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  26 mars 2019 | International, Aérospatial, C4ISR

  German Air Force jumping on passive radar

  By: Sebastian Sprenger COLOGNE, Germany — The German Air Force has created a formal acquisition track for passive sensing technology, joining a global military equipment trend that could reshuffle the cat-and-mouse game of radar versus stealthy aircraft. A defense acquisition spokesman told Defense News that the service is working on an “FFF” analysis for passive sensor systems, a technical acronym from deep inside the military-acquisition bureaucracy. Short for “Fähigkeitslücke und Funktionale Forderung,” the process serves to describe a capability gap, derive requirements and eventually tee up an actual investment program. Information about the acquisition status came in a response by the Defence Ministry to Defense News about an event in November that showed the military's keen interest in passive radar. The Luftwaffe and the ministry's defense-acquisition organization had staged a weeklong “measuring campaign” in southern Germany aimed at visualizing the entire region's air traffic through TwInvis, a passive radar system made by Hensoldt. Queries about the results of the demonstration were left unanswered. Full article: https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2019/03/22/german-air-force-jumping-on-passive-radar

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  7 octobre 2020 | International, Terrestre, Sécurité

  Beijing North Vehicle Group Corporation unveils lightweight tracked AFV

  Gabriel Dominguez The Beijing North Vehicle Group Corporation, a subsidiary of the China North Industries Group Corporation (Norinco), has released video footage showing a new lightweight tracked armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) reminiscent of the German Army's Wiesel air-transportable vehicle. In a promotional video released on its WeChat page on 1 October, the company showed the small AFV – the designation of which was not disclosed – being test-driven in September by employees in a plateau area at an undisclosed location. Several other larger AFVs of multiple types were also shown in the video undergoing tests at different locations. The video, which was released to mark the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, shows that the small tracked AFV features four roadwheels per side, a drive sprocket at the front of the hull, a large idler at the rear, and two return rollers supporting the track. https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/beijing-north-vehicle-group-corporation-unveils-lightweight-tracked-afv

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  19 juillet 2022 | International, Aérospatial

  Airbus A330 MRTT becomes world’s first tanker certified for automatic air-to-air refuelling operations - Skies Mag

  The A330 MRTT has become the world’s first tanker to be certified for automatic air-to-air refuelling boom operations in daylight, following a successful campaign in collaboration with the Republic of Singapore Air Forc