduced range, no explosives) practice rockets. These are packaged and used in containers (pods) holding six rockets...
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photo pyramydair.com June 29, 2011: STRATEGY PAGE A wanted al Qaeda leader (Fazul Abdullah Mohammed) was recently killed in Somalia. Among the weapons found with him was a BB gun. Well, not just any BB gun, it was a Umarex Steel Storm. This weapon looks...
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Brussels - 29 June 2011 EDA News By Dr Michał WIERCIŃSKI - UMS Management Committee member. Science and Military Education Department. PL MoD. The European Defence Agency Unmanned Maritime Systems Cat. A programme (UMS) is an opportunity for developing...
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June 29, 2011 defpro.com LADSON, S.C. | Force Protection Industries, Inc., a FORCE PROTECTION, INC. group company, today announced it has received two awards totaling $71.3 million. The first award is a firm fixed price modification under contract W56HZV-08-C-0028...
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June 29, 2011 Lt. Col. Tracey Saiki - Northern Edge Joint Information Bureau / AFNS – defpro.com JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska | While participating in Northern Edge for the second time, F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter sensor capabilities...
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Jun 28, 2011 ASDNews by Mynardo Macaraig AFP PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines - The United States pledged on Tuesday its "enduring commitment" to helping the Philippines, as the longtime allies began naval exercises amid a simmering maritime row with China....
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Britain did not have enough troops and helicopters in Afghanistan until last year, according to a senior US general. 29 Jun 2011 By James Kirkup, Political Correspondent THE TELEGRAPH American concerns over the effectiveness of the British force in Helmand...
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Jun 28 2011 David Pugliese’s Defence Watch From Thales: Thales Australia has signed a contract to supply another 101 Bushmaster vehicles to the Australian Department of Defence. The contract is a further vote of confidence in the Bushmaster, which has...
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Jun 28, 2011, THE TIMES OF INDIA ALLAHABAD: The induction of 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) will enhance the capability of the Indian Air Force which will be procuring the 5th generation fighters by 2017 and by 2027. The country will then...
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Jun 28, 2011 By Michael Fabey aviation week and space technology Newport News, Va. - As Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) moves into the assembly phase for the next-generation CVN-78 Ford-class aircraft carrier, CEO Michael Petters stays awake at night...
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28 Jun 2011 By MICHAEL HOFFMAN DefenseNews Boeing overcharged the U.S. Army $13 million on spare parts that Army officials could have purchased from the Defense Logistics Agency (dla), according to a Department of Defense Inspector General report released...
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25.07.2017 par Alain Establier – n° 176 de la lettre d’information SDBR SDBR : Est-ce qu’un marin a un regard différent lorsqu’il prend la direction du COS (Commandement des Opérations Spéciales) ? VA Laurent Isnard : Nous venons de fêter...
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source J’assume les responsabilités de chef d’état-major des armées depuis trois ans et demi. Je suis pleinement conscient de l’honneur qui m’est fait, de la confiance qui m’a été accordée et des devoirs qui sont attachés à cette fonction. J’ai...
Versailles, le 17 juillet 2017 – source Thales Les sociétés Nexter, RENAULT TRUCKS Defense et Thales sont fières d’avoir contribué au succès du défilé du 14 juillet sur les Champs-Elysées avec la présence d’un Véhicule Blindé MultiRôles (VBMR) en démonstration...
11/07/2017 par Alain Establier - SECURITY DEFENSE Business Review n° 175 SDBR : Vous avez été en 2016 rapporteur, avec le sénateur Daniel Reiner, d’un excellent rapport sur les OPEX de la France. Qu’en est-il sorti concrètement ? Jacques Gautier : Pour...
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source Thales In June 2017, on the occasion of the Belgian Defense Technology & Industry Day trials, held at the Naval Base at Zeebrugge, Thales successfully demonstrated the performances of its latest SAMDIS Multi-view Synthetic Aperture...
source Groupe ADIS La simulation de défense est devenue, bien au-delà l’entraînement des forces, un outil socle, filigrane de toutes les phases des programmes d’armement. Le groupe ADIS (Armées, Académie, DGA, Industries pour la Simulation ) œuvre depuis...
Simthetiq Algeria VTE available in Openflight and correlated VBS 3 formats
Montreal, 31 May 2017 - Simthetiq Meggitt Training Systems along with Simthetiq and TrianGraphics will showcase true joint simulation and training capabilities at CANSEC 2017....
Vice-Amiral Arnaud Coustilliere, Officier Général Cyberdéfense - photo SDBR
30.05.2017 Propos recueillis par Alain Establier - SECURITY DEFENSE BUSINESS REVIEW SDBR : le ministre de la Défense a prononcé en décembre 2016 un discours sur la cyberdéfense....
16.05.2017 source EU Defence Agency EDA has opened a call for submissions from defence industry representatives on the topic of Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS). This call is in response to the agreement between EDA defence ministers to develop a more...
16.05.2017 Conseil de l'Union européenne Le Conseil, présidé par Mme Federica Mogherini, haute représentante de l'Union pour les affaires étrangères et la politique de sécurité, débutera à 10 heures. Les ministres de la défense feront d'abord le point...
