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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 20:30

British Minister Advocates British-French Nuclear Deterrent
Le SNLE Le Terrible à Cherbourg crédits : MARINE NATIONALE - FREDERIC DUPLOUICH 2 Apr 2011 Defensenews AFP LONDON - A British junior defense minister is calling for London and Paris to develop and build a joint nuclear deterrent, The Guardian newspaper...
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 20:30

L'Etat valide le rachat de SNPE Matériaux énergétiques par Safran
02/04/2011 Daily bourse - AFP L'Etat a validé le rachat annoncé en septembre 2010 de SNPE Matériaux énergétiques (SME) par le groupe d'aéronautique et de défense Safran pour un montant de près de 330 millions d'euros, selon un arrêté publié samedi au...
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 16:00

AeroVironment investigates cause of Global Observer crash
photo AeroVironment 02/04/11 By Stephen Trimble Flightglobal.com AeroVironment has confirmed the GO-1 Global Observer crashed early on 1 April, about 18h through its ninth test flight at Edwards AFB, California. The company has announced no further details...
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 16:00

KC-130J Harvest Hawk: Marine Corps teaches old plane new tricks in Afghanistan
April 02, 2011 by Staff Sgt. Christopher Flurry 2nd MAW - WAR ON TERROR Refueling Platform Making Waves in Ground Support Combat CAMP DWYER, Afghanistan - One of the U.S. military’s most seasoned aircraft has found a new purpose as a one-of- a- kind weapon...
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 16:00

PAE s'implante durablement au camp Lemonnier de Djibouti
02.04.2011 par P. CHAPLEAU Lignes de défense Depuis 2007, PAE (Pacific Architects and Engineers, une filiale de Lockheed Martin) assure le "facility management" au profit des forces américaines basées au camp Lemonnier de Djibouti. Le 30 mars, le Pentagone,...
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 16:00

Les armes envoyées aux anti-kadhafistes pourraient finir dans les mains d'al-Qaida
Des rebelles libyens préparent leurs armes, le 29 mars, non loin de Syrte © Aris Messinis / AFP 02/04/2011 Par Michel Colomès Le Point.fr Les États-Unis redoutent que des combattants islamistes soient infiltrés dans les rangs des opposants à Kadhafi....
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 13:04

La Grande-Bretagne et la France devraient construire une force de dissuasion nucléaire commune
2 avril 2011 par Rédacteur en chef. PORTAIL DES SOUS-MARINS Le secrétaire d’Etat britannique à la défense a proposé une force de dissuasion nucléaire développée et mise en œuvre en commun par la Grande-Bretagne et la France pour remplacer les forces purement...
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 11:30

U.S. AirSea Battle Concept Is Focused On China
2011-04-02 (China Military News cited from and aviationweek.com written by Bill Sweetman, Richard D. Fisher, Jr.) U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it has the "potential to do for America's military deterrent power . . . what AirLand Battle did"...
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 06:00

IMT providing submarine torpedo support
01 April 2011 by defenceWeb The Institute for Maritime Technology (IMT), part of the Armscor Defence Institutes, has been awarded a R3 million contract to provide undisclosed submarine underwater torpedo support services to the South African Navy. The...
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 06:00

Denel rebrands OTB
01 April 2011 by defenceWeb Denel is today changing the name of its missiles and aircraft systems test range on the southern tip of Africa to Denel Overberg Test Range (DOTR). The company says the rebranding emphasises the test range's relationship with...
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 06:00

India approves buy of four more Boeing P-8s (Dow Jones)
The P-8I is a variant of the P-8A Poseidon Boeing is building for the U.S. Navy. Here, the fourth flight-test Poseidon is shown during a ribbon cutting ceremony on Nov. 11, 2010 for Boeing's P-8 plant, near Boeing Field, in Seattle. (Joshua Trujillo/seattlepi.com)...
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 06:00

Crash of UAV Prototype Stalls AeroVironment
Source gizmag.com - photo by USAF 1 Apr 2011 By DAVE MAJUMDAR DefenseNews The April 1 crash of AeroVironment's first Global Observer unmanned aircraft prototype at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., marks an enormous setback for the company, analysts said....
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 06:00

"M-MRCA Selection To Showcase Independence & Professionalism": Indian MOD
Source LIVEFIST April 02, 2011 by Shiv Aroor LIVEFIST "If you think extraneous factors are going to guide our decision, then you may be surprised by the result." The words of a senior MoD officer who spoke to select journalists recently about the Indian...
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 06:00

India : Transport aircraft deal with the US held up over price issue
Source Defensetech.org New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) IBN Live The biggest-ever Indo-US defence deal expected to be worth USD 4.1 billion for procuring 10 C-17 heavylift transport aircraft has been delayed over price issue.The deal was earlier scheduled to be...
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 06:00

S.Africa launches combat helicopter after 25 years
source defence.pk 01/04/2011 UNIVISION.com AFP South African defence firm Denel handed its new Rooivalk armed helicopter over to the military Friday, a project 27 years in the making touted as a boost to national pride. The Rooivalk programme, which cost...
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 06:00

L’USAF commande des bombes anti-bunker
1 avril 2011 info-aviation Le 29 mars 29, Alliant Techsystems (ATK) a reçu une commande ferme de 35,8 millions de dollars pour fournir un Hard Target Sensing Fuze (HTSF) à l’US Air Force, un système de propulsion destiné aux ogives guidées BLU-109, BLU-113,...
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 06:00

India's Anti-Tank HELINA To Spawn Longer Range Strike Weapon
April 01, 2011 by Shiv Aroor LIVEFIST India's Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) plans to extend the range of the HELINA (Helicopter-mounted Nag) anti-armour missile into a >20-km range strike munition for combat aircraft and helicopters....
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 06:00

Trusty Lynx makes its last appearance at sea
Source UK MoD April 01, 2011 SHEPARD GROUP After more than 30 years’ service one of the mainstays of the Fleet Air Arm has made its final appearance at sea. Nearly four decades to the day that the very first Lynx helicopter took to the skies, a Mk3 variant...
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 06:00

Cameras, Spy Balloons Surge in Afghanistan
April 1, 2011 By Spencer Ackerman DANGER ROOM The U.S. military may be preparing its spy planes to support the NATO-led war in Libya. But it’s also preparing to surge about $1 billion worth of balloon-mounted cameras and other intelligence, surveillance...
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 06:00

Focusing on Libya's Ammunition Dumps a Priority, Says UK Defence Minister
Apr 1 2011 By Dave Pugliese - Defence Watch Ammunition bunkers have been key targets for Canadian Forces CF-18s as well as U.S., British and other aircraft. Here is the view from the UK’s Defence Ministry: Among the targets in Libya that have been destroyed...
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 06:00

NATO Military Customer Receives Deployable Field Lab From Ottawa-based Allen-Vanguard
Apr 1 2011 By Dave Pugliese - Defence Watch Press release from Allen Vanguard: OTTAWA -- March 31, 2011 -- Allen-Vanguard Corporation announced today that it has just completed the delivery of its first field deployable laboratory for a NATO military...
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Source: Strategy Analytics, Inc.; issued March 31, 2011 BOSTON --- UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) came of age during the current Afghanistan war. In both ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) and attack roles, they have proven their tactical...
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 06:00

Air Force Officials Present Budget to Appropriations Committees
Source: U.S Air Force; issued March 31, 2011 WASHINGTON --- Air Force leaders discussed the service's fiscal 2012 budget request and their concerns about operating under a continuing resolution with members of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees...
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 06:00

Algérie : l’achat de frégates allemandes compromis ?
crédits TKMS 1er avril 2011 Par Rédacteur en chef. PORTAIL DES SOUS-MARINS Les révolutions dans le monde arabe ont des répercussions négatives sur les contrats en cours de négociations dans les pays de la région. L’article est disponible sur le site de...
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2 avril 2011 6 02 /04 /avril /2011 06:00

HMS Lancaster to Get New Lease of Life
photo by scale speeder Source: BAE Systems; issued March 31, 2011 PORTSMOUTH, United Kingdom --- The Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate, HMS Lancaster, is undergoing an extensive refit at Portsmouth Naval Base as part of a £17.9 million contract with BAE Systems,...
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