21 March 2014 Airbus Helicopters

For the first time in Latin America under its new branding, Airbus Helicopters will display its efficient and adapted product line-up at next week’s FIDAE International Air and Space Fair, featuring rotorcraft flown by a cross-section of Latin American operators to underscore the company’s leadership in this portion of the world.

Maintaining an overall 40 percent market share in Latin America during the past five years with a deployed fleet of more than 1,350 rotorcraft across the region, Airbus Helicopters has developed a diversified customer base, as well as a strong industrial presence – with 1,200 employees assigned to its subsidiaries in Brazil, Chile and Mexico for production, maintenance and support.

Airbus Helicopters’ 12 different rotorcraft types position the company as the only manufacturer covering Latin America’s full operational requirements, from lightweight to heavy-lift; with designed-in performance for duties in the region’s unique conditions, from jungle and hot environments to high altitudes in the Andes.

The product line’s versatility and efficiency is underscored by Airbus Helicopters’ Ecureuil family: more than 600 are in service across the region, having logged over 130,000 flight hours in missions that include passenger transport, mining support, power line maintenance, fire-fighting and the transportation of external loads.

Exhibited at FIDAE will be a utility-configured single-engine AS350 B3 Ecureuil from a Chile based aerial services operator that specializes in mining and energy, construction, civil work, extreme sports, tourism and filming.

Other lightweight helicopters on display at FIDAE are the EC120 and the EC130 T2 – the latter being the first of this type to arrive in the South Cone. Retaining the EC130 helicopter’s external lines, this latest Ecureuil family member benefits from Airbus Helicopters’ continued investment in its products – with approximately 70 percent of the EC130 T2’s airframe structure modified. New features include a more powerful Arriel 2D turboshaft engine and upgraded main gearbox; along with a cabin interior structure redesign and a cockpit update for enhanced man-machine interface.

The EC145, also showcased at FIDAE, is one of the most popular light twin-engine helicopter models, and is relied on around the globe for public security and disaster relief missions. With more than 500 delivered to date, this helicopter serves in the police fleets of 26 countries worldwide. Powerful, versatile and perfectly suited to the region’s terrain, the EC145 has become a reference for public services missions in Latin America, where it is being operated by the public services of Argentina, Brazil, Mexico – and more recently Bolivia and Peru, with recent purchases for four and five aircraft, respectively.

The Dauphin family’s EC155 B1 arrives in the region to set new standards for private aviation in terms of style and comfort. Presenting the biggest cabin in its class, the EC155 B1 offers a unique combination of elegance, comfort, silence and speed and, it is well position for the growing trend among private operators for large-cabin helicopters. High-end options include soft leather club seats, power sources for laptops, adjustable reading lights, cabin air conditioning, as well as satellite communications and in-flight entertainment for an exclusive flight experience.

Completing Airbus Helicopters’ flight-line presence at FIDAE is the latest Cougar family member: the AS532 ALe version of the workhorse Super Puma family that incorporates the EC225 version’s glass cockpit and four-axis autopilot. Of the 870 Super Puma/Cougar helicopters delivered to date, more than 100 are in service in Latin America, with 60 others on order. Most of the continent’s armed forces are operating this family for a wide variety of missions that range from assault and combat to special operations, tactical transport, SAR, medical evacuation and the transport of high-ranking officials.

The Cougar family is present in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Venezuela – with Airbus Helicopters’ Helibras subsidiary in Brazil producing the EC725 version for the Brazilian Armed Forces.

Airbus Helicopters’ participation in this year’s FIDAE is the company’s first at the biennial show in its new branding, underscoring its commitment toward customer satisfaction, quality, safety and competitiveness.

About Airbus Helicopters

Airbus Helicopters, formerly Eurocopter, is a division of Airbus Group, a global pioneer in aerospace and defense related services. Airbus Helicopters is the world’s No. 1 helicopter manufacturer and employs more than 23,000 people worldwide. With over 40% market share in civil and parapublic sectors, the company’s fleet in service includes some 12,000 helicopters operated by more than 3,000 customers in approximately 150 countries. Airbus Helicopters’ international presence is marked by its subsidiaries and participations in 21 countries, and its worldwide network of service centers, training facilities, distributors and certified agents. Airbus Helicopters’ range of civil and military helicopters is the world’s largest; its aircraft account for one third of the worldwide civil and parapublic fleet. The company’s chief priority is to ensure the safe operation of its aircraft for the thousands of people who fly more than 3 million hours per year.

The Italian-built corvette Abu Dhabi entered service in late 2012. A United Arab Emirates company, Etihad Ship Building, expects this year to open negotiations with the UAE Navy 'for a more developed' Abu Dhabi-class vessel, a company official said.

Mar. 24, 2014 - By AWAD MUSTAFA – Defense News

DUBAI — Having honed their skills on homegrown contracts, United Arab Emirates shipyards are seeking sales from their Arabian Gulf neighbors.

Over the past five years, the UAE has become the gulf’s leading hub for naval shipbuilding, as well as the maintenance, repair and overhaul of warships. Two of the biggest reasons are Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) and Etihad Ship Building (ESB), said Matthew Hedges, military analyst for the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis (INEGMA), based here.

“The UAE naval industry is a leading player in the region, with ADSB and Etihad Shipbuilding contributing a large amount to indigenous capabilities,” he said. “Other [Gulf Cooperation Council] countries can’t match the UAE capabilities.”

Another growing company is Al Seer Marine, which is becoming known for its unmanned surface vehicles.

Now the companies are touting their wares to neighboring countries.

Potential regional customers for ADSB’s flagship Baynunah corvette include the Saudi Navy, which has embarked on a US $20 billion expansion program and is said to be considering the purchase of up to a dozen new warships.

ADSB also hopes for more sales to Kuwait. In February 2013, ADSB signed contracts to supply the Kuwaiti Navy with two 64-meter landing craft, one 42-meter landing craft and five 16-meter composite fast landing craft.

Established in 1996, ADSB initially focused on naval repairs and refits, then expanded to build sophisticated warships. Today, it handles the construction, repair and refit of naval, military and commercial vessels, and has an order book that tops $1 billion.

“Through partnerships with international players, the UAE has been able to construct some of the world’s most advanced ships, with the marquee product being the Baynunah-class corvette,” Hedges said.

The UAE launched the Baynunah class with a January 2004 order for a new class of multipurpose missile corvette. Two of six under contract have been delivered, the latest in February.

The 70-meter vessels were designed in collaboration with Constructions Mecaniques de Normandie (CMN) of Cherbourg, France, as a derivative of CMN’s BR70 70-meter corvette design.

The Baynunahs will mainly be used for patrol and surveillance, minelaying, interception and other anti-surface warfare operations in territorial waters and exclusive economic zones. The vessels are to be the world’s largest steel-hulled vessels that use waterjets for propulsion.

Built on a deep-V hard-chine hull, the corvette has a shallow draft and a stealthy superstructure, a helicopter landing deck and a hangar. It accommodates a crew of 55.

Etihad's Programs

Etihad Ship Building — established in 2010 as a joint venture between Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, Al Fattan Shipyard and Melara Middle East — also is looking to build on a successful 2013.

“On different fronts, Fincantieri and Etihad Ship Building have started negotiations with different gulf countries, including Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Iraq,” said Achille Fulfaro, ESB’s general manager. “For Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in 2014, the negotiations will start and we will go in to deep analysis of their requirements, and we hope to create the conditions for production.”

“We expect also to start negotiations [with the UAE Navy] on a new Abu Dhabi class, for a more developed new ship in that class,” he said.

Fulfaro said ESB will base its services and production at its facilities in Abu Dhabi.

“We consider Etihad Ship Building as the lead in the gulf region, so we are making the relevant investments to be ready to produce more vessels in 2014,” he said.

But Fulfaro said his company is open to discussing new joint ventures or other work-sharing conditions.

Last year, ESB delivered two Falaj-class stealth offshore patrol vessels and an Abu Dhabi-class stealth corvette to the UAE Navy. It also won a €100 million (US $138 million) contract for services, logistics and maintenance of combatant vessels in the UAE, Fulfaro said. Last year, the company signed a contract with the Iraqi Navy as well for the maintenance of four patrol vessels at ESB.

“We signed the services contract, and Fincantieri delivered the first Falaj-class and Abu Dhabi-class vessels within the right timeframe and budget,” he said. “The trials phase has been completed with the complete satisfaction of the client, and now we expect to close negotiations on further Falaj- and Abu Dhabi-class vessels” for the UAE Navy.

The negotiations on the Falaj program are expected to be completed quickly, he said.

Among ESB’s products is the Falaj-class patrol vessel. Based on the Italian Coast Guard’s Diciotti class, it can handle a variety of missions, including patrol, surveillance, and land and surface attacks. It is also equipped to fight off air and surface weapons.

Another is the Abu Dhabi-class corvette, based on the design of the Italian Navy’s four Commandante-class vessels. The Abu Dhabis are 88 meters long and displace 1,650 tons.

To be crewed by about 70, each vessel can reach 25 knots, or deliver a range of more than 3,000 nautical miles at 14 knots.

Weapons on the corvette include two 30mm Marlin weapons stations and a 76mm naval gun.

Unmanned Surface Vessels

Hedges, the INEGMA analyst, said Al Seer Marine has drawn international recognition for its three types of unmanned surface vessels (USVs).

Useful for ISR, border protection and port security, the first are expected to deploy in UAE ports this year, he said.

“There is a potential in the future to arm them to protect offshore rigs and illegal smuggling,” he said.

The three variants are called Sea Serpent, Oscar and Bravo.

Sea Serpent is a 3-meter, 320-kilogram vessel about the size of a large jet ski. It has a maximum speed of 50 knots and operates on one petrol engine. Used for security around VIP yachts, they also were designed for harbor surveillance and port security.

Bravo is a rigid inflatable boat based on the Finnish-built Boomeranger that can be operated either as a remote or a piloted boat.

Oscar, an 11-meter, 6,500-kilogram boat that runs on two 500-horsepower diesel engines with water jet propulsion, is used for security patrols and is equipped with computers, sensors and software to detect and process data.

“The boats are remote-controlled through a command-and-control station, which is on land or a mother ship at sea, and are fitted with some of the most advanced robotics and surveillance equipment,” Matthew Tracy, Al Seer Marine’s USV project manager, told local media.

“Three or four boats can be controlled and used by two operators at once instead of using between 12 and 16 crew,” Tracy said.

If fitted with satellite communications gear, he said, the boats can be controlled from anywhere in the world.

Le Transformer de la société californienne Advanced Tactics

24 mars, 2014 Frédéric Lert (FOB)

Il s’agit bien évidemment des véhicules « Transformer ». Le fantasme des véhicules à pattes imitant la démarche des animaux étant passé, vient maintenant celui des Transformer capables de passer d’un mode de déplacement à un autre : en l’espèce, du déplacement routier à la voie aérienne. Avec en plus, cerise sur le cheesecake, la capacité d’évoluer de manière autonome et de faire du Transformer au choix un véhicule piloté ou évoluant en mode drone.

A défaut d’être pour l’instant réaliste, le concept est fascinant : le Transformer roule en tout terrain et passe en mode hélicoptère pour franchir un obstacle naturel ou éviter une zone dangereuse. En somme il fait comme l’oiseau, ce que chantait Michel Fugain au siècle dernier. La poésie et l’efficacité opérationnelles réconciliées : on en rêvait et Advanced Tactics, société californienne créée en 2007, est en train de le réaliser. Son démonstrateur technologique offre en effet des choix techniques relativement simples, robustes et de bon goût :

Le point fort, tient assurément dans la motorisation : huit moteurs turbo diésels, répartis de part et d’autres du fuselage. Ce qui fait dire à la société qu’avec cette motorisation classique, son appareil coûterait moins cher qu’une seule turbine d’hélicoptère motorisant par exemple un Blackhawk. Avec ses quatre moteurs de part et d’autres du fuselage, l’appareil évite certaines complexités inhérentes à l’hélicoptère, par exemple en étant aisément stabilisable, à la manière de tous les quadricoptère télécommandés que l’on trouve actuellement dans le commerce. Pas de possibilité d’autorotation certes, mais la capacité de fonctionner avec un ou deux moteurs hors service. Et aussi la possibilité d’installer un parachute balistique dans le fuselage, comme sur les avions de tourisme, pour récupérer l’appareil en cas de panne totale de la motorisation. La propulsion au sol est obtenue un moteur indépendant avec une transmission de puissance vers les roues. Le volume en cabine offert sur le démonstrateur est peu ou prou égal à celui du Blackhawk, mais avec un encombrement général de l’appareil très inférieur. On peut glisser appareils d’Advanced Tactics sous le disque rotor du Blackhawk.

L’engin a réalisé des tests de roulage en décembre dernier en Californie, après trois ans de développement. Son financement, d’abord obtenu auprès du Congrès dans le cadre d’un programme visant à faire émerger des technologies innovantes, bénéficie à présent des largesses de l’US Air Force et des Marines. La prochaine étape est le développement d’un prototype, déjà appelé « Black Knight », offrant une charge utile d’environ 125 à 500 kg, avec une distance franchissable de 450 à 1000 km suivant les versions. La vitesse sur toute, une fois les moteurs repliés, serait de 100 km/h et la vitesse en vol serait du double. Advanced Tactics annonce également le développement d’une version à six rotors pour les forces spéciales.

On objectera que Jules Verne faisait plus fort déjà au 19ème siècle, avec le véhicule tactique de Robur le Conquérant baptisé « L’épouvante ». L’Epouvante pouvait rouler, voler et plonger sous l’eau. Mais Advanced Tactics n’a pas dit son dernier mot, la partie centrale de son engin pouvant être facilement remplacée par une coque de navire, donnant ainsi naissance à un bateau volant. Pourquoi pas ?

25/03 Par Les Echos avec nomination.fr

Edouard Guillaud, soixante ans, diplômé de l'Ecole supérieure de guerre navale et du cours supérieur inter-armées, est PDG d'Odas. De 1980 à 2000, il occupe divers postes dans la Marine nationale. Officier informaticien, il est également officier de marque du système de combat informatisé de porte-avions, puis officier de programmes de porte-avions. En 2002, il est nommé contre-amiral avant d'être adjoint marine au chef d'état-major particulier du président de la République jusqu'en 2004, date à laquelle il devient préfet maritime de la Manche et de la mer du Nord. En 2006, il est nommé chef d'état-major particulier du président de la République, puis promu amiral en 2007. Il était chef d'état-major des armées de 2010 à 2014.

20 March 2014 by Kim Helfrich - defenceWeb

A 15 word sentence in the statement on this week’s Cabinet meeting will boost the country’s entire defence community.

The sentence reads: “Cabinet approved the South African Defence Review 2014 and directed that it be tabled in Parliament”.

It marks the end of mammoth task started in July 2011 by then Defence and Military Veterans Minister Lindiwe Sisulu when she appointed Roelf Meyer as chairman of the Defence Review Committee with a wide brief on South Africa’s long term defence policy. Among tasks she specifically wanted the committee and its resource group to investigate and report on were a new defence policy, supportive of government’s priorities and strategic intent and a reviewed and confirmed defence mandate with associated functions, high level tasks, strategic concepts, doctrine, capabilities, level of effort and structure.

Another area Sisulu asked the Meyer team to investigate was “defence’s contribution to South Africa’s international policy, strategy and obligations”.

These and another at least nine objectives saw widespread consultation across with country with senior SA National Defence Force (SANDF) personnel, the defence industry, think tanks and universities as well as civil society by way of open meetings in all nine provinces.

All this input were then refined into more than 400 pages of documentation which was subsequently again refined following requests for further investigation and clarification by Sisulu’s successor, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, and SANDF Commander-in-Chief, President Jacob Zuma.

This effectively saw the deadline of October 2012 set by Sisulu for the document to be tabled in Parliament scrapped. The decision approving it taken this week by Cabinet means it will be up for debate sometime after the May national and provincial elections when the fifth Parliament gets down to work.

The final item on the Cabinet statement is another with implications for both the SANDF and the defence industry.

Outgoing SA Navy chief, Vice Admiral Johannes Mudimu, has been named as chairman of Armscor’s board of directors. This indicates he will replace current chairman retired Lieutenant General Mojo Motau, who took Mapisa-Nqakula to court to fight his dismissal last year. He and his deputy Refiloe Mokoena, who was also dismissed by the Minister, found themselves in the Constitutional Court earlier this year after an appeal against their reinstatement was lodged by Mapisa-Nqakula. Judgement in the case, according to the Constitutional Court website, has been reserved.

The statement also lists eight new non-executive members of the state security procurement agency. They are Thuthukile Skweyiya, Dr Moses Khanyile, Bethuel Mobu, Sesi Baloyi, Mpumi Zikalala, Ndumiso Tyibilika, Raymond Vokwana and Virginia de la Hunt.

No commencement date for them to replace the existing Armscor board is given in the Cabinet statement.

Mar 21st, 2014 navaltoday.com

At the DIMDEX exhibition in Doha, Qatar (25-27 March 2014), MBDA is presenting for the first time ever a new coastal defence system based on the Marte missile family.

The Marte Coastal Defence System (MCDS) guarantees maritime coastal traffic surveillance and interdiction to hostile ships in territorial waters.

The system is capable of:

• monitoring and picturing sea communication lines;
• detecting and identifying hostile vessels through the use of active surveillance equipment;
• receiving target data via data-link;
• neutralising hostile vessels by using a new generation of anti-ship missiles.

The MCDS is available with different and flexible configurations depending on customer requirements. This system can operate in either a stand-alone mode or integrated within an existing surveillance radar network.

In addition, MBDA can offer two different missile options for MCDS; the Marte MK2/N for the control of brown waters and Marte ER, for the control of a more expansive sea area.

The system configuration consists of:

• a Command and Control (C2) module, comprising an ISO standard 12 foot shelter that can be connected via data-link with the upper level surveillance system. This module includes consoles to manage the local picture provided by its own radar (stand-alone mode) or to track targets provided by the upper level surveillance system (integrated mode).
• a launcher module, comprising up to four firing units that can be mounted on ISO standard trucks. Each launcher can deploy up to four missiles.
• a logistics module, comprising a logistic and support vehicle, plus a variable number of reloading vehicles.

The Marte missile family

The all-weather Marte MK2 is a fire-and-forget, medium-range, sea-skimming anti-ship weapon system. It is equipped with mid-course inertial and radar-based terminal guidance and is capable of destroying small craft and seriously damaging larger vessels. The missile weighs 310 kg and is 3.85 metres long. Marte was first developed in the 1980s with the 30km range MK/2 version being deployed on helicopters. Subsequent models followed for integration on different platforms and thus a family of missiles came into being.

The Marte MK-2/S, where “S” stands for “Short” and indicates shorter munitions in order to enable simpler on board integration, has already been integrated on AW101 and NH-90 NFH helicopters (Naval/Nato Frigate Helicopter) in service with the Italian Navy. The Marte MK-2/A was then developed for launch from fixed-wing aircraft (fighter or patrol aircraft). Finally, in response to the growing interest for a lightweight, rapid-response surface-to-surface naval missile system for littoral operations, Marte MK2/N was developed.

The new version of the missile, called Marte ER (Extended Range), keeps the basic characteristics of the Marte family, but extends its range. The new product is different from previous versions thanks to two main features: turbojet propulsion (leading to a four-fold increase in range compared to the rocket motor version), and the new ISO-calibre cylinder cell. The missile, equipped with these new important components, still preserves a series of elements that were already present in previous versions of the Marte missile, providing a number of significant commonalities that are widely appreciated by the market.

Thanks to these improvements, the new missile has a range that now exceeds 100 km and a much increased speed, both in the cruise and final attack phases. However, it is shorter than the previous model. Logistic systems, such as the transport and stocking canister in the helicopter version and the trolley for moving and hooking the missile to aircraft, are the same as those used in the Mk2/S model, offering clear user advantages.

03/24/2014 By VMSB

The missile specialist MBDA has developed a new coastal defence system based on the company’s Marte family of anti-ship missiles. The system designated MCDS (Marte Coastal Defence System) is capable of monitoring and picturing sea communication lines, detecting and identifying hostile vessels through the use of surveillance equipment, receiving target data via data-link and neutralizing surface ships.

The MCDS is available with different and flexible configurations depending on customer requirements. This system can operate in either a stand-alone mode or integrated within an existing surveillance radar network.

It consists of a shelter based command and control module that can be connected via data-link with the upper level surveillance system, up to four truck-mounted firing units armed each with up to four Marte MK2/N or Marte ER missiles, as well as associated logistic and support and resupply vehicles.

23.03.2014 Par La Voix de la Russie

Un complexe aéronautique qui sera utilisé pour résoudre des problèmes de la défense antimissile et aérienne sera créé en Russie sur la base du dirigeable Atlant, a déclaré une source au sein du complexe militaro-industriel.

« Du point de vue de contrôle de l'espace cosmique et de l'espace aérien, le nouveau complexe devrait prendre une niche entre l’ensemble d’engins orbital et le réseau de stations et de complexes radar au sol », précise la source.

Le nouveau complexe sera utilisé pour créer un champ de radar unique, qui est très important pour faire face aux diverses cibles, notamment hypersoniques.

24/03/14 lesechos.fr (Reuters)

SEOUL, 24 mars - La Corée du Sud a budgétisé quelque 6,8 milliards de dollars (5 milliards d'euros environ) pour l'achat de 40 chasseurs F-35 fabriqués par la firme américaine Lockheed Martin, a-t-on appris lundi de source proche du dossier.

Le contrat doit être finalisé au cours du troisième trimestre.

Mais le budget a d'ores et déjà transmis par l'Agence nationale des programmes d'achats d'armements (DAPA) à la commission parlementaire qui supervise les acquisitions militaires, a ajouté cette source. (Joyce Lee; Henri-Pierre André pour le service français)

24.03.2014 Pacific Sentinel

The Arjun MK II main battle tank for the Indian Army may get delayed further than its pre-fixed 2016 induction date. A key source in the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said, the Israelis who customised the LAHAT Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) for firing from the 120 mm main gun of the Mark II variant, has gone back to the drawing boards for correcting the error.

The DRDO source said, ‘This has delayed the induction of the tank a bit, but then we are telling the army that since the platform, the tank, is ready they can take it up, with the missile getting mated later.’

The tank itself has undergone about 89 major and minor ‘improvements,’ and still have a few unsolved issues which are decidedly ‘minor’ like changing the position of a light bulb or so.

The range of the LAHAT missile pay-load is about three-and-a-half kilometres on the plains and about two-and-a-half kilometres in the deserts.

Read the full story at ArmyRecognition

20.03.2014 Romain Guillot journal-aviation.com

Le bureau d’enquêtes sur les accidents défense britannique (MAA - Military Aviation Authority) a publié un rapport factuel sur l’incident survenu en croisière sur l’un des Airbus A330 MRTT de la Royal Air Force le 9 février dernier alors qu’il survolait l’espace aérien turque en direction de l’Afghanistan.

La perte de contrôle momentanée de l’appareil, qui avait chuté de 4400 pieds en 27 secondes, avec un vario négatif atteignant les 15000 pieds/minute, avait contraint les autorités britanniques à clouer l’intégralité de la flotte de Voyager (6 appareils) durant une dizaine de jours.

Selon le rapport de la MAA, les enregistrements du FDR n’ont pas montré de défaillance système pouvant entrainer une tendance à faire piquer l’appareil.

Par ailleurs, le Commandant de Bord, seul dans le poste au moment de l’incident, aurait involontairement et indirectement manœuvré son side-stick vers l’avant en avançant son siège, le déplacement de l’accoudoir gauche poussant un appareil photo qui lui même est entré en contact avec la commande de vol.

20/03/2014 Thales

The EU-US Summit on 26 March will mark eight months since the partners decided to formally launch negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The aim of the TTIP – if finalised – is to remove tariffs, align regulatory standards and open up government procurement. Born out of the need to boost economic growth on both sides of the Atlantic and to respond to the rise of emerging markets, the Partnership will add an extra €120 billion to the EU economy annually, according to estimates by the European Commission. While President Obama’s first visit to Brussels will likely be dominated by an agenda focusing on Ukraine and economic recovery, it is also worth thinking about some of the more sensitive areas involved in the TTIP discussions.

One such area relates to defence industry and markets. Back in June 2013, public procurement of defence and security goods was included in the Commission’s negotiating mandate. Given the sensitive nature of defence procurement, however, both sides have, for the time being, agreed to drop a ‘defence TTIP’. This situation is indicative of a broader negotiating environment that has seen a moratorium on including an investment chapter in the Partnership and other sectoral exclusions. Therefore, at first glance, the TTIP’s overarching aims of abolishing tariffs, enhancing the compatibility of the EU and US regulatory environment and ensuring a greater flow of goods, services and investments in the transatlantic space will not apply to the defence sector. But is this necessarily the end of the story?

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