21 janvier 2020 | International, Aérospatial
Alors que Dassault Aviation profite à plein de ses contrats à l'export dans le militaire, il fait grise mine dans le civil.
Comme prévu, le groupe a livré 26 Rafale en 2019, contre 12 en 2018. Mais il n'a pas atteint son objectif dans le civil, avec seulement 40 avions d'affaires Falcon livrés, contre 41 en 2018, soit cinq appareils de moins qu'attendu. Seule consolation : avec également 40 Falcon commandés l'an dernier, Dassault parvient à stabiliser son carnet de commandes dans le civil (53 appareils). Entre un marché de l'aviation d'affaires chahuté et disputé et l'annulation du Falcon 5X en raison des difficultés rencontrées par Safran sur le moteur Silvercrest, le risque de pertes de parts de marché est bien réel. Mais l'avionneur peut se féliciter de son modèle dual : malgré sa décélération persistante dans le civil, son chiffre d'affaires en 2019 devrait être très supérieur à celui de 2018, à 5,1 milliards d'euros. En outre, Dassault pourrait dévoiler cette année un nouveau Falcon...
https://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/le-falcon-ne-fait-plus-les-affaires-de-dassault.N918869
6 avril 2022 | International, Aérospatial
Is the U.S. plan to develop hypersonic weapons moving in the right direction, or do we even need these weapons at all? A look at the state of the American pl...
12 novembre 2020 | International, Aérospatial
By Christen McCurdy Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The Pentagon this week awarded two contracts totaling $734.8 million for infrastructure and equipment for the Qatar Emiri Air Force. The larger of the two deals, announced on Monday, is a $657.2 million contract for Qatar's F-15 program. Per this week's deal, Boeing will provide sparing and support for the F-15QA aircraft once they are delivered to Qatar, as well as logistical support and administrative costs. Boeing is contracted to deliver 36 F-15QA aircraft to Qatar, with the first arriving in 2021. The U.S. Air Force announced in October that it is working with the QEAF to prepare for the aircraft's arrival. A Tuesday press release from the contractor announced the deal along with two other recent contracts to support the QEAF: a previously unannounced $240 million, five-year contract for F-15QA program management, and a $68 million contract announced in April to provide maintenance and logistics support for the QEAF during their pre-delivery training for the F-15QA. "The tailored training and sustainment delivered by our team, coupled with Boeing's platform expertise, allows us to deliver a holistic solution to our Qatari customer so they can optimize the full capability of their fleet with high availability rates," said Tim Buerk, director of Middle East defense services for Boeing. "We look forward to our continued partnership with Qatar and further supporting their mission readiness needs," Buerk said. Under the second deal, valued at $77.6 million, Raytheon will upgrade the Qatar Air Operations Center. That includes the procurement and installation of hardware and software, as well as testing, end-user training and help desk support. The F-15QA, which performed its maiden flight in April, has been described as the most advanced variant of the F-15 and is based on the F-15SA, which is currently in production for Saudi Arabia. https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2020/11/10/Pentagon-awards-7348M-to-Boeing-Raytheon-for-support-of-Qatars-F-15s/4551605034794
15 octobre 2019 | International, C4ISR
By: Joe Gould WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has selected L3Harris Technologies to provide ROVER 6 transceiver equipment upgrades in support of the U.S. Army's One System Remote Video Terminal program of record, meant to improve situational awareness for soldiers in the field, the company announced Monday at the Association of the U.S. Army's annual conference. The company did not disclose the value of the award but said it was more than $90 million. The portable ROVER systems deliver full-motion video and geospatial data from manned or unmanned aircraft to enhance reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition and general situational awareness on the battlefield. The move comes as the Army envisions advanced manned-unmanned teaming, or MUM-T. Within the last month, the Army acquisitions office for unmanned aerial systems awarded a contract for the Rover 6S and the Tactical Network ROVER2E, a newer version of the man-portable radio. The Army is scheduled to receive its first deliveries beginning in November 2020, the company said at the AUSA meeting in Washington. According to L3Harris, the updated systems expand frequency capability. They also reduce the equipment's size, weight and power needs, as well as add processing resources. They also include Cryptographic Core Modernization. The systems are meant to transform sensor-to-shooter networking and allow increased levels of collaboration and interoperability with virtually all large airframes, unmanned aerial vehicles and targeting pods in theater today. The upgrade included modernizing the waveform the equipment uses such that more users are able to transmit video, according to Kevin Kane, L3Harris' vice president for international business development. “Being able to share that real-time situational awareness more broadly on the battlefield is really what it's all about,” Kane said. https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/ausa/2019/10/15/l3harris-to-provide-rover-transceiver-upgrade-in-deal-worth-over-90-million