11 juin 2020 | International, Aérospatial, Naval, Terrestre, C4ISR, Sécurité
Dans le cadre des mesures du plan de relance annoncées mardi par le gouvernement, la ministre des Armées, Florence Parly, a annoncé un doublement du fonds d'investissement DefInvest de 50 à 100 millions d'euros sur une période de 5 ans. Ce fonds, lancé en 2017 et géré avec Bpifrance, a pour vocation pour soutenir le développement des PME stratégiques pour la défense. «J'ai lancé il y a quelques semaines une task force interministérielle sous le pilotage du ministère des Armées. Soit une centaine de personnes qui ont été chargées de quadriller le territoire, visiter les usines et les bureaux d'études pour identifier avec les entrepreneurs les domaines d'activité qui sont à risque», a précisé la ministre.
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16 novembre 2022 | International, C4ISR
Microsoft will provide Lockheed Martin with its first classified cloud as part of a three-year deal, executives said on Wednesday, making it easier for the United States' largest weapons maker to share information with the Pentagon, its top customer.
13 août 2019 | International, Aérospatial
By: Stephen Losey The Air Force has inspected, and cleared to fly again, most of the 123 C-130 Hercules that were grounded last week due to concerns about potential cracking in a crucial wing joint. Air Mobility Command has returned 74 C-130s to service as of Aug. 9, AMC spokeswoman Alexandra Soika said on Monday. Just one of those grounded C-130s has been found to have a defect so far, she said. Soika said it is unclear how long the remaining 48 C-130s might take to be inspected, since the pace depends on each base's capacity. The inspections take about eight hours. “We are making tremendous progress,” Soika said. The Air Force temporarily grounded the aircraft after finding cracks in the lower center wing joint, or “rainbow fitting," of a C-130 during scheduled depot maintenance. The affected aircraft represented nearly a quarter of the 450 C-130H and C-130J aircraft in the fleet. AMC said that even though only one C-130 was originally found to have cracks, the potential risk of a wing becoming dislodged from the aircraft was so serious that the Air Force decided to inspect all planes that could be affected. Each of those 123 C-130s that were grounded have flown more than 15,000 hours, and have not received an “extended service life center wing box.” Repairing cracked rainbow fittings will take about one to two months to finish, depending on how busy a depot is, AMC said. https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/08/12/most-grounded-c-130s-okd-to-fly-again/
28 juin 2021 | International, Naval
The U.S. Navy has awarded Sikorsky a contract to build nine more CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopters, with language added into the contract to continue bringing down the cost of the aircraft.