May 28, 2021 | International, Aerospace
Le 25 mai, le ministère des Armées et la Direction générale de l'armement ont dévoilé la répartition précise des piliers du système de combat aérien du futur (SCAF). Le projet global est coordonné par les trois pays partenaires via Dassault Aviation (pour la France), Airbus Defence and Space (pour l'Allemagne) et Indra (pour l'Espagne) et chaque pilier du projet sera confié à un maître d'œuvre unique. « Sur chaque pilier, un équilibre a été trouvé entre le « prime » et le « main partner » en l'adaptant aux différents sujets », explique l'ingénieure générale de l'armement Eva Portier. Dassault Aviation est maître d'œuvre du Next Generation Fighter (NGF) tandis que Airbus Defence and Space est responsable des « remote carriers » et du cloud de combat. L'entité espagnole d'Airbus Defence and Space concevra les technologies de furtivité. Le pilier moteur est sous la responsabilité de la coentreprise formée par Safran et MTU, EUMET, et enfin, les capteurs sont du ressort d'Indra.
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August 15, 2022 | International, Aerospace
ATAC will provide three Mirage F1 aircraft for approximately 600 flight hours per year from Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (NAS JRB) in Fort Worth, Texas
April 25, 2024 | International, Aerospace
The program's schedule is behind by a year following Lockheed Martin's protest over the Army's decision to choose Bell's offering.
October 5, 2020 | International, Land, C4ISR, Security
Military.com | By Matthew Cox The Army just awarded a $1.2 billion contract to General Dynamics Land Systems for Stryker combat vehicles equipped with new short-range air defense weapons. Under the contract, the company will produce, test and deliver Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) Strykers to the Army, a key modernization effort for the service, according to an Oct. 2 company news release. The IM-SHORAD is designed to counter threats from unmanned aerial systems, as well as enemy helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft, according to the release, which adds that the Army's initial, $230 million order calls for 28 Stryker IM-SHORAD vehicles. "This dedicated SHORAD capability adds a new operational dimension to the Stryker fleet in all of the Army's maneuver formations," Don Kotchman, vice president and general manager of GD Land Systems -- the company that also manufactures Stryker vehicles for the service -- said in the release. General Dynamics has partnered with Leonardo DRS and Raytheon on the deal, which has an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2025, according to the release. Air and missile defense is a major modernization priority for the Army as it prepares for future, large-scale conflicts with adversaries such as Russia and China. The IM-SHORAD vehicles will be equipped with Raytheon's Stinger Missiles. The Army is also working to equip Strykers with 50-kilowatt lasers under the Directed-Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) effort. In July 2019, the service selected Northrop and Raytheon to develop competing prototypes of 50-kilowatt laser-equipped Strykers as part of a $203 million deal that includes Kord Technologies as the prime contractor. Northrop and Raytheon will each bring their laser-equipped Stryker to a competitive shoot-off scheduled for the third quarter of fiscal 2021. Army officials plan to select one of the prototypes, which will ultimately be among four vehicles fielded to the first platoon equipped with the 50-kilowatt version of M-SHORAD. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/10/02/army-inks-12-billion-deal-equip-strykers-short-range-air-defense-weapons.html