29 janv. 2015 Crédits : Etat-major des armées / Marine nationale

Cavalerie belge - sourrce RTBF.be

27.01.2015 MIL.be

15 January 2015 by Mark Urban Diplomatic and defence editor, BBC Newsnight

How is progress measured on board the US aircraft carrier which is playing a key role in the fight against Islamic State?

The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, plying the waters of the Gulf, represents a big slice of the coalition effort being used to pound the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Syria and Iraq - an onslaught that has been going on for the best part of five months now.

It is a floating town of more than 5,000 souls and 60 fighter aircraft engaged in a costly and complex campaign.

Each time it launches one of its jets, catapulting it over the green waters south of Iran, the event is so dramatic and inherently dangerous that it would be understandable if many a spectator forgot the question - is this air offensive working?

It's extremely hard for Western reporters to seek the answers to that on the ground, in Mosul or Raqqa. But we can be on board the carrier, speaking to those carrying out this operation, as I was for four days, gauging their sense of the task, its challenges, and whether it's achieving results.

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Pétardement d’une mine par le chasseur de mines tripartite (CMT) Lyre au large de Hyères. (2 juin 2010) - Photo Lisa Bessodes - ECPAD collection CPAR de Toulon

23.12.2014 ECPAD

Cannes, December 18, 2014 – Thales Alenia Space

The third batch of four satellites in the O3b medium Earth orbit (MEO) constellation, operated by O3b Networks, was successfully launched by Arianespace on December 18 from French Guiana using a Soyuz rocket.
 

The first four satellites have been in orbit since June 2013, while the second batch, launched on July 10, 2014. The constellation of 8 became fully operational in September. The services offered by these eight satellites are highly successful – confirming the validity of the O3b design based on high-throughput and low latency.  

Positioned at an altitude of 8,062 kilometers (about 5,000 miles), four times closer to the earth than geostationary satellites, these Ka-band satellites offer high speed, low-latency connectivity to Internet and telecommunications service providers in emerging markets. O3b Networks supplies trunking and mobile backhaul connectivity services to telecom operators and service providers at speeds comparable to those offered by fiber-optic networks.

Jean Loïc Galle, CEO of Thales Alenia Space said: “This launch is a new major step in the deployment of the O3b constellation and provides further proof of Thales Alenia Space's leadership in telecom constellations. We are very proud to be working with our customer O3b on this exciting endeavor that provides telecommunications services and high-speed Internet connectivity to billions of people who were previously unable to access broadband services.”

Steve Collar, CEO of O3b said: “O3b already provides connections to customers who bring life changing connectivity in remote places such as Papua New Guinea, East Timor, The Cook Islands, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan and customer feedback has been excellent. O3b Networks is definitively a “game changer” for Internet connectivity and we are pleased to have a strong partnership with Thales Alenia Space to provide the  O3b  satellites”.

About Thales Alenia Space

Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Finmeccanica (33%), is a key European player in space telecommunications, navigation, Earth observation, exploration and orbital infrastructures. Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio form the two parent companies' “Space Alliance”, which offers a complete range of services and solutions. Because of its unrivaled expertise in dual (civil/military) missions, constellations, flexible payloads, altimetry, meteorology and high-resolution optical and radar instruments, Thales Alenia Space is the natural partner to countries that want to expand their space program. The company posted consolidated revenues in excess of 2 billion euros in 2013, and has 7,500 employees in six countries. www.thalesaleniaspace.com

19 Décembre 2014 Cols Bleus

15/12/2014 Armée de Terre

12/12/2014 LTN Christelle Hingant

Retrouvez un dossier d'informations sur cette grande première pour le mastodonte de l'armée de l'air. Articles, photos et vidéo vous plongent en immersion autour de l'océan Arctique. Petit avant-goût en images...

 09/12/2014 Marine Picat - DICoD

06.12.2014 Crédit : Etat-major des armées / armée de Terre

13 novembre 2014 à 3h20, sur la zone d'escale de N'Djamena au Tchad, les parachutistes du groupement tactique Désert Est (GTD-Est) règlent leurs équipements avant de les revêtir. Le GTD-Est va être embarqué à bord d'un C130 Hercule en vue d'effectuer un saut au-dessus du Tchad. Le C130 va ainsi effectuer trois largages sur les terres arides de ce pays.

 

20 Novembre 2014 Source : Marine nationale

La vie des sémaphores, ses anecdotes, ses confidences, ses témoignages ou l’envers du décor de ces vaisseaux de pierre implantées sur les façades maritimes de l’Hexagone comme outre-mer. Un récit de l’intérieur signé par un marin guetteur-sémaphorique.

Secrets de guetteurs de Romain Godest. Préface de Jean-Yves Le Drian. 128 pages – 12 € (Éditions des Montagnes noires)