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  July 6, 2020 | International, Aerospace, Naval, Land

  Le missilier MBDA appelle l’Europe à construire son autonomie stratégique

  Arrivé à la tête de MBDA, voici un an, Éric Béranger, son PDG, entend réussir la transformation numérique de la société et appelle l'Europe à soutenir la filière défense. « J'appelle à la poursuite de la construction de notre autonomie stratégique, déclare-t-il. Le grand programme fondamental pour la défense de l'Europe contre les missiles balistiques et hypervéloces, c'est Twister ». Son coût total « de plusieurs milliards d'euros » doit être en partie pris en compte par le Fonds européen de défense. Conduit par la France, Twister comporte deux piliers. Le premier porte sur le développement d'un système d'alerte avancée depuis l'espace afin de détecter un décollage de missiles et de le suivre. MBDA y travaille aux côtés d'Airbus Defence and Space, Thales Alenia Space et l'allemand OHB. Le second porte sur le développement d'un intercepteur européen de missiles balistiques ou hypervéloces capable de neutraliser la menace. Le Figaro du 3 juillet 2020

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  July 18, 2018 | International, Naval

  Lockheed awarded $450.7M contract for Saudi patrol ships

  By Stephen Carlson July 17 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin out of Baltimore, MD. has received a $450.7 million modification to an existing contract for production of four Multi-Mission Surface Combatant ships for the the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Work will be performed in Crozet, Va., Iron Mountain, Mich., Milwaukee, Wisc., Sweden, Great Britain and other locations across the United States. The contract is expected to be completed by October 2025. Foreign military sales funding for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the amount of $225.6 million will be obligated at time of award . The Multi-Mission Surface Combatant is a highly maneuverable surface warfare ship capable of coastal and operations in the open ocean. The MMSC is equipped with the COMBATSS-21 Combat Management System. It is based off the AEGIS system used by air defense destroyers around the world. The vessel integrates the Mk110 57mm deck gun into the system as well, allowing for more accurate fires against incoming targets like aircraft and small boats. It can mount the Mk 41 Vertical Launch System which can mount various surface-to-air and surface-to-surface weapons like the Standard and the Tomahawk. https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2018/07/17/Lockheed-awarded-4507M-contract-for-Saudi-patrol-ships/3721531833764

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  December 7, 2018 | International, Aerospace

  Airbus pulls out of Polish helo tender due to offset requirements

  By: Jarosław Adamowski WARSAW, Poland — Airbus Helicopters has decided to pull out of the Polish Defence Ministry's tender to acquire new copters for the country's Navy. The "offset requirements defined by the Polish MoD made it impossible for Airbus Helicopters to submit a competitive offer," the company said in a statement sent to the state-owned news agency PAP. “Airbus Helicopters continues to be interested in supporting the process of the modernization of the Polish Armed Forces in the field of helicopter fleet replacement,” the vendor said with respect to Poland's other helo procurement plans. Earlier this year, Airbus Helicopters and Leonardo placed their offers in the ministry's tender to purchase four helicopters. Leonardo, which is now the only active participant of the tender, owns Polish aircraft plant PZL Swidnik which makes the AW101 copter, among others. The new helos, enabled with anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and search-and-rescue (SAR) capabilities, are designed to replace the Polish Navy's Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite copters, according to First Deputy Defence Minister Wojciech Skurkiewicz. Local observers have also said the new helos could replace the Navy's Soviet-designed Mil Mi-14 copters. https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2018/12/04/airbus-pulls-out-of-polish-helo-tender-due-to-offset-requirements