Big moves ahead on light tank, Bradley replacement and robot vehicles

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  27 novembre 2020 | International, Aérospatial

  AIRBUS GROUP : LA BUNDESWEHR COMMANDE 31 HÉLICOPTÈRES NH90

  (Boursier.com) — La Bundeswehr allemande a commandé 31 hélicoptères NH90 (Sea Tiger), pour les opérations navales de la marine allemande. Nathalie Tarnaud-Laude (Présidente de NHI) et Giorgio Gomma (Directeur général de l'Agence OTAN de gestion des hélicoptères ; NAHEMA) ont signé ce contrat le 26 novembre, au nom de l'Office fédéral de l'équipement, des technologies de l'information et du soutien en service des forces armées allemandes (BAAINBw). Ces hélicoptères remplaceront la flotte Sea Lynx Mk88A de la marine allemande, entrée en service en 1981. La Bundeswehr a déjà commandé 18 hélicoptères de transport naval NH90 Sea Lion, dont 7 ont déjà été livrés. Rappelons que 100 hélicoptères NH90 ont déjà été livrés à 6 pays différents, et ont effectué plus de 70.000 heures de vol dans le cadre d'opérations de recherche et de sauvetage, humanitaires et militaires. Actuellement, 430 hélicoptères NH90 sont en service dans le monde et totalisent plus de 270.000 heures de vol. https://www.boursier.com/actions/actualites/news/airbus-group-la-bundeswehr-commande-31-helicopteres-nh90-836835.html

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  1 septembre 2024 | International, Aérospatial

  NASA narrows Crew-9 lineup to accommodate astronauts aboard ISS

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  2 octobre 2020 | International, Terrestre, Sécurité

  General Dynamics gets $1.2 billion to build short-range air defense systems for US Army

  Jen Judson WASHINGTON — General Dynamics Land Systems has secured a $1.2 billion contract at the close of the fiscal year to build and deliver the U.S. Army's Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense system, or IM-SHORAD. The Stryker combat vehicle-based system includes a mission equipment package designed by Leonardo DRS. That mission equipment package includes Raytheon's Stinger vehicle missile launcher. The estimated completion date of the contract is Sept. 30, 2025, according to a Defense Department contract announcement. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order. GDLS officials told Defense News on Oct. 1 that the initial order for the contract, worth $230 million, is for 28 vehicles, and that the company has begun ordering material and laying out production for those vehicles. The first vehicle under this contract will roll off the line in roughly 18 months, but the first platoon will be fielded in March 2021 and the first battalion (of 32 vehicles) will be fielded in September 2021 using prototypes already built to fill it out. A second battalion will be fielded in 2022. The Army wrapped up developmental testing for the SHORAD system after experiencing a minor “hiccup” that, when paired with complications due to the coronavirus pandemic, set the program back by a few weeks, Maj. Gen. Robert Rasch, the service's program executive officer for missiles and space, said Aug. 5. The production contract award came on time. It took just 19 months from the time the service generated the requirement to the first delivery of a platform for testing, answering an urgent call in 2016 from U.S. Army Europe to fill the short-range air defense capability gap. The service received the requirement to build the system in February 2018. After a shoot-off in the desert of White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and subsequent evaluations of vendors, the Army selected a Stryker combat vehicle-based system with the Leonardo DRS mission equipment package. Training has already begun at White Sands in preparation for an early user assessment in the latter part of the year. https://www.defensenews.com/land/2020/10/01/general-dynamics-gets-12-billion-to-build-short-range-air-defense-systems-for-us-army/