Armée Hollandaise/Armed forces of the Netherlands/Nederlandse krijgsmacht

F16 au service du civile,avec le RecceLite,inspecte les digues

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RecceLite Inspects Dutch Dikes
Posted by Nicholas Fiorenza at 1/18/2011 6:16 AM CST

Over the weekend, the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) inspected dikes in the Dutch province of Limburg with an F-16 equipped with a RecceLite pod.

The mission was requested by the local water authority and the Netherlands Ministry of Safety and Justice because the level of the Maas (Meuse) river is high due to the melting of the abnormally large amounts of snow that fell on Europe a couple of weeks ago. The water authority is using the imagery to map how the dikes withstood the high water.

In Afghanistan, RNLAF F-16s equipped with RecceLite have been used to search for improvised explosive devices.

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Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16's make two millionth photo above Afghanistan.

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Netherlands - Exercise Falcon Recce

Reconnaissance units of 11 Airmobile Brigade and 43Mech Brigade came together and participated in Exercise Falcon Recce from 13 to 16 February 2012

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Dutch Will Get Helicopter Back From Libya

The Dutch Ministry of Defence has announced that the Netherlands will get back the helicopter that had to be abandoned on the beach in the Libyan town of Sirte last year.

According to the defence ministry, the Lynx helicopter is no longer operational. It was moved from Sirte to the capital Tripoli on Monday. The aircraft will be salvaged and transported to the Netherlands by sea.

The helicopter was involved in a failed rescue attempt; the three-man crew was attempting to rescue a Dutch national when they were captured. They were released two weeks later. (RNW)

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Dutch defence ministry issues MALE UAS request


The Netherlands has launched the process to acquire a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system (UAS) capability later this decade, with its defence ministry seeking information from potential suppliers.



With an operational system planned to enter use in the 2015-2016 financial year, the Netherlands Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) has invited companies to respond to a request for information.

Potential bidders have until 1 April to respond to the RFI, with answers to subsequent questions from the defence ministry to be returned no later than 6 July, according to details published by the European Defence Agency's contracts service. "The formal procedure for procurement will be determined by the DMO later on," it added.

The Netherlands previously had a deal with Qinetiq to deliver intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services in Afghanistan using leased Aeronautics Defense Systems Aerostar tactical UAS. The agreement was terminated in mid-2010 as the Dutch armed forces prepared to withdraw its combat forces from Afghanistan.

Despite the Dutch military being restricted by a package of ongoing equipment cuts, the MALE UAS requirement was included in long-term spending plans in April 2011, with a planned budget of €100 million ($134 million).

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Dutch Will Get Helicopter Back From Libya

The Dutch Ministry of Defence has announced that the Netherlands will get back the helicopter that had to be abandoned on the beach in the Libyan town of Sirte last year.

According to the defence ministry, the Lynx helicopter is no longer operational. It was moved from Sirte to the capital Tripoli on Monday. The aircraft will be salvaged and transported to the Netherlands by sea.

The helicopter was involved in a failed rescue attempt; the three-man crew was attempting to rescue a Dutch national when they were captured. They were released two weeks later. (RNW)

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Ça c'est passé durant les opérations contre Kadhafi?

non bien avant tu te rappeles plus?
operation de "sauvetage" fichue

Gaddafi Forces Capture Dutch Military Helicopter
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_me/2011-03-05/134983048655.html

Merci, mais je ne m'en rappelais plus du tout.

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F16 AM J508 ( 87-0508 )



F16 AM J202 ( 83-1202 )

HNLMS Holland ( P840 ) au Tyne hier

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Le nouveau patrouilleur néerlandais à la mer avec son mât intégré


le Holland, premier des nouveaux patrouilleurs hauturiers néerlandais du type OGPV, a débuté ses essais en mer avec son mât intégré. Construit par Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS) à Flessingue, le bâtiment avait d'abord réalisé l'an dernier ses essais de plateforme sans son Integrated Mast 400, qui a été intégré par Thales fin 2011. Développé par la filiale néerlandaise de l'électronicien, cet équipement permet de rassembler en une seule et même structure la plupart de senseurs du navire. L'IM400 du Holland comprend, ainsi, un radar de veille air à quatre faces planes SeaMaster 400 (bande S), dérivé des SMART et APAR. La veille surface est assurée par un radar fixe Seawatcher (également à quatre faces, bande X), qui peut aussi assurer le guidage de l'hélicoptère embarqué. L'IM400 comprend, par ailleurs, un système électro-optique (IR/TV) de surveillance et d'alerte Gatekeeper. Ce système, avec une capacité de détection à 360 degrés, a été conçu pour traiter les menaces asymétriques, comme les attaques de petites embarcations rapides, de drones aériens ou de nageurs de combat. Le mât accueille enfin l'Integrated Communication Antenna System (ICAS), qui permet l'utilisation de systèmes de communication VHF/UHF et peut mettre en oeuvre une liaison de données tactique (L16), ainsi qu'un système d'identification « Friend or Foe » NR IFF.


Le Holland (© : THALES)

Long de 108.4 mètres pour une largeur de 16 mètres, le Holland affiche un déplacement en charge de 3745 tonnes. Dotés d'un système de mise à l'eau pour embarcations rapides et d'une plateforme/hangar pour un hélicoptère de type NH90, il met en oeuvre une tourelle de 76mm, un canon de 27mm télé-opéré, ainsi que de l'artillerie légère. L'équipage sera limité à 50 marins mais le bâtiment a une capacité d'hébergement de 90 personnes. La propulsion, assurée par deux moteurs diesels de 5400 kW, permet au patrouilleur néerlandais d'atteindre la vitesse de 21.5 noeuds et de franchir 5000 nautiques à 15 noeuds.
Le Holland comptera trois sisterships : Le Zeeland, réalisé comme lui à Flessingue et livré en octobre dernier à la marine néerlandaise, ainsi que les Friesland et Groningen, construits par le chantier Damen de Galati, en Roumanie (l'achèvement de ces unités se déroule aux Pays-Bas).

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C'est le premier navire si je dis pas de bêtise qui à un mât intégré La FREMM au début devait en avoir un aussi mais pour des raison budgétaire l'idée a été abandonné

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Enhancing NATO’s Missile Defence

HNLMS Tromp (F803), a De Zeven Provinciën-class air-defence and command frigate. (Photo: Royal Netherlands Navy)
08:59 GMT, March 15, 2012 The proliferation of ballistic missiles poses an increasing threat to Allied populations, territory and deployed forces. This is the reason why the Netherlands decided to contribute to NATO’s Missile Defence system.

“From intelligence we know that now more than 30 countries have or are acquiring ballistic missiles. They do not pose an immediate threat, but in the long run it could become a threat and in order to be prepared for that, we think it is important that NATO develops ballistic missile defence capability and that the Netherlands participates in contributing to that capability,” says Pieter-Henk Schroor from the Dutch Ministry of Defence.

CONTRIBUTING TO COLLECTIVE DEFENCE

At the moment, NATO is developing the command and control arrangements for the Missile Defence System. Sensors and interceptors will be provided by nations or groups of nations through voluntary contributions. The national contribution of the Netherlands will be to upgrade four air-defence frigates with extended long-range “Smart-L” radar systems.

The new radar will form a part of the NATO missile defence architecture. After modernisation it will be able to detect and track incoming missile threats at a distance of more than 1000 kilometres and pass that information to NATO’s air defence system, which can then conduct an intercept.

“All systems that are part of the ballistic missile shield are interconnected through networks. So they will be able to pass information and track data. Once the ship with the modernised Smart-L radar detects this ballistic missile, all the other systems and participants would be aware of that missile,” explains Dutch Navy commander Onno Boshouwers.

LONG-TERM INVESTMENT

The cost to the Dutch government of modernising the Smart-L radar systems is between €100 million and €250 million: a significant amount in times of economic austerity. But according to Pieter-Henk Schroor it is considered as a smart investment for the Netherlands in the long term.

“We already have a long tradition in the Netherlands in working very closely together with the radar industry. This upgrade is also developed by a Dutch company and we hope that since we are the launching customer, maybe other countries will also decide to buy this system and then of course this will lower the cost.”

Although defence budgets are under pressure, the Netherlands still considers it important to invest in new technologies. This investment defends Dutch security and the security of its fellow NATO members.

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Dutch Soldiers serving C Company 12 Infantry Battalion, 11 Luchtmobiele Brigade , during the training exercise Op Vlasakkers – 8^th March 2012

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Insitu Announces ScanEagle Contract with Netherlands Ministry of Defense

BINGEN, Wash., March 19, 2012—Insitu announced today that it has signed a contract to deliver its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to the Netherlands to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) for the Ministry of Defense (MOD). The Netherlands will use ScanEagle with the MOD both domestically and abroad.

“We’re excited to be part of the Netherlands’ ISR solution for the Ministry of Defense,” said Insitu President and CEO Steve Morrow. “ScanEagle provides ISR that is competitive with other larger UAS at a fraction of the price.”

ScanEagle will provide the MOD an ISR capability during the second half of 2012, replacing a program that ended in the middle of 2011. Looking forward, Netherlands MOD and Insitu plan to continue to explore the potential for multi-mission ISR capabilities using a next-generation Insitu UAS that carries multiple ISR sensors and enables rapid, robust payload integration.

ScanEagle is a mature system already established with other international customers. The system is combat-proven, with more than 580,000 combat flight hours since it first deployed with the U.S. Marine Corps in 2004. Endurance exceeding 24 hours allows customers to respond to the unexpected.

ScanEagle’s rapid response, expeditionary capabilities are punctuated by the success of dozens of shipboard deployments with the U.S. Navy since 2005. Insitu’s SkyHook retrieval system allows for aircraft recovery without the use of nets or runways—and without the dangers associated with ship overfly: A vertical rope arrests aircraft flight by catching a hook on the wing of the aircraft. In 2009, ScanEagle was noted for the rapid response ISR that it provided during the recovery of merchant marine Captain Richard Phillips, who was being held by Somali pirates.

Personnel from the Joint ISTAR command are now taking courses to begin operating the system later this year.

Insitu Inc., located in Bingen, Wash., is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company. Insitu designs, develops and manufactures UAS and provides associated services for commercial, civil and defense applications. With a small footprint and expeditionary focus for both land and sea operations, the company’s family of UAS solutions and global mission support serves the needs of worldwide customers. To date, these systems have accumulated 580,000 combat flight hours and 64,000 sorties. For more information, visit

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Le HMNS Rotterdam ( L800 ) au Large des côtes norvegiennes le 16-03-12

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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (March 24, 2012) The Royal Netherlands Navy frigate HNLMS De Ruyter (F 804) transits the Mediterranean Sea during a passing exercise with the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group. Enterprise Carrier Strike Group is deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brian G. Reynolds/Released)

Appel aux FRA: sold F16 dans l´air

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Netherlands makes final trim to F-16 fleet size

By: Anno Gravemaker
22 hours ago
Source: Flightglobal

The Netherlands is to reduce its operational fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16s from 87 to 68 aircraft and defer a decision on buying the company's replacement F-35 until after elections planned to be held in 2015.

Three options are being considered for the surplus F-16s. These range from selling 18 and dismantling the other for spare parts, to selling 15 and retaining four for use as spares and training assets, or using all 19 airframes in this way.

With the Royal Netherlands Air Force having already reduced its number of active F-16 pilots to 68, annual savings of €41 million ($53 million) should be made from 2014. However, the defence ministry says a decision to extend operations of the type by three years until 2026 will cost an additional €300 million.

Dutch planning expectations still call for an active inventory of 85 conventional take-off and landing F-35As, but the defence ministry is reserving only €4.5 billion for the purchase. This is just 60% of the required budget cited in 2010.

The Netherlands' first F-35 was rolled out at Lockheed's Fort Worth site in Texas on 1 April. Along with a second example, AN-1 will support the nation's participation in initial operational test and evaluation of the aircraft.

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Appel aux FRA: sold F16 dans l´air

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Netherlands makes final trim to F-16 fleet size

By: Anno Gravemaker
22 hours ago
Source: Flightglobal

The Netherlands is to reduce its operational fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16s from 87 to 68 aircraft and defer a decision on buying the company's replacement F-35 until after elections planned to be held in 2015.

Three options are being considered for the surplus F-16s. These range from selling 18 and dismantling the other for spare parts, to selling 15 and retaining four for use as spares and training assets, or using all 19 airframes in this way.

With the Royal Netherlands Air Force having already reduced its number of active F-16 pilots to 68, annual savings of €41 million ($53 million) should be made from 2014. However, the defence ministry says a decision to extend operations of the type by three years until 2026 will cost an additional €300 million.

Dutch planning expectations still call for an active inventory of 85 conventional take-off and landing F-35As, but the defence ministry is reserving only €4.5 billion for the purchase. This is just 60% of the required budget cited in 2010.

The Netherlands' first F-35 was rolled out at Lockheed's Fort Worth site in Texas on 1 April. Along with a second example, AN-1 will support the nation's participation in initial operational test and evaluation of the aircraft.

la Jordanie ou le Chili doivent déjà êtres dessus je pense !!! ça serait dommage je pense de rater cette occasion

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Damen Transfers the Third Holland Class Patrol Vessel "Friesland" for the Royal Netherlands Navy On Wednesday 11 April, in Harlingen the third of four Holland Class Oceangoing Patrol Vessels, “Friesland” built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding for the Royal Netherlands Navy, was transferred to the Defence Materiel Organization of the Ministry of Defence of the Netherlands. After delivery the Friesland will directly start an extensive testing and work-up program, yet without the Thales Integrated Mast Module (IMM), which will be installed early 2014.

Holland Class Oceangoing Patrol Vessels “Friesland” at sea (Picture: Damen)

Ocean Going Patrol Vessel The four vessels of the Holland Class OPV’s measure 108 metres in length and 16 metres in width with a displacement of approximately 3750 tons. They offer hangar space and landing facilities for one NH-90 helicopter or equivalent types. Their armament consists of one 76 mm Oto-Melara gun, one rapid-fire 30 mm gun and two 12.7 mm Hitrole machine guns. The weapons all have full remote control. Thanks to the state-of-the-art sensor and communication technology in the Integrated Mast Module (IMM), detection and tracking of high- and low-altitude air targets, fast boats, periscopes, mines and even swimmers will be possible.

Royal Netherlands Navy ship “Friesland” at sea (Picture: Damen)

The first two patrol vessels, “Holland” and “’Zeeland” are built at the shipyard of Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding in Vlissingen, with a number of sections being supplied by the Damen shipyard in Galati. The “Holland” and “Zeeland” were handed over to the Royal Netherlands Navy earlier. The third and fourth vessels, “Friesland” and “Groningen” are built at the Damen shipyard in Galati under the supervision of Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding. Sea Acceptance Trials of the “Groningen” are expected to be completed end of April. Early June she will sail to the Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding yard for final outfitting of certain systems and components.

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Les Pays-Bas achèteront moins d'avions de chasse que prévu en raison de la hausse de leurs coûts et du fait que l'armée de l'air néerlandaise aura besoin de remplacer moins de F-16 qu'elle ne le pensait, a annoncé dimanche le ministre de la Défense Hans Hillen. Les Pays-Bas prévoyaient initialement d'acheter 85 F-35, construits par l'américain Lockheed Martin entre 2019 et 2027. Le ministre n'a pas précisé combien d'avion de chasse seront finalement achetés.

http://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/les-pays-bas-acheteront-moins-de-f-35-que-prevu.N172788

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The costs of developing and building the F-35, which will replace F-16 fighters, have been rising. Japan and a U.S. Air Force official have warned they may order fewer planes if costs go up further. Asked on Dutch television programme Buitenhof if the Netherlands still planned to buy 85 F-35 planes despite higher costs, Dutch Defence Minister Hans Hillen said: “The next cabinet will decide. It will certainly be fewer.” The Netherlands had planned to buy a total of 85 F-35 planes over the period 2019 to 2027, the Dutch Defence Ministry said in a letter to parliament last year. The ministry has reserved 4.5 billion euros to replace the existing F-16 fighters.

http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2012/04/15/dutch-defence-minister-says-the-netherlands-will-scale-back-its-f-35-purchase

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Frisian Flag 2012, les aviateurs européens s’entraînent aux Pays-Bas.



A partir de ce dimanche 15 avril 2012, et pour quelques jours, la base aérienne néerlandaise de Leeuwarden devient le centre névralgique de l’Europe de défense. En effet, c’est là que va avoir lieu l’exercice multinational Frisian Flag qui doit permettre de mieux mutualiser les moyens aériens de défense entre les différents pays participants. Pour l’occasion, ce ne sont pas moins de huit pays européens qui ont répondu présents à l’appel ; chaque force aérienne apportant son expérience, son personnel, et aussi bien entendu son matériel. Les participants sont les suivants :

l’Allemagne, avec six Eurofighter EF-2000 de la Luftwaffe.
la Belgique, avec quatre General Dynamics F-16AM et un F-16BM de la Composante Air.
la Finlande, avec quatre Boeing F/A-18C et deux F/A-18D de la Suomen Ilmavoimat.
la Norvège, avec dix General Dynamics F-16AM/BM et un Dassault Falcon 20ECM de la Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret.
les Pays-Bas, avec dix General Dynamics F-16AM et cinq F-16BM de la Koninlijke Luchtmacht.
la Pologne, avec quatre Lockheed-Martin F-16C et deux F-16D de la Wojska Lotnicze.
le Royaume Uni, avec sept Eurofighter Typhoon F2 de la Royal Air Force.
la Suède, avec huit Saab JAS-39C Gripen de la Flygvapnet.

En outre un volet de soutien opérationnel, lui aussi inclus dans l’exercice, est réalisé par deux Lockheed C-130 Hercules, appartenant l’un à la Suède et l’autre aux Pays-Bas. Il semble également acquis que l’OTAN soutienne ouvertement l’exercice en mettant à disposition un Boeing E-3A AWACS basé au Luxembourg.

Au lendemain de l’engagement aérien international en Libye, alors que les avions de combat ont démontré, plus que jamais, leur capacité à neutraliser toute force aérienne et armée étrangère, ce type d’exercice permet de mieux analyser et retranscrire les enseignements de tels engagements. L’omniprésence du F-16 Fighting Falcon et la montée en puissance des chasseurs de nouvelle génération semble bel et bien acquise désormais dans ce genre de « rendez-vous ».

Malgré l’intérêt clair, et pas seulement pour les spotters, que peut représenter Frisian Flag aujourd’hui, on est en droit de se demander si une telle manifestation peut se tenir sans l’Espagne, la France, ou l’Italie, des acteurs précieux pour l’Europe de défense. En effet, comment préparer au mieux les conflits du futur si on n’y intègre pas les Rafales et Mirage 2000D de l’Armée de l’Air et de l’Aviation Navale.

Tout aussi étrangement point d’UAV annoncé. Si le drone est souvent considéré comme un cauchemar par les aérophiles comme nous, force est de constater que c’est un outil indispensable de renseignement pré et post-opération. De même aucun ravitailleur ne semble engagé, à moins qu’en dernière minute les Hollandais mettent à disposition un de leurs chers Mc Donnell Douglas KDC-10.

En somme, laissons à Frisian Flag 2012 la possibilité de faire ses preuves mais regardons cet exercice comme un outil incomplet de préparation, car malade de ses absents. Quoiqu’il en soit ses participants pourront au moins montrer leurs belles machines aux photographes allemands, belges, et néerlandais, qui pourront ainsi s’amuser avec leurs objectifs… Si la police militaire regarde ailleurs bien sûr.

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