a8.90 European D 14974 E Security ESD & Defence 11-12/2020 International Security and Defence Journal COUNTRY FOCUS: GERMANY ISSN 1617-7983 • www.euro-sd.com • Autonomous Warriors • Franco-Egyptian Defence Partnership • First Aid Training and Simulation • AWACS Replacement • International Corvette November/December 2020 • Egyptian Navy and Frigate Programmes Politics · Armed Forces · Procurement · Technology ELCAN SPECTER® WEAPON SIGHTS The difference is in our DNA Rugged. Reliable. Revolutionary. From close quarters to vehicle mounted missions, our family of ELCAN Specter weapon sights is designed to deliver a decisive advantage in any domain, against any challenge. RTX.com/ELCAN © 2020 Raytheon Company, a Raytheon Technologies company 20ELC011_ELCAN_ESD_A4.indd 1 11/4/20 9:28 AM Editorial Good Luck to Us At the time this issue goes to print, the ballots in several US states are still being counted. But it is very likely that Joe Biden has won the presidential election in the United States, making this election one of the most important events of international relevance of this year. Others certainly include the death of George Floyd spawning heavy turmoil and nighttime curfews in over 40 cities in the US and giving impetus to the global Black Lives Matter move- ment. Or the protests in Belarus as a result of the presidential elections , the United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organisation, the terrorist assaults in Vienna and Nice and, above all, the global COVID-19 pandemic. But as this is already the last issue of the year, I would also like to review a number of incidents and occurrences that have not been subject to extensive press coverage, but turned out to be of noticeable relevance to the team of European Security & Defence and all other employees and the management of our publishing house. On 26 February 2020 the Managing Director of Mittler Report Verlag and Editor-in-Chief of this magazine, Dr Peter Bossdorf, died as a result of an aortic aneurism. His death hit us all com- pletely unexpected, as most of us had still been in personal contact with him in his office the day before– with no signal at all about what was going to happen. Nobody had ever consid- ered anything like this could happen, and it was like having to turn around while racing down- hill. Peter’s responsibilities and duties had to be delegated and re-distributed from one day to the next, as a result of which the undersigned was assigned the position of the Publishing Director of the group’s Bonn-based operations and responsibility as the Editor-in-Chief of this magazine whereas Stephen Barnard was promoted to the magazine’s Publisher, thus assuming commercial responsibility for ESD. To all of us, the future looked very foggy and our owner Peter Tamm expected a significant downturn in the company’s overall revenue. Like everybody else, COVID-19 hit us the month after and the lockdown in Germany came in April. With that, practically all events and exhibitions were cancelled and with ESD as a maga- zine frequently used by industry to draw attention to their exhibition presence by means of “Meet us at…” advertisements we expected a further downturn in business, independently from the scheduled weekly interruption of our daily business processes because we physically moved to a new office facility at Beethovenallee 21 in the Bad Godesberg "Villenviertel" in June. In August, Waldemar Geiger, with the support of André Forkert and Dr Jan Phillipp Weis- swange launched ww.soldat-und-technik.de as a new German language website dedicated to matters of interest to the individual infantryman. In the meantime, the website – complement- ing mittler-report.de, esut.de and euro-sd.com – proved to be successful, both in terms of visitor numbers and commercially. At the beginning of September, as a result of company owner Peter Tamm’s most recent acqui- sition of K&K Medienverlag Hardthöhe, our new colleagues from the magazine Hardthöhenku- rier joined us at our new office facilities, bringing along the necessity of harmonising previously different business approaches and cultures. In October, we published the pilot issues of our new international naval magazine Maritime Se- curity & Defence, which will see five regular issue next year and is scheduled to appear as a bi-monthly from 2022. In November, Lars Hoffmann joined the company as our new Editorial Director, also extending the online offerings of Mittler Report by his own website and online portal www.hartpunkt.de. Now, have all these developments lead to the expected downturn of our business? Well, they haven’t. As a matter of fact and despite deep mourning for Peter Bossdorf, in terms of turnover, revenue and reputation, 2020 has been the best year ever since the company has existed in its current format. Although this achievement could certainly only be accomplished with some bits of unexpected luck, it is the result of the efforts invested not only by the employees of Mittler Report Verlag, but also by our numerous authors, subcontractors, partners and clients. And the continued confidence in our work by you, our readers. Thank you all for this, and let’s wish ourselves all luck for the year ahead. It won’t be an easy one. Merry Christmas to those who live in a Christian environment and season’s greetings and a Happy New Year to everybody! Jürgen Hensel 11-12/2020 · European Security & Defence 1 Contents Photo: AMI Photo: Pieter Bastiaans The 2020 edition of the annual airmobile exercise Page 52 Bob Nugent looks at corvette and frigate Page 90 Baccarat saw the French army air corps’ 4e Brigade programmes currently ongoing around d’Aerocombat (4 BAC) preparing for major combat. the world. SECURITY POLICY 62 Sims versus Reality: Training JTACs Alan Warnes 12 The Enduring Franco-Egyptian Defence Partnership 64 Merging Cyber into a Multi-Domain Common David Saw Operational Picture John Antal 20 Indonesia Searching For a Defence Direction David Saw 68 Continued Controversy Surrounding French RAFALE Fighters Suman Sharma COUNTRY FOCUS: GERMANY 70 Record Levels of Indian Missile Testing Amidst 24 Germany as a Strong Player in Security Policy Ongoing Border Standoff Environment Suman Sharma Rolf Clement 71 Austria to Partner Italy on 28 Continue and Consolidate Trend Reversals Joint Helicopter Project Interview with General Eberhard Zorn, Georg Mader Inspector General of the Bundeswehr 74 France Prepares for New Truck Competition 32 Our Priority: Improving the Materiel Readiness of David Saw Weapon Systems in Current and Future Service Interview with Vice Admiral Carsten Stawitzki, Head of 78 Autonomous Warriors the Equipment Department at the German MoD Tamir Eshel 38 Opportunities and Challenges for the German 84 The Evolving UAS Spectrum Security and Defence Industry in 2020 David Saw Dr. Hans Christoph Atzpodien / Adrian Schwantes 86 First Aid Training and Simulation 42 Bundeswehr Cyber Innovation Hub Alex Horobets Sven Weizenegger and Dr. Stephanie Khadjavi 90 International Corvette and Frigate Programme Outlook ARMED FORCES Bob Nugent 46 Egypt: A Regional Naval Power? 96 Eyes in the Sky for Boots on the Ground Conrad Waters How to Renew the NATO AWACS fleet Bo Leimand 52 Exercise Baccarat 2020 – Aerocombat Hits the Alps Pieter Bastiaans INDUSTRY & MARKETS ARMAMENT & TECHNOLOGY 99 20 Years of L-159 56 Security Landing – Germany´s Heavy Transport Alan Warnes Helicopter Project in Limbo 100 “We have more foreign aircraft to upgrade in Ulrich Renn here, than we’ve had in years!” 59 Lethal Aim – Virtual vs. Life Firing Training Interview with Dieter John, CEO, AERO Vodochody Trevor Nash 101 Ukrainian Defence Exports Alex Horobets 2 European Security & Defence · 11-12/2020 106 Keeping the “Birds” Flying Interview with Shaul Mazor, Vice President for Marketing and Business Development at Bird Aerosystems 108 EURONAVAL 2020 Naviris and Navantia update on the status of the EPC programme Photo: Audun Rikardsen 112 Small Arms Ammunition – Trends and Suppliers GYRO TACTICAL GRADE David Saw VIEWPOINT FROM … 11 Vienna Georg Mader 55 Kiev Denys Kolesnyk 67 New Delhi Suman Sharma 76 Tel Aviv Tamir Eshel 77 Bonn Rolf Clement 1:1 scale 111 Paris David Saw STIM210 is a small, lightweight Three Axis COLUMNS Gyro Module for accurate pointing and 1 Editorial stabilization, fl ight control and guidance 4 ESD Spotlight applications. 109 Masthead • ITAR free • Small size, low weight, power and cost • Insensitive to magnetic fi elds Index of Advertisers • Low gyro bias instability (0.3°/h) AM General 4th cover • Low gyro noise (0.15°/√h) Autoflug 57 • Excellent performance under vibration and shock Bren-Tronics 41 Daimler 25 • Available in 1, 2 or 3 axes Diehl Aviation 17-19, 37 • Fully calibrated and customer confi gur able to the Elettronica 27, 39 specifi c application FNSS 3rd cover Future Forces Forum 81 • Weight 55 grams, volume <2cu.in, power 1.5 W Hagenuk 29 IDEX 83 STIM210 is fi eld proven in Innosystec 34 Missile systems, Target InVeris 7, 63 acquisition systems, Airborne surveillance, DIRCM, Koehler 45, 110, 113 Remote Weapon Systems, Launch vehicles, Military Leonardo DRS 23 Land navigators and Satellites. 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