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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.
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Bell Helicopter adds Moog to V-280 Valor team 11 October 2013
Bell Helicopter has selected Moog to work on the Bell V-280 Valor helicopter, which is competing for the US Army's joint multi-role technology demonstrator (JMR-TD) programme contract.
Moog will design, manufacture and qualify an integrated flight control system, featuring flight control computers, support software, as well as the flight control actuation for the V-280 next generation tiltrotor aircraft.
Bell Helicopter president and CEO, John Garrison, said: "Moog's experience and innovation helps us deliver the highest levels of maturity and technical readiness required for the US Army's future vertical lift missions."
Moog Aircraft Group president Warren Johnson said: "We made the strategic decision to align our interests and resources with Bell Helicopter on this key programme and believe the Bell V-280 will be the most advanced, operationally-effective vertical lift solution, providing our soldiers an unparalleled combination of range, speed, and combat capability."
Bell Helicopter has recently received a JMR-TD technology investment agreement (TIA) from the army to start development of its demonstrator aircraft for planned flight testing in 2017.Developed with an army-centric design, the V-280 Valor will provide the combatant commanders with an ability to conduct multiple vertical lift missions with enhanced agility and twice the speed and range of legacy helicopters.
Offering the best value in procurement, operations and support, as well as force structure, the helicopter also has fewer parts, lowering complexity compared with previous generation tiltrotors.
A subset of the US Department of Defense's (DoD) joint future vertical lift effort, the JMR programme aims to develop a family of helicopters with enhanced avionics, electronics, range, speed, propulsion, survivability, operating density altitudes and payload capacities.
Other competitors selected for the programme include AVX Aircraft, Karem Aircraft and Sikorsky Aircraft-Boeing team.
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Sujet: Re: US Army Mer 16 Oct - 20:53
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Quand "Iron Man" inspire le Pentagone pour équiper ses soldats du futur
L'US Army travaille au développement d'une armure du futur qui donnerait aux soldats "une force surhumaine" digne du film d'action "Iron Man".
L'armure du futur en est encore au stade de projet, mais elle promet d'être révolutionnaire. Les chercheurs de l' armée américaine travaillent au développement d'un équipement digne d'IronMan. Le matériel de haute technologie donnerait aux soldats "une force surhumaine" comme dans le film d'action, à cette différence près qu'il ne permettra pas de voler.
Cette armure sera baptisée "Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (ou Talos), en référence aux automates de bronze dans la mythologie grecque, que Zeus déployait pour protéger sa maîtresse Europa. Elle sera dotée d'un puissant ordinateur, d'une protection pare-balles, d'un système de contrôle des signes vitaux, et d'un exosquelette qui permettra au soldat de transporter des équipements lourds.
"Certaines des technologies envisagées pour le Talos comprennent une armure avancée, des ordinateurs permettant au soldat de savoir où il se trouve à tout moment sur le champ de bataille et de communiquer avec le commandement, ainsi qu'un système d'alimentation électrique et un squelette extérieur très mobile", précise l'US Army.
Bouclier liquide inspiré de Terminator
Cette future cuirasse de combat pourrait même utiliser "un bouclier liquide", qui rappelle les films Terminator. Le liquide deviendrait solide avec une charge magnétique ou électrique, selon un projet développé par des scientifiques du Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
L'armée a lancé un appel aux chercheurs le mois dernier pour qu'ils présentent des projets sur des technologies pouvant être incorporées à "une armure de combat intelligente". Ensuite le commandement militaire et les responsables du Pentagone décideront comment procéder, tout en tenant compte des contraintes budgétaires grandissantes.
Interface homme-machine
Ce projet s'inscrit dans une tendance actuelle de la recherche qui se concentre sur l'interface homme-machine, visant à décupler les capacités d'un simple soldat. Il a été initié par l'amiral William McRaven, à la tête du commandement des opérations spéciales, et devenu célèbre quand il a dirigé le raid des Navy SEAL pour tuer Oussama Ben Laden en mai 2011.
L'armure du futur sera développée conjointement par les universités, les scientifiques travaillant pour des agences fédérales, et des sociétés de technologies. Mais il est encore trop tôt pour estimer son coût, selon les responsables militaires du projet.
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The Army's now-cancelled Land Warrior research program sought to network the soldier, with technology for situational awareness, advanced long-range targeting, wearable computers, and embedded communications.
Future American soldiers may have the option of using helmet-mounted displays for moving maps, situational awareness, and targeting information.
Farther in the future, soldier clothing may involve advanced helmets with built-in communications, ballistic protection, exoskeleton technology and wearable displays.
Future Special Operations soldiers may wear a battle suit called the tactical assault light operator suit (TALOS), with agile air-conditioned armor, embedded computers, sensors, communications radios and antennas, signal processors, wearable displays, and health-monitoring systems.
What the American soldier will wear in the far future is anyone's guess. It may involve blending robotic artificial limbs in a mix of electronic and biological systems.
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Sujet: Re: US Army Mer 23 Oct - 0:44
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USA et Japon utilisent des avions hybrides lors de manœuvres conjointes
Deux avions hybrides Osprey MV-22 ont été utilisés pour la première fois lors des manœuvres conjointes nippo-américaines qui ont eu lieu dans la préfecture de Shiga (île japonaise de Honshu), a annoncé mercredi le ministère japonais de la Défense.
Ces aéronefs sont rattachés à la base américaine de Futenma, à Okinawa. La population s'oppose à leur déploiement dans la préfecture, car la sécurité des avions hybrides suscite des craintes: l'an dernier, deux appareils de ce type se sont écrasés à l'extérieur des frontières japonaises.
Des avions hybrides Osprey MV-22 sont apparus pour la première fois au Japon en 2012. D'ici à 2014, le commandement américain envisage de porter leur nombre à 24 appareils.
L'avion de transport hybride a ceci de particulier qu'il possède des ailes tournantes munies d'hélices qui lui permettent de combiner les fonctions d'avion et d'hélicoptère, notamment de décoller verticalement. Il est pourtant à noter que la moindre erreur de pilotage risque de provoquer un crash.
Les Etats-Unis insistent sur l'utilisation d'Osprey MV-22 sur leurs bases au Japon, car par rapport aux hélicoptères de transport classiques, ces appareils possèdent une vitesse deux fois plus élevée et une capacité d'emporte trois fois plus grande.
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Sujet: Re: US Army Jeu 24 Oct - 13:18
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U.S. Army sees budget cuts affecting weapons programs
Oct 21 (Reuters) - U.S. defense budget cuts will affect the Army's plan to develop a new ground combat vehicle and most other acquisition programs, with some facing delays or cancellation, Army Secretary John McHugh said on Monday. "I find it difficult to envision any significant number of our developmental initiatives that won't be affected," McHugh told reporters at the annual Association of the U.S. Army conference. "And some we'll have to cancel."
McHugh singled out developing a new ground combat vehicle and improving the Army's communications and computer network as priorities, but, he said, even those programs would have to be revamped if mandatory across-the-board budget cuts remained in place. General Dynamics Corp[/url], which built the M1A1 Abrams tank, BAE Systems Plc, maker of the Bradley fighting vehicle, and Boeing Co, which builds several different helicopters for the Army, and others were looking for clues to the impact of spending cuts. Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno told reporters the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program, which is to replace the workhorse Humvees used by the military, and replacements for the UH-60, CH-47 and Apache helicopters were also priorities. "The bottom line is we can't afford all of that. And so we're going to have to make some tough decisions," he said, adding that analysis was underway to help make those decisions. He said the current budget environment meant the Army might have to delay some weapons programs by four to five years. Neither McHugh nor Odierno provided details on exactly which programs might be cancelled, revamped or delayed. Army acquisition chief Heidi Shyu later told reporters the Ground Combat Vehicle program and the Armed Aerial Scout program, which was aimed at replacing aging OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopters, were at risk unless Congress reversed across-the-board budget cuts mandated by sequestration. "Either we are going to delay it or we're going to have to terminate it or we're going to have to continue on and finish a certain phase," Shyu said of the two programs. She said understood industry's need for more certainty, but said the Army's acquisition plans were "lurching because our budget is lurching. We have no control over that." Acquisition programs were hardest hit because it took longer to generate savings from troop reductions, and operations and maintenance accounts were still stretched by the war in Afghanistan, Shyu said. Decisions about future end strength and military readiness also played into acquisition decisions, Shyu said, noting that military commanders were having to weigh what capabilities they could give up, and what was "good enough." Shyu said the Army would continue to invest in research on lighter weight armor and other promising technologies, as well as incremental upgrades to existing weapons. She said BAE System's Paladin Integrated Management program, which enhances the reliability of the M109A6 howitzer, just won approval from the high-level Defense Acquisition Board to start low-rate initial production. The Army planned to proceed with some procurement plans, including an integrated air missile defense and a $6 billion program for a Armored Multipurpose Vehicle to replace M113 vehicles. Shyu said she was working to safeguard the Army's multiyear procurement agreements, including one signed in June for new CH-47 helicopters built by Boeing, but they might have to be broken or renegotiated if sequestration cuts continued through fiscal year 2017.
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Sujet: Re: US Army Dim 27 Oct - 13:07
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Army Looks to Blend Cyber, Electronic Warfare Capabilities On the Battlefield
As new technologies emerge and new cyber and electronic warfare threats plague Soldiers in the field, U.S. Army scientists and engineers continue to define next-generation protocols and system architectures to help develop technology capabilities to combat these threats in an integrated and expedited fashion. As part of the Integrated Cyber and Electronic Warfare, or ICE, program, the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s communications-electronics center, known as CERDEC, researches the technologies, standards and architectures to support the use of common mechanisms used for the rapid development and integration of third-party cyber and electronic warfare, or EW, capabilities. “Currently, within cyber and EW disciplines there are different supporting force structures and users equipped with disparate tools, capabilities and frameworks,” said Paul Robb Jr., chief of CERDEC Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate’s Cyber Technology Branch. “Under the ICE program we look to define common data contexts and software control mechanisms to allow these existing frameworks to communicate in a manner that would support the concurrent leveraging of available tactical capabilities based on which asset on the battlefield provides the best projected military outcome at a particular point in time,” said Robb. The boundaries between traditional cyber threats such as someone hacking a laptop through the Internet, and traditional EW threats such as radio-controlled improvised explosive devices that use the electromagnetic spectrum have blurred allowing EW systems to access the data stream to combat EW threats, according to Giorgio Bertoli, senior engineer of CERDEC I2WD’s Cyber/Offensive Operations Division. Additionally, significant technological advancements including a trend towards wireless in commercial applications and military systems have occurred over the last decade, said Bertoli. “This blending of networks and systems, known as convergence, will continue and with it come significant implications as to how the Army must fight in the cyber environment of today and tomorrow,” said Bertoli. “The concept of technology convergence originated as a means to describe the amalgamation of traditional wired versus wireless commercial services and applications but has recently evolved to also include global technology trends and U.S. Army operational connotations — specifically in the context of converging cyber and EW operations,” said Bertoli. The Army finds itself in a unique position to help mitigate adverse outcomes due to this convergence trend. “Post force deployment, the Army has the vast majority of sensors and EW assets on the tactical battlefield compared to any other service or organization posing both risks and opportunities. Our military’s reliance on COTS [commercial-of-the-shelf] systems and wireless communications presents a venue for our adversaries to attack. Conversely, the proximity and high density of receivers and transmitters that we deploy can be leveraged to enable both EW and cyber operations,” said Bertoli. “The ability to leverage both cyber and EW capabilities as an integrated system, acting as a force multiplier increasing the commander’s situational awareness of the cyber electromagnetic environment, will improve the commander’s ability to achieve desired operational effects,” said Robb. A paradigm shift in how the Army views system and technology development will further enhance CERDEC’s ability to rapidly adapt to new cyber and EW threats. “The biggest hindrance we have right now is not a technological one, it’s an operational and policy one,” said Bertoli. “The Army traditionally likes to build systems for a specific purpose – build a radio to be a radio, build an EW system to be an EW system, but these hardware systems today have significantly more inherent capabilities.” To demonstrate the concepts of multi-capability systems, CERDEC chose not to solely focus its science and technology efforts on researching solutions to address specific cyber and EW threats but also to develop the architecture onto which scientists and engineers can rapidly develop and integrate new, more capable solutions. “As an example, the World Wide Web has grown into an architecture that is so powerful your tech savvy 10-year-old can build a website – and a pretty powerful one at that,” said Bertoli. “The only reason this is possible is because there is a wealth of common tools, like web browsers and servers, and standards such as HTML or HTTP already in place for them to use.” “The ICE program is attempting to extend this model to the cyber and EW community by providing mechanisms to enable the leveraging of available tactical assets to support cyberspace operation mission sets. Early focus revolves around the development of augmented situation-awareness capabilities but will evolve to include the enabling of a multitude of cyberspace operations,” said Bertoli. ICE will provide the Army with common tools and standards for developing and integrating cyber and EW capabilities. “Capabilities can be developed to combat EM (electromagnetic) and cyber threats individually, but this is neither time nor cost effective and simply will not scale in the long term. The domain is just too large and will only continue to expand,” said Bertoli. “In the end, we [CERDEC] believe this is the only way the Army will be able to keep pace with the anticipated technology advancements and rate of change related to cyberspace and the systems that comprise it,” said Bertoli. The Army acquisition community has also seen changes in the relationship between cyber and EW. “Tactical EW systems and sensors provide for significant points of presence on the battlefield and can be used for cyber situational awareness and as delivery platforms for precision cyber effects to provide a means of Electronic Counter Measures and Electronic Counter-Counter Measures for instance,” said Col. Joseph Dupont, program manager for EW under Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors. “There is no doubt in my mind that we must provide for a more integrated approach to cyber warfare, electronic warfare and electromagnetic operations to be successful in the future conduct of unified land operations,” said Dupont. CERDEC, as the Army’s research and development experts in cyber and EW, works closely with the Program Executive Offices, the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command and Army Cyber Command to shape operational concepts and doctrine by providing technical expertise regarding technically achievable solutions in the context of the tactical cyberspace operations and supporting materiel capabilities for the Army. In addition to working with the Army’s strategy and policy makers, CERDEC I2WD has tapped into its facilities and pre-existing expertise to further the ICE program. CERDEC I2WD maintains state-of-the-art laboratories that support both closed and open air testing facilities to provide relevant environment conditions to conduct research that provides a seamless cyber-electromagnetic environment with both wired and wireless modern communication infrastructure. “We leverage these facilities and our inherent core competencies in cyber, EW and signals intelligence to engage with the Army and the community at large, both academia and industry partners, to collaborate on developing and integrating relevant technologies to achieve domain superiority in a changing environment,” said Robb. The fully-instrumented labs include commercial information assurance products and allow for in-depth experimentation while sustaining automated rapid network re-configuration technology and virtualization technologies to support scalable testing. Additionally, I2WD expands its potential environment by maintaining remote connections with external government sites, which also enables collaborative experiments. The combination of these assets and expertise allows CERDEC to demonstrate achievable capability improvements related to cyber and EW convergence. “During the next three years, the biggest thing we can do within the ICE effort is show the art-of-the-possible by providing technology demonstrations on both existing and experimental Army systems to provide concrete proof of the advantages such a capability can provide,” said Bertoli.
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Sujet: Re: US Army Dim 27 Oct - 18:39
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Sujet: Re: US Army Lun 28 Oct - 13:29
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LGS secures US Army's communications and transmissions systems contract 28 October 2013
LGS Innovations has been selected as one of the prime contractors to compete for the US Army's multi-billion dollar communications and transmission systems (CTS) indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract.
Valued at $4.1bn for all awardees, the multiple-award contract is expected to seamlessly connect various communications systems across integrated domains, providing the soldier with reliable and instant access to communications worldwide.
Under the five year contract, the Alcatel-Lucent subsidiary will compete to deliver a range of integrated solutions, including systems integration, systems engineering and analysis, operations, maintenance, equipment and system installation, in support of the army's communications systems.
LGS innovations business development senior vice-president Dan Bigbie said the company holds the depth and breadth of expertise necessary to tackle the army's most pressing communication requirements, irrespective of the communication system or network technology.
''Our solutions and services will help ensure the soldier and defence personnel have unfailing access to voice, data and video services anywhere the mission takes them,'' Bigbie said.In addition, the company will provide material procurement, facility and site preparation, outside plant trenching, software support, programme management, logistics, technical field assistance, test and evaluation, modeling and simulation, information operations and assurance support, training and depot support at a local and regional level.
Administered by the project manager, defence communications and army transmission systems (PM DCATS), the CTS contract will comprise of a range of communications and technologies, including satellite, microwave, fibre optics, radio and wireless, and all associated support services.
Other CTS prime contractors include L-3 National Security Solutions, Lockheed Martin, Computer Sciences Corporation, AT&T Government Solutions, Serco, Booz Allen Hamilton, Intelligent Decisions, DRS Technical Services, General Dynamics and Globecomm Systems.
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Sujet: Re: US Army Mer 30 Oct - 22:06
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UAS Assuming Electronic Attack Missions for the US Army, Marine Corps
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI) has demonstrated employing the Predator B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) drone on Electronic Attack missions. Two demonstrations were performed at the U.S. Marine Corps’ (USMC’s) Weapons and Tactics Instructor course held at Marine Corp Air Station (MCAS) Yuma on October 22. This second demonstration expanded on the success of previous efforts between the Marine Corps, Northrop Grumman Corporation, and GA-ASI. The objective was to integrate a company-owned Predator B RPA into a Marine Aviation Command and Control (C2) network, enabling control of the aircraft’s Electronic Warfare (EW) payload and other assets to deliver effects across the Electro-magnetic Spectrum (EMS). This C2 capability was exercised from the Cyber/Electronic Warfare Coordination Cell located at MCAS Yuma and addressed simulated targets located hundreds of miles north at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake. The Marine Corps is currently analyzing the jamming data in an effort to quantify the EW effectiveness better and hopes to have the official results available soon. The US Air Force has also developed an EA attack capability for its MQ-9 Reaper RPAs. These assets were aimed primarily at communications and improvised explosive device jamming. This program has also encountered potential electromagnetic interference issues caused by the jamming pod that could interfere with the aircraft’s communications link to ground station controllers. The Air Force canceled this program in its fiscal year 2013 budget submission, before these concerns were addressed. In 2009 Chesapeake Technology International Corporation (CTI) and AeroMech Engineering, Incorporated (AME – later acquired by Lockheed Martin) team successfully demonstrated an unmanned airborne high powered communications Electronic Attack (EA) capability, using the AME’s Fury UAS system. Another system designed by the company later supported the Marine Corps’ ‘Intrepid Tiger II’ (ALQ-231) providing a podded lightweight EA payload designed for the AV-8B and RQ-7B unmanned aerial vehicle. The AN/ALQ-231(V) was the first weapon system to include the Electronic Warfare Services Architecture (EWSA) capability. This allows the weapon to not only be controlled from within the host platforms cockpit, but also via a tactical secure radio network. This allows for the weapon to be hosted on non-traditional EW platforms, or hosting a system on board the aircraft, without adding workload on the part of the platforms aircrew. The Interpid Tiger II was first deployed with the Harrier II squadron VMA-211 since 2012, on its recent deployment in Afghanistan. While this capability proved highly desirable for use with unmanned systems, initial testing of the UAS-configured pod revealed electromagnetic interference with the RQ-7B’s safety of flight systems. The US Army opted to field its electronic attack payloads on its MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft systems. The first two systems were delivered earlier this year to support of the Army’s Networked Electronic Warfare, Remotely Operated (NERO) system. These payloads were developed by Raytheon, and delivered in May 2013 as part of a contract awarded by Navy NAVSEA-Crane in 2012. NERO is utilized on the Gray Eagle as an airborne electronic attack system capable of providing beyond-line-of-sight jamming capability to support ground troop operations. The NERO system builds on the Army’s Communications Electronic Attack with Surveillance and Reconnaissance (CEASAR) program. CEASAR aims to support tactical ground forces by denying and disrupting enemy communications systems and improvised explosive devices. By migrating the same pod system and advanced capability to the Gray Eagle, NERO is capable of two- to three-times longer missions with reduced operating costs compared to it’s current application on a manned twin-engine Beechcraft King Air C-12 aircraft. CEASAR was first awarded in 2010. “NERO provides critical jamming capabilities to warfighters in counterinsurgency environments,” said Glen Bassett, director of Advanced Communications and Countermeasures for Raytheon’s Space and Airborne Systems business. “We leveraged our combat-proven success from the manned CEASAR program to deliver this key tactical electronic attack capability onto an unmanned application.”
Prox Dynamics Gets $2.5M US Army Black Hornet Contract
US Army researchers are asking a Norwegian company to develop a pocket-sized helicopter drone to provide a personal reconnaissance unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for infantrymen and Special Forces warfighters. Officials of the Army Contracting Command in Natick, Mass., are awarding a $2.5 million contract to Prox Dynamics AS of Nesbru, Norway, to develop the Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance System (PRS) — a one-pound force-protection micro UAS for soldiers and small infantry units. The Army Contracting Command is awarding the contract for the Black Hornet pocket UAS on behalf of the Army Natick Soldier Systems Center as part of the Army Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) for the transition of technologies developed by small businesses to solve immediate defence needs. Prox Dynamics researchers will base the Black Hornet pocket UAS on the company’s PD-100 personal reconnaissance system, a mobile unmanned helicopter designed to provide infantry soldiers with immediate intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capability. The Prox Dynamics PD-100 PRS consists of the PD-100 nanocopter UAS and base station. The entire package weighs less than two pounds, excluding display, and measures 8 by 3.5 by 2 inches. The PD-100 micro UAS system is for applications such as search and rescue; reconnaissance in confined areas; look behind, between, and below obstacles; birds-eye view for situational awareness; object identification; proximity surveillance; crowd control; nuclear installation inspection; and checking chemical plants after incidents and accidents. The complete system fits inside a pocket; can be airborne within one minute; operates in confined areas and outdoors; is small and silent; requires little training and no pilot experience; represents no risks to other aircraft or personnel; and reusable or expendable, Prox Dynamics officials say. The PD-100 UAS rotor diameter of less than five inches, weighs less than an ounce including camera, and flies as fast as 32 feet per minute on missions lasting as long as 25 minutes. The micro UAS has a digital data link with a range as far as 3,200 feet line of sight, GPS or visual navigation through video, autopilot with autonomous and directed modes, and can hover and stare, search patterns automatically, or fly preplanned routes. The tiny helicopter UAS’ sensor payload has a steerable electro-optical camera with pan and tilt capability to provide live video and snapshot images. The PD-100 base station provides mission planning, execution and analyses; display connections, functions and system controls; storage of mission data including video and images; and provides connections to PC, network, and other peripherals.
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US Army Orders Dozens of New Mobile Howitzer Systems
WASHINGTON — BAE Systems got some good news on Oct. 21 when the US Army announced it was awarding a low-rate initial production (LRIP) contract for upgrades to the Paladin PIM self-propelled howitzer program, which service leadership has praised for actually staying on budget and on schedule. On Thursday, BAE added details to that announcement, explaining that the upgrades for the existing system features new chassis, engines, suspension and better survivability than legacy systems, and that the entire deal could be worth up to $688 million if the government exercises all options. As with most other new Army programs, the service has demanded that BAE install a more capable on-board power system to accommodate emerging technologies while leaving enough space for future electronic requirements. The Army plans to purchase 66 vehicle sets, plus spares in upcoming years. The news comes just weeks after BAE announced it was shuttering two ground vehicle facilities in Texas and Pennsylvania, the biggest being the facility in Sealy, Texas, where 325 employees will be put out of work. The facility at Sealy was focused on wheeled-vehicle production, and with orders having all but ended for mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles and the family of medium tactical vehicles and no new orders coming in, the company said it didn’t have enough work to keep the line open. The first Paladin PIM vehicles will be delivered in mid-2015, with vehicle production taking place in York, Pa., and Elgin, Okla., the company said. The Paladin is noteworthy not only for the upgrades that will keep it at the cutting edge for decades to come, but for the fact that Army leaders are so excited that their acquisition plans worked. Speaking at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) conference in Washington on Oct. 23, Brig. Gen. David Bassett, program executive officer for ground combat systems, said “we’re really, really pleased to see a program like that make it into production,” since “I’m not sure when the last time was we had a major combat system enter into a Milestone C through the standard process.” He called the program manager’s ability to simply stick to deadlines and budgets “a tremendous accomplishment.” The AUSA show was hardly full of good news for Army acquisition programs. Gen. Ray Odierno, Army chief of staff, said he would have to consider delaying or canceling the Ground Combat Vehicle program in upcoming budgets. Also, program managers said that unless there is a new infusion of cash, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program would run out of money next summer to continue testing the prototypes that industry delivered to the service in August.
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Sujet: Re: US Army Ven 1 Nov - 14:34
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Kandahar's UAV Operators are essential when it comes to spotting the enemy first when others can not. From the 62nd ERS, this sensor operator goes into the details of whats involved in her job as a part of the MQ-9 Reaper Team. Produced by SSgt. Thomas Skinkle.
The Raytheon Company and General Atomics have integrated an advanced targeting capability into the U.S. Army's Common Sensor Payload (CSP) airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance targeting system, (also known as MTS-B), enabling mission commanders to directly utilize an airborne tactical sensor's geo-location data for real-time targeting of 'J Class' coordinate-seeking weapons. (a.k.a JDAM, or SDB). Subscribe for more insight.
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USA: Hagel veut réorganiser la défense, met en garde contre l'isolationnisme
La défense américaine doit se "réorganiser" pour faire face aux coupes budgétaires amenées à durer, a appelé mardi le chef du Pentagone Chuck Hagel, qui a mis en garde contre la tentation d'un nouvel isolationnisme américain. Si la force armée doit rester "un outil essentiel de la puissance américaine et de sa politique étrangère", elle doit être utilisée "avec discernement, précisément et judicieusement", a plaidé le secrétaire à la Défense, dans un discours devant le Centre pour les études stratégiques et internationales (CSIS), un groupe de réflexion de Washington. Pour lui, les Etats-Unis doivent "accorder plus d'importance aux instruments civils du pouvoir". Ce discours, en rupture avec la politique suivie dans la foulée du 11-Septembre et de l'invasion de l'Irak, répond à la fatigue du pays après 12 ans de guerre. Mais si les Etats-Unis ont pu tutoyer "la maladie insidieuse de la toute puissance", le ministre a tout autant mis en garde contre un nouvel isolationnisme au sein de la population et de certains élus, un "piège tout aussi mortel". Cette nouvelle posture répond également à une adaptation nécessaire à des coupes budgétaires amenées à durer, et doit conduire à "réorganiser les institutions de la défense" afin de maintenir les moyens d'action de l'armée américaine. "Ces coupes sont trop rapides, trop importantes et irresponsables", a dénoncé l'ancien sénateur républicain: le Pentagone a subi 37 milliards de dollars de coupes automatiques l'an passé et s'apprête à en connaître à nouveau 52 milliards, soit 10% de son budget. Le Pentagone est actuellement engagé dans la préparation d'une revue quadriennale de défense (QDR) qui doit fixer les priorités. Parmi celles-ci figurent la nécessité de tailler dans l'imposante bureaucratie du Pentagone, d'adapter l'état de préparation des forces, qui est partiellement limitée par ces coupes budgétaires. "Nous allons peut-être devoir accepter le fait que toutes les unités ne seront pas au niveau optimal de préparation et qu'un système de mobilisation par échelons est peut-être inévitable", a-t-il laissé entendre. La priorité passe également par la préservation des investissements dans les domaines perçus comme essentiels pour conserver la prééminence militaire américaine: l'espace, la cybersécurité, les forces spéciales ainsi que les moyens de surveillance et de renseignement (ISR). Revenant à l'ambition du secrétaire à la Défense Donald Rumsfeld avant le 11-Septembre, Chuck Hagel privilégie une armée "moins nombreuse, moderne" et s'appuyant sur des technologies de pointe plutôt qu'une force plus importante équipée de vieux matériels.
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Sujet: Re: US Army Ven 8 Nov - 9:42
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Rockwell Collins to develop DVEPS solution for US Army helicopters 6 November 2013 Rockwell Collins has been awarded a contract for development of a degraded visual environment pilotage system (DVEPS) for installation onboard the US Army's Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) helicopters.
The contract covers work on the first of the three phased programme, which seeks to develop and qualify a DVE solution for fielding by 2018.
Rockwell Collins airborne solutions vice-president and general manager, Troy Brunk, said the programme will provide the pilots with an ability to see through DVE obscurants, such as dust, fog, and snow and successfully avoid hazards in the landing zone.
''Our synthetic vision and sensor fusion technology will provide SOAR pilots with enhanced pilotage capabilities, resulting in safer operations and increased probability of mission success and aircraft survivability,'' Brunk said.
''Our approach is to offer a scalable system that will allow affordable reuse by other DoD rotorcraft operators.''
Fully compatible with the army MH-47G and MH-60M helicopters' existing common avionics architecture system, the DVEPS solution will allow safe flights in degraded visual environments and enhance visual cues to help pilots to maintain the correct attitude and speed during landing.Fitted with Rockwell Collins' synthetic vision avionics backbone (SVAB) system, the DVEPS solution also exhibits compliance with several other tactical helicopter avionics systems.
The SVAB system leverages advanced data processing algorithms to smartly fuse 3D synthetic vision-based imagery with lightweight DVE sensors, including millimetre wave radar or LIDAR.
The resulting fused 3D imagery is scheduled to be used in the DVEPS programme, along with improved pilotage symbology to provide pilots with an unprecedented view of the operational environment and flight guidance for enroute, approach and hover phases of flight.
The SVAB system has already completed demonstrations as part of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) multi-function radio frequency (MFRF) programme.
Saint-Gobain delivers sapphire armour for US military's M142 launcher 6 November 2013 Saint-Gobain Crystals has delivered the 100th set of sapphire-engineered armour for the US Army and Marine Corps' M142 high mobility artillery rocket launcher (HIMARS) system.
Delivered as part of a $20m contract awarded by the army in October 2012, the next-generation, transparent armour is designed to enhance safety and durability of HIMARS's bulletproof windshields and door windows.
Made of large sheets of sapphire laminated with several layers of glass and polycarbonate, the system will help combat vehicles resist multiple hits by armour-piercing threats in the battlefield.
Designed to replace the military vehicle's legacy glass-glass armours, the armour offers more than a 50% reduction in weight, improved night vision, as well as increased lifetime durability in difficult environments, including the desert.
US Army field artillery launchers product manager Lieutenant Colonel Bryan Salyers said the sapphire-glass armour solution had addressed the army's demanding performance requirements and delivered a higher level of safety, durability and visibility for military personnel.''Ensuring our combat vehicles are equipped with the most advanced technology available is critical to the US Army and Marine Corps mission and the safety of all military personnel,'' Salyers said.
Saint-Gobain Crystals global sales and marketing director Natesh Krishnan said: ''Years of research and development have led to this very rewarding moment in which we finally see the technology applied and know that our military men and women will benefit."
Mounted on a standard army medium tactical vehicle (MTV) truck, the M142 HIMARS is a light multiple rocket launcher designed to help troops in engagement and destruction of enemy artillery, air defence concentrations, trucks, as well as light armour and personnel carriers.
Saint-Gobain will manufacture and supply armour for a total of 540 vehicles from its facility in Milford, New Hampshire, US, over the course of the three-year contract
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Sujet: Re: US Army Jeu 14 Nov - 13:09
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Northrop wins JTAGS pre-planned product improvement contract 14 November 2013 The US Army has awarded a pre-planned product improvement (P3I) contract to Northrop Grumman for the joint tactical ground station (JTAGS).
Valued at $36m, the initial three-year contract covers production and delivery of two JTAGS P3I prototype systems to the army.
Specifically, the contract work includes design, fabrication, as well as testing and demonstration of the units prior to delivery.
Northrop Grumman C4ISR networked systems business unit vice-president, Ed Bush, said the contract starts the development phase of the JTAGS P3I programme, bringing the company closer to delivering an enhanced missile warning for soldiers.
"This award continues our longstanding relationship with the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command," Bush said.
Dubbed a replacement for the army's existing JTAGS system, the JTAGS P3I will be located in a fixed facility, and is expected to provide the service significant performance improvements and the ability to process additional sensors.
Designated the in-theatre element of the US Space Command's theater event system (TES), the JTAGS is a relocatable information processing system, designed to enable continuous processing of overhead non-imaging infrared (ONIR) data downlinked from the defence support programme's (DSP) satellite constellation, space-based infrared system and other systems.
Fielded worldwide, the system disseminates warning, alerting and cueing information to combatant commanders on tactical ballistic missiles (TBM) and other tactical events of interest across the battlefield using multiple communications networks, such as the integrated broadcast service (IBS) and link 16.
Manufacturing work under the contract is scheduled to be carried out at the company's facilities in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Azusa, California and Huntsville, Alabama, US, while delivery schedule remain undisclosed.
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Sujet: Re: US Army Ven 15 Nov - 22:59
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Paratroopers assigned to 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) conduct a training jump from a CH-47 Chinook into Bunker Drop Zone at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany Nov. 12, 2013
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Sujet: Re: US Army Jeu 21 Nov - 9:11
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GDC4S receives new WIN-T Increment 3 contract from US Army 20 November 2013 The US Army has awarded a contract to General Dynamics C4 Systems (GDC4S) to continue the engineering and development work for the warfighter information network-tactical (WIN-T) Increment 3 systems.
Valued at $96m, the first task order includes technology upgrades for WIN-T Increment 2, which is claimed to deliver a significant leap forward in network capacity, system reliability, robustness and ease of use.
The contract will have a maximum potential value of $475m, if all options are exercised.
General Dynamics C4 Systems president, Chris Marzilli, said the WIN-T Increment 3 ensures that the WIN-T systems keep benefiting troops operating in harm's way, while increasing the cost-effectiveness of the army's Increment 2 investments.
''Increment 3 will also deliver long-term cost savings by reducing the use of overburdened and expensive satellites, while improving the system's ease-of-use,'' Marzilli said.Under the contract, the company will integrate an additional line-of-sight communications layer into Increment 2, which will thicken the WIN-T network using an unmanned aerial vehicle or other airborne platform to boost communications flexibility and capacity, critical to highly dispersed forces operating in isolated areas.
Designed to provide commanders with mission command on the move, the WIN-T Increment 2 represents a top priority of the army's modernisation plan, and is currently deployed with the 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division soldiers in Afghanistan.
Both WIN-T Increment 2 and Increment 3 comprise the cornerstone of army's network modernisation strategy, which includes the AN/PRC-154A Rifleman and AN/PRC-155 two-channel manpack tactical radios, Nett Warrior, as well as mission command on-the-move capabilities, such as the command post of the future (CPOF).
Manufactured at GDC4S' facility in Taunton, Massachusetts, US, the WIN-T is the army's mobile battlefield network system, providing soldiers with mission critical voice, video and data to enhance battlefield awareness.
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Sujet: Re: US Army Lun 25 Nov - 9:55
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LTAS to supply sustainment equipment for US Army's BiB systems 22 November 2013 World Surveillance Group's wholly owned subsidiary, Lighter Than Air Systems (LTAS) has secured a contract for supply of sustainment equipment for the US Army's Blimp in a Box (BiB) aerostat systems.
Awarded by A-T Solutions, the contract requires the company to supply BiB related components in support of the two BiB systems that are participating in training and evaluation exercises at the US Army Garrison in Fort Polk, Louisiana, US.
WSGI's president and CEO, Glenn Estrella, said the contract reflects the army's continued use of and training on BiBs systems.
''We intend to give the army our full support as our BiBs are placed through vigorous training exercises and evaluations,'' Estrella said.
The BiB aerostats were supplied in April and May, respectively, as part of a $605,000 contract awarded by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to another WSGI subsidiary, Global Telesat, in January of the same year.
The contract also included provision of on-location support for technical fact gathering, installation and training for soldiers in preparation for future military exercises involving the systems.Equipped with a day and night electro-optical / infrared (EO/IR) camera, the BiB is a tethered system designed to provide troops with semi-persistent, mobile intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) at the platoon level in the battlefield.
Rapidly deployable by a two-man crew, the self-contained system also offers real-time day and night data for improvised explosive device (IED) and hostile activity detection, border security, as well as other governmental and civilian operations.
Packaged in an MRAP all-terrain vehicle (M-ATV), high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) or a pick-up truck towable box, the turnkey system is released by an automated launch and recovery system to an appropriate altitude to provide critical detection capabilities for several miles.
Deliveries under the contract are scheduled to commence immediately for planned completion in one month.
L-3 wins US Army's Gemini Transmission programme contract 21 November 2013
L-3 Communications has been awarded a contract to design and develop a next-generation transmission system for the US Army's ground combat vehicles.
The $20m cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was secured by L-3's Combat Propulsion Systems (L-3 CPS) division in support of the Gemini Transmission programme, which aims to modernise and sustain the army's existing and future ground combat vehicles fleets.
Under the contract, the company will provide engineering and technical services for the testing and development of a beta design of the Gemini III transmission, which was initiated under the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center's (TARDEC) Broad Agency Announcement Topic 24 programme.
The new transmission technology developed by L-3 is expected to be used as a drop-in replacement for the existing transmission systems, thereby improving the army's ability to achieve power, mobility and lifecycle support requirements for its armoured brigade combat team (BCT).L-3 Electronic Systems Group president, Steve Kantor, said the contract reflects the army's continued confidence in the company to advance transmission technology and effectively transition new designs to production that would eventually deliver improved performance, reliability and lifecycle costs.
''By leveraging our expertise in transmission design and production and through strategic partnerships, L-3 CPS is now under contract with the customer to mature all four of the next-generation transmissions for the armoured brigade combat team's family of heavy vehicles, including the HMPT 800 series of transmissions,'' Kantor said.
Work under the contract is scheduled to be carried out at L-3's facility in Muskegon, Michigan, US, as well as at partner locations, and is expected to continue through 2017.
The contract was awarded by the Army Contracting Command-Tank and Automotive (Warren).
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Sujet: Re: US Army Lun 25 Nov - 12:50
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United States Army creates new website to find good ideas for military equipment from its troops
The United States Army is looking for a few good ideas. The Army’s Rapid Equipping Force is looking to turn soldiers’ homespun ideas into hot new equipment for troops with a new collaborative tool called Army Co-Create. The U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force recently launched ArmyCoCreate.com, a website for Soldiers to identify tactical challenges and collaborate for solutions. Monday, November 25, 2013 11:55 AM
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Sujet: Re: US Army Lun 25 Nov - 13:08
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Raytheon to provide Army with latest versions of wireless TOW missile in $57.8 million contract
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., 24 Nov. 2013. The Raytheon Co. Missile Systems segment in Tucson, Ariz., will build the latest versions of a radio-controlled anti-tank missile that has been in the U.S. inventory since 1970 under terms of a multi-million-dollar contract announced late last week.
Officials of the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal (Missile), Ala., on Thursday awarded a $57.8 million contract to Raytheon to produce the tube-launched, optically-tracked, wireless-guided (TOW) -- better-known as the TOW missile.
The multimission TOW 2A, TOW 2B, TOW 2B aero, and TOW bunker-buster missile is the one of the primary precision anti-armor, anti-fortification, and anti-amphibious landing weapons used throughout the world today, Raytheon officials say.
TOW missiles can be fired from all TOW launchers, including the Improved Target Acquisition Systems (ITAS), Stryker anti-tank guided missile vehicle (modified ITAS), and Bradley Fighting Vehicles (Improved Bradley Acquisition Subsystem).
TOW launchers can be mounted to a wide variety of vehicles, including the Humvee, and also can be placed in improvised ground fortifications for front-line infantry use. Versions of the TOW missile als If the TOW weapon system remains in service with the U.S. military beyond 2050 as military officials plan today, it will have remained in the Pentagon's arsenal for more than 80 years.
To fire the TOW missile, the operator uses an optical missile sight attached to the launcher. The sight is data linked to the missile. Wireless TOW missiles include an RF transmitter added to the missile case and an RF receiver located inside the missile.
When the missile fires, the RF transmitter in the launcher relays information to the missile while in flight. The operator keeps the sight fixed on the target -- even if the target is moving -- to guide the missile to its target. Original versions of the TOW, which were called the tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided missile, trailed a thin wire that relayed information to the missile from the sight.
Last year Raytheon experts scored their 100th TOW hit during testing, which marked the engagement of 100 out of 100 targets. During the testing program, which began in 2011, several missiles hit targets as far away as 2.5 miles with flawless precision, Raytheon officials say.
TOW is in service in more than 40 international armed forces and integrated on more than 15,000 ground versions, vehicle- and helicopter-mounted versions worldwide, Raytheon officials say.
On the current contract Raytheon will do the work in Tucson, Ariz., and should be finished by late 2015. For more information contact Raytheon Missile Systems online at www.raytheon.com, or the Army Contracting Command Redstone at www.acc.army.mil.
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Sujet: Re: US Army Mar 26 Nov - 10:30
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DRS to supply on-board vehicle power system for US Army testing 25 November 2013
DRS Technologies' on-board vehicle power (OBVP) system has been selected by the US Army for inclusion in the critical field testing for network technology.
The high-powered DRS/Allison Transmission integral generator system is scheduled to be employed and tested on two separate, DRS-sponsored concept vehicles, the mobile integrated command post (MICP) vehicle and the mission command on the move (MCOTM) vehicle during the army's network integration evaluation (NIE) bi-annual field exercise.
Both MCOTM and MICP are repurposed Navistar MaxxPro mine-resistant, ambush-proof (MRAP) vehicles.
DRS Network and Imaging Systems group president Mike Sarrica said all fielded concepts of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) equipment, from soldier radios to brigade servers, require power for operation.
Sarrica said: "Towed generators limit cross-country mobility, take up valuable space when deploying and add to the logistics sustainment burden of our forces. The DRS and Allison OBVP offering demonstrates multiple proven technologies that deliver improved capabilities to meet the requirements of army network and mission command modernisation efforts."
Manufactured by DRS's Network and Imaging Systems group, the OBVP generates power for operation of a range of command, control, communications, computers and other sensors on combat vehicles by transforming the vehicle's powertrain into an electrical power plant, which lowers the reliance on heavy generators.
Designed to work with Stryker, MRAP, and the family of medium tactical vehicles that use the Allison 3000 series transmission, the system does not change the vehicle's drive line and also does not require a new military operational specialty.
Besides delivering continuous power on the battlefield, both MICP and MCOTM vehicle modernisation concepts aim to directly address army's existing multiple operational gaps by reducing its prime mover requirements, and increasing battlefield mobility.
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Sujet: Re: US Army Mar 26 Nov - 15:54
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Sujet: Re: US Army Jeu 28 Nov - 11:58
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US Army’s AH-64Es reach initial operating capability
The US Army’s first unit of Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, which have upgraded engines and new software, has achieved initial operating capability and is ready to be deployed, according to a 27 November Army media release.
The Army says its 1-229th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion achieved the milestone following more than 6,000 flight hours in the model, which is called “Guardian.”
The battalion received its first AH-64E aircraft in January 2013 and completed fielding and individual training in May, says the media release.
Training was conducted at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, the unit conducted high-altitude mountainous environment training in Idaho and participated in Operating Rising Thunder, a live-fire training exercise in Yakima, Washington, conducted with AH-64D’s operated by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, says the release.
The AH-64E has composite rotor blades with an improved airfoil and an upgraded engine and transmission, changes intended to restore speed and lift performance, which degraded in the last two decades as the Army added weight to the original airframe.
In addition, the AH-64E has new software that allows pilots to control unmanned air vehicles and their payloads.
The AH-64E was designated AH-64 Block III before the Army changed the name in 2012.
Boeing told Flightglobal the name change reflects the increased capabilities of the aircraft.
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Sujet: Re: US Army Ven 29 Nov - 11:53
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Northrop's IBCS system completes US Army demonstration 28 November 2013 Northrop Grumman's integrated air and missile defence (IAMD) battle command system (IBCS) has participated in the US Army's demonstration to provide a soldier-focused, net-centric battle command system at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, US.
Carried out using IBCS software and hardware components, the demonstration intended to highlight the IBCS tactical air defence planner and IBCS graphical user interface (GUI), which will replace the existing seven disparate planning tools used by air defenders, in order to determine how to optimise sensors and weapon systems for best assets protection.
Apart from two tactical integrated fire control network relays and three dismounted relays that enabled IBCS to interface with remote weapons and sensors, the demonstration also involved three tactical air defence engagement operations centres housing the IBCS computers and radios, and necessary environmental control and power components.
The IBCS was operated by the 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade and First Armored Division personnel during the demonstration, which served as the platform for execution of detailed test plans, procedures, processes and data collection plans for the system's forthcoming developmental and operational testing.
Northrop Grumman Information Systems federal and defense technologies division vice-president and general manager, Linnie Haynesworth, said the open architecture, any sensor-any shooter IBCS, operated as planned and performed flawlessly during the demonstration.
"With IBCS, Northrop Grumman aims to deliver a common battle command system for all army air defense components to help save lives and reduce system lifecycle costs," Haynesworth said.Redstone Arsenal Missiles and Space program executive officer brigadier general Neil Thurgood said: "This very successful demonstration marks a significant event in the history of not only the IBCS programme, but also the future path and warfighting doctrine of our army."
Both Northrop and the US Army also collected significant feedback for the iterative prototyping and user assessment cycles of the IBCS warfighter-centred development process.
The development testing of IBCS engagement operations centres, tactical integrated fire control network relays with net-enabled air and missile defence sensors and weapons to conduct engagements against multiple threats is scheduled to be carried out at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, IS, in late 2014.
The ICBS programme is set to enter into low rate initial production in 2016, followed by fielding in 2017
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Sujet: Re: US Army Jeu 12 Déc - 11:31
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The Army's 8-Wheeled Laser Truck Can Burn Mortars, Drones Right Out Of The Sky
For the first time, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command used a vehicle mounted high-energy laser to successfully engage more than 90 enemy mortar rounds and flying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD) contracted by Boeing, was tested at White Sands Missile Range and confirms the capability of a mobile laser weapon system to counter rockets, artillery, mortars, UAVs, and reconnaissance sensors mounted on UAVs.
The beam control system (BCS) is a dome-shaped turret that extends above the roof of a 500-horsepower Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT). The beam director rotates 360-degrees and uses mirrors to point and focus the beam on a target.
high energy laser boeing Eric Shindelbower/Boeing
The beam director is a rotating, dome-shaped turret that extends above the roof of the vehicle while engaging targets.
The laser beam moves at approximately 186,000 miles per second, the speed of light, and hits targets with unprecedented precision.
“These tests were the first in which HEL MD repeatedly destroyed consecutive rounds of mortars and aerial threats with speed-of-light precision and a high degree of accuracy,” Mike Rinn, vice president, Boeing Directed Energy Systems.
The recent testing utilized a 10 kW class laser which will be upgraded to an 100 kW class laser in subsequent demonstrations.
This joint project is entering its seventh year with a 2013 fiscal year budget of a staggering $12.4 million.
"The system is being validated by the United States Army and they will determine when its ready for the battlefield," wrote Dexter Henson of Boeing's Strategic Missile & Defense Systems.
Earlier this year, the Navy announced plans to deploy a laser weapon system on board USS Ponce by 2014.
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Alion wins US Army contract to assess new technologies and bolster soldier readiness 13 December 2013
Alion Science and Technology has received a task order to support the US Army Rapid Equipping Force (REF) in meeting warfighters' vital operational energy requirements.
The latest $45m task order is awarded under Defense Technical Information Center's (DTIC) Weapon Systems Technology Information Analysis Center (WSTIAC) contract.
As part of the deal, Alion will evaluate new technologies for fielded forces and reduce capability gaps to rapidly meet warfighter requirements.
Alion senior vice-president and Technology Solutions Group Manager Chris Amos said the team will support REF by conducting assessments in combat environments, placing the latest technologies into warfighters' hands and supporting a top Army initiative.
"Alion's operational energy work will provide savings to the government in areas such as fuel convoys and logistics footprints, and ultimately improve warfighter safety and readiness," Amos said.
In addition, Alion will carry out research and development, engineering and technical evaluation and analysis mainly targeting operational energy plans and programmes for REF.
WSTIAC is responsible for the provision of technical expertise to US forces and combatant commands and assists in meeting the requirements of the Army's operational targets to bring down the warfighter's energy footprint.
The centre will also conduct field tests for a series of integrated hybrid power solutions and develop prototype system proposals.
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