Armée Mexicaine / Mexican Armed Forces / Fuerzas Armadas de Mexico

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Mexican Navy has deployed their T-20 JUMP UAV for unspecified operations in Mexico
May 4, 2016





Arcturus UAV reports the Mexican Navy has deployed their T-20 JUMP Fixed Wing VTOL UAV for unspecified operations in Mexico. The customer took delivery of the VTOL system in March.

The T-20 JUMP is a VTOL variant of Arcturus UAV’s catapult launched T-20 platform. The T-20 JUMP operates without any special launch or recovery equipment. Gross payload capacity is 60 lbs. The Mexican Navy configuration with EO/IR sensor has approximately 15 hours of endurance and 75-mile data link range.

An EO/IR and EW capable version offers 11 hours of endurance. Mexico has operated a fleet of catapult launch T-20s since 2014.

Arcturus has proposed the T-20 JUMP VTOL platform for MEUAS III, USSOCOM’s worldwide UAS services contract. Arcturus has also proposed a heavy fuel version of the T-20 JUMP for the Royal Australian Navy’s Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Program.


http://defence-blog.com/news/mexican-navy-has-deployed-their-t-20-jump-uav-for-unspecified-operations-in-mexico.html

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Mexican Navy begins operations with new UAV

Erwan de Cherisey, Paris - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
03 August 2016






The Mexican Secretariat of the Navy (SEMAR) has deployed Arcturus T-20 JUMP unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to the coast of Sonora for maritime surveillance operations, SEMAR announced on 29 July.

The surveillance system and its aircraft were officially handed over at the headquarters of the Naval Sector of Puerto Peñasco to the Mexican Navy on 28 July by the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), which is understood to have financed its procurement.

Admiral Vidal Soberón Sanz, secretary of navy, said during the ceremony that the new UAVs are expected to provide a significant increase in the service's surveillance and interception capabilities in that region.

Rafael Pacchiano Alamán, secretary of SEMARNAT, said the T-20s will be primarily used as part of the government's efforts to protect a rare species of porpoise only found in the northern part of the Gulf of California. The aircraft will allow increased surveillance of a preservation area there, operating day and night to detect illegal intrusions and illegal fishing.

The navy's Arcturus T-20 JUMP surveillance system includes three UAVs that can be fitted with Cloud Cap Technologies TASE 200 or 400 gyro-stabilised gimbal electro-optics and infrared payloads, a vehicle-mounted control station, a logistics vehicle, control and satellite antennas, a pneumatic catapult for launching the aircraft, and a support vehicle.

The T-20 JUMP is an evolution of the original T-20 with added quad vertical rotors, thus providing a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability. It retains other T-20 characteristics, including a maximum speed of 72 kt and endurance up to 16 hours, depending on the payload.


http://www.janes.com/article/62728/mexican-navy-begins-operations-with-new-uav

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RIMPAC 2016: USN hones interoperability with partner countries in 'most complex' MCM drill

Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Navy International
04 August 2016



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The US Navy has completed complex mine countermeasures drills with partner services at 'RIMPAC' 2016
The exercise aims to boost interoperability between the navies in handling mine warfare threats
The US Navy (USN) has concluded a multilateral exercise that aims to improve its mine countermeasures (MCM) interoperability with partner navies.

The exercise, which took place in and around waters off Southern California over four weeks, was conducted as part of the US Pacific Fleet-hosted Rim of the Pacific ('RIMPAC') 2016 maritime exercise.

Partner services in the drill included the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), the German Armed Forces, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), the Mexican Navy (Armada de México), and the Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile).

In its statement, the USN described the MCM drill as the service's "most complex mine warfare exercise" given the number of participating services, and the inaugural deployment of a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship, USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), as a forward staging base for the multinational forces.

In addition to that MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopters - airborne mine countermeasures (AMCM) derivatives of the CH-53E Super Stallion - conducted deck landing qualifications on Pearl Harbor 's flight deck as part of the exercises.

"These firsts during 'RIMPAC' [Southern California] 2016 provided a distinct and unique environment and experience for participants", said the USN.

"What was great about this exercise is that the forces of multiple nations came together to execute a series of very complicated evolutions and did so in a seamless and timely manner", said Commander David Burke of the USN's Task Force 177.

In total the participating services detected and disposed a total of 77 mines over the course of 78 operational dives, 300 flight hours, and 77 autonomous underwater vehicle operations.

"RIMPAC' 2016 ran from 30 June to 4 August and involved 45 ships, five submarines, more than 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel from 27 countries.

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29 sept. 2016 | Par Rédaction
La Marine mexicaine reçoit son premier Panther AS565 MBe




La marine mexicaine a pris livraison hier, 28 septembre, du premier de ses dix hélicoptères AS 565 Panther MBe commandés en 2014. Mexico devient le premier client à recevoir la nouvelle version de cet hélicoptère multi-rôles, a indiqué par communiqué Airbus Helicopters. La Marine recevra trois autres machines avant la fin de l'année et les six autres début de 2018.



Les hélicoptères seront exploités par l'aviation navale dans le golfe du Mexique et sur la côte Pacifique, où ils assureront leurs missions, notamment de recherche et sauvetage (SAR), lutte contre le narcotrafic ou la protection du littoral. Le MBE est équipé de deux moteurs Safran Arriel 2N, ce qui lui permet d'atteindre une vitesse de pointe de 278 km/h et une autonomie de 780 kilomètres.


http://www.air-cosmos.com/la-marine-mexicaine-recoit-son-premier-panther-as565-mbe-83253

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Confirmation de l'achat de 60 T-6C Texan II par le ministère de le défense du Mexique, pour l'armée de l'Air. (Source : http://www.infodefensa.com/latam/2017/04/10/noticia-sedena-confirma-infodefensa-compra-beechcraft-texan.html )

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Mexico receives final Panther helo

Gareth Jennings - Jane's Defence Weekly

06 December 2017

The Mexican Navy has received into service its tenth and final AS565 MBe Panther helicopter during a delivery ceremony at Airbus Helicopters in Marignane on 6 December, the manufacturer announced.


The Mexican Navy has now received all 10 of the latest-variant AS565 MBe Panther helicopters it ordered in 2014. (Airbus Helicopters)

The final two helicopters were handed over on schedule, some three years after the order was placed in 2014 and 14 months after deliveries began in September 2016.

Mexico is the launch customer for this new enhanced variant of the Panther helicopter, which features Safran Arriel 2N engines for superior performance in hot-and-high conditions, as well as an increased top speed of 278 km/h and an extended range of 780 km.

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Mexico to acquire Harpoon Block II, RAM Block 2 for new patrol vessel

Alejandro Sanchez - IHS Jane's Missiles & Rockets

08 January 2018

The US State Department has authorised the sale of a number of missiles and torpedoes to Mexico to equip a new long-range ocean patrol vessel (Patrulla Oceánica de Largo Alcance: POLA), currently under construction for the Mexican Navy (Armada de México).

According to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notification on 5 January, the armament package includes six RGM-84L Harpoon Block II surface-launched missiles, 23 RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2 tactical missiles; and six MK 54 Mod 0 lightweight torpedoes. Also included in the deal are eight MK 825 Mod 0 RAM Guided Missile Round Packs (GMRP) tri-pack shipping and storage containers; RAM Block 2 MK 44 Mod 4 GMRP; two MK 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes triple tube launchers; and ammunition and other hardware.

http://www.janes.com/article/76864/mexico-to-acquire-harpoon-block-ii-ram-block-2-for-new-patrol-vessel

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17/01/2018

Mexique, troisième C-130K modernisé !



La société canadienne Cascade a reçu un contrat dans le cadre d'un protocole d'entente (PE) signé entre les gouvernements canadien et mexicain pour l'entretien et la modernisation de ses dix avions de transport lourds Lockheed-Martin C-130K de la Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (FAM). Le troisième exemplaire modernisé a été livré en début de semaine.

Le programme de maintenance et de modernisation des C-130K a été lancé en 2014. Il comprend une mise à niveau de l’avionique, avec le système Rockwell Collins Flight2.

Le système avionique intégré Rockwell Collins Flight2 permet aux aux C-130 de la Force aérienne mexicaine d'accéder sans restriction à l'espace aérien mondial en répondant aux exigences actuelles en matière d'espace aérien de communication, navigation, surveillance et gestion du trafic aérien ( CNS / ATM ).

La mise à niveau de l'avionique comprend un poste de pilotage entièrement en verre avec de nouveaux écrans de vol primaires, un système de gestion de vol de performance de navigation requise et de navigation de surface et des instruments de moteur numériques. La mise à niveau fournit à l'armée de l'air mexicaine des capacités à la fine pointe de la technologie, en accord avec les principaux exploitants mondiaux de C-130.

Photo : C-130K Hercules de la FAM@ Ruben Venegas Navarrete

http://psk.blog.24heures.ch/archive/2018/01/17/mexique-troisieme-c-130-k-modernise-865037.html

Livraison du dernier des dix PANTHER commandés pour la marine.

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Lancement du Premier Sigma10514 de l'Armada