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12 novembre 2015 4 12 /11 /novembre /2015 17:40
Des télés russes montrent par erreur le projet secret d'une torpille nucléaire

 

12.11.2015 Par Olivier Berger, grand reporter à La Voix du Nord - Défense Globale

 

En filmant un reportage très officiel et plutôt banal sur une réunion d'un comité militaire de la marine russe à Sotchi, en présence de Vladimir Poutine, deux chaînes, NTV et Pervy Kanal, se sont mises en grande difficulté. A un moment du film, les images dévoilent un projet secret de torpilles à charge nucléaire, nommé Status-6... Oups, Vladimir Vladimirovitch, on a fait une petite gaffe !

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8 octobre 2015 4 08 /10 /octobre /2015 07:30
Iran unveils new super Hi-Tech torpedo

 

04/10/2015 azeridefence.com

 

The Iran for the first time displayed to the public its recently developed super torpedo, “Hout”, which enjoys the state-of-the-art technologies and is capable of hitting targets in and outside water. The torpedo was unveiled in an exhibition in Tehran on Saturday on the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy’s latest achievements, said Fars news agency.

 

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16 septembre 2015 3 16 /09 /septembre /2015 07:50
Upgraded Spearfish Torpedo Successfully Completes in Water Trial

 

Sep 14, 2015 ASDNews Source : BAE Systems PLC

 

A prototype of the next-generation Spearfish Heavyweight Torpedo has successfully completed a first in-water trial at the Ministry of Defence operated British Underwater Test and Evaluation Centre, on the west coast of Scotland.

 

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22 mai 2015 5 22 /05 /mai /2015 07:50
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photo Royal navy


21 mai 2015 by Royal Navy

 

Wooshh…. With a blast of high-pressure air one third of a tonne of naval firepower is propelled from its launcher aboard HMS Sutherland at 50mph as the frigate flashes up her weapons systems after a lengthy refit.

 

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15 décembre 2014 1 15 /12 /décembre /2014 17:50
Spearfish Heavyweight Torpedo

 

15 déc. 2014 BAE Systems

 

We’ve been awarded a £270 million contract by The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) to upgrade the Spearfish Heavyweight Torpedo for the Royal Navy’s submarines.

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15 décembre 2014 1 15 /12 /décembre /2014 17:49
HMS Astute (S119) photo Royal Navy

HMS Astute (S119) photo Royal Navy

 

15 December 2014 Ministry of Defence and The Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP

 

The deal with BAE Systems ensures the sustainment of the UK’s torpedo manufacturing capability in Portsmouth for another 10 years.


 

The MOD has awarded a £270 million contract to upgrade the Royal Navy’s Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes.

The Spearfish programme supports 60 jobs in Portsmouth where the torpedo is designed and manufactured with an additional 40 new skilled engineering vacancies being recruited for to work on the programme by BAE Systems.

The company also estimates that hundreds of jobs will be sustained in the company’s supply chain.

This year the MOD has already awarded BAE Systems a £600 million contract to run Portsmouth Naval Base and a £70 million Type 45 destroyer support contract that combined sustains more than 2,000 jobs in the Portsmouth region, including skilled engineering roles.

Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, said:

This contract award is good news for the Royal Navy, the UK and the city of Portsmouth where around 100 engineering jobs will be created or sustained.

Portsmouth continues to play a significant part in defence as illustrated by this contract award and has a bright future ahead of it thanks to recent investment such as the £600 milliion contract to run the naval base, sustaining thousands of jobs, and the upcoming £100 million of infrastructure work to prepare the city for the arrival of the Queen Elizabeth Class Carriers.

The Spearfish Upgrade includes a new warhead, a change to the fuel system to improve safety, full digitisation of the weapon and a new fibre optic guidance link to improve performance.

They are carried by the Royal Navy’s Astute, Vanguard and Trafalgar Class submarines and can target both underwater and surface threats.

Once the torpedo has been fired Spearfish homes in on its target using sonar and will be controlled by the submarine after launch via the new fibre optic link.

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4 juillet 2014 5 04 /07 /juillet /2014 07:50
Saab Receives Order from FMV for underwater weapon system

 

Jul 3, 2014 ASDNews Source : Saab AB

 

Defence and security company Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) regarding design plans for a New Lightweight Torpedo (NLT). The order refers to the period 2014-2015 and amounts to the value of MSEK 43. The order is part of the Letter of Intent regarding the Swedish armed forces’ underwater capability which was announced on June 9, 2014.

 

Saab has received an order from FMV regarding design plans for a New Lightweight Torpedo. This is the first step in developing a new lightweight torpedo. Final delivery of this order will be during 2015.

 

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3 juillet 2014 4 03 /07 /juillet /2014 11:50
UK - Tomahawk Block IV Torpedo Launched Land-Attack Missiles

 

Jul 2, 2014 ASDNews Source : Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)

 

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the United Kingdom for Tomahawk Block IV Torpedo Launched Land-Attack missiles and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $140 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on July 1, 2014.

 

The United Kingdom (UK) has requested a possible sale of up to 65 Block IV All-Up-Round Torpedo Tube Launched Tomahawk Land-Attack Missiles, containers, engineering support, test equipment, operational flight test support, communications equipment, technical assistance, personnel training/equipment, spare and repair parts, and other related elements of logistics support. The estimated cost is $140 million.

 

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15 mai 2014 4 15 /05 /mai /2014 20:35
L’Inde n’a pas acheté de torpilles pour ses sous-marins Scorpène

 

15 mai 2014.Portail des Sous-Marins

 

Après un retard de 3 ans dans la construction des sous-marins Scorpène, la marine indienne fait face à une perspective encore plus inquiétante que la diminution du nombre de ses sous-marins : les nouveaux Scorpène seront mis en service à partir de 2016, mais ils ne seront pas équipés de leur principal armement : des torpilles lourdes.

 

Les sous-marins Scorpène peuvent embarquer 2 types d’armes :

- des missiles visant des navires et des cibles à terre,

- des torpilles pour couler les navires et les sous-marins ennemis.

 

Les missiles peuvent être interceptés par des systèmes anti-missiles, et ils infligent moins de dégâts. Les torpilles sont plus difficiles à intercepter et elles percent des trous dans la coque sous la ligne de flottaison, qui peuvent rapidement inonder leur cible, les coulant.

 

Inexplicablement, le ministère indien de la défense n’a pas acheté de torpilles pour armer les sous-marins Scorpène dans le contrat signé en 2005. Ce n’est qu’en 2008, après un nouvel appel d’offres que la compagnie italienne WASS a été retenue pour fournir la torpille Black Shark qui avait été spécialement conçue pour le Scorpène. En 2011, un prix a été convenu : environ 300 millions $ pour 98 torpilles. Pourtant, à ce jour, le contrat n’a toujours pas été signé.

 

Black Shark Torpedo model  Photo Navy Recognition

Black Shark Torpedo model Photo Navy Recognition

 

Par conséquent, lorsque le premier Scorpène sera mis en service en 2016, il ne sera armé que du missile Exocet. S’il devait être opposé à des sous-marins pakistanais, les Agosta-90B, le Scorpène aura des tubes lance-torpilles vides. Même si le gouvernement indien signait rapidement le contrat, il est improbable que la livraison puisse intervenir avant 2017.

 

Le ministère indien de la défense a refusé de répondre aux questions.

 

Un haut-responsable de la marine indienne se lamente que le ministère de la défense n’assume pas ses responsabilités, au contraire de l’ancien chef de la marine, l’amiral D K Joshi, qui a démissionné à la suite des derniers accidents. Selon cet officier, « si un militaire était responsable de ce qu’un bâtiment était mis en service sans son armement principal, il sera accusé de “manquement au devoir”. »

 

Le retard dans la signature du contrat des torpilles est la conséquence d’accusations que la compagnie WASS l’avait remporté de façon inéquitable, une tactique courante utilisée par les compagnies dont le produit n’a pas été retenu, pour retarder le contrat le temps que le ministère ordonne une enquête.

 

Le ministre de la défense, A K Antony, a effectivement saisi la Commission Centrale de Vigilance, qui n’a trouvé aucun signe de malversation. Pourtant, le ministère continue de bloquer la signature.

 

Référence :Business Standard (Inde)

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16 avril 2014 3 16 /04 /avril /2014 11:20
US NAVSEA Awards LM $10 To Maintain MK-48 Torpedoes

 

Apr 15, 2014 ASDNews Source : Lockheed Martin Corporation

 

Operational readiness of the U.S. Navy’s MK-48 heavyweight torpedo inventory will continue to be ensured by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]. The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded Lockheed Martin a contract option worth approximately $10 million to support the Navy’s intermediate-level maintenance activities for all MK-48 torpedoes. This is the first option exercised from a contract awarded in 2013 and brings the total contract value to more than $18 million.

 

“The key to this program’s success is our strong partnership with the U.S. Navy," said Dr. Rob Smith, vice president of C4ISR for Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions. “Working in unison, our teams established a diligent process that ensures reliability and helps reduce life cycle costs for the Navy's torpedo enterprise.”

 

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2 février 2014 7 02 /02 /février /2014 17:50
Black Shark Torpedo model at Euronaval 2010 Photo Navy Recognition

Black Shark Torpedo model at Euronaval 2010 Photo Navy Recognition

 

01 February 2014 Navy Recognition

 

On January 28th the new Black Shark Advanced (BSA), produced by WASS was launched for the first time ever from the submarine SCIRE’. The torpedo launched in “Push Out” mode (water ram expulsion system, which ejects the torpedo by means high water-pressure), was equipped in a totally innovative way, thanks to the new Lithium-Polymer Battery.

 

The launch, called “Short-Fire”, took place in the La Spezia gulf and was aimed at testing the WASS progresses in the frame of the project “New Heavyweight Torpedo”, developed in cooperation with the Italian Navy. The successful launch represents another step ahead, toward the acquisition by the Italian Navy.

 

“The Black Shark is the result of Italian research and cutting-edge technology– said Alessandro Franzoni, Chief Executive Officer of WASS – example of the national excellence in the field of underwater defence equipment through the use of innovative technical solutions for the propulsion systems, power generation and electro-acoustics. Thanks to its high quality standards it will succeed in all main international markets.”

 

Over the next few years, the Black Shark Advanced is expected to replace the old A-184 Heavyweight Torpedo, now supplied to submarines of the Italian Navy, increasing significantly the ability to defend the waters and the Italian homeland.

Finmeccanica Whitehead Underwater Systems (WASS) crew onboard the submarine during the test - Picture WASS

Finmeccanica Whitehead Underwater Systems (WASS) crew onboard the submarine during the test - Picture WASS

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10 octobre 2013 4 10 /10 /octobre /2013 07:35
MU90 Torpedo Enters Royal Australian Navy Service

 

Oct 9, 2013 ASDNews Source : Thales Group

 

The MU90 lightweight torpedo has entered active service with the Royal Australian Navy, having achieved Operational Release Status after a recent final test firing.

 

The entry into service has been achieved as a result of close collaboration between the Djimindi Alliance (comprising the Defence Materiel Organisation, Thales Australia and EuroTorp), the Royal Australian Navy and its RAN Test Evaluation Analysis Authority, and the Defence Science and Technology Organisation.

 

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16 septembre 2013 1 16 /09 /septembre /2013 11:35
La torpille sud-coréenne «Requin rouge» rate sa cible

15/09/2013 par Jacques N. Godbout – 45eNord.ca

 

Lors des derniers tirs d’essai d’une torpille anti-sous-marins développée localement auxquels a procédé la Marine sud-coréenne, une torpille sur quatre a manqué sa cible, a déclaré ce dimanche l’Administration du programme d’acquisition de défense (DAPA), rapporte l’agence sud-coréenne Yonhap.

 

L’Agence publique pour le développement de la Défense (ADD) a développé durant plus de neuf ans ce missile léger à longue portée mer-mer à partir de 2000, avec un budget de 100 milliards de wons (92 millions de dollars) afin de l’utiliser sur les contre-torpilleurs sud-coréens les plus récents, dont le KDX II.

La DAPA avait donné son feu vert pour la production des premiers missiles en 2009, dans la mesure où le prototype avait un taux de réussite de plus 75%.

Environ 50 torpilles «Hongsangeo» («Requin rouge») ont déjà été déployées depuis 2010 et certains contre-torpilleurs ont été équipés de cette torpilles de 5,7 mètres de long au début de 2012.

Toutefois, sa production a été suspendue après avoir échoué à atteindre la cible lors d’un tir d’essai en juillet de l’année dernière et la Marine a depuis mené une série de tests supplémentaires, mais la torpille n’a pas atteint le taux de précision requis.

 

Le lancement d’une torpille Hongsangeo à partir d’un contre-torpilleur (Infographie KoreaTimes)

Le lancement d’une torpille Hongsangeo à partir d’un contre-torpilleur (Infographie KoreaTimes)

La torpille à deux étages est lancée verticalement à partir d’un contre-torpilleur et vole pendant environ 20 kilomètres avant l’immersion dans la mer pour suivre et détruire une cible.

Une arme à guidage de précision comme le «Requin rouge» doit avoir un taux de réussite de plus 75 pour cent pour être prête à de véritables missions de combat.

Hélas, selon un responsable de la DAPA, rapporte encore l’agence, lorsque la Marine a procédé en juillet de cette année aux tirs de la torpille «Hongsangeo» dans la mer de l’Est, trois torpille ont atteint la cible, mais une quatrième l’a encore manquée et la DAPA hésite donc maintenant à en reprendre la production.

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10 septembre 2013 2 10 /09 /septembre /2013 11:55
photo Marine Nationale

photo Marine Nationale

Sept. 10, 2013 defense-aerospace.com

(Source: French Navy; issued Sept. 6, 2013)

(Issued in French only; unofficial translation by defense-aerospace.com)

 

First Flight of the Navy NH90 Caiman with MU90 Torpedo

 

A new milestone has been reached in the framework of the operational introduction of the NH90 Cayman Step B into the French Navy: the first flight-test with an MU90 training torpedo.

 

This flight was carried out on September 5 by the NH90 detachment CEPA/10S, and marks the beginning of the technical and operational evaluation of this new capability, from land bases and from frigates at sea. Full system qualification by the manufacturer is scheduled for mid-November, allowing the CEPA/10S to finalize this assessment by firing a real torpedo by the end of the year.

 

The MU90 is a lightweight torpedo [1] for engaging the most powerful nuclear and conventional submarines, whether in deep water or near the coast. It can also be launched by F70 anti-submarine frigates, multi-mission frigates (FREMM), Horizon frigates, Atlantic 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft, Lynx helicopters and now the NH90 Cayman Marine.

 

The Cayman is a shipboard naval helicopter whose primary mission is to conduct anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare missions from the Aquitaine-class frigates (FREMM) and Forbin (FDA). It can also conduct maritime missions against terrorism, and support of a naval and maritime rescue.

 

 

[1] Mass of torpedo: 299kg, 317kg at launch with accessories; diameter: 324mm; length 2920mm.

photo Marine Nationale

photo Marine Nationale

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2 septembre 2013 1 02 /09 /septembre /2013 16:20
US Navy Awards LM $37 M for Heavyweight Torpedo Program

Sep 2, 2013 ASDNews Source : Lockheed Martin Corporation

 

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] will provide the U.S. Navy and allied navy customers from Canada and The Netherlands with upgrade kits and services for the MK 48 heavyweight torpedo under a new, $37 million contract award, part of a five-year effort to upgrade the entire submarine fleet.

 

The Mod 7 Common Broadband Advanced Sonar System (CBASS) upgrade kit equips the heavyweight MK 48 with increased bandwidth and streamlined targeting and tracking capabilities. The kit includes a broadband analog sonar receiver, a guidance and control box, and a pre-amplifier. Since the CBASS program was first awarded to Lockheed Martin in 2011, the U.S. Navy has awarded more than $70 million for functional item replacement kits, engineering services, spares, and production support material.

 

“The CBASS upgrades dramatically enhance the performance and capabilities of the MK 48,” said Tom Jarbeau, Lockheed Martin program director. “The refinements we’ve made to the torpedo’s guidance and control systems provide the U.S. Navy with a highly capable weapon in both littoral and deep sea environments.”

 

The replacement kits will upgrade the heavyweight torpedoes used by the entire United States submarine fleet for anti-submarine or anti-surface warfare. The MK 48 heavyweight torpedo is also employed by the allied navies of Australia, Canada, and The Netherlands.

 

Lockheed Martin’s Marion, Mass., facility will perform the CBASS work, with additional support from other company locations, including Manassas, Va.; Syracuse, N.Y.; and Newport, R.I.  Lockheed Martin subsidiary Polaris Contract Manufacturing will build the circuit card and module assembly.

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11 juillet 2013 4 11 /07 /juillet /2013 12:35
Mark 54 Torpedo photo US Navy

Mark 54 Torpedo photo US Navy

Jul 11, 2013 ASDNews Source : Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)

 

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on July 1, 2013 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Australia of up to 100 MK 54 All-Up-Round Torpedoes and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $83 million.

 

The Government of Australia has requested a possible sale of 100 MK 54 All-Up-Round Torpedoes, 13 MK 54 Exercise Sections, 13 MK 54 Exercise Fuel Tanks, 5 Recoverable Exercise Torpedoes, support and test equipment for Maintenance Facility upgrade to MK 695 Mod 1 capability, spare and repair parts, technical data and publications, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. government and contractor engineering, technical and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistics support.

 

Australia is an important ally in the Western Pacific that contributes significantly to ensuring peace and stability in the region. Australia’s efforts in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations have made a significant impact on regional, political and economic stability and have served U.S. national security interests.

 

Australia will use the MK 54 torpedo on its MH-60R helicopters and intends to use the torpedo on a planned purchase of the P-8A Increment 2 Maritime Patrol and Response aircraft. Australia, which currently has MK 54 torpedoes in its inventory, will have no difficulty absorbing these additional torpedoes into its armed forces.

 

The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region.

 

The principal contractor will be Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems in Keyport, Washington. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale.

 

Implementation of this proposed sale will not require the assignment of U.S. Government or contractor representatives to Australia.

 

There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of this proposed sale.

 

This notice of a potential sale is required by law and does not mean the sale has been concluded.

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14 juin 2013 5 14 /06 /juin /2013 07:35
SeaHake mod4 ER (Extended Range) heavyweight torpedo Photo ATLAS ELEKTRONIK

SeaHake mod4 ER (Extended Range) heavyweight torpedo Photo ATLAS ELEKTRONIK

Atlas Elektronik Sea Hake heavyweight torpedo

 

June 10, 2013 By SP's Special Correspondent

 

The Indian Navy is in the market for new heavyweight torpedoes with "state-of-the-art technology, of calibre 534.4mm and length not exceeding 7,800mm, to be fired from existing torpedo tubes of ships". The Navy has been looking to acquire new torpedoes for years, and the current acquisition will be in line with that.

 

The Navy is already on the verge of signing a deal for 98 Finmeccanica WASS Blackshark heavyweight torpedoes for its Scorpene submarines, a deal that appears now to be delayed by the entire Finmeccanica controversy that's already taken a toll on the AgustaWestland VVIP copter contract progress. The Indian Navy needs the new heavyweight torpedoes for its P28 class of anti-submarine warfare corvettes, the first of which is to be delivered to the Navy by the end of this year. The DRDO's own heavyweight torpedo Varunastra is undergoing trials at this time and is likely to be ready for integration on platforms only by 2016.

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1 septembre 2011 4 01 /09 /septembre /2011 17:55

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CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 1 (UPI)

 

Australia's Defense Department hit back at criticism over its MU90 lightweight torpedo purchase from the weapon's French and Italian manufacturers.

 

A written statement by the Defense Ministry said all essential documentation from the manufacturers is in English and not, as reported by Australian media, in French or Italian only.

 

An article in some Fairfax Media newspapers and "more widely reported in the electronic media" contains "information that is wrong and misleading," the ministry said.

 

The Age newspaper in Melbourne, under the headline "Navy at sea over French manual," savaged the government for going out to tender for a translation of the manufacturers' documents despite having spent several hundred million dollars on the much-delayed project.

 

The Age said the deal has dragged on 13 years, will cost $655 million and has been condemned by the government auditor.

 

The article said the Defense Department will pay $110,100 for the translation service and cover the cost of flights and accommodation the tender winner.

 

"Buy flat-pack furniture from a well-known Scandinavian chain store and you can be sure the instructions will be in English," the article said. "But spend hundreds of millions on European-built torpedoes for your navy and apparently that is not the case."

 

 

However, the Defense Department said "as a condition of contract, all key project documentation including technical instructions from the supplier has been delivered in English."

 

What is in need of translation is "additional test data from these countries as a way to reduce costs and minimize the number of formal ship trials for the Australian MU90 program" before the weapon is commissioned, the department said.

 

The statement noted that Australia is getting test-firing data ordinarily not included in such contracts but will save Australian taxpayers a lot of money.

 

"To date the French and Italian navy testing programs have involved the firing of over 200 MU90 torpedoes. It is the reports and data from these tests that is in French and Italian and needs to be translated into English," the Defense Department said in its statement.

 

Apart from Australia, the MU90 anti-submarine torpedo is used by the navies of Germany, France, Italy, Denmark and Poland. It is designed to outperform the U.S.-built Mark 46, torpedo designed by Alliant Techsytems.

 

The MU90 manufacturer, EuroTorp, is a consortium formed in 1993 by French and Italian defense companies specifically to design and build a new generation lightweight torpedoes.

 

EuroTorp companies are Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei, which has a 50 percent stake, DCN International with a 26 percent stake and Thales Underwater Systems, owning 24 percent.

 

The Defense Department statement also noted that the MU90 contract is an Acquisition Project of Concern. Being on the Project of Concern list -- set up in 2008 -- means the government is aware of escalating costs and lengthening delivery dates and is working with contractors to get the contract back on track.

 

In May, a report by the Auditor General blasted Defense for badly managing the torpedo purchase which, even though signed in 1998, has no firm delivery date.

 

'Planning and management was inadequate,'' the Auditor General said.

 

There had been ''an underestimation of … risk'' even though almost $400 million has been spent.

 

The project ''will not deliver the capability originally sought by the Australian Defense Force (military), with uncertainty surrounding what will be delivered."

 

The audit report said the government knew so little about the torpedo when they bought it, they ''believed the MU90 to be an off-the-shelf acquisition … already in service with the other navies. This was not the case.''

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29 août 2011 1 29 /08 /août /2011 05:30
Australian DoD Response to Criticisms of MU90 Torpedo Project

MU-90 lightweight torpedo (photo : Eurotorp)

 

28.08.2011 DEFENSE STUDIES

 

An article in some Fairfax media papers today (Lost for words, a Navy all at sea, 26 August 2011) and more widely reported in the electronic media contains information that is wrong in fact and misleading.
 

 

The article refers to the need to translate technical documents and instructions for the MU90 Light Weight Torpedo into English.
 

 

This is not correct.
 

 

As a condition of contract all key project documentation including technical instructions from the supplier has been delivered in English.
 

 

The MU90 torpedo is a complex anti-submarine warfare weapon and is a joint French and Italian development.
 

 

Defence is taking advantage of additional test data from these countries as a way to reduce costs and minimise the number of formal ship trials for the Australian MU90 program to finalise the acceptance into ADF service process.
 

 

Torpedo trials are very expensive and each test firing is a significant exercise in its own right. Being able to examine and use the results of other countries’ trials saves the Australian taxpayer a lot of money.
 

 

To date the French and Italian Navy testing programs have involved the firing of over 200 MU90 torpedoes. It is the reports and data from these tests - conducted by the French and Italian Navy for their own purposes and provided to Australia - that is in French and Italian and needs to be translated into English.
 

 

As a Project of Concern the MU90 Light Weight Torpedo replacement project receives Government, Defence and equipment supplier oversight.
 
(Aus DoD)
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13 juillet 2011 3 13 /07 /juillet /2011 07:05
DCNS delivers MU90 torpedo simulator to German Navy

MU90 lightweight anti-submarine torpedoes. (Photo: DCNS)

 

July 12, 2011 defpro.com

 

Paris | DCNS has successfully delivered the SIMOPE (SIMulateur OPErationnel) MU90 torpedo simulator to the German Navy. SIMOPE is designed to prepare and simulate operational launch scenarios with the MU90 lightweight anti-submarine torpedo, in an extremely realistic configuration. The German defence procurement agency (BWB*) accepted SIMOPE into service without reserve. The delivery and acceptance process included training for German technical experts in how to use the new system.

 

The MU90 is the result of a partnership between the French and Italian governments and the respective industries of the two countries. Germany was the first export customer to adopt the MU90, followed by Denmark, Poland and Australia.

 

Mr Jan Peifer, Director of the German MU90 programme at the BWB, expressed his satisfaction with the acceptance process, and noted that close analysis of the MU90’s behaviour in a wide range of tactical scenarios will enhance the way operatives are prepared and trained, maximise the weapon’s effectiveness in actual combat as well as support the preparation and refinement of tactical guidelines for weapon deployment.

 

The SIMOPE tool is now in service with the French and German navies and will enable them to share knowledge and information about the MU90 in a more comprehensive and coherent manner. This simulator will also facilitate the work of navy personnel involved in workgroups set up by the various user nations to provide operational feedback and support.

 

This first SIMOPE export contract further consolidates DCNS’s role in the provision of anti-submarine warfare simulation solutions and associated expertise for navies around the world.

 

* Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung, the Federal Office of Defence Technology and Procurement

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