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  9 décembre 2020 | International, Naval

  The US Navy wants to find ships to kill using aerial drones launched from submarines

  By: David B. Larter WASHINGTON – The name of the game in the Pacific is stand-off range. But with longer range torpedoes and anti-ship missiles in the arsenal, submariners are looking to a new domain to help them extend their deadly reach: The air. In an October request for information, Naval Sea Systems Command's Submarine Combat and Weapons Control Program Office asked industry for input into a “Submarine-Launched Unmanned Aerial System,” or SLUAS, currently in development. The Navy has been interested in sub-launched drones for some time and has been testing prototypes, but the RFI shows the service is getting serious about the idea as it adds longer-range torpedoes and anti-ship cruise missiles to the arsenal of its attack submarines. The idea for the SLUAS is an ambitious one. The drone would launch from a submerged submarine out of a 3-inch ejector tube used for sonobuoys, flares and countermeasures among other things. The battery-operated UAS would then deploy its wings and operate for an hour, well beyond the range visible from just the low-in-the-water periscope. Additionally, the UAS should have an “electro-optic capability with reliable target solution analysis,” the RFI said, adding that it should be able to “operate at ranges out to the line-of-sight radio horizon, and use a variable bandwidth encrypted datalink with at least 256-bit encryption strength. The drone should also have a degree of autonomy and “include the ability to operate in an emission-controlled environment and operate without constant radio communication links.” “Every submarine has a 3-inch launcher, so in theory, every submarine could operate with UASs,” said Bryan Clark, a retired submarine officer and senior fellow with The Hudson Institute. “The idea is that you would be about the size of a sonobuoy — it could be pretty long — and you'd put it inside a canister. Then you launch this in a canister, it floats to the surface and the USA deploys from there. “And from there it can either connect up with the submarine or it could connect with another unit, and it gives you the ability to have over-the-horizon surveillance.” “The demonstrations have been pretty successful,” Clark added. The responses to the RFI were due in November. https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2020/12/07/the-us-navy-wants-to-find-ships-to-kill-using-aerial-drones-launched-from-submarines/

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  10 septembre 2023 | International, Naval

  North Korea unveils first tactical, nuclear-armed submarine | Reuters

  North Korea has launched its first operational "tactical nuclear attack submarine" and assigned it to the fleet that patrols the waters between the Korean peninsula and Japan, state media said on Friday.

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  13 juin 2023 | International, Aérospatial

  Pourquoi le Rafale F5 sera plus attractif que le F-35 en 2030 et au delà ? Partie 1/2

  Après presque une décennie de vaches maigres et de doutes, entre 2005 et 2015, le Rafale s'est imposé comme un des plus importants succès de l'industrie de défense française en matière d'exportation. En effet, depuis la première commande de 24 Rafale F3 par l'Egypte en février 2015, le chasseur français a aligné les succès, au Qatar et Inde dans un premier temps, puis en Grèce, en Croatie, en Indonésie et bien évidemment aux Emirats Arabes Unis, les 80 Rafale F4 commandés par Abu Dabi pour 14 Md€ étant le plus important contrat à l'exportation jamais signé par la BITD française.