Aug 23, 2013 ASDNews Source : Raytheon Corporation

    Test further verifies missile's role in extended range fleet defense

The U.S. Navy fired two Raytheon Company Standard Missile-6 interceptors from the USS Chancellorsville, successfully engaging two cruise missile targets (BQM-74 drones) in the missile's first over-the-horizon test scenario at sea.

The SM-6 will provide U.S. Navy sailors and their vessels extended range protection against fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles as part of the Naval Integrated Fire Control - Counter Air (NIFC-CA) mission area.

"The SM-6's ability to engage threats at significantly greater ranges than other missiles in its class is a game changer for the U.S. Navy," said Jim Normoyle, Raytheon Missile Systems' SM-6 program director. "We verified the weapon's new processor earlier this month, and we're preparing for the USS Chancellorsville's Combat Systems Ship Qualification Trials in November."

In February, Raytheon delivered the first SM-6 from its new $75 million, 70,000 square-foot SM-6 and Standard Missile-3 all-up-round production facility at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala. In May, a Defense Acquisition Board approved full-rate production of the SM-6 missile.

"SM-6 combines the best of our SM-2, SM-3 and AMRAAM missiles, providing an enhanced anti-air warfare and over-the-horizon capability at a reduced cost," said Mike Campisi, Raytheon Missile Systems' senior director of Standard Missile-1, -2, and -6 programs. "We have delivered more than 50 missiles ahead of schedule and under cost, and we remain on track to reach initial operating capability in 2013."

About the Standard Missile-6

SM-6 delivers a proven over-the-horizon air defense capability by leveraging the time-tested advantages of the Standard Missile's airframe and propulsion.

    The SM-6 uses both active and semiactive guidance modes and advanced fuzing techniques.

    It incorporates the advanced signal processing and guidance control capabilities from Raytheon's Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile.

August 24, 2013. David Pugliese - Defence Watch

News release from Integrated Informatics:

CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 23, 2013 /CNW/ – Integrated Informatics Inc. now offers a complete aerial data solution, from data capture to analysis and data management, using senseFly’s eBee unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). This solution offers a significant cost-reduction related to mobilization and demobilization of fixed-wing and helicopter surveys.

Stephen Rowe of Integrated Informatics comments, “Prior to senseFly’s eBee, Integrated Informatics would have to rely on client-sourced imagery and digital elevation data, or pull from legacy data. In some cases, the data wasn’t even suited for the analysis being performed. By integrating the eBee, we now have the opportunity to capture and deliver data that specifically matches the requirements of our client’s projects.” Rowe continued, “We have flexibility with respect to spatial resolution and vertical accuracy that will result in more accurate analysis results.”

Integrated Informatics Inc. is a leading consultancy for Geographic Information System implementation and development. Founded in 2002, Integrated Informatics provides spatial data management, workflow and process automation, and custom mapping solutions to the Energy and Natural Resource sectors throughout North America with offices in Calgary, Alberta, Houston, Texas, and St. John’s, Newfoundland.

senseFly is a Swiss company that develops and produces autonomous ultralight flying drones, also called UAVs, and related software solutions.

25.08.2013 auto-utilitaire.com

Le Groupement de la promotion de l’industrie mécanique, relevant du ministère de la Défense nationale et le groupe émirati "Tawazun" et sa filiale "Nimre-Automotiv" ont procédé dimanche à Alger à la finalisation de tous les contrats et conventions de partenariat, a indiqué un communiqué du ministère.

"Dans le cadre de l’exécution du programme de développement des fabrications militaires, sous la forme partenariale, à court, moyen et long terme et sa mise en oeuvre dans le respect des délais de réalisation fixés, une importante délégation du groupe émirati Tawazun et sa filiale Nimre-Automotiv séjourne en Algérie du 24 au 27 août 2013", a ajouté la même source.

"Durant son séjour, la délégation présidée par M. Seif Al-Hadjiri, le PDG du groupe Tawazun et par M. Fahd Harhara, directeur général de Nimre-Automotiv ont procédé avec l’Etablissement public à caractère industriel et commercial, Groupement de la promotion de l’industrie mécanique (Epic-GPIM) du MDN, à la finalisation de tous les contrats et conventions au niveau du siège du ministère de la Défense nationale", a précisé le communiqué.

La délégation émiratie a, par ailleurs, fixé avec son homologue algérienne, les différentes étapes du lancement de la production, en vue de la sortie des premiers véhicules de l’usine de Khenchela dès décembre 2013, a poursuivi la même source.

Enfin, une convention d’investissement relative à ce programme a été signée avec l’Agence nationale de développement de l’investissement (ANDI), a conclu le communiqué du MDN.

Aug. 22, 2013 - By PAUL McLEARY - Defense News

In one of the dwindling number of domestic new build ground vehicle contracts available to the US defense industry, the US Special Operations Command today awarded General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems a contract worth at least $562 million its Ground Mobility Vehicle 1.1 (GMV) program.

The special ops command has said that it wants to buy 1,297 GMVs to replace the current 1,072 Humvee-based GMVs it has in its inventory. Defense News reported back in May that SOCOM had already planned to spend about $24 million on the program in fiscal 2014 for the first 101 vehicles, at a price tag of at $245,000 per vehicle.

Barring any protests, the loss will come as a bitter pill for current GMV-maker AM General and Navistar International, companies who are looking for more business at a time when the buys of Humvees and MRAPs have ended. Oshkosh Defense was eliminated from the competition in January, after which it filed a protest which was then withdrawn in April.

Requirements documents released last year said that the GMV would have to weigh less than 7,000 pounds, have the ability to carry up to seven passengers and be transportable in an M/CH-47 Chinook helicopter.

In today’s notice about the award, the government said that it plans on spending about $14 million in already allocated fiscal 2012 and 2013 budgets for research, test and evaluation on the GMV.

Final deliveries of all GMVs are expected to be complete by September 2020.

SOCOM has also said that it’s in the market for an even smaller vehicle that could fit in the back of a V-22 Osprey. SOCOM released a request for proposals on April 5 for the program, which calls for a lightly armored vehicle that can roll out of the back of an Osprey and begin firing mounted weapons within 60 seconds.

Funding for that program would kick off in the 2015 budget SOCOM officials announced this spring, and that industry has already started to submit its plans to meet the requirement. The Air Force special operation command will begin doing combat evaluations of prototypes in 2014.

MOSCOU, 22 août - RIA Novosti

Le sous-marin nucléaire russe Severodvinsk a achevé la 3e des quatre étapes d'essais en mer, a annoncé jeudi le service de presse des chantiers navals Sevmach de Severodvinsk.

"Le sous-marin a passé plus de 20 jours en pleine mer. Il a réalisé tous les essais prévus par le programme. Les systèmes de bord du sous-marin ont été testés dans différentes conditions", a indiqué Marat Abijanov, chef de production des matériels de guerre de Sevmach, cité par le service de presse.

Le sous-marin nucléaire Severodvinsk est le chef de file du projet 885 Iassen. Il a un déplacement de 8.600/13.800 tonnes et peut plonger à 600 mètres de profondeur. Sa vitesse est de 16/30 nœuds. Le SNLE Severodvinsk est doté de missiles supersoniques de croisière de type Oniks et Kalibr et de torpilles à guidage automatique. Son équipage comprendra 90 sous-mariniers dont 32 officiers.

La Marine russe se verra livrer trois sous-marins nucléaires avant la fin de 2013 dont deux du projet 955 Boreï (Alexandre Nevski et Vladimir Monomakh) et un du projet 885 Iassen.

Aug 23, 2013 ASDNews Source : The Lockheed Martin

The Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy team's (NYSE: LMT) Aegis Combat System successfully completed the first live firing test that proves the system can defend beyond its line of sight by integrating data from a remote sensor to intercept a target.

The latest Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA) test marks the first test at sea, and the second consecutive time this year, where Aegis used remote data to successfully intercept a target. Using the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) to interpret data from remote sources, Aegis launched a Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) missile from the USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) to intercept the target.

"The latest NIFC-CA test demonstrated how the Aegis Combat System has taken a significant step forward in increasing interoperability with remote systems to extend the distance that we can detect, analyze and intercept targets," said Jim Sheridan, director of U.S. Navy Aegis programs for Lockheed Martin. "We continue to use our advanced solutions to provide the Navy with the robust and reliable capabilities needed to defend our nation from sophisticated threats."

As a result of the successful NIFC-CA test, Aegis proved once again that it can transform and adapt to threats and address a changing defense landscape. The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin are committed to modernization programs for the Aegis Combat System on cruisers and destroyers to extend service life and provide new technologies to the ships and their crews. Ships receiving Aegis system upgrades will field Open Architecture and Commercial Off-the-Shelf technologies that will reduce total ownership costs and ensure military readiness for ongoing missile defense needs.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs about 116,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products, and services. The Corporation's net sales for 2012 were $47.2 billion.

HANOI, Vietnam, Aug. 23 (UPI)

Russia's Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg said it will float out the third of six Project 636 Varshavyanka-class submarines being built for Vietnam's navy by the end of the month, RIA Novosti reported.

The Varshavyanka class, with more advanced stealth technology and an extended combat range, is an improvement on its predecessor, the Kilo class of submarines, RIA Novosti said.

The U.S. Navy calls the diesel-electric subs black-holes because their technology makes them nearly undetectable when submerged.

Vietnam will use the 3,100-ton submarines primarily for anti-shipping and anti-submarine missions in relatively shallow waters.

RIA Novosti said Vietnam ordered the six submarines in 2009 to counter China's increasing naval influence in the region. The contract, worth around $2 billion, includes training of Vietnamese crews in Russia.

A Vietnamese crew has been training since April in the first of the submarines, the Novorossiisk, that completed its 100-day sea trials last month and is expected to be delivered in November, Admiralty Shipyards said.

Admiralty will float out Vietnam's fourth Varshavyanka-class vessel in November, with delivery of the last vessel to Vietnam scheduled for 2016.

A report by Naval-Technology in August last year said the Varshavyanka-class vessels have a range of 400 miles using electronic propulsion and can patrol for 45 days.

The submarines carry a crew of 52 and feature 533mm torpedo tubes and Kalibr 3M54 (NATO SS-N-27 Sizzler) cruise missiles, developed by Russia's Novator Design Bureau.

Top speed is 20 knots and diving depth is about 985 feet.

The shipyard also said the first of another six being built for Russia's Black Sea Fleet would be floated out in November.

Construction of the first Varshavyanka-class sub for the Black Sea Fleet, a vessel named the Novorossiisk, began in 2010 and was completed ahead of schedule, the shipbuilder said.

Admiralty Shipyard also constructed India's ill-fated Sindhurakshak submarine that was destroyed by an explosion this month.

The vessel is the seventh and last of the 10 Kilo-class diesel-electric submarines the Indian navy acquired from Moscow between 1986 and 2000.

Admiralty built the Sindhurakshak in 1997 and the Russian Severodvinsk Zvezdochka shipyard in Severodvinsk recently completed a 2 1/2-year, $80 million modernization of the vessel.

Sindhurakshakat had arrived at Mumbai Naval Docks on April 29 but sank after a massive explosion Aug. 14 that killed 18 seamen.

August 21, 2013 defense-unmanned.com

(Source: U.S Department of Defense; issued August 21, 2013)

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $27,599,424 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-12-C-0117) to exercise an option for additional operations and maintenance services in support of the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator Unmanned Aircraft System.

Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md. (70 percent), and outside continental United States (30 percent), and is expected to be completed in May 2014. Fiscal 2013 operations and maintenance, Navy contract funds in the amount of $27,599,424 will be obligated at the time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

August 22, 2013:  Strategy Page

The Russian Air Force has ordered 15 An-148 commercial transports. The An-148 is a twin jet commercial transport that normally carries up to 80 passengers or nine tons of cargo. Max range is 2,100 kilometers and the high-wing design means that the stretched An-178 cargo version can carry up to 15 tons and have a rear door for quickly loading and unloading. The An-148 is costing the air force about $39 million each and all will be delivered by 2017. The air force does have a need for An-148s, but the government has an even greater need in keeping the Russian commercial aircraft manufacturers in business. That’s the main reason behind this purchase.

Antonov introduced the An-148 as a competitor for the American Boeing 737. Although Antonov soon had orders for over 200 of the new aircraft, the first operators reported that the An-148 was more expensive to operate than a comparable 737 (in service since the 1960s with over 6,000 built). Sensing that competing with the 737 (which costs more than 50 percent more) on price alone might not work Antonov announced a military version of the An-148; the An-178. This would be a cargo aircraft, with a max payload of 15 tons. But that segment of the market is already being served by aircraft like the Western AN-295 and C-27J. The basic problem here is that once mighty Soviet civil aviation industry has been shriveling away since 1991, and has few viable opportunities to make a comeback.

The disintegration of the Soviet Union not only destroyed centuries of Russian empire building, but tore apart the Russian civil aviation industry. For decades Soviet commercial aircraft manufacturers had guaranteed customers for their second-rate (compared to Western models) aircraft. Russian and East European airlines had to buy the Russian models, and many poor countries that could not afford Western aircraft, accepted the Russian planes as better than nothing. After 1991, the Soviet Union was replaced by a much reduced Russia, and 14 new nations that had been part of the old empire. No one was forced to buy second-best aircraft anymore. The dissolution deal had whatever Soviet assets were in the new nation, belonging to it. Most of the civil aircraft manufacturing facilities were outside of Russia (in Ukraine and Uzbekistan). Of the three major aircraft manufacturing firms, Antonov was headquartered in Ukraine, Ilyushin in Uzbekistan and only Tupolev in Russia. Russia has managed to persuade (via cash and help with sales) Ilyushin to move a lot of manufacturing back to Russia. Tupolev is being merged with several military aircraft manufacturers, as part of the United Aircraft Corporation. Antonov may be forced to reconnect with Mother Russia as well, given their inability to design and manufacture aircraft that can compete with AirBus and Boeing (not to mention many smaller Western firms).

New Russian commercial aircraft designs keep coming up short compared to what the West is offering. It’s not just Boeing and AirBus, but also smaller manufacturers in Europe and the Americas. Even China is entering the commercial aircraft market and is poised to beat the Russian efforts as well. But the Russian government is still determined to pay the price of staying in the market. As long as the subsidies, in the form of cash and government purchases keep coming, the Russian firms will keep trying.

22 August 2013 by defenceWeb

The Togolese Air Force appears not to have taken delivery of an ex-Botswana Defence Force CASA CN235M transport aircraft, as previously indicated.

In August last year it was reported that the CN235 was destined for Togo as it was seen in Togolese Air Force markings at Lanseria airport in July, after undergoing maintenance in Johannesburg. On July 11 it was cancelled from the US register upon transfer to Togo.

However, last week Air Forces Daily reported that the sale may have fallen through as the aircraft remained at Lanseria until at least January this year. Then, on August 5, it was registered in the United States as N124CL to Avcorp US Registrations LLC Trustee of Wilmington, Delaware.

The aircraft is one of two ex-Botswana Defence Force Air Wing CN235s that were retired after being replaced with new production CN235M-300s from December 2009. Botswana was the second African customer for the CN235 and received its two examples in 1987-88. The older aircraft were subsequently placed in storage at Lanseria.

The second example was registered with Fayard Enterprises of Wake Forest, North Carolina. This company primarily provides skydiving operations with aircraft and aircraft maintenance services. The aircraft was then sold through Skywest International LLC to Paramount Logistics Corporation under a contract announced on June 5, 2012. It was removed from the US register on May 25, 2012, as it was sold in South Africa.

Air Forces Daily reports that in January this year it was painted as TN-228 for the Congolese Air Force. It has presumably been delivered to Brazzaville.

Congo-Brazzaville has a very small air force geared towards providing transport, especially to the president and government ministers, according to Jane’s Sentinel Security Assessment. Janes adds that since 1997, the air force has “effectively ceased to exist as a viable and effective military organisation. Even before the civil war, most types had been withdrawn from service.”

The Congolese Air Force’s only combat capable aircraft are two ex-South African Air Force Mirage F1s acquired several years ago after being refurbished by the Paramount Group (the Air Force’s dozen MiG-21s are all grounded).

The Congolese Air Force has a motley collection of transport aircraft and helicopters. These include an An-12, five An-24s, one An-26, a Boeing 727, one Fokker F-28 and an N-2501 Noratlas, according to the IISS’s The Military Balance 2012.

Only a few helicopters are in flying condition, including a Mi-26, AS 365 Dauphin, SA 316 Alouette III and SA 318 Alouette II. Other aircraft in the Congo’s inventory include four L-39 Albatros jets. A number of Mi-8/17s may also be in service.

The CN235 is able to carry up to six tonnes of payload. Its two General Electric GE CT7-9C3 turboprop engines, each delivering 1 870 shp, give it a maximum cruise speed of 240 kt (450 km/h). CN235s have accumulated more than a million flight hours.

Cameroon became the most recent CN235 operator when it received a single example last month. Its CN235 was the 276th to be ordered from Airbus Military. A total of 43 operators around the world have ordered the aircraft in transport and surveillance versions, and it is currently in service with 28 countries.

The upgraded CH-47 Chinook, outfitted with bright red skis, hovers over the airfield at Naval Air Station Patuxent River as it completes checks of a new digital automatic flight control system. The system gives the aircraft better low speed capabilities, allowing for safer maneuvering and increased control. (Courtesy photo by Fred Troilo)

Aug 21, 2013 ASDNews Source : Naval Air Systems Command

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — Royal Air Force (RAF) flight crews completed testing of their new MK6 tandem rotor helicopter with the help of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) here Aug. 10.

NAWCAD employees provided assistance to the RAF under a commercial service agreement with Boeing. NAS Patuxent River offers many unique testing areas such as sloped landing pads, maneuvering courses and heavy lift stations. Flying in these testing areas ensured the helicopter’s new digital automatic flight control system (AFCS) could operate successfully in a wide range of environments and scenarios, from operations in a desert theater to supply drops in the Arctic.

 “This is going to give us increased control in degraded visual environments, when operating in very difficult conditions such as in the dark or with dust and snow that prevent the pilot from seeing,” said RAF Flight Leader Chris Boddy. “This gives control to the aircraft so the pilot can monitor the profiles of the aircraft flying and not be overworked.”

 In addition to the digital AFCS, the upgraded version of Boeing’s CH-47 Chinook contains distinctive items such as the COBRA fire suppression system, the external rescue hoist and a rotor brake. The new frame structure of the MK6 allows for lower maintenance and vibration signatures for longer life.

 Several RAF teams visited NAS Patuxent River over the test period, allowing different crews to conduct tests and gain experience flying the aircraft.

“We really appreciate all the facilities we have been able to use on base and places in the local community as well,” Boddy said. “It’s been a good place to work and live.”

20.08.2013 Par Olivier Berger, grand reporter à La Voix du Nord - Défense globale


Voici une nouvelle étape de notre parcours dans l'annuaire statistiques de la Défense 2012-2013. Une mine d'or d'informations brutes que nous vous livrons par petites touches ici dans le calme relatif du mois d'août.

Aujourd'hui, les principaux acteurs de l'industrie de défense (photo de la Fremm Aquitaine construite par DCNS)... Un excellent début de catalogue de nos poids lourds du secteur fourni par la DGA. Un regret, on aurait aimé voir plus loin dans un secteur économique qui représente environ 165 000 emplois directs et indirects, et un chiffre d'affaires de l'ordre de 15 milliards d'euros, dont le tiers environ est réalisé à l'exportation, la France se plaçant au quatrième rang mondial des exportateurs.

- Groupe Dassault aviation : les avions militaires représentent 23 % du chiffre d'affaires 2010, soit près d'1 milliard d'euros (4,187 milliards au total).

Employés : 11 491.

Programmes en cours : ATL2, Mirage 2000, Mirage F1, Alphajet, Rafale (photo), drone démonstrateur nEUROn.

- DCNS : le CA est à 98 % consacré à la défense, soit 2,5 milliards d'euros en 2010. 50 % pour des navires armées, 30 % pour du maintien en condition opérationnelle, 20 % d'équipements.

Employés : 12 266.

Programmes en cours : BPC (bâtiment de projection et de commandement, photo), frégates FREMM (France et Maroc), frégate Horizon, Gowind, IPER Charles-de-Gaulle, IPER adaptation M51, Prosub (Brésil), sous-marins Agosta (Pakistan), sous-marins Scorpène (Chili, Malaisie, Inde, Brésil), sous-marins SNA Barracuda, sous-marins SNLE nouvelle génération Le Terrible, torpilles MU 90 et F21, Sylver, Artémis, patrouilleurs Skjold (Norvège).

- Nexter : l'intégralité du chiffre d'affaires de Nexter est consacré à l'industrie de défense, soit 1,076 milliard d'euros. 84 % pour des systèmes, 14 % pour des munitions, 2 % pour du maintien en condition opérationnelle.

Employés : 2 688.

Programmes en cours. Artillerie et équipement : Caesar 155 mm (photo), canon léger tracté de 105 mm LG1 MkII, canons et tourelles de moyen calibre, équipement Félin notamment le FAMAS surbaissé, systèmes d'autoprotection pour véhicules blindés, tourelle ARX20. Véhicules blindés et génie : char Leclerc, valorisation AMX-10 RC, VBCI versions VPC et VCI, Aravis de transport blindé, dépanneur Leclerc, char de déminage AMX-30B2 DT téléopéré, disperseur de mines antichars Minotaur et engins du génie. Munitions : moyen calibre (20 mm, 5 mm, 30 et 40 mm), gros calibre (90 mm, 100 mm, 105 mm et 120 mm), artillerie (155 mm), obus Bonus, munitions intelligentes et insensibles. Systèmes d'information : terminaux SIT et FINDERS d'aide au commandement.

- Safran : la défense ne représente que 11 % du chiffre d'affaires en 2010 pour un total de 10,76 milliards d'euros.

Employés : 54 256.

Programmes en cours : système de navigation SIGMA, armement sol-air modulaire (AASM), drones SDTI (photo), système du combattant Félin, participation au laser mégajoule, viseurs Strix, système de communication SITEL, jumelles multifonctions JIM LR... Moteurs militaires pour Mirage 2000, Rafale, A400M, propulsion spatiale avec le Vulcain d'Ariane, HM7, Mistral, Vinci, le propulseurs des missiles balistiques M51.

- SNPE : le spécialiste de la propulsion, des poudres et des explosifs ne travaille qu'à 46 % pour la défense sur un CA total de 543 M€.

Employés : 2 912.

Programmes en cours. Propulsion stratégique : M45, M51. Propulsion tactique : ASMP-A, Aster, Mica (photo), GM LRS, Exocet, MdCN. Poudres : Leclerc, Caesar, moyens calibres, douilles combustibles. Explosifs : Mica, Exocet, Scalp EG, 76 mm marine, bombes aéroportées.

- Groupe Thales : 57,5 % de son CA 2010 fait référence à la défense et à la sécurité, soit 7,5 milliards d'euros sur un total de 13,125.

Employés : 63 734.

Programmes en cours : Plus de 600 M€ : frégates FREMM (France, Italie), Rafale (France). Entre 400 et 600 M€ : systèmes de défense aérienne FSAF (France, Italie). Entre 200 et 400 M€ : hélicoptère NH90, porte-avions CVF (Royaume-Uni), satellites Sentinel 3, Syracuse 3 (France), système de défense aérienne ADAPT (Royaume-Uni), système de drones Watchkeeper (Royaume-Uni, photo).

- Renault Trucks Defense : Le chiffre d'affaires 2010 s'élève à 309 millions d'euros, intégralement consacrés à la défense comme l'indique le nom de la société filiale de Renault.

Employés : 526.

Programmes en cours : cabines blindés SEA et armée de terre, CAESAR, VAB, commission gestion configuration et mise en condition opérationnelle VAB, Otan Namsa (agence de soutien), Syracuse 3, VBCI, Sherpa range.

Les épisodes statistiques précédents :

Les salaires moyens dans les armées, les principaux équipements de l'armée de terre, ceux de l'armée de l'air et de la Marine nationale, le personnel militaire en activité, les effectifs de la défense par région.