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France's Re-Born AAW Capability JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2013 VOL 118 • ISSUE 1 ihs.com/janes Shoot to kill France’s re-born AAW capability Roper OFC_JNI_130102.indd 034 14/12/2012 11:43:58 INSTANT ACCURACY What if a weapon system could provide you with the hit capability required to pinpoint just the bad guys, leaving the good guys unharmed and safe? The Trackfire RWS, our remote weapon and sensor system, can do just that. Even under extreme conditions, mounted on a vessel operating in rough seas at high speeds, you can trust it to get the job done, every time. Enabling you to take on any threat out there. Trackfire RWS is fully stabilized, compact and designed for use on all types of military platforms. Trackfire RWS will put you in control of any hostile situation, It offers exceptional slew-to-cue and on-the-move dramatically increasing your safety. And it will work wonders hit performance, a flexible multi-weapon solution and a state-of-the-art video tracker. 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Email: [email protected] contents January/February 2013, Volume 117 Editorial Acting Editor: Kate Tringham US Naval Reporter: Grace Jean Consultant Editor: Richard Scott ON THE COVER Correspondents: Guy Anderson, Victor Barreira, Rahul Bedi, Alon Ben-David, Jon Grevatt, Jose Higuera, Julian Kerr, J A C Lewis, Mrityanjoy Mazumdar, Alex Pape, Luca Peruzzi, Menno Steketee, Guy Toremans 28 Chief Sub-Editor: Jonathan Maynard Deputy Chief Sub-Editor: Thomas Brown An Aster 30 Sub-Editors: Jessica D’Alonzo, Karen Deans, Terry Gault, launches from Royal Netherlands Navy: 1480987 Susie Kornell, Deborah Miller, Dom Passantino, Clare Welton the frigate Forbin Design during a live Head of Design: Roberto Filistad firing trial of the Chief Designer: Jeff Pye PAAMS(E) missile system. The French MoD: 1451343 Production Navy has made significant strides in 10 6 Director EMEA, Production Services: David Ward rejuvenating its air defence capability. 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The French Navy has seen significant SSN funding investment in its air-defence capability • Spain to buy more ex-US Seahawks • CH-53K gears up for flight trials realised on the frontline over the last • DCNS delivers first FREMM frigate for France This publication was produced using FSC® certified paper decade. Henri-Pierre Grolleau reports $8675$/,$·6 35,0( '()(1&( &2175$&725 Roper VDOHV#DXVWDOFRP ZZZDXVWDOFRP ihs.com/janes January/February 2013 Jane’s Navy International | 3 003_JNI_130102.indd 03 17/12/2012 14:05:08 signals For further in-depth analysis go to ihs.com/janes in brief US Navy begins deck handling, Greece issues tender The Hellenic Coast Guard has catapult tests of UCAS-D issued an international tender for six new coastal patrol boats. The GRACE JEAN tender, released through the Ministry of Merchant Marine and the Aegean and announced on 6 The US Navy has commenced December, is backed by funding a series of at-sea flight deck from the European Union’s demonstrations of its X-47B External Borders Fund. In total Unmanned Combat Air System the EU is contributing 75% of the demonstrator (UCAS-D) on costs, with the remainder met by board a Nimitz-class aircraft Greece. The total value of the carrier in addition to continu- tender is EUR14 million (USD18.1 million). The first three ing shore-based catapult-launch boats are expected to be tests of a second air vehicle. delivered 14 months from As part of a two-week test contract signing and the period on board USS Harry S remainder after 20 months. Bids Truman (CVN 75), Northrop USN: 1478500 are due by 11 February 2013. Grumman’s UCAS-D, a low- The largest vessels of the observable tailless autonomous Hellenic Coast Guard in service aircraft, began test operations on Northrop Grumman’s X-47B UCAS-D operates for the first time on the flight are three Sa’ar 4-class offshore the carrier’s flight deck on deck of aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) while underway on patrol vessels, acquired in 2003. 10 December. 10 December. Ocean begins refit package Babcock has commenced work “The UCAS-D team will first shore-based catapult launch The X-47B’s first successful on a GBP65 million contract conduct a series of tests aboard of the X-47B air vehicle on 29 flight was in February 2011. to refit and upgrade the UK the ship to verify X-47’s compat- November was followed by a It made a first flight from NAS Royal Navy landing platform ibility with the carrier environ- flight test demonstrating two Patuxent River, Maryland, on 29 helicopter vessel HMS Ocean. ment and equipment,” Captain manoeuvres for landing aboard July 2012. The 15-month overhaul, being Jaime Engdahl, UCAS-D pro- a carrier: flying in a typical ship- Lessons learned from the undertaken at Devonport Royal gramme manager, told IHS Jane’s. holding pattern and executing a X-47B tests and the UCAS-D Dockyard in Plymouth, will involve “The primary objective of the test carrier approach flight profile. programme will support follow- significant work to improve habit- ability on board.
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