VOLUME 24/ISSUE 5 JULY/AUGUST 2016 US$15 ASIA PAcific’s LARGEST CIRCULATED DEFENCE MAGAZINE JAPAN’S ARMED FORCES UTILITY HELICOPTERS UAV DIRECTORY NAVAL SIMULATION COUNTER-IED TACTICAL VEHICLES www.asianmilitaryreview.com C M Y CM MY CY CMY K 02 | ASIAN MILITARY REVIEW | Contents JULY/AUGUST 2016 VOLUME 24 / ISSUE 5 BBIIGG IINN JJapaapaNN 36 Front Cover Photo: The Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is winning an increasing number of customers Dr. Alix Valenti examines Japan’s in the Asia-Pacific, as discussed strategic situation and its impact in AMR’s UAV Directory in this on the country’s ongoing military issue. modernisation. 10 42 48 54 Defeating the IED Virtual Action Protection Four Wheeling Improvised Explosive Devices are the scourge of the modern Stations Racket by Parachute battlefield.Peter Donaldson Claire Apthorp examines the Thomas Withington examines Stephen W. Miller takes investigates the counter- synthetic naval training market the threats faced by combat a detailed look at the US Army’s measures being developed in the Asia-Pacific, and the aircraft, and the part integrated Ground Mobility Vehicle, and for vehicles to neutralise products hoping to satisfy self-protection systems can play what it can offer to airborne this menace. demand. in mitigating these. operations. 16 30 05 Automatic for the People – UAV Directory Heliopolis 2016-2017 Medium-lift utility helicopters AMR’s ever-popular Unmanned remain in strong demand in the Aerial Vehicles directory returns Asia-Pacific.Andrew Drwiega with Claire Apthorp at the helm, examines some options for Catch up on all the latest defence radio frequency news and chronicling recent regional actors in the region. analysis in Thomas Withington’s regular Pulse column. developments in this domain. | JULY/AUGUST 2016 | 03 Index of Advertisers AERONAUTICS 23 AMR WEBSITE 7 Editorial BOEING - P8I COVER 4 BOEING - V22 39 DEFENSE & SECURITY THAILAND 59 EMBRAER COVER 2 OVER TO YOU, ESRI 15 GENERAL ATOMICS 27 IAI – ELTA 13 MR. 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Tel: 66 (0)-2204 2370, Fax: 66 (0)-2204 2387 Tel: 66 (0)-2204 2370, Fax: 66 (0)-2204 2390 -1 Email: [email protected] 04 | ASIAN MILITARY REVIEW | by Thomas Withington The Czech Republic further defines its ground-based air surveillance radar requirement, while new tactical radios are launched at the Eurosatory exhibition, and questions surround the performance of Russian airborne electronic warfare equipment. Kelvin Hughes Kelvin Kelvin Hughes showcased the ground surveillance version of its SharpEye radar, the display for which is shown here, at the Eurosatory exhibition in Paris this June. Radar the United Kingdom to submit bids for the MADR requirement, The Czech Republic Ministry of Defence (MoD) expects to re- although there is no word on which specific systems these re- ceive bids to provide new three-dimensional Mobile Air Defence spective countries have offered for the requirement. Radars (MADRs), of which it is expected to purchase eight, in British radar specialists Kelvin Hughes showcased its new a deal worth $149 million. The radars will furnish the Czech ground surveillance radar at the Eurosatory defence exhibition Army. According to an announcement on the Czech MoD’s web- held in Paris in mid-June. The company has established itself in- site, the country will initially procure five of the new radars by ternationally as a major provider of naval radars for navigation, 2017. Currently, the Czech Army is believed to operate ten Israel surveillance and helicopter control, and has utilised much of the Aerospace Industries’ EL/M-2140 ground surveillance radars technology developed for these radios into a system designed and two Leonardo/Selex RAT-31DL ground-based air surveil- for the detection of pedestrians and vehicles. In particular, Kel- lance radars. The X-band (8.5-10.68 gigahertz/GHz) EL/M-2140 vin Hughes has taken its X-band radar technology already used provides low-level air target detection at a range of 13.4 nautical in its SharpEye naval radar products, and has leveraged this into miles/nm (25 kilometres/km) for helicopters. With an instru- a land-based version of the SharpEye which can be used in ei- mented range of 216nm (400km) and covering up to 20 degrees ther a fixed or mobile capacity. The company told AMR that the of elevation the L-band (1.215-1.4GHz) RAT-31DL/M is trans- vehicular version of this radar weighs a mere 20 kilograms (44 portable using two trucks.