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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.

source: emarrakech.info

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Citation :: US Missile-Killer Fails to Hit Test Target

WASHINGTON, July 8 (RIA Novosti) – A US weapon designed to shoot down nuclear missiles in flight failed to intercept its target in a test off the coast of California, according to the US Department of Defense.

The interceptor missile launched Friday from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California failed to strike a long-range ballistic missile launched from a test site in the northern Pacific Ocean, the latest miscue in the test program that has not seen a successful intercept since 2008.

“Program officials will conduct an extensive review to determine the cause or causes of any anomalies which may have prevented a successful intercept,” the Defense Department said in a statement.
The $214 million test involved a ground-based missile defense system designed by US aerospace giant Boeing and put the US Military Defense Agency’s record in the testing program at eight hits out of 16 tries, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Russia and the United States have repeatedly clashed in recent years over the development of a US missile defense system, which Moscow says would compromise its national security by weakening deterrence. Washington, meanwhile, insists the program is aimed at protecting US territory from a nuclear attack by countries like North Korea and Iran.

Domestic critics of the program in the United States say it uses massive financial resources with no guarantee that such a missile shield would be able to intercept a nuclear weapon mid-air.

The United States currently maintains a total of 30 ground-based interceptors in California and Alaska, and Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel announced earlier this year that the military plans to deploy an additional 14 interceptors, including four at the Vandenberg base.

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Citation :: Kongsberg to supply displays for US Army's Stryker ECP programme
11 July 2013
Kongsberg Integrated Tactical Systems (KITS) has secured a contract for supplying driver and commander situational awareness display (DSAD and CSAD) systems for installation on the US Army's Stryker infantry combat vehicles (ICVs).

Awarded by General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) as part of the Stryker engineering change proposal (ECP) programme, the contract covers design, development, fabrication, testing and delivery of unspecified DSAD and CSAD systems.

The displays will be based on the company's CORTEX open-architecture solution, which combines disparate communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance/electronic warfare (C4ISR/EW) and platform subsystems into a reduced-size, weight and power (SWaP), scalable, modular network.

KITS president Asmund Groven said the CORTEX displays were designed to address or exceed the most demanding maritime and combat vehicle requirements.

"Extremely rugged and waterproof, the high-resolution CORTEX displays also feature a high-contrast ratio, which not only reduces viewer fatigue, but makes them the most sunlight readable displays on the market today," Groven said.

The CORTEX displays are also equipped with an onboard processor and additional I/O ports for both data and video applications.

Involving in-vehicle network and electrical power upgrades, the Stryker ECP programme aims to address a vehicle's existing SwaP-cooling deficiencies and also prepare the platform to accept the army's communications network and other unknown upgrades in future.

Manufactured by General Dynamics Land Systems Canada, Stryker is an eight-wheel drive armoured vehicle, designed to provide infantrymen with enhanced protection and survivability from artillery fragments, roadside mines and improvised explosive devices.

The vehicle is available in eight different variants: nuclear, biological, chemical, reconnaissance, medical evacuation, engineer squad, and anti-tank guided missile.

Manufacturing work under the contract will be carried out at Kongsberg's facility in Pennsylvania, US, while the delivery schedule remained undisclosed.

http://www.army-technology.com/news/newskongsberg-supply-displays-us-army-stryker-ecp-programme

Citation :: US Army starts electronic warfare planning and management tool development
15 July 2013

The US Army has commenced development of the electronic warfare planning and management tool (EWPMT), which is designed to assist commanders during planning, coordination, and synchronisation of electronic warfare (EW) in the battlefield.

Scheduled to be developed in six phases, the system has recently entered the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the lifecycle management system.

Commenting on the system, Army EW division chief colonel Jim Ekvall said the EWPMT will serve as an unprecedented software system for electronic warfare operations within the army.

''This software tool will allow soldiers to coordinate and synchronise EW operations across the electromagnetic battlefield and pave the way for the future of war fighting,'' Ekvall said.

''Integrated electronic warfare systems (IEWS) are the future of EW within the Army; EWPMT will allow the soldiers to have long-term, effective solutions for managing battlefield scenarios.''A web-based software featuring 22 separate and distinct functions, EWPMT is designed to serve as a critical component of the army's long-term plans for the IEWS family of systems.

Primarily intended to help army's electronic warfare experts de-conflict offensive, defensive, and friendly signals, the software can also integrate intelligence and terrain data to offer a common operational picture for the electromagnetic spectrum.

Capable of accessing tactical, operational, and strategic EW information, the software is expected to be used by EW officers for pre-mission planning, identification of likely threats, advising commanders, as well as predicting of the most effective EW systems.

The first set of the software tools will be evaluated in select units during the third quarter of 2015, whereas the operational induction throughout the army is expected to complete by the end of 2019.

http://www.army-technology.com/news/newsus-army-starts-electronic-warfare-planning-and-management-tool-development

Citation :: Kaboul impose une surtaxe au matériel militaire américain quittant l’Afghanistan par voie terrestre
20 juillet 2013 – 12:38

Quand ce n’est pas le Pakistan qui interdit le passage de convois de l’armée américaine sur son territoire, ce sont les douanes afghanes qui exigent le paiement d’une surtaxe de 1.000 dollars sur chaque conteneurs qui sortent du pays, faute de pouvoir présenter des documents douaniers “valides” selon Kaboul. Du coup, les camions restent bloqués à la frontière et il est demandé à Washington de régler quelques 70 millions de dollars d’amende.

Cette information a été communiquée au Congrès américain par l’Inspection générale spéciale pour la reconstruction de l’Afghanistan (SIGAR), une mission chargée de contrôler les dépenses faites dans le pays qui a, par ailleurs, fait état de situations pour le moins abracadabrantes.

“Les forces américaines et la Force internationale d’assistance et de sécurité (ISAF) doivent passer en douane selon les lois de l’Afghanistan”, a expliqué Abdul Qadir Jelani, le porte-parole du ministère des finances afghan.

Le problème est que cette exigence de Kaboul complique les opérations de retrait en cours. Selon les plans du Pentagone, 32.000 militaires américains (sur 66.000) devront avoir quitté l’Afghanistan d’ici février prochain. Du coup, l’une des solutions est d’avoir recours au transport aérien, ce qui aura pour conséquence de faire augmenter la facture du désengagement. “Le coût est de cinq à sept fois plus élevé” par avion, a indiqué un responsable.

Déjà que les relations entre Kaboul et Washington ne sont pas au beau fixe et que la négociation d’un accord stratégique de sécurité entre les deux capitales font du sur place, au point que certains se demandent si il sera effectivement signé un jour, cette affaire de droits de douanes n’arrangera certainement pas la situation. Et cela d’autant plus que les Etats-Unis, mais aussi les pays membres de l’ISAF, ont déjà mis suffisamment la main au portefeuille – et ce n’est pas fini! – pour soutenir le gouvernement afghan.

Mais sans doute que l’on doit penser à Kaboul que les Américains ont les moyens de payer, surtout quand l’on voit les gaspillages mis en évidence par la SIGAR. Quelques exemples : construction d’un centre de commandement sophistiqué dans le Helmand qui ne sera jamais occupé par l’armée américaine (34 millions de dollars), d’un centre de réparation de véhicules blindés à Kandahar, actuellement utilisé de base de tri et qui ne servira plus à rien l’année prochaine (45 millions de dollars), d’un consulat dans le nord de l’Afghanistan dont le département d’Etat ne veut plus car trop vulnérable aux attaques (80 millions de dollars)…

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Citation :: US and Australian militaries launch new logistics tracking system
22 July 2013

The US Army and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) have jointly launched a new logistics tracking system in an effort to enhance logistical interoperability between the two countries.

Dubbed the Pacific Radio Frequency Identification System (RFID), the system features commercial technologies used for tracking of goods from manufacturers and warehouses to buyers; it uses the capabilities of the Nato system used for the automatic location and tracking of shipments bound for the International Security Assistance Force, in Afghanistan.

US Pacific Command logistics director and air force brigadier general Mark McLeod said the system is designed to support the US Marine Rotational Force in Darwin, Australia, in addition to expanding military-to-military cooperation across the Asia-Pacific region.

Until now, the US Department of Defense (DoD) has been using barcode technology for monitoring shipments, from an aircraft's washers and nuts to armoured vehicles parts, throughout the transportation process and also to check inventory stocks.

The new system can read barcode information on both militaries' equipment and supplies using radio frequency identification technology, and the information is subsequently recognised and transmitted by the Australian RFID readers to the Nato routing hub, helping US logisticians monitor equipment or shipment deliveries."It gives everybody near-real-time access. When an individual supply-line item passes along a tracking device, it is automatically read up into a database and distributed," McLeod said.

Besides saving the US around $560,000 in deployment and installation of own RFID systems in Australia in the next five years, RFID is also expected to support closer US-Australian interoperability during exercises, humanitarian assistance, disaster-relief missions and other contingencies.

In addition, the system, launched in April 2013, is anticipated to establish a framework that could be expanded to include more regional allies and partners in the future, according to McLeod.

The two countries have earlier tried to share logistics information through directly linked systems, but the project was cancelled in 2011 due to problems related to servers and accreditation processes

http://www.army-technology.com/news/newsus-australian-militaries-logistics-tracking-system

Citation :: US Army completes MaxxPro Dash survivability upgrade
24 July 2013
The US Army's 401st Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB) and Joint Program Office Mine Resistant Ambush Protected-Operation Enduring Freedom (JPO MRAP-OEF) have successfully completed a survivability upgrade of more than 1,100 MaxxPro Dash vehicles in Afghanistan.

Carried out since December 2012, the upgrade involved integration of an energy displacement frame rail, transmission retention bracket, front and rear Jankel seats, and cab support beams to help enhance the operator survivability during improvised explosive device (IED) blasts.

Additional enhancements included installation of front and rear Skydex blast mats, crew ripple floors, seam plates, rear wall retention brackets, as well as upgraded rear suspension springs.

The upgraded vehicles were either swapped on a one-for-one basis or handed over to the US and coalition forces.

JPO MRAP-OEF project-manager lieutenant colonel Elliott Caggins said: ''The MaxxPro survivability upgrade, or MSU, was an effort to increase the survivability of the MaxxPro vehicle and it did exponentially.''The 401st AFSB Support Operations officer-in-charge major Ken Hoisington said: ''It increases the underbody blast protection performance, and that is a 75% upgrade of survivability.''

The MSU kits were supplied by Navistar Defense, along with spare parts and support services, under a $282m contract awarded by the army in September 2012.

The upgrade work was carried out at six sites in Afghanistan: Bagram Airfield, Kandahar Airfield, Forward Operating Base (FOB) Shank, FOB Sharana, FOB Fenty and FOB Salerno.

A lighter and mobile variant of the basic MaxxPro MRAP vehicle, the MaxxPro Dash is an up-armoured vehicle designed to withstand ballistic arms fire, mine blasts and roadside bomb attacks in the battlefield.

The vehicle is extensively used by the US and coalition forces in Afghanistan

http://www.army-technology.com/news/newsusarmy-completes-maxxpro-dash-upgrade

Citation :: Raytheon's JLENS completes US Army early user testing
25 July 2013

The Raytheon-built joint land attack cruise missile defence elevated sensor (JLENS) system has successfully completed the US Army's early user testing (EUT), at an undisclosed location.

The six-week-long EUT evaluated the JLENS' ability to operate in a multitude of complex scenarios, simulated an operational environment.

In addition, the system demonstrated its long endurance through a 20 day continuous operation during testing, which paves the way for operational evaluation at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, US.

US Army JLENS product manager Dean Barten said the EUT completion confirmed JLENS' maturity and its readiness to be deployed according to soldier's requirements.

"With EUT under our belts, we are well on our way to deploying the system to Aberdeen Proving Ground for an operational evaluation, and ultimately, putting JLENS in the hands of the soldier," Barten said.

Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems business Global Integrated Sensors vice-president Dave Gulla said the completion follows a series of JLENS achievements, including detection of a ballistic-missile surrogate and enabling the intercept of cruise missile targets with the patriot and standard missile six."JLENS is essential to national security because it provides a proven capability against threats that no other system in the world offers," Gulla added.

Equipped with a powerful integrated radar system, JLENS is an affordable elevated, persistent over-the-horizon sensor system designed to detect, track and engage a broad range of distantly located threats in the battlefield.

The system primarily helps combatant commanders defeat a variety of threats including hostile cruise missiles, low-flying manned and unmanned aircraft, as well as moving surface vehicles, such as swarming boats, mobile missile launchers, automobiles and tanks.

Featuring two tethered, 74m aerostats that are networked to mobile mooring stations, and a communications and processing group, the system provides 24/7 surveillance coverage for 30 days, in addition to enabling ascent phase detection of tactical ballistic missiles and large-calibre rockets.

ttp://www.army-technology.com/news/newsraytheons-jlens-completes-eut

lemag a écrit:: Bradley Manning coupable d'espionnage, pas de collusion avec l'ennemi

AFP - publié le Mardi 30 Juillet 2013 à 18:17

FORT MEADE (Etats-Unis / Maryland) - Bradley Manning, le soldat américain qui a transmis plusieurs milliers de documents secrets au site WikiLeaks, a été reconnu coupable mardi par la justice militaire de violation de la loi sur l'espionnage, mais pas de collusion avec l'ennemi.

Aux termes du verdict lu par la juge Denise Lind, Manning encourait plus d'une centaine d'années de prison après avoir été reconnu coupable de plusieurs charges liées à la violation de la législation sur l'espionnage.

Au total, le jeune soldat a été reconnu coupable de 20 des 22 chefs d'accusation qui pesaient contre lui. Outre la violation de la loi sur l'espionnage, la justice militaire l'a notamment reconnu coupable de vol de documents des forces armées.

Bradley Manning, 25 ans, admet avoir transmis quelque 700.000 documents militaires et diplomatiques au site WikiLeaks, lorsqu'il était analyste du renseignement en Irak, de novembre 2009 à son arrestation en mai 2010.

Lors de l'énoncé du verdict sur la base militaire de Fort Meade, près de Washington, le colonel Lind a indiqué que la phase du procès consacrée à fixer la peine commencerait mercredi à 09H30 locales (13H30 GMT).

Dans une première réaction, WikiLeaks a qualifié le verdict de dangereux extrémisme de l'administration Obama.

Citation :: Lockheed unveils helicopter mission equipment package for US Army
7 August 2013

Lockheed Martin has introduced a new universal, highly adaptable and affordable mission equipment package (MEP) for US Army helicopters.

Designed to meet the joint multi-role / future vertical lift (JMR/FVL) rotary wing programme requirements, the mission equipment package uses future airborne capability environment (FACE) software design.

The affordable and dependable solution also features open architecture to meet the multiple customers' applications.

Lockheed Martin Rotary Wing capture lead, Ed Whalen, said the company is working with the JMR customer to provide a highly adaptable package for use across multiple platforms.

"The JMR programme offers the opportunity for the US Army to leverage this investment and many others in its vertical lift programme through open architecture and Lockheed Martin's advanced avionics, sensors and weapons," Whalen said.
"The US Department of Defense (DoD) and Lockheed Martin have invested billions of dollars to create advanced technology mission equipment packages, such as that in the F-35 Lightning II."

Lockheed is integrating the DoD's future airborne capability environment (FACE) software standards into the cockpit and mission systems in order to enhance the mission equipment package's affordability and growth potential throughout its lifecycle.

The FACE standard for the software design will provide unprecedented flexibility for the army for reuse it across multiple aviation platforms while the solution will take from technologies, processes and lessons learned from the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter programme.

Additionally, the MEP was developed by the company's three business units, which have experience in integrating mission equipment components and subsystems into a wide variety of US Army, navy, marine corps, air force and international rotary and fixed-wing programmes.

http://www.army-technology.com/news/newslockheed-us-unveils-mission-equipment-package

Citation :: Oshkosh Defense delivers the first JLTV Joint Light Tactical Vehicle to United States Army

Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), today marked the delivery of its first Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) prototype for United States government testing following a successful vehicle inspection by the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) at an event in Oshkosh, Wis.
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http://www.armyrecognition.com/august_2013_defense_industry_military_army_news_uk/index.php

http://raytheon.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2392 a écrit:: The U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force intercepted for the first time an anti-ship cruise missile surrogate using Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) cued by JLENS. An affordable, elevated, persistent over-the-horizon sensor system, JLENS uses a powerful integrated radar system to detect, track and target a variety of threats.

"Integrating JLENS' precision detection and targeting information with the combat-proven AMRAAM gives our military a new way to defend the fleet and our allies from anti-ship cruise missiles that threaten vital waterways and critical chokepoints," said Dave Gulla, vice president of Global Integrated Sensors for Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems business.

During the July 17 test, the Army's JLENS acquired and tracked an anti-ship cruise missile surrogate and passed targeting data to an Air Force F-15E via Link 16, enabling the fighter pilot to fire an AIM-120C7 AMRAAM, culminating in the weapon intercepting the target, meeting all test objectives.

"JLENS has proven it can defend and extend the battlespace by integrating with Patriot, Standard Missile-6, and now AMRAAM," said Dean Barten, the U.S. Army's JLENS product manager. "This test enhances the cruise missile defense umbrella, and when this capability is deployed, it will help save lives."

"Integrating AMRAAM with JLENS enables the world's most capable air-to-air missile to engage targets at the weapon's maximum kinematic range," said Harry Schulte, vice president of Raytheon Missile Systems' Air Warfare Systems. "This test further demonstrates AMRAAM's operational flexibility and provides today's warfighter with enhanced operational capability, cost effectiveness and future growth solutions."

About JLENS
JLENS consists of an integrated surveillance and fire-control radar on two tethered, 74-meter aerostats, which fly at altitudes of 10,000 feet above sea level and remain aloft and operational for 30 days. This capability better enables commanders to defend against threats including hostile cruise missiles, low-flying manned and unmanned aircraft, and moving surface vehicles such as boats, mobile missile launchers, automobiles, trucks and tanks. JLENS also provides ascent phase detection of tactical ballistic missiles and large-caliber rockets.

About AMRAAM
AMRAAM is a combat-proven missile that has demonstrated operational flexibility in both air-to-air and surface-launch engagement scenarios and provides today's warfighter with enhanced operational capability, cost effectiveness and future growth options and solutions. Procured by 36 countries, the combat-proven AMRAAM has been operational and integrated on the F-16, F-15, F/A-18, F-22, Typhoon, Gripen, Tornado, Harrier and F-4, and integration is ongoing in the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. It is also the baseline missile for the NATO-approved National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System.

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Citation :: Lockheed Martin Receives $308 Million Contract Modification for Production of PAC-3 Missiles

DALLAS, August 12, 2013 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received a $308 million contract modification from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command for hardware and services associated with the combat-proven PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment program.

In addition to Fiscal Year 2013 missile and command launch system production for the U.S. Army, the contract marks the first Foreign Military Sale of the PAC-3 Missile to Kuwait. Kuwait is the sixth international customer for the PAC-3 Missile.

The contract includes production of 244 hit-to-kill PAC-3 Missiles, 72 launcher modification kits and associated tooling, as well as program management. This is the 14th production buy of the PAC-3 Missile Segment by the U.S. government.

“Kuwait’s purchase of PAC-3 Missiles will provide its defense forces with a superior air and missile defense capability,” said Richard McDaniel, vice president of PAC-3 Missile programs at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. “This is another example of the growing global interest for the PAC-3 Missile’s capabilities.”

In 2009, Taiwan became the fifth international customer for the PAC-3 Missile, joining the Netherlands, Germany, Japan and the United Arab Emirates in fielding the system.

Production will take place at Lockheed Martin’s manufacturing facilities in Dallas and Lufkin, Texas; Chelmsford, Mass.; Ocala, Fla.; and Camden, Ark. Deliveries will begin in 2014.

Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor on the PAC-3 Missile Segment upgrade to the PATRIOT air defense system. The PAC-3 Missile Segment consists of the PAC-3 Missile, a highly agile hit-to-kill interceptor, the PAC-3 Missile canisters (each of which hold four PAC-3 Missiles, with four canisters per launcher), a fire solution computer and an enhanced launcher electronics system and launcher support hardware.

Lockheed Martin is a world leader in systems integration and the development of air and missile defense systems and technologies, including the first operational hit-to-kill missile. It also has considerable experience in missile design and production, infrared seekers, command and control/battle management, and communications, precision pointing and tracking optics, as well as radar and signal processing. The company makes significant contributions to all major U.S. missile defense systems and participates in several global missile defense partnerships.

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control is a 2012 recipient of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for performance excellence. The Malcolm Baldrige Award represents the highest honor that can be awarded to American companies for their achievements in leadership, strategic planning, customer relations, measurement, analysis, workforce excellence, operations and results.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs about 116,000 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 net sales for 2012 were $47.2 billion.

http://www.lockheedmartin.com

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Citation :: 1 300 Flyer de General Dynamics pour les forces spéciales US

Le commandement des opérations spéciales a enfin choisi son Ground Mobility Vehicle: il s'agit du véhicule proposé par General Dynamics. La valeur du contrat est de 562 millions de dollars (lire l'avis d'attribution ci-dessous).

1 300 Flyers seront livrés d'ici à 2020. A moins que Navistar, candidat malheureux, ne mette son grain de sable dans le contrat.

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems of St. Petersburg, Fla., is being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost delivery orders (or any combination of those) contract with total ceiling of $562,210,980 for the purchase of Ground Mobility Vehicles 1.1 (GMV 1.1). The GMV 1.1 is a highly mobile, C/MH-47-transportable platform with associated manuals, spare parts, mechanical/operator training and a Government Furnished C4ISR suite non-developmental item with Special Operations Forces-peculiar modifications. The majority of the work will be performed in St. Petersburg, Fla., and Ladson, S.C. The term of the contract is seven years, and is expected to be completed by September 2020. This contract will be funded at the delivery order level. One delivery order will be issued at the time of contract award and funded with $9,807,029 of research, development, test and evaluation funds, under fiscal 2012 and 2013, and $4,999,500 procurement funds under fiscal 2012 and 2013. This contract was competitively procured via Federal Business Opportunities, with seven proposals received. U.S. Special Operations Command is the contracting activity (H92222-13-D-0013).

http://lignesdedefense.blogs.ouest-france.fr/archive/2013/08/23/des-flyer-de-general-dynamics-pour-les-forces-speciales-us-1.html

Citation :: U.S. Army Awards Lockheed Martin $206 Million for Counterfire Radar Production

SYRACUSE, N.Y., August 26, 2013 – The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] $206 million in additional orders for the AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53), a long-range counterfire radar that provides soldiers with enhanced 360-degree protection from indirect fire.

This contract is for 19 Q-53 systems, formerly designated as EQ-36. To date Lockheed Martin has delivered 32 initial production systems to the U.S. Army and is currently producing an additional 33 systems, which were awarded in March 2012. This latest contract builds on those 33 systems currently in production.

“The Q-53 radar is helping to save the lives of U.S. forces through its exceptional performance in theater” said Lee Flake, program director for counterfire target acquisition radar programs at Lockheed Martin’s Mission Systems & Training business. “Deployed since 2010, we have listened to feedback from our soldiers to ensure the system meets operational demands and is evolving to stay ahead of global threats.”

Mounted on a five-ton truck, the Q-53 can be rapidly deployed, automatically leveled and remotely operated with a laptop computer or from a fully equipped climate-controlled command vehicle.

Lockheed Martin won the competitive development contract for the Q-53 radar – then known as EQ-36 – in 2007. Responding to urgent need statements from theater and following early program successes, the Army awarded the company an accelerated contract for 12 initial production systems in July 2008 and a contract with options for an additional 20 systems in April 2010. The Army began deploying Q-53 systems to combat in Iraq and Afghanistan in fall 2010. The March 2012 contract for 33 systems was a combination of low-rate initial production orders one and two.

Work on the Q-53 radar contract will be performed at Lockheed Martin facilities in Syracuse, N.Y., Moorestown, N.J., Akron, Ohio, and Clearwater, Fla.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs about 116,000 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 net sales for 2012 were $47.2 billion.

http://www.lockheedmartin.com

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Citation :: U.S. Army to deploy 30 OH-58D helicopters back to S. Korea

SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Army will deploy an air cavalry squadron made up of 30 OH-58D armed reconnaissance helicopters to South Korea next month after the choppers complete a five-year mission in Iraq, the Combined Forces Command (CFC) said Thursday.

The 4th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington will be deployed to Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, just south of Seoul, on Oct. 1, the CFC said.

Redeployment of the helicopters comes after they completed combat missions in Iraq from 2008-2013.

The squadron, which is comprised of about 380 soldiers and 30 OH-59D Kiowa Warrior helicopters, will rejoin the 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade to support South Korea and U.S. forces here, it said.

The OH-58D is an upgrade of the OH-58 Kiowa reconnaissance helicopter, capable of carrying AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, Hydra-70 rocket pods, air-to-air Stinger missiles and an M296 12.7 mm heavy machine gun. The light chopper is generally used as a scouting platform for attack helicopters such as the Apache and the Cobra.

"This action supports the U.S. defense commitment to the Republic of Korea as specified by the mutual defense treaty and presidential agreements," the U.S. Army said in a release. "The squadron's return to Korea will bring the 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade back to full strength."

The U.S. forces will return to their unit after a nine-month stint, while the choppers will remain in the nation, it said.

About 28,500 U.S. soldiers are stationed in South Korea as the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce, not a peace treaty.

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Citation :: US Army awards Raytheon $54 million for Excalibur Ib

TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a $54 million contract for the procurement of the second lot of the Excalibur Ib artillery round.

The Excalibur Ib is a precision-guided artillery projectile based on Raytheon's combat-proven Excalibur Ia-1 and Ia-2, a 155mm precision-guided, extended-range projectile that uses GPS precision guidance to provide accurate, first round, fire-for-effect capability in any environment.

"No other artillery round comes close to doing what Excalibur does for the warfighter," said Kevin Matthies, Raytheon Missile Systems' Excalibur program director. "The Excalibur Ib will not only provide industry-leading precision for the warfighter, it will also improve reliability and lower the unit cost."

http://raytheon.mediaroom.com

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Citation :: AeroVironment to supply additional Switchblade systems to US Army
12 September 2013
AeroVironment has received contracts from the US Army Close Combat Weapons Systems Program Executive Office Missiles and Space (PEO MS) for supply of Switchblade tactical missile systems, related equipment and support services.

Having a combined value of $36.7m, the latest orders represent options under an initial contract awarded in support of the army's rapid equipping force (REF) in August 2012.

Working in partnership with its munition subcontractor, Alliant Techsystems (ATK), the company will manufacture and supply both operational and training rounds alongside training, support and rapid delivery in support of the army's ongoing operations.

AeroVironment chairman and chief executive officer, Tim Conver, said the surge of demand for Switchblade represents a breakthrough in its transition from development, testing and evaluation to adoption.

''Our team is relentlessly focused on delivering new capabilities that help our customers succeed, and Switchblade is a clear example of our growth thesis working, from innovation to adoption,'' Cover said
''It's creating a pathway to a compelling new capability for the army, and long-term growth for the company."

AeroVironment senior vice-president and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) business segment general manager, Roy Minson, said that Switchblade is a smart, modern and cost-effective tool for force protection, and protects soldiers in dangerous situations.

''It provides a new and effective way for our forces to respond quickly to threats while reducing or even eliminating collateral damage through its set of unique capabilities,'' Minson said.

Switchblade is a tactical armed, remotely-piloted or autonomously-launched unmanned aerial wehicle, designed to provide troops with a back-packable, non-line-of-sight precision strike capability with minimal collateral effects from stand-off ranges.

With an operational altitude of less than 500ft, the system wirelessly transmits real-time video information of the target to the small UAS ground control unit operator, which in turn, arms the air vehicle to engage and destroy the target.

http://www.army-technology.com/news/newsaerovironment-additional-switchblade-systems

Citation :: L’US Army modernise ses véhicules blindés d’infanterie

Un contrat a été passé en ce sens avec General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS).

L’US Army souhaite convertir ses véhiculés blindés d’infanterie (IFV) de type Stryker en 8×8. Un contrat a été signé avec la firme américaine GDLS pour un montant global de 118 millions de dollars. En tout, 66 véhicules vont être ainsi transformés.
Les nouveaux équipements installés offriront une meilleur protection contre les IED avec le système Double V-Hull (DVH) avec une double coque en forme de V sous le véhicule. L’armée américaine a mis au point ces équipements après le début de la guerre en Afghanistan et en Irak pour mieux se protéger contre le blast des explosions déclenchées au passage des convois militaires. L’US Army s’était alors inspiré de ce qui se faisait déjà au Canada avec les LAV III protégés contre les tirs d’artillerie, les IED et les mines. Le DVH offre un nouveau système de suspension offrant aussi une meilleur mobilité réduisant ainsi les coûts d’exploitation du matériel en opération.
La première Brigade en a été équipé dès 2011. Depuis, deux brigades de l’US Army ont également subi ces changements sur leurs 52 véhicules blindés entre juillet 2010 et juillet 2013. Ce nouveau contrat doit s’étaler entre juillet 2014 et février 2015.

http://www.infosdefense.com/lus-army-modernise-ses-vehicules-blindes-dinfanterie-41948/

Citation :: Accords secrets USA-pays de l'Otan pour moderniser les armes nucléaires (médias)

Les Etats-Unis ont conclu en 2010 avec certains pays membres de l'Otan des accords secrets visant à moderniser les armes nucléaires tactiques américaines déployées sur leurs territoires, annoncent des médias belges se référant à Hans Kristensen, expert en armes nucléaires.
Selon ce dernier, ces accords prévoient de moderniser les bombes tactiques américaines B-61. Il s'agit de près de 200 bombes qui se trouvent depuis les années 1960, selon les médias occidentaux, sur les territoires de l'Allemagne, des Pays-Bas, de la Belgique, de l'Italie et de la Turquie. Les Américains ont l'intention de transformer ces ogives en bombes B-61-12, dotées de systèmes de pointage GPS.
Selon des experts indépendants, la Belgique possède actuellement de 10 à 20 bombes B-61, stockées sur le site de Kleine-Brogel.
Les autorités belges n'ont pas voulu confirmer ou démentir ces informations.

http://fr.rian.ru/defense/20130913/199292754.html

Citation :: Le Pentagone commande de nouveaux THAAD

Un contrat d’acquisition de nouveaux systèmes THAAD a été signé avec Lockheed martin.
Le Department of Defense a annoncé cette semaine avoir signé un contrat avec Lockheed Martin portant sur l’acquisition de nouveaux systèmes de défense anti-missile Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD). Le montant global du contrat s’élève à 3,9 milliards de dollars.
L’US Army va ainsi recevoir, par le biais de la Missile Defense Agency (MDA), 110 missiles intercepteurs. Les livraisons doivent s’étaler entre 2015 et 2019. Le contrat inclut également un volet d’exportation à destination des Emirats Arabes Unis qui en a commandé 192 exemplaires. Le pays du Golfe souhaite clairement accroître rapidement ses capacités anti-missiles du fait d’une menace iranienne face à laquelle les EAU sont directement confrontés.
D’autres pays ont déjà montré un intérêt pour le THAAD : l’Arabie Saoudite, le Qatar, le Japon ainsi que la Corée du Sud. La DMA a conduit avec succès plusieurs essais la semaine dernière pour tester l’intégration du THAAD au sein du système de combat Aegis utilisé dans l’US Navy. Les deux systèmes ont neutralisé simultanément deux missiles tirés depuis un destroyer américain. Deux destroyers équipés du système Aegis ont déjà été déployés dans le Pacifique en réponse à des menaces édictées par la Corée du Nord. Quant au THAAD, une batterie a été récemment acheminée sur la base de Guam.

http://www.infosdefense.com/le-pentagone-commande-de-nouveaux-thaad/

Citation :: Alcoa armor product 5456-H151 selected by U.S. Army Research Lab for use on US military vehicles

Alcoa (NYSE: AA) announced Wednesday, October 10, 2013, its latest armor product is now specified for use by the U.S. Army Research Lab (ARL) for use in U.S. military vehicles. Alcoa’s ArmX® 5456-H151 armor plate meets the U.S. military’s highest performance standards for strength, blast absorption, and ballistics resistance for armored combat vehicles where weldability is a material requirement.
Friday, October 11, 2013 11:59 AM

http://www.armyrecognition.com/october_2013_defense_industry_military_news_uk/index.php

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