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| Sujet: US Army  Mer 9 Jan 2008 - 18:32 | |
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- « 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. source: emarrakech.info Rafi | |
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| | Sujet: Re: US Army Lun 20 Déc 2010 - 13:19 | |
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LONGBOW LLC Delivers 400th Longbow Fire Control Radar To The U.S. Army
The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NYSE: NOC], marked the delivery of the 400th LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR) at a ceremony held today at a Lockheed Martin facility in Orlando, FL. The combat-proven LONGBOW FCR is fielded with the U.S. Army and eight international customers.
“The LONGBOW FCR is a true battlefield force multiplier,” said Col Shane Openshaw, U.S. Army program manager for Apache. “The system’s advanced air and ground targeting capabilities provide critical support for ground troops while limiting the aircrew’s exposure to threats.”
“As operational missions change, the LONGBOW FCR continues to meet the needs of the Warfighter,” said Jerry Garman, LONGBOW LLC president and director of LONGBOW programs at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. “High system reliability and low-cost, two-level maintenance ensures the fire control solution is readily available to the Apache aviator.”
“The LONGBOW FCR provides our nation’s warfighters with enhanced situational awareness and actionable intelligence – critical capabilities required to engage on today’s battlefield,” said Steve Considine, LONGBOW LLC vice president and director of LONGBOW aviation programs at Northrop Grumman’s Land and Self Protection Systems Division.
The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command awarded the initial LONGBOW FCR production contract in 1995. Work is performed at Lockheed Martin facilities in Orlando and Ocala, FL, and Northrop Grumman facilities in Baltimore, MD. Delivery of an additional 25 systems currently contracted will be complete in 2012.
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.
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| | Sujet: Re: US Army Lun 3 Jan 2011 - 22:27 | |
| AeroVironment receives $46.2 million order for Raven UAVs - Citation :
- AeroVironment has received a long-awaited order to deliver hundreds of new Raven unmanned aircraft vehicles and retrofit kits to the US Army and US Marine Corps.
The army signed an order on 28 December for AeroVironment to deliver 123 MQ-11 Raven B systems, each of which consists of three vehicles and two control stations. The $46.2 million contract also includes kits to retrofit digital data links on Raven Bs, with 339 kits ordered by the army and 186 for the Marines.
The contract completes a deal that has been in negotiation since the fiscal year 2010 spending bill for the Department of Defense became law in December 2009.
Earlier in 2010, the army increased the acquisition objective for the Raven inventory by about 8%. In December, AeroVironment officials said the company expects the service to extend Raven procurement beyond FY2011.
The 1.9kg (4.2lb) vehicle can be carried in a backpack. The hand-launched aircraft is equipped with day and night video cameras. Flight International | |
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| | Sujet: Re: US Army Mar 4 Jan 2011 - 23:16 | |
| Army launches OH-58F cockpit and sensor upgrade programme - Citation :
- The US Army has been cleared to launch a nearly four-year, $1.98 billion project to develop the first major technology upgrade for the Bell Helicopter OH-58D Kiowa Warrior in two decades.
The cockpit and sensor upgrade programme (CASUP) will convert the army's armed scout helicopter into the OH-58F model, with funding transferred from a cancelled programme that would have replaced the Kiowa Warrior with the Bell ARH-70 Arapaho.
The OH-58 fleet is now programmed to remain in service until 2025, or nearly 56 years after the first examples were delivered.
Lt Col Scott Rauer, Kiowa Warrior product manager, describes CASUP as a "fairly significant investment of dollars".
The work will replace the current aircraft's DRS Technologies mast-mounted sensor with a nose-mounted Raytheon common sensor payload. This will require airframe design changes, including raising the landing gear and rearranging the nose compartment.
"It provides long-term sustainment and viability for the aircraft to continue its mission because the aircraft has evolved in the battlefield," Rauer says.
However, the army may have to revisit the upgrade strategy for the OH-58 after April, when an analysis of alternatives is scheduled to be released presenting options for a long-term replacement. The study is considering a wide range of possibilities, including a more powerful, re-engined version of the OH-58. Flight International | |
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| | Sujet: Re: US Army Ven 7 Jan 2011 - 3:58 | |
| General Atomics gets support deal for Gray Eagle - Citation :
- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will get $85.5 million for logistics support and related services in and outside the USA, the Pentagon says.
The programme will support the US Army's MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned air vehicle, which General Atomics refers to as the Warrior or Sky Warrior. The company says the new contract, which was not part of the army's original procurement deal for the Gray Eagle, is standard.
The armed, extended-range multi-purpose UAV is operational in Afghanistan and Iraq. The system is a variant of General Atomics' MQ-1 Predator design.
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| | Sujet: Re: US Army Ven 7 Jan 2011 - 12:00 | |
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Lockheed Martin Awarded $15 Million Production Contract to Upgrade Military Helicopter Sensor System
ORLANDO, FL, January 6th, 2011 — The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $15 million contract for production of a low-light-level TV capability, called VNsight, for the Apache’s combat-proven Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS), also known as Arrowhead®. The new VNsight visible/near infrared sensor is integrated into the Modernized PNVS, providing the Warfighter with significant tactical advantages, particularly in low-light-level conditions.
The VNsight Lot 1 production contract for 65 sensors and spares will equip two Apache battalions. It will also provide an initial quantity of cameras and spares to outfit a Foreign Military Sales customer. The M-TADS/PNVS systems will be upgraded as a field retrofit. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control will produce the VNsight lens and serve as the system integrator, while Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors in Akron, OH, will provide the sensor’s camera.
“The VNsight completes a commitment to the Warfighter to deliver a blended image capability in the Apache to support both situational awareness for the pilot and improved air-to-ground coordination,” said U.S. Army Apache Sensors Product Manager Lt. Col. John Vannoy. “After thorough testing of this system with pilots experienced in both combat theaters, I’m confident that their appraisal of the system as a must-have capability will result in the Apache becoming even more lethal on the battlefield.”
“The VNsight camera upgrade represents a mission enhancing capability improvement for the Lockheed Martin produced Apache sensor,” said Monty Watson, VNsight program manager at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. “VNsight provides an increase in pilot situational awareness, flight safety and mission flexibility.”
By blending VNsight imagery with the M-PNVS forward looking infrared (FLIR) imagery, pilots can see cultural and military lighting (lasers, markers, beacons, tracer rounds, etc.) accurately registered within the thermal image over the full 30-by-40 degree field of view of the sensor. This ensures safer flying conditions and enhanced mission capability by improving situational awareness in low-light-level conditions and situations where existing light sources cannot be imaged by the FLIR.
The capability to image light sources in-band with the VNsight sensor allows aviators to see some laser pointers, improving coordination with ground units. It also allows the aircrew to see their own laser spot while designating targets for laser-guided munitions engagements, providing an extra level of certainty that the correct target and aim-point are designated. Enhanced air-to-ground situational awareness reduces the potential for fratricide.
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| | Sujet: Re: US Army Jeu 13 Jan 2011 - 16:41 | |
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- U.S. Army to Buy Only 1 More Brigade Set of NIKs
Senior U.S. Army leaders on Jan. 12 received permission during a meeting with Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter to buy one more brigade set of Network Integration Kits and two more sets of the Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle, according to sources.
Carter also approved the termination of the Class I Unmanned Aerial System and the Tactical and Urban Unattended Ground Sensors, a move expected after the Army issued a stop-work order to prime contractor Boeing on Jan. 6.
All of the gear was first developed for the Army's ambitious Future Combat Systems program, canceled in 2009. Since then, the equipment had become Increment 1 of the service's Early Infantry Brigade Combat Team program.
According to a briefing slide, moving ahead with the second set of NIKs is going to be contingent on another round of testing.
It is also possible that the Army might buy fewer than 83 NIKs, the original plan for each brigade, the slide indicated. The plan for the Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle was 38 per brigade.
Carter should provide more details in an acquisition decision memorandum, which could be released before the end of the week.
The Army is currently buying a first set of the gear from Boeing. However, the Jan. 6 stop-work order asks the company to immediately stop any planning or post-delivery support work on the first set of unattended sensors and the Class I UAS. The stop-work order does not affect the delivery of those items, it says.
Last December, the Army met with Carter to ask for permission to buy three sets of the gear under low-rate initial production. Carter decided to only give the service permission to buy one set, saying he wouldn't approve further buys until the gear proved itself during additional testing.
In the 2011 budget request, the Army asked for $683 million to outfit two more brigades with the gear. However, that request included about $351 million for the Non-Line of Sight Launch System, a missile launcher that has since been terminated.
For FY11, the Army also requested $1.3 billion in research and development funding for Increment 2, the next phase of the program, which intended to increase the capabilities of all four systems, with most of the money going toward improving the NIK and its related software.
In September, the Army ran the equipment through a limited user test at Fort Bliss, Texas, where a task force made up mostly of combat veterans provided feedback. While those results have not been made public, it is widely known that the equipment did not fare well, especially the Class I UAS and the sensors.
The NIK is the most expensive item in the set. It is a sophisticated suite of communications gear that includes the Integrated Computer System and the Ground Mobile Radio being developed as part of the Joint Tactical Radio System.
The Army's plans for the NIK are evolving along with the service's overall network strategy. It is believed the Army is interested in less costly and simpler network solutions than the sophisticated suite of communications technologies and software created for FCS.
This last brigade set of Network Integration Kits may serve as a bridge until the Army decides on a replacement that better suits its needs. defensenews | |
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| | Sujet: Re: US Army Sam 15 Jan 2011 - 14:11 | |
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- KONGSBERG logs increased scope of CROWS II framework agreement with the US Army
US Army HMMWVs deployed to Iraq equipped with CROWS remote weapon systems
KONGSBERG has signed a contract with the US Army increasing the existing CROWS II frame contract with NOK 451 million [$77.08 million; €57.76 million - Ed.] for purchase of spare parts.
KONGSBERG has also received purchase orders for spares and repairs valued NOK 364 million.
CROWS is a joint acquisition program for weapon stations for the US Army`s vehicle programs. A common solution will result in substantial efficiency gains in respect of protection, training, support and further development.
The initial CROWS II framework agreement was disclosed on 22 August 2007.
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| | Sujet: Re: US Army Lun 17 Jan 2011 - 13:37 | |
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| | Sujet: Re: US Army Sam 22 Jan 2011 - 23:42 | |
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Sikorsky primes S-97 for possible AAS launch after 2014
By Stephen Trimble
Sikorsky officials remain committed to the company's high-speed S-97 Raider demonstrator despite a likely US Army move to at least postpone a decision to launch an armed aerial scout (AAS) programme.
Sikorsky has signed up more than 20 industrial teammates since launching the coaxial rotor, compound rotorcraft, which is capable of speeds above 200kt (370km/h), in October. The company has committed to build two prototypes for a flight demonstration starting in 2014.
However, army officials have emphasised that no funding for the AAS programme will be included in its 2012 budget.
Brig Gen William Crosby, programme executive officer for army aviation, says funding a new-start programme within the next two years is unlikely. That decision remains true, says Crosby, even if an ongoing analysis of alternatives recommends replacing the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior with a new airframe for the manned helicopter part of the AAS requirement.
Sikorsky officials have been wary of tying the S-97 too closely to the fate of the AAS programme. The company believes it remains viable even if the AAS programme does not materialise.
Nevertheless, Sikorsky officials now express confidence that the S-97 will be a top contender for the army's next scout helicopter. First flight of the S-97, in 2014, is timed to coincide with when Sikorsky believes the army will be ready to launch the AAS programme, says Doug Shidler, director of Sikorsky's light tactical helicopter programme.
The S-97 also could be offered to US Special Operations Command (SOCOM). Brig Gen Kevin Mangum, incoming commander for army aviation special operations, says the Boeing MH-6M Little Bird may soon need a replacement, adding: "We have about maxed out the H-6 from a capabilities standpoint."
Sikorsky believes the AAS programme will play a key role in the MH-6 replacement. Unlike the army, SOCOM does not traditionally introduce all-new aircraft, preferring to buy helicopters already in service. | |
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| | Sujet: Re: US Army Dim 23 Jan 2011 - 1:50 | |
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- A U.S. Army sergeant looks through a Long Range Thermal Viewer while training for an upcoming mission, Jan. 17, at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan. The conventional force infantry soldiers are assigned to Special Operations Task Force - South and will assist in the special operations mission at remote sites throughout Kandahar province.
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- A U.S. Army sergeant looks through a Long Range Thermal Viewer while training for an upcoming mission, Jan. 17, at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan. The conventional force infantry soldiers are assigned to Special Operations Task Force - South and will assist in the special operations mission at remote sites throughout Kandahar province.
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- A U.S. Army conventional force unit receives instruction from Department of Defense civilians on how to operate the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station mounted on a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, Jan. 17, at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan.
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- A U.S. Army sergeant, assisted by fellow soldiers, properly aligns the sight of a Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station mounted on a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle
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| | Sujet: Re: US Army Lun 24 Jan 2011 - 15:15 | |
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- Soldiers from Company C, joined Afghan National Army soldiers from Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 201st Infantry Corps, on the patrol. After seven hours of dismounted searching through rugged terrain, Company C and their Afghan counterparts located an improvised explosive device along Route Iowa, thanks to a tip from someone in the area of Tupac, Afghanistan. The soldiers had been struck by an IED in Tupac two days earlier. Fortunately, no U.S. or Afghan soldiers were injured in the attack. After locating the IED, the soldiers then walked back to Forward Operating Base Kalagush, hiking about eight miles up and down mountains for the day.
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| | Sujet: Re: US Army Ven 28 Jan 2011 - 13:16 | |
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- U.S. Army Wants To Redirect Funding for Humvees
The U.S. Army still plans to launch a competitive program to upgrade its Humvee fleet, according to the final draft of the service's Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Strategy, released Jan. 27. But the service has been unsuccessful so far at securing funding for the effort.
The Army would like to start the Humvee recap effort this fiscal year, Maj. Gen. Thomas Spoehr, who directs force development in the Army's G-8, told reporters Jan. 27.Related Topics
Getting the effort started will require the Army to submit a second reprogramming request to Congress
Last spring, the Army asked permission from Congress to shift money away from procuring new Humvees toward a Humvee recap program. That request was denied.
Since then, the Army has done a lot of talking to members of Congress and their staff, Spoehr said. The service also has continued to refine its acquisition strategy and explore what industry can offer.
The Army first released a request for information for the recap program in January 2010.
Most vehicle makers had an improved Humvee on display at their booths at the annual Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) conference in October. The improved Humvee designs featured everything from double-V hulls to advanced armor solutions to structural blast chimneys.
The service plans to release a second request for information before issuing a formal request for proposals, said Col. David Bassett, project manager for tactical vehicles.
In the near term, the Army plans to reset its Humvees used in Iraq and Afghanistan in its depots.
The Army does not plan to buy any new Humvees beyond 2012. However, the service is working with Humvee maker AM General to keep the production line running as long as it makes sense, Bassett said. There are other services' requirements to fill as well as requests from other countries, he said.
The Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Strategy represents a "paradigm shift" for the Army, Spoehr said. Rather than look out five to 10 years as previous documents have, this strategy lays out a plan for how to manage the service's fleet of trucks for the next 30 years, he said.
The Army plans to reduce its overall fleet of 260,000 trucks by 15 percent by fiscal 2017, Spoehr said. In doing so, the Army will reduce what it spends on procurement for tactical wheeled vehicles from $4.4 billion a year to $2.5 billion a year.
Part of this divestiture could include some of the Army's Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles.
The Army would like to divest around 1,500 of the roughly 20,000 MRAPs in its inventory, Spoehr said. The two models the Army would prefer to divest are the earlier version of the RG-33, built by BAE Systems, and Force Protection's Cougar.
The Army owns later, more capable versions of the RG-33, and to upgrade the older models is not cost-effective, officials said. The Army does not own many Cougars, and therefore, resourcing the maintenance and training for them also is not cost-effective.
The Army does not intend to throw either vehicle out, but if there is an opportunity for "someone else to use them," the Army would prefer to divest them, Army officials said.
The Army released a draft of the strategy at the AUSA conference in October, but then pulled it back, saying it needed to circulate the document internally a bit longer.
According to Spoehr, the document released Jan. 27 is the same one the Army was ready to distribute in October. defensenews | |
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| | Sujet: Re: US Army Mar 1 Fév 2011 - 10:01 | |
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A 120 mm mortar round flies out of the tube as U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ramey J. Brown (left), a section sergeant from Marshville, N.C., Spc. Tyler L. Dillon (center), a team leader from Williamstown, W.Va., and Pvt. Gabriel C. Fields (right), from Fort Worth, Texas, all mortarmen assigned to Troop C, 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Bandit, take cover while at Observation Post Mustang in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province on Jan. 26. “It gets pretty intense sometimes when firing, especially if a firefight is going on,” said Dillon. Photo by Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell | |
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| | Sujet: Re: US Army Mar 1 Fév 2011 - 10:04 | |
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- Lockheed Martin Receives $139 Million U.S. Army Contract for HIMARS
DALLAS, TX | Lockheed Martin has received a $139.6 million contract to provide 44 combat-proven High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) to the U.S. Army. This order will increase the Army’s HIMARS launcher fleet to 375, with deliveries continuing through January 2013. Work on the contract will be performed at the company’s facilities in Camden, AR, and Grand Prairie, TX.
“HIMARS brings soldiers an agile, responsive and accurate delivery system of extremely precise fires,” said Col. David J. Rice, U.S. Army program manager for Precision Fires, Rocket and Missile Systems. “HIMARS continues to impress everybody with its performance and versatility, the system is reliable, robust and exceptionally effective in theater.”
The system can accommodate a six-pack of Guided MLRS rockets or one Army Tactical Missile System missile. HIMARS, a highly mobile artillery rocket system based on the Army’s FMTV five-ton truck, is designed to launch the entire MLRS Family of Munitions.
“Half of the more than 1,900 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) rockets expended by the U.S. Army and Marine Corps in Iraq and Afghanistan have been fired from HIMARS,” said Scott Arnold, vice president for Precision Fires at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. “HIMARS has proven itself to soldiers to be highly reliable and relevant in today’s battlefield, and its operational readiness rate continues to exceed requirements, a testament to the quality of the system.”
HIMARS is designed to enable troops to engage and defeat artillery, air defense concentrations, trucks, light armor and personnel carriers, as well as support troop and supply concentrations, HIMARS can move away from the area at high speed following missile launch, well before enemy forces are able to locate the launch site. The U.S. Army and Marines operate HIMARS, as do several international allies.
Because of its C-130 transportability, HIMARS can be deployed into areas previously inaccessible to heavier launchers and provides a force multiplier to the modular brigade. It also incorporates the self-loading, autonomous features that have made MLRS the premier rocket artillery system in the world. The HIMARS fire control system, electronics and communications units are interchangeable with the existing MLRS M270A1 launcher, and the crew and training are the same. HIMARS is a crucial component in today’s military theaters of operation.
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| | Sujet: Re: US Army Mer 2 Fév 2011 - 11:59 | |
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- Goodrich Awarded U.S. Army Contract for Laser Warning Systems
CHARLOTTE, N.C. | Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) has been awarded a five-year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Army for an anticipated maximum value of $47 million for the procurement of additional AN/AVR-2A(V) Laser Warning System components. The AN/AVR-2A(V) enhances aircraft survivability by detecting multiple laser aided threats and weapons systems.
Goodrich's ISR Systems team in Danbury, Conn. will supply the components. Andreas Nonnenmacher, vice president, ISR Systems said, "This order supports our long standing relationship with the U.S. Army to provide our service men and women with this vital aircraft survivability technology. This contract allows for the supply and support of this critical equipment deployed in the field, while continuing production of the next generation system."
The AN/AVR-2A(V) has been in production since 1995 and is the predecessor to the latest generation of Goodrich aviation laser warning systems, the AN/AVR-2B(V). Both are capable of multiple aircraft signal interfaces and detect rangefinders, target designators, and beam rider laser-aided weapons systems. In addition to its core capabilities the AN/AVR-2A(V) can interface with the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System, Air-to-Ground Engagement System II (MILES-AGES II) training system to provide pilots with combat tactical training that closely simulates weapon engagements.
During the last 25 years Goodrich and its predecessor companies have delivered over 8,500 aviation and ground laser warning systems to the U.S. and other armed forces around the world. This includes more than 1,500 AN/AVR-2A(V) systems.
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of systems and services to the aerospace and defense industry. With one of the most strategically diversified portfolios of products in the industry, Goodrich serves a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and service facilities.
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| | Sujet: Re: US Army Mer 9 Fév 2011 - 16:24 | |
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Northrop Grumman Fields RC-12X Aircraft, Provides Highly-Capable SIGINT Systems to the Warfighter
| MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 8, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) will field the first systems in the upgraded RC-12X Guardrail fleet, providing the U.S. Army with unparalleled signals intelligence (SIGINT) capability, under a recent task order awarded by the U.S. Army. This is a critical step toward making this mission-critical capability operational, scheduled for second quarter of this year.
The RC-12X Guardrail is the Army's premier airborne SIGINT sensor and ground processing system, providing instantaneous precision geo-location and identification of threats to enable the Brigade Combat Team's Find, Fix, Finish, Exploit, Analyze and Disseminate (F3EAD) battle command process.
The RC-12X Guardrail Modernization program extends the life of the aircraft through 2025 and introduces new payloads to the system with enhanced capabilities to sense and exploit emerging and rapidly evolving irregular and conventional warfare threats. The program also enhances the sustainability of the RC-12X through commonality, a new glass cockpit, structural upgrades, and significant hardware and software improvements.
"The RC-12X will bring unprecedented SIGINT capability to the warfighter," said Trip Carter, director for Northrop Grumman's Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (AISR) initiatives. "We are excited with this latest step toward making this a reality for their missions and are eager to continue to work with the Army to make the system operational as soon as possible."
The first two upgraded planes left the Northrop Grumman facility in Sacramento on Jan. 8, deploying to provide support in theater. The second two aircraft are in the final stages of their cockpit upgrades and will be deploying to theater within the next month. These initial four systems will complete final outfitting and testing during the first quarter of 2011 before becoming fully operational. An additional 10 RC-12X's will be fielded in the 2011-2012 timeframe bringing the total modernized Guardrail fleet to 14 systems.
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| | Sujet: Re: US Army Mer 16 Fév 2011 - 13:15 | |
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U.S. Army Orders 21,000 Thermal Sights from Three U.S. Suppliers
February 16, 2011
The AN/PAS-13 Thermal Weapon Sight (TWS), AN/PAS-13 family enables Soldiers with individual and crew served weapons to see deep into the battlefield, increase surveillance and target acquisition range, and penetrate obscurants, day or night. Photo: U.S. Army, PEO Soldier
A view through the thermal sight shows targets even under total darkness. Photo: U.S. Army, PEO Soldier
The U.S. Army is ordering 21,877 Thermal Weapon Sights at an investment of about $195 million. AN/PAS-13 According to the U.S. Army Program Executive Office PEO Soldier, Thermal Weapon Sights (TWS) gives Soldiers with individual and crew served weapons the capability to see deep into the battlefield, increase surveillance and target acquisition range, and penetrate obscurants, day or night.
The TWS systems use uncooled, forward-looking infrared technology and provide a standard video output for training, image transfer, or remote viewing. Thermal Weapon Sights are lightweight systems that are mountable onto a weapon rail and operate to the maximum effective range of the weapon.
TWS are providing soldiers in Afghanistan better capability to see and aim at night, or in dark indoors and underground space where Image Intensifier sights do not perform well.
The Army is fielding three different types of TWS Sights. The heavier one, fitted with x10 magnification is issued to leaders, snipers and operators of heavy support weapons. Photo: U.S. Army, PEO Soldier
PEO Soldier is fielding three types of TWS – the An/PAS-13(V)1 Light weapon thermal Sight (LwtS) weighing only 1.95 pounds (0.88 kg) is issued to infantry soldiers using M16/M4 type assault rifles and carbines as well as for the M-136 Javelin guided missile0 system. The (V)2 Medium weapon thermal Sight (MwtS) weighs 2.9 pounds (1.3 kg) and offers magnification of x5, is used with M249 and M240 series medium machine guns, and the 3.9 pounds (1.76 kg) An/PAS-13(V)3 heavy weapon thermal Sight (hwtS) issused for squad leaders using M16 and M4 weapons, snipers using M24 and M107 sniper rifles, and heavy machine guns and automatic grenade launchers (M2 HB and MK19). This type has a magnification of x10.
Three TWS manufacturers have recently won orders for this equipment, Raytheon, DRS an BAE Systems have won new orders for Thermal Weapons Sights, under ongoing indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quality contract (IDIQ) contracts with the U.S. Army. Raytheon and DRS have each received orders worth $68 million while BAE Systems received an order worth $58 million. The unit costs represented by the different orders may reflect different types of thermal sights, as the DRS and BAE systems won the orders at unit price of 9922.- and 9670.- respectively while Raytheon is selling its product at a cost of $7630.- All deliveries will be completed by mid-year 2012. defense-update | |
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- Military Robot Markets to Exceed $8 Billion in 2016
Robotics market to grow from $5.8bn in '10 to more than $8bn in '16.
ABI Research Study "UAVs, UGVs, UUVs and Task Robots for Military Applications"
07:43 GMT, February 16, 2011 NEW YORK | Between 50 and 80 countries either already utilize defense robotic systems, or are in the process of building or acquiring the technology to incorporate them into their military programs. These robots may take the form of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), and even unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), but they all have in common the purpose of taking the place of, or supplementing, humans in battlefield situations.
According to a new study by ABI Research, Defense Robots: UAVs, UGVs, UUVs and Task Robots for Military Applications (see http://goo.gl/Nkgas), the global market for military robotics will grow from $5.8 billion in 2010 to more than $8 billion in 2016.
Says Larry Fisher, research director of NextGen, ABI Research’s emerging technologies research incubator, “While the use of semi-autonomous or autonomous robots can improve military efficiency, accuracy, and operational performance, the overriding ROI for these systems is the ability to reduce the likelihood of injury or death.”
The key drivers for the defense robotics market include the strong desire to reduce or prevent military casualties in the field of operations; changes in the tactics of warfare requiring new reconnaissance, combat and task machinery, and tools; the need to reduce military spending; and developments in the fields of materials science, computer programming and sensing technology to help create more advanced robots.
Among the forces working against the growth of defense robotics are continuing weak economic conditions that negatively impact spending on defense systems; a dearth of active military conflicts for most of the world, which reduces the need for new defense systems, and ethical concerns involving the use of robots for war-fighting operations.
In developed countries, military spending is often “recession-proof,” so weak economic conditions are unlikely to impact defense robot spending greatly, since even the most expensive robot systems are far less expensive than equivalent manned systems.
As a result, says Fisher, “ABI Research projects that the market for military robots will remain healthy throughout the forecast period and beyond, with even greater opportunities opening up by the end of the decade, driven by technological advances and a growing, real-world track record of tangible benefits offered by these systems.” defpro |
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- Long-Term Implications of 2011 Future Years Defense Program
The CBO projects the total FYDP cost through 2015 at $2,874 billion.
Executive Summary of the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Study
09:49 GMT, February 15, 2011 In most years, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) provides a five- or six-year plan, called the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP), associated with the budget that it submits to the Congress. Because decisions made in the near term can have consequences for the defense budget well beyond that period, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has examined the programs and plans contained in DoD’s FYDP and projected their budgetary impact in subsequent years. For this analysis, CBO used the FYDP provided to the Congress in April 2010, which covers fiscal years 2011 through 2015 – the most recent plan available when this analysis was conducted. CBO’s projections span 2011 through 2028.
CBO’S PROJECTIONS
In February 2010, DoD requested an appropriation of $707 billion for 2011. Of that amount, $548 billion was to fund the “base” programs that constitute the department’s normal activities, such as the development and procurement of weapon systems and day-to-day operations of the military and civilian workforce. The remaining $159 billion was requested to pay for overseas contingency operations – the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and other military activities elsewhere.[1] CBO focused its analysis on the base budget because it reflects DoD’s future plans for manning, training, and equipping the military.
CBO has projected the costs of DoD’s plans for its base budget (reflected in the FYDP, along with other long-term plans released by the department) by using factors that are consistent with the department’s recent experience. CBO’s analysis yields these conclusions:
• To execute its base-budget plans for the period covered by the FYDP, DoD would need about $187 billion (or 7 percent) more over those five years than if funding was held at the 2010 level of $537 billion.[2] Over the 10 years from 2012 to 2021, DoD would need a total of $680 billion (or 13 percent) more than if funding was held at the 2010 level.
• From 2011 to 2015, DoD’s base budget would grow at an average annual rate of 2.3 percent, after an adjustment for inflation. Beyond the FYDP period, from 2016 to 2028, average annual growth in the costs of DoD’s base-budget plans would be 0.8 percent after an adjustment for inflation. At those rates, DoD’s base budget would rise from $548 billion in 2011 to $601 billion in 2015 and to $665 billion in 2028.
• The primary cause of long-term growth in DoD’s budget from 2011 through 2028 would be increasing costs for operation and support, which would account for nearly all of the increase. In particular, CBO projects that there would be significant increases in the costs for military and civilian compensation, military medical care, and various operation and maintenance activities.
• That large contribution of operation and support costs to budget growth is a change from earlier projections, in which sharp growth in anticipated requirements to replace and modernize weapon systems (the so-called bow wave) was the primary factor underlying budget growth beyond the years covered by the FYDP. In the current projections, acquisition costs would steadily grow from $189 billion in 2011 to a peak of $218 billion in 2017 (an increase of about 15 percent) before decreasing and leveling off – albeit with year-to-year variations – at an average of about $200 billion per year thereafter.
COMPARISON WITH PROJECTIONS INCORPORATING DOD’S ESTIMATES
CBO compared its projection (labeled in this study “the CBO projection”) with DoD’s estimate of the costs of the FYDP (for the 2011–2015 period) and with “an extension of the FYDP” (for the 2016–2028 period).
The latter is a projection based on DoD’s estimates of costs, where they are available for years beyond 2015 (for some weapon systems, for instance), and on costs consistent with the broader U.S. economy, where estimates from the department are not available (for pay and medical costs, for instance).
CBO’s projection of the total cost of the FYDP through 2015 – at $2,874 billion – is $41 billion (or about 1 percent) higher than the department’s estimate (see Summary Figure 1 at http://goo.gl/b7FA1, page 12 [PDF 2.40MB]). Much of the difference derives from an assumption that recent trends in the costs of weapon systems, medical care, and other support activities persist. By DoD’s estimates, executing its plans for 2011 through 2015 would require real (inflation-adjusted) increases in spending of about 1.5 percent annually (excluding emergency and supplemental funding for overseas contingency operations). Over the five-year period, that growth rate would result in costs that were $146 billion (or 5 percent) greater than the amount of DoD’s budget if it was held at the 2010 level.
By 2015, the end of the FYDP period, annual costs under the CBO projection would be about $18 billion (or 3 percent) higher than the estimate in the FYDP; at the end of 10 years, in 2021, annual costs under the CBO projection would be $34 billion (or 6 percent) higher than the extension of the FYDP; and similarly, by 2028, the end of the projection period, annual costs under the CBO projection would be about $37 billion (or 6 percent) more than the estimate for the extension of the FYDP.
The degree to which the plans laid out by DoD are executed in the future will depend on the amount of funding that will be provided in an era of increasing pressure on the federal budget as a whole and on the success of ongoing efforts to curb cost growth in areas such as medical care and advanced weapon systems. Indeed, Secretary of Defense Gates announced in January 2011 that DoD will trim its plans by a total of $78 billion (or about 3 percent) from 2012 to 2016 in recognition of the fiscal environment. Because many details of those revisions to plans have not yet been released, an analysis of the possible effects if they were adopted is not possible and is not included in this study. |
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| | Sujet: Re: US Army Mer 23 Fév 2011 - 17:50 | |
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- Joint Terminal Air Control Operations
Members of a U.S. Army task force depart a dirt landing zone after securing the surrounding area in the Zabul province of Afghanistan in as Airmen from the 807th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, Forward Operating Base Lagman made sure a dirt landing zone was safe for a cargo carrying C-130 Hercules to land and provided the aircrew with any pertinent information via radio communications. The aircrew was delivering needed cargo for one of the nearby military outposts.
Tech. Sgt. Jason Rutledge a Joint Terminal Air Controller, 807th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, Forward Operating Base Lagman deployed from 1st Air Support Operations Squadron, Weisbaden, Germany, tears down airfield panels on a dirt landing zone in the Zabul province of Afghanistan. The panels were set up to indicate a C-130 Hercules aircrew where they should land. Rutledge was there to make sure the dirt landing zone was safe for a cargo carrying C-130 Hercules to land and provide the aircrew with any pertinent information via radio communications. The aircrew was delivering needed cargo for one of the nearby military outposts.
A C-130 Hercules departs a dirt landing zone in the Zabul province of Afghanistan. Airmen from the 807th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, Forward Operating Base Lagman, made sure the dirt landing zone was safe for the cargo carrying C-130 Hercules to land and depart and provided the aircrew with any pertinent information via radio communications.
A C-130 Hercules prepares to depart a dirt landing zone in the Zabul province of Afghanistan.
Members of a U.S. Army task force secure the surrounding area of a dirt landing zone in the Zabul province of Afghanistan as airmen from the 807th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, Forward Operating Base Lagman make sure a dirt landing zone is safe for a cargo carrying C-130 Hercules to land and provide the aircrew with any pertinent information via radio communications.
A C-130 Hercules prepares to land on a dirt landing zone in the Zabul province of Afghanistan.
Tech. Sgt. Stacia Zachary, AFCENT Combat Camera Combat Correspondent, takes notes as she covers Joint Terminal Air Control airmen from the 807th Air Support Operations Squadron, Forward Operating Base Lagman
Tech. Sgt. Jason Rutledge a Joint Terminal Air Controller and Airman 1st Class Brandon Shamhart a Radio Operator Maintenance And Driver, 807th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, Forward Operating Base Lagman, communicate with a C-130 Hercules via a radio to inform the aircrew on the condition of a dirt landing zone in the Zabul province of Afghanistan. Rutledge and Shamhart were there to make sure the dirt landing zone was safe for a cargo carrying C-130 Hercules to land and provide the aircrew with any pertinent information via radio communications. The aircrew was delivering needed cargo for one of the nearby military outposts.
Tech. Sgt. Jason Rutledge a Joint Terminal Air Controller, 807th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, Forward Operating Base Lagman, deployed from the 1st Air Support Operations Squadron, Weisbaden, Germany sets up airfield panels on a dirt landing zone in the Zabul province of Afghanistan.
Tech. Sgt. Jason Rutledge a Joint Terminal Air Controller, 807th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, Forward Operating Base Lagman, deployed from the 1st Air Support Operations Squadron, Weisbaden, Germany, sets up airfield panels on a dirt landing zone in the Zabul province of Afghanistan.
Members of a U.S. Army task force secure the surrounding area of a dirt landing zone in the Zabul province of Afghanistan as Airmen from the 807th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, Forward Operating Base Lagman make sure the dirt landing zone is safe for a cargo carrying C-130 Hercules to land and provide the aircrew with any pertinent information via radio communications. The aircrew was delivering needed cargo for one of the nearby military outposts.
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