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  • US Air Force explores space-based cargo operations, confirms talks with SpaceX

    29 octobre 2018 | International, Aérospatial

    US Air Force explores space-based cargo operations, confirms talks with SpaceX

    By: Jeff Martin GRAPEVINE, Texas — The U.S. Air Force is exploring the logistics of space-based cargo operations under the purview of Air Mobility Command, even as the impact of a new Space Force on the mobility community remains to be seen. “I don't know how it will affect mobility, but most of you know space affects mobility every day,” Gen. Paul Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday at the 2018 Airlift/Tanker Symposium outside Dallas, Texas. “Whatever the Space Force is or does, it has to protect our national interest in space,” he said, adding that GPS is critical to the air mobility community. As for what space cargo operations could look like, the previous head of Air Mobility Command, Gen. Carlton Everhart, espoused the possibility of moving cargo using rocketsduring a Defense Writers Group breakfast in August. “Think about this. Thirty minutes, 150 metric tons [and] less than the cost of a C-5,” he said at the time. Apart from cargo operations, such a focuses space presence could help with pre-positioning equipment and supplies in orbit, ready to be dropped to Earth. But in a roundtable with reporters Friday, the new commander of AMC, Gen. Maryanne Miller, said while the command continues to study the possibility, space cargo operations remain at the conceptual stage. “We're continuing, our [planning] community is going to continue to have discussions with the space companies, and we have agreed to just sit with them and just stay up to date with where they're going with their future plans, to just be at the table with them” she said. “We won't commit any resources, but we've committed to work with them to see how quickly they progress through that." One potential would be SpaceX's next-generation reusable BFR rocket, currently under development. During the roundtable, Miller confirmed that the Air Force had spoken to SpaceX about the idea. “They have talked about moving cargo in space, and we've sat down with SpaceX and had that discussion. But it's really just discussion at this point," she said. “Our connection with space is really just going to be at the table with them, to look at how much progress they're making.” As for what type of cargo could possibly be moved, that's still being discussed. But in August, Everhart said he'd be willing to stick “anything” in space. https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/airlift-tanker-annual/2018/10/26/us-air-force-explores-space-based-cargo-operations-confirms-talks-with-spacex

  • Le partenariat Aurora pour contribuer à transformer les services d'ingénierie du ministère de la Défense britannique

    29 octobre 2018 | International, Aérospatial, Naval, Terrestre, C4ISR, Sécurité

    Le partenariat Aurora pour contribuer à transformer les services d'ingénierie du ministère de la Défense britannique

    MONTRÉAL, le 29 oct. 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin (TSX: SNC) a le plaisir d'annoncer que le Aurora Engineering Partnership (« partenariat Aurora »), formé de QinetiQ; d'Atkins, membre du Groupe SNC-Lavalin; ainsi que de BMT, a été nommé par le ministère de la Défense britannique en tant que partenaire de prestation de services d'ingénierie pour l'entité Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S). Le partenariat aidera le ministère de la Défense à réduire les coûts de ses services d'ingénierie tout en veillant à ce que les forces armées britanniques reçoivent le meilleur équipement possible et le soutien nécessaire. Gr'ce au partenariat Aurora, le ministère de la Défense tirera profit d'une vaste expérience dans le secteur de la défense, ainsi que d'un savoir-faire dans l'établissement de partenariats similaires dans d'autres secteurs. Le partenariat aidera DE&S à gérer ces coûts, ce qui aura pour effet d'engendrer un changement efficace et des économies au moyen d'une discipline financière et d'une tarification simplifiée et transparente. « La vision pour le partenaire de prestation de services d'ingénierie est d'établir un partenariat en ingénierie à la fois professionnel et solide avec l'entité DE&S, permettant d'obtenir des résultats efficaces et agiles en matière d'équipement et de soutien de première ligne », a affirmé Gordon Barr, directeur général, Aurora Engineering Partnership, QinetiQ. « Le rôle de partenaire de prestation de services d'ingénierie est une superbe occasion, non seulement pour nous, mais également pour les programmes de défense du Royaume-Uni. Il permet d'assurer le bon soutien dès la première fois, de façon sécuritaire et en respectant le budget, a ajouté Nick Roberts, président, Ingénierie, conception et gestion de projet, SNC-Lavalin. En collaboration avec nos partenaires, nous nous pencherons d'abord et avant tout sur les résultats pour ceux en première ligne, et travaillerons ensemble pour favoriser un rendement et une productivité accrus autant que possible. » Un autre élément clé du rôle de partenaire de prestation de services d'ingénierie sera de promouvoir l'innovation au sein de l'industrie et du milieu universitaire. Dans le cadre de ce partenariat, Aurora établira un réseau de fournisseurs qui comprendra des petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) de créneaux spécifiques ou spécialisés afin de tirer profit des meilleures expertises du Royaume-Uni. « Nous établissons un réseau de fournisseurs durable qui encourage et développe les PME en tant qu'élément essentiel à la prestation de services plus efficaces et novateurs pour l'entité DE&S, explique Roy Quilliam, directeur, Aurora Engineering, BMT. Nous avons déjà un nombre sans précédent d'entreprises enregistrées, soit 280, parmi lesquelles 70 % sont des PME, afin de fournir des services d'ingénierie au partenariat Aurora. » Pour le deuxième trimestre de 2018, le secteur Ingénierie, conception et gestion de projets de SNC-Lavalin a atteint un ratio des octrois sur les produits de 1,2. À propos de SNC-Lavalin Fondée en 1911, SNC-Lavalin est une entreprise mondiale spécialisée en gestion de projet offrant des services professionnels entièrement intégrés et un acteur de premier plan en matière de propriété d'infrastructures. À partir de bureaux situés dans le monde entier, les membres du personnel de SNC-Lavalin sont fiers de b'tir l'avenir. Nos équipes fournissent des solutions couvrant le cycle complet des projets, notamment dans les domaines de l'investissement de capital, des services-conseils, de la conception, de l'ingénierie, de la construction, des investissements de maintien et de l'exploitation et de l'entretien, pour les clients dans les secteurs Pétrole et gaz, Mines et métallurgie, Infrastructures, Énergie propre, Énergie nucléaire et ICGP (Ingénierie, conception et gestion de projets). Le 3 juillet 2017, SNC-Lavalin a acquis Atkins, l'une des entreprises de services-conseils les plus respectées du monde dans les domaines de la conception, de l'ingénierie et de la gestion de projet, maintenant intégrée dans nos secteurs. www.snclavalin.com À propos de QinetiQ Entreprise inscrite à la Bourse de Londres (LSE : QQ.L), QinetiQ est un chef de file en science et en ingénierie qui exerce ses activités principalement dans les marchés de la défense, de la sécurité et de l'aérospatial. Nos clients sont essentiellement des organisations gouvernementales, notamment des ministères de la défense et des clients internationaux dans d'autres secteurs ciblés. Visitez notre site Web : www.QinetiQ.com Suivez-nous sur LinkedIn et Twitter @QinetiQ Visitez notre blogue : www.QinetiQ-blogs.com À propos de BMT BMT est une entreprise internationale de services-conseils en conception, ingénierie et gestion des risques qui travaille principalement dans les secteurs de la défense, de l'énergie et de l'environnement, de l'assurance et des risques maritimes, des ports et des transports maritimes, ainsi que de la logistique. BMT investit considérablement dans la recherche. Ses clients sont servis par l'entremise d'un réseau de filiales internationales. Les actifs du groupe sont détenus comme propriété bénéficiaire pour son personnel. Site Web :www.bmt.org Les entreprises qui désirent manifester leur intérêt à se joindre au réseau de fournisseurs d'Aurora peuvent le faire ici : www.auroraengineeringpartnership.co.uk. SOURCE SNC-Lavalin Renseignements : Médias : Daniela Pizzuto, Directrice, Communications externes, 514-393-8000, poste 54772, media@snclavalin.com; Investisseurs : Denis Jasmin, Vice-président, Relations avec les investisseurs, 514-393-8000, poste 57553, denis.jasmin@snclavalin.com https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/le-partenariat-aurora-pour-contribuer-a-transformer-les-services-dingenierie-du-ministere-de-la-defense-britannique-698877611.html

  • Contract Awards by US Department of Defense - October 26, 2018

    29 octobre 2018 | International, Aérospatial, Naval, Terrestre, C4ISR, Sécurité

    Contract Awards by US Department of Defense - October 26, 2018

    NAVY American International Contractors Inc., Arlington, Virginia (N62470-19-D-5000); Bryan 77 Construction JV,* Colorado Springs, Colorado (N62470-19-D-5001); ECC-MEZ LLC, Virginia Beach, Virginia (N62470-19-D-5002); P. & C. Development S.A/Ergotem S.A. JV, Athens, Greece (N62470-19-D-5003); SKE-ICM JV, Viale Venezia, 79/B33074 Fontanafredda (PN) (N62470-19-D-5004); and Zafer Taahhut, Insaat Ve Ticaret A.S., Ankara, Turkey (N62470-19-D-5005), are each awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award design-build, design-bid-build construction contract for construction and renovation projects located primarily at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ), but also worldwide. The maximum dollar value including the base period and four option years for all six contracts combined is $240,000,000. The work to be performed provides for tasks for general building type projects (new construction, renovations, alterations, demolition, repair work, and any necessary design) including: industrial, airfield, aircraft hangar, aircraft traffic control, infrastructure, administrative, training, retail, food service, dormitory, community support facilities and both vertical and horizontal construction for Department of Defense activities. ECC-MEZ LLC is being awarded the initial task order at $9,990,000 for the construction of an Aircraft Apron Expansion at CLDJ, Djibouti, Africa. Work for this task order is expected to be completed by November 2020. All work on this contract will be performed in Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Africa, whose area of responsibility includes facilities located in Kenya, Africa, areas managed by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia, but also worldwide. The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months with an expected completion date of October 2023. Fiscal 2018 military construction (Navy); and fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $10,040,000 are obligated on this award; of which $50,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Future task orders will be primarily funded by military construction (Navy); and operations and maintenance (Navy). This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 18 proposals received. These six contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity. Central Lake Armor Express Inc.,* Central Lake, Michigan, was awarded a $59,369,617 ceiling, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the production of up to a maximum 65,469 Plate Carrier Generation III – Soft Armor Inserts and data reports. Work will be performed in Central Lake, Michigan, and is expected to be complete by Oct. 24, 2023. Fiscal 2018 operations and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $2,220,578 will be obligated on the first delivery order immediately following contract award and funds will before the end of the fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured as a total small business set-aside via the Federal Business Opportunities website with 13 offers received. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity (M67854-19-D-1509). (Awarded Oct. 25, 2018) Praescient Analytics LLC,* Alexandria, Virginia, is awarded a $45,279,089 single award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, supply and services contract (N65236-19-D-1002) utilizing firm-fixed-price and firm-fixed-price, level-of-effort delivery/task orders. This contract is for the delivery of an advanced analytics technical solution (AATS) software product. Work will be performed in Alexandria, Virginia (95 percent); and Charleston, South Carolina (5 percent), and is expected to be completed by October 2023. Fiscal 2018 and 2019 procurement (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $15,701,990 will be placed on the first delivery order and obligated at the time of award. Funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The single award contract was competitively procured by full and open competition via the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command - Electronic Commerce Central website and the Federal Business Opportunities website, with five offers received. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, Charleston, South Carolina, is the contracting activity. Huntington Ingalls Industries San Diego Shipyard Inc., San Diego, California, is awarded a $44,779,160 firm-fixed-price contract for the execution of USS O'Kane (DDG 77) fiscal 2019 Extended Selected Restricted Availability. This availability will include a combination of maintenance, modernization, and repair of USS O'Kane. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $51,505,314. Work will be performed in San Diego, California, and is expected to be completed by January 2020. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance (Navy); fiscal 2019 other procurement (Navy); and working capital fund funding in the amount of $44,779,160 will be obligated at time of award, and funding in the amount of $35,141,499 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured using full and open competition via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with three offers received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity (N00024-19-C-4406). BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services Inc., Rockville, Maryland, is awarded $9,532,186 for modification P00021 to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00030-17-C-0001) to provide systems engineering and integration services in support of Trident II (D5) strategic weapons system, the SSGN attack weapon system, and strategic weapon surety. Work will be performed in Rockville, Maryland (70.6 percent); Washington, District of Columbia (14.7 percent); Kings Bay, Georgia (5.1 percent); Silverdale, Washington (2.7 percent); Norfolk, Virginia (1.5 percent); San Diego, California (1.1 percent); Barrow, United Kingdom (1.1 Percent); Alexandria, Virginia (1.0 percent); Buffalo, New York (0.3 percent); Downingtown, Pennsylvania (0.3 percent); Ocala, Florida (0.2 percent); Pittsfield, Massachusetts (0.2 percent); Montgomery Village, Maryland (0.2 percent); New Lebanon, New York (0.2 percent); New Paris, Ohio (0.2 percent); Wexford, Pennsylvania (0.2 percent); Alton, Virginia (0.2 percent); Springfield, Virginia (0.2 percent); Vienna, Virginia (0.2 percent); and St. Mary's, Georgia (0.2 percent), with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2019. United Kingdom funds in the amount of $8,488,977; and fiscal 2019 research and development test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,043,209 will be obligated on this modification. No contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity. AIR FORCE Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Herndon, Virginia, has been awarded a $54,626,116 labor hour and cost contract for the Unified Platform Systems Coordinator. This contract provides for continued development, integration, fielding and sustainment for the Unified Platform Program. Work will be performed in San Antonio, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2021. This award is a result of a competitive acquisition and six offers were received. Fiscal 2019 research, development, test and evaluation funds; and operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $2,000,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Joint Base San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, is the contracting activity (FA8307-19-F-0002). AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, Maryland, has been awarded a $23,696,816 firm-fixed-price contract for non-developmental contractor-owned and contractor-operated unmanned aerial systems, intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance. This contract provides support force protection efforts at airfields located within U.S. Air Forces Central Command. Work will be performed at Bagram Airfield and Kandahar AF, Afghanistan, with an optional site at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan, and is expected to be completed by March 27, 2024. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $17,556 are being obligated at the time of award. Total cumulative face value of this contract is $114,064,396. The Acquisition Management and Integration Center, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, is the contracting activity (FA4890-19-C-0002). * Small business https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1674381/

  • Pourquoi la Belgique (et d’autres pays européens) préfèrent acheter des avions de chasse américains?

    29 octobre 2018 | International, Aérospatial

    Pourquoi la Belgique (et d’autres pays européens) préfèrent acheter des avions de chasse américains?

    La Belgique, tout comme l'Italie et les Pays-Bas, ont préféré acheter américain plutôt qu'européen pour leur défense aérienne. Et ce n'est ni le prix, ni les capacités techniques du F-35 qui les ont convaincu, mais leurs alliances. Le “contrat du siècle” belge est tombé dans les mains des Américains: jeudi, la Belgique a officialisé le choix de l'avion de chasse F-35 du groupe américain Lockheed Martin pour remplacer sa flotte d'avions de chasse F-16, écartant le Rafale du français Dassault et le Typhoon du consortium européen Eurofighter. Un achat estimé à 3,6 milliards d'euros. Une décision qui passe mal auprès des partenaires européens de la Belgique. Emmanuel Macron a dit dès le lendemain regretter "la décision du gouvernement belge d'acheter des avions de chasse F-35 américains "plutôt qu'une offre européenne", une décision qui "stratégiquement va a contrario des intérêts européens". La Belgique a choisi son allié américain La Belgique n'est pas le premier pays de l'UE a mettre un coup de canif dans l'Europe de la Défense. L'Italie et les Pays-Bas ont déjà fait le choix du F-35 plutôt que d'un avion européen. Si la Belgique justifie son choix pour des raisons techniques: coordination plus simple avec les pays voisins (comme les Pays-Bas), emport de bombes, interopérabilité au sein de l'Otan... la raison serait surtout diplomatique. "Le choix de l'avion de chasse fait partie des achats les plus stratégiques pour un pays. C'est une arme de souveraineté et choisir une technologie, c'est s'engager pour 30 ou 40 ans. Vous êtes ensuite pieds et poings liés avec votre fournisseur", affirme Philippe Plouvier, directeur associé au Boston Consulting Group sur les questions de défense et d'aéronautique. "Si vous faites une carte du monde, des achats d'avions de chasse par pays, c'est très révélateur des alliances. Quand la Belgique choisit le F-35, elle choisit un parapluie de défense américain plutôt que franco-allemand", poursuit-il. Une explication que donne aussi, à demi-mot, ce vendredi le premier ministre belge Charles Michel: "Pour moi les Etats-Unis ne sont pas devenus un ennemi parce que Donald Trump est président". Et malgré les "divergences de vues" avec Washington "la sécurité pour nos petits-enfants sera liée au maintien et au renforcement d'une double alliance, européenne et transatlantique". Un avion très cher et pas encore opérationnel Car mieux vaut rester ami avec le pays qui vous vend des avions de chasse. Le choix du F-35 ferre la Belgique: "que se soit en termes de pièces détachés ou de mise à jour logicielle... Sans les Etats-Unis, les F-35 belges n'iront pas très loin”, concède Philippe Plouvier. Pour justifier leur choix, les Belges ne pourront en tout cas pas brandir l'argument du prix. Le coût du développement du F-35 a explosé les estimations de départ. L'avion collectionne les problèmes techniques et "il n'atteint pas encore les performances prévues initialement, notamment en termes de furtivité", reconnait Philippe Plouvier. Si 300 appareils ont déjà été livrés (principalement aux Etats-Unis, Canada et Royaume-Uni), les tests opérationnels du F-35 se finiront en 2019. Les pays qui l'ont choisi doivent donc s'attendre à voir la facture s'alourdir pour profiter des améliorations futures. "Ce qui est révolutionnaire dans cet avion, ce ne sont ni ses moteurs, ni sa structure, mais son logiciel embarqué. Les mises à jour auront un prix", promet-il. La fin de l'Europe de la défense? Les deux "perdants" du contrat belge n'ont pas tardé à réagir. Le Français Dassault Aviation a évoqué dans un communiqué un "mauvais signal pour la construction de l'Europe de la défense". De son côté d'Airbus, partenaire du programme Eurofighter, regrette "l'opportunité manquée de renforcer la coopération industrielle européenne au moment où l'on demande à l'Union Européenne de s'unir en matière de Défense". Les deux entreprises continuent en tout cas de travailler en commun pour le projet de Système de combat aérien futur (Scaf), voulu notamment par le président français Emmanuel Macron. "L'Europe doit développer une vraie capacité d'industrie de défense européenne, dans tous les pays qui croient à cette aventure. Ma détermination en sort renforcée", a-t-il déclaré vendredi. "Tout n'est pas perdu. La France, l'Allemagne et le Royaume-Uni ont la volonté de créer cet avion européen du futur", juge Philippe Plouvier. Pour le spécialiste, c'est peut-être un mal pour un bien que beaucoup de pays européens ne soient pas concernés. "Il faut reproduire l'exemple réussi du missilier européen MBDA, qui est compétitif, technologiquement haut de gamme et où la France et le Royaume-Uni ont un partage équilibré des responsabilités". Et éviter de reproduire les erreurs des programmes de l'avion de transport militaire A400M et celui de l'Eurofighter "avec des surcoûts, et de l'éparpillement industriel". https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/pourquoi-la-belgique-et-d-autres-pays-europeens-preferent-acheter-des-avions-de-chasse-americains-1552975.html

  • Export constraints emerge as sticking point for future German-French combat aircraft: report

    29 octobre 2018 | International, Aérospatial

    Export constraints emerge as sticking point for future German-French combat aircraft: report

    By: Sebastian Sprenger COLOGNE, Germany — French-German plans for a joint fighter aircraft project may be off to a rocky start, as reports emerged last week about fundamental disagreements between the two partners over export restrictions for such a weapon. According to a report on the website of the German magazine Der Spiegel, French negotiators made unlimited exportability of the so-called “Future Combat Air System” a prerequisite for getting started on the project. The position is at odds with a more restrictive policy by Berlin, where arms deals to sensitive countries traditionally are more heavily scrutinized for the potential of human-rights abuses by the recipient government. The Spiegel based its report on a four-page confidential cable from Germany's ambassador in Paris, Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, describing the outcome of a Sept. 21 “crisis meeting” in the French capital. So deep ran the diverging views at the gathering that Claire Landais, the French secretary-general for defense and national security, threatened to cancel further planning unless Germany would agree to French demands for unconstrained exports of the future combat aircraft, according to the Spiegel. Airbus CEO Tom Enders, whose company is involved in the planning alongside Dassault Aviation, criticized the reported German insistence on export caveats. “Berlin can't urge greater European cooperation in its Sunday speeches and then refuse it when concrete projects are taking shape,” he told the magazine. The idea behind the Future Combat Air System program is to create a sixth-generation aircraft that would eventually help wean European air forces from U.S.-made hardware. A development contract is eyed for the mid-2020s following years of concept studies. The future weapon is envisioned as a collection of aerial capabilities built around a new fighter aircraft. Supporting systems are eyed to include unmanned aircraft of various types plus a datalink architecture connecting all elements. German arms exports outside NATO and EU countries have come under renewed fire here since Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was brutally murdered by regime agents in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. The Saudi government initially denied knowing about the crime but was forced to acknowledge Khashoggi's death following weeks of international pressure. The reported French-German disagreement on the exportability of FCAS comes on the heels of an interview by Airbus Defence and Space chief Dirk Hoke in the French business journal La Tribune on Oct. 18. Hoke said Airbus would take leadership of the overall system package of FCAS while Dassault would spearhead the fighter aircraft — a position that has the potential to create additional friction in the project. https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2018/10/28/export-constraints-emerge-as-sticking-point-for-future-german-french-combat-aircraft-report

  • Could the Air Force restart the C-17 production line?

    29 octobre 2018 | International, Aérospatial

    Could the Air Force restart the C-17 production line?

    By: Valerie Insinna WASHINGTON — As part of the Air Force's push to boost its number of operational squadrons to 386 total, and the service may need additional C-17s, the head of Air Mobility Command said Friday. The service's expansion plan, which was named “The Air Force We Need” and unveiled this September, called for one airlift squadron and 14 tanker squadrons to be added by 2030. At the time, service leaders from Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson to AMC Commander Gen. Maryanne Miller, said more work would need to be done in order to determine the mix of aircraft needed to get to the 386 squadron goal, which is 74 more than the service has now. But now, AMC has a better idea of what it could require, Miller told reporters during an Oct. 26 roundtable. The analysis from “The Air Force We Need” supports adding three new C-17 Globemaster III squadrons and cutting two C-130 Hercules squadrons from the airlift inventory, she said. That would bring the total number of airlift squadrons up to 54, an increase of one squadron. But Boeing's C-17 production line in Long Beach, California is dead, with the company having manufactured the final Globemaster in 2015. Increasing the number of C-17s could entail restarting the production line — an expensive proposition for any aircraft — but Miller said the Air Force had not yet begun discussing the possibility with Boeing. "Those are the details that we have not looked at,” Miller said. “That will be the next discussion as we proceed, talking with Congress and working with Congress, because the same would apply for the tanker fleet,” she said. “An additional 14 squadrons by 2030 — what would be the path to get there? Something we're looking at, but again, this is just the initial stages of talking with Congress and getting this concept out there." It's unclear what other options would exist to increase the number of C-17 squadrons aside from restarting the production line. The U.S. Air Force currently operates 222 C-17s, but began retiring some of the oldest Globemaster IIIs in 2012. It may be possible that those C-17s could be taken out of storage and revitalized. A spokeswoman for Boeing had no comment. Miller stressed that discussions about the makeup of the future airlift fleet are still in the beginning stages, and will be informed not only by Congress but also by an ongoing AMC study. That Mobility Capabilities Requirements Study is slated to be delivered to Capitol Hill in a couple of months, and may have different recommendations than the “Air Force We Need” analysis on how many airlift squadrons are needed, and of what aircraft models. “The two studies took slightly different approaches to that,” she said. “The results of each of those studies will be reviewed and I think there will be a combination somewhere in there to try to validate the results of those studies put together.” https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/airlift-tanker-annual/2018/10/26/could-the-air-force-restart-the-c-17-production-line

  • KC-135s and C-130Js are the next aircraft to enter the Air Force’s data-driven maintenance program

    29 octobre 2018 | International, Aérospatial

    KC-135s and C-130Js are the next aircraft to enter the Air Force’s data-driven maintenance program

    By: Jeff Martin The KC-135 refueling tanker and the C-130J airlifter will be the next two aircraft to be part of the Air Force's predictive maintenance program, part of the service's effort to do maintenance before airplanes break--and improve mission capable and availability rates, according to Air Mobility Command's logistics director. "The bottom line is to get to where we are scheduling all of our maintenance, rather than reacting to the maintenance,' said Brig. Gen. Steven Blaymaier, who oversees Air Mobility Command's logistics, engineering and force protection, in an interview at the 2018 Airlift Tanker Association symposium outside Dallas, Texas. “We want our units to achieve their mission-capable rates on a sustained basis.” According to the latest available data, from FY2017, the KC-135 fleet had, on average, a 74 percent mission capable rate, and the C-130J fleet had a 77 percent mission capable rate. As for the rest of the mobility fleet, by that same data, the C-5M fleet stood at 60 percent, the C-130H fleet was at 73 percent, and the C-17 fleet was at 84 percent mission capable. The concept, known as conditions based maintenance, has already been rolled out to the C-5 fleet within AMC, and the B-1 fleet in Air Force Global Strike Command. It uses algorithms based on reams of data to create models to predict when a part might break, rather than waiting for it to fail. Its a standard practice in the commercial aviation industry, and is now making its way into the Air Force. Blaymaier says the KC-135 fleet will join the program in spring of 2019, and the C-130J fleet will follow in the summer. Blaymaier also added that the other aircraft in AMC's fleet would be joining the program eventually, like the C-17 and KC-10. “They're all in work at their program offices right now,” he said. “What we learn from C-5 will be incorporated into the other aircraft.” Blaymaier also said the Air Force was modelling their effort after Delta Airlines's Tech Ops division's procedures, and that the service was at the beginning or “crawl stage” of the process. He also noted that Delta took “eight years” to get achieve the results they were looking for, and that the Air Force was working on that path. In September, Lt. Gen. Robert McMurray, commander of the Air Force Sustainment Center, told Defense News that the conditions-based maintenance program was critical to increasing the readiness of the Air Force's aircraft. "Given the aging fleet situation that we have, we probably need to be using data better to take care of it — which is a drive toward what most everyone right now is saying is the right way to manage fleet sustainment, which is through condition-based maintenance and data analytics,” he said at the time. Another benefit Blaymaier described was that the service will be able to track maintenance needs by individual aircraft, rather than by a general fleet-wide standard. That could reduce time in depots and increase mission capable rates, a top priority of senior Pentagon leaders. “As we move forward with conditions based maintenance plus (CBM+) and predictive analytics, we'll be able to know by tail number which parts are going to fail on certain aircraft," he said."It'll be much more surgical [and] operational." Blaymaier added that while the transition to conditions based maintenance might be a long journey, it would lead to huge benefits for the Air Force. “Ultimately we want to achieve those aircraft availability standards that we established for each of our fleets that are required to meet our wartime taskings,” he said. https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/airlift-tanker-annual/2018/10/27/kc-135s-and-c-130js-are-the-next-aircraft-to-enter-the-air-forces-data-driven-maintenance-program

  • FrontLine: Who's Where?

    29 octobre 2018 | Local, Aérospatial, Naval, Terrestre, C4ISR, Sécurité

    FrontLine: Who's Where?

    DND Ombudsman, Management & Program Consultants, L3 Technologies, Ultra Electronics, CAF/NATO. https://defence.frontline.online/article/2018/5/10562-Who%27s-Where%3F

  • Les Forces armées canadiennes mettent fin à leur opération d’aide humanitaire à Palu, en Indonésie

    26 octobre 2018 | Local, Aérospatial

    Les Forces armées canadiennes mettent fin à leur opération d’aide humanitaire à Palu, en Indonésie

    Le 25 octobre 2018 – Ottawa, Ontario – Défense nationale / Forces armées canadiennes Les Forces armées canadiennes ont mis fin à l'opération RENAISSANCE – Indonésie, une partie de la contribution canadienne à la mission d'efforts humanitaires à Palu, en Indonésie. Au fil de l'opération, qui a duré quatorze jours, et à la demande du gouvernement indonésien, un CC-130J Hercules de l'Aviation royale canadienne a transporté et livré du matériel de secours canadien et a assuré une capacité de transport aérien tactique afin de faciliter la livraison de matériel humanitaire dans les zones touchées par le séisme et le tsunami. En tout, 121 867 kilogrammes de matériel ont été transportés et livrés. Ils consistaient en de la nourriture, de l'eau, des abris et divers autres articles d'aide humanitaire. Le Canada faisait partie des 21 pays, en plus d'organisations non-gouvernementales actifs dans la région pour soutenir l'Indonésie après le séisme dévastateur du 29 septembre à Sulawesi et du tsunami qui a suivi. Citations « Je suis fier de la contribution des Forces armées canadiennes et d'Affaires mondiales Canada dans cette période difficile pour l'Indonésie. Nos pensées accompagnent les habitants de l'Indonésie alors qu'ils continuent leur reconstruction après le séisme et le tsunami récents.» L'honorable Harjit Sajjan, ministre de la Défense nationale Sommaire · La contribution des Forces armées canadiennes comprenait un aéronef CC-130J Hercules et 20 personnes. · L'avion a mené treize missions de transport aérien au cours de l'opération. · Le CC-130J Hercules était basée à Balikpapan, de l'autre côté du détroit de Makassar par rapport aux zones touchées de Palu. - 30 - Liens connexes Opération RENAISSANCE 2018 – Indonésie Médias sociaux @CFOperations - Twitter @OperationsFC - Twitter Contacts Relations avec les médias Ministère de la Défense nationale Téléphone : 613-996-2353 Courriel : mlo-blm@forces.gc.ca

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