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30 décembre 2015 3 30 /12 /décembre /2015 08:20
KONGSBERG Protector MCRWS selected for Stryker

 

21.12.2015 Sergyi Way army-guide.com

 

General Dynamics Land Systems has notified KONGSBERG that the ’PROTECTOR’ Medium Caliber Remote Weapon Station (MCRWS) has been selected as the 30-millimeter weapon system solution for the Stryker vehicles.

 

“We are very pleased that our PROTECTOR MCRWS has been selected as the solution for this Stryker brigade. The system is the result of several years of determined effort to develop a system with capabilities and performance required for these types of vehicles,” says Espen Henriksen, President of Kongsberg Protech Systems.

 

“This is a very important milestone for our newest innovation in this field, the Medium Caliber RWS, and we are honored to support US Army and General Dynamics Land Systems in this urgent operational requirement,” says Walter Qvam, President and CEO of KONGSBERG.

 

KONGSBERG has extensive experience with remote weapon stations, and has delivered more than 17,000 units since 2001. The PROTECTOR MCRWS has been developed over the last six years, based on the expertise KONGSBERG has gained delivering remote weapon systems to 17 nations over the last 15 years.

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5 novembre 2015 4 05 /11 /novembre /2015 17:50
M 1126 Stryker ICV with 30mm cannon and M2 Machine Guns for Lithuania

 

Nov 5, 2015 ASDNews Source : Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)

 

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Lithuania for Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicles and associated equipment, parts and logistical support for an estimated cost of $599 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on November 4, 2015.

The Government of Lithuania has requested a sale of eighty-four (84) M 1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicles (ICV) with the ATK 30mm cannon, the XM813 30mm cannon or a European variant with the Remote Weapon Station and eighty-four (84) M2 Flex Machine Guns. Additionally, they have requested the ICV-30 package, including contractor logistics support, support equipment, spare parts, armaments, two (2) AN/PRC-152 Radios per vehicle, one (l) AN/PSN-13 DAGR per vehicle, one (l) VIC-3 per vehicle, training aids/devices/simulators & simulations (TADSS), translated technical manuals with laptop computers, training, Foreign Service Representatives (FSRs), OCONUS Contractor vehicle deprocessing services and technical assistance. The total estimated value of MDE is $462 million. The overall total estimated value is $599 million.

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26 février 2015 4 26 /02 /février /2015 18:50
Des blindés américains près de la frontière russe, lors d’un défilé en Estonie

 

24 février 2015 45eNord.ca (AFP)

 

Deux blindés de combat Stryker américains participant à des manœuvres de l’Otan en Estonie ont marqué les esprits par leur présence dans un défilé militaire mardi à Narva, tout près de la frontière russe, alors que les relations entre Moscou et les Occidentaux se sont dégradées avec la crise ukrainienne.

 

Une centaine de soldats de pays de l’Otan, Britanniques, néerlandais, espagnols, lettons et lituaniens ont également défilé dans la neige aux côtés d’environ 1300 militaires estoniens, pour marquer l’anniversaire de l’indépendance de l’Estonie, une ancienne république soviétique désormais membre de l’Union européenne et de l’Otan.

La parade annuelle a pris un relief particulier cette année dans le contexte des craintes suscitées dans les pays baltes par l’engagement dont est accusée la Russie dans le conflit ukrainien.

L’Otan a réagi à ces craintes en envoyant des avions de chasse dans les pays baltes et en y organisant plusieurs exercices militaires.

L’Histoire nous a appris que si nous ne nous défendons pas nous-mêmes, personne d’autre ne le fera, a toutefois déclaré lors du défilé le général Riho Teras, chef d’état-major estonien.

Les habitants venus voir le défilé, dont beaucoup ne parlaient pas estonien, paraissaient cependant faire peu de cas des craintes d’ingérence russe.

La population russophone est fortement majoritaire dans la région de Narva.

La Lituanie voisine a de son côté l’intention de rétablir temporairement le service militaire obligatoire en raison de l’actuel environnement géopolitique, a annoncé mardi la présidente de cet autre État balte, Dalia Grybauskaite.

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11 décembre 2014 4 11 /12 /décembre /2014 17:20
photo US Army

photo US Army

 

01.12.2014 par Frédéric Lert (FOB)
 

A l’été 2009, la 5ème Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) de la 2ème division d’infanterie (5/2 Stryker) débarquait dans la région de Kandahar, dans le sud de l’Afghanistan avec ses véhicules de combat d’infanterie à roues M1126 Stryker. L’heure était alors au « surge » décidé par le président Obama, et la 5/2 faisait alors partie des 17.000 soldats américains transférés d’Irak en Afghanistan pour aider à stabiliser le pays en vue des élections générales qui devaient suivre. La 5/2 était alors composée de quatre bataillons qui furent tous installés dans le sud du pays, dans la région de Kandahar.

 

L’US Army publie aujourd’hui un compte-rendu décoiffant de l’action de l’un de ces bataillons, le 1er bataillon du 17ème régiment d’infanterie, au cours des opérations Buffalo Stamped et Opportunity Hold conduites dans la vallée d’Arghnadab. Cinq avant le déploiement afghan, les 8×8 Stryker avaient séduit en Irak par leur rapidité de déplacement et leur force de frappe face à un mouvement de guérilla. L’ambition américaine était bien entendu de renouveler la bonne opération en Afghanistan. Mais face à un terrain très difficile et à un adversaire intelligent et réactif, solidement retranché sur son terrain de chasse, les choses furent nettement moins faciles. Le 1-17 comptera finalement 22 tués sur un effectif total de 750 hommes.

 

Le récit (en anglais) très détaillé et signé de Kevin Hymel, est publié par l’US Army Combined Arms Center de Fort Leavenworth et il est disponible sous forme de PDF en libre accès ICI. En une centaine de pages, il détaille tous les aspects de l’engagement des Stryker et se lit d’une traite.

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28 mars 2014 5 28 /03 /mars /2014 08:20
4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team - photo US Army

4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team - photo US Army

 

March 27, 2014: Strategy Page

 

The U.S. Army is disbanding one of its nine Stryker brigades. This is part of a post-war reduction that will see ten combat brigades eliminated and army strength reduced by 80,000 personnel. The disbanded unit is the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division. The brigade was formed in 2005 from the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, a unit that has been in service since 1836. During its nine years the 4th Brigade served in Iraq and Afghanistan and suffered some 600 casualties, including 58 dead during 39 months of combat. Most of the casualties were suffered during the 2007 tour (of 15 months) in Iraq.

 

Another Stryker brigade is being formed in 2014, from the 1st Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division. Not only does the army want to hang onto nine Stryker Brigades but it also wants to buy enough of the new Double-V Hull (DVH) wheeled armored vehicles to equip all nine of the brigades with the new vehicle. But because of budget problems it looks like there will only be enough money to equip three brigades with the DVH model.

 

Stryker acquired a good reputation in Iraq and there has been a lot of foreign interest in that, and wheeled armored vehicles in general. But money is short and likely to continue to be tight for a decade or more.  So the 600 older Strykers replaced by DVH models in the DVH brigades will be put into storage along with the specialized production equipment for Stryker in the hope that eventually the money will be available. Before that some older Strykers were converted to DVH models to provide enough DVH Strykers for the third DVH brigade.

 

Stryker production is supposed to end in 2014, with 4,466 vehicles delivered since 2002. Most (96 percent) were actually delivered by 2012.

 

The DVH design is intended to improve resistance to mines (more common in Afghanistan than Iraq) by adding a V shaped bottom. This is one of the key elements of the MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) design, but the DVH is cheaper to operate and better suited to a wider array of missions. Some of the DVH prototypes were run (via remote control), over mines and roadside bombs. These tests demonstrated that the V shaped hull made the vehicles much safer. Developing the new prototype design cost about $58 million. There are 762 DVH Strykers in service with the last of them delivered in 2013. The DVH models cost about $2.1 million each and first experienced combat in 2011. They performed as expected.

 

The army initially bought enough DVH models to equip two Stryker brigades. Each Stryker brigade has 332 Stryker vehicles. There are ten different models, but most are the infantry carrier version. The original Stryker cost about a million dollars each, plus the costs of weapons and equipment. The DVH version is 6.95 meters (22.92 feet) long, 2.72 meters (8.97 feet) high, and 2.64 meters (8.72 feet) wide. Weighing 17 tons, it has a top speed of 100 kilometers per hour and a range (on roads) of 500 kilometers. Stryker has a crew of two, a turret with a remotely controlled 12.7mm machine-gun, and can carry nine troops. A 7.62mm machine-gun is also carried and often another 12.7mm one as well.

 

The army is planning on incorporating the V shaped hull into the new Stryker 2.0 design, which makes DVH models Stryker 1.5 (unofficially). The Stryker 2 will weigh about a ton more than current models and have a more powerful engine (450 horsepower versus the current 350), plus a suspension system and other mechanical components upgraded to support up to 27 tons, larger tires, improved brakes, and improved sensors (so that troops inside the vehicle will have better awareness of what's outside). These are the major modifications, there will be several more minor ones (better air conditioning, a sniper detector, more electricity generation, and so on). Outwards appearance won't change much, other than the V shape hull.

 

Stryker 2 provides for "growth" (more armor and equipment) as well as making the vehicle more agile and reliable. The changes are based on user feedback and are considered a modernization project, not, strictly speaking, a new version of Stryker. Most of the 3,300 Strykers the army has in service have been in combat, and units headed for Afghanistan were the first to get the modernized ones. With all the budget cuts Stryker 2.0 may never see service.

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5 décembre 2013 4 05 /12 /décembre /2013 17:20
US Army Awards GD $28 M for Engineering Development for Stryker Modernization

 

 

Dec 4, 2013 ASDNews Source : General Dynamics Corporation

 

The U.S. Army TACOM Contracting Command recently awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD ), a $28 million contract for research, development and testing in preparation for the Stryker Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) upgrade program.

 

The Stryker ECP upgrade program is an engineering-development effort focused on integrating a group of system improvements into a single upgrade program for the Stryker eight-wheeled vehicle.  The objective of this research-and-development effort is to prepare Stryker vehicles to accept additional Army-directed requirements in the future without impacting current vehicle performance.  There is no production work associated with this award.

 

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14 septembre 2013 6 14 /09 /septembre /2013 11:20
Hell Bent Stryker

9/7/2013 Strategy page

 

Stryker crewmembers from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, fire and zero their 105mm cannon at Yakima Training Center, WA., in preparation for qualification tables Sept. 7. The unit is taking part in Operation Rising Thunder alongside members of the 16th Regimental Combat Team, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force. The three-week combined training event is designed to exercise and develop all war-fighting functions for both Japanese and U.S. forces. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Corey Ray, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

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The first vehicle completed under the Stryker Double V-Hull exchange programme. Photo General Dynamics.

The first vehicle completed under the Stryker Double V-Hull exchange programme. Photo General Dynamics.

 

Image: The first vehicle completed under the Stryker  exchange programme. .

 

12 September 2013 army-technology.com

 

General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) has secured a contract for conversion of the US Army's additional flat-bottom Stryker infantry combat vehicles (IFV) to a newer, more survivable double-V hull (DVH) design.

 

Awarded by the army's tank-automotive and armaments command (TACOM)and lifecycle management command (LCMC), the $118m contract covers conversion of a total of 66 vehicles.

 

Involving an exchange of flat-bottom Stryker hulls for the newer DVH design, the Stryker DVH-exchange pilot programme was jointly launched by the army and the company in response to a requirement for additional DVH vehicles and to lower the overall vehicle cost in 2012.

 

The programme was originally focused on evaluating if components from the legacy Stryker flat bottom hull (FBH) variants can be rapidly refurbished and installed on DVH, at a lower cost to developing a new vehicle.

 

Executed by GDLS and the Anniston army depot, the programme was successfully completed in April 2013 with delivery on time and under budget of 52 Stryker vehicles to the army.

"Stryker is an eight-wheel drive armoured vehicle, designed to provide infantrymen with enhanced protection and survivability against artillery fragments, roadside mines and IEDs."

 

The first brigade of double-V hulls-equipped Strykers was deployed in 2011 to enhance protection of Stryker-borne soldiers against roadside mines and improvised explosive devices (IED) blasts in the battlefield.

 

Besides mine resistant ambush protected (MRAP)-like or better survivability, the DVH configuration also features a more rugged suspension system having improved mobility and reduced operating costs.

 

Around two brigades of double-V hull Stryker vehicles were manufactured between July 2010 and July 2013.

 

Final assembly work under the contract will be carried out at Anniston army depot in Alabama, US, with deliveries set to commence in July 2014 and complete by February 2015.

 

Derived from the Canadian light armoured vehicle (LAV) III, Stryker is an eight-wheel drive armoured vehicle, designed to provide infantrymen with enhanced protection and survivability against artillery fragments, roadside mines and IEDs.

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15 juin 2013 6 15 /06 /juin /2013 16:20
Stryker photo US Army

Stryker photo US Army

Jun 14, 2013 ASDNews Source : Raytheon Corporation

 

    US Army could use existing vehicular radios to fill need for tactical wireless Internet

 

Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) jam-resistant, battlefield radio recently transmitted data securely over the air to more than 30 Stryker combat vehicles, proving that it could meet the U.S. Army's need for a tactical wireless Internet via a vehicle-mounted mobile radio system.

 

The EXF1915, an upgraded version of Enhanced Position Location Reporting System (EPLRS) radios, completed several months of continual, sustained secure data transmissions for the combat vehicles of the 4th Brigade 2nd Infantry Division Stryker Brigade Combat Team, or 4/2 SBCT. Soldiers were able to send and receive e-mail and chat messages and access the brigade's intranet-like Web portal, marking the first time 4/2 SBCT was able to tap into a secure wireless network.

 

EPLRS joined combat operations in Afghanistan following tests at Fort Irwin, Calif.

 

"The EPLRS Enhanced Services extended secure voice, data, and e-mail services to the Stryker vehicles of platoon through brigade-level leaders during combat operations forward of tactical bases," said Col. Michael Getchell, commander of 4/2 SBCT. "Prior to the installation of the EPLRS ES network, this level of upper TI (Tactical Internet) communications were limited to fixed tactical operations centers using the pre-existing infrastructure on FOBs (Forward Operating Bases) and COPs (Combat Outposts) in the Panjwa'I District of Kandahar, Afghanistan."

 

Over 28,000 EPLRS radios have been purchased to provide "on the move" networking capabilities. These radios, already deployed in significant numbers aboard U.S. Army vehicles, can be upgraded at a fraction of the cost of a new radio system to support the lower-tier network requirements.

 

When connected to the Army's middle- and upper-tier networks, the EXF1915, also known as the RT-1915, provides high-speed IP network services for an entire brigade of Stryker and other combat vehicles. These capabilities provide more choices and greater purchasing flexibility as the service seeks a lower-tier networking radio system.

 

"EPLRS has served the Army well over the years, and now it can be converted to the new EXF1915 to help the service quickly and inexpensively network a fleet of combat vehicles," said Scott Whatmough, vice president of Integrated Communication Systems for Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems business. "We've continually improved our radio technology and matured it to the point where we can offer a lower cost alternative for the thousands of already-equipped Army vehicles."

 

Building upon the EXF1915 serving the lower tier, the MR-150, using the higher-bandwidth Next Generation Mobile Ad Hoc Network Waveform (NMW), could provide the Army with additional flexibility for its mid-tier networking requirements. The NMW network has undergone stringent testing at two Network Integration Evaluation exercises, has been deployed in theater, and has proven to be the highest-performing mid-tier technology.

 

The combination of the EXF-1915 and the MR-150 fills the data networking void with a low-cost, ready today, proven solution.

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23 novembre 2012 5 23 /11 /novembre /2012 12:00

Stryker photo US Army

 

Nov. 22, 2012 - By PAUL McLEARY Defense News

 

More than 100 civilian employees at the Anniston Army Depot in Alabama are facing layoffs in January unless the U.S. Army decides before the start of the year to refurbish more than the 47 Stryker vehicles it has already contracted for as part of the upgrade program.

 

On Nov. 8, General Dynamics Land Systems issued notices under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to 139 employees working on the Stryker exchange program, in which parts from old vehicles are used to complete new-build Strykers.

 

The move follows recent announcements by vehicle makers Oshkosh Defense and BAE Systems that they are letting go of 450 and 145 employees, respectively, as a result of a slowdown on Army ground combat vehicle programs.

 

While General Dynamics is waiting until January to begin the layoffs, it does not appear any new Stryker work will come in by then — if it ever does — according to Scott Davis, the head of the Army’s Ground Combat Systems office.

 

Davis told Defense News the Army “is thinking through and prioritizing whether we want to continue” with its Stryker exchange program, part of a public-private partnership between General Dynamics Land Systems and Anniston.

 

The Army and General Dynamics will finish producing the 47 Strykers under contract early in 2013, but “I don’t hold an active requirement or the dollars to continue it” after that, Davis said. He added that his shop is preparing to brief Army leadership on the cost and benefit of modernizing Strykers in December, while a decision on which platforms and which capabilities might be upgraded is expected in February.

 

The Stryker exchange program harvests usable parts from older, flat-bottomed Strykers and uses them to complete builds on new double-V-hull Strykers (DVH) at Anniston. Company officials say the exchange program will not only give the Army more durable combat vehicles but also drive the cost down from $2.4 million for a new DVH to $1.6 million for an exchange vehicle.

 

Without new DVH contracts, operations at the facility will drop to 13 vehicles a month, well below the minimum requirement of 20 vehicles per month needed to keep the workforce at current levels.

 

The Army has ordered 789 DVH Strykers, and about 500 new DVH vehicles have been delivered from the Anniston facility.

 

The Stryker program is not the only one Army leadership is fretting over.

 

When it comes to overall budget pressure, Davis said, “we cut through the skin and we’re down to the bone” on development activities, and “any additional pressure will make it extremely difficult” to continue to modernize and upgrade all variants of combat vehicles on schedule.

 

One of Davis’ chief priorities is to identify ways to protect both the manufacturing and the intellectual industrial base in the face of budget cuts, he said. The number of companies that can design and build ground combat vehicles is limited, he added, saying, “the intellectual industrial base is mostly BAE and GD — it’s those engineers and logisticians who provide the design improvement skills” that he is looking to retain.

 

One of the big points of contention when it comes to the service’s ground vehicle industrial base is the battle over the Abrams tank line in Lima, Ohio. The Army doesn’t want to begin the next major round of Abrams modernization until 2017, and on Sept. 27, it awarded General Dynamics an eight-year, $395 million contract to study what capabilities it can add to the platform when those upgrades begin.

 

Davis said the Army and General Dynamics are studying the critical skill sets that need to be preserved at Lima and how much workflow will have to go through the line to sustain it at the minimum level of 33 tanks a month. The Army is conducting a four-month industrial base study to flesh out those issues.

 

One thing Davis said might help is foreign military sales (FMS).

 

“We’re very, very much in support of putting FMS in Lima,” he said. “We’ve got active cases in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Morocco [for Abrams tanks], and to a large degree, that will help span that gap of U.S. production.”

 

The Saudi and Moroccan deals have not been fully approved by the U.S. government, but Davis said “if things go the way we anticipate it with FMS, we feel good about” the Lima Abrams line being able to meet its minimum production rate.

 

Because the Army and industry face the quandary of Abrams, Stryker and Bradley production ending in 2014, other new programs — such as the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV), the M113 replacement — have taken on added importance. The service has said it plans to buy up to 3,800 AMPVs, making the program “pretty critical” for the overall health of the industrial base.

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