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SIGINT First UK Rivet Joint Lands at RAF Waddington 20 NOVEMBER 2013 VOL 50 • ISSUE 47 IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly ihs.com/janes Sovereign SIGINT First UK Rivet Joint lands at RAF Waddington Ukraine prepares to offer China NITKA carrier training facility – p5 Roper Colombia looks to procure new fighter – p6 Turkey insists it is solving Chinese T-Loramids dilemma – p8 OFC_JDW_131120.indd 1 15/11/2013 13:17:11 The smart choice for reliable, adaptable weapon systems for medium and large caliber platforms Reliable When needed in the heat of battle, Meggitt’s linkless ammunition handling systems deliver rounds with every pull of the trigger. High reliability makes them ideal for use in unmanned applications. Adaptable Linkless ammunition handling systems from Meggitt have been successfully deployed on a variety of ground, sea and air platforms in both medium and large caliber — single shot, or fully automatic, with rounds being fed at rates up to 6,000 shots per minute. email: [email protected]: [email protected] www.meggittdefense.com Roper www.meggittdefense.com Untitled-2 1 05/09/2013 11:59 On the cover All editorial content The first of three RC-135W Rivet is available online at UK MoD: 1525707 Joint SIGINT aircraft for the UK ihs.com/janes prior arrived at RAF Waddington on 12 November. to publication of the VOLUME 50 ISSUE NO 47 • 20 November 2013 (See page 6) hardcopy magazine contents On the web ihs.com/janes Headlines Middle East/Africa 5 Ukraine to offer China use of NITKA facility 20 Iran rolls out medium-range SAM 6 First RAF Rivet Joint delivered 21 Egypt considers Russia for arms supplies 8 Turkey working on Chinese T-Loramids Italian Air Force:1487880 dilemma Business 9 NATO to scale up military exercises post-2014 22 Lockheed Martin to lay off thousands more The Americas by 2015 The European Defence Agency has completed 23 Mitsubishi in talks with Turkish firm to set up trials using an Italian Air Force Boeing KC-767 10 US Air Force debates reduction in MBT engine JV tanker aircraft as a pooled aerial refuelling UAV orbits asset for other European nations. The trials, 13 Latest X-47B trials yield mixed results Briefing conducted in September, saw a KC-767 offload fuel to Swedish Gripen and French Rafale fighters. Europe 24 Finding common ground: Geoff Fein examines how the US military services are 14 Half of DE&S staff would transfer to using the Distributed Common Ground US DoD outlines aid efforts under way proposed GOCO System in Philippines 15 Russia plans to bolster its forces in the 30 Looking for lift: In the face of continuing Pakistan officials say US killing of Taliban Arctic budget cuts, the UK’s military rotorcraft leader leaves peace talks in tatters community is looking to advance the quality BAE Systems announces cuts to Asia Pacific of its training while making the required Australian shipyards efficiencies. Andrew Drwiega reports Iraq starts taking delivery of Russian 16 Satellite imagery shows ‘supergun’ in Mi-35 helicopters Chinese desert Interview RDAF gets Litening G4 targeting pods 17 Images suggest ‘strike’ J-31 is on the cards 18 India again delays purchase of Spike 34 Dr Vivek Lall, Chairman, Indo-American ATGWs, Barak missiles Chamber of Commerce A&D Committee Subscribe today © 2013 IHS. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, or be stored in To subscribe to JDW ONLINE please telephone any retrieval system of any nature, without prior written permission of IHS Global Limited. Any views or opinions expressed do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of IHS Global Limited or its affiliates. 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Untitled-11 1 13/06/2013 16:04 For further insight and analysis go to ihs.com/janes HEADLINES Ukraine to offer China Editorial use of NITKA facility Editor: Peter Felstead Asia-Pacific Editor: James Hardy Europe Editor: Nicholas de Larrinaga Middle East/Africa Editor: Jeremy Binnie JDW Features Editor: Kate Tringham REUBEN F JOHNSON JDW Correspondent & JDW Assistant Features Editor: Fay Brigden Ukraine is looking to offer its NITKA carrier JAMES HARDY JDW Asia-Pacific Editor Jane’s Aviation Desk Editor: Gareth Jennings aircraft training base to China Jane’s Land Desk Editor: Nick Brown KIEV & LONDON Jane’s Land Consultant: Christopher F Foss The Russian Navy is refusing to pay more to Jane’s Naval Consultant: Richard Scott extend its lease on the facility Jane’s Defence Industry Analyst: Charles Forrester Ukraine is preparing legislation to offer Jane’s Senior Principal Analyst: Guy Anderson Chinese pilots access to its Soviet-era Jane’s Asia-Pacific Industry Reporter: Jon Grevatt Washington, DC, Bureau: carrier aircraft training base, the Nazem- Novosti, the Russian Defence Ministry paid Americas Editor: Daniel Wasserbly niy Ispitatelno-Tryenirovochniy Kompleks around USD700,000 in 2012 in rent. Jane’s C4ISR Reporter: Geoff Fein Aviatsii (NITKA), as the Russian Navy is Ukrainian officialsve ha previously men- Jane’s Industry Reporter: Marina Malenic Jane’s Naval Reporter: Grace Jean refusing to pay more to extend its lease tioned offering the base to the PLANAF if Jane’s Senior Americas Aviation Reporter: Caitlin Lee on the facility. Russia would not pay a higher price for its Chief Sub Editor: Jonathan Maynard NITKA, which is located at Novofedrovka continued use. The issue is no longer just Deputy Chief Sub Editor: Thomas Brown aerodrome near the Ukrainian city of Saki, a talking point, however, as there is a bill Sub Editors: Jessica D’Alonzo, Karen Deans, Terry Gault, Susie Kornell, Deborah Miller, Dom Passantino, Clare Welton is about to be vacated by a contingent of before the Ukrainian parliament that would Design Russian Naval Aviation carrier pilots. Russian permit the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence Head of Design: Roberto Filistad and Ukrainian media have reported that the (MoD) to change the leasing party from Rus- Chief Designer: David Playford operators of the base are now looking to offer sia to China. Production a lease to the Chinese People’s Liberation While a proposed lease to the Indian Navy Director EMEA, Production Services: David Ward Production Controller: Martyn Buchanan Army Navy Air Force (PLANAF). is being prepared as a back-up plan if the e-Publishing: Edward Allen, Richard Freeman Use of the NITKA facility has long been arrangement with the PLANAF falls through, General a point of contention between Russia and the “current configuration of the NITKA Senior Vice President IHS & Ukraine. Russian naval personnel were barred facilities and the orientation of the training Managing Director IHS Jane’s: Michael Dell Group Publishing Director: Sean Howe from using the base during the administra- regime that has been in use there for more Director, News and Analysis: James Green tion of Ukrainian President Viktor Yush- than 20 years is a closer fit with the Chinese Director, EMEA Editing and Design: Sara Morgan Administrative Assistant: Hannah Brockwell chenko as retaliation by Kiev for Russia’s requirement,” said a Ukrainian naval aviation Correspondents August 2008 invasion of Georgia. specialist who worked at the base for more The Americas: Peter Diekmeyer, Diego Gonzalez, Ukraine has no carrier in its naval fleet and than two decades. Scott Gourley, Inigo Guevara, José Higuera, Joshua Kucera, thus no use for the training complex, but no “The fact is that the PLANAF operate Jeremy McDermott, Pedro Paulo Rezende, Patricia Samfelt, Cesar Cruz Tantalean.
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