19 février 2024 | International, Aérospatial
Saab secures multi-million dollar contract for Canada air defence - Army Technology
To enhance Canada's security measures, the Canadian government has allocated CAD 227m to procure the Saab RBS 70 NG.
4 novembre 2021 | International, Aérospatial, Naval, Terrestre, C4ISR, Sécurité
Autonomie de la défense européenne : entretien avec Jean-Pierre Maulny (IRIS)
Jean-Pierre Maulny, Directeur adjoint de l'Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques (IRIS), accorde un entretien à Capital. Il insiste sur la nécessité pour la France de rester dans l'OTAN, suite à l'abandon des commandes australiennes de sous-marins et la formation du pacte de défense Aukus, et souligne les progrès de l'autonomie de la défense européenne. Au niveau industriel, « il y a déjà eu de nombreuses coopérations en Europe dans le domaine de l'armement avec les Italiens, les Allemands ou les Britanniques, par exemple les Fremm, l'Airbus A400M, l'hélicoptère Tigre ou encore les missiles Meteor. Le lancement du programme du drone de reconnaissance MALE, qui regroupe la France, l'Allemagne, l'Espagne et l'Italie, est acté. II est soutenu à hauteur de 100 M€ par l'UE », détaille-t-il. Le Fonds européen de défense, disposant de « dispose de 8 Md€ utilisables sur sept ans pour la R&D, soit plus de 1 Md€ par an, dont environ 300 M€ pour la recherche fondamentale », a de plus été adopté en avril 2021. « Le Rafale, notre plus belle vitrine, est très compétitif », souligne Jean-Pierre Maulny, qui cite également « les missiles conçus par MBDA, numéro 2 mondial dans sa spécialité, les hélicoptères NH90 d'Airbus ou le Caesar, un canon autoporté développé par Nexter, qui en a vendu plus de 300 à l'exportation, et les sous-marins Scorpène ». « La force de notre industrie de l'armement est d'être présente sur tous les créneaux », conclut-il.
Capital, novembre 2021
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13 juin 2024 | International, Terrestre
Minister Blair announces additional military assistance for Ukraine at the 23rd meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group
Today, the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, participated in the 23rd Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting in Brussels, Belgium, hosted by United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III. The meeting brought together representatives from more than 50 countries. Minister Blair and his counterparts reaffirmed their unwavering support for Ukraine and received a battlefield update from Ukraine’s Defence Minister and general staff.
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20 janvier 2021 | International, Aérospatial, Naval
American warship, F-35 jets to deploy with British fleet
By: Andrew Chuter LONDON — U.S. combat jets and a destroyer are to join the British Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier on its maiden operational deployment to the Asia-Pacific region later in 2021, after officials formally approved the deployment Tuesday. British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and U.S. acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller co-signed a joint declaration approving the deployment of U.S. Marine and U.S. Navy assets as part of a carrier strike group led by the HMS Queen Elizabeth, the British Ministry of Defence announced. U.S. assets attached to the carrier strike group will include a detachment of Marine F-35Bs and the destroyer The Sullivans, the announcement said. The U.S. military has been regularly flying its short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing F-35Bs from the deck of the 65,000-ton Queen Elizabeth as the new carrier tests its capabilities. The warship was commissioned in December 2017, and the carrier strike group achieved initial operating capability in December 2020. The inclusion of Marine combat jets on the warship has long been planned by the two governments, not least because Britain has a modest numbers of F-35Bs available. The British carrier also will deploy Leonardo-built Merlin helicopters for anti-submarine missions and other duties. Wallace said in a statement that the U.K. “now possesses a 21st century carrier strike capability, which has been greatly assisted by the unswerving support and cooperation of the US at all levels over the past decade.” “This deployment embodies the strength of our bilateral ties and reflects the depth and breadth of this vital defence and security partnership,” he added. The British government has not officially announced where the deployment is expected to take the carrier force, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson previously said the group would be going to the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and the Pacific region. That's expected to include Singapore, South Korea, Japan and Oman; Britain has a naval support base in the latter. British officials previously signaled the carrier and its support ships could transit through the South China Sea, where the U.S. regularly conducts freedom of navigation operations in disputed waters claimed by China. A second carrier, the HMS Prince of Wales, was commissioned in late 2019 and is scheduled to become operational in 2023. It was hit by a serious flooding incident last year, which caused the cancellation of a trip to the U.S. Eastern Seaboard for trials with the F-35B. https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2021/01/19/american-warship-f-35-jets-to-deploy-with-british-fleet