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Corvettes and Opvs Countering Manpads Air Forces Directory Corvettes and Opvs Countering Manpads Air Forces Directory Singapore VOLUME 26/ISSUE 1 FEBRUARY 2018 US$15 ASIA PAcific’s LARGEST CIRCULATED DEFENCE MAGAZINE SINGAPORE’S ARMED FORCES ASIA-PACIFIC MAIN BATTLE TANKS MALE /HALE UAVS CORVETTES AND OPVS COUNTERING MANPADS AIR FORCES DIRECTORY www.asianmilitaryreview.com B:216 mm T:213 mm S:197 mm AQS-24 B:291 mm S:270 mm T:286 mm THE VALUE OF ENSURING AN UNDERSEA ADVANTAGE KNOWS NO BORDERS. Mines don’t recognize borders, nor should the most advanced mine hunting solutions. Only Northrop Grumman’s advanced AQS-24 family of sensors deliver unparalleled performance with complete adaptability. From hardware versatility (deployable from helicopter or unmanned surface vessel) to increased speed in mission execution, the AQS-24 is the future of mine warfare. That’s why we’re a leader in advanced undersea technology. www.northropgrumman.com/minehunter ©2017 Northrop Grumman Corporation 02 | ASIAN MILITARY REVIEW | ©2017 Northrop Grumman Corporation Project Manager: Vanessa Pineda Document Name: NG-MSH-Z35767-B.indd Element: P4CB Current Date: 9-18-2017 11:09 AM Studio Client: Northrop Grumman Bleed: 216 mm w x 291 mm h Studio Artist: DAW Product: MSH Trim: 213 mm w x 286 mm h Proof #: 3-RELEASE Proofreader Creative Tracking: NG-MSH-Z35767 Safety: 197 mm w x 270 mm h Print Scale: None Page 1 of 1 Print Producer Billing Job: NG-MSH-Z35767 Gutter: None InDesign Version: CC 2015 Title: AQS-24 Intl Aus - Asian Military Review Color List: None Art Director Inks: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black Creative Director Document Path: Mechanicals:Northrop_Grumman:NG-MSH:NG-MSH-Z35767:NG-MSH-Z35767-B.indd Copywriter Font Family: Forza (Book, Medium, Bold, Black Italic, Medium Italic; OpenType) Links: NGMSH-35767-002M-v3.tif (Library:Northrop_Grumman:Artwork:NG-MSH:NGMSH-35767-002M-v3.tif; 23.96%; 1251 ppi; Up to Date), NGAER-CORP-2W.ai (Li- Account 1 brary:Northrop_Grumman:Logos:NG-AER:NGAER-CORP-2W.ai; 39.86%; Up to Date) Account 2 Contents FEBRUARY 2018 VOLUME 26 / ISSUE 1 UNMANNED, 06 Luke AFB, USAF UNBLINKING EYES OVER THE OCEAN A pair of Royal Singapore air force AH-64 Apache helicopters launch from Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field to conduct a Forging Sabre 2013 David Oliver examines how users of medium- and high-altitude long-endurance live-fi re mission at the (MALE/HALE) are broadening their scope to include communications intelligence Barry M. Goldwater Range. (COMINT) and electronic support measures/electronic intelligence 10 34 42 SINGAPORE’S ARMED FORCES “TANK!!” THE As 2017 drew to a close, the Singaporean PSYCHOLOGICAL Armed Forces completed its biennial overseas MANPAD MENACE exercise, Forging Sabre, in Arizona, USA. IMPACT OF ARMOUR Dr. Joetey Attariwala takes a look at JR Huang reports on the advances that the Stephen W. Miller explains why main battle how Man-Portable Air Defence Systems Force has made in command and control of tanks are still valued as the heavyweight (MANPADS) work and industry’s latest air assets including UAVs. punch, but more manouverability may be just developments to defeat the threat. around the corner. 14 38 46 ANALYSTS CONSTABULARY COLUMN AMR welcomes new columnist MARITIME Veerle Nouwens who begins her regular Big is not necessarily the best when it comes column with a look at why Australia, Japan, AIR FORCES DIRECTORY to protecting maritime areas of economic the United States and India are looking to AMR’s annual comprehensive Asia Pacifi c importance or ensuring territiorial integrity is reopen the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue Air Forces Directory is compiled maintained. Dr Lee Willett reports. (the Quad). by Alan Warnes. | FEBRUARY 2018 | 03 Index of Advertisers AERONAUTICS 13 AIRBUS 9 Editorial BALT MILITARY EXPO 43 DIMDEX 41 EURONAVAL 33 SEE THE TREES, EUROSATORY 39 FLIR 17 NOT THE WOOD GENERAL ATOMICS COVER 4 HENSOLDT 35 IAI 5 ongratulations are in order to Bell Helicopter IDEAS COVER 3 for the fi rst fl ight of its tiltrotor V-280 Valor, ISDEF 37 which took to the air around 2pm on Monday 18 NORTHROP GRUMMAN COVER 2 December, 2017 at the Bell plant where it has been under construction in Amarillo, Texas. ROSOBORONEXPORT 21 C SAFRAN 11 This is an important moment for the next generation of smaller military rotorcraft. Although its rival in SOFEX 45 the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR TD) initiative, the joint Sikorsky/ UAC 19 Lockheed Martin/Boeing SB.1 Defi ant, has been delayed and is now predicted to take its fi rst fl ight during the fi rst half of 2018, both are vital to the continuing development of rotorcraft technology. Advertising Offi ces Both programmes are ensuring that the aviation industry, and its tier supply chain, are engaged in France/Spain a long term programme that is keeping their own rotorcraft related specialties current so that those Stephane de Remusat, REM International development skills are not lost. Bell Helicopter’s Team Valor reads like a who’s who of aviation Tel: (33) 5 3427 0130 E-Mail: [email protected] engineering and systems designers: Lockheed Martin (with a foot in both camps), GE, Moog, IAI, TRU Germany Simulation & Training, Astronics, Eaton, GKN Aerospace, Lord, Meggitt and Spirit AeroSystems. Sam Baird, Whitehill Media Tel: (44-1883) 715 697 Mobile: (44-7770) 237 646 Yes, Bell Helicopter fi rst fl ew the E-Mail: [email protected] XV-15 small tiltrotor back in 1977. India No, a pusher prop at the rear is not Madhavi Gargesh Tel: +91 9898 000266 new either - witness the Lockheed Email: [email protected] AH-56 Cheyenne which fi rst fl ew Turkey / Eastern Europe / UK in 1967. But having long reported Zena Coupé on these JMR TD developments Tel: +44 1923 852537, [email protected] since the conception of the Future Nordic Countries/Italy/ Switzerland Emanuela Castagnetti-Gillberg Vertical Lift (FVL) programme in Tel: (46) 31 799 9028 2004, and whatever is said about the E-Mail: [email protected] ideas behind the designs not being Russia Alla Butova, NOVO-Media Ltd, new, this is most certainly new Tel/Fax: (7 3832) 180 885 Mobile : (7 960) 783 6653 technology with all the advances in Email :[email protected] materials, avionics, digitisation and fl y-by-wire that have burst through since those early days. USA (East/South East)/Canada (East) Margie Brown, Blessall Media, LLC. While the JMR TD is not a programme of record, the point to be made is that the development is Tel : (+1 540) 341 7581 breaking new ground as the designs mature. Whether or not these actual models will go into production Email: [email protected] and on what scale does not do justice to the ‘intent’ to keep breaking new ground and keeping rotorcraft USA (West/South West)/Brazil/Canada (West) Diane Obright, Blackrock Media Inc development pushing forward. Tel : (+1 858) 759 3557 Email: [email protected] As an endnote, I would like to introduce Veerle Nouwens who will be writing an Analyst Column All Other Countries for AMR from this issue onward. She is a research analyst, Asia Studies at the International Security Jakhongir Djalmetov, Media Transasia Limited Studies Department of the Royal United Services Institute, Whitehall, London. 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Tel: 66 (0)-2204 2370, Fax: 66 (0)-2204 2387 Tel: 66 (0)-2204 2370, Fax: 66 (0)-2204 2390 -1 Email: [email protected] 04 | ASIAN MILITARY REVIEW | Aerial persistence is now a reality MOIC - Mission Operation & Intelligence Center for RPAS Missions HERON RPAS - The most-advanced multi-mission, multi-sensor SEE US AT SINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2018 ISTAR solution for aerial persistence Israel Pavilion, Booth N41 Backed by over 1,600,000 RPAS flight hours, the HERON Family features: • Multi-sensor capability for air, land and sea • Accurately tracking hundreds of diverse targets neously • Operational in all weather conditions, day & night • Combined automated multi-Int. processing in real time www.iai.co.il • [email protected] AIR POWER USAF A USAF MQ-4B Global Hawk UAS deployed to Tokyo’s Tokota Air Base between May and October 2017 while Misawa Air Base was undergoing repairs. UNMANNED, UNBLINKING EYES OVER THE OCEAN The ramp-up of capability in terms of MALE/HALE operations is happening, although fully operational systems in many cases are still some years away. by David Oliver t the dawn of the New Year, undergone intensive training to operate In December 2014, the Republic of tensions in the Asia-Pacifi c and maintain the aircraft, as well as Korea Army (ROKA) selected the Heron region remain at a high level.
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