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  31 juillet 2020 | International, Terrestre

  British Army’s AS90 howitzers to stick around amid replacement delay

  By: Andrew Chuter LONDON — The program to replace the British Army's aging AS90 self-propelled artillery has hit at least a two-year delay, with the forthcoming howitzer not expected to reach initial operating capability until the first quarter of 2029. The decision to defer the Mobile Fires Program was taken to allow the Ministry of Defence to address key technical risks and meet requirements in the government's integrated defense, security and foreign policy review expected around the end of the year, according to sources with knowledge of the program. Britain's new heavy artillery had been due to gain initial operating capability in the fourth quarter of 2026, but the MoD confirmed that has now been put back to the first quarter of 2029. The howitzer procurement delay means the current date for decommissioning the AS90s has also gone back two years. A portion of the howitzer force will now remain operational until 2032. Revised timelines for a new procurement process are currently under development by the MoD. An initial request for information was sent to industry in April 2019. The MoD issued revised key user requirements in January 2020 with a deadline for industry responses set for Feb. 17. Britain's BAE Systems, South Korea's Hanwa Defense, Israel's Soltham Systems, France's Nexter and Germany's Rheinmetall are among the companies that expressed interest in the program, an industry executive told Defense News on condition of anonymity. Late last year, the Royal United Services Institute think tank in London blasted the British military for its lack of artillery firepower compared with a country like Russia. “The UK's ground forces are comprehensively outgunned and outranged , leaving enemy artillery free to prosecute fire missions with impunity”, RUSI analyst Jack Watling wrote in a report. “If conventional deterrence is to remain a key component of the UK's national security strategy, then the modernisation of its fires capabilities should be a top priority.” The integrated review, run by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his advisers, is expected to be announced this year. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said in a July 26 op-ed in the Sunday Telegraph that the review would pivot the military away from conventional arms and toward space, cyber and sub-sea capabilities. As the MoD shuffles resources to fund the change in focus, land forces are expected by some to be a target for cuts. https://www.defensenews.com/land/2020/07/29/british-armys-as90-howitzers-to-stick-around-amid-replacement-delay/

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  22 janvier 2019 | International, Aérospatial

  La Côte d’Ivoire rejoint le cercle des opérateurs du C295

  @AirbusDefence #C295 Madrid, le 21 janvier 2019 - Le ministère ivoirien de la Défense a passé auprès d'Airbus une commande ferme portant sur un avion de transport moyen C295. L'appareil, en configuration de transport, permettra aux forces aériennes de la Côte d'Ivoire d'étendre leurs capacités gr'ce à son excellente performance éprouvée par temps chaud et dans des conditions difficiles, et des coûts d'exploitation et de maintenance réduits. Bernhard Brenner, Directeur Ventes et Marketing d'Airbus Defence and Space, a déclaré : « Le C295 a démontré ses performances exceptionnelles dans les conditions extrêmes propres à l'Afrique subsaharienne. Cet appareil changera la donne pour la Côte d'Ivoire, et nous sommes vraiment fiers que notre famille C295 compte désormais un nouvel opérateur. » Avec cette nouvelle commande, la Côte d'Ivoire est le 28e pays à exploiter le C295. Airbus Defence and Space a vendu 91 appareils dans 17 pays d'Afrique. La flotte de C295 s'étoffe notamment en Afrique du Nord et de l'Ouest, où ont été enregistrées 35 commandes émanant d'Égypte, d'Algérie, du Ghana et du Mali. *** A propos d'Airbus Airbus est un leader mondial de l'aéronautique, de l'espace et des services associés. En 2017, le groupe a réalisé un chiffre d'affaires de 59 milliards d'euros sous IFRS 15 avec un effectif d'environ 129 000 personnes. Airbus propose la famille d'avions de ligne la plus complète qui soit, de 100 à plus de 600 sièges. Airbus est, en outre, le leader européen dans le domaine des avions de mission, de ravitaillement en vol, de combat, et de transport. Par ailleurs, l'entreprise est également un leader de l'industrie spatiale. Enfin, dans le domaine des hélicoptères, Airbus propose les solutions civiles et militaires les plus performantes au monde. https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/fr/2019/01/ivory-coast-joins-the-family-of-c295-operators.html

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  2 mai 2024 | International, Terrestre

  Missile defence successes in Gulf, Ukraine fuel global urgency to acquire systems

  The success of ballistic missile defences facing their first complex, high-stakes combat scenarios in Israel, the Red Sea and Ukraine will encourage militaries globally to invest in the pricey systems, experts say - and intensify missile arms races.