Armée canadienne/Canadian Armed Forces

F-35 vs Typhoon vs SH

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DATE:11/08/09
SOURCE:Flight International
Canada signs contract for 15 CH-47F Chinooks
By Craig Hoyle

Canada has signed a C$1.2 billion ($1.1 billion) contract for a reduced fleet of 15 Boeing CH-47F transport helicopters and expects to receive its aircraft between July 2013 and 2014.

Ottawa initiated its procurement process for a new medium-lift helicopter in June 2006. It selected the CH-47F the following month, launching a lengthy period of negotiations. The Canadian Forces had previously been expected to acquire 16 of the aircraft, which will be designated CH-147Fs in national service.

Canada's aircraft will be powered by Honeywell T55-L-714A engines and feature Rockwell Collins common avionics architecture system cockpits, BAE Systems digital advanced flight control systems and have distinctive long-range fuel tanks. Self-protection will be provided by a suite to include directional infrared countermeasures equipment and laser and radar warning systems.


The US Army was the launch customer for the CH-47F

"These helicopters are key to giving our military a robust ability to operate in remote and isolated areas," says defence minister Peter MacKay. They will also be made available to respond to events such as forest fires, floods and earthquakes, says the Department of National Defence.

Boeing has committed to delivering offsets worth 100% of the contract value. The airframer has already placed business worth more than $500 million with Canadian companies, including Nova Scotia-based IMP Aerospace for manufacturing activities.

Ottawa expects to spend around a further C$2.2 billion on in-service support for its new Chinooks during their first 20 years of use.

Canada retired the last of its previous CH-47Cs in 1992, but the need to acquire a replacement medium-lift capability became apparent through Operation Athena, its ongoing commitment to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. With its CH-146 Griffons (Bell 412s) suitable only for utility tasks, Ottawa in early 2008 requested the purchase of six CH-47Ds worth around $375 million from US Army stocks.

The CH-147Ds were handed over "as is, where is" at Afghanistan's Kandahar airfield late last December and were due to be declared fully operational in May. The aircraft are expected to fly a combined 2,400h in theatre every year.



Canada acquired six CH-47Ds from the US Army in Afghanistan

Ottawa has also recently made major investments in its fixed-wing transport aircraft capacity. Its armed forces operate four Boeing C-17s and will field 17 Lockheed Martin C-130J-30s from late next year.

Separately, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of a possible $300 million-plus deal to supply Egypt with a further six CH-47Ds. The nation's air force has 19 C/D-model Chinooks, according to Flightglobal's HeliCAS database.

Commandement de la Force terrestre:

Commandement de la Force aérienne du Canada
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CF-18:

CF-188A:

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HMCS Algonquin:

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Canadian snow birds

jolies leus blindés





une belle armée

YukineKo a écrit:

...une belle armée

oui belle armée mais en comparaison avec d'autre pays de l'otan et avec sa situation économique il est trés modeste comme méme

YukineKo a écrit:

quelque un a une idée sur le nom de ce blindé par hasard ?
fremo elle est très modeste très bien équipé et trop humanitaire

des LAV III,ils ont des problemes de mobilité en Astan,et le blindage a des limites contre les IED

merci pour l'info Yak

C'est pas un blindés Canadien de reconnaissance Coyote

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Canada’s $4B+ Program for Medium-Heavy Transport Helicopters
Back in 1991, Canada’s Mulroney government sold the country’s CH-47 Chinook medium-lift helicopter fleet to the Dutch. They cost a lot to maintain and operate, and Canada didn’t need them anyway. Or so they thought. Fast forward to 2002, then 2006. Canada has had boots on the ground in Afghanistan for several years now, but doesn’t have any helicopters capable of operating in the hot and/or high-altitude environment of southern Afghanistan. To support its 2,000 or so troops in Afghanistan, Canada has to rely on favors from US, British, Australian, Polish, and – irony of ironies – Dutch pilots flying CH-47 Chinooks.

Even so, Canada’s “emergency” purchases for Operation Archer never included helicopters. It should have come as a relief, therefore, to learn in June 2006 that the Canadian government had announced a CDN$ 4.7 billion program to purchase 16 “medium-heavy” helicopters for military and “disaster response” roles. It should have, but it didn’t.

DID explains the Afghan situation on the ground, the RFP, the options, the problems, and the ultimatum issued by Canada’s Parliament. To make matters worse, it took 21 months after this helicopter program was announced before a sole-source RFP was even issued. Now, a contract has finally been signed for 15 CH-47F helicopters, and Terma A/S has received an order for defensive systems.

source:defenseindustrydaily.com/

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Canada Preparing to Replace its CF-18 Hornets
Canada originally bought 128 “CF-18s” from 1982-1988, but accidents and retirements have reduced the fleet to about 103, with only 80 upgraded F/A-18A/B aircraft operational. The Hornets are expected to be phased out between 2017 – 2020.

Canada has been an active Tier 3 partner in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, participating in both the Concept Demonstration Phase ($10 million) and the System Development and Demonstration Phase ($150 million). This USD $160 million has included funding from both the Department of National Defence, and from Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC). In the Production, Sustainment and Follow-on Development Phase of the F-35 program, it is estimated that Canada’s contribution will exceed C$ 500 million (currently about $435 million) over 44 years. On the other hand, the F-35 isn’t Canada’s official choice to replace its Hornets – yet.

The latest development is preparation of a brief to Cabinet that will reportedly request a sole-source, multi-billion dollar buy of up to 65 F-35s

source:defenseindustrydaily.com

Founded: March 3, 1942
Country: Canada
Branch: Army
Type: Niche Element
Role: Domestic Operations; Surveillance and Sovereignty patrols, First Response
Size: 4323 personnel
Part of Canadian Forces Land Force Command

Garrison/HQ: Canadian Ranger National Authority, Land Staff, Ottawa

Patrols:
1 CRPG-Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, British Columbia
2 CRPG-Quebec
3 CRPG- Ontario
4 CRPG- British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
5 CRPG-Newfoundland and Labrador Motto "Vigilans" (The watchers)

Engagements: Second World War
Current Commander (2009): LGen Leslie

Technical problems on the tanks Leopard 2A6 used by the Canadian Army in Afghanistan.

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The Canadian army could not use some of its new tanks in Afghanistan shortly after their arrival because of technical problems, indicated the auditor General Sheila Fraser in a report published Tuesday. So that the tanks Leopard 2A6M are of return on the combat battlefield, it was necessary to strip some parts of other armoured vehicles in the zone of war, or on tanks intended for the training. According to the general auditor, the problem was worsened by a shortage of spare parts. She added that it is as a last resort that one takes parts on tanks on the field, but that the operational force in Afghanistan immediately started to use this method as of the arrival of the Leopard 2 A6M. A series of intense combat and a growing number of roadside bombs obliged the army to deploy a squadron of old tanks Leopard 1 in Kandahar, in the autumn of 2006. The commanders quickly realized that the tanks are old and that air-conditioning is not adequate in the desert. In April 2007, the conservative government announced that it was going to spend 650 million $ for an emergency plan for the acquisition of new tanks.
03 November 2009

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Centenaire de la marine canadienne : des bâtiments français participeront aux revues navales


En 2010, la marine canadienne célèbre le centenaire de sa fondation. En cette occasion, elle organise sur les 2 façades maritimes des revues navales internationales.

La première se déroulera du 9 au 13 juin 2010 à Victoria (Colombie-Britannique). La frégate Prairial, basée à Papeete, représentera la marine nationale.
La seconde aura lieu à Halifax (Nouvelle-Ecosse) du 28 juin au 2 juillet. Là, c’est la frégate Ventôse basée à Fort-de-France, qui sera présente.
A noter que la Jeanne d’Arc et le Courbet effectueront une escale à Québec du 12 au 19 avril.
Escales :


10/06/2010 au 14/06/2010 : Prairial F 731 à Victoria (Canada) : Centenaire de la marine canadienne
28/06/2010 au 2/07/2010 : Ventôse F 733 à Halifax (Canada) : Centenaire de la marine canadienne

source:www.corlobe.tk

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La marine canadienne ne veut plus acheter américain


Les restrictions américaines sur les technologies peuvent mener à des retards
Par Rédacteur en chef.
Publié le 26 janvier 2010, dernière mise à jour le 26 janvier 2010.

Face aux retards et aux restrictions sur ce qui peut ou ne peut pas être fait avec des technologies américaines, la marine canadienne a décidé, pour moderniser ses frégates, d’utiliser autant de matériels non-américains que possible, pour les systèmes clé des bâtiments.

Le département canadien de la défense a stipulé que les systèmes de commandement et de contrôle, installés lors de la modernisation des frégates, soient exempts de toute réglementation américaine, ont indiqué des responsables de Lockheed Martin Canada, la compagnie attributaire du contrat.
Dans le passé, l’application stricte par le gouvernement américain des restrictions technologiques de la loi International Traffic in Arms Regulations [1] (ITAR) a retardé la livraison au Canada de matériels militaires. De plus, en 2006, des fonctionnaires américains ont essayé de limiter à certaines catégories, le type de Canadiens pouvant travailler sur des programmes de défense canadiens, demandant explicitement que ceux qui sont nés dans certains pays ou qui ont la double nationalité avec certains pays ne puissent accéder aux technologies américaines. De telles limitations ne sont pas autorisées par la Loi canadienne.
Par conséquent, les radars, les senseurs et les logiciels devant être installés sur les frégates de la classe Halifax, viendront du Canada, de Suède, d’Israël,d’Allemagne et des Pays-Bas.
“C’est le désir du client,” indique Don McClure, vice-président du développement de Lockheed Martin Canada, pour expliquer la décision d’utiliser des technologies non soumises aux restrictions ITAR. “Le point principal est que, pendant la durée de vie du navire, il y a besoin de modifier certaines tactiques, ou d’ajouter certains senseurs, et que la marine ne voulait pas être limitée en devant demander une autorisation aux USA pour cela.”
McClure a indiqué que le système de commandement et de contrôle serait développé en coopération avec Saab Electronics Systems de Suède et qu’il n’aurait aucune limitation d’exportation par les USA.
Cela permettra aussi à la compagnie de vendre ce système à d’autres marines, sans voir besoin de demander une autorisation américaine.
Certaines des armes installées sur les frégates canadiennes utilisent des technologies américaines et il y d’autres composants de fabrication américaine qui ne sont pas concernés par ITAR sur les bâtiments.
Une porte-parole du département canadien de la défense, Jocelyn Sweet, a souligné que le département n’avait pas exigé que les équipements installés lors de la modernisation des frégates soient exempts de restriction ITAR.
Mais elle ajoute que “le département a exigé que toute proposition concernant le système de combat intégré intègre la manière dont l’industriel allait prendre en compte le risque de retard de livraison au cas où le système comprenait des matériels ou des services, venant des USA et soumis à des restrictions ITAR.”
Thales Canada Defence and Security, basée à Ottawa et qui travaille aussi sur la modernisation des frégates, a noté une augmentation du désir de matériels non soumis aux restrictions ITAR, au département canadien de la défense et de la part d’autres forces militaires dans le monde, a indiqué un responsable de la compagnie, Conrad Bellehumeur. “Leur dire qu’il n’y a aucune restriction ITAR provoque un grand intérêt ” au département, a-t-il ajouté.
McClure a remarqué que des compagnies européennes commençaient à prendre l’avantage sur certains marchés à cause des restrictions américaines ITAR.
Les restrictions ITAR ont été en partie rendues responsables des retards dans la livraison aux forces canadiennes du nouvel hélicoptère maritime, le Cyclone, qui est en retard de plusieurs années.
Les USA utilisent l’ITAR comme une façon d’empêcher que des technologies sensibles ne tombent dans les mains de pays comme la Chine ou l’Iran.
Mais en privé, certains responsables de compagnies canadiennes travaillant dans le secteur de la défense, se plaignent que les USA utilisent ITAR de façon sélective, pour donner aux équipements fournis par des compagnies américaines, un avantage à l’exportation. Ils expliquent qu’il y a eu des cas où le département d’état US a utilisé ITAR pour empêcher des produits canadiens d’être vendus à l’étranger, parce qu’ils utilisaient des technologies américaines, alors que dans le même temps, il donnait son accord à des compagnies américaines pour vendre les mêmes composants sur le même marché étranger.

www.corlobe.tk

Comox, Canada le 20-02-10

CF-188s from 409 Sqn






CC-130 Tanker from 435 Sqn


CF-188s returning






CP-140 from 407 Sqn

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Les vols d'essais sont sur le point de commencer en Nouvelle-Ecosse pour le nouvel hélicoptère de l'armée canadienne, le CH148 Cyclone.

Le capitaine Paul Finnemore, de la base militaire de Shearwater, près d'Halifax, a indiqué qu'un prototype était arrivé le week-end dernier en provenance des installations de Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation en Floride.

Durant les prochaines semaines, une équipe d'évaluation le mettra à l'épreuve dans un environnement froid et marin plus difficile. Il transportera même quelques fausses torpilles afin de reproduire les conditions de vol réelles et de mieux évaluer son rendement.

Le gouvernement fédéral déboursera cinq milliards de dollars pour l'achat de 28 Cyclone. Les premiers appareils devraient être livrés d'ici juin 2012. En attendant, la marine canadienne continuera à utiliser sa vieille flotte d'hélicoptères Sea King.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iV7oNewgU6ZdKAF4LPVI1hUQc_bQ

5B$ pour 28 S-92

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First Flight For Canada’s New Airlifter





MARIETTA, Ga., March 4th, 2010 — The first Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] CC-130J Super Hercules for Canada completed its first flight, March 3, 2010. The aircraft is the first of 17 CC-130Js and will be delivered in summer 2010. Deliveries will be completed through 2012. The CC-130J Super Hercules will give Canada increased airlift capability with an aircraft that has greater range, power and reliability over previous C-130 models. Canada is one of 12 countries that have now ordered the Super Hercules, in demand worldwide thanks to its mission flexibility and capability

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Final Phase II Modernized CF-18 Hornet Delivered

10:56 GMT, March 27, 2010 OTTAWA | The Department of National Defence today announced that the Air Force has accepted delivery of the final updated CF-18 Hornet aircraft, marking the completion of Phase II of the CF-18 Incremental Modernization Project. The CF-18 Modernization program is a comprehensive mid-life upgrade to ensure that the Canadian Forces have a modern and interoperable fighter fleet until at least 2017. “The acceptance of this aircraft signifies the successful completion of Phase II modernization of the overall project to update Canada’s CF-18 fighter force,” said the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence. “It further demonstrates the Government of Canada’s commitment to ensuring the Canadian Forces have modern, reliable, and effective military equipment, enhancing our ability to meet future national and global missions.” Phase II of the Incremental Modernization Project, which was on time and on budget, includes the installation and integration of a tactical data link system, helmet cueing system, colour displays, upgraded countermeasures dispensers, and a triple-deck cockpit video recorder, in addition to outfitting the CF-18s with other technologically advanced equipment. A $172 million contract was awarded to Boeing in 2007 for Phase II work. “As the Air Force transforms to meet the 21st century security needs of Canada,” said the Chief of the Air Staff, Lieutenant-General André Deschamps, “this modernization ensures that the CF-18 fleet remains combat-effective, globally deployable, and able to play an important role in the coming years.” Phase I of the Incremental Modernization Project was completed in 2006. This first phase of the CF-18 modernization project included among others, the procurement and installation of a new radar, jam-resistant radios, mission computers and embedded global positioning systems. Boeing also conducted the work for Phase I, valued at approximately $880 million. Under sub-contract, the installation for both phases was conducted by L3 Communications MAS at its plant in Mirabel, Quebec. In addition to the two modernization phases for CF-18 aircraft, other CF-18 projects are either completed or ongoing to align the CF-18 aircraft with a fully integrated air capability thus increasing Air Force interoperability with our allies as well as our ability to respond to threats to North America. Most recently, CF-18s were heard over the skies of British Columbia, where they provided around the clock security for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The entire modernization program, phased over eight years, created employment and technology development opportunities for Canadians through the Industrial Regional Benefits program.

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