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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 21:00

German group pulls out of Greek submarine order: minister
May 16, 2011 Athens (AFP) German shipbuilding group HDW has pulled out of a subcontractor deal to build two submarines at an Arab-owned shipyard in Greece, the Greek defence minister said on Monday. HDW bowed out due to "major disagreements" on broader...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 21:00

Gadhafi Using “Floating Booby Traps” Against NATO
May 17th, 2011 DEFENSETECH It looks like the Libyan rebels aren’t the only ones relying on jerry-rigged battle tech in the civil war there. Moammar Gadhafi’s forces launched a sea-borne UAV of sorts made up of a rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) crewed...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 21:00

F-35B Might Be Turning Itself Around
May 17th, 2011 DEFENSETECH The long beleagured F-35B shot take-off and vertical landing version of the Joint Strike Fighter is accelerating through its flight tests far quicker than anyone would have predicted a year, heck, even a few months ago. Since...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 21:00

Eurocopter X3 Hybrid Helicopter Exceeds 232 Knots Speed
May 17th, 2011 By Eurocopter DEFENCE TALK Eurocopter’s X3 hybrid helicopter demonstrator has delivered on the promise of pushing the frontiers in rotary-wing aviation by surpassing its original speed target of 220 kts, demonstrating the compound aircraft’s...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 21:00

Versatile Robot Ally for the Future
May 17, 2011 DEFENSE STUDIES An SAF Combat Engineer controlling the Rush Demonstrator UGV using the remote control unit. The Rush Demonstrator has a communication range of beyond 400m to ensure that its operators are at a safe distance away. (photo :...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 20:30

Northrop Grumman's Rotorcraft Technology Contributes to U.S. Navy's Successful Test Bed Flight
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., May 17, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Digital Avionics Suite technology was recently used for the first time in the successful flight of a UH-1N helicopter that serves as an avionics test bed for...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 20:30

First two new Boeing tankers for Italy enter service
May 17, 2011 by Aubrey Cohen - seattlepi.com The first KC-767 tanker for the Italian Air Force leaves Boeing's tanker modification facility in Wichita, Kan., in January 2010 on its ferry flight to Italy. (Boeing) Boeing’s first two KC-767 aerial refueling...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 20:30

Le point sur le projet des hélicoptères maritimes (Canada)
SHEARWATER, NOUVELLE-ECOSSE--(Marketwire - 17 mai 2011) - La 12e Escadre Shearwater, en Nouvelle-Ecosse, a reçu le premier hélicoptère maritime provisoire CH148 Cyclone la semaine dernière. Cet hélicoptère servira à l'entraînement des équipages et des...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 20:30

Turkey's Hurkus trainer to fly next year
17/05/11 By Tolga Ozbek Flight International Turkish Aerospace Industries plans to conduct the first flight with its Hurkus ("Free Bird") turboprop trainer in August 2012. Launched four years ago and sponsored by Turkey's undersecretary of defence industries,...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 18:00

Denel looks to Africa for growth
17 May 2011 by defenseWeb Denel says it is ready to explore growth opportunities in Africa and expand its range of products and services on the continent. The company hosted a number of defence attaches from several African countries in an effort to showcase...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 18:00

SA Army increases mortar holdings
17 May 2011 by Leon Engelbrecht - defenseWeb The South African Army has ordered more mortar ammunition from Rheinmetall Denel Munitions (Pty) Ltd of Potchefstroom. The latest order, awarded last week, is for R30.8 million. This takes recent mortar bomb...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 18:00

Agustas to be weaponised
17 May 2011 by Leon Engelbrecht - defenseWeb The South African Air Force has awarded Unionlet Ltd a R398 218,34 contract to procure, on its behalf kits to convert four Fabrique National 7.62m MAG machine guns from the Model MAG 58 infantry type to Model...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 17:00

BAE SYSTEMS OASYS delivering smallest thermal monocular available
17 May 2011 | Ref. 092/2011 BAE Systems BAE Systems OASYS’ StalkIR™ is the first palm-sized hybrid thermal mono-sight MANCHESTER, New Hampshire – BAE Systems OASYS recently completed its 2,000th delivery of the StalkIR™, one of the highest performing...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 17:00

Thales awarded AS/EN9100 Quality Certificate
05 May 2011 Thales press release Today a Lloyd’s auditing team presented Thales Nederland’s business unit Industrial Services with the prestigious AS/EN9100 Quality Certificate. This certificate replaces the current ISO 9001 standard and is a specific...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 17:00

Une formation normalisée pour le combat en zone urbaine est essentielle pour les conflits futurs
LONDRES, May 17, 2011 /PRNewswire Les capacités de formation communes en zone urbaine SERE auront un impact considérable sur la manière dont les forces armées opèreront lors des conflits futurs, notamment en matière de missions de coalition comme celle...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 16:30

CASSIDIAN to modernise air defence training of German Armed Forces
The STINGER dome trainer allows air defence soldiers to be trained under near-real conditions. (c) Cassidian 17 May 2011 CASSIDIAN New training options for the STINGER dome trainer improving the protection of German soldiers Indoor training with virtual...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 12:30

USAF Surveillance Airship On Track For 2012
May 16, 2011 By Graham Warwick aerospace daily and defense report Operational deployment of the U.S. Air Force’s Blue Devil 2 persistent-surveillance airship is on track for February 2012, less than 18 months after initial contract award, a senior official...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 12:30

PHOENIX II demonstration and evaluation trials by DGA and the French Army
May 16th, 2011 By VMSB - Defesa Global The French Ministry of Defence procurement agency DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement) and the French Army (Armée de Terre) will held next week at Mourmelon military camp, 200 km East of Paris, PHOENIX II demonstration...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 11:30

EADS North America delivers the first UH-72A Lakota helicopter to the South Dakota Army National Guard
16 May 2011 EADS North America Arlington, Virginia and Rapid City, South Dakota - EADS North America delivered the first of six UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) to the South Dakota Army National Guard yesterday during a delivery ceremony...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 11:00

La crise japonaise aura un faible impact sur l'aéronautique, la défense et la sécurité
Une seule famille de composants a été identifiée comme pouvant manquer dès le 3ème trimestre : les condensateurs aluminium. Le problème est similaire à celui qui est rencontré dans le secteur automobile. 13/5/2011 par Jacques Marouani, ElectroniqueS La...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 08:00

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Navy is planning to purchase its first ever submarine.
Philippine Navy may acquire the submarine no later than 2010 (photo : Militaryphotos) 13 May 2011 DEFENSE STUDIES In a phone patch, Navy Philippine Fleet spokesman Lt. Rommel Rodriguez told reporters that experts are now meeting with international counterparts...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 08:00

Turkey shows off military vehicles
ISTANBUL, Turkey, May 16 (UPI) Turkish defense company Otokar rolled out its locally designed and produced military vehicles at last week's International Defense Industry Fair. Among the products on show at the Istanbul event were full-scale model of...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 08:00

Une délégation irakienne à Moscou pour parler armements
BAGDAD, 16 mai - RIA Novosti Une délégation du ministère irakien de la Défense envisage de se rendre prochainement en Russie "pour discuter la coopération militaire et des importations d'armes", a indiqué lundi le porte-parole du ministère Mohammed al-Askari....
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 08:00

Ruag se prépare à une transaction risquée
Le MQ-9 Predator est conçu pour la reconnaissance, mais peut aussi être armé de bombes. 12 Mai 2011 - Jean-Michel Berthoud, swissinfo.ch (Traduction de l'allemand: Xavier Pellegrini) Le fabricant d’armes suisse et le groupe d’armement américain General...
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17 mai 2011 2 17 /05 /mai /2011 08:00

AIX-EN-PROVENCE. Le pôle Pégase mise sur les drones
13-05-2011 E-lettre Sud Infos Le pôle Pégase a officiellement lancé, la semaine dernière, son comité drones. Objectifs : identifier les meilleures solutions conçues en région et développer une filière d’excellence sur les drones grâce au rapprochement...
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