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  11 juin 2018 | International, Aérospatial

  US Navy officially inducts Triton UAV into service

  Gareth Jennings, London - Jane's Navy International The US Navy (USN) has officially commenced operations of its Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton Broad Area Maritime System (BAMS) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), it was announced on 1 June. A ceremony to formally induct the high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) UAV into service with Unmanned Patrol Squadron (VUP)-19 – the navy's first unmanned patrol squadron – was held the previous day at Naval Base Ventura County in Point Mugu, California. VP-19 now has two Triton UAVs, which are housed in specially constructed to facilities designed to accommodate their nearly 40 m wingspans. With this milestone, VP-19 will undertake training and trials ahead of the platform's inaugural overseas deployment, which will be to the Pacific island of Guam later this year. For this and later deployments, the Triton will operate in concert with the manned Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime multimission aircraft. The MQ-4C Triton has been developed from the Block 30 RQ-4N naval variant of the RQ-4 Global Hawk HALE UAV to provide the USN with a persistent maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capability in support of a full range of military operations. Designed for high-altitude, long-endurance ISR tasks, the Triton has a range of about 2,000 n miles and, with an endurance of 24 hours, will be able to cover more than 2.7 million sq miles in a single mission. Its payload primarily comprises the AN/ZPY-3 multifunction active-sensor radar. The USN has established the infrastructure to train its Triton operators at Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville in Florida. Operators undergo training under the supervision of Patrol Squadron (VP) 30 at the 11,600 m2 Integrated Test Center (ITC), which is also used for the training of P-8A Poseidon and P-3 Orion crews. http://www.janes.com/article/80602/us-navy-officially-inducts-triton-uav-into-service

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  9 juillet 2022 | International, Aérospatial, Naval, Terrestre

  Les industriels de la Défense s’organisent pour produire plus vite

  L'Etat, par la voix du Président de la République, ou celle du ministre des Armées, intimant aux acteurs industriels de la Défense d'accélérer leurs cadences de production, ceux-ci s'organisent pour apporter une réponse adéquate. Un exemple de ces délais jugés trop long, la production d'un radar militaire standard, une fois la commande passée, les pièces des sous-traitants réceptionnées, dure entre 24 et 36 mois, hors pénurie de matières. Au sein de la filière, donneurs d'ordre et sous-traitants planchent en toute discrétion pour proposer au ministre des Armées, Sébastien Lecornu, des leviers d'action applicables à court terme, en s'inspirant des méthodes de l'aéronautique civile. Une réflexion a lieu pour avoir des doubles sources sur certains composants, la norme dans le civil mais pas dans le militaire, et pour passer d'une logique de production à la commande, comme c'est le cas aujourd'hui, à une stratégie de flux. C'est une stratégie qui a aussi ses limites, le stockage de pièces ayant un coût significatif. Ainsi, une partie de la réponse se trouve du côté de l'industrie, mais l'autre est au niveau du ministère des Armées et de la Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA). Les clients eux-mêmes vont sans doute devoir accepter de revoir les règles actuelles. Les tests pouvant durer 6 mois sur certains équipements, si les délais étaient revus à la baisse, il faudrait accepter un niveau de dysfonctionnements supérieur à la normale.

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  19 novembre 2020 | International, Aérospatial, Naval

  Marines’ Presidential Helicopter Headed for IOC in July

  Posted on November 18, 2020 by Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — The next generation of executive transport helicopter for the president of the United States is planned for Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in July 2021, a Navy spokeswoman said, but the decision of when to place the aircraft in service will be determined by the White House. The VH-92A, built by Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a Lockheed Martin company, was selected in 2014 to replace the VH-3D and VH-60N helicopter fleet used to transport the president and other government executives. Six VH-92As were ordered in 2019. Followed by six more in February 2020. Total inventory will be 23 VH-92A aircraft, comprised of 21 operational fleet aircraft and two test aircraft. The presidential helicopter fleet is operated by Marine Helicopter Squadron One, based at Marine Corps Air Station Quantico, Va., with a detachment at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington. “Government testing to validate system performance and prepare for Initial Operational Test and Evaluation is progressing on schedule and will support an Initial Operational Capability (IOC) planned for July 2021,” the Navy spokeswoman said. “The VH-92A will enter service post IOC at the determination of the White House Military Office.” https://seapowermagazine.org/marines-presidential-helicopter-headed-for-ioc-in-july/