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23 juin 2011 4 23 /06 /juin /2011 07:00

Flight Testing for Mars: Dryden F-18 Flying MSL Radar
Jun 22, 2011 ASDNews Source : NASA Southern California's high desert has been a stand-in for Mars for NASA technology testing many times over the years. So it was again as NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center and Jet Propulsion Laboratory flight-tested...
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23 juin 2011 4 23 /06 /juin /2011 06:55

British Army Warriors Get Protection and Mobility Upgrade
June 22, 2011 defpro.com Telford, UK. | British Army Warrior vehicles in Afghanistan are now better protected and more mobile thanks to a fast-paced major package of upgrades developed and delivered by BAE Systems. More than 70 of the infantry fighting...
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23 juin 2011 4 23 /06 /juin /2011 06:50

Saab's Modular Reconnaissance Pod System Captures Libya
June 22, 2011 defpro.com For the Swedish contribution to the ongoing Operation ‘Unified Protector’ over Libya, the reconnaissance capacity provided by Saab’s Modular Reconnaissance Pod System, plays a key role. Sweden is contributing with flight operations...
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23 juin 2011 4 23 /06 /juin /2011 06:45

Hawker Beechcraft Celebrates 700th T-6 Military Trainer Delivery
June 22, 2011 defpro.com PARIS | In a special ceremony at its headquarters in Wichita, Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) celebrated the delivery of the 700th Beechcraft T-6 – the world’s most proven military training aircraft. The milestone aircraft,...
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23 juin 2011 4 23 /06 /juin /2011 06:40

Alenia Aeronautica signs ten-year contract for the maintenance of NATO’s E-3A AWACS fleet
June 22, 2011 defpro.com Alenia Aeronautica (a Finmeccanica company) has recently renewed the contract with the company IAMCO (International Aerospace Management Company), for the supply of a wide range of maintenance and upgrade services for NATO’s AWACS...
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23 juin 2011 4 23 /06 /juin /2011 06:35

Eurofighter and Euroradar confirm 2015 entry into service target date for the Typhoon new generation E-Scan radar
June 22, 2011 defpro.com Paris Air Show | After one year of industry funding, the Eurofighter and Euroradar consortia have received renewed strong support from the Partner Nations and have agreed to continue the full scale development programme of the...
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23 juin 2011 4 23 /06 /juin /2011 06:30

IAI MAPSAT – Compact Man Portable Satellite Communication Terminal
The MAPSAT (ELK 1895) - a tactical Man Portable Satellite Communication (SATCOM) Terminal. Photo: IAI June 22, 2011 By Noam Eshel DEFENSE UPDATE ELTA Systems Ltd., an Israel Aerospace Industries’ group and subsidiary, presents the MAPSAT (ELK 1895)- a...
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23 juin 2011 4 23 /06 /juin /2011 06:25

Missile or UAV? UVision Introduces the WASP
The WASP mini-UAV displayed by UVision at the Paris Air Show 2011. Photo: Tamir Eshel, defense-Update June 22, 2011 By Tamir Eshel DEFENSE UPDATE A new face at the Paris Air Show 2011 is UVision, a small company from Israel, specializing in special purpose...
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23 juin 2011 4 23 /06 /juin /2011 06:20

Visit the Most Advanced Missile Staging the World in Vietnam
22.06.2011 DEFENSE STUDIES S-300: distance detection is 300 km, destroying targets in close range is 5 km, the distance is 150 km distance, altitude 27,000 m and the lowest is 10 meters. (all photos : Quansuvn/QDND) Air Defense - Air Force recently held...
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23 juin 2011 4 23 /06 /juin /2011 06:15

Singapore Submarines Programmes
Archer class submarine (photo : Cyberpioneer) 21.06.2011 DEFENSE STUDIES The RSN Maritime Power for Island Nation : Key Programmes Submarines The acquisition of submarines and frigates by the RSN were the key programmes that define the current shape of...
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23 juin 2011 4 23 /06 /juin /2011 06:10

PARIS: Euro Hawk nearly ready for Germany flight
22/06/11 By Zach Rosenberg SOURCE:Flight Daily News Northrop Grumman and Cassidian have confirmed that the Euro Hawk testbed, the German version of the RQ-4 Global Hawk, will fly to Germany for payload integration and testing. The aircraft will be ferried...
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23 juin 2011 4 23 /06 /juin /2011 06:05

IMI’s Iron Fist APS Completes RPG, Missile, and Tank Ammo Jamming and Interception Tests by the US OSD
June 21, 2011 defense-aerospace.com (Source: Israel Military Industries; issued June 21, 2011) Iron Fist, the active protection system (APS) for armored vehicles developed by Israel Military Industries (IMI), officially completed its evaluation trials...
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23 juin 2011 4 23 /06 /juin /2011 06:00

En Grande-Bretagne, Thales a installé une joint-venture avec le groupe Elbit pour fabriquer la plate-forme du drone tactique Watchkeeper.
22 juin 2011 Par IsraelValley Desk Le journal Le Figaro a consacré un excellent article ce jour sur les drones et cite souvent le cas israélien : "Israël est un acteur important du marché de la défense avec une part de marché mondial estimée à 7,5%. En...
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23 juin 2011 4 23 /06 /juin /2011 05:55

Raytheon Completes Perfect QELTA Tests for U.S. Air Force
June 22, 2011 defense-aerospace.com (Source: Raytheon Company; issued June 21, 2011) PARIS --- Raytheon Company tested its Quiet Eyes Laser Turret Assembly for the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. During hundreds of test runs, QELTA...
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23 juin 2011 4 23 /06 /juin /2011 05:50

USAF Acquisition Chief Asks Industry For Help
Jun 22, 2011 By Amy Butler AviationWeek.com LE BOURGET - U.S. Air Force acquisition chief David Van Buren is asking industry for help in finding ways to both reduce cycle times for deliveries of weapon systems and cut costs to the government. This includes...
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23 juin 2011 4 23 /06 /juin /2011 05:45

Germany Readies Tiger, NH90 For Deployment
Jun 22, 2011 By Robert Wall AviationWeek.com LE BOURGET - The German government this week signed a contract to equip 12 NH90s with a medical evacuation kit and also wants to bolster the Tiger attack helicopter. The moves are intended to ready the two...
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23 juin 2011 4 23 /06 /juin /2011 05:40

Astrium To Pitch Missile Defense To France
Jun 22, 2011 By Amy Svitak AviationWeek.com LE BOURGET - Astrium Space Transportation is pitching a €1 billion ($1.4 billion) missile defense system to the French defense ministry — an unsolicited proposal that would hinge on a successful flight test...
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23 juin 2011 4 23 /06 /juin /2011 05:35

Are Aircraft Carriers Slowly Becoming Obsolete?
June 22, 2011 By David Axe DANGER ROOM For seven decades, they’ve been the ultimate symbol of American power. When conflicts break out across the globe, U.S. Navy aircraft carriers — fast, mobile and each packing more firepower than most countries’ entire...
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23 juin 2011 4 23 /06 /juin /2011 05:30

PAS 2011: Elisra developing SIGINT capability for Skylark II
June 22, 2011 Andrew White, SHEPARD GROUP Paris - Elisra has revealed plans to downsize its SkyFix signals intelligence (SIGINT) payload allowing it to be carried by Elbit Systems' Skylark II UAV, according to company officials. Speaking to Shephard at...
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22 juin 2011 3 22 /06 /juin /2011 22:00

ST Kinetrics completes UK MOD Warthog delivery
source army-technology.com June 22, 2011 SHEPARD GROUP Source: ST Kinetics ST Kinetics has completed the delivery of the Warthogs in the £150m Urgent Operational Requirement contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD). The conclusion of the contract...
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22 juin 2011 3 22 /06 /juin /2011 21:55

PAS 2011: India nears attack helicopter decision
June 22, 2011 Tony Skinner, SHEPARD GROUP Paris - The Indian Air Force is close to choosing between the AH-64D and the Mi-28NE, with a decision anticipated in the next two months, according to Apache manufacturer Boeing. Speaking at the Paris Air Show,...
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22 juin 2011 3 22 /06 /juin /2011 21:50

Second Airbus Military A330 MRTT delivered to RAAF
June 22, 2011 SHEPARD GROUP Source: Airbus Military The second Airbus Military A330 MRTT new generation tanker/transport has been formally delivered to the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base RAAF Amberley,...
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22 juin 2011 3 22 /06 /juin /2011 21:45

Harris Corporation receives $16m order from US Army
June 22, 2011 SHEPARD GROUP Source: Harris Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received a $16 million order from the US Army for Falcon III AN/PRC-117G multiband manpack radios systems. The Army...
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22 juin 2011 3 22 /06 /juin /2011 21:40

AxleTech to provide axle systems for armored security vehicles
June 22, 2011 SHEPARD GROUP Source: AxleTech AxleTech International, a General Dynamics company, was recently awarded a contract from Textron Marine & Land Systems to produce independent suspension axle systems for the Medium Armored Security Vehicle...
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22 juin 2011 3 22 /06 /juin /2011 21:35

PAS 2011: Elbit partners on next-generation helicopter project
June 22, 2011 SHEPARD GROUP Elbit Systems has provided its CockpitNG to a major helicopter OEM as part of a joint research and development (R&D) project for a next-generation helicopter. At the Paris Air Show the company displayed the fully-developed...
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