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GRIPEN Editor-in-Chief: M.Sc. Bjørn Domaas Josefsen Gripen in Brazil, SAAB´s largest technology transfer program ever 2 WITH THE NEW Gripen for Finland? 3 AMERICAN PRESIDENT Gripen for Austria? 5 COME GREAT NORWEGIAN DEFENCE AND SECURITY CHALLENGES INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION (FSI) 7 The entire civilised world, with the possible exception of a mr. Don- ald Trump, has now acknowledged that Joe Biden is the rightful Pres- ident-elect of the USA. And for the allies of the USA in Europe, it Contract for upgrading of airspace control in Norway 18 was surely a great relief when it became clear that the controversial President was failing in his bid for re-election. The presidency of Don- ald Trump has been notable for a type of rhetoric that has been simply unheard of from any democratically elected leader in modern history. BULLETIN BOARD FOR DEFENCE, INDUSTRY But as the world has been dejectedly shaking its head at the verbal AND TRADE outbursts from the POTUS, the unpredictability of the US politics has Exocet firings from Submarine 21 been what has caused grave concern on the part of the country’s allies. 22 The announcement of impending withdrawal of American forces from China’s 2nd Aircraft Carrier to be Combat-Ready several conflict areas around the world, Syria and Afghanistan among Italian-Polish-Spanish Tank? 23 them, has really placed the European allied nations in a demanding sit- uation. Particularly with regard to Afghanistan, this is a virtual punch in Electrical driven fiber optical drum 24 the face of the US allies in NATO. The backdrop for the NATO countries’ entry into Afghanistan, was the Al-Qaeda attack on the USA on Sep- Boat-handling systems to U.S. Navy 26 tember 11th, 2001. In the wake of this attack, the NATO Treaty’s Article New Eurofighters to Spain? 27 5 was invoked. This article holds that “an armed attack against one of the NATO nations, shall be considered an attack against them all”, and Follow-on JSM contract with Japan 28 every single NATO country followed up loyally together with the USA when NATO entered Afghanistan. When the USA now, suddenly and Air-to-air refuelling of P-8A Poseidon 29 on short notice, is pulling major parts of its forces out of Afghanistan, this does not only put the allied forces in Afghanistan in a difficult sit- uation. Politically, the allied nations, who stood up together with the ROBOT DOGS USA in 2001, are now feeling a sharp stab in the back. US Air Force deploys semi-autonomous robot dogs 32 Military experts in the USA and Europe alike have been cautioning against too rapid a withdrawal of forces, from Afghanistan as well as from Iraq. The result could easily end up with a return of Islamistic organisations to power, opening these regions up again as a foothold COVERPHOTO: and base for international terror. Flight test with the first Gripen E fighter aircraft There is little or no understanding why the USA, after almost 20 years for Brazil. in Afghanistan and some 6 years in Iraq, should now be in some desper- ate hurry to withdraw from these countries. It could seem as if Trump Photo: in the course of these final weeks of his presidency is pushing these Linus Svensson / Saab withdrawals through, not so much because it is important for the USA, as it is because of a wish to create problems for the President-elect. As if the new President did not have enough on his plate with the Corona crisis, the Iranian crisis, the climate crisis, the black-lives-matter crisis, the immigration crisis and the US economy in general, the Biden ad- ministration may also be forced into dealing with an increased amount of international terror, some of which terror may very well be directed against the USA.

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GRIPEN IN BRAZIL, SAAB’S LARGEST TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM EVER

Brazilian Gripen during trials.

In 2015, the contract signed between the Brazilian Government and Sweden came into force to equip the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) with a fighter to maintain the defence of its air space. In all, 36 Saab Gripen E and Gripen F were purchased, including logistical support, armaments and simulators. It was not about buying an on-the-shelf product, already available on the market. Together with Sweden, Brazil became a protagonist in the development of the Gripen E/F fighter.

he Brazilian acuqisition of trained in Sweden. These engineers are More than 36 fighters? Gripen generated one of the now back in Brazil, most of them working – As of today we have contracted 36 -Tlargest technology transfer pro- at the Gripen Design and Development fighters (28 Gripen E single seaters, 8 grammes ever carried out for FAB, and Network (GDDN) located at the Embraer Gripen F twin seaters). -It is however the largest ever made by Saab to another plant in Gavião Peixoto. public information that the Brazilian Air country, says Mikael Franzén, Vice Presi- – The programme will impact the national Force has an operational need for more than dent & Head of Marketing & Sales, Saab defence industry, involved in the process 36 aircraft and of course, Saab would be Aeronautics. -We expect that until 2025, of developing structures, systems, avionics, very interested in providing the Brazilian more than 350 Brazilian engineers and production, flight tests and training to sup- Air Force with more Gripen fighters in the technicians from partner companies will port, maintain and modernize this fleet for future. But as of today, we are focused on participate in theoretical and on-the-job the next decades, Franzén continues and delivering the 36 Gripen fighters to the training at Saab in Linköping, Sweden. As adds that Embraer is our main partner and customer, Franzén emphasizes. of today, more than 230 engineers have been beneficiary in Brazil.

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A NUMBER OF NEW GRIPEN CONTRACTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE?

Besides Brazil, Gripen is operated by the Air lease contract was extended by another 14 Force of five nations; Sweden, South Africa, years, until 2027 with a two years option for Czech Republic, Hungary and Thailand. In the CzAF. Czech Air Force participates on addition Empire Test Pilots’ School (ETPS) regular basis in NATO Air Policing missions in the United Kingdom has used the Gripen over Baltics or Iceland. Recently, the fleet of for their Test Pilot training program. But the CzAF Gripen fighters reached an impressive Gripen team is currently working on several milestone of 30.000 Flight Hours. possible sales, both for the new E/F version, and of the older C/D version. Thailand In February 2008, the Thai Air Force or- Sweden dered six Gripens (2 single-seat C-models Sweden ordered a total of 204 Gripens and 4 two-seat D-models) from Saab; de- and the Swedish Air Force received its first liveries began in 2011 and in 2010 Thai- Gripen in December 1996. As of today the land ordered six more Gripen C´s, deliver- Swedish Air Force operates 95 Gripens, 23 ies began in 2013. Gripen D (twin seat) and 72 Gripen C´s (Single seat). Croatia In the future it is expected that the Swedish Croatia is in process of purchasing 12 Air Force will be operating 60 Gripen E/F. In fighters, and the Swedish Government addition there are also plans to keep some of (via FMV) is offering 12 newly built Grip- the Gripen C/D active after 2026. en fighters in the C/D version for Croa- The E/F versions will be assembled at tia. The other contenders are the US with the Saab facilities at Linköping in Sweden. Lockheed Martin´s with new F-16 Block As Brazilian industry now have a huge foot- 70 and the French government offering print in the Gripen production line, several used Dassault Rafale fighters. components in the Swedish Gripen fighters will be made by Brazilian industry. Gripen for Finland? – We can confirm, that we are offering South Africa Gripen E/F and GlobalEye to Finland, says In 1999, South Africa signed a contract Magnus Skogberg, Gripen for Finland Cam- Brazilian Gripen during trials. Photo: Saab with BAE/Saab for the procurement of 26 paign Director. -However, due to customer Gripens (17C and 9D) and deliveries com- restrictions, we are not allowed to comment menced from 2008 to 2013. These were on the details of our offering and hence not 13 of the Brazilian fighters will be built newly built Gripens. reveal the number of aircraft included. entirely in Sweden. Further on, eight fighters The Finnish HX program is a functional will be partly built in Sweden and finalized Hungary procurement, aiming to maximize the op- in Brazil. And starting in 2021 the last 15 In 2003 Hungary signed a 10 year lease erational capability of the air force and the aircraft will be entirely assembled at the contract for a total of 14 Gripen fighters whole Finnish defence forces. Finland is not at Embraer’s plant in Gavião Peixoto, São (12 C and 2 D versions), and in 2012 the replacing fighters, it is replacing the capa- Paulo State, Brazil. lease was extended until 2026. With the bility. Within the budget of 10 billion Euro, fleet of 14 Gripen fighters, Hungary pro- each contender is to define an offering that Test program tects its own air-space but is able at the in the best possible way handles and meets Saab´s Brazilian partner will also play same time to perform air-policing over Slo- the challenging scenarios and operational a major role in testing the aircraft. The venia and on regular basis to participate in needs defined by Finland. flight test programme will be expanded to NATO Baltic Air Policing. – Our offer includes Gripen and GlobalEye include the Gripen Flight Test Center at aircraft with all related support systems and Embraer in Gavião Peixoto, which will be Czech Republic other necessary equipment and associated fully integrated with the test programme In 2004, it was announced that the Czech services, including training, needed for already running at full phase at Saab in Republic was to sign a 10 year lease con- operating Gripen and GlobalEye in Fin- Linköping since 2017. Activities in Brazil tract for 14 fighters (12 Gripen C and two land, says Skogberg. -We are also offering will include testing of flight control sys- Gripen D). The CzAF Gripen fleet was new- our new Lightweight Air-Launched Decoy tem, environmental control system as well ly produced in Linköping, Sweden, and the Missile (LADM) as well as Saab’s advanced as tests of the aircraft in tropical climate deliveries started just one year after contract Electronic Attack Jammer Pod (EAJP). The conditions. signature with the first CzAF Gripen land- offer comes with an extensive industrial ing at Čáslav AB in April 2005. In 2013 the participation programme, full in-service

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Dassault Rafale, Eurofighter Typhoon and the Lockheed Martin F-35.

Gripen for Canada? Canada will purchase 88 advanced fighter aircraft. The new fighter will replace the Roy- al Canadian Air Force’s fleet of aging CF-18s. Besides Saab’s Gripen the other contenders are F-35 from Lockheed Martin and Boeing’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The competing companies must submit proposals that offer economic benefits to Canadian defence con- tractors and other businesses, as industrial incentives and offsets make up 20 percent of the criteria under evaluation. The proposals will also be evaluated on each aircraft’s capa- bility and cost, which will be weighed at 60 Gripen being tested during Finland’s HX Challenge flight evaluations in Pirkkala airbase, Fin- percent and 20 percent respectively. land. Any fighter for Finland must cope with winter conditions. Photo: Miikka Hult / Saab Canadian Gripens built in support until 2030 as well as a significant – We are confident in our offer, Skogberg Canada package of weapons, pylons and sensor concludes. Gripen has been designed for the Saab is planning on building a number of systems. We will now, together with the challenging operations and threat scenarios Gripens in Canada if they win the contract. customer, optimize our offer in order to very similar to those in Finland. It is built Canada has not requested a two seat con- maximize the offered operational capability for road-base operations, harsh climate and figuration so all 88 will be Gripen E single for the allocated budget. According to the easy maintenance by conscript mechanics. seat version. customer’s planning, “Best and Final offer” Other contenders for the HX competi- – The number of Canadian built Gripen is to be submitted in spring 2021. tion are Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet, the fighters is yet not determinated, but we are

Gylling Teknikk AS • Rudssletta 71 • 67 15 14 00 • [email protected] • gylling.no 4 MILITÆRTEKNIKK (4) 5-6/2020 GRIPEN IN BRAZIL committed to maximizing the number as much as possible given the Government of Canada’s requirement and delivery timelines. The Canadian Gripen production line will be set up at IMP Aerospace & Defence site in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is a key part of our solution, Patrick Palmer, Executive President and Head of Marketing & Sales Canada emphasizes.

Austria In July 2017, as a result of the ongoing controversy, the Austrian Ministry of De- fence announced the phasing out of the Eurofighter starting in 2020, and its re- placement by a “militarily more effective and more cost-efficient” air surveillance system. Austria signed in 2003 a EUR 2 Saab is also offering to Finland their Electronic Attack Jammer Pod (EAJP), here seen as the billion contract and received 15 Euro- outermost underwing pilon, next to the missile on the wingtip. Photo: Miikka Hult / Saab fighters plus required support. In 2017, the Austrian prosecutors launched inves- not provided enough evidence. The court to Indonesia’s request to buy the 15 Euro- tigations into Airbus and the Eurofighter order was appealed, but in November the fighters from the Austrian Air Force. consortium after the Defence Ministry said Austrian appeals court confirmed the court Tanner said she had directed the General it believed they had misled the state about order to end the investigation. Still the Staff to prepare for negotiations with their the price, deliverability and equipment of Austrian MoD is in the process of replacing Indonesian counterpart, and added that the the 2003 deal. In April this year a lower its 15 Eurofighters, and in September the “exit from the Eurofighter system” is the de- court however ordered an end to the in- Austrian Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner clared goal and the sale is in the best interest vestigation on the grounds that Austria had stated that Austria had officially responded of taxpayers. Two options are available for

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the sale to proceed. First, the Eurofighter FACTS AND FIGURES consortium will have to issue an end user certificate to Indonesia and Austria will sell the Gripen C/D and E/F jets directly to Indonesia. Alternatively, Airbus Compared to the Gripen C/D, the Gripen E/F is a new platform enhanced with new ca- will buy back the planes, upgrade them and pabilities, such as extended range (new engine, additional internal fuel tanks etc), new then Airbus will sell them to Indonesia instead. modern sensors including a comprehensive electronic warfare system and an increased load capacity. Gripen E/F also has a new avionics system. The avionics architecture – Gripen is the perfect solution for Austria. allows it to be upgraded and updated in very short time frames. It is designed in such a Gripen meets all requirements and is cost way that it fully separates flight-critical functions from tactical functions which means effective from day one. The low operating that changes to the software and hardware will not necessitate new, time-consuming costs, combined with a very robust and pow- flight safety tests and associated qualifications. erful aircraft, make the jet a very attractive solution for any modern air force, including KEY DATA Gripen C/D Gripen E/F Austria’s. From a military perspective, the Length overall 14.9 m 15.2 m Width overall 8.4 m 8.6 m protection of its own airspace is one of the Basic mass empty 6800 kg 8000 kg most important tasks of a country. This can Internal fuel > 2400 kg 3400 kg only be fulfilled with a supersonic jet, Per Max takeoff weight 14000 kg 16500 kg Alriksson, Managing Director Saab Aeronautics Max thrust 80.5 kN 98 kN Austria GmbH explains. Min takeoff distance 400 m 500 m According to the Swedish MoD different Landing distance 500 m 600 m business models for the active Airspace Max speed at sea level > 1400 km/h > 1400 km/h Surveillance have been offered. In 2017, the Max speed at high altitude Mach 2 Mach 2 Swedish Defence Materiel Administration Max service altitude > 52.500 ft > 52.500 ft submitted a response to a request for infor- Ferry range 3000 km 4000 km mation (RFI) from Austria, offering a total Combat range 800 km 1,500 km of 18 Gripen aircraft, 15 single-seaters and 3 Hardpoints 8 10 two-seaters. If Austria decides to replace its Combat turnaround air-to-air 10 min 10 min current fleet with Gripen, brand-new aircraft Full engine replacement 1 hour 1 hour would be delivered within 24 months.

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msetningsvekst og so- Et annet nøkkeltall som for- for virksomheter som også er Langtidsplanen som akkurat lid ordrereserve styr- tjener oppmerksomhet, er rap- eksponert i bransjer der koro- er behandlet i Stortinget inne- Oker forsvarevenen, portert ordrereserve. Ved inn- na pandemien har ført til opp- bærer en betydelig opptrapping sikrer verdiskapning og ar- gangen til 2020 hadde norsk bremsing og markedssvikt. av satsningen på Forsvaret. Det beidsplasser i en krevende tid forsvarsindustri en ordrereserve Utviklingen de siste årene vi- innebærer også at det kommer og skaper handlingsrom for på om lag 27 milliarder kroner. ser med all tydelighet hvor viktig mange nye muligheter for å fremtiden. Dette er en økning på over 90 det er at rammebetingelsene leg- videreføre den positive utvik- Forsvarets forskingsinstitutt prosent fra årsskiftet 2018/2019. ges til rette for utvikling og vekst lingen i industrien og sikre at publiserte nylig rapporten om I en tid da mange bransjer har i forsvarsindustrien. At norsk norsk forsvarsindustri forblir en Forsvarsindustrien i Norge for store utfordringer som følge av forsvarsindustri i en krevende viktig del av Totalforsvaret, en 2019. Den viser at omsetningen koronapandemien har forsvar- tid er en bransje som bidrar til strategisk partner for Forsvaret ble rekordhøy med en økning sindustrien en ordrereserve som å holde verdkapningen oppe og og en attraktiv leverandør og på mer enn 10% til 17,7 milliar- er ”all time high”. Fra media er hjulene i gang, er et synlig bevis samarbeidspartner i det interna- der kroner. Eksporten er fortsatt kjent at det også i inneværende på at den satsningen som myn- sjonale forsvarsmarkedet. Det også høy, og de norskeide for- år er inngått flere omfattende dighetene og industrien i felles- forutsetter at norsk forsvarsin- svarsbedriftene i utlandet viser strategiske samarbeidsavtaler skap har gjort de siste 20 årene dustri får levere når Forsvaret en positiv utvikling. Det er også med Forsvaret og store eksport- er svært vellykket. Særlig gle- har behov der forholdene ligger positivt at de små og mellom- kontrakter i 2020. Det er derfor delig er det at denne utviklingen til rette for det, økt satsning store forsvarsbedriftene kan vise grunn til å anta at ordreserven bygger på at det norske forsvaret på forsvarsteknologisk FOU, til en betydelig omsetningsvekst ytterligere har økt gjennom året. har særlige behov som ikke løses at det konsekvent og målrettet i 2019. SMBene i forsvarsindus- Dette innebærer at aktivi- ved å anskaffe såkalt hyllevare i benyttes industrisamarbeidsav- trien hadde en vekst på over tetsnivået i norsk forsvarsindus- det åpne markedet. Suksessen taler som sikrer Forsvarets og 10% og står nå for mer enn tri, på tross av de utfordringene er en konsekvens av at Forsvaret, forsvarsindustriens interesser 30% av den samlede omsetnin- koronapandemien innebærer, akademia og industrien i felles- ved anskaffelser fra utlandet og gen i bransjen. SMBene lykkes er økende. Det gjør at man- skap har tatt frem kosteffektive at det tette samarbeidet med også på eksportmarkedet. De ge bedrifter nå bemanner opp fremtidsrettede løsninger med norske myndigheter for å legge står for over 30% av den totale og at mange norske SMBer får stort utviklingspotensial som til rette for markedsadgang og eksporten av forsvarsmateriell langsiktige underleverandørko- også er attraktiv for allierte og internasjonalt samarbeid vide- fra Norge. ntrakter. Dette er viktig, særlig andre nærstående lands Forsvar. reføres.

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CONFERENCES

The world has certainly changed a lot during the year, and the programme conferences, originally planned as physical conferences earlier this year, were held as digital conferences during the first half of November.

threats challenge our security, 7% explains Specialist Director, Gro 6% Kolstad Mortvedt from the Minis- 5% try of Defence. Increasing threats, challenges and vulnerabilities 4% must be met by active policies, 3% priorities and measures. Invest-

2% ment in defence and security remains a key priority for the 1% Norwegian Government. 0% The challenges to our nation- 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 al security are becoming more Percentage of National budget Percentage of GNP complex. Great power competi- Defence spending in percentage of National budget and GNP (Gross National Product). tion and the increased strategic According to the Long-Term Plan, material investments are expected to increase from approximate NOK 16 importance of the High North bn. (EURO 1.5 bn.) in 2020 to more than NOK 27 bn. has implications for Norwegian (EURO 2.5 bn.) in 2028. Ill. Norwegian MOD security. The most significant change in the Norwegian security 3500 environment is Russia’s growing

3000 military capability and its use of force. The military reform in 2500 Russia has resulted in a moderni- 2000 sation of Russia’s conventional

1500 forces as well as a strengthening of its nuclear capabilities. 1000 – The new Long Term Plan en- 500 tails a significant financial lift for

0 the Armed Forces, Mortvedt fur- 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 ther explains, and points among Employees Conscripts other things to a significant es- calation in the next few years of Planned increase in number of armed forces personnel. Ill. Norwegian MOD both the number of employees in the Armed Forces and the num- he conferences were intro- current Parliament Report no. after consideration in the Parlia- ber of conscripts. For the years duced with a general part, 9 (2015-16) about the National ment, the Long-Term Plan was towards 2028, the number of Tand Torbjørn Svensgård, Defence Industrial Strategy. sent back to the Government. employees will increase by 2200, CEO of the FSi, opened the – There can be no doubt that On 16 October, the Government and the number of conscripts will conference by underscoring that the Parliament Report no. 9 has presented a new, revised Long go up by about 3000. while the current climate pre- been a success. Just look at the Term Defence plan. The Government proposes an cludes the arranging of physical successes achieved by Norwegian The Standing Committee on increase of the Defence budget conferences today, it remains as defence industry on the export Foreign Affairs and Defence asked to a level in 2028 that is NOK important as ever to keep up the markets during recent years. - We for elaboration and detailing with- 16.5 Billion above the agreed flow of information between the within the FSi are now working in eight specific topics. There was 2020 budget level. The plan will Armed Forces and the defence actively to convey the industry’s a consensus on the main topics of improve the national capability industries. And with approxi- input to the new Parliament re- the plan, but the new plan gave and enhance the ability to receive mately 150 attendees signed up, port, Svensgård explained, and more information and details to allied reinforcements and to de- the need for information updates concluded that the new report Parliament. ploy forces to operations abroad. is clearly present. looks to be even better than the – The background for a new For 2020, the Norwegian defence Svensgård also noted that previous one. Long Term plan for the Armed budget will be just under 2% of work is currently ongoing on a In the spring, the Govern- Forces, is the global security envi- the GDP, and we expect it to be new Parliament Report on the ment presented a new Long Term ronment which is more unstable. kept at the same percentage level Defence Industry, to replace the Plan for the Armed Forces, but We see a greater complexity of also for 2021.

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PROGRAMME CONFERENCE

LAND FORCES The program conference Forces Land Forces was also held as a webinar conference. More than 150 participants confirm the interest for information.

uring the Programme Conference Land Forces, Dthe presentations includ- ed a brief on the development of Program Mime. In the Mime programme, a series of investment projects within combat-proximate ICT has been gathered. The vision for the Mime pro- gramme is “Optimal operational effect in the Armed Forces through comprehensive implementation of relevant digital services”, explains Morten Gjellerud, Programme Director Mime for FMA ICT capacities. Today, the Armed Forces are operators of a large number of different ICT systems on the various platforms, systems that can communicate with each other only to a greater or lesser Home Guard soldier driving snowmobile. degree. We want to achieve more Some of the Home Guard soldiers are, due to their civilian jobs, very experienced snowmobile drivers. Photo: Marte Brohaug/ FMS comprehensive solutions, not just to connect the systems, but also to improve the interconnection of challenges that the Home Guard increase the operational effect, the departments to have the same the systems that are connected to is working on today. but also for the individual soldiers equipment all round, and in ad-

each other today. The Home Guard consists of and commanders in the HG, to dition to have as much system As dictated by our vision, 11 districts, 207 home guard re- perceive that the Home Guard similarity as possible with the Army Mime should provide an increased gions, 12 action forces and a total is more than just “a guy with a and the Armed Forces in general. operational effect for the Armed number of some 40,000 soldiers, backpack and a gun”. We recently – The Army introduced the Forces. This means that we will spread evenly all over the country. had the occasion to test out the HK416 from 2008, but not un- improve the ICT deliveries to The Home Guard’s top command micro UAV Black Hornet 3, and til next year will the entire HG the Armed Forces, not for the is located at Elverum, about 170 we see right away that a small be equipped with this weapon. sake of ICT, but to increase the kms north east of Oslo. investment like this will give us Because most of our HG soldiers Armed Forces’ ability to resolve – The Home Guard is a reserve substantial effect. have their background from the their objectives. But even if com- capacity in many situations, and – The FFI is working on a three- Army, we have for over 10 years prehensive and improved digital we aim to be this in the future as year study on the HG towards received soldiers fully trained services facilitate increased oper- well. As an example of this reserve 2030, and the sub-reports in this on HK416, and we have wasted ational effect, it will be up to the capacity, I can mention that in con- study have concluded that the HG time and resources on additional Armed Forces themselves to take nection with the corona epidemic needs to become more future-ori- training on the AG3 when they advantage of the opportunities that and the closure of the borders, the ented and technological. And in come to us. Mime provides for increased effect. Home Guard has since March, at the work of self-development, we – We also see that regulations The Chief of Defence pointed this the request of the police, carried would appreciate more contact and bureaucracy impose un- out in his digital strategy, where out more than 15,000 guard days with the industry, even though the necessary expenses on us. We it is stated that: “Digitalization is on the border with Sweden. FMA is the formal point of contact, have for example HG soldiers just as much about the way we – On the equipment side, we says Lysgård, while he adds that in Finnmark, who work in the work and organize ourselves, as it are working on several challenges. equipment for 40,000 soldiers can reindeer husbandry industry, and is about the development of new First and foremost, the process- involve significant deliveries. who have ridden snowmobiles technology.” es for materiel procurement to – On the materiel side, we also daily almost all their lives. But the HG are both extensive and have challenges in getting what when they report to us, we are HG 2030 cumbersome. We want to renew we have today to function, and required to put them through Colonel Asbjørn Lysgård of the the materiel and take part in not least, in furnishing all HG a 14-day training course to be HG (Home Guard = Heimevernet) the technological development. departments with standardized certified for driving the Home presented the opportunities and This is important, not only to materiel and equipment. We want Guard’s snowmobiles.

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This year’s Programme Conference Sea was conducted as a 2-hour session with streaming. The Ministry of Defence and the FSi stood together as organizers, and even this conference had more than 100 participants.

arald Andersen launched but the future lies in autonomous We also have challenges on until the new submarines are the conference part by systems. the resource side, and in short, operational. This means that we Hpresenting the most im- The Navy has also taken de- we must ask ourselves the ques- will have to continue to carry out portant projects under way on livery of the replenishment vessel tion of how to accomplish more maintenance and updates on the the naval side, and mentioned KNM Maud, which is the Navy’s without an increase in staffing. An existing ULA-class submarines for among other things that three largest vessel by far, about 50 obvious solution to this question a number of years to come. new coast guard vessels are under meters longer and 5 times heavier is to develop better contact with construction, as replacements than the frigates. the industry. Unit vessel? for the Nordkapp class. The Next to the fighter aircraft – In addition to the major new Although it is emphasized that hulls and the heavier elements procurement, the project port- acquisitions, we also have a num- no decision has yet been made, of these vessels are constructed folio for the navy is by far the ber of maintenance and update the Navy is looking into the and assembled in Romania before largest. We have had a small dip projects on existing equipment. possibility of a future standard being towed to Vard Langsten in investments now in 2020, but It was recently clarified that the vessel concept. It is considered shipyard in Tomrefjorden in Møre we estimate that over the next few Skjold class of coastal corvettes that such a standard vessel class og Romsdal where the vessels are years, investments will be between will undergo major maintenance will be able to replace the coast to be finished. NOK 5 and 6 billion each year. / upgrades at the UMOE Mandal guard vessels of the Reine class, – Further to this, work is of Commander Øystein Store- shipyard in the far south of Nor- the Barentshav class, and possibly course also being carried out on bø, head of the project depart- way. This work includes both the also the Nornen class as well as the Submarine project. Here, an ment Marine Capabilities (FMA ship technology and the combat the KV “Harstad”. In addition, agreement has been entered into MARKAP), went into some more systems. The maintenance / up- the class of such a standard vessel with Germany for the deliveries detail on some of the most im- grade comes because it has now can be used as a mothership in a of 6 identical submarines, four portant projects. been decided that the service future autonomous mine-clearing for the Norwegian Navy and two The FMA is currently con- life span of the Corvettes will be concept. The standard vessels are for the German Navy. ducting approximately 55 proj- extended from 2025 to 2030, envisioned to be equipped with Among the other projects, ects with up to multiple program partly as a result of the loss of different modules for the various work is ongoing to renew the milestones within each project. the frigate “Helge Ingstad”. assignments. And even though counter-measure capacity against In addition, FMA MARKAP – Even though we are in a the unit vessel concept has not sea mines. Here, Norway current- supports projects carried out process of acquiring new sub- been decided in any way, the ly has mine-clearing vessels of the under the auspices of the Nor- marines, it is important that we Norwegian Navy is receptive to

Oksøy class and the Alta class, wegian Navy. maintain the submarine capacity creative thoughts and ideas.

KNM Skjold. The service life span of the Skjold class of coastal corvettes will be extended from 2025 to 2030, partly as a result of the loss of the frigate “Helge Ingstad”. Photo: Torgeir Haugaard / Forsvaret

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PROGRAMME CONFERENCE INI

This year’s Programme Conference INI was also held digitally, in the middle of November. Some 100 participants attended, and feedback from participants at earlier conferences was that the digital format worked quite well.

Communication unit on a BV206 Tracked Vehicle during exercise Joint Viking 2017. Through the Mime program the Norwegian Armed forces will invest a significant amount of money to modernize its combat-proximate information and communication systems at a tactical level. Photo: Jens Svendsen / Forsvaret

ieutenant Colonel Truls tions, which is completely new. Through strategic cooper- Today we have marginal Bjerkestuen, head of the In addition, we will have projects ation, the Armed Forces will ability for defensive operations in LINI sub-portfolio, present- to improve the national situation, involve the industry in both the cyber domain, i.e. defending ed the challenges that the Armed as well as some space-related programmes, in order to gain ac- against cyber-attacks from the Forces are facing in this area. projects. cess to expertise that the Armed outside. We lack competence According to the new long- On the whole, we are ex- Forces do not possess on their and consequently the workload term plan, investments in the periencing a significant focus own. will weigh heavily on the remain- INI area will run to some 1.5 on improvement and efficiency ing personnel base. to 2 billion NOK per year over through digitization. Cyber Defence, Major Nevertheless, we also see the next few years. This entails The two major programmes Challenges several great opportunities; we a significant investment in the within the INI area are program Major General Inge Kampenes, have a significant investment period 2020 to 2026, Bjerkest- Mast and program Mime. Chief of the Cyber Defence, pre- portfolio, and we also need to uen explains. We currently have Mast stands for “military use sented the challenges facing the improve education. more than 70 ongoing projects of cloud services” and will among cyber defence. – We currently have collabo- in the INI area, and there is a other things ensure a robust – We are standing in the middle ration with both academia and great degree of inter-dependence communication infrastructure, of the fourth industrial revo- the business community, but if between several of these projects. renew ICT platforms including lution, and we have problems we are to be able to resolve our Most of these projects will be command and control, manage- keeping up, Kampenes began. tasks in the future, we are de- continued, and in addition we ment, logistics, office support, – Digital intelligence is the pending on this collaboration to expect that there will be some collaboration and digitization. biggest intelligence threat we are be expanded. It is our vision that new projects. In addition to investments, the facing at this time, but this is not when we come to 2022, the cyber Among other things, we are programme also deals with the recognized to any great extent activities in the Armed Forces are expecting a significant strength- way the Armed Forces works today. At the same time, we see recognized as a driving force in ening in the area of C2IS (Com- today and how to improve this. that the Total Defence has gone the cyber area, quick to resolve mand, Control, Information Mime sets out to modernize through a renaissance. But the tasks and adopt new technology, Systems), and we also see that the combat-proximate informa- merging of the Armed Forces as well as being leaders in cyber we will have projects in combat tion and communication systems and the civilian society creates security, Kampenes states in management related to air sta- at a tactical level. significant challenges. conclusion.

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Originally, the Programme Conference AIR was scheduled for the Spring of 2021, but with the decision to run all the other programme conferences for land, sea and INI this autumn, it was natural to hold the air conference in the same section. More than 70 participants had signed up for the conference, which is a good indication of the need for information and dialogue.

or the air defence, previous This upgrade of NASAMS base defence (force protection) on es from 2024 should also procure long-term plans have cen- is considered a necessary pri- the airbases. The base defence is new helicopters for dedicated Ftred upon the base struc- oritization to be able to combat designated to the protection of the helicopter support to the Army. ture of the Air Force, focusing on incoming cruise missiles. It also airbase, so the airbase operational The Storting further states that tactical bases at the air stations means that investment funds for functions can be maintained in the new helicopters will be orga- of Ørland and Evenes. This has a possible long-range air defence crisis and armed conflict. The nized in one squadron at Rygge highlighted the need for protec- will be postponed until after development, procurement and about 60 kms south of Oslo, and tion of the bases, in terms of both 2028. The long-term plan states implementation of modern base one squadron at Bardufoss in air defence and base defence. that purchasing long-range air defence are prioritized within the northern Norway. The Storting The new long-term plan con- defence systems is a significant 2023 up to 2029 time period. is asking the Government to tinues a strategic effort on air de- investment, and to maintain a revert with a separate case on fence .Cruise missiles constitute long-range air defence system Helicopter for the the acquisition of helicopters, the most demanding air threat to operational, demands notable Special Forces and including numbers. Norway, and mass attacks with recourses and competence. new helicopters for In the Storting resolution no cruise missiles are considered the As of today, the Norwegian the Army? details have been clarified about dimensioning threat. Air Force is in the process of In its proposal for a long-term the possibly army helicopter. NASAMS (Norwegian Ad- completing the NASAMS 3 up- plan, the Government recom- Where numbers of helicop- vanced Surface-to-Air Missile grades. NASAMS 4 will be the mended that the helicopter capac- ters are concerned, the Storting System) is the cornerstone in the upgrades in the period of 2023 up ity should be further developed is saying two squadrons. How ground-based air defence in Nor- to 2029 where the plan is among by replacing the Bell 412 in the many helicopters there are in a way. To keep NASAMS relevant other things to add short-range period of 2024-2029 with a new squadron remains a quite open the long-term plan states that the missiles into the NASAMS system. capacity that is better suited to question. Within NATO, the current NASAMS systems will be If there is a further development the needs of the special forces. number of units in a squadron upgraded from 2023 to 2029. with long-range missiles after But recently, the Storting varies from down to three aircraft This upgrade involves modern 2028, it will probably be named (Norwegian Parliament) in its in the olden days, right up to the sensors, as well as that short- NASAMS 5. resolution (proposal 87 S) asks Americans, who are today dealing range missiles will be entering the Besides the NASAMS 4 up- that the government in connec- with squadrons operating 18 NASAMS system, in addition to grade, the long-term plan also tion with the planned helicopter or more flying units. If, on the

current medium-range missiles. express the importance of modern procurement for the special forc- other hand, the basic premise is that a squadron should be able to lift an army company, and that each helicopter can take 12 fully equipped soldiers in one lift, and that one must have some spare helicopters to cover maintenance time etc, then one will quickly arrive at 10 to 15 helicopters to one squadron. But this is merely speculations, and the number is by no means settled yet. The Storting request the Government to come back to the Storing with a separate white paper on heli- copter procurement, including number of units. In this report, one can also hope that the govern- ment will preset cost and funding alternatives for a possible new helicopters purchase. As of today, it is however certain that getting helicopters in place for the Special Forces Bell 412 during Cold Response 2014 and also possibly for the Army The Bell 412 helicopters have been a faithful workhorse in the Norwegian Army for almost 40 years, but now by the timeframe 2024-2029, is the Storting (Norwegian Parliament) suggest purchaseing new helicopters. Photo: FMS a very short time.

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FINNISH-NORWEGIAN DEFENCE

INDUSTRY WEBINAR On 16 November this year, the FSI with its Finnish sister organization AFDA (Association of Finnish Defence and Aerospace Industries) held a Finnish-Norwegian defence industry seminar. The seminar was conducted on the Web due to the Corona situation, and Ms Tuija Karanko, Secretary General of AFDA, started her introduction by recalling the last time such a seminar was conducted, in 2016 in Helsinki, in the presence of King Harald of Norway.

orbjørn Svensgård of the Norwegian emphasized that Finnish-Norwegian T defence co-operation has in- creased significantly in a very short time, and there is potential for more. The first speaker, Mr Jukka Juusti, Permanent Secretary with the Finnish Ministry of Defence, emphasized in his address that Finnish industry is important for the Finnish defence, and that Finnish industry largely carries out maintenance, repairs and supplies to the Finnish armed forces. Juusti also emphasized that the Finnish HX program, for the replacement for today’s F/A-18 fighter aircraft, grabs a lot of focus in the Finnish de- fence at the moment, and added Finnish F/A-18 Hornet. that even if the program due to F/A-18 Hornet was introduced into service in 1995-2000. Finnish F/A-18 Hornets had an estimated lifespan

COVID-19 is about 6 months of 30 years, meaning that last Hornets is planned to be decommissioned by 2030. Finland is currently working on the HX program for the replacement delayed, Finland will be flying for today’s F/A-18 fighter aircraft. Photo: Gerard van der Schaaf /wiki the new planes for 30 years, and a few months’ delay is does not make a lot of difference in that material co-operation and more But memoranda and agree- – Not least now during the context. joint procurement. ments are not enough, the people COVID-19 crisis, when national The Norwegian Keynote – We are optimistic in the mat- in the process are most important borders have been closed, it has speaker was State Secretary Ms ter of armament co-operations and here the pragmatic approach become evident that Finland is Tone Skogen of the Norwegian between our nations. We have that I experience in both countries an island that gets its supplies by Ministry of Defence, who in her achieved a lot, but there is more to is important, Jyväsjärvi conclud- sea. For this reason, the Finnish speech emphasized the similar- come, Skogen said in conclusion. ed, before adding that the Finnish Armed Forces has always had a ities in security policy between The Finnish keynote speaker, side sees several promising areas great deal of focus on security of Norway and Finland. Both na- Mr Raimo Jyväsjärvi, Director of for collaboration. supplies. tions have a huge neighbour National Armaments at the Finn- Jaakkola also presented the whose actions cause instability ish Ministry of Defence, began ”Finland is an island” main figures in the Finnish defence in our “neighbourhood”, while by emphasizing that Norwegian Finland has a long border with budget. This year, the budget is at the same time more and more and Finnish co-operation is very Russia, but 80% of our trade EUR 3.172 billion, which is 1.27% countries are turning their atten- pragmatic. goes by sea through the Baltic of GDP. For next year, however, tion to the Arctic areas. The Norwegian and Finnish Sea and out through the Danish the budget will be about 4.8 bil- – Materiel co-operation has militaries operate largely in the Strait. In this respect, in terms of lion Euros, mostly due to the HX an intrinsic value, in addition to same arctic environment, and supplies, Finland can almost be fighter programme, and we will providing cost-effective solutions, both countries are looking for the regarded as an island, pointedly then reach the benchmark of 2% increased military and political best capabilities for their forces. observed MS Tarja Jaakkola, of GDP, Jaakkola explained, before effect while also providing oppor- This means that we very often Deputy NAD, Finnish Ministry noting in conclusion that Finland tunities for a common industrial arrive at quite similar requirement of Defence, and added that in is obviously not a NATO member, base, Skogen explained, and add- specifications for the materiel, winter this sea route is frozen, so the 2% target does not have the ed that when we have common which in turn can form the basis which places special demands same significance as it does for requirements, we will see more for joint procurement. on our navy. NATO member nations.

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After having been postponed, at first from March to June, this year’s export control seminar was finally held in the form of a Webinar in late November. Some 70 delegates had signed up for the webinar, as a clear indication of the considerable interest the topic holds in the Norwegian defence industry. The conference was organized by the FSi in co-operation with FSi EKU (FSi Eksportkontrollutvalget, or the FSi export control committee), which is one of the FSi’s professional committees.

bout 75% of the revenues and implementing good com- exporters navigating sanctions that the banks today are keenly in the defence industry pliance programs, and then it and export control legislation. aware of both money laundering Ain Norway comes from is important to clarify the orga- The Nordic money launder- and sanction rules. exports, and if we are to preserve nization, roles and responsibil- ing scandals have represented a The consequences for a bank our defence industry, then exports ities for the various parts of the paradigm shift in terms of focus that contributes to money laun- must be boosted further, ex- program, and that personnel is on AML (Anti-Money Launder- dering or the execution of trans- plained Torbjørn Svensgård, CEO given the necessary training to ing) and sanctions risk by the actions to sanctioned countries, for FSi, in his opening remarks. be able to carry out the tasks banks and the export industry, can be blacklisting in US banks The defence industry is de- that the compliance program said Brandi in opening, and added or, in the worst case, the bank pendent on the Norwegian peo- entails. The company must also that exporters may have trouble can be barred from making ple and the Storting having the have a communication plan getting paid for an item that transactions in US dollars. Such confidence that the export of so that necessary information, has been delivered, if the bank an event would spell disaster for Norwegian defence materiel is such as error reports, changes identifies sanctions risk related to any bank. conducted in full accordance in laws and regulations, etc. is the counterparty or the product. However, it is up to each bank with laws and regulations.If only communicated to the responsible Brandi pointed out that there to make its own risk assessment one incident of illegal or irregular parties. is an overlap both across risk in a transaction, and the banks export of Norwegian defence – Secondly, the company must factors and mitigating measures can assess the risk differently. material should occur, the entire develop clear and unambiguous relating to sanctions, AML and – An international transaction defence industry suffers a loss of procedures for the implementa- anti-corruption and that Norwe- often goes through several corre- political and public confidence. tion of the various parts of the gian exporters could benefit from spondent banks before it reaches Therefore, it is important that the compliance program, Strand- adopting a holistic approach and the recipient’s bank. This means entire industry is conscious of its Utne explained and mentioned, using available toolkits across that even if we in DNB approve responsibility when we export our among other things, procedures various compliance disciplines the transaction, one of the banks goods, Svensgård emphasized, for checking that materials do not when navigating sanctions risk. in the next stages may block the and added that we receive feed- come from prohibited sources, The focus of regulators on transaction and refuse to carry

back that the laws and regulations screening of business contacts, third party screening and due it out. In such cases, we receive that we do have are working whether customers come from a diligence is a real game changer, the transaction in return, and no well. And not least, the industry prohibited country, assessment Christophersen said. We see explanation is given, other than receives quick feedback on its of end users, etc. that regulators increasingly are usually only that the transaction applications for export licences, In addition, the company holding companies accountable has been stopped “due to Com- which gives Norwegian industry a must also document what is being for getting their screening and pliance reasons”. competitive advantage compared done, and store the documenta- due diligence processes right. Our recommendation is that to several other countries. tion in line with the regulations. However, regulatory expectations companies that are unsure wheth- FSi EKU has recently The Americans say it a bit point- for sanctions compliance program er a transaction can be completed launched the “FSI Export Con- edly: “If it cannot be documented, remain formally undocumented should contact their bank before trol Compliance Guide” as a tool then it did not happen”. in many jurisdictions, including starting. We have several ex- for member companies to act in Strand-Utne concluded by Norway. Christophersen recom- amples of customers who have accordance with the regulations. emphasizing that introducing a mended to look for direction sent the goods, and who do not This guide can be obtained by the compliance system is not some- in the OFAC (Office of Foreign receive their payment because member companies by visiting thing that will be done once and Assets Control) Framework for the transaction has been stopped. the FSi member pages. for all. The system must be con- Compliance Commitments and – If your payment transaction Gunn Margit Strand-Utne tinuously improved, further de- the EU guidance on internal com- has been stopped, do not try to from Kongsberg Defense & Aero- veloped and adapted to changes pliance program. She also pointed resend it again. Contact your space reviewed the most im- that take place inside and outside out that having performed robust bank immediately. portant elements for companies the company. and proportionate due diligence – We can assist and advise our that want to build a compliance Thomas Brandi and Kine Bjel- may be a defence should a sanc- customers, but we can never program. ke Christophersen from the law tions enforcement matter arise. guarantee that a transaction can – Many small companies have firm Selmer have extensive expe- Øyvind Aarø and Johan Tei- be carried out, said Aarø and limited resources for developing rience from assisting Norwegian gland from DNB could report Teigland in conclusion.

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HIDDN TECHNOLOGY AS

Hiddn Technology is dedicated to research, development, manufacturing and sale of hardware-

based encryption and authentication solutions primary to military and government agencies. Hiddn’s patented hardware-based encryption platform is currently utilized to secure data at rest on laptops, hard disks, USB flash drives, and other storage media.

the spectrum from hardware, em- some ways. But being digital also bedded programming, database, creates new ideas for communica- software development and smart tion and products which can be card technology. In addition, we used in our development. have partnerships with several The community we were in- international software and tech- troduced into has given us a lot nology suppliers to continuously of value in the form of industry improve our products and value knowledge and opening for co- to the market. operation with small and large Processes to comply with companies. We really look forward stringent security requirements, to work more in the organisation. necessary support functions and logistics is in place and will be Suggestions for the developed continuously. FSI SME agenda History: • A management system man- SMEs are often characterized by a Hiddn Technology was estab- aging devices, cards, and Involvement in the pragmatic corporate culture that lished in 2019 based on assets encryption keys defence industry is very resultoriented. This often acquired from Hiddn Security. All products can be delivered as During the past year Hiddn Tech- provides basic preconditions for Through the transaction the a managed system, or as inde- nology has managed to secure the development of an innovation company secured full ownership pendent devices delivered with a new contracts with two NATO culture. We believe that SMEs can of products, patents, trademarks, standard set of cards. countries. Hiddn Technology is contribute to competitiveness in and technology for unique solu- The company is scaling-up also engaged with R&D activities the industry through collabora- tions protecting Data at Rest. The production together with Tech- together with defence and gov- tion with larger companies. And company leverages 22 years of nology partner Axxe AS in ernmental organisations. we have seen defence customers

investments in research and de- Halden, which also adds sub- who encourage smaller compa- velopment in the encryption area. stantial value through their pro- Membership in FSI nies to the ecosystem as a catalyst duction quality and world class Hiddn Technology has been a for innovation. Technology products approved processes. member of FSI since it started, FSI should continue to stim- and services today The ambition is to increase and it was never discussed any ulate a collaborative platform for The uniqueness of the solutions the number of projects towards other alternatives. small and large companies work- is delivered through a complete key customer segments, extend- ing together. Working towards the value chain starting with a card ing existing solutions and deliv- Why FSI defence and the government on management system – CMS - to ering on new use-cases. FSI was the obvious choice for important common positions can register, configure, initialize, and Integration of our value chain Hidden technology to get access provide added value for future prepare keys for encryption/de- into Key Management Infrastruc- to the structured agenda and the market opportunities. cryption to all devices. Initializa- tures, provide secure transfer established governance FSI has Seminars and industry meet- tion and keys is delivered through methods between our devices within the defence industry. We ups, physical or digital could secure smartcards, which is also and extending our interfaces into feel FSI is welcoming new players energize the interaction between used for to authenticate the user. next generation like PCIe, NVMe in a good manner. FSI and SME all members of FSI to and drive and NVME-oF is areas we are is likely a response to the defence the industries agenda forward. Hiddn Technology’s currently working on. customers wish to use smaller current product companies to help the established portfolio consists Governance large players to Innovate. of the following Hiddn Technology is a private encryption products: Norwegian company owned by How is the • Internal hard drives for use a group of technology innovators membership used? in laptops PCs and servers, and more recently our working We use FSI as a discussion partner based on HDD or SSD tech- chairman - Harald Lome, with related to our plans and partic- nology a long track-record from the IT ipate in FSI agenda and work. • USB flash drives industry. The pandemic with lockdowns of • USB connected hard drives, The company has secured a meeting points and conferences based on SSD technology strong team of specialists covering has limited the interaction in

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Forsvarsmateriell has entered into contracts with Thales Norway and Eidsvoll Electronics to upgrade SISAM, a communication system used by the Armed Forces to maintain airspace control in Norway.

he system is used for communication The development contracts that the proj- ized, and systems put into operative action with aircraft and between civilian and ect has given rise to, have been negotiated at several of the Armed Forces’ airspace Tmilitary units that exercise airspace as direct procurements in accordance with monitoring locations through this con- control in the total defence. the Procurement Regulations for the Defence tract. The technology has the potential for Today’s SISAM has already been in use Sector (ARF). What is notable for this delivery increased operational effect also in other since the late 1990’s. Forsvarsmateriell is is the early involvement of the industry, as usage scenarios, where there is a need to now signing contracts with Thales Norway both suppliers have contributed constructively handle speech and interaction at different and Eidsvoll Electronics, respectively, for the to the project as early as in connection with gradation levels, says CEO Tom Tuhus of upgrade of SISAM. the preparation of the Procurement Solution Thales Norway AS. In total, the contracts have an estimated (FL). The materiel delivery is mainly off-the- – This is the largest single contract in EIDEL’s value of at least NOK 250 million, or 23 shelf digital goods, but the software will be history and lays the foundation for a good MEUR. developed. The development is based on collaboration with the Armed Forces for many the current solution and prototype that was years to come, says Truls O. Andersen, CEO Digital off-the-shelf product already funded through R&D (Research and for Eidsvoll Electronics. SISAM was at the time cutting-edge pi- Development). oneering, with the possibility of open as Two separate agreements have been Combat-proximate ICT – well as highly graded communication in entered into with the suppliers, but they program Mime the same headset, along with high usabil- have committed to a close collaboration, in The project is part of the program Mime – ity from touch screens. Today’s system was order to be able to deliver the upgrade of combat proximate ICT. The defence sector originally delivered by Thales Norway AS SISAM jointly. is investing heavily in combat-close ICT to and Eidsvoll Electronics AS (Eidel) jointly, – Through a fantastic collaboration with meet existing and future needs for infor- and formed the basis for a major sales suc- FFI, the Armed Forces and the FMA, we mation exchange and interaction between cess in NATO. have developed a prototype of secure voice aircraft, vessels and soldiers on the ground, services. The technology will be industrial- and with allied forces. In total, discussions revolve around several billion kroner for investments into combat-proximate ICT over the next ten years. Mime joins together delivery packages for the Armed Forces from several related projects. The packages are referred to as delivery waves. Delivery wave 1 is the first comprehensive delivery from the program to the Armed Forces and will be carried out in the period 2021-2022. Mime coordinates deliveries from as many as 17 investment projects in four capacities through Forsvarsmateriell. SISAM is an important part of delivery wave 1. In total, there will be 5 comprehensive delivery packages or waves to the Armed Forces up until 2030. Three locations will have the new SISAM: Sørreisa, Ørland and the Armed Forces’ head- SISAM (SIkkert SAMband) is a communications system being used by the Armed Forces to take quarters at Reitan. Deliveries are scheduled care of controlling the Norwegian air space. Ill. Thales for completion in 2023.

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Brazilian Missiles for Gripen The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) With the knowledge to be and AVIBRAS Indústria Aero- acquired during the develop- espacial signed a Memorandum ment of the MICLA, it will be of Understanding in order to possible to design a family of formalize AVIBRAS’ intention similar missiles for application to develop long-range cruise in various scenarios of armed missiles, with the contribution conflict by the Brazilian Armed of the FAB, with regard to shar- Forces. ing of global military expertise The benefits to be generated and requirements for missiles with this initiative go beyond of this class. the increase in the defense ca- The MICLA-BR, so named pacity of Brazil, as it will con- in the Military Strategic Plan tribute to the promotion of the for Aeronautics (PEMAER), is Industrial Defense Base, gener- a national project for the devel- ating jobs, technological evolu- opment of a long-range cruise tion, and even foreign exchange This test firing of the MdCN naval cruise missile is the last milestone in a series of tests designed to verify the correct functioning of the missile, with propulsion based through the possibility of ex- Suffren’s armaments and of its combat system in general. on a jet engine, to be launched porting technological products from aerial platforms. of high added value. Exocet firings from Submarine On October 20, 2020, the completed the test firing of an French submarine Suffren, the MdCN (Missile de Croisière Na- first-in-series of the six new val) naval cruise missile from nuclear-powered attack sub- the sea near the DGA missile marines (SSNs) in the Barra- test centre at Biscarrosse. cuda programme, successfully

F-35s to UAE The US State Department has fighters as the White House is notified US Congress of its proposing would be sold to the desire to sell the United Arab UAE. Israel could increase its Emirates (UAE) 50 F-35s in a fleet to 75 jets in future. A poster of the MICLA-BR long-range cruise missile that Avibras will $10.4bn deal. Any deal to sell the jets develop to arm the Brazilian Air Force’s The proposed sale would must win the approval of Con- F-39E Gripen fighters. Photo: FAB photo make the UAE the second coun- gress, where the sale could face try in the Middle East after Is- stiff opposition. Discussion rael to operate the Lockheed around the sale has stepped up UAV´s to the Norwegian Armed Martin stealth fighter. in recent months following a Forces Israel has to date ordered deal to normalise relations be- Norwegian company Nordic ration of the contract up to a to- 50 F-35s, the same number of tween the UAE and Israel. Unmanned has be awarded tal of 7 years. The initial call-off contract as system integrator is expected to be done within including training and life cy- the following months. cle support for the Norwegian Details of the framework Defence Materiel Agency for contract: VTOL (Vertical Take Off and • Nordic Unmanned is the sys- Landing) UAS. tem integrator and oversees The framework contract, all quality systems and project under the name “ VTOL UAS”, management according to is one of the most valuable mini client requirements. VTOL UAV defense contracts of • Nordic Unmanned will deliver 2020 in Europe. training and MRO services. The contract is a non-exclu- • Nordic Unmanned will pro- sive framework contract avail- vide system integration of able for the Norwegian Ministry radios from the Norwegian of Defence and Justice with all producer Radionor Commu- subordinate agencies. The du- nications AS. ration of the contract is 3 years, • Lockheed Martin is the OEM An Australian F-35A Lighting II with options to extend the du- of the Indago products at Luke Air Force Base. Photo: U.S. Air /Jensen Stidham

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Tempest future fighter worth EU to allow Britain, U.S. and £25bn to UK economy Norway on future joint defence projects

The European Union will allow long-awaited proposal to ear- non-members such as Britain mark 8 billion euros ($9.5 and the United States to take billion) of its next budget on part in future joint EU defence a new, complementary EU projects, but only on an excep- defence fund, keeping alive tional basis. a Franco-German desire to The decision resolves a long deepen military cooperation saga over whether Britain could among EU nations that have take part in a new EU defence long pursued independent Mockup of the Tempest future fighter. Photo: Leonardo pact, known as Permanent Struc- projects. tured Cooperation (PESCO), While the United States, A Analysis report commissioned ther 270 would be employed which aims to help the EU fund, the world’s biggest military by BAE Systems on behalf of across the UK. develop and deploy armed forc- power, has 30 weapons sys- Team Tempest, the has conclud- Tempest is expected to es together. It will not amount to tems, the EU has 178. The ed that the project to develop a come into service in the mid- an EU military. bloc has 17 types of battle future fighter will contribute at 2030s and is set to replace the The breakthrough of an tank, compared to just one in least £25bn to the UK’s econ- Eurofighter Typhoon within the impasse which dates back to the United States. omy and support an average RAF. The aircraft is set to form June 2018 also helps to revive A senior EU diplomat said of 20,000 jobs a year between part of a broader combat air EU defence integration efforts in late October that the rules 2026 and 2050. system that will likely include launched with great fanfare in on Participation of non-mem- Team Tempest is a part- ‘wingman’ uncrewed aerial sys- December 2017, in part to show bers ill allow Britain and oth- nership between BAE Systems, tems (UAS). unity after Brexit, but which ran ers, such as Norway and the Leonardo, Rolls-Royce, MBDA Team Tempest today also into bureaucratic hurdles. United States, to take part in and the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) unveiled several insights into In May this year, the Eu- future projects to develop air- Rapid Capabilities Office, as the programme including that ropean Commission made a craft, helicopters and weapons. well as a host of small-medium Leonardo, the programme’s elec- enterprises and academia. tronics lead, was developing new The report added that for radar systems capable of provid- every 100 people directly em- ing over 10,000 times more data ployed by Team Tempest, a fur- than existing systems.

China’s 2nd Aircraft Carrier to be Combat-Ready by Year-End China’s first domestically made age control and emergency re- aircraft carrier, the Shandong, sponse. has completed regular testing It set out for military exer- and training missions at sea. cises on September 1, and ex- Patria’s 6x6 armoured vehicle will serve as the basis for the new The testing and training in- perts hoped it would be com- armoured vehicle to be jointly developed cluded aviation support, dam- bat-ready by the end of 2020. by Finland and Latvia. Photo: Henri Patrikoski/Patria Development of a 6x6 Armored Vehicle System In October, Finland, Latvia and veloped at a later stage. Patria land signed an agreement It is planned that the re- on research and development search phase of the new vehicles of a common 6x6 armoured ve- will end at the end of 2021, af- hicle system based on a Patria ter which the partner countries vehicle. will be able to start negotiations The purpose of the ar- on the purchase of the new 6x6 moured vehicle development armoured vehicles. The first agreement is to develop Patria deliveries of 6x6 vehicles could Land Oy’s 6x6 vehicles on a take place already in 2021. single platform, which will per- The total value of the ve- form the functions of soldier hicle development contract is Chinese Navy’s second aircraft carrier, Shandong, will be declared transport and command. The approximately 7.3 million Eu- operational by the end of the year, agreement will allow other pos- ros, and its costs will be covered according to Chinese media. China MoD photo sible vehicle variants to be de- equally by Latvia and Finland.

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Russia Test-Fires New ABM Dutch CV90s to get Interceptor Missile composite rubber Russia’s Aerospace Force has ti-ballistic missile (ABM) de- successfully test-fired a new fense system at the Sary-Shagan tracks missile of the country’s an- proving ground in Kazakhstan, the Defense Ministry of Russia announced. Last time, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported about the test-launch of a new intercep- tor missile from the Sary-Sha- The reduction in noise and vibration helps to minimise crew fatigue. The CV90s will receive rubber tracks jointly developed by Soucy Inter- gan proving ground on July 2, national and BAE Systems Hägglunds. Photo: BAE System Hägglunds 2019. The interceptor missile also successfully coped with its BAE Systems will equip Dutch Soucy designs and manufac- task, striking the notional tar- CV90s with composite rubber tures the tracks and BAE Systems get with the required accuracy. tracks as part of a €500m up- Hägglunds has qualified them in Russia’s ABM system opera- grade programme to the Infantry full-scale trials. tional in the Aerospace Force is Fighting Vehicle (IFV). The Royal Netherlands Army designed to defend the country The Royal Netherlands Army is also set to start equipping its against strikes by a potential will follow the Norwegian Army, CV90s with Elbit Systems’ Iron Test launch of a new missile for the Russian missile defense enemy’s aerospace attack weap- which has already equipped its Fist Active Protection system, system. Photo: Russian MoD ons. vehicles with the rubber tracks following an agreement to inte- and used them in Afghanistan. grate the system in 2019. BAE Switching from steel to the Systems Hägglunds is leading composite rubber track has the the integration of Iron Fist on the F135 Engine Maintenance Depot benefit of reducing the vehicle’s Dutch IFVs. Kongsberg Aviation Mainte- tics support to the global F135 weight and noise in the crew com- CV90 is currently also nance Services AS (KAMS) motor user community. partment by as much as 65%. in-service with Denmark, Es- announced that it has signed The KAMS F135 engine de- The weight reduction in- tonia, Finland, Norway, Swe- a contract with Pratt & Whit- pot has the capacity to support creases the efficiency and run- den and Switzerland – with the ney, officially starting opera- multiple repairs, overhauls and ning costs of the vehicle as well operating countries a part of tions at Rygge, one of the five logistic services including han- as freeing up payload for the what Hägglunds calls the ‘CV90 planned F135 Maintenance, dling spare parts. addition of future systems. Club’. Repair, Overhaul & Upgrade KAMS will employ and edu- (MRO&U) facilities, or depots, cate mechanics, technicians and worldwide. Together, the de- logistics personnel that will in- Italian-Polish-Spanish Tank? pots will be responsible for sus- crementally take on more com- Italy is looking for partners to to additional members. taining the global engine fleet plex repairs and an increased jointly develop the successor Ar- - The alternative with Poland that powers the F-35 Lightning work scope of the F135 engine. iete main battle tank, and has to and Spain, which have also been II fighter aircraft. The depot facility is designed date offered Poland and Spain to excluded from the Franco-Ger- This contract marks the with expansion in mind to ac- form a partnership to develop it. man MGCS program, is on the transition of the KAMS MRO&U commodate future work and The Italian initiative stems table, while a pan-European facility to qualification and op- other business opportunities. from its failure to win a role program, as well as the alter- erations from activation and Kongsberg Aviation Main- in the French-German Main native idea of proceeding with training in support of achieving tenance Services AS (KAMS) Ground Combat System a bilateral program with Israel, Initial Depot Capability by the is majority owned by Kongs- (MGCS), as after two years of is more remote, Italian Deputy end of 2021. The contract is the berg Defence & Aerospace with discussions those two coun- Defense Minister Angelo Tofalo first in a series to span decades 50.1% of the shares and Patria tries want to get the project up told Italian parliamentarians in providing MRO&U and logis- of Finland owning 49.9%. and running before opening it early October.

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UK seeks to reduce wind farm impact on air defence radar system The UK Ministry of Defence’s SMEs to develop surveillance to (MoD) Defence and Security reduce the wind farm ‘clutter’, Accelerator (DASA) has award- while Saab will use artificial in- ed contracts to five companies telligence and doppler filtering to to develop technologies that develop a radar mitigation system. will eliminate offshore wind QinetiQ will develop two farms’ interference on air de- proposals. In the first method, fence radar system. it will use new materials to pre- The contracts follow an in- vent the distortion of the radar, Avinor Air Traffic Control work station. Ill.Kongsberg vestment worth £2m by the UK while the second method will Government. The companies develop radar-absorbing ma- Spain’s Menorca Airport to are Thales, QinetiQ, Saab, TWI terials that can be installed on operate with KONGSBERG’s and Plextek DTS. offshore wind turbines. Defence Minister Jeremy TWI will be responsible for Remote Tower System Quin said: “We want more off- the development of new meth- Together with Gesnaer Consult- is displayed for the controllers shore wind farms to help deliver ods to create conductive coat- ing and Avinor Air Navigation on high resolution monitors. our ambitious environmental ing that will absorb radar for Services, KONGSBERG has been The system can be extend- agenda while retaining the pro- turbine blades, in collaboration selected to provide the KONGS- ed to control multiple airports tection that radar provides. with the Centre for Metamate- BERG advanced Remote Tower from the same control centre. Thales will partner with the rial Research and Innovation of System for Air Traffic Control Remotely controlling several University of Birmingham and University of Exeter. at Menorca Airport. Instead of airports from the same loca- a traditional view of the air- tion is what Norway is cur- space and runways, the system rently setting into operation. includes a 360° panorama high KONGSBERG and Avinor Air resolution camera system for a Navigation Services are working live out the window view and together on the Ninox program a pan-tilt zoom camera for the that includes 15 different air- controller’s binocular functions. ports that will all be operated The design of the Elec- from a new control centre in tro-Optical Sensor Suite in- Bodø, Norway. Two of which cludes a rotating platform hous- are operational and controlled ing a visual and infrared 360° by Bodø today, and the next daylight and infrared cameras thirteen are lined up to be con- and a pan-tilt camera platform nected into the control centre. with a visual zoom camera, an The system will be delivered infrared camera, a laser range in 2021. Gesnaer Consulting is The UK MoD wants to reduce windfarms’ impact on UK air defence finder and a signalling light. responsible for implementing and radar system. The photo displays Wind turbines overlooking Ardros- The digital out the window view executing the project for AENA. san, Scotland. Photo: Vincent van Zeijst

Sweden based company Micro- for military customers, to avoid Electrical driven fiber optical drum pol Fiberoptic AB announces detection. the introduction of an electrical The cable drum communi- driven fiber optical drum for cates with the robot to either de- harsh environments. The cable ploy or retract the cable harness, drum fills an important gap in adjusting speed and direction of the market for distance-con- the drum. Cables and connectors trolled robots. Distance control used are based on the Swedish is required when there is a risk Armed Forces’ specifications and for the operator’s health and are utilizing Micropol’s FALCON safety. In traditional cases, com- expanded beam connectors. munication between robot and Micropol Fiberoptic is located operator is utilized by radio, outside Halmstad on the Swedish but in situations where radio south west coast and have been in control cannot be used, due to business for more than 30 years. e.g. radiation disturbance or Micropol´s products are used in radio shadow, fiber is required, a whole range of technologies, especially when utilizing so- from complex fiber optic net- phisticated sensors requiring works for telecom and data com- high speed communication. munication, to advanced sensor The possibility to operate under systems for industrial, medical Photo: Micropol radio silence is also important and military applications.

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France to Develop New Aircraft Carrier and Next-Gen SSBN France will develop and build erational framework that will a new aircraft carrier to enter be perfectly adapted, from the service in 2038 to replace the outset, to our future combat Charles de Gaulle now in ser- aircraft, known under the name vice, French Armed Forces Min- of SCAF.” ister Florence Parly announced Parly also announced that, in October. “in the coming months, I will In a video speech marking launch construction work on the opening of the Euronaval third-generation ballistic missile online exhibition, Parly said submarines.” “Regarding the new genera- This confirms the long-term tion aircraft carrier, I can con- modernization of France’s fleet TRML-3D radar. Photo: Hensoldt firm that this program will be of four Le Triomphant-class bal- launched to give a successor to listic missile submarines, pres- the Charles de Gaulle in 2038,” ently armed with the M51 nu- Third TRML-3D to Royal Thai Army adding that “it will offer an op- clear warhead ballistic missile. The sensor solutions provider veillance and target acquisition HENSOLDT will equip the Roy- radar system designed for de- al Thai Army with its TRML-3D. tection and air defence. This is the third TRML-3D or- The 3D radar is capable of dered by the Royal Thai Army. detecting, tracking, and clas- The radar will be delivered in sifying various types of targets 2022. with a particular emphasis on The mobile systems TRML- small, fast and low-flying air- 3D is used in surveillance and craft, missiles and hovering he- air defence missions supporting licopters. TRML-3D has been short-range air defence weapon in service since 2004 and is in systems. It is a fully coherent operational use with different Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle. Photo: USMC/ J. Smith multi-mode phased array sur- armed forces worldwide.

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Vestdavit wins contract to supply six French Navy vessels Marine-davit manufacturer ager Redouane Lahsen. “The Vestdavit has secured a contract PLD-5000 fast-rescue davit with shipbuilder Socarenam to comes equipped with an ad- supply fast rescue boat davit justable and detachable dock- systems for six patrouilleurs ing head, making it one of the d’outre-mer (POM) vessels for most flexible boat-handling the French Navy. The 80-me- systems on the market.” tre-long ships will serve as part Lahsen explains that the of the Navy’s POM programme, A-frame, single-point solu- Spanish Eurofighter. Photo: T. Felce / wiki providing surveillance and pro- tion was specially designed tection for France’s extensive to support the launch and re- New Eurofighters to Spain? exclusive economic zone (EEZ), covery of larger boats weigh- which includes parts of the Ca- ing as much as five tonnes, Eurofighter has submitted pro- government to mature the pro- ribbean and the Indian Ocean. and that its automated painter posals for the replacement of the posal and a contract for the 20 Currently under construc- boom allows safe handling Spanish Air Force’s F-18s which aircraft is expected to be signed tion at the Socarenam yard on up to sea state 5. Its guiding are based on the Canary Islands. in 2021. in Saint Malo, the offshore pa- arms, shock absorbers and Spain is looking to secure 20 The 20 latest-standard Euro- trol vessels are due for delivery wave-compensating winch new Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft fighter Typhoon aircraft would between 2022 and 2025. Each system provide additional lay- to boost its existing fleet under feature the E-Scan radar, which of the six diesel-electric POM ers of safety and comfort for what is called Project Halcon. is currently under development. ships will deploy one PLD-5000 craft and crew, adds Lahsen, Airbus is in the process of The Spanish Air Force Eurofight- fast rescue boat davit system to while its compact, simplified negotiations with the Spanish er fleet is 73-strong. enable fast launch and rescue design facilitates installation operations in waters surround- and maintenance. ing French overseas territories. Vestdavit designs, supplies 31 NH90 helicopters for “Because France’s EEZ is so and supports tailor-made widely distributed, the Navy’s solutions for launching and shipborne operations POM vessels are built for vary- recovering boats in difficult Replacement of German Sea the German Navy enables con- ing and unpredictable condi- conditions at sea. Since 1975, Lynx fleet with an evolution of siderable synergies in terms of tions – and their davits need to Bergen-based Vestdavit has the Sea Lion. logistics and training. Naval match this level of flexibility,” supplied over 2000 davits and The German Bundeswehr flight crews and technical staff says Vestdavit Area Sales Man- side and stern launch systems. has ordered 31 NH90 NFH he- have already been undergoing licopters, to be known as Sea basic NH90 training togeth- Tiger, for the German Navy’s er with Army’s NH90 crews shipborne operations. The he- since the introduction of the licopters will replace the Ger- Sea Lion. man Navy’s Sea Lynx Mk88A 100 naval NH90 helicopters fleet which entered into service have already been delivered to in 1981. The Bundeswehr has six nations and have complet- already ordered 18 NH90 Sea ed over 70,000 flight hours in Lion naval transport helicop- search and rescue, humanitar- French patrouilleurs d’outre-mer (POM) vessel. Ill. French Navy ters, seven of which have al- ian, and military operations. ready been delivered. There are currently 430 NH90 The widespread use of the helicopters in service world- Boeing and US Navy to Demo NH90 TTH by the German wide that have accumulated Army and the NH90 NFH by over 270,000 flight hours. Future Ramjet Missile Technology Boeing has been awarded a $30 Boeing and the Navy Air million contract from the Navy Warfare Center Weapons Di- to co-develop the Supersonic vision plan to fly the SPEAR Propulsion Enabled Advanced demonstrator in late 2022. Ramjet (SPEAR) flight demon- Prior successes by Boeing in strator with the Navy’s Air War- developing supersonic and hy- fare Center Weapons Division. personic technologies include The contract award comes af- the X-51 Waverider test vehi- ter the Department of Defense cle in 2010 and the Variable requested information from Flow Ducted Rocket propul- the defense industry to help sion system under the Triple the Navy determine technical Target Terminator program in requirements of future carri- 2014. er-based land and sea strike German NH90 Sea Lion. Photo: Airbus weapons systems.

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Boat-handling systems to U.S. Navy Vestdavit Inc., the US operation 11-meter rigid-hull inflatable set up by davit supplier Vestda- boats in conditions up to sea vit, has won a contract to deliver state 6 and at 10 knots. The boat launch-and-recovery sys- system is specifically designed tems to two Expeditionary Fast for flexibility, he says, and fea- Transport (EPF) vessels belong- tures a painter boom, a wire ing to the United States Navy. hauler, shock absorbers and Currently under construction dual independent winches with The RAPIDFire system. Photo: Nexter by global shipbuilder Austal at constant-tension, controlled by its yard in Mobile, Alabama, the PLC. It is made of robust steel, French Navy ships with a new EPFs will assist the Navy’s mil- with an aluminium founda- itary and humanitarian efforts tion frame minimizing overall generation of artillery worldwide. weight. The RAPIDFire system devel- advanced algorithms, powerful Vestdavit will supply a Vestdavit’s selection to pro- oped by the consortium formed gun and automatic ammunition 2TDB-7000 davit system to vide boat-handling systems for by Thales and Nexter has been management system allowing each of EPF 13 and EPF 14, EPFs 13 and 14 reaffirms its chosen by the French defence the best reactivity and efficien- the latest vessels to be commis- standing as the preferred davit procurement agency (DGA) to cy for the operator. RAPIDFire sioned as part of the US Navy’s supplier of international navies equip future French Navy ves- incorporates the new medium EPF program. With EPF 13 due and coast guards. In addition sels with new artillery. calibre 40 mm gun developed by for delivery in late 2021, both to signing agreements with the This new weapon system CTAI, the international subsidi- ships will be deployed in the Royal Navy, the French Navy will provide the Navy’s surface ary of Nexter Systems and BAE high-speed, intra-theatre trans- and the Royal Australian Navy vessels with an effective close-in Systems. The system is compati- port of personnel and supplies in 2020, the Bergen-based com- defence capability against mod- ble with the full range of ammu- as well as military vehicles and pany recently won a contract ern air and surface threats. nitions developed for land forces equipment. to supply davits to two Expe- RAPIDFire is a gun system programmes and is predisposed The hydraulically operated ditionary Sea Base ships for the that offers high precision thanks to the use of future ammunition 2TDB-7000 davit will enable US Navy. to its optronic fire control system as the smart Anti Aerial Airburst the safe launch and recovery of integrated onto the turret, its (A3B) round.

Carl-Gustaf for US Army The US Army has signed a The latest version of M3E1 • multi-year framework con- weighs 14.8lb, around 8% EMC EMP tract worth up to $87m with lighter than its preceding vari- Swedish firm Saab to pro- ant M3. Carl-Gustaf is used HPM • TEMPEST cure Carl-Gustaf multi-role, by the ground forces as an an- man-portable shoulder-firedti-tank weapon system and to weapon systems. neutralise other challenges. The indefinite-delivery, in- Saab has already received definite-quantity (IDIQ) con- an initial order of $9.2m, with tract will allow the US Army deliveries slated next year. to place orders for the latest As agreed, the weapon sys- version of the weapon system, tems to be delivered under this designated as M3E1 in the US, contract will be used by the US during a seven-year period. Army, US Marine Corps and Special Operations Command.

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Finnish Army tests multiple launch rocket system GMLRS ammunition The Finnish Army has carried It also involved the valida- out test firing of the multiple tion of the GMLRS Alternative launch rocket system ammuni- Warhead (AW) rockets for area tion to test its long-range fires effects. readiness. The test firing was The GLMRS Unitary rocket conducted to check the pre- has a range of around 80km and cision and effectiveness of the explodes on target. However, multiple launch rocket system the GMLRS AW is developed to Guided Multiple Launch Rocket service area targets and explode System (GMLRS) Unitary rock- above the target without the ets for point effects precision fire. unexploded ordinance effects. FASTER, SMARTER New Mission Master – Armed Reconnaissance system MORE CONFIDENT

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NASAMS for Hungary Longtime partners Kongsberg gian industry. and Raytheon Missiles & De- The NASAMS air defense fense were awarded a Euro 410 solution is comprised of Ray- million contract by Hungary theon Missiles & Defense’s for the National Advanced Sur- AMRAAM and AMRAAM-ER face-to-Air Missile System, also missiles and Sentinel radar, known as NASAMS. Hungary and Kongsberg’s Fire Distribu- becomes the 6th NATO nation tion Center (FDC) and canister and the 12th country in the launcher. NASAMS offers air de- Testfiring of Patria Nemo. Photo: Patria world to acquire NASAMS, a fenders the proven effectiveness highly adaptable medium-range of the AMRAAM missile which is U.S. Army testing Patria Nemo solution for a variety of opera- in the inventory of 39 countries. tional air defense requirements. Sentinel is a proven air defense 120 mm mortar system The program enables long radar deployed by more than 18 Patria has entered into an nition and against U.S. require- term industrial cooperation be- countries and has been evolved agreement with the U.S. Army ments. tween Hungarian and Norwe- to address the C-UAS threat. to conduct a turreted mortar This agreement is a contin- feasibility study in the form of uation of the U.S. Army’s effort Foreign Comparative Testing to provide Armored and Stryker Air-to-air refuelling of P-8A Poseidon (FCT). The testing comple- Brigade Combat Teams with rap- The Australian Department of Amberley home base refuelled ments ongoing cooperation be- id, precise indirect and direct fire Defence has announced that P-8A Poseidon from RAAF Base tween Patria and the U.S. Army capability where the operating one of the surveillance aircraft Edinburgh’s No 92 Wing. on a Cooperative Research and crew is well protected, and their of the P-8A Poseidon fleet of Seven refuelling flights be- Development Agreement (CRA- physical burden is significantly the Royal Australian Air Force tween 22 September and 1 Oc- DA) announced in May. reduced. In 2018 and 2020 the (RAAF) completed the first air- tober occurred between the two The study consists of sever- Army published market surveys to-air refuelling with a KC-30A aircraft. al tests and demonstrations in to identify capable sources to de- multi-role tanker transport. The refuelling was carried the U.S. and Finland. Through velop and produce the 120 mm The KC-30A multi-role out at designated training air- these events Patria and the Modular Turreted Mortar System tanker transport from the RAAF space off the Queensland coast. Army are testing Patria Nemo (MTMS). Patria answered the 120 mm turreted mortar system market surveys based on Patria performance with U.S. ammu- Nemo mortar system.

20,000th Remote Weapon Station (RWS) Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace mission oriented sensor pack- AS (KONGSBERG) is pleased to ages and flexible control solu- announce that it has delivered its tions. The PROTECTOR RWS 20,000th Remote Weapon Sta- has been sold to 23 nations in- tion (RWS) from its PROTEC- cluding Norway, United States, In a first, a RAAF KC-30A refuels a P-8A Poseidon. Photo: B. Sherriff TOR family of products. United Kingdom, France, Ger- The system has been in use many, Canada, Australia, the from 1999 by The Norwegian Netherlands and Switzerland. Australian sensors for Joint Armed Forces, and has devel- More than 17,000 stations Strike Missile oped into a family of versatile are delivered to United States Kongsberg Defence and Aero- to invest in the qualification systems with capability to in- alone, where unit number space has placed a Purchase Or- and integration of the Austra- tegrate weapons from 5.56 mm 20,000 was a PROTECTOR Low der with BAE Systems Australia lian sensor into the JSM, pro- rifles to 30 mm cannons, an- Profile for the U.S. Army M1V3 for an initial batch of Passive viding additional capability to ti-tank and air defence missiles, Abrams Main Battle Tank. Radio Frequency Sensors for the fifth-generation, long-range, the Joint Strike Missile (JSM). precision-guided, stand-off mis- The order is the first Full sile system. Rate Production order of the The order follows a set of sensors and is part of a broader flight trials that demonstrat- co-operation agreement that ed the successful integration of KONGSBERG and BAE Sys- the electronic systems into the tems Australia have been suc- missile. cessfully operating under for JSM is highly effective the past five years. against maritime and land tar- Following initial funding gets, and is the only anti-ship by the Australian Government, cruise missile that can be car- KONGSBERG and BAE Sys- ried internally within the F-35 RWS on top of armoured vehicle. Photo: Kongsberg tems Australia have continued Joint Strike Fighter.

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Airman with a Ghost Robotics Vision 60 robot dog. Photo: US Air Force

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