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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 12:40

Watchkeeper flies clear of Projects of Concern list
Photo Thales UK 03 october, 2011 by Craig Hoyle – Flight global London - The British Army's Watchkeeper unmanned air system programme has made sufficient recent progress to escape inclusion on the UK Ministry of Defence's new Projects of Concern list,...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 12:40

Iraq Really Buys F-16s This Time
photo US Air Force October 3, 2011: STRATEGY PAGE Iraq has bought 18 American F-16 fighters. Again. But this time Iraqi actually signed the contract. Before that, Iraq proposed this deal two years ago. But it didn't happen. As recently as February, the...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 12:40

Boeing Returns E-4B to USAF Service After Scheduled Maintenance
Oct 3, 2011 ASDNews Source : The Boeing Company Wichita, Kan. - The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has successfully completed a regularly scheduled programmed depot maintenance (PDM) on one of the United States' four E-4B National Airborne Command Centers...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 12:35

AEWE Brings 4G Smartphone Technology to Virtual Battlefield
Oct 3, 2011 By Jennifer Gunn – ASDNews - Source : US Army Fort Benning, Ga. - The same technology that powers high speed commercial cellular networks will be driving the voice, video and mission command capabilities for the Spiral G training exercise,...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 12:30

US DOD orders M777 Howitzers
October 03, 2011 SHEPARD GROUP Source: BAE Systems The US Department of Defense has ordered 70 BAE Systems lightweight M777 howitzers to begin equipping the US Army's Infantry Brigade Combat Teams (IBCTs). Valued at $134m (£87m), the order takes the US-UK...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 12:30

Fire Scout Completes 1st Navy Unmanned Flight On Biofuel
Oct 3, 2011 ASDNews From Naval Air Systems Command Public Affairs - Source : US Navy Patuxent River, Md. - The Navy reached a milestone in its quest to gain energy independence today, when an MQ-8B Fire Scout successfully flew the first unmanned biofueled...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 12:25

Européens et Américains s'affrontent pour le marché des avions de chasse japonais
03/10 Yann Rousseau, Les Echos - CORRESPONDANT À TOKYO Le Japon doit attribuer avant la fin décembre un programme d'achat de plus de 40 chasseurs, estimé à 6 milliards de dollars. Boeing, Lockheed Martin et Eurofighter viennent de remettre leurs offres....
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 12:25

Pékin prend ses distances de Moscou en matière d'armement et d'énergie
03.10.11 LEMONDE.FR avec AFP Pékin prend son indépendance à l'égard de la Russie en matière d'armes et d'énergie après avoir été très dépendant de Moscou durant des années. C'est ce que révèle un rapport de l'Institut international de recherche sur la...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 12:20

New Era in RNZAF Advanced Pilot Training Signalled
RNZAF Beechcraft King Air B200 (photo : NZFF) 03.10.2011 DEFENSE STUDIES The Minister of Defence, Wayne Mapp, has announced moves to develop a new advanced pilot training capability for the RNZAF. This will include new advanced trainer aircraft. “In future...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 12:15

Saab receives ACCS order from Thailand
October 03, 2011 SHEPARD GROUP Source: Saab Defence and security company Saab has received an order from the Royal Thai Air Force regarding extension of an Air Command and Control System. The order amounts to 104 MSEK. Saab will extend the Royal Thai...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 12:15

Les USA testent des insectes pilotés à distance
03.10.2011 INFO-AVIATION - Source : 20 minutes Les chercheurs américains s’intéressent de près à la morphologie de certains insectes pour les transformer en véritables micro-drones de surveillance. La DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 12:10

Brazilian Minister of Defence welcomes 1st modernised P-3 Orion
Oct 3, 2011 ASDNews Source : Airbus, an EADS N.V. company The first P-3 Orion aircraft to be modified by Airbus Military for the Brazilian Air Force was baptised today by Brazilian Minister of Defence, Celso Amorim, in the presence of the Commander of...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 12:05

Six More C-130Js For IAF In Afterglow Of First Contract
Photo / Lockheed-Martin October 03, 2011 by Shiv Aroor LIVEFIST Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal Norman Browne today showered praise on Lockheed-Martin's execution of the Indian C-130J Super Hercules contract. With a contract for six more C-130Js...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 12:05

CPI Aero Announces New C-5 Order Valued at $3.1 M
source airforce-technology.com Oct 3, 2011 ASDNews Source : CPI Aerostructures Inc. Edgewood, N.Y. - CPI Aerostructures, Inc. ("CPI Aero(R)") (NYSE Amex:CVU) today announced that it has received a five year contract valued at up to $3.1 million from the...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 12:00

Dix ans en guerre en Afghanistan: deux hors séries pour illustrer cet anniversaire
03.10.2011 par P. CHAPLEAU Lignes de Défense Le 7 octobre 2001, les forces américaines lançaient leurs premières opérations offensives en Afghanistan. Dix ans plus tard où en sont la coalition et les forces armées nationales qui y contribuent? Deux hors...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 11:55

India-UK to hold joint naval exercise off Goa
photo Doomych Oct 3, 2011 THE TIMES OF INDIA PANAJI: Poised to celebrate the 61st navy week in Goa this month and to conduct bilateral naval exercises with the Royal navy sometime later, the navy leadership here said, "Credit for a lot of our capabilities...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 11:50

No plans to retire Typhoon class subs soon - Russian military
MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) A high-ranking source in the Russian Defense Ministry has denied rumors of a planned scrapping of Typhoon class strategic submarines in the near future. Several media sources reported recently that the Russian military...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 11:45

Robert’s Latin America Round-Up
Brazilian Mirage 2000s. Photo via Defense Industry Daily. 03.10.2011 by ROBERT BECKHUSEN- warisboring.com Haiti Haitian President Michel Martelly is taking steps to rebuild Haiti’s military, more than 15 years after the armed forces were first disbanded,...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 11:40

Indian Air Force to Induct Mil Mi-17 V5 Helicopters Mid-October
2011-10-02 India Defence Augmenting its chopper fleet, the Indian Air Force will induct the first batch of Russian-origin Mi-17 V5 helicopters by mid-October. India had in 2008 signed a deal with Russia to induct 80 Mi-17 V5 helicopters for strengthening...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 11:35

The Royal Canadian Air Force Wants to Train More Pilots. Will It Be Successful?
October 2, 2011 By David Pugliese Defence Watch The Royal Canadian Air Force is not training enough pilots to meet its demands. That was the message Lt.-Gen. Andre Deschamps, the head of the air force, had for Vice Admiral Bruce Donaldson, the vice chief...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 07:55

PLF 2012 : Livraisons et commandes attendues pour la Marine nationale
03/10/2011 MER et MARINE L'an prochain, le gouvernement prévoit d'affecter 16.5 milliards d'euros pour équiper les forces armées françaises. Concernant la Marine nationale, le projet de loi de finances 2012 porte notamment, en matière de dissuasion nucléaire,...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 07:40

JAGM In Jeopardy Amid Budget Talks
Photo: Raytheon Sep 30, 2011 By Amy Butler aerospace daily and defense report After multiple attempts to field a single replacement for the Hellfire, TOW and Maverick missiles, the U.S. Army may once again find itself without support for the project....
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 07:35

Submarine jetty project is slammed for running £92 million over budget
The Valiant Jetty is to serve the new Astute class submarine at the Royal Navy's Clyde base 01 Oct 2011 THE TELEGRAPH A major defence project has come under fire from Liam Fox for running late and being over budget. The Defence Secretary named the Valiant...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 07:30

Russia launches Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket with Glonass satellite
PLESETSK, October 3 (RIA Novosti) The Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket with the Glonass-M navigation satellite was launched on early Monday from the Plesetsk Space Center in northern Russia, Space Forces spokesman Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin said. He said the...
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3 octobre 2011 1 03 /10 /octobre /2011 07:25

17ème édition de l'exercice franco-marocain Chebec
Le Mohammed V derrière l'Aconit, à Toulon crédits : MER ET MARINE - JEAN-LOUIS VENNE 03/10/2011 MER et MARINE Visant à développer l'interopérabilité entre les marines française et marocaine, notamment en matière de surveillance et de sécurité maritimes,...
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