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acles in procurement processes and slip- course of the day. How to develop the re- ded well to the self- imposed goal to discuss page in coordination during the planning quired capabilities in a coordinated and the three Cs: Cash, Capability and Coopera- cycles. In this respect the industry repre- binding manner remains a challenge. The tion, as a challenge for 2019 for those in- sentatives hope that the EDF will create the participation of third parties, especially the volved in ESDP. One of the moderators saw essential synergies. As stated by Chris Lom- United Kingdom – regardless of Brexit – is the summit as the logical follow-up to the bardi, Raytheon Vice-President European another. Furthermore, the involvement Berlin Security Conference (BSC) or even as Business Development: ”To bring member of small and medium-sized enterprises, its continuation. The fact that controver- states together, to reflect priorities and act especially in smaller member states. At this sies were not avoided became apparent subsequently.” point the attentive listener became aware right at the beginning of the conference as On the other hand, smaller member sta- of how interest driven the European secu- the organiser granted a group of protesters tes are particularly concerned about losing rity and defence endeavour is and why it is the opportunity to address their concerns their own niche qualities. becoming difficult to build consensus, and on arms exports and their claim for a stop The extent to which it will be possible to also why a balance is so important for the of the fighting in Yemen. turn the EU’s defence efforts into a suc- small partners. The next European Defence Industry Sum- cess story still depends on the will of the All in all, it was an informative, inspiring mit is scheduled for December 5, 2019 – member states. This became clear in the and, in part, lively event which correspon- save the date!
Secretary Pompeo’s Remarks On clear about what America hopes to achieve The Middle East in these conversations with all of the par- (df) Following his travel to the Middle East ties, the Turks certainly included amongst United States Secretary of State Mike Pom- them.” One measure will be to back up peo gave statements on his impressions Iraq. “We want an Iraq that is independent, and future focus of U.S. politics in that re- sovereign, and how it is we might do that gion. On Syria Secretary Pompeo expressed – there are lots of economic things we can that the goal is “a unified Syria where the do to assist Iraq in getting back on its feet, people of Syria have the opportunity to which will permit them to be more inde- create a good outcome for themselves.” pendent and have more control and be Secretary Pompeo continued: “We want a more sovereign.”
secured border for all of the parties, not Talking about stability of the region State) of Department U.S. (Photo: even just the Turks and the Kurds; there Secretary Pompeo saw a special threat capital strategy. “In Syria, you have them in are Arabs, there are Christians in the re- deriving from Iran. “This all starts with ex- Lebanon, you have them in Yemen. It is a gion that we want to be a place where tremism in whatever form you find it. In five-capital strategy, right? This is the his- there isn’t violence as there’s been over this case you have Iranian-backed Houthis, tory of Iran’s efforts: five capitals. And these past years. There are still millions of Iranian-backed Hizballah, Iranian-backed our effort is to make sure that the Iranian displaced persons in that region, too. We Shia militias in Iraq, Iranian-backed forces people get control of their capital and that want to take that violence level down so in Syria, and in each case the root of the it becomes a nation that is normal and is that we can begin to return the displaced challenge stems from the revolutionary na- not conducting terror campaigns that are persons to that region as well. I actually ture of the Islamic regime and their efforts unrivalled any place else in the world.” think the President’s remarks are pretty abroad.” These efforts he named the five www.state.gov
Germany In Charge Of The VJTF support the German contingent adding brigade in 2018. The VJTF is part of the Al- (df) On January 1, 2019 Germany took capabilities such as aviation and mecha- liance’s larger NATO Response Force (NRF) the lead for NATO’s Very High Readiness nised infantry. France, Belgium, Luxem- with around 40,000 troops. This year, the 1st Joint Task Force (VJTF), providing thousands bourg, the Czech Republic, Latvia and German/Netherlands Corps is in charge of of soldiers to be on standby and ready to Lithuania also provide forces. Together, the NRF’s land forces. Admiral James Fog- deploy within days. The VJTF in 2019 is ba- they represent a multinational brigade of go commands the entire NRF from NATO’s sed on the German “9th Panzerlehrbriga- around 8,000 troops. Germany took over Joint Force Command in Naples, Italy. de” brigade. The Netherlands and Norway from Italy, which provided the VJTF lead www.nato.int
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Test Vehicle For Urban Operations mounts and containers at the stern of the (ww) The Royal Tank Regiment and a team tank for weapons, explosive ordnance and from the 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade of access tools, an unmanned ground vehi- the British Army have developed a Chal- cle for reconnaissance, a new MG concept lenger 2 test vehicle for urban operations. (two 7.62 GPMGs, one heavy 12.7 MG) and Experience gained in Iraq was taken advan- a 60mm mortar remotely controllable un- tage of in the development for the Challen- der armour protection.
ger. Army) British (Photo: The “Streetfighter Challenger” will now The combat value increase includes an the chassis and one on the 120 mm on- be tested over a longer period of time. A urban camouflage paint, a clearing blade, board cannon), a tablet screen attached to further test vehicle with innovations is also extensive camera equipment (among other the outside of the stern, via which escort to be developed in the near future. things on a mast on the turret, several on infantry can retrieve the camera images, www.army.mod.uk
Czech IFV Competition These four IFVs had already been tested by (gwh) The Czech Ministry of Defence has the Czech armed forces in advance. announced that it will invite four bidders On the basis of the offers, a development to submit a bid for a new Infantry Fighting and supply contract is to be concluded in Vehicle (IFV). BAE Systems will be compe- August 2019, under which the delivery of ting with the CV90 Mk IV, General Dyna- 210 vehicles in the period 2020 to 2025 is mics European Land Systems (GDELS) with to be agreed. The service life is estimated the Ascod, PSM with the Puma and Rhein- at thirty years. metall Landsysteme with the Lynx KF 41. www.army.cz
U.S. Orders TROPHY Advanced Defense Systems TROPHY provi- The system uses active electronically (df) Leonardo has been awarded a con- des combat-proven protection against an- scanned array radar to provide continuous tract worth about $80 million to provide ti-armour rocket and missile threats, while 360-degree protection for the vehicle. the U.S. Army and Marine Corps with ad- at the same time locating and reporting the Once a threat is detected, the onboard ditional TROPHY active protection systems. origin of the hostile fire for immediate re- computer classifies the threat. Developed by long-time partner Rafael sponse. www.leonardocompany.com
Leopard 2 And PzH 2000 For tanks and 24 new PzH 2000 self-propelled at over €1 billion. It is expected that the Hungary howitzers. Hungary will also receive twelve first vehicles will be delivered no later than (gwh) The Hungarian armed forces have used Leopard 2 A4 main battle tanks from the end of 2020. ordered from Krauss-Maffei Wegmann KMW for training purposes. This will en- Hungary recently ordered 16 H225M mul- (KMW) 44 new Leopard 2 A7+ main battle able Hungary to equip one tank battalion ti-purpose helicopters and 20 H145M mul- and one artillery battalion each with mo- ti-purpose helicopters with the HForce dern combat vehicles. weapon system. The new weapon systems are intended to The extensive procurement of weapon replace the corresponding Russian-made systems is part of the ten-year military de- equipment still in use. The use of combat velopment programme Zrinyi, which has vehicles in accordance with European stan- been in operation since 2016 and is inten- dards is a step towards improving the in- ded to renew weapon systems and equip- teroperability of Hungarian and European ment of the Hungarian armed forces.
(Photo: KMW) (Photo: armed forces. The order value is estimated www.kmweg.de
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Battlefield Recovery Equipment For Armoured Recovery Vehicles (gwh) The German procurement agency BAAINBw has commissioned Rheinmetall to equip 69 armoured recovery vehicles with new battlefield recovery equipment and universal transport platforms. The con-
tract is worth €30 million. Bundeswehr) (Photo: The battlefield recovery equipment will be carried out under protection and the vehicle recovery. The recovery equipment be moved from the front to the rear. The vehicle can be transported away in rapid and UTP will be produced by Rheinmetall shears are moved hydraulically to couple forward motion. in Kassel and installed on all recovery tanks the vehicle to be recovered. The docking A universal transport platform (UTP) is ins- between 2019 and 2024. process is controlled by a camera. This me- talled on the rear of the vehicle so that ad- www.baainbw.de ans that the entire recovery process can ditional equipment can be carried along for www.rheinmetall-defence.de
Iron Fist Light Active Protection and tactical platforms. RADA’s software de- In phase II of the IFL for Bradley project, System fined radars identify and precisely track in- RADA expects to receive near-term or- (df) RADA Electronic Industries announced coming threats, from any direction, in real ders for the supply of radars for qualifica- that Phase II of the Iron Fist Light (IFL) time. The system then intercepts the threat tion testing, and the current potential is Active Protection System (APS) for the by launching a small warhead and activa- to equip one U.S. army brigade of Bradley Bradley Fighting Vehicle is moving for- ting it at a safe distance from the protected armoured vehicles. This phase is expec- ward. platform at a precisely calculated moment, ted to continue into the years 2020 and The IFL system is a lightweight APS, provi- defeating the threat through a shock-wave 2021. ding enhanced survivability for armoured effect. www.rada.com
JLTV Joins The Troops is currently the first unit to be equipped (gwh) Since 2015, Oshkosh has been re- with the JLTV. By the end of March 2019, sponsible for the production of the Joint around 500 vehicles are to be handed Light Tactical Vehicle. Following the tenth over. The delivery of further units will partial order worth €1.4 billion for 6,107 follow. vehicles, the final series order for a total The JLTV vehicle family was developed to of almost 50,000 vehicles is now expected. restore the payload/performance ratio and
Oshkosh has delivered more than 2,600 improve crew protection. The JLTV pro- Oshkosh) (Photo: JLTVs to date. gramme is on schedule and on budget. To weapon carrier, heavy weapon carrier and After the final testing and final delivery of date, two variants and four mission packa- a transport vehicle. the vehicles by the U.S. Army, the 1st Bri- ge configurations have been produced: www.army.mil gade Combat Team (3rd Infantry Division) General purpose vehicle, close combat https://oshkoshdefense.com
JLTV For Slovenia de launchers are also to be ordered for the (gwh) Slovenia has ordered 38 Joint Light vehicles in the first quarter. Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) worth €16 million 18 JLTV are used by special forces. The from Foreign Military Sales through the US remaining 20 vehicles will be used by the Government, to be put into service from Middle Battalion Combat Group for natio- 2021 under the designation LKOV 4x4 (Lah- nal defence and the achievement of NATO ko Kolesno Oklepno Vozilo). Remote-con- goals. The measures are scheduled to be trolled Kongsberg M153 weapon stations completed in 2023.
for light and heavy MG and 40 mm grena- Oshkosh) (Photo: www.mo.gov.si
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Delivery of LMV 2 Begins automatic transmission with hydraulic tor- (gwh) The Italian Army has received the que converter, the LMV 2 achieves an elec- first 34 Light Multirole Vehicles 2 (LMV 2) tronically limited top speed of 90 km/h, with electronic installation for network- which can be increased to 110 km/h with based operations. The LMV 2 has a total a „combat switch“. In off-road conditions, a weight of 8.1 tons and an increased pay- new wheel suspension, automatic driveline load of 1.5 tons. management (ADM), an electronic stability The vehicle has a higher level of protection programme and a central tire pressure con-
against ballistic and blast threats, including trol system help to overcome even difficult Foss) (Photo: a V-shaped chassis. The crew is accommo- sections. mm grenade launcher. There is also an dated in mine-proof seats. By raising the For self-protection, the LMV is equipped eightfold smoke launcher. roof line, the volume of the interior was with a remote-controlled Hitrole weapon The Italian Army has registered an initial increased. Powered by an Iveco F1C tur- station, which can be equipped with light requirement of 400 LMV. bo diesel with 160 kW via an eight-speed and heavy machine guns as well as a 40 www.ivecodefencevehicles.com
Denmark orders Barracuda from ultra-violet, visual, near infrared, ti-spectral camouflage systems on the (df) Saab has received several orders from short wave infrared to thermal sensors and market, providing them with exceptional Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics radar. These camouflage technology pro- levels of multi-spectral protection against Organization (DALO) for static camouflage ducts have been exported to more than 60 multiple sensor threats,” says Görgen Jo- systems. Deliveries are expected to take countries worldwide. hansson, head of Saab business area Dyna- place in 2019. Saab Barracuda camoufla- “With these products The Royal Danish mics. ge solutions offer multispectral protection Army will have the most advanced mul- www.saab.com
Norway Orders Further HK416 it has a 16“ barrel, a Quadrail hand guard From Heckler & Koch and the Aimpoint Comp M4 optics as stan- (ww) The Norwegian Ministry of Defence dard. has commissioned Heckler & Koch to In addition, Norway also dispenses a short supply 11,000 HK416 assault rifle sets in version with a 10.5“ barrel under the desi- the scope of a contract valued €22 million. gnation HK416K. The gas-operated loader Delivery will start this year and run for 36 with short-stroke gas piston and rotary
months. 7,000 of these new weapons will Schnell/Forsvaret) M. Johannes (Photo: breech is part of a modular weapon family replace the old AG-3 rifle in the Heimwehr. rifle. The HK416N − the official name for that has been steadily expanded and is now Norway was the first customer to intro- the standard handgun − has been in the in service in numerous NATO countries. duce the HK416 as its standard assault force since 2007. In its basic configuration www.heckler-koch.com
Brazilian Army Receives RBS 70 NG targets such as cruise missiles and UAVs, (df) Saab has announced the award of a out to a range of more than 9 km and with contract with the Brazilian Army for deli- altitude coverage in excess of 5,000 m. The veries of RBS 70 NG – the latest generati- combined shaped-charge and pre-frag- on of the RBS 70 man-portable air defence mented warhead makes the system capa- system. The RBS 70 NG’s modular design ble of defeating armoured air targets such allows it to reuse all existing generations as attack helicopters and CAS aircraft as of RBS 70 missiles up to the new BOLIDE well as armoured ground targets like APCs. 4th generation all-target VSHORAD missi- In addition to the RBS 70 NG system, the le. With the BOLIDE missile the RBS 70 NG order also includes training systems, ca-
aims at the complete threat spectrum from mouflage systems and other associated Saab) (Photo: fixed and rotary wing aircraft down to small equipment. www.saab.com
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New Long Range Anti-Ship Missile environments. Therefore LRASM will play (df) Lockheed Martin announced it has a significant role in ensuring military ac- received a $172 million contract from the cess to operate in open ocean/blue waters U.S. Navy and Air Force for Long Range An- due to its ability to discriminate and con- ti-Ship Missile (LRASM) production. LRASM duct tactical engagements from extended is designed to detect and destroy specific ranges.
targets within groups of ships by employing “LRASM brings a game-changing capability LM) (Photo: advanced technologies that reduce depen- to both the U.S. Air Force and the Navy,” anti-ship missiles for both the B-1B and dence on intelligence, surveillance and said David Helsel, LRASM director at Lock- F/A-18E/F, bringing sea control back to our reconnaissance platforms, network links heed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. warfighters.” and GPS navigation in electronic warfare “This second production lot will provide www.lockheedmartin.com
Airport Safety Against Drone international events, critical infrastruc- Flyovers tures, airport and more. The real-time vi- (df) HGH Infrared Systems has introduced sualisation and detection of multiple- tar a new solution to detect, track and classify gets makes it a unique sensor for ultimate any types of drones. situational awareness.”
Edouard Campana, Sales Director at HGH The CYCLOPE automatic detection softwa- HGH) (Screenshot: Infrared Systems, said: “Spynel 360° pan- re provides advanced features to moni- cation and the aircraft ADS-B data can be oramic thermal camera and its Cyclope tor and analyse the 360° high resolution fused with thermal tracks to differentiate software are frequently used against dro- images captured by SPYNEL sensors. The an airplane from a drone. nes to ensure the security of national and ADS-B plugin enables aerial target identifi- www.hgh-infrared.com
Hornet AESA Radar Upgrade pilots will be able to identify, track and en- (df) The U.S. Marine Corps selected Raythe- gage more targets over a greater distance on’s APG-79(v)4 AESA radar to equip its than ever before.” Crews will therefore see F/A-18C/D classic Hornet fleet. Delivery improved radar reliability, reducing main- will start in 2020 and be completed by tenance hours while increasing availability 2022. The APG-79(v)4 is a scaled version of for flight. Because APG-79(v)4 shares more
the APG-79 AESA radar integrated on the DoD) U.S. (Photo: than 90% commonality with APG-79, the U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Air Force’s their adversaries,” said Eric Ditmars, Vice Marine Corps will also benefit from the Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers. President of Raytheon Secure Sensor Solu- same global sustainment and upgrade path “With AESA radars, fighter jet pilots and tions. “Now that the APG-79(v)4 is slated already in place for the system. crews tip the scales in their favour over to fly on the classic Hornet, Marine Corps www.raytheon.com
A320 For Special Operations From there it had to cover almost 1,000 Forces Training kilometres across the country. For the 60 (gwh) The German KSK Special Operations meter long train with Mercedes-Benz Ac- Force received the discarded fuselage with tros 4163 SLT heavy-duty tractor and lifting wings and tail unit of an Airbus A320 for lever boiler bridge of the heavy transport the training of the command soldiers. The company Paule with the 34 metre long aircraft of an Estonian airline could no lon- aircraft fuselage, numerous traffic signs
ger be repaired. and traffic lights had to be removed on the Daimler) (Photo: While the wings and tail unit were transpor- carefully selected transport route. gencies, e.g. hostage-taking, with a high ted on low-loaders by land from Tallinn to The KSK will use the fuselage to practice degree of professionalism in the future. Calw, the fuselage was initially transported operations on passenger aircraft in order www.daimler.com in one piece by sea from Tallinn to Lübeck. to be able to liberate people from emer- www.hermann-paule.de
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Romania - Decision On Corvette Romanian state. Observers assumed that Construction Suspended the French offer based on the GOWIND (hum) The decision to award the contract 2500 design could have been the chea- to build four corvettes, expected on Janu- pest with a slight advantage over SIGMA. ary 12, was suspended the previous day According to the official press release of (January 11) to the surprise of the three the Ministry of Defence of January 11 ((as bidders, France‘s Naval Group, the Dutch of January 14) so far only) available in Ro- Damen and Fincantieri, Italy. manian, the state secretary responsible for Backgrounds were commented on diffe- armaments has now brought in the (mi- rently in English and French media. The litary) jurisdiction to clarify the facts of the latter assess an intended disadvantage of initiated legal proceedings against the ten- case. Naval Group, whose Romanian partner, der procedure. Damen holds 49% of “Da- The postponement complicates the over- “Santierul Naval Constanta”, had already men Shipyards Galati”, 51% are held by the due renewal of the Romanian Navy.
Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile and technical engineering support servi- ligated at time of award, and funds in the (df) Raytheon announced it has been awar- ces. Fiscal 2019 other country; fiscal 2018 amount of $208,225 will expire at the end ded a $37,902,562 cost-plus-fixed-fee mo- weapons procurement (Navy); fiscal 2019 of the current fiscal year. This is a sole- dification to previously-awarded contract research, development, test and evaluati- source contract pursuant to an internatio- N00024-16-C-5433 to exercise options in on (Navy); Foreign Military Sales; and fiscal nal agreement between the U.S. and nine support of Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile 2019 operations and maintenance funding other countries. (ESSM) design agent, in-service support in the amount of $16,663,004 will be ob- www.raytheon.com
HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH vember 19, the end of the flight tests, 202 Completes Flight Deck Testing take-offs via ski jump, 187 vertical landings, (hum) With its arrival at Portsmouth on 15 so-called “shipborne vertical landings” December 10, HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH (SRVL), 54 bomb drops were recorded. completed a four-month sea trial, including A historic port visit in New York October the first flight operations on the U.S. West 19-23, where the ship was the platform Coast, largely unnoticed by the general for a U.S.-UK trade forum led by the British
public. This is remarkable in that the Royal Secretary of Commerce Dr. L. Fox. Accor- Navy) Royal (Photo: Navy, after years of abstinence, has been ding to the available estimates, it can be ment in late 2020, early 2021. The com- able to continue with aircraft carrier ope- assumed that the schedule for the start of missioning of the sister ship HMS PRINCE rations. The ship‘s logbook shows the first operation of the HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH OF WALES is expected within the next 18 landing of an F35 on September 25. On No- can be adhered to – with a first deploy- months.
Communication System For Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation Naval Systems interconnects all communication techno- Norwegian Coast Guard Vessels Main dimensions logies regardless of radio band, frequency (df) Saab has signed a contract with Vard and hardware. Group AS to take on the communication “The third generation of TactiCall is able to integrator role for the Norwegian Coast meet the customer’s tough requirements. Guard project P6615. Saab announced it It combines and matches both human and will provide the Norwegian Coast Guard’s tactical conditions and is easy to operate,”
• Length over all(LOA): 136,40 m • Light ship weight: 7.300 t three newly ordered vessels with Saab’s says Ellen Molin, Senior Vice President and • Length betw. Perp.(LPP): 126,40 m • Dead Weight: 2.500 t • Breadth Moulded: 19,00 m • Displacement: 9.800 t complete Integrated Communication Sys- head of Saab‘s business area Support and • Draught at DWL: 6,20 m • Steel Weight: 4.500 t tem, TactiCall, consisting of both internal Services. • Depth to 1. deck: 11,00 m and external communication. TactiCall is The delivery will start in 2021.
Increased operational capability through efficient logistics 16 based on voice-over-IP technology and www.saab.com
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Electronic Defence Systems For tromagnetic space and detect active radar German Corvettes emissions in its environment. It also allows (df) Indra will equip the second batch of multiple active threats to be countered si- K130 corvette of the German Navy with its multaneously by means of disturbance and latest generation Rigel electronic defence deception techniques. system. The company announced the cor- Indra stated it has incorporated broad- responding signature of an important band digital reception technology into contract with the naval systems company its system to guarantee the maximum rios. The system offers optimal response Atlas Elektronik. Indra will deliver five Ri- sensitivity and detection range pos- time and precision in this type of environ- gel RESM/RECM systems (Radar Electronic sible, which provides superiority to the ment,” the company said. “The solution Support Measures/Radar Electronic Coun- ship. meets the demands of the NATO countries, termeasures). “All these capabilities have been tested which require the highest levels of per- These systems constitute a key technolo- with excellent results in the most difficult formance.” gy that allows the ship to track the elec- and complex real electromagnetic scena- www.indracompany.com
New Tactical Data Link System ganizations. MilSOFT business develop- Link-M ment team will, understandably, seek (koe) The Turkish software technology non-NATO countries for the high stan- company MilSOFT made their indigenous- dard data link capacity pursuer, in order ly developed tactical data link system to get return of their long time invest- (Link-M) public. According to the company, ment.
this new link system followed the footsteps MilSOFT) (Screenshot: Being also a manufacturer of open ar- of NATO’s Link 22. The company sources systems. MilSOFT has also operational- chitecture combat management systems assert that Link M will be capable of wor- ly proven its Link handling technology on (CMS) , MilSOFT can inter-connect Link-M king on V/UHF and HF radios. many platforms with Link 11/ 16/22 data with latest technology CMSs. If a country Interoperability with other NATO data links forwarding capability. has chosen to work with legacy CMSs, then is possible with data forwarding capabili- Link M will be able to work with custo- a gateway system can also be provided to ties of the company. CMMI 5 holder Mil- mer selected COTS radios, modems and the customer in order to provide interope- SOFT, has been the producer of data link crypto systems, which eliminates the rability. processors of all NATO Tactical Data Link restrictions put by some countries - /or www.milsoft.com.tr
GPS Sustainment Contract gramme. COps will enable the AEP OCS to (df) The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed support the positioning, navigation and ti- Martin the GPS Control Segment Sustain- ming missions of the Air Force’s new GPS III ment II (GCS II) contract to continue to satellites, which began launching in 2018. sustain and further modernise the Global In addition, GCS II will sustain the opera- Positioning System (GPS) satellite constel- tional M-code capability being deployed lation’s ground control system through in 2020 that is in development under the 2025. This is the follow-on contract to M-code Early Use (MCEU) contract. Opera- Lockheed Martin’s current GCS contract tional M-code is a critical warfighter capa- awarded in 2013. bility to support missions in contested en-
Under the GCS II contract, the continued vironments. Martin) Lockheed (Photo: upgrade of the GPS Architecture Evolu- “Lockheed Martin’s experience integrating GM Mission Solutions for Lockheed Martin tion Plan Operational Control Segment GCS projects as well as the system enginee- Space. “We look forward to supporting the (AEP OCS) will allow GPS’ legacy ground ring and software integration performed on Air Force as it deploys the next generation control system to support GPS III satellite GPS III Contingency Operations (COps) and GPS III satellites and their new capabilities on-orbit operations, developed under the M-Code Early Use (MCEU) position us well for our warfighters.” GPS III Contingency Operations (COps) pro- to deliver GCS II,” says Maria Demaree, VP/ www.lockheedmartin.com
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Ian Adams Executive Director Of and research data to better inform industry ly installers The Clean Shipping Alliance and the wider public. In addition to serving of scrubber (df) The Clean Shipping Alliance (CSA) 2020 as an advocate for companies working to technolo- has contracted Maritime AMC (MAMCL), reduce marine exhaust gas emissions, CSA gies will at a UK-based association management 2020 will support the scheduled imple- some point company, to provide secretariat services, mentation and effective enforcement of be consi- and appointed Ian Adams as its Executi- the International Maritime Organization’s dered visio- ve Director. CSA 2020 represents a group (IMO) requirement for a 0.5 percent global nary.” of leading companies from shipping and sulphur cap on fuel content as of January CSA 2020 ship industries that have committed them- 1, 2020. will hold selves to enhance emission control efforts “Exhaust gas cleaning systems can have a its first -Ge through significant investments in research profoundly positive impact on the port and neral As-
and analysis, funding and committing re- ocean environment, in terms of improving sembly in Communications) Seaborne (Photo: sources to comply with 2020 fuel require- shipping’s environmental footprint and February where its leadership team and ments through the development and use reducing the health impact from airborne officers will be formally elected. -The As of Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS). sources,” said the new Executive Director sembly will take place alongside the first The Alliance was formed on September 27, Ian Adams. “After all, this is what the 2020 CSA 2020 Conference on Marine Emissions 2018 with a mission to provide information regulation aims to do. I am sure - theear Abatement.
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Looking Back At FUTURE FORCES FORUM 2018
FUTURE FORCES FORUM (FFF) was held in Safran Electronics & Defense, France, and Prague at the end of 2018. The traditional Pramacom-HT, Czech Republic, presented international meeting of industry, armed for the first time Paseo ISTAR, a dual capa- and security forces, scientists, universities bility C4ISTAR/target engagement system and international organisations represen- based on the well-established Safran’s tatives was attended by over 7,000 profes- Paseo stabilised panoramic sight for land sionals from more than 65 countries. applications.
As usual, the event consisted of the inter- Over 170 companies presented their mi- FFF) (Photo: national Future Forces Exhibition and a litary and safety technologies: the moder- exoskeletons in military missions, the tac- number of expert conferences, workshops nised helicopter Mi-171š (LOM Praha), the tical system of the Police Specialist and the and bilateral meetings focusing on the cur- virtual shooting range and air simulator Prison Service. On the outside area, a de- rent and future needs of the armed and (VR Group), the system of protection of monstration of the intervention of special security forces, population protection and persons and critical infrastructure, the UGV units of the Police, Fire and Rescue Servi- critical infrastructure. Dynamic demons- Taros 2 robotic system (VOP CZ), the light ce, Emergency Medial Services and Prison trations of the capabilities of armed and multipurpose vehicle (ARQUUS), two CV90 Service. security forces, as well as demonstrations infantry combat vehicles, including the la- of the latest technologies were included in test MkIV (BAE Systems), unmanned vehi- Current Themes And Wide the FFF programme. cle and the latest Future Soldier System of Involvement Of Experts the Canadian Army (Rheinmetall Defence), World Premieres And BVP Puma (PSM), BVP Ascod (GDELS), the The importance of FFF has also been con- Technological News Czech Perun armoured vehicle (SVOS), in- firmed by the participation of over 1,200 flatable rescue tent (Gumotex), C4ISTAR official delegates including leading govern- The participants had the opportunity to get systems (ICZ, Delinfo, Optokon, JISR Ins- ment officials, armed and security forces, acquainted with the latest products and titute, Pramacom-HT, Rohde & Schwarz, international organisations including NATO technologies from both domestic and for- Mesit, Interlink-CS, Aliter Technologies), and EDA, working groups, project mana- eign producers, who also prepared several a portfolio of small firearms, optics and gers of armament and modernisation pro- world premieres. tactical equipment − Ceská zbrojovka, 4M grammes, and many others. One of the most important is undoubtedly Systems, Luvo Firearms, FK BRNO, Leupold More than 240 top-level speakers took part the introduction of the LIAZ SkySpotter 150 Optics, Barrett, ProAmmo including a UTM in the FFF programme. The main themes multipurpose unmanned helicopter. The training shooting range, Night Pearl - (ZA included individual equipment, armament machine is designed to perform complex HORI Trade), Argun, member companies of and protection; defence against weapons tactical tasks in difficult terrain and increa- the CLUTEX technical textiles cluster, WILEY of mass destruction (CBRN); military and ses the efficiency of monitoring. It carries X, Schuberth, Revision Military, and many emergency health care; unmanned and ro- up to 40 kg of load in the form of monito- others. Cyber security and biometrics solu- botic means; logistic security; geography, ring and detection devices. tions were presented at the Cyber Pavilion hydrometeorology and global navigation Ceská zbrojovka (CZ) introduced a new ver- through fourteen companies headed by Fi- satellite systems; cyber security and de- sion of the BREN 2 rifle. Compared to the delis Cybersecurity and Deloitte. fence; and biometrics. current Czech Army rifles, the BREN 2 BR Among the institutions, the Ministry of Under the FFF heading, NATO official expert differs mainly by calibre 7.62x51, and is ge- Defence and the Czech Armed Forces, the events were also held - over 20 working nerally more robust and larger. CZ plans on Defence Ministry of the Netherlands, USA, groups meetings; Integration of Exoskele- selling to mainly military and special police Hungary and Israel, five NATO Centres of ton in the Battlefield Workshop; Medical units within NATO allied countries. Excellence, the Police, the Emergency Me- Concept Development and Experimenta- The joint Delinfo, Optokon and Tatra De- dical Services, and the Prison Service were tion Workshop; Modelling and Simulation fence Vehicle booth featured the latest en- presented on the exhibition area. The dy- for Autonomous Systems Scientific Con- hanced LRPV Gepard lightweight combat namic demonstrations included the latest ference; Workshop on Applied Modelling car built on the proven chassis of the Toyo- systems of the Future Soldier of the Czech and Simulation; and Soft Target Protection ta Land Cruiser 70 Series. Republic and the Netherlands, the use of Workshop.
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Azerbaijan International Defence Exhibition
The 3rd Azerbaijan International Defence of the Defence Industry of Turkey. The ge- Exhibition ADEX 2018 was held at Baku neral information partner of the exhibition Expo Center in the capital of Azerbaijan was IHS Jane‘s Defence Weekly (UK), and last year. This large-scale event enjoys the the Official Online Show Daily and Web TV status of a major regional exposition of of the exhibition was Army Recognition weapons and military equipment; ADEX (Belgium), while the official media partner 2018 a display of modern weaponry and was the Azeri Defence magazine (Azerbai- equipment, where the force and power of jan). Azerbaijan’s military and industrial com- The Ministry of Defence Industry and its plex is showcased. related structures and plants, and ANA- The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, MA, actively participated in the exhibition. attended the exhibition and visited the Here, the industry professionals were able stands and open area of ADEX 2018, where to get acquainted with the new products of he talked with leaders of modern enterpri- Azerbaijan’s defence complex and witness others participated with demonstrations ses of the military-technical complex. both the current and growing capabilities of military equipment. Alongside the other The initiator of the exhibition is theMi- of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan. sectors, this year’s exhibition widely fea- nistry of Defence Industry of the Republic The exhibition, occupying three halls of the tured the military aviation industry sector of Azerbaijan, and the exhibition is also Baku Expo Center as well as open spaces, where famous corporations such as MIG, supported by the Ministry of Defence of had grown by 10%. Thus, ADEX 2018 repre- TUSAS, Leonardo, United Aircraft Corpora- the Republic of Azerbaijan. The exhibition sented the following sectors: Air Defence tion (UAC), Motor Sich, Russian Helicopters was organised by Caspian Event Organisers, (AD) and Missile Defence (MD) Systems; and Aeronautics Group participated. CEO. 224 companies from 29 countries and Military Shipbuilding; Development and 34 high-level official delegations from 23 11 national stands from Azerbaijan, China, Upgrade of Weapon Systems; Military Re- countries visited the event, which was France, Iran, Israel, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, search; UAV Systems; Robotic Systems; more than at previous exhibitions. Among the Republic of Belarus, Ukraine, Pakistan Small Arms, Ammunition and Accoutre- the countries sending delegations to the took part in ADEX 2018. Many countries ments; Demilitarisation Systems; Missile ADEX exhibition for the first time were had expanded the area of their national and Artillery Rounds; MLRS; Electro-optical Egypt, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. As part expositions; the top four with the largest and Laser Technology; Armoured Vehicles; of the exhibition, negotiations were hold number of companies represented were Cyber-security of Naval Forces; EW & C4ISR between the heads of foreign delegations Turkey (41 companies), Russia (25 compa- Systems; Machinery and Equipment of Rail- and representatives of Azerbaijani depart- nies), Israel (14 companies) and Belarus (10 way Troops; Technology and Equipment for ments and entities, where the prospects companies). In total, companies and dele- Manufacture, Maintenance and Disposal of of bilateral military-technical cooperation gations from 44 countries took part in the Weapons. Such well-known companies as was discussed. exhibition. The registration sponsor of the Aselsan, CETC, Damen, MBDA, Norinco, IAI, The visitors, the total of which for 3 days ADEX 2018 exhibition was the Secretariat Roketsan, Rosoboron Export, Thales and of the exhibition was 8494 persons, expres- sed positive impressions and evaluated the organisation of the event at the highest level. The ADEX exhibition provided an opportunity for industry professionals to get acquainted with modern defence technologies and samples in a variety of MIC industries, and catch up on the latest developments of military equipment that are being offered for export on the world’s arms markets. In 2020, the exhibition will be held on September 8-10 at Baku Expo
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International Armoured Vehicles The world’s premier armoured vehicles forum returns on January 21-24, 2019. Welcoming over 650 armoured vehicles professionals - including over 250 industry experts and 400 mi- litary leaders. The conference has gained a reputation as a truly unique meeting, providing a comprehensive dialogue on everything armoured vehicle related, from the geostrategic issues shaping doctrine to the challenges of MRO, lifecycle management and active procurement programmes, through to the disruptive technologies of AI and Robotics. January 21-24, London, UK
IDEX The International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) is the world’s leading joint defence exhibition. IDEX and NAVDEX demonstrate the latest technology across land, sea and air sectors of defence. It is a unique platform to establish and strengthen relationships with government departments, businesses and armed forces throughout the region. In 2017, the event attracted 1,235 exhibiting companies and over 105,000 visitors. February 17-21, 2019, Abu Dhabi, UAE
3rd European GeoInformation Symposium & Exposition The two-day conference organised by AFCEA Europe on S.M.A.R.T. GeoInfo- Support – Now and Tomorrow will be held under the patronage of Dr. Peter Tauber, Parliamentary Undersecretary of State of the German Ministry of Defence and with the significant participation of the Bundeswehr GeoInfor- mation Service (BGIS). February 26-27, 2019, Berlin, Germany
GPEC digital 2019 Leading in public security the GPEC specialised exhibition & confe- rence regularly creates the industry forum for the top exhibitors and thousands of visitors from all over the world. Now the specialised edition GPEC digital 2019 fully concentrates on the dominating topic of our time: Digitisation. GPEC digital 2019 is not open to the public – it is only accessible for visitors from national and international security authorities presenting a service ID card. March 13-14, 2019, Berlin, Germany
SOFINS 2019 Unique in Europe, SOFINS offers an unequaled opportunity for manufacturers to meet and discuss their solutions with special forces. Meetings, R&D workshops, and dynamic tests of equipment allow special forces to try out the new technologies being developed by manu- facturers to meet the demands of special operations. April 2-4, 2019, Bordeaux, France
IDEF’19 − 14th International Defence Industry Fair The show authorities allocate meeting offices to meet the delegations and participants from national/international defence industry institutions during IDEF, establishing impor- tant commercial connections with them. Scheduled meetings and signature ceremonies are realised during the fairs between the defence industry authorities and exhibitors from all around the world. April 30 - May 3, 2019, Istanbul, Turkey
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