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a 8.90 D 14974 E D European & Security ES & Defence 4/2020 International Security and Defence Journal COUNTRY FOCUS: FRANCE ISSN 1617-7983 • 105 / 155mm Ammunition www.euro-sd.com • • Pivot to Asia • Future Tactical UAS • CBRN: Protecting the Population • European Transport Helicopters April 2020 • European Submarine Programmes • Malaysia's Distracted Defence Politics · Armed Forces · Procurement · Technology Deep Mourning for Dr Peter Bossdorf It is with great sadness that we have to report the sudden death of our Mana- ging Director and Publishing Director Dr Peter Bossdorf, who passed away on 26 February 2020. Our deepest sympathies go to his wife and his family. Dr Bossdorf joined Report Verlag in 2006, became its Publishing Director in 2007 and later was appointed Managing Direc- tor. In addition, he was Editor-in-Chief of the magazine "Strategie & Technik", which evolved from the traditional "Soldat und Technik" publication. As a result of the merger of Report Verlag with E.S. Mittler & Sohn publishing house, that created Mittler Report Verlag in 2012, the magazi- nes "Strategie & Technik" and "Europäische Sicherheit" were combined under his lea- dership to form the current "Europäische Sicherheit & Technik". At the same time, Dr Bossdorf was appointed Managing Director of Mittler Report Verlag, where he also played a decisive role in the development of the English-language magazine "Europe- an Security & Defence" from a quarterly magazine to an internationally recognised specialist monthly journal. One year ago, Dr Bossdorf also took over the management of K&K Medienverlag-Hardthöhe GmbH as Publisher of the magazine "Hardthöhen- kurier", so that he was most recently the highly valued Managing Director of two publishing houses as well as Editor-in-Chief of "European Security & Defence". In Peter Bossdorf we have lost a positive, open-minded, knowledgeable, well-respec- ted man; a good friend who was always attentive to and supportive of his colleagues and his many friends around the world. The ESD Team 4/2020 · European Security & Defence 1 Contents French Army Water-Crossing Resources Arquus: A Good Year Photo: CNIM Photo: Arquu The French Army has a wealth of national The diesel/electric SCARABÉE from Arquus is industrial capabilities on which to call. Page 29 an excellent example of French initiative. Page 35 SECURITY POLICY ARMAMENT & TECHNOLOGY 10 Pivot to Asia: The Indo-Pacific 44 CBRN Threats: Suman Sharma Protecting the Population Dan Kaszeta 16 The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Can it Stabilise 'Greater Central Asia'? 48 European Submarine Requirements, Gayane Novikova Resources and Programmes Bob Nugent 22 Turkey and Ukraine – A Strategic Partnership on the Black Sea 54 Future Tactical UAS Korhan Özkilinc Alex Horobets 57 European Medium Transport Helicopters Luca Peruzzi COUNTRY FOCUS: FRANCE 62 The Foundation of all Armies 24 French Security Policy Explained Ammo for the Guns - 105mm and 155mm Giulia Tilenni Tim Guest 29 The French Army 68 Guided and Unguided Rocket Artillery Procurement Trends and Future Prospects Doug Richardson David Saw 72 The LYNX 32 Keeping Focussed: The French Air Force A New Family of Tracked Vehicles Alan Warnes Michael Horst 35 Record Year for Arquus 78 Catching up with the West? Gerhard Heiming Russian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Jörgen Elfving ARMED FORCES 83 Bridging the Gap – Armoured Combat Bridging 36 The Army Warfighting Experiment Christopher F. Foss The UK Army Investigates Future Technologies David Saw INDUSTRY AND MARKETS 40 Distracted by Uncertainty: Malaysia's Defence 88 Masters in Their Own Niche Dzirhan Mahadzir Austria`s Defence and Security Industry Georg Mader 2 European Security & Defence · 4/2020 VIEWPOINT FROM … 67 Brussels Joris Verbeurgt 82 Ankara Photo: Audun Rikardsen Korhan Özkilinc 87 Athens IMU TACTICAL GRADE Dimitrios Angelopoulos THE BRUSSELS BACKDROP 20 A Stronger Europe in the World Joris Verbeurgt COLUMNS 1 Deep Mourning for Dr Peter Bossdorf 4 Periscope 1:1 scale 73 Masthead 94 Firms & Faces STIM300 is a tactical grade Inertial Measurement Unit, IMU, for demanding guidance and navigation applications. Index of Advertisers • ITAR free AAD 93 • Small size, low weight, power and cost Arquus 25 • Insensitive to magnetic fi elds Autoflug 59 • Low gyro bias instability (0.3°/h) FNSS 5 • Low gyro noise (0.15°/√h) Hagenuk Marinekommunikation 53 • Low accelerometer bias instability (0.05 mg) • Excellent performance under vibration and shock IDEAS 3rd cover • Fully calibrated and customer confi gur able to the Junghans 63 specifi c application Kärcher Futuretech 45 • 3 inclinometers for accurate leveling Leonardo 11 • Weight 55 grams, volume <2cu.in, power 1.5 W Lockheed Martin 4th cover STIM300 is fi eld proven in Military Land navigators, Nexter 9 Missile systems, Target acquisition systems, Airborne Northrop Grumman Litef 31 surveillance, DIRCM, Remote Weapon Systems, Launch vehicles and Satellites. Rohde & Schwarz 15 Schiebel 89 Sensonor 3 Systematic 37 When size, performance and robustness matter thyssenkrupp Marine Systems 49 Yugoimport 2nd cover [email protected] • sensonor.com 4/2020 · European Security & Defence 3 Periscope Alcon Brakes for Patria belt) and an automatic firing mechanism, (ck) Finland and Latvia have together con- and can operate at altitudes of 2,800 metres. tracted Patria, a producer of armoured Photo: Alpha SONGAR has achieved success in field tests wheeled vehicles, to supply their 6x6 plat- after the integration of a grenade launcher in form for a sustained mobility enhancement place of the machine gun, and its firing preci- programme. Alcon Components Ltd, a sion has been improved with the inclusion of specialist in brake and clutch systems, is the an “Electronic Sight and Ballistic Calculation principal supplier of braking components Module”, designed by ASİSGUARD. for Patria's heavy armoured vehicle range, and specifically the PATRIA 6x6. Alcon has Bell V-280 VALOR to Continue worked closely with Patria to determine in FLRAA Programme the specific requirements aligned to vehicle (ck) Bell Textron has been selected for the specification, usage profiles and operating will be used to define the maintenance peri- competitive demonstration and risk reduc- environment in developing a braking sys- ods of Alpha's new helicopter platform and, tion (CD&RR) effort as part of the US Army's tem appropriate for defence vehicles. As the in addition, to execute the STANAG defined Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) performance of the Patria range of wheeled engine endurance tests and to fine-tune programme. Under the agreement, Bell will vehicles creates conditions similar to those the fuel injection system. HALT will enable deliver a refined V-280 VALOR design, with of a rally car in terms of disc and pad temper- an increase in the testing hours that Alpha supporting technical documentation, that ature cycles, Alcon have been able to draw engineers can use to improve design and on their experience in providing braking so- manufacturing. In order to test the com- lutions for motorsport to develop exclusive plete helicopter, including the engine and calliper and disc mounting concepts for Pa- transmission systems, Alpha has designed tria; a fusion of concepts seen in heavy duty and manufactured its own test bench on Photo: Textron vehicles and motorsport. The Patria 6x6 is which it will be able to test multiple engine a powerful armoured wheeled vehicle in- and transmission loads in a controlled en- vironment. The HALT will also simulate en- durance and life cycle tests in "near-flight" conditions. Engine and transmission systems Photo: Alcon are especially critical for helicopter plat- builds on the data captured during more forms. Since testing and validation exercises than two years and 170 hours of flight testing are time consuming and costly, and since under the Joint Multi-Role Technology Dem- industrial systems must be tested for thou- onstration (JMR TD) programme to inform sands of cycles during development, Alpha the FLRAA programme of record. This con- expects to improve the airworthiness of its tract follows the successful US Army-led JMR helicopter UAV platforms using HALT. TD programme. As part of that programme, corporating many commercial components Bell managed collaboration with the twelve which offer long life and easy maintenance, Turkey to Procure Domestic leading companies that make up Team VAL- making the vehicle very cost effective. This is Armed Drones OR to enable rapid production, systems inte- in line with the Finno-Latvian programme's (ck) ASİSGUARD, a Turkish company devel- gration, and deliberate programme schedule objective to develop an armoured wheeled oping systems, subsystems, hardware and to validate the V-280's flight capabilities and vehicle system with improved mobility, cost software for military applications such as operational relevance. The V-280 achieved all efficiency, interoperability and security of UAVs, have delivered the SONGAR armed programme goals, demonstrating its speed supply. Alcon produces braking solutions drone to the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) af- by flying above 300 knots and demonstrat- for 18 different vehicle manufacturers in the ter the successful completion of acceptance ing low speed agility. These characteristics defence industry. In addition, the design- tests. SONGAR will undertake critical tasks in are important to inform FLRAA programme ers of the JACKAL (BAE Systems, Ricardo operations conducted by both TAF and the requirements to ensure the programme will and Jankel) have turned to Alcon to deliver security forces. Equipped with an automatic help warfighters meet the challenges of fu- tailor-made braking systems that meet the machine gun, SONGAR can carry out opera- ture multi-domain fights. The V-280 VALOR demands of the modern battlefield. tions within a 3 km radius. The system can was developed in support of the government transfer images in real time and carry 200 Future Vertical Lift (FVL) programme, the Test Bench for UAVs rounds of 5.56x45mm NATO ammunition. Army's number three modernisation priority (ck) Alpha Unmanned System, a Madrid- The drone features a specially designed flex- area.