Sujet: Armée canadienne/Canadian Armed Forces Mer 3 Juin 2009 - 20:03
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Sujet: Re: Armée canadienne/Canadian Armed Forces Mar 12 Mar 2013 - 13:12
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F-35: les estimations de la Défense passées au crible
Posté par Nicolas Laffont le 11/03/2013
Le gouvernement fédéral vient d’attribuer un contrat de 56 217,50 $ à Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton pour effectuer l’examen des estimations du coût du cycle de vie fournies par le ministère de la Défense nationale dans sa mise à jour annuelle de 2013 au Parlement sur la capacité en matière de chasseurs de la nouvelle génération.
Avec ce contrat, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton aura pour mission de s’assurer que la Défense nationale a bien mis en application le cadre du coût du cycle de vie et à confirmer l’exactitude des estimations de coûts contenues dans la mise à jour de 2013 à venir.
Début septembre, le Secrétariat national d’approvisionnement en chasseurs a annoncé l’attribution d’un contrat de 161 950 $ à Samson & Associates afin d’effectuer un examen indépendant des démarches entreprises jusqu’à juin 2012 dans le cadre du processus d’acquisition visant le remplacement des CF-18.
Toujours en septembre, KPMG a obtenu un contrat d’une valeur de 643 535 $ pour l’élaboration de ce cadre du coût du cycle de vie fondé sur les pratiques exemplaires internationales et les politiques du gouvernement du Canada en vue d’orienter l’élaboration d’estimations complètes du coût du cycle de vie dans le cadre du programme sur la capacité en matière de chasseurs de la nouvelle génération.
KPMG avait conclu en décembre que les couts avait été largement sous-estimés (45 milliards $ au lieu des 9 milliards annoncés par le gouvernement Harper).
Avec ces contrats et la mise en place du comité indépendant qui veille à ce que tous les travaux d’évaluation des options se déroulent de façon rigoureuse et impartiale, un rapport final devrait être déposé au Parlement et rendu public auprès de la population canadienne dans les prochains mois.
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Sujet: Re: Armée canadienne/Canadian Armed Forces Mar 12 Mar 2013 - 13:19
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Les nouvelles caméras à infrarouge des casques de l’armée sont développées à Québec
Posté par Jacques N. Godbout le 12/03/2013 à 6:00 dans la catégorie Équipement, Technologie.
C’est à Québec que le nouveau système de caméras à infrarouge destinées à être montées sur les casques des soldats canadiens pour les aider à repérer les menaces en conditions de faible éclairage, est actuellement en cours de développement.
C’est la division télédétection de la compagnie ABB qui a été chargée de ce projet.
ABB, qui oeuvre dans le domaine de la technologie et de l’automation et dont le siège est à Zurich, en Suisse, emploie environ 5 000 personnes au Canada.
Pour sa part, la division télédétection d’ABB, située à Québec, conçoit, fabrique et commercialise des spectromètres à haute performance, et elle est un intégrateur de systèmes optiques pour l’industrie aérospatiale et l’industrie de la défense.
La division de télédétection d’ABB procédera donc à l’intégration, la fabrication, les essais et fournira le soutien logistique dans ce projet.
Le développement et la production de cette caméra infrarouge sera aussi réalisé en coopération avec une autre entreprise de Québec, NovaSyst, une société spécialisée dans les services de recherche et développement pour les produits de hautes technologies qui travaille elle aussi pour l’industrie de l’aérospatiale et de la défense.
Le nouveau système de caméra fonctionnera avec des capteurs d’images à ondes courtes, et offrira des capacités de reconnaissance qui compléteront d’autres technologies de détection et d’identification des menaces en conditions de faible luminosité ou lors d’opérations de nuit.
Cette technologie est conçue pour la surveillance de zone, la détection de camouflage, l’acquisition d’objectifs et les activités de pistage dans toutes les conditions météorologiques.
«Le succès de ce projet sera mesuré par notre capacité à miniaturiser la taille, le poids, la consommation d’énergie, la fiabilité et le coût du système, et à maximiser la fonctionnalité et la sensibilité d’imagerie de cette nouvelle génération de caméras pour les casques», déclarait en décembre dernier Marc-André Soucy, directeur de la division télédétection d’ABB, dans un communiqué de l’entreprise, ajoutant: «À terme, le déploiement [de ces caméras] dans [toutes] les Forces canadiennes est l’objectif ultime de cet important projet.»
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Sujet: Re: Armée canadienne/Canadian Armed Forces Ven 15 Mar 2013 - 11:42
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Canada extends Mali airlift but cool on peacekeeping March 14, 2013 16:30
Canada's prime minister on Thursday appeared reluctant to supply troops for a Mali peacekeeping force but extended a loan of a jumbo jet to France to ferry military supplies to Bamako.
"We're obviously very pleased to assist with our plane and its team," Prime Minister Stephen Harper told a joint press conference with his visiting French counterpart, Jean-Marc Ayrault.
"It will remain there as long as we feel there is a need. In terms of our longer term engagement... we are not looking to have a combat military mission there," he added.
French forces launched a rapid intervention on January 11 in a bid to stop the Al Qaeda-linked fighters who had controlled northern Mali since April 2012 from moving southward and threatening the capital Bamako.
Islamist groups have now largely been forced out of the main cities in the north and are waging a guerrilla war against French, Malian and regional troops battling to help the government assert its control over the entire territory.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has said the United Nations is likely to vote next month on a peacekeeping force for Mali that could see as many as 10,000 troops being sent there in June.
Sources said Canada will continue providing airlift support for French troops in Mali for a few more weeks, after already moving more than one million pounds (454 tonnes) of French military equipment to Bamako since January.
Harper said Canada will "certainly be providing development and humanitarian assistance." Beyond that, he said he is consulting with his cabinet, lawmakers from his party and the opposition on any new commitments.
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Sujet: Re: Armée canadienne/Canadian Armed Forces Ven 15 Mar 2013 - 14:39
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Sujet: Re: Armée canadienne/Canadian Armed Forces Jeu 21 Mar 2013 - 11:49
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Passing the Buck on Search-And-Rescue (excerpt)
(Source: National Post; published March 20, 2013)
Nobody likes a buck-passer. But that’s what Defence Minister Peter MacKay resembled last week, when asked about the seven-year delay in replacing Canada’s ancient fleet of fixed-wing search-and-rescue aircraft.
“I will express to you … no small degree of frustration that we have not been able to move this project forward,” MacKay told a press conference. “Not unlike the Sea Kings, we have aging Buffalo aircraft that need to be replaced, that are difficult to get parts for, that require a high proportion of service hours for every hour of flight.”
There is truth in that statement, but the Minister then sought to place the blame elsewhere. “We are pushing very hard to have this procurement proceed,” he said. “We need the support of the other departments to do this.”
At least he didn’t blame the Liberals. For while the effort to replace Canada’s search-and-rescue planes began under Jean Chrétien’s government in 2002, the 2004 federal budget provided the necessary funds and promised new planes “within 12 to 18 months.” It was the Harper government that, on coming to office, closed the procurement office for search-and-rescue planes in favour of other, “priority” projects. MacKay, to be fair, was Foreign Affairs Minister at the time.
However, shortly after MacKay was shuffled to the Defence Department in August 2007, officials there expressed an interest in buying Brazil’s retired fleet of Buffalos for spare parts. That low-cost, stopgap measure was kyboshed by MacKay. The idea of commissioning new parts from Viking Air of Victoria, BC, which owns the production rights for the CC-115 Buffalo, was likewise dismissed
Cassidian to provide Canadian Airforce with lastest radar technology
Cassidian has won a € 50m programme to equip the airfields of the Royal Canadian Airforce with latest-technology airport surveillance radars. Yesterday, the Canadian contracting authority Public Works and Services Canada has selected Cassidian to deliver seven of its ASR NG airport surveillance radars to improve the flight safety on Canadian airbases and to enhance the integration of military aviation into civil air traffic. Cassidian is working together with Lockheed Martin Canada as a strong local partner in this project.
According to Simon Jacques, Head of Cassidian Canada, “the radar provides outstanding performance for wide-area surveillance around airbases as well as safe guidance of individual aircraft during take-off and landing”. He continued: "Our ASR NG guarantees outstanding performance so that even very small objects such as ultra-lightweight aircraft or even flocks of birds can be reliably detected and classified". Due to a specific data processing software the ASR is able to track air traffic even in windfarm shadows. As a special feature, the ASR NG comprises the secondary radar MSSR 2000 I allowing for reliable individual identification of more than thousand aircraft at a time.
Cassidian has made a name for itself by supplying air traffic control systems and air surveillance systems all over the world. For example, the company has approx. 30 ASR and MSSR systems under contract in Germany and Switzerland representing a contract value of almost 400 m€. In addition, Cassidian’s MSSR 2000 I secondary radar is deployed for military friend-or-foe identification by the armed forces of 30 countries such as Germany, Great Britain, France and Finland.
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Sujet: Re: Armée canadienne/Canadian Armed Forces Mar 26 Mar 2013 - 10:59
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Canada’s air force eyes drones for maritime and Arctic patrols Air force general says despite delays, drone program is moving ahead with the goal of buying long-range drones to watch coastlines and Arctic regions.
OTTAWA—Canada’s air force remains committed to getting a squadron of drones to keep watch over vast tracts of the country’s coastlines and Arctic regions, be deployed on humanitarian missions, and even carry weapons in war zones, the head of the air force. Lt.-Gen. Yvan Blondin says delays in purchasing unmanned aerial vehicles have had a silver lining as evolving technology has meant drones are becoming more capable. “If you commit yourself too early with a very expensive program, there are new ones coming in that are not far behind that will give you different capabilities and could be much cheaper,” Blondin told the Star. A military program to buy drones has been slow to take flight though Blondin said the Royal Canadian Air Force is now looking actively looking at the options. “I’m not sad it’s taking its time. There are some great capabilities coming up,” he said in an interview Monday. Speaking before the Senate defence committee Monday afternoon, Blondin said the air force needs a versatile platform able to fly long distances on maritime patrol — flying up 1,600 kilometres off the coast — and enforce northern sovereignty. “I need to use the drones . . . to go on long patrol and be our eyes in the sky in the Arctic,” Blondin said. He says the drones should also be available to be deployed abroad and says the technology could have proven invaluable during the response to the Haiti earthquake in 2010. “I could have used some drones when we were in Haiti to be able to give us a picture of what roads are open, what is happening out there,” he said. And he says he wants the drones to be able to carry weapons and equipment, such as aid kits that could be dropped to people on the ground during a search-and-rescue mission. The air force used drones in Afghanistan and came away impressed by the “incredible” information they can provide,” Blondin said. During his committee appearance, the air force head touched on the question of a replacement for the aging CF-18s. He assured Senators that the existing fighters can “easily” fly until 2025 — though some systems may need updating — as the federal government weighs what aircraft will replace them. The military had originally picked the Lockheed Martin F-35 but concerns over production delays and cost overruns prompted the Conservative government last fall to restart the selection process. There have been questions whether the single-engine F-35 is a good choice for Canada because of the potential risk of engine failure during patrols over the country’s remote regions. But Blondin, a former CF-18 pilot, said he would have no concerns flying a single-engine jet, adding he’s more interested in what kind of equipment the potential new jet offers. “It wouldn’t be a factor in my decision,” he said. “The engines are so much advanced . . . I’d be very comfortable with one engine.”
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Sujet: Re: Armée canadienne/Canadian Armed Forces Mar 26 Mar 2013 - 17:54
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Six CF-18 canadiens en Islande pour l’opération Ignition 2013
Depuis le 18 mars et jusqu’au 28 avril prochain, un détachement de l’Aviation royale canadienne, composé de six chasseurs à réaction CF-18 Hornet, patrouille l’espace aérien de l’Islande, à partir de la base aérienne de Keflavik, dans le cadre de l’opération Ignition.
Les avions de chasse et le personnel, dont le commandant de la Force opérationnelle, le lieutenant-colonel Darcy Molstad, proviennent tous du 425e Escadron d’appui tactique de la 3e Escadre Bagotville. Connu sous le nom de Force opérationnelle en Islande, le contingent d’environ 160 membres des Forces armées canadiennes fournit des capacités de surveillance et d’interception aériennes en permanence. Ces capacités peuvent être déployées immédiatement afin d’intercepter et d’identifier tout objet aérien inconnu se trouvant dans l’espace aérien de l’OTAN ou s’en approchant.
L’opération Ignition est la contribution périodique du Canada à la mission North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) – Airborne Surveillance and Interception Capabilities to Meet Iceland’s Peacetime Preparedness Needs (capacités de surveillance et d’interception aériennes de l’OTAN en Islande afin de combler les besoins du pays en matière de préparation en temps de paix).
L’Islande est en effet le seul pays de l’OTAN qui n’a pas de forces militaires permanentes et c’est donc à la demande du gouvernement islandais que les pays alliés déploient périodiquement des avions de chasse pour assurer la défense aérienne de la région.
La mission englobe la surveillance radar et l’identification d’aéronefs de passage. Des avions de chasse peuvent être utilisés pour aider à l’identification et pour escorter les aéronefs au besoin. En temps de crise ou de conflit, l’Islande mettra en œuvre un plan dans lequel les États-Unis assumeront la responsabilité de la défense de l’île.
«En tant que membre influent de l’OTAN et partenaire privilégié de l’Islande, le Canada s’engage à contribuer à la protection de l’intégrité de l’espace aérien de l’OTAN», a affirmé Peter MacKay, ministre de la Défense nationale. «La flotte d’avions de chasse du Canada, ainsi que notre personnel, ont toutes les compétences voulues pour mener à bien cette opération qui contribue également à la sécurité du Canada en aidant à surveiller et à contrôler les approches aériennes du Nord‑Est de l’Amérique du Nord».
Le premier déploiement des aéronefs de l’OTAN a eu lieu en mai 2008, et la première rotation canadienne est arrivée à Keflavik le 28 mars 2011 et a terminé ses opérations le 30 avril 2011. Les avions de chasse et le personnel provenaient du 409e Escadron d’appui tactique du 4e Escadre à Cold Lake, en Alberta. C’est donc la deuxième participation de l’Aviation royale canadienne à l’opération Ignition.
«Notre participation à l’opération Ignition constitue une autre démonstration significative de l’engagement que nous manifestons depuis longtemps à l’égard de l’OTAN et je crois fermement que l’Aviation royale canadienne est parfaitement en mesure de mener à bien les tâches liées à cette mission», de dire le général Tom Lawson, chef d’état-major de la Défense.
Les parachutes T-11 équiperont bientôt les Forces armées canadiennes
Le gouvernement fédéral vient d’attribuer un contrat à l’entreprise Airborne Systems Canada Ltd. de Belleville, en Ontario, pour l’acquisition de nouveaux parachutes: les T-11.
Les parachutes T-11 remplaceront les parachutes CT-1 présentement utilisés par les Forces armées canadiennes. Le système de parachute T-11 est approuvé et certifié pour usage à bord des aéronefs C-17 (Globemaster), C130J (Hercules) et CH-147 (Chinook).
«Puisque les futures missions et menaces potentielles sont incertaines, les Forces armées canadiennes doivent être prêtes à utiliser leurs capacités uniques en cas de crise, a déclaré Peter MacKay, ministre de la Défense nationale. Cette acquisition permettra aux militaires des Forces armées canadiennes de se déployer en toute sécurité au sol lorsqu’ils soutiendront les futures missions nationales ou internationales.»
Le contrat attribué à la division canadienne de l’entreprise américaine Airborne Systems vise l’acquisition de 600 parachutes T-11 et des pièces de rechange nécessaires. D’une durée d’un an, soit jusqu’au 31 mars 2014, le contrat s’élève à environ 3,6 millions $.
On estime à environ 35 millions $ le coût pour remplacer tous les parachutes utilisés par les Forces armées canadiennes entre 2013 et 2019.
Voici les caractéristiques du T-11, tels que mentionnés sur le site internet du fabricant:
Diamètre à l’ourlet: 28,6 pi (8,72 m) Taux de descente au niveau de la mer (400 lbs; 181,4 kg AUW): moins de 5,48 m/s (18 pi/s) Poids du parachute principal, du harnais et du sac: 36,8 lbs (16,56 kg) Vitesse maximal de l’aéronef (pour effectuer le saut): 150 nœuds (278 km/h) Poids total maximum: 180 kg (400 lb) Angle d’oscillation: Moins de 5 degrés Altitude de déploiement minimum: 500 pi (152,4 m) +/- 38 m au-dessus du niveau de la mer Altitude de déploiement maximale: 7 500 pi (2 286 m) au-dessus de niveau de la mer Durée de vie: 15 ans, 12 ans de vie de service Cycle de repack: 12 mois Le 12 juillet 2011, l’armée américaine a suspendu temporairement l’utilisation de tous les parachutes T-11 à la suite d’un accident mortel lié à un dysfonctionnement du parachute, à Fort Bragg, en Caroline du Nord. Les enquêteurs ont constaté des problèmes potentiels avec l’emballage, l’inspection et le contrôle qualité du parachute T-11.
Après presque neuf mois d’interdiction d’utiliser ces parachutes, l’armée américaine a repris les sauts en mars 2012.
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Canadian DND releases RFP for Integrated Soldier System Project 5 April 2013 A new request for proposals (RFP) has been issued by the Public Works and Government Services Canada for the procurement of integrated suites of advanced equipment for the country's armed forces, under the Integrated Soldier System Project (ISSP).
Issued on behalf of the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND), the move follows the release of a draft RFP in February, followed by an industry day and continued engagement the next month.
Launched in February 2012, the project's first RFP seeking acquisition of equipment and in-service support was cancelled by the DND over its failure to attract any non-compliant bids in January this year.
Expected to be awarded in December 2014, the ISSP contract will cover production and delivery of up to 6,624 integrated suites, including weapon accessories, electronic devices, sensors, individual equipment and operational clothing to dismounted soldiers in the next four years.
The contract will also include a five-year ISS in-service support and improvement package featuring delivery of technical documentation, training, spare parts, programme management, supply support services, along with three two-year options.
Improvement activities will comprise incremental design and execution of enhancements, including voice and data integration with the new baseline of land command support system (LCSS) to the initial ISS configuration, as per requirements.
The ISSP equipment is designed to boost the warfighter's command execution, target acquisition and situational awareness, by allowing seamless sharing of data and voice communications with low-level command centres in the battlefield.
As well as enabling soldiers to feed communication and targeting information into battle management command and control communication computer and information (BMC4I) system, the equipment will be designed to address the Nato Soldier System's lethality, mobility and survivability capabilities, while balancing the baseline requirements.
Government of Canada Seeks Bids for Canadian Coast Guard Light Helicopter Fleet Renewal Procurement
(Source: Public Works and Government Services Canada; issued April 7, 2013)
GATINEAU, Quebec --- The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women, today announced that Public Works and Government Services Canada, on behalf of the Canadian Coast Guard, issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the procurement of light helicopters, under the Coast Guard helicopter fleet renewal procurement.
“Our Government is committed to ensuring that the Canadian Coast Guard has the equipment they need to do the work we ask of them, while supporting Canadian jobs and economic growth, said Minister Ambrose. “This marks an important step in the acquisition of new helicopters, which are equipment of great importance for the Canadian Coast Guard.”
“I am proud to be part of this government that has shown unprecedented support for the Canadian Coast Guard to ensure that our men and women have the resources they need to keep Canadian waterways safe,” said the Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. “Renewing the fleet of helicopters will improve the Canadian Coast Guard’s air support capability from coast to coast to coast.”
Canadian Coast Guard helicopters support activities such as ice reconnaissance; maintenance and construction of aids to navigation and telecommunications equipment; personnel and cargo transfer between ship and shore; and support to science and fisheries enforcement.
On April 3, a Request for Proposals (RFP) to acquire up to 16 light lift helicopters with the option for 4 additional helicopters for the Canadian Coast Guard was posted to the Government of Canada’s Electronic Tendering Service (www.merx.com).
The Canadian Coast Guard helicopter fleet renewal procurement aims to procure helicopters over the next five years to renew the capability of its existing fleet of helicopters and support the future missions of Canada’s new polar icebreaker, the CCGS John G. Diefenbaker.
To view the RFP, please visit MERX at www.merx.com.
HMCS CALGARY ( FFH-335 ) après la modernisation ... on remarques bien l'installation d'un Radar Smart S Mk 2 nouveaux systémes ECM/ESM, nouvelle conduite de tir etc ...
Fremo il y a aussi le ERICSSON SEA GIRAFFE HC 150 Radar de veille air-surface, Bande G/H qui n'était pas là et le phalanx mk15 (goal keeper). Corrigez moi si je me suis tromper.
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French Offer FREMM Class Frigate For Canadian Surface Combatant
Defence Minister Peter MacKay will tour the visiting French Navy frigate Aquitaine at Canadian Forces Base Halifax on Saturday. The French are
European shipbuilder DCNS is offering the FREMM Class frigate to Canada as a choice for the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) program.
The ship is at the port until April 23.
French Navy representatives will visit with Canadian Naval officials and provide the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian industry with the opportunity to tour the FREMM.
The CSC program is part of Canada’s NSPS. Irving Shipbuilding will build the vessels.
Here is the publicity material on the frigate from DCNS:
DCNS’s FREMM is a front-line warship designed to form the operational backbone of major navies. The FREMM Aquitaine Class can respond to all kinds of threats, whether from land, sea, or air.
With 12 frigates already on order, DCNS has the largest naval programme underway in Europe. Having successfully engaged with an export order, DCNS is breaking into the Canadian market and introducing the FREMM to Canada for a choice in CSC.
FREMM: Generic Configurations
Characteristics
• Length: 142 m
• Beam: 20 m
• Displacement: 6000 t
• Range at cruising speed: 6000 nautical miles
• Speed: > 27 knots
• Silent running up to 16 knots
• Crew: Flexible Crewing, 108-180
• Accommodation for 145 to 180 persons
Fully Integrated Combat system
• SETIS
Weapons and sensors
• Radar and communications detection
• Radar jamming
• ASW and AAW decoys
• Hull sonar
• Variable depth/towed array sonar and torpedo alert/warning/soft kill
• Torpedoes
• Broadband communications
• IR surveillance system
• Multi-function radar
• Naval cruise missiles
• Surface to air missiles
• Surface to surface missiles with OTH capability
• Main Caliber Guns up to 127 mm
• CIWS
• Helicopters
• UAVs
Each FREMM is built around a multi-mission core configuration on which the client can chose to enhance the capacities in one or more domains on purchase and as a function of the budget available. The modular design and growth potential of the FREMM design, as well as the active R&D policy of the DCNS, guarantee that FREMM will retain advanced performance throughout its entire active life.
Chief of the Defense Staff of Canadian army visit Israel to strengthen military ties
Thomas Lawson, Chief of the Defense Staff of the Canadian Forces, arrived in Israel on Sunday, April 21, 2013, for talks focusing on "mutual security challenges as well as cooperation between the two militaries," Israel Defense Forces ( IDF) said in a statement.
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Sujet: Re: Armée canadienne/Canadian Armed Forces Mer 1 Mai 2013 - 17:41
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Submarine HMCS Windsor hobbled after $209M refit
Setback leaves Royal Canadian Navy with just one fully operational sub
HMCS Windsor is on restricted duties because it has a broken generator. (CBC)
The Royal Canadian Navy has confirmed that HMCS Windsor – fresh from a $209 million refit – is unable to perform as expected because of a broken mission-critical diesel generator.
"We have restricted her in range of operations and her endurance," Captain Luc Cassivi, director of Canada's submarine force told CBC in an interview.
That means that the Windsor will only be able to operate in Canadian coastal waters until the diesel generator – a huge 16 cylinder engine – is removed from the submarine and replaced.
The Windsor has a second diesel generator which is still working. The diesel generators are used to charge the batteries that allow the submarine to operate under water.
Restrictions in place
A source has told CBC that the submarine's diving depth is severely restricted and the navy has been forced to withdraw the sub from planned exercises off the southern U.S. coast.
Capt. Cassivi said he is unable to provide exact details of the restrictions because they are "classified and linked to operational capabilities," but he denies that any exercises have been cancelled.
"It's an unexpected defect, and that is why we are going through the investigative process," said Capt. Cassivi.
The Halifax–based Windsor went back in the water in April, 2012 after a five-year refit designed to bring the submarine up to Canadian standards. The refit was three years behind schedule and until now, the navy has refused to say exactly how much it cost.
Capt. Cassivi confirmed to CBC that the Windsor's five-year refit totalled $209 million. The cost of removing and replacing the diesel generator is not included in the refit price.
"We have a plan for rectification as soon as the parts are available," said Capt. Cassivi.
The submarine should be hauled out of the water in Halifax in late summer and it could take a "few months" to replace the engine, he said.
One operational submarine
Canada purchased the four Victoria-class submarines in 1998 after the British navy declared them surplus. At $750 million, the deal was hailed as a bargain, and at a price far less than buying new submarines.
HMCS Victoria completed its refit last year at about the same $209 million cost as the Windsor, said Capt. Cassivi.
HMCS Chicoutimi's refit is more complicated and expensive because of damage done to the submarine by a fire that killed one sailor on the boat's first voyage under a Canadian flag. The Chicoutimi has been sidelined ever since the 2004 fire but may become operational by the end of the year.
Also, the refit to HMCS Corner Brook is expected to exceed the $200 million-plus price tag because of damage done to the sub's bow when it slammed into the seafloor off British Columbia. The Corner Brook has not gone to sea since its grounding in June 2011.
The unexpected repairs to the Windsor and the resulting restrictions means that the navy has only one fully operational submarine in service. The west coast-based HMCS Victoria – which was discovered to have a large dent in its hull after delivery – is the only submarine capable of firing torpedoes, unrestricted diving and movement.
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Sujet: Re: Armée canadienne/Canadian Armed Forces Mer 1 Mai 2013 - 18:24
Ils se sont vraiment fait enfler avec ces Sm les Canadiens....
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Sujet: Re: Armée canadienne/Canadian Armed Forces Mer 1 Mai 2013 - 20:22
mtn ils comprennent peut etre pourquoi les brits leur ont filé 4 SM a 750M$,une arnaque
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Sujet: Re: Armée canadienne/Canadian Armed Forces Ven 3 Mai 2013 - 9:54
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IAI’s Heron will compete in Canada for Arctic missions
The Israel aerospace industries (IAI) Heron unmanned air system (UAS) will compete in a Canadian tender to supply an advanced system for operation in the Arctic.
Canada’s military wants its next unmanned aircraft system to be capable of dropping search-and-rescue supplies in the Arctic and in other areas as it looks to expand UAS roles into activities formerly conducted by manned platforms.
According to UAS Vision Canada plans to spend between CAN $1 billion (US $998 million) and $1.5 billion on a new fleet of UAS.
Lieutenant-General Yvan Blondin, head of the Royal Canadian Air Force, explained “I would like to have a UAS that can carry some equipment, whether it is weapons or other equipment, to be able, when it is patrolling the Arctic, to carry a search-and-rescue package that I can drop any time I want or need to,” Blondin said.
“For UAS, we are looking at the requirement to work from home to be able to do maritime patrol, to do a bit of what the Auroras are doing and be able to patrol the coast,” he added.
Aurora maritime surveillance aircraft are a variant of the US Navy’s P-3 Orion.
UASs are also going to need greater range and endurance for long patrols, and “be our eyes in the sky in the Arctic”, said Blondin.
The Air Force did not respond to questions about whether it would be willing to fund research and testing into adding equipment transport capability to UAS.
But a National Defense Department source said the Air Force hopes industry will provide solutions to Canada’s project to purchase the UAS, known as the Canadian Forces Joint UAV Surveillance and Target Acquisition System (JUSTAS).
http://defense-update.com
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Sujet: Re: Armée canadienne/Canadian Armed Forces Mer 22 Mai 2013 - 16:02
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VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Canada’s multibillion-dollar naval shipbuilding program is heading into stormy seas, critics say, as new questions emerge about costs and the capability of domestic shipyards.
The construction schedules for the Royal Canadian Navy’s proposed joint support ship and the Coast Guard’s planned Polar-class icebreaker will mean that the construction of one vessel will be delayed as the selected shipyard cannot build both at the same time.
The government acknowledged May 14 that it is seeking a solution for that issue and that delivery schedules for one of the ships will have to be changed.
In addition, a May 2 investigative report by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has raised questions about why Canada could be paying up to five times the price to build Arctic patrol ships similar to those constructed by Denmark and Norway.
All three ship projects are part of the Canadian government’s vaunted National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS), a rebuilding of the country’s naval capabilities expected to cost more than CAN $30 billion (US $29.6 billion).
The problems with the ships have prompted critics to question the Canadian government’s management of the NSPS. Opposition members of Parliament are suggesting the government is out of its depth on the NSPS and the strategy is in deep trouble.
Questions were also raised about the capabilities of the joint supply ships in a Feb. 28 report from Kevin Page, the government’s parliamentary budget officer. He warned that the actual cost of the fleet will be significantly higher than the $2.6 billion the government is budgeting. Page estimates the true cost of the ships to be a little more than $4 billion, and without extra funding to top up the budget, the ships’ capabilities will have to be cut.
“The problems with NSPS are starting to surface,” said Michael Byers, who has been consulted on Arctic issues by the federal government. “I think they are certainly running into delays and cost escalations.”
The joint supply ships and Polar icebreakers are supposed to be built at Seaspan Shipyards, Vancouver, B.C., but Byers said a lack of capacity will affect their schedules.
Canadian shipyards have not built a major warship class since the 1990s, nor have they undertaken a program as extensive as NSPS since World War II. Seaspan is hiring workers and upgrading facilities. But it is not expected to be able to do the simultaneous construction in time to deliver the ships when the government says it needs them.
The new icebreaker is expected to enter Arctic service in 2017, in time for the decommissioning of the Coast Guard’s largest and most capable icebreaker, the Louis S. St. Laurent.
The joint support ships, which the Navy considers vital to keeping warships supplied while at sea, are supposed to be delivered by the same yard by 2018. Two of those vessels will be built.
Seaspan has not yet cut steel on either project.
“A sequencing decision will require that the production and delivery schedule for one of these two projects be adjusted to accommodate the construction of the other,” said Lucie Brosseau, spokeswoman for the Department of Public Works and Government Services, the Canadian government department that handles procurement.
Brosseau said the office coordinating the NSPS is working with the Department of National Defence and Coast Guard on the issue. “Details around the impact of this decision on project schedules will be assessed as part of the decision-making process,” she added in an email.
She said the government will ensure that the Coast Guard and Navy are able to fulfill their mandates, but did not give details on how that would be done.
The Navy did not provide details on contingency plans to keep its fleet of supply ships operating despite the delay.
Brian Carter, president of Seaspan Shipyards, said the company is waiting for the government to decide on which of the projects it will proceed first.
“It’s a purely operational thing for the government, so we have no preference one way or another,” he said. “We’re ready to support whatever they send our way.”
He said whichever ship is designated first, the company would be ready to start cutting steel in mid-2016.
Ross Langley, vice chairman of Irving Shipbuilding, which is the designated shipyard under the NSPS to build the arctic/offshore patrol ships (A/OPS) and a replacement fleet for the Navy’s frigates, said critics who claim the procurement strategy is in trouble are jumping the gun. He noted the yard built the Canadian Navy’s Halifax-class frigates, which were more complicated and a much larger project than A/OPS.
“We built those effectively and on budget,” he said. “It’s early days” for the NSPS, Langley added.
He also said concerns about the cost of A/OPS compared with Arctic patrol ships built by Norway and Denmark for a cheaper price are unfounded.
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Sujet: Re: Armée canadienne/Canadian Armed Forces Ven 31 Mai 2013 - 17:03
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Oshkosh Defense presents array of vehicle and sustainment solutions for Canadian army As the backbone of the Canadian Army’s logistics fleet reaches the end of its service life, vehicle modernization programmes such as the Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS) Standard Military Pattern (SMP) will help restore the capabilities and protection that troops need to fulfil their missions. a Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:07 PM
Mer 3 Juin 2009 - 20:03
nouveaux systémes ECM/ESM, nouvelle conduite de tir etc ... 
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