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British Challenger 2 Main battle Tanks(MBT) and the Warrior Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicles

11.06.2013 British Army


A combination of British Challenger 2 Main battle Tanks(MBT) and the Warrior Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicles on the live firing range at Grafenwöhr (Germany).

Images by Cpl Wes Calder RLC (phot)
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Exchange of Views with SEDE Members
Brussels | Jun 10, 2013 European Defence Agency
 
Claude-France Arnould, Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency and General Jean-Paul Paloméros, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO were invited to jointly brief the members of the European Parliament’s security and defence subcommittee on 3 June. 


In her introduction, Claude-France Arnould stressed the need for greater effectiveness of defence cooperation in the context of defence budget cuts. She specified that investment in Research & Development, attention to security of supply and increased synergies between community and defence policies were crucial. Claude-France Arnould also mentioned some of the Agency’s Pooling & Sharing initiatives which successfully close European defence capability gaps in areas such as air-to-air refuelling, governmental satellite communications and traffic insertion of remotely piloted aircraft systems. General Paloméros stressed the strategic ties between EDA and NATO SACT in improving defence capabilities; key areas of common interest were air-to-air refuelling and future solutions for remotely piloted aircraft systems. He also insisted that Europe needed to increasingly become a security provider rather than just a security user.
 

Members of the European Parliament were in the following exchange of views interested in the state of preparation for the upcoming European Council dealing with defence topics; Arnaud Danjean, chairman of the subcommittee, highlighted the importance of Pooling & Sharing and showed concern for the involvement of all Member States in cooperative programmes and the full commitment of Member States to defence cooperation. 

 

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Claude-France Arnould, directeur de l'AED et Le général Palomeros, NATO SACT reçus en sous-commission Sécurité et Défense EP - source AD

Claude-France Arnould, directeur de l'AED et Le général Palomeros, NATO SACT reçus en sous-commission Sécurité et Défense EP - source AD

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EADS: 'massivement' présent au salon du Bourget.

10/06/2013 (CercleFinance.com)

 

EADS annonce qu'il sera 'massivement présent' au 50ème salon aéronautique du Bourget, qui débutera la semaine prochaine.

 

EADS et ses filiales Airbus, Astrium, Cassidian et Eurocopter comptent présenter leurs produits vedettes et leurs dernières innovations à l'occasion de l'événement.

photo Armée de l'Air

photo Armée de l'Air

Au programme des démonstrations en vol, l'avion de transport militaire A400M et le premier A380 en passe d'être livré à British Airways seront dévoilés dès les premiers jours du salon.

 

EADS présentera également une section complète grandeur nature de la cabine et du poste de pilotage de l'Airbus A350 XWB, ainsi qu'une maquette de l'avion de transport et de ravitaillement A330 MRTT d'Airbus Military.

Ravitaillement d’un A400M par un A330MRTT photo Airbus Military

Ravitaillement d’un A400M par un A330MRTT photo Airbus Military

Le géant européen de l'aéronautique - qui compte recruter 5000 personnes cette année - animera une vingtaine d'ateliers à cet effet.

 

EADS Innovation Works, la division de recherche et technologie du groupe, présentera de son côté l'avion-école tout-électrique E-Fan dédié à l'aviation générale.

 

Le groupe tiendra plusieurs conférences pendant la semaine.

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Personnel from 143 (West Midlands) Brigade erect a flood defence barrier at the National Grid gas compressor station at Alrewas during the exercise [Picture: Sergeant Russ Nolan RLC, UK MoD]

Personnel from 143 (West Midlands) Brigade erect a flood defence barrier at the National Grid gas compressor station at Alrewas during the exercise [Picture: Sergeant Russ Nolan RLC, UK MoD]

11 June 2013 Ministry of Defence

 

Army personnel have joined local authorities and emergency services to see how prepared they are to tackle a major environmental incident.

 

Exercise Triton took place in Staffordshire and was designed to see how the Army worked alongside partners from the area when it comes to emergency planning.

220 personnel from 143 (West Midlands) Brigade, drawn from its headquarters, the Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry, 159 Supply Regiment Royal Logistic Corps, Birmingham University Officer Training Corps and 22 Signal Regiment, were deployed on the exercise.

The scenario centred on abnormally heavy rainfall causing severe flooding around the county, including the failure of a dam at Blithfield Reservoir.

Tasks tackled by the military included erecting flood defence bunds (embankments) around the National Grid gas compressor station at Alrewas, assisting in the rescue of civilians and evacuating people at risk, and involved the use of a search and rescue Sea King helicopter.

Major incidents are logged
Major incidents are logged as they occur [Picture: Sergeant Russ Nolan RLC, Crown copyright]

The brigade also provided senior staff for the strategic (gold) and tactical (silver) control groups based at Staffordshire Police headquarters and Tamworth Community Fire Station, respectively, as well as running an operations room from brigade headquarters at Copthorne Barracks in Shrewsbury.

The Army drew in soldiers and sailors from as far away as Plymouth and Aldershot to ensure a realistic mobilisation procedure.

The second exercise of its kind for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, it featured ‘players’ at all response levels, including live search and rescue play, with helicopters from the Royal Air Force, police and air ambulance operating from a combined co-ordination cell.

Lieutenant Colonel Guy Chambers, Joint Resilience Liaison Officer for the Army in the West Midlands, said:

Triton was the culmination of a series of exercises that we have been involved in with Staffordshire.

There is no doubt that the long history of integration with the Staffordshire responders and the military has fostered close relationships and detailed understanding. There is no question that the Staffordshire plans have been thoroughly tested and all parties have great confidence in the plans, the response and each other.

A Royal Air Force Sea King helicopter carries out a river rescue
A Royal Air Force Sea King helicopter carries out a river rescue during the exercise [Picture: Sergeant Russ Nolan RLC, Crown copyright]

Project Manager Sarah Moore, from the Staffordshire Civil Contingencies Unit, said:

Exercises like this are really important to test our capabilities and find any flaws in our plans so that we are in a better position to respond should real events occur. All organisations taking part have put in a great deal of effort to ensure a realistic scenario and response.

Staffordshire Police Deputy Chief Constable Jane Sawyers added:

I would like to say a very big thank you to everyone who took part in Exercise Triton. The exercise provided a unique opportunity for all Staffordshire Resilience Forum (SRF) partners to practise their internal and multi-agency response plans in a realistic and challenging scenario.

Above all, we have had the confidence to commit to doing this through a 24-hour period of constant exercise play that simultaneously tested multi-agency gold, silver and bronze levels for the first time.

This was something that was endorsed by the SRF when the exercise concept was approved almost 2 years ago and it is perhaps the closest that we can come to simulating the pressure of a complex multi-agency response for real.

In order for us to build on the significant learning that will no doubt come from Exercise Triton, there will now be a range of follow-on activities aimed at capturing lessons from all participants.

Brigadier Gerhard Wheeler and Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Ledsham
Brigadier Gerhard Wheeler, Commander 143 (West Midlands) Brigade, receives a briefing from Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Ledsham [Picture: Sergeant Russ Nolan RLC, Crown copyright]

Participating players included Staffordshire County Council, Staffordshire Police, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, West Midlands Ambulance Service, the NHS, utility companies, Highways and Transport, Staffordshire Civil Contingencies Unit, and various government departments and voluntary sector organisations. In all 37 different response agencies took part in the exercise.

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The Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth Class carriers are among the equipment that has been bought and maintained under the current single source procurement system (library image) [Picture: Copyright Aircraft Carrier Alliance]

The Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth Class carriers are among the equipment that has been bought and maintained under the current single source procurement system (library image) [Picture: Copyright Aircraft Carrier Alliance]

 

10 June 2013 Ministry of Defence and Defence Equipment and Support

 

New proposals could save taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds by changing the rules which govern how MOD contracts are awarded.

 

The proposals to reform single source procurement regulations, set out by Defence Secretary Philip Hammond today, form part of the government’s Better Defence Acquisition White Paper, which has been published by MOD.

It outlines plans to establish a new, independent body which would oversee contracts that have to be awarded without competition, either because of specialist Armed Forces requirements or national security reasons.

Almost half of the money spent on defence equipment every year is awarded through single source procurement under a system that has been largely unchanged since 1968. Astute and Successor submarines, Type 45 destroyers and the Queen Elizabeth Class carriers, and Typhoon fast jet engines are just some of the equipment that is bought and maintained this way.

The current rules have made it difficult for the taxpayer to get value for money because of a lack of transparency and competition in single source contracts. This has, on occasion, led to unreasonable profits for suppliers at the expense of the taxpayer. In 2011, MOD asked Lord Currie to carry out a review into the system, which resulted in a new framework being recommended.

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond (library image)
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond (library image) [Picture: Harland Quarrington, Crown copyright]

Following extensive consultation with industry, MOD has decided to take forward Lord Currie’s recommendations and create a Single Source Regulations Office that would independently oversee a system to provide a fair profit for companies alongside incentives to bear down on costs. It is estimated the new framework could save MOD up to £200 million a year.

The white paper published today also contains more details of MOD’s plans to reform its procurement organisation, Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S). MOD is currently assessing whether a government-owned, contractor-operated (GOCO) body or a reformed public entity, known as DE&S+, is the better option. The Defence Secretary has today outlined the main legislative changes needed to establish a GOCO organisation, should the decision be to follow this route.

Mr Hammond said:

For decades, MOD has been at a disadvantage in commercial negotiations and reforming single source procurement will radically change how MOD conducts a high proportion of its business. The new independent body will deliver a more effective and efficient way of providing the specialist capabilities our Armed Forces need to keep the United Kingdom secure, and at the right price.

This white paper represents another significant step in tackling the problems underlying defence procurement. I remain committed to driving structural and cultural change at DE&S to ensure that projects are delivered on time and on budget.

Chief of Defence Materiel Bernard Gray (library image)
Chief of Defence Materiel Bernard Gray (library image) [Picture: Crown copyright]

Head of Defence Equipment and Support, Chief of Defence Materiel Bernard Gray, said:

Starting the legislative process now means we will be able to implement the chosen model as quickly as possible once a decision has been made about the future of DE&S.

Hard work now will allow us to get on with reforming our business and driving the real benefit into the Equipment and Support programme.

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Image of the Day: 11 June 2013 by UK MoD

11 June 2013 UK MoD

 

The Wildcat, the Royal Navy's next-generation helicopter, is undergoing a crucial workout off the south coast of England. Test pilots, specialist engineers and technicians have already carried out trials at sea and noted the helicopter's flight characteristics to enable them to set the limits for it to be safely operated at sea. The lessons being learned will help the Fleet Air Arm devise the training courses for the Wildcat aircrews of tomorrow. [Picture: Crown copyright]

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MiG-21bis_Croatia

Jun. 11, 2013 by Igor Salinger – FG

 

Belgrade - The Croatian government has formally decided to refurbish part of its current Mikoyan MiG-21-based fleet, and to add more examples of the type to have one operational squadron, as a shortage of funds continues to thwart plans to acquire a new type.

 

The nation's defence ministry has shortlisted Romania's Aerostar and Ukraine's SE Odessa Aircraft Plant as potential contractors for the overhaul of seven air force MiG-21s, and the provision of five additional aircraft.

 

A decision is expected soon, with Croatian media reporting bids from the companies valued at a respective €18.6 million ($24.7 million) and €13.9 million. The latter offer includes the proposed delivery of aircraft left from a partially cancelled deal with Yemen, which took delivery of only 20 MiG-21s from a 28-unit order, says Ukrainian ambassador to Croatia Alexander Lavachenko.

 

Aerostar has previously conducted an overhaul and limited upgrade to eight MiG-21bis fighters for Croatia, and added four enhanced UMD-model two-seat trainers in 2003.

 

Possible replacements for the MiG-21s had included used Lockheed Martin F-16s or Saab Gripens, with Sweden's FXM organisation having tabled an offer for eight of the latter in October 2012. Other potential solutions could have included acquiring secondhand MiG-29s from RAC MiG, retired McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms from the German air force or surplus Dassault Mirage F1s or Israel Aircraft Industries-built Kfirs.

 

Separately, Croatia has selected Ukrainian overhaul facilities in Sevastopol and at Motor Sich in Zaporozhye to support the overhaul of six Mil Mi-8/17 utility helicopters, with work on the first aircraft expected to be complete in October 2013.

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RAF chief hints at Sentinel AGS role post-Afghanistan

Jun. 11, 2013 by Craig Hoyle – FG

 

London - The UK could use its Raytheon Systems Sentinel R1 battlefield reconnaissance aircraft as a national adjunct to NATO's alliance ground surveillance (AGS) fleet of unmanned air vehicles, says Royal Air Force chief of the air staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton.

RAF chief hints at Sentinel AGS role post-Afghanistan

Using NATO's Boeing E-3-equipped airborne early warning and control system force and the RAF's contribution of E-3D Sentry aircraft as an example of such an arrangement, Dalton says: "Sentinel could form part of NATO AGS, along with [Northrop Grumman] Global Hawk UAVs."

RAF chief hints at Sentinel AGS role post-Afghanistan

The UK coalition government's Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) of September 2010 proposed retiring the RAF's relatively new fleet of five Bombardier Global Express-derived Sentinels, once the type was no longer needed to support NATO-led activities in Afghanistan. However, the Ministry of Defence in May 2012 indicated its intention to provide a "contribution in kind" to the multinational AGS programme, with the manned surveillance aircraft being its most applicable solution.

 

Speaking at a Royal Aeronautical Society lecture in London on 10 June, Dalton said the at-risk Sentinel system has proven its ability to deliver "timely, and fully releasable intelligence products" through operations performed over Afghanistan, Libya and Mali.

The RAF deployed one of its Sentinels and supporting personnel to Dhakar in Senegal between January 2013 and late May, following a request from the French government for product from its dual synthetic aperture radar and ground moving target indication sensor during its Serval operation.

 

"Sentinel enabled France to understand the behaviour of the militants, and supported the movement of its troops on the ground," he says. Offering such a system to support future multinational operations via the AGS programme framework would benefit the UK, he believes, as it could be "flexed from NATO to national operations, as required".

 

A formal decision on whether to retain the Sentinel capability will be made as part of the UK's next SDSR process, which is due to report its findings in 2015.

 

Approved late last year, the AGS programme's scope was reduced over several years, due to cost constraints, eventually settling on a deal for five radar-equipped Block 40 Global Hawks, to achieve initial operating capability during 2016.

 

Meanwhile, Dalton says the UK needs to invest in technologies to enable its future remotely piloted air systems to be capable of operating in contested airspace. He also notes that such equipment - as with the RAF's General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Reapers now used in Afghanistan - will be operated following "the same legal and ethical framework" as its manned combat aircraft.

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Redrawing the security map - 27 June 2013, Brussels

June 2013 Security & Defence Day

 

In the run up to the December 2013 European Council devoted to defence issues, and in view of ongoing austerity cuts in EU and NATO member states, the Security & Defence Day ’13 will address several questions: Does Europe have the means to fulfil its global security ambitions and stabilise its own neighbourhood? How could NATO’s ‘smart defence’ and EU’s ‘pooling and sharing’ relieve the pressure on defence budget and what could be done to kick-start a renewed defence industry drive? This year’s debate will span many topics, including how cooperation between the EU and NATO might be improved to avoid duplication in maritime operations, mitigate the threats posed by terrorism and coordinate their cyber-security as well as cyber defence strategies.

 

Speakers include :

 

Stéphane Beemelmans, State Secretary of the German Ministry of Defence

Pieter De Crem, Belgian Defence Minister

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Co-president of Security & Defence Agenda (SDA)

Franco Frattini, Former Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and former European Commissioner

Csaba Hende, Hungarian Defence Minister

Pedro Morenés Eulate, Spanish Defence Minister

 

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EDA at Paris Air Show
Paris | Jun 03, 2013 European Defence Agency
 
Several of the Agency’s flagship projects are in the air domain: air-to-air refuelling, air traffic insertion of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems, military air transport activities, SESAR impact on the armed forces, as well as military airworthiness and governmental satellite communications. For the latter two the Agency organises high-level seminars during the Internal Paris Air Show “Le Bourget”.

 

Military Airworthiness

The high-level military airworthiness seminar will take place on 18 June and will feature speakers from the European Defence Agency, the European Aviation Safety Agency, the European aerospace industry as well as national Ministries of Defence. 
The seminar will address the political implications of the harmonisation of military airworthiness, areas for closer cooperation with EASA, as well as the impact of harmonisation on current and future military airworthiness activities. Representatives from governmental, industrial and national military airworthiness authorities’ are invited to participate in the seminar. 
The seminar will take place in the VIPARIS Conference Centre, Hall 2C, Salle 1, from 3 PM to 7 PM (including networking cocktail). For more information click here
 

Governmental Satellite Communication

The high-level seminar on governmental satellite communication will take place on 19 June 2013 and is split between a seminar in the morning with keynote speakers and a dedicated workshop in the afternoon for government representatives only. 
Military Satellite Communication (MILSATCOM) has been recognised as a very promising domain for Pooling & Sharing as synergies can mitigate the huge financial impact generated by the growing demand for resilient space-based communication in operations. The option to pool resources in the domain of MILSATCOM is particularly pertinent to the replacement of the current generation of space assets owned by France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, whose entire phase-out expected between 2018 and 2025 offers a unique opportunity to consider the establishment of a common initiative. In this perspective, the Agency has drafted a “Secure Telecom by Satellite” (SECTELSAT) concept presented to the Defence Ministers in April 2013. 
The seminar will take place in the Auditorium (VI Paris Conference Centre) from 9 AM to 5.30 PM. For more information regarding the draft programme and how to register, click here.  
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 European Air Transport Training 2013
 
The European Air Transport Training 2013 is a two weeks EDA flying event which allows crews to train different tactical airlift missions in an international environment. The aim is to increase interoperability in the air transport area. More information www.eda.europa.eu
 
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Le Bourget 2013 : la Russie en embuscade

10 juin 2013 Par Elodie Vallerey - Usinenouvelle.com

 

A quelques jours de l'ouverture du salon international de l'aéronautique et de l'espace de Paris-Le Bourget (17-23 juin), la Russie ne compte pas laisser le duopole américano-européen Boeing-Airbus continuer de s'octroyer l'exclusivité su marché aéronautique mondial.

 

A une semaine de l'ouverture du Bourget 2013, Airbus et Boeing sont sur les starting-blocks. Le premier espère pouvoir créer l'événement en procédant au premier vol de son nouveau long-courrier, l'A350 XWB, avant le 17 juin, pour gratifier les visiteurs du salon d'un passage surprise aux alentours du 21. Le deuxième, lui, va tout faire pour redorer un blason terni par les déboires du 787 Dreamliner en début d'année en lançant une nouvelle version allongée de son gros porteur, le 787-10X.

 

Mais le duopole est suivi de près par un outsider, certes encore discret, mais qui pourrait leur faire de l'ombre dans les années à venir. Il s'agit d'OAK, le consortium aéronautique russe qui réunit d'illustres constructeurs tels que Sukhoï, MiG, Tupolev ou encore Irkout.

 

Dans une interview accordée au site internet de La Tribune, Mikhaïl Pogossian, le directeur général d'OAK, fait le point sur les programmes aéronautiques civils et militaires russes. Avec, en ligne de mire, la ferme intention d'imposer le MS-21, un futur concurrent du Boeing 737 et de l'Airbus A320.

 

Objectif : écouler un millier de ms-21

 

"Beaucoup de compagnies ont besoin de nouveaux appareils dans des délais plus courts. C'est pourquoi nous avons estimé que nous pouvons vendre autour de 1 000 MS-21 toutes versions confondues. Grâce à l'expérience acquise avec le Superjet (l'avion régional de Sukhoi, ndlr), nous tablons sur des premiers essais dès 2015 et des livraisons en 2017", assure l'industriel.

 

Pogossian revient sur la décision d'OAK de rapprocher les programmes Superjet 100 et MS-21. "Nous venons de doubler la surface de travail à l'usine de Komsomolsk et de presque doubler le personnel Cela va permettre d'augmenter la cadence de production, qui atteindra quatre appareils par mois à la fin de l'année. L'unification consiste à commercialiser non pas deux produits séparés mais une famille d'avions Superjet et MS-21", explique-t-il à La Tribune.

 

Au Bourget, la Russie entend bien marquer les esprits. Avec la première présentation à l'étranger de son avion de combat Su-35 de Sukhoi, le lancement du nouvel intérieur cabine du Superjet 100, et les démonstrations de l'avion d'entraînement Yak-130, l'aviation russe veut montrer qu'elle est, plus que jamais, de retour sur la scène aéronautique mondiale.

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Jean-Yves Le Drian confirme le missile ANL

11.06.2013 Helen Chachaty à Bourges - .journal-aviation.com

 

Lors de son déplacement à Bourges sur le site de MBDA le 10 juin, le ministre de la Défense Jean-Yves Le Drian a confirmé le programme de missile anti-navire léger (ANL), qui doit à terme équiper les hélicoptères maritimes français et britanniques tels que les AW159 Wildcat, les NH90 ou les Panther.

Jean-Yves Le Drian confirme le missile ANL

Le programme était plus ou moins en suspens, attendant l’aval du gouvernent français. C’est à présent chose faite, l’ANL sera bien intégré à la LPM et lancé « prochainement », sans toutefois de calendrier plus précis. MBDA table sur une mise en service qui pourrait intervenir à partir de 2015.

 

En janvier dernier, le CEO de MBDA Antoine Bouvier avait qualifié le programme d’urgent et l’avait jugé absolument nécessaire, en particulier pour la Grande-Bretagne, forcée de prolonger la durée de vie de ses actuels Sea Skua.

 

L’ANL (FASGW – Future Anti-Surface Guided Weapon) est un missile de 100 kg, dont la portée doit atteindre 20 kilomètres.

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Belgique : L’armée solde ses bâtiments et terrains

10/06/13     Emmanuel HUET Source: lavenir

 

La Défense enchaîne les ventes de ses biens immobiliers. Cette année, plus de 13 millions d’euros de vente ont déjà été réalisés.

 

Un bunker à Herve pour 350 €, un hôpital à Bruges à plus de 4 millions d’€, une île sur la Meuse à Jambes à 46 000 €, un aérodrome à Bierset pour 1 million d’€ ou encore des appartements à Pékin pour 372 000 €… La Défense vend ses biens immobiliers et on peut trouver un peu de tout…

 

La Défense doit-elle renflouer ses caisses? Ce n’est pas forcément l’argument principal. Depuis la réforme de notre armée, entamée en 1994, le personnel militaire est passé de 114 000 personnes à 32 000 unités aujourd’hui. Et dans la foulée, des casernes se sont vidées, des terrains d’entraînement se sont libérés… «On n’a plus besoin d’autant de domaines militaires qu’auparavant», explique-t-on au cabinet du ministre de la Défense.

 

En 2013, les ventes se sont accélérées. Alors que la Défense avait vendu pour 17,1 millions d’€ en 2012, au début du mois de mai, 12,8 millions d’€ étaient déjà rentrés dans les caisses de l’État. Accélération du processus ou hasard? C’est la seconde hypothèse qui est privilégiée par le cabinet.

 

Il faut aussi savoir que la plupart de ces grands domaines sont souvent acquis par des communes. Et 2012, année électorale, certains projets ont été placés sous cocon et sont ressortis des cartons quand les nouvelles majorités ont été formées.

 

La réforme a complètement remodelé la manière de travailler et de s’entraîner des militaires. Les chars sont nettement moins utilisés qu’avant. Lors des manœuvres, il fallait éviter d’utiliser les routes que ces engins mettent à mal. De grands terrains dégagés étaient nécessaires, notamment pour les exercices de tir. Désormais, ce type d’exercice se déroule à l’étranger. En Pologne, par exemple, où on trouve encore de larges étendues inoccupées.

 

L’aéroport de Bierset a aussi vu ses hélicoptères Agusta s’envoler vers la base de Beauvechain : «Pourquoi fallait-il les garder à Bierset alors qu’on avait la même chose ailleurs?» Autre évolution : les simulateurs de vol. Ils ont remplacé partiellement les heures de vol et la nécessité de disposer de plusieurs bases.

 

Quant à l’argent engrangé par ces ventes immobilières, il ne sera pas forcément réaffecté à l’entretien des bâtiments existants. Il sera ventilé en fonction des besoins de l’armée. «On peut très bien les utiliser pour de l’investissement», précise le cabinet. Et de rappeler que les dépenses sont souvent faramineuses : on n’achète pas un avion au même prix qu’une ambulance!

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Register for European Defence Directory (Yellow Pages)
Brussels | Jun 11, 2013 European Defence Agency
 

On 28 June the European Defence Agency (EDA) is opening a new section on its website dedicated to procurement for the defence community. 

 
This new section will serve as a one-shop gateway for users looking for procurement related information (at EU, EDA and national level) and business opportunities. Besides access to a wide variety of information, industry will be able to register in the brand-new and unique European Defence Directory, a yellow page-like section of the gateway. 

 

To appear in the directory, European industry is invited to send the completed “Yellow page registration request form” to yellowpage.gateway(a)eda.europa.eu.

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10-06-2013 Nouvel Observateur (Reuters)

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Le ministre allemand de la Défense, Thomas de Maiziere, a admis des erreurs lundi dans sa gestion d'un projet d'acquisition de drones mais ce proche allié de la chancelière allemande Angela Merkel a exclu de démissionner.

 

Thomas de Maiziere est critiqué après l'abandon en mai d'un projet d'acquisition de quatre drones de reconnaissance lorsqu'il est devenu évident que leur mise aux normes serait trop coûteuse. À trois mois des élections législatives, l'opposition met en doute la sincérité du ministre dans ce dossier.

 

Lors d'une conférence de presse organisée à la hâte, le ministre de la Défense s'est défendu lundi d'avoir tenté de dissimuler l'état de ses connaissances. Il assure qu'on lui a toujours affirmé que les problèmes liés à ce contrat avec EADS et Northrop Grumman pouvaient être réglés.

 

"Rétrospectivement, je dois dire que lorsque l'on m'a parlé de 'problèmes qui pouvaient être réglés', je n'ai pas réagi assez vite. J'aurais dû poser des questions et réclamer un rapport sur l'étendue de ces problèmes et sur la manière dont ils seraient réglés", a dit Thomas de Maiziere

 

"Nous - cela me comprend moi en tant que ministre - n'avons pas rempli notre mission avec l'attention suffisante. Prendre la bonne décision (annuler le contrat, ndlr), après une procédure ayant mis au jour des failles, ne constitue en aucune manière un motif de démission. Au contraire, cela fournit l'occasion et la motivation pour éviter la répétition de tels problèmes."

 

Alexandra Hudson, Bertrand Boucey pour le service français, édité par Pascal Liétout

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Third Battle of Ypres September 1917

Third Battle of Ypres September 1917

10 June 2013 GOV.uk

 

Historic centenary commemorated by 4-year programme of national acts of remembrance, UK-wide cultural initiatives and educational opportunities.

 

A service of commemoration for Commonwealth leaders in Glasgow Cathedral will start the series of national events to mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War in 2014.

Culture Secretary Maria Miller announced details of the four-year plan today, which is to include national acts of remembrance and a scheme of Great War battlefield visits for schoolchildren, together with an extensive UK-wide cultural programme.

 

Marking the beginning of the First World War

The opening day of the centenary on 4 August 2014 will focus on 3 events:

  • a wreath-laying service at Glasgow’s Cenotaph following the special service for Commonwealth leaders at Glasgow Cathedral
  • an event at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission St Symphorien Military Cemetery in Mons, Belgium – which has an equal number of British and German soldiers, and is where the first and last Commonwealth casualties of the war are believed to be buried
  • a candlelit vigil of prayer and penitence at Westminster Abbey finishing at 11pm – the moment war was declared

The centrepiece of the commemorations will be the reopening of the Imperial War Museum (IWM) London following the £35 million refurbishment of the First World War galleries. The IWM London was founded in 1917 to record the then still-continuing conflict.

Other activities in the four-year programme include:

  • national acts of remembrance to mark the first day of the Battle of the Somme (2016) and Armistice Day (2018)
  • an enduring educational legacy funded with £5.3 million from the Department for Education and the Department for Communities and Local Government, which will allow 2 student ambassadors, plus a teacher, from each maintained school in England to visit First World War battlefields and undertake research on people local to their school who fought in the war
  • at least £15 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund, including a new £6 million community project fund to enable young people working in their communities to conserve, explore and share local heritage of the First World War
  • a grant of up to £1 million from the National Heritage Memorial Fund to support HMS Caroline, the last surviving warship from the First World War fleet – the ship will have a secure future in Belfast, where thousands of people will be able to visit her and learn about her unique role in the First World War

 

£10 million cultural programme

There will also be a £10 million programme of cultural events as part of the centenary commemorations over the 4 years.

Jenny Waldman, the Creative Producer for London 2012, has been appointed director of this programme and will work with cultural organisations and partners across Britain to deliver it. She will report to a Centenary Cultural Programme Board, chaired by Vikki Heywood CBE, Chairman of the RSA and former Executive Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and including Tony Hall, Director General of the BBC.

An expert advisory panel, chaired by Maria Miller, will oversee the nationwide programme of events and educational initiatives.

Members include former Chiefs of the Defence Staff Admiral Lord Boyce, General Lord Dannatt, Field Marshal Lord Guthrie and Air Chief Marshal ‘Jock’ Stirrup, and novelists Pat Barker and Sebastian Faulks. Dr Andrew Murrison MP, the Prime Minister’s special representative in the planning for the centenary, is also a member of the panel.

Their remit is to provide expertise, innovation and advice for the creation of commemorations worthy of the historic centenary of the First World War.

Maria Miller said:

On 4 August 1914 we entered the war – a war like no other the world had seen. It is right we remember and mark the centenary of this momentous day in the world’s history, bringing its importance alive for younger generations and remembering the price that was paid by all involved.

 

Further information

  • Find out more about the UK’s approach to marking the centenary at the government’s new First World War centenary website, www.gov.uk/ww1centenary
  • Find out about the network of local, regional, national and international non-for-profit groups and organisations with plans to commemorate the centenary in the First World War Centenary Partnership, led by IWM.
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The Vega launcher in French Guiana - ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE

The Vega launcher in French Guiana - ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE

10/06 Par Les Echos

 

ESPACE : Safran, Thales, EADS et deux autres groupes, l'un allemand et l'autre américain, soumettront d'ici à fin juin des offres préliminaires sur , le spécialiste italien de la propulsion spatiale, selon « Il Sole 24 ». Avio Spazio, détenu à 81 % par Cinven et à 14,3 % par Finmeccanica, est estimé entre 300 et 400 millions d'euros. Fin 2012, Cinven et Finmeccanica ont vendu les activités aéronautiques d'Avio à General Electric pour 3,3 milliards d'euros.

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Finland Looks East Again

Jun. 10, 2013 - By GERARD O’DWYER – Defense News

 

Talks With Russia Could Revive Defense Trade, Cooperation

 

HELSINKI — Finland has opened a potentially significant dialogue with Russia with the goal of identifying avenues for industrial cooperation.

 

Apart from the potential for weapons purchases and sales, future cooperation could increase Finland’s involvement in providing subcontracting capacity to Russia’s military modernization programs.

 

The offer of closer industrial cooperation was made on May 29 during meetings here between Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Finnish officials headed by Defense Minister Carl Haglund.

 

Russia regards Finland as potentially a strong market for combat aircraft, missile systems and infantry systems, Shoigu said at a joint news conference with Haglund.

 

The Russian defense minister conceded that Russia’s ambitious military modernization programs, slated to run until 2020, are testing the ability of the country’s defense-industrial sector to deliver weapons and material under set deadlines.

 

“There are problems which we need to address and find solutions for. Part of the problem relates to our export successes and the need to fulfill export orders,” Shoigu said. “This has reduced our production capacity to deliver to domestic programs.”

 

The Finnish government is examining a broad range of measures to attract foreign investment to support a flagging export sector, weakened by a fall in global demand for Finnish products. It has reacted positively to the prospect of rekindling military trade with Russia.

 

“We will examine the potential for cooperation. We should have a much better idea of what direction this process will go in a year or so,” Haglund said. “The Finnish military needs to modernize and acquire new equipment, including for the Air Force, over the next 10 years.”

 

Broken Soviet Ties

 

Mig 21 MK Photo Jyrki LAUKKANEN

Mig 21 MK Photo Jyrki LAUKKANEN

Finland’s defense procurement and military-industrial trade with Russia failed to recover from the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, said Finnish Defense Ministry spokesman Jyrki Iivonen.

 

Under that old relationship, Finland acquired many of its core weapon systems from Russia, including MiG-21 fighter jets, Mi-8 helicopters and BUK air-to-air missiles. After 1991, Finland switched to Western suppliers for its big-ticket procurements, such as the decision in 1992 to acquire 64 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C and D Hornet fighters. McDonnell Douglas, based in St. Louis, merged with Boeing a few years later.

 

A formal process will be established by both countries to determine which military materials could be bought or sold, and what other areas of industrial cooperation might exist, Iivonen said.

 

“This will happen in the next year or so,” he added.

 

As a non-NATO country bordering Russia, Finland’s defense industry is constantly looking for opportunities to expand business there, said Tuija Karanko, secretary general of the Association of Finnish Defense and Aerospace Industries, which represents the country’s 100 biggest defense companies.

 

“For certain, there is potential for cooperation. What the possibilities are, we have not closely examined yet, but we plan to do so,” he said.

 

Russia’s defense program may be the biggest since the collapse of the Soviet Union, but the scale of the capital spending plans is proving too much for the country’s often inefficient and heavily politicized defense industry to handle, said Dmitry Gorenburg, a senior Russian analyst at the Alexandria, Va.-based CNA think tank.

 

“It is far from clear whether or not the Russian defense [industry] as a whole is capable of meeting the production targets set in the current National Re-Armament Program that needs to be achieved by 2020. There is enough capacity, but it is not always correctly utilized,” Gorenburg said at a May 28 seminar on the modernization of Russia’s defense industry, hosted here by the Finnish Institute for International Affairs.

 

According to Gorenburg, several key reasons exist to hamper the delivery of core military systems by deadline.

 

“One is that state funding does not always reach the private-sector companies that are best suited to produce weapons materials,” he said. “The state promotes its own companies. This hurts innovation, raises costs and lowers quality.

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Riflemen on Exercise Lion Star 3 in Cyprus [Picture: UK MoD]

Riflemen on Exercise Lion Star 3 in Cyprus [Picture: UK MoD]

10 June 2013 Ministry of Defence

 

Territorial Army soldiers from 6th Battalion The Rifles have joined their regular colleagues to take part in Exercise Lion Star 3 in Cyprus.

 

The TA riflemen joined soldiers from 1st Battalion The Rifles (1 RIFLES) in a 2-week test of their fitness, endurance and decision-making skills.

The challenging exercise was designed to attract new recruits to 6th Battalion The Rifles (6 RIFLES) and the wider TA, which is planned to grow from 19,000 to 30,000 by 2018, as well as retain those currently serving with the unit.

But it was also focused on enabling these TA soldiers to learn new skills such as helicopter insertions and amphibious landings, both of which the reservists from 6 RIFLES – who normally work in offices, schools, supermarkets or in hospitals – experienced on the same day; storming a beach and swooping into land on a sun-baked cornfield alongside a Fire Support Group from 1 RIFLES on a search and find operation.

Riflemen on patrol during Exercise Lion Star 3 in Cyprus
Riflemen on patrol during Exercise Lion Star 3 in Cyprus [Picture: Crown copyright]

They then worked together for nearly 48 hours against a notional enemy made up of more regular soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, the resident infantry battalion based in Cyprus.

Rifleman Dominic Mason was the first off the landing craft. He said:

It was really exciting but not quite what I was expecting. I was expecting it to be on a flat beach but as soon as we got off we had a cliff to climb. But everything went to plan and it was great fun – not something you get to do every day.

Riflemen taking part in a beach landing during Exercise Lion Star 3
Riflemen taking part in a beach landing during Exercise Lion Star 3 in Cyprus [Picture: Crown copyright]

As well as some of the hardest and most physically demanding training the unit has undertaken for at least a year, Exercise Lion Star 3 was crucial in giving 6 RIFLES a taste of the vital role which reservists are likely to play in the future British Army after 2020 and beyond.

Under the Army 2020 plans, reservists who deploy to serve their country in the future will be fully integrated with their regular counterparts within a single force structure. It is part of a wide-ranging transformation of the Army, designed to enable it to better meet the security challenges Britain will face in the future, as outlined in the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review.

This crucial and enhanced role for the TA will be spelt out later this year when the government publishes a white paper on reservists.

Riflemen take a break in the 37-degree heat
Riflemen take a break in the 37-degree heat during training in Cyprus [Picture: Crown copyright]

Brigadier Piers Hankinson is Commander of 43 (Wessex) Brigade and is in overall command of 6 RIFLES. He said:

From my perspective as Brigade Commander, what this says is that the Army is taking seriously the regeneration of the Territorial Force. This is indicative of the overseas exercises now available to TA battalions such as 6 RIFLES.

Exercise Lion Star 3 is a taster of what reserves training is likely to look like in the future following an injection of £1.8 billion from the government; an investment which also recently saw 6 RIFLES kitted out with the new multi-terrain pattern camouflage clothing.

Exercise Lion Star 3 was the first time the unit wore the new uniform – the fact it is impregnated with insect repellent being particularly welcomed by those sleeping out in the field for several nights in a row – but, more significantly, it makes these reservists indistinguishable from their regular counterparts.

Reservists from 6 RIFLES have served their country in Iraq and Afghanistan more than 450 times over the last decade. Around 50 returned from Afghanistan last autumn where they served with 1 RIFLES.

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Le ministre MacKay a participé aux réunions des ministres de la Défense de l’OTAN à Bruxelles

NR 13.163 - le 5 juin 2013 forces.gc.ca

 

BRUXELLES –L’honorable Peter MacKay, ministre de la Défense nationale, a conclu sa participation aux réunions des ministres de la Défense de l’OTAN, qui ont eu lieu les 4 et 5 juin 2013 au siège de l’OTAN à Bruxelles, en Belgique.

 

Le ministre MacKay est arrivé à l’OTAN tout de suite après une visite officielle en Chine, où il fut accueilli par son homologue chinois, le général Chang Wanquan.

 

« Ces réunions avec mes homologues de la Défense de l’OTAN ont présenté une importante occasion pour nous de discuter des enjeux relatifs à la défense et à la sécurité ayant un impact sur nous tous en tant qu’Alliance », a énoncé le ministre MacKay.

 

« L’OTAN continue de réaliser des progrès en ce qui concerne la transformation et les capacités, et ce, malgré le contexte financier difficile touchant la majorité des membres de l’Alliance. »

 

Pendant les réunions, le ministre MacKay et ses homologues ont pris part à des discussions stratégiques portant sur la planification de la défense et le développement des capacités, y compris le processus de planification de la défense de l’OTAN, dans le but d’assurer le progrès continu de ces questions afin de conformer à la vision des forces de l’OTAN à l'horizon 2020. Il a également participé à une réunion de la Commission OTAN-Géorgie et à une rencontre avec les pays fournisseurs de troupes à la Force internationale d’assistance à la sécurité  afin de discuter de l’avenir de la mission de l’Alliance en Afghanistan.

 

Le ministre MacKay, le ministre de la Défense qui, actuellement, occupe son poste depuis le plus longtemps au sein de l’OTAN, a également participé à une série de réunions bilatérales avec des alliés et des partenaires, comprenant ses homologues de l’Estonie, de la Grande-Bretagne, de l’Italie, de la Norvège, des Pays-Bas, de la Pologne, et de la Suède. De plus, le ministre MacKay a pris part à une rencontre multilatérale avec ses homologues de la Grande-Bretagne, de la France et des États-Unis. Pendant ces rencontres, il a mis l’accent sur l’engagement du Canada à faire avancer les initiatives de réforme et de transformation de l’OTAN afin de s’assurer que l’Alliance soit prête à agir au moment où les besoins se font sentir.

 

Pour de plus amples renseignements concernant la Déclaration du sommet sur les capacités de défense pour les forces de l’OTAN à l’horizon 2020,

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Ateliers de la citadelle : l’Europe de la défense comme opportunité et nécessité

10.06.2013 Thomas CASAUX - Défense Globale


Les quatrièmes Ateliers de la Citadelle à Lille, dans les locaux du CRR-FR, ont fait de l’Europe de la défense une des priorités dans le processus de construction européenne. Reste à savoir comment. Le Conseil européen de décembre 2013 placera la défense à l’ordre du jour pour donner une dynamique nouvelle à un dossier en perte de vitesse. A l’heure où la plupart des pays ont revu à la baisse leur budget consacré à la défense et où les facteurs de risques se multiplient tout en étant plus diffus, le défi est de taille.

Cette note a été réalisée par Thomas Casaux, étudiant en Master I à l'université catholique de Lille, membre du collège étudiant de la MLEDS et qui contribue à ce blog dans le cadre d'un stage.

 

La première table ronde des Ateliers s’est intéressée aux " Coopérations militaires, les champs des possibles " avec la participation du grand témoin, Alain Richard (sénateur, ancien ministre de la Défense du gouvernement Jospin de 1997 à 2002) et de la modératrice, Nicole Gnesotto (professeur de la chaire Europe au Conservatoire nationale des Arts et Métiers, membre de la commission du Livre blanc sur la défense et la sécurité nationale). Sont intervenus Tomasz Orlowski, ambassadeur de Pologne en France, le général de Kermabon  (conseiller technique au Service européen pour l’Action Extérieure et ancien commandant du Corps de réaction rapide à Lille de 2005 à 2007) et Sven Biscop (directeur de programme à l’Institut royal des relations internationales d’Egmont à Bruxelles).

 

Faire de l’Europe un outil volontaire de défense… 

Le premier constat pointe la faiblesse de la valeur opérationnelle de la PESC (politique étrangère et de sécurité commune). Si personne ne remet en cause l’organisation en elle-même, force est de constater qu’actuellement, elle est en perte de vitesse, les choses n’avancent plus alors que son ambition à terme est de soutenir des opérations militaires. Actuellement, l’UE est capable gérer des crises, par exemple de garantir une formation militaire en Somalie ou encore au Mali. Quid d’une réelle capacité opérationnelle ?

De multiples facteurs poussent l’Europe à se pencher sur le volet militaire de sa construction. Trois retiennent l’attention : l’avenir de l’OTAN (notamment après le retrait en Afghanistan), le repositionnement des Etats-Unis, dont le regard se tourne de plus en plus vers l’Asie, et la crise économique et financière qui n’épargne pas la défense, bien au contraire. La paralysie de l’Union sur le sujet et la baisse des budgets européens de défense font penser aux Américains que l’Europe est peut-être en train de sortir de l’Histoire. Washington a tout à gagner de l'émergence d'une « Union militaire ». Ceci faciliterait son recentrage sur le secteur Asie Pacifique. Plus encore, les Etats-Unis espèrent voir l’Europe assurer la sécurité de son voisinage à savoir la Méditerranée et actuellement le Sahel. A ce titre, la Libye fait office d’occasion manquée. L’Union européenne a peiné pour aboutir à un consensus. Finalement, la France et la Grande-Bretagne ont agi sous le patronage de l’OTAN et des Etats-Unis.

 

…placé sous le signe de la flexibilité

L’opération Serval fait-elle figure de champ du cygne ? Le succès militaire français est révélateur des différents défis auxquels doit faire face l’Europe de la défense. L’intervention a pu être rapide et efficace parce qu’elle découle d’une décision uniquement française.

A l’échelle européenne, une telle rapidité dans l’exécution opérationnelle est difficilement envisageable. Les réactions, quant à la pertinence de l’intervention française, sont révélatrices de la diversité des intérêts politiques, géopolitiques et historiques qui cohabitent en Europe. Le soutien du bout des lèvres d’une partie des partenaires européens et surtout de l’Allemagne illustre les positions en retrait que certains pays ont sur le sujet.

La France a pu déployer le dispositif militaire nécessaire grâce à une aide européenne et américaine en matière de logistique, de ravitaillement, de renseignement (drones) et de gestion de « l’après serval ». L’opération française met à elle seule en lumière les intérêts d’une collaboration militaire européenne accrue, placée sous le signe de la flexibilité, selon les intérêts de chacun. 

 

Pas d’Europe de la défense sans une pensée globale européenne ?

Sur le plan capacitaire, l’Europe compte onze grosses lacunes qu’elle tente de combler. Les principaux axes définis sont : le ravitaillement, le renseignement et le domaine satellitaire. Ces projets sont toujours dans les cartons, la faute à la baisse de la  majorité des budgets européens de défense. Il est donc difficile de demander des efforts dans des projets collectifs alors qu’à l’échelle nationale, l’heure est aux économies.

Une solution est la collaboration par groupement d’Etats membres. Exemple, le groupe « Weimar plus », composé de la France, l’Allemagne, la Pologne, l’Italie et l’Espagne, qui étudie la faisabilité d’une coopération structurelle permanente pour lancer un outil politique qui aboutirait à une coopération militaire accrue.

L’Europe de la défense  ne se fera pas à vingt-huit mais grâce à une impulsion donnée par quelques Etats. Les capacités militaires française et britannique en font des leaders potentiels naturels, s’appuyant sur leur capacité opérationnelle. La coopération Franco-britanniques en matière de défense en témoigne.  Elle est construite sur deux grands axes, l’interopérabilité des forces armées et les capacités industrielles qui résultent du traité de Lancaster House signé en 2010.

Mais cette coopération opérationnelle, à l’image de l’intervention en Libye, se rattache davantage à l’OTAN qu’à l’Union Européenne. En outre, un projet capacitaire collectif ne peut voir le jour sans une vision commune du monde, sans une pensée globale commune. Trois axes de sécurité paraissent primordiaux : la prise en charge de la sécurité du voisinage large, la sécurité maritime dans ces mêmes zones et contribuer au système de sécurité de l’ONU. L’objectif réaliste est d’arriver à une certaine autonomie stratégique régionale pour intervenir dans le voisinage sans passer par la capacité américaine.

Les besoins sont connus. Reste à savoir si prochain Conseil européen peut donner un nouveau souffle au dossier. Premier round en décembre ?

 

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Public hearing on the European defence industry strategy - SEDE

27-05-2013 Security and Defence

 

Programme

  • common.download.document Programme
 

Presentations and speeches

  • common.download.document Presentation by Jan PIE, Secretary General, Swedish Security and Defence Industry Association
  • common.download.document Statement by Jan PIE, Secretary General, Swedish Security and Defence Industry Association
  • common.download.document Presentation by Christian MÖLLING, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)

 

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EATT13: Second European Air Transport Training Started
Zaragoza | Jun 10, 2013 European Defence Agency
 
 

350 aircrew and ground personnel and thirteen transport aircraft from eight countries arrived yesterday in Zaragoza, Spain for the second European Air Transport Training (EATT13). The two week flying event (9-21 June 2013), which is coordinated by the European Defence Agency in close cooperation with the European Air Transport Command and hosted by Spain, allows crews to train different tactical airlift missions in an international environment. 

 

The aim is to increase interoperability in the air transport area. Participating Member States are Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, UK and the US participate in the event as observers. 

 

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