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Sujet: US Army Mer 9 Jan 2008 - 18:32

Rappel du premier message :

Citation :: « J'aime les USA, et je combats pour elle», c'est ainsi que Lamia Lahlou commente son adhésion à l'armée américaine, et sa participation à la guerre contre l'iraq- depuis déjà 8 mois-. Née au Maroc en 1986, Lamia Lahlou rejoint l'armée américaine 3 ans après les attentats du 11 septembre 2001.

Tempérée par sa propre volonté, «la marocaine», ne mâche pas ses mots pour affirmer que ce pas emboité s'inscrit dans le cadre d'un «vrai Jihad». Rapporte une idéo diffusée largement sur Internet (Voir ci-aprés).

Choquée par la mort de sa meilleure amie, Lamia croit dur comme fer que l'adhésion à l'armée américaine est le seul et unique moyen susceptible de calmer le feu de sa vengeance.

A noter que les USA continuent à «renforcer » son armée via le recrutement des marocains, à l'heure où ALQIADIA ciblent d'autres recrues du Maroc vers la Hollande et la Belgique, tout en passant par la Syrie, l'Espagne et l'Iraq.

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Sujet: Re: US Army Mer 2 Nov 2011 - 11:36

Citation :: Force Protection Receives $185.9 Million Award for 167 Buffalo Vehicles and 102 Bar Armor Kits

Program Receives Full Material Release and Authorization to Proceed to Full Rate Production

LADSON, S.C. | Force Protection Industries, Inc., a FORCE PROTECTION, INC. group company, today announced it has received a firm fixed price modification to existing contract W56HZV-08-C-0028 from U.S. Army Contracting Command in Warren, Michigan, with an approximate value of $185.9 million for the purchase of an additional 167 Buffalo A2 Mine Protected Clearance Vehicles and 102 Buffalo A2 Bar Armor Kits. Work is to be performed in Ladson, South Carolina, with deliveries extending to April 2014.

Michael Moody, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Force Protection said, "Today's announced modification provides Force Protection important revenue visibility into 2014. In addition, by securing Full Material Release and authorization to proceed to Full Rate Production, the Buffalo has achieved additional significant milestones on the path to achieving formal Program of Record status within the U.S. Army's installed fleet of vehicles."

Mr. Moody concluded, "We remain extremely proud of the service record of the Buffalo and the countless Soldiers' lives saved performing critical route clearance missions. We will continue to work closely with the U.S. Army and other domestic services, as well as militaries worldwide, to ensure troops have the necessary resources to promote their success on the battlefield."

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Sujet: Re: US Army Jeu 3 Nov 2011 - 10:38

Citation :: First AH-64D Apache Block III delivered

MESA, Ariz., Nov. 2, 2011 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] celebrated delivery of the first AH-64D Apache Block III multi-role attack helicopter to the U.S. Army today in Mesa. The Block III Apache begins a new era in combat aviation by delivering advanced technologies and capabilities to benefit soldiers and battlefield commanders.

"This is a remarkable achievement by a great Army-industry team, a giant leap for U.S. Army aviation, and a signal to aggressors around the world that the Apache continues its legacy as a formidable and highly effective weapon system," said Col. Shane Openshaw, U.S. Army Apache project manager. "I am proud to witness this program milestone achievement and honored to be part of the team that designs and builds the Apache attack helicopter. I know the value this aircraft brings to soldiers on the ground and in the air who defend freedom daily in combat zones and during peacekeeping missions around the globe."

Boeing will produce 51 AH-64D Apache Block III helicopters for the Army under Low Rate Initial Production. The Army's acquisition objective stands at 690 Apache Block III aircraft. In addition, a growing number of defense forces worldwide have contracted for, or are considering, upgrading to or adding the Apache Block III to their rotorcraft fleets.

The Apache Block III incorporates 26 new technologies designed to enhance the aircraft's capabilities. The improved drive system features a new split-torque face gear transmission that increases power capability to 3,400 shaft horsepower. The new composite main rotor blade accommodates that power increase, resulting in improved aircraft performance with increased payload. Integrating the T700-GE-701D engine with the enhanced digital electronic control unit and other drive system technologies results in an increase in hover ceiling altitude at greater gross weight on a 95 degrees Fahrenheit day.

"The Apache team worldwide has done a remarkable job of producing a phenomenal helicopter and delivering it to the Army customer on cost and ahead of schedule," said David Koopersmith, Boeing vice president of Attack Helicopter Programs. “We pledge to continue our efforts to ensure that our customers have enduring capabilities today and tomorrow."

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Sujet: Re: US Army Ven 4 Nov 2011 - 18:07

Apache Block lll

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Sujet: Re: US Army Ven 4 Nov 2011 - 18:18

Avec la bénédiction des vrais Apaches Laughing

Sujet: Re: US Army Ven 4 Nov 2011 - 21:12

Mais en tous il est tres chouette l'appareil.. drunken

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Sujet: Re: US Army Sam 5 Nov 2011 - 12:29

Citation :: Boeing Submits Multiyear Contract Proposal to US Army for CH-47F Chinook Production

2nd multiyear helicopter contract will generate hundreds of millions of dollars in savings for government and taxpayers

RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa., Nov. 4, 2011 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Army for a multiyear contract for the production and delivery of 155 CH-47F helicopters.

“This second multiyear contract proposal will provide not only the vertical lift capability that warfighters use and need every day, but also will generate hundreds of millions of dollars in savings for taxpayers and the U.S. government,” said Leanne Caret, Boeing vice president, H-47 Programs. “With this contract Boeing, and its partners in more than 45 states, will be able to negotiate longer-term agreements with suppliers, make necessary investments in production tooling and processes, and more effectively plan for capital expenditures.”

The H-47 program is halfway through its first multiyear contract, awarded in August 2008, for 191 CH-47F Chinook aircraft and originally valued at $4.3 billion. This second five-year, firm fixed-price proposal would provide the Army with close to the full complement of 464 Chinooks outlined in the Department of Defense program of record for the CH-47F helicopter. The new contract will yield double-digit percentage savings over a single-year procurement strategy.

Since completing the first CH-47F production aircraft in August 2006, Boeing has trained and equipped eight U.S. Army units and is in the process of equipping the ninth. Six units have completed deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, where the helicopter has logged nearly 70,000 flight hours and maintained an operational readiness rate of over 85 percent conducting air assault, transport, medical evacuations and support operations.

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Sujet: Re: US Army Sam 5 Nov 2011 - 17:48

MAATAWI a écrit:: hires

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An AH-64D Apache Block III, the Army's newest version of its premier attack helicopter, sits on the tarmac at dusk just before the traditional Apache sacred blessing is scheduled to begin. The blessing was made by the White Mountain Apache Tribe just before the Apache Block III Rollout Ceremony later that day.

ce que je te disais l´autrefois leadlord Wink

https://far-maroc.forumpro.fr/t1368p45-armee-bulgare-bulgarian-army-#197249

la prmeiere fois en roll-out fin 70s c´etait un Apache a cheval,tres interessante cette tradition

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Sujet: Re: US Army Sam 5 Nov 2011 - 18:11

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Pro rege, saepe, pro patria semper

اقسم بالله العظيم ان اكون مخلصا لله و لملكي و ان اتفانى في خدمة وطني و دفع كل خطر يهدده و ان انفد اوامرقائدي الاعلى صاحب الجلالة

Sujet: Re: US Army Mar 15 Nov 2011 - 12:59

Citation :: Lockheed Martin Recieves $383M Contract From U.S. Army to Maintain Aerostat Detection Systems

One of the Persistent Ground Surveillance System (PGSS) aerostats undergoes pre-deployment testing. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Persistent Threat Detection Systems Provide 24/7 Surveillance for Warfighters

11:08 GMT, November 15, 2011 BETHESDA, Md. | The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $383 million contract to maintain, operate and sustain the Persistent Threat Detection Systems (PTDS).

The tethered aerostat provides real-time, around-the-clock reconnaissance and surveillance of broad geographic areas for warfighters in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“The availability of timely intelligence is vital to protecting deployed personnel and high-value assets,” said Jim Quinn, vice president of C4ISR Systems with Lockheed Martin IS&GS-Defense. “Our PTDS team will continue to provide mission critical support directly to our warfighters.”

Equipped with multiple sensors, PTDS is an aerostat-based system that delivers constant day and night, 360 degree detection, surveillance, monitoring and force protection.

“Lockheed Martin has a 80-year heritage of providing lighter-than-air systems to the military, that provides a much needed capability to keep our men and women safe in theater,” said Colleen Arthur, director of Integrated Defense Technologies for Lockheed Martin Mission Systems & Sensors. “PTDS is a highly effective combat-proven system, and provides eyes-on-target and real-time situational awareness for our warfighter.”

The Army’s Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors, Project Manager for Robotic and Unmanned Sensors, based at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., will provide program and acquisition management.

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Sujet: Re: US Army Ven 18 Nov 2011 - 9:43

7 milliards de dollars pour des rations de combat: qui le Pentagone veut-il attaquer cette fois?

Citation :: La Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support a annoncé, le 16 novembre, avoir acheté des rations, les MRE, à trois fournisseurs. Les avis d'attribution ne précisent pas le nombre de rations achetées. A, disons, 5$ la ration (c'est généreux), ça fait quand même 1,4 milliard de MRE. Pas de précisions, non plus, sur les endroits où elles sont susceptibles d'être utilisées d'ici à 2016.

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Sujet: Re: US Army Ven 18 Nov 2011 - 18:02

ils parlent de ca
ca n´a rien d´attaque a mon avis,un achat a long terme pour reserves,mais qui sait..

Citation :: DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Ameriqual Group, L.L.C., Evansville, Ind., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum $2,453,387,100 for Meal, Ready-to-Eat and humanitarian daily ration cases. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. There were three solicitations with three responses. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012 funds. The date of performance completion is November 2016. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM3S1-12-D-Z107).

The Wornick Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum $2,307,722,455 for Meal, Ready-to-Eat and humanitarian daily ration cases. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. There were three solicitations with three responses. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012 funds. The date of performance completion is November 2016. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM3S1-12-D-Z109).

Sopakco, Inc.*, Mullins, S.C., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum $2,281,384,955 for Meal, Ready-to-Eat and humanitarian daily ration cases. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. There were three solicitations with three responses. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012 funds. The date of performance completion is November 2016. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM3S1-12-D-Z108).

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Sujet: Re: US Army Mer 30 Nov 2011 - 12:44

Citation :: U.S. Army Places First Order for Saab’s Carl-Gustaf

U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers practice with the M3 Carl Gustav. (Photo: U.S. Army, William Hatton)

Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract with the U.S. Army for the company’s Carl-Gustaf man-portable weapon system. This marks the first time the Army has bought the 84mm recoilless rifle system. The Army and U.S. Special Operations Command placed a combined order with a total value of USD 31.5 million (SEK 209 million).

“This is very positive and it further proves the capability of the Carl-Gustaf system. It also shows the high level of trust our customers have for the system.” says Tomas Samuelsson, Senior Vice President and Head of Saab’s business area Dynamics.”

“Saab is thrilled that the U.S. Army has joined with our existing US Special Operations Command customer in using the Carl-Gustaf system”, said Saab North America President, Dan-Åke Enstedt.

The Carl-Gustaf system has along and successful history, and has successively been modernized and adapted to meet new requirements. A true multi-role, man-portable shoulder-fired weapon, the system is in use in more than 40 countries worldwide. With the Carl-Gustaf M3 version, Saab offers state-of-the-art capability for demanding customers investing in the future.

With several locations across the U.S., Saab North America provides a broad range of products, services, and solutions, ranging from defence to homeland security, to customers in the U.S. and Canada.

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Citation :: Picatinny provides Soldiers with quicker, safer mortar fire control system

The M150/M151 Mortar Fire Control System - Dismounted (MFCS-D) offers Soldiers various benefits. (Photo: U.S. Army)

08:17 GMT, December 6, 2011 (Released Dec. 1, 2011) PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. | Picatinny Arsenal recently received kudos from Soldiers by developing six out of 10 2010 Army Greatest Inventions. One of the inventions recognized was a dismounted fire control system that will make dismounted 120mm mortars easier to fire and keep Soldiers safer.

The M150/M151 Mortar Fire Control System - Dismounted, or MFCS-D, provides mortarmen with increased speed and effectiveness previously only available to the mounted mortar systems using fire control.

"We have a similar system that's used on 120mm mounted mortars -- the M1064 Self-Propelled mortar and the Stryker mortar carrier," said Bob Beck, branch chief of mounted mortar systems at the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, or ARDEC. "Both are big heavy platforms, and issued to guys in Heavy Brigade Combat Teams or Stryker Brigade Combat Teams. These guys are mobile and on vehicles, not huffing stuff as much."

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Citation :: Lockheed Martin Delivers M-TADS/PNVS Modernized Laser Rangefinder for the U.S. Army’s Apache Helicopter

ORLANDO, Fla., December 7th, 2011 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] delivered the first Modernized Day Sensor Assembly (M-DSA) upgrade prototype units to the U.S. Army for use on the Apache attack helicopter.

Five System Design and Development (SDD) Laser Rangefinder Designators (LRFDs) were recently delivered to the Army under a three-year contract awarded to Lockheed Martin in September 2008 to modernize the Apache’s Day Sensor Assembly.

The LRFD is the chief targeting aid for the Apache, establishing the range to the target for accurate weapon aiming. For the HELLFIRE II missile, the LRFD designates the aim point with a laser spot. Additionally, the M-DSA LRFD adds an eye-safe laser for safe training exercises.

“Delivery of these five SDD lasers proves the wisdom of our approach to modernizing the rest of the TADS/PNVS,” said Dr. Wayne Hudry, U.S. Army Apache Sensors deputy product manager. “As the first critical component of the upgrades coming for the M-DSA, the LRFD provides an improved tactical laser that supports future weapons, as well as an eye-safe laser that provides soldiers the capability to train like they fight.”

The first phase of the upgrades is being performed to mitigate obsolescence and enhance the system’s performance, as well as to increase the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system’s ability to fully accommodate future weapons.

A second phase includes upgrades to the visible color sensor, laser spot tracker, inertial measurement unit and day sensor structure assembly and adds a laser pointer/marker compatibility. This effort recently completed a successful critical design review in its SDD contract.

“This delivery is a critical step in the Army’s initiative to put more capable and maintainable targeting systems in the hands of Apache aircrews,” said Matt Hoffman, program director of M-TADS/PNVS in Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control business. “The fully modernized M-TADS/PNVS will significantly enhance situational awareness for the Apache crews, and be a decisive factor in the successful execution of their missions.”

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 126,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation’s 2010 sales from continuing operations were $45.8 billion.

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Citation :: General Dynamics Awarded $47 Million to Maintain and Update Army Common Ground Stations Worldwide

(Image: General Dynamics C4 Systems)

Developed and supported by General Dynamics, the Common Ground Station provides essential ISR information for commanders during Army missions

16:21 GMT, December 9, 2011 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. | General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a five-year, $47 million follow-on contract to update and maintain the operational readiness of all Common Ground Stations (CGS) for the U.S. Army. General Dynamics will provide the spare parts, assemblies, engineering support and other logistics needed to keep the CGS fleet technically current and fully operational worldwide.

In 1996, the Army awarded the original Common Ground Station system contract to General Dynamics, ordering 102 systems. The first Common Ground Station was delivered to the Army in 2000. In 2005, General Dynamics received the first contract to supply logistics and maintenance support for the fleet of Common Ground Stations.

Mark Showah, director of Integrated Systems for General Dynamics C4 Systems, said, "This award reflects the continuing confidence our customer has in the system and the relevant capabilities it provides in support of vital Army and joint missions around the world."

Common Ground Stations are deployed by the Army to assist commanders in the collection, analysis and distribution of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information gathered by airborne radar aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles and other sensors.

Work in support of the Common Ground Station logistics and maintenance contract will be performed by General Dynamics employees located in Scottsdale, Ariz.

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Citation :: 'Iron Panzer' combined live-fire exercise

A U.S. Army Stryker Mobile Gun System vehicle fires its 105 mm main gun during Operation Iron Panzer. Iron Panzer is a combined live-fire exercise between the U.S. Army’s 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, and the German Bundeswehr’s 4th Company, 104th Panzer Battalion. This is the first combined live-fire exercise that will incorporate both the German Leopard 2 tank and the American Stryker Mobile Gun System.

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Citation :: U.S. Army Awards Northrop Grumman MQ-5B Hunter Contractor Logistics Support Contract Modifications

11:05 GMT, December 12, 2011 HERNDON, Va. | The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation two contractor logistics support contract modifications totaling $91.2 million for the MQ-5B Hunter program.

The cost-plus-fixed-fee interoperability engineering change proposal and the tactical common data link (TCDL) RESET programs both have a period of performance of 12 months.

For the TCDL RESET, Northrop Grumman will reset the current C-Band Hunter MQ-5B systems with TCDL technology to include resetting Hunter air vehicles, ground stations and data terminals with TCDL technology. Additionally, the TCDL also serves as a foundation of establishing interoperability among different U.S. Department of Defense air vehicles and ground stations. Such innovation also allows for manned aircraft to use unmanned aircraft, their sensors and weapons as an extension of their own capabilities keeping aviators out of harm's way.

"With additional Hunters fielded with TCDL, our nation's warfighters are further equipped with greater bandwidth and encryption, safeguarding vital information," said Kevin Goates, director, Northrop Grumman Technical Services' Unmanned Systems Sustainment Center.

The MQ-5B Hunter, which is currently deployed supporting contingency operations in Southwest Asia, is providing the U.S. Army with state-of-the-art intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and communications relay.

"The Hunter was critical to development of numerous advanced manned and unmanned teaming concepts while attached to combat aviation brigades in support of operations in Iraq," said Goates. "Most importantly, it saved, and will continue to save, the lives of countless soldiers and civilians as it plays a vital role in overcoming the threat of improvised explosive devices."

The MQ-5B Hunter provides warfighters with state-of-the-art intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, communications relay, and signal intelligence. Hunter has accumulated more than 100,000 flight hours, approximately 80 percent of which are combat related.

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Citation :: Army to Deploy Vertical Take-off UAS

December 23, 2011
Army News Service|by Kris Osborn

The U.S. Army is using a hybrid-type acquisition approach to develop a helicopter-like, Vertical-Take-Off-and-Landing Unmanned Aerial System with a so-called ARGUS wide-area surveillance sensor suite designed to beam back information and images of the surrounding terrain, service officials said.

Beginning in May or June of next year, the Army will deploy three Boeing-built A160 Hummingbird VTOL UAS to Afghanistan as part of a Quick Reaction Capability, an acquisition approach aimed at delivering cutting-edge and emerging technologies to theater to add capability and inform requirements while simultaneously developing a formal Program of Record approach, said Lt. Col. Matthew Munster, product manager, UAS Modernization.

"These aircraft will deploy for up to one full year as a way to harness lessons learned and funnel them into a program of record," Munster said.

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Sujet: Re: US Army Jeu 5 Jan 2012 - 12:07

Citation :: LONGBOW LLC Receives $181 Million for Apache LONGBOW Block III Radar and Data Link Systems

Published January 4, 2012 | By Marcel van Leeuwen

The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Corporation, received a $181 million contract from the U.S. Army for AH-64D Apache Block III LONGBOW systems.

The contract includes the first international purchase of the Block III LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR) by Taiwan, which will receive 15 Block III LONGBOW FCR systems.

LONGBOW LLC will also produce 18 Radar Electronic Units (REU), 14 Unmanned Aerial System Tactical Common Data Link Assembly (UTA) systems and spares to equip the U.S. Army’s new fleet of Block III Apaches.

“The Army’s investment in the FCR enhancements with the Block III Fire Control Radar REU illustrates our commitment to face the challenges of the ever-adapting threats around the world,” said Col. Shane Openshaw, U.S. Army project manager for Apache Helicopters. “The Longbow Apache is the world’s premier attack helicopter, and the FCR is one of the key elements that make it that way.”

For more than a decade, the LONGBOW FCR has provided Apache aircrews with target detection, location, classification and prioritization. In all weather, over multiple terrains and through any battlefield obscurant, the radar allows automatic and rapid multi-target engagement. The LONGBOW FCR integrates with the LONGBOW HELLFIRE missile, enhancing the Apache’s lethality fourfold and increasing survivability sevenfold.

The new LONGBOW Block III FCR REU provides reduced size, weight, maintenance and power requirements of the radar system. The LONGBOW Block III UTA provides a two-way, high-bandwidth data link, enabling aircrews to control Unmanned Aircraft Systems’ (UAS) flight path, sensors and lasers at long ranges. The system also provides the ability to receive high-quality UAS imagery on displays.

Prime mission equipment and spares production, as well as engineering services and integrated logistics, will be performed at Lockheed Martin facilities in Ocala and Orlando, Fla., and Northrop Grumman facilities in Baltimore, Md. Deliveries will begin in fall 2011. The contract includes options to extend the period of performance from 2015 to 2017.

Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.

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Citation :: U.S. Army Pilots train on new AH-64D Apache helicopter

Published January 3, 2012 | By Rob Vogelaar

FORT RILEY, Kan. — A new helicopter is coming to the Block. The 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, is the first unit in the Army to have their entire fleet of Apache helicopters replaced with the comprehensively upgraded Apache (AH-64D) Block III beginning in February.

“There are new components to the aircraft — new head tracker, a new helmet and new flight pages,” said Lt. Col. Edward Vedder, 1st Attack Reconnaissance Bn., commander. “It takes some getting used to.”

The Apache Block III incorporates 26 new technologies designed to enhance the aircraft’s capabilities including an updated communication system, engines, transmission and drive shaft. The composite rotor blades have also been reworked to make them more efficient and produce more lift.

“It doesn’t take additional skills to fly it, but the aircraft is significantly different,” said Vedder.

Because of these differences the 1-1 pilots are going back to school and receiving three weeks of training at Boeing’s facility in Mesa, Ariz., where the aircraft is manufactured. The pilots get 28 hours of academics, 24 hours in the new simulator and 8.5 hours flying in the Block III helicopter. Maintenance test pilots get an additional 22 hours of academics and three additional hours in the aircraft.

“The training is packed into a busy three-week schedule,” said Shawn Hopan, the training lead for Boeing’s Apache program manager’s office. “We only train currently qualified Apache pilots.”

Even for the experienced pilots like Vedder, who has flown Apaches since 1995, the new Block III took some getting used to.

“A Block II, it has a certain level of power when you pick it up. This is totally different,” explained Vedder, who has flown in all three predecessors, including the AH-64A and the AH-64D Longbow — Block I and block II, to the Block III. “When you pick this aircraft up you are going to immediately feel the power difference and when you go into forward flight it wants to go about 150 MPH.

“It has a lot of power and is by far the most powerful and most impressive of them all,” he said.

While at the Mesa facility the pilots not only became qualified on the new Apache, but also got to meet the Boeing people who designed and are building the aircraft.

“It is an excellent opportunity to come out here and learn and see everything, (to) get to see the other side where the aircraft came from,” said Chief Warrant Officer 2 Shawn Witt. “You get to see the people behind the scenes, who put in a lot of time and energy so that we can have this piece of equipment in order to do our job.”

The new Apache has a couple added features which will allow Witt and other Apache pilots to do their job in inclement weather. The helicopters now have the capability to fly in weather conditions that previously would have grounded them.

“In the past if we had to get somewhere we had to wait for the weather to clear. Now we have capability, much like the Black Hawks and Chinooks, to launch aircraft and fly in the clouds,” Vedder said. “The Block III has an instrument package that rivals a 747. It is fantastic and very intuitive to fly.”

But the new Apache has the ability to do something the 747 cannot.

“The Block III is able to communicate with unmanned aircraft, the pilots are able to see the UAV’s video,” Hopan said. “To my knowledge no other aircraft has this capability.”

“Teaming up with the UAV is essentially another aircraft out there working with us to give us a better angle, better picture of what is happening,” said Witt. “This makes for a better situation for the war fighters on the ground because we have more information.”

But seeing what the UAV sees is not the extent of this new capability. With a couple taps on their computers the Apache pilots can take control of the UAV, eliminating the time needed to tell the UAV operator where the pilots need the UAV to “look.”

“It’s an extra workload for us, but it is very workable and manageable,” said Witt. “It is a really good system that they have worked out here for us.”

Vedder and Witt were two of the first 10 Apache pilots who went through Boeing’s class on the Block III. Five were from 1-1, while the others were from Fort Rucker, Ala.

The “Gunfighters” have 70 Apache pilot slots and there are an additional 15 Apache pilot slots in the CAB. They all need the training before they can start flying the new aircraft.

Seventy-five of these pilots will get their training at the Mesa facility, while the rest will be trained at Fort Riley by a mobile training team later in 2012. This training schedule will ensure that all Apache pilots in the brigade are trained on the Block III before their next deployment.

“The Block III gives us the ability to get where we are needed very fast, much faster than we ever have before. And, with the integration of the UAV sensor we can be more informed when we show up to provide lethal effects in support of the ground forces,” said Vedder.” It is really going to change the game for attack aviation.”

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Sujet: Re: US Army Mar 10 Jan 2012 - 20:00

Citation :: Une responsable du Pentagone a laissé entendre lundi que la stratégie de défense américaine présentée la semaine passée pourrait se traduire par une baisse du nombre de troupes de combat basées en Europe. Officiellement rien n'est fait, toute décision étant liée aux arbitrages budgétaires, dont la prochaine mouture doit être présentée le 6 février, a affirmé devant la presse étrangère Julianne Smith, directrice pour la politique européenne et l'OTAN au département de la Défense. "Il y a quatre brigades de combat stationnées en Europe mais une grosse partie est déployée ailleurs. Depuis plus ou moins dix ans, deux de ces brigades de combat sont en Afghanistan", a fait valoir Mme Smith, selon qui "la question est de savoir où elles vont rentrer". Une brigade de combat est une unité de l'armée de Terre (US Army) constituée d'environ 3.500 soldats. Près de 81.000 militaires américains se trouvent en Europe, selon des chiffres du Pentagone arrêtés au 30 septembre 2011. Parmi eux, 43.000 sont de l'US Army et 31.000 de l'Air Force. L'Allemagne abrite le plus de militaires américains (54.000), suivie de l'Italie (11.000) et du Royaume-Uni (9.000). Selon le document présentant la nouvelle stratégie de défense américaine, la posture (américaine) en Europe est amenée à "évoluer" mais aucune précision n'est donnée. Au moins une brigade de combat stationnée en Europe devrait être y retirée, selon un responsable de la défense.

http://www.fenetreeurope.com/php/page.php?section=actu&id=23958

Citation :: The United States is planning to drastically reduce the number of soldiers that it keeps based in Europe.The move, to be announced tomorrow by Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, is part of a massive cost-cutting review. The number of brigade combat teams, each consisting of between 3,000 and 4,000 troops, will be slashed from three to two. The soldiers going home are likely to be from one of the two infantry brigades in Germany. The decision continues a U.S. drawdown from the continent that has seen a force of 300,000 during the Cold War fall to fewer than 80,000 today...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2082310/Military-slashes-number-troops-Europe-Obama-orders-massive-cost-cutting.html

Sujet: Re: US Army Mer 11 Jan 2012 - 10:37

Citation :: EADS North America awarded $212 million production contract for 39 UH-72A Lakota helicopters

Herndon, Virginia and Huntsville, Alabama, 10 January 2012

Lakota program remains on budget and schedule as it enters its seventh program year

The U.S. Army has awarded EADS North America a $212.7 million contract to deliver 39 UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) as part of its total acquisition plan. Thirty-two of these Lakotas will be produced in the Army’s Security and Support (S&S) Battalion configuration. EADS North America has already delivered 198 UH-72A Lakotas to the U.S. Army, on time and within budget, along with five H-72A versions to the U.S. Navy for test pilot training.

“We’re extremely proud of our track record of on time and on budget deliveries of the UH-72A Lakota to the U.S. Army, Navy and Army National Guard,” said Sean O’Keefe, EADS North America CEO. “The successful execution of this critical program is a result of the strong partnership we’ve built with the Department of Defense over the past seven years. The S&S Battalion-equipped Lakotas further demonstrate this modern platform’s flexibility for growth to support an even broader range of demanding missions.”

The Lakotas equipped with the S&S Battalion Mission Equipment Package (MEP) will be operated by Army National Guard units across the country. The S&S Battalion MEP, integrated by American Eurocopter, will expand the capabilities of the Army’s UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters, and reflects the platform’s adaptability for an increasing number of missions. The current total program of record calls for 345 UH-72A Lakotas to be delivered to the Army and Army National Guard through 2015, along with five already delivered to the U.S. Navy.

Lakota helicopters in the S&S Battalion configuration enable Army National Guard units to seamlessly support state and local law enforcement and federal homeland security agencies in responding to natural disasters, law enforcement and border security operations.

The UH-72A Lakota is manufactured at EADS North America’s American Eurocopter facility in Columbus, Miss. The S&S Battalion MEP was integrated and tested at American Eurocopter’s Grand Prairie, Texas facility.

The S&S MEP contains a centerline electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) sensor, a 30 million candle power search light, analog/digital video downlink, rear observer’s console with a 15-inch display, an enhanced tactical communications suite, an onboard digital video recorder, 10.4-inch auxiliary displays for the pilot and co-pilot, and a video management system.

The UH-72A is a Defense Acquisition Category (ACAT) I major defense acquisition program for the U.S. Defense Department, and it marked one of the most rapid introductions of a new aircraft in the U.S. Army’s history. Deliveries of the aircraft to National Guard units allow aging OH-58 and UH-1 rotary-wing aircraft to be retired, while UH-72As assigned to the active component of the U.S. Army replace UH-60 Black Hawks.

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Sujet: Re: US Army Jeu 12 Jan 2012 - 13:18

Citation :: Boeing Awarded US Army Contract for 14 Additional CH-47F Chinook Helicopters

RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa., Jan. 11, 2012 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has received a U.S. Army contract valued at approximately $370 million for 14 CH-47F Chinook helicopters to support Foreign Military Sales efforts. The aircraft will be delivered to the U.S. Army beginning in 2014; all but one are intended for Australia and the United Arab Emirates.

“This new aircraft sale brings our Chinook backlog to more than 200 aircraft for both domestic and international customers worldwide,” said Leanne Caret, H-47 Programs vice president. “Boeing’s recent $130 million investment to create a world-class Chinook manufacturing facility near Philadelphia means we are well positioned to respond to this demand.”

Seven of the new Chinooks will be delivered to the Australian Defence Force and six aircraft will be delivered to the United Arab Emirates under the terms of a previously announced Foreign Military Sales agreement between the U.S. government and the two countries. One additional aircraft is to be delivered to the U.S. Army to fulfill its own requirements.

“This sale is indicative of the tremendous interest from customers around the world who need best-in-class, multirole heavy-lift capabilities for military and humanitarian missions,” Caret added.

The H-47 program is at the midpoint of executing a multiyear contract for 191 CH-47F Chinook aircraft that was awarded in August 2008 and originally valued at $4.3 billion. In November, Boeing submitted a proposal to the U.S. government for a second multiyear contract for 155 Chinooks for the U.S. Army. This second five-year, firm fixed-price proposal would provide the Army with close to the full complement of 464 Chinooks outlined in the Department of Defense program of record and would yield double-digit percentage savings over a single-year procurement strategy. A decision is expected early next year.

Since completing the first CH-47F production aircraft in August 2006, Boeing has trained and equipped eight U.S. Army units and is in the process of equipping the ninth. Six units have completed deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, where the helicopter has logged nearly 70,000 flight hours and maintained an operational readiness rate of more than 85 percent conducting air assault, transport, medical evacuation and support operations.

There are more than 450 Chinooks in operation with military forces in 17 countries around the world. International operators include Japan, United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, Australia, Canada, Thailand, Taiwan, Greece, Korea and Spain.

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