Category: Technologies - Industry

Is the F-35 a budget time bomb for European armies?

In recent years, and with a few exceptions, the American Lockheed-Martin's F-35 combat aircraft has established itself with most European air forces as part of their modernization. Stealth, connected and equipped with high-powered sensors, the Lightning II has convinced, to date, no less than 10 European air forces (Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom and Switzerland), while 4 others have announced their intention to do so (Greece, Spain, Czech Republic and Romania), making the device a de facto standard for European hunting. It must be said that the device does not lack an argument to convince. Belonging…

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Towards an evolution of the specifications for Polish submarines?

The last few days have been full of announcements about the future of the Polish defense effort. In addition to information about land and air programs, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak also opened up on the occasion of the Defense24 Day event organized by the eponymous Defense news site, about the undercover program -Polish sailor Orca. Long in the making, this program, which aims to give the Polish Navy an advanced submarine attack capability, seemed to direct towards relatively low tonnage ships to evolve in the Baltic Sea. This is the reason why, until now, the European offers studied by Warsaw were based…

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DARPA is developing a silent propulsion similar to that of the Red October

At the end of 1984, a short story published by the Naval Institute Press by a then little-known American author began to meet with great success not only with traditional readers of military news, but with the general public. 5 million copies later, "In Pursuit of Red October" had become a worldwide success, propelling Tom Clancy to center stage and even creating a new literary style, the techno-thriller. This success was largely based on the precision of the book, and in particular on its descriptions of the universe of modern submarine warfare, until then relatively obscure for the great…

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Why is finding the name of the future French nuclear aircraft carrier so difficult?

For the past few days, a subject seems to have focused the attention of a large part of the French defense sphere. Indeed, now that the construction of the future new generation nuclear aircraft carrier intended to replace the Charles de Gaulle from 2038, is assured, it is appropriate to name the future flagship of the French Navy. And obviously, the subject is complex, since the Minister of the Armed Forces has very officially, and publicly, mandated the historical service of the Armies to make proposals to him in this direction, proposals which will have to be "innovative", according to Sebastien Lecornu. . It is true that the choice of names for…

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These technologies which will be able to detect an F35 from 2030

Since the use of the F117 during the first Gulf War in 1991, stealth has been considered the essential characteristic of a combat aircraft, to be able to face the modern anti-aircraft defenses of a determined adversary. . And Lieutenant Colonel Zelko's aircraft shot down by a battery of S-175 missiles (SA-3 in the NATO classification), when it had just opened its ammunition hatch on March 27, 1999 over Serbia did not didn't change much. Stealth had become the holy grail of aircraft manufacturers and the staffs of the world's air forces. From then on, several programs based on this characteristic were developed in…

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Long-range artillery: the French are thinking about it, the German industrialists are anticipating it

Long-range artillery has become a critical operational issue for modern armies, its effectiveness in high-intensity conflicts having been widely demonstrated in Ukraine. And in this field, modern systems, such as the HIMARS from the American Lockheed-Martin or the Russian Tornado S and G, provide considerable added value over older systems, in particular due to their precision and a range unmatched by previous generation systems. In the West, only the United States had proven know-how in the field, the latter having developed the M270 MRLS which entered service in 1980 as a response to the Soviet Grad and Smerch.…

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Sweden will train Ukrainian pilots on JAS-39 Gripen and would consider exporting the aircraft to Kyiv

In recent days, announcements follow one another around the constitution of the new Ukrainian westernized hunting fleet. Several European countries, including the Netherlands and Denmark, have already announced that they will supply F16 fighter jets to the Ukrainian air force, while Copenhagen and Amsterdam have been responsible for coordinating the training of pilots and technical maintenance personnel to implement these devices by the fall. If, by its wide distribution in Europe, and its American origin, the F-16 has naturally been designated as the most suitable platform for the Ukrainian air forces, especially since several air forces...

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Airbus A330 MRTT tanker could soon fly under Polish badge

With 48 F-16 C/Ds, 48 ​​FA-50s and 32 F-35As in service in 2030, possibly supported by KF-21 Boramae and probably controlled by Saab 340 AEW aerial lookout planes, the air forces will have an operational potential not only more than significant, but also endowed with a high degree of autonomy. However, one type of aircraft is sorely lacking in this fleet, the tanker aircraft capable of increasing the autonomy of combat aircraft, and therefore their operational efficiency. For several years, Warsaw has undertaken to consult the options available, although these are relatively few: the KC-130 from Lockheed-Martin and the KC-46A from Boeing across the Atlantic, and…

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Taiwan looking for options regarding the future of its Mirage 2000 fleet

Like many other air forces using the device, such as Greece or India, the Mirage 2000 is a device particularly appreciated by Taiwanese pilots, and popular with public opinion in the country. Fast, highly maneuverable and equipped with high-performance Magic 2 and MICA air-to-air missiles, the 48 single-seater Mirage 2000-5Ei and 12 two-seater Mirage 2000-5Di acquired in 1992 and delivered between 1997 and 1998 have since largely contributed to to contain the incursions of the Su-27, and later of the J-11, J-10 and other J-16 of the People's Liberation Army beyond the line separating the strait...

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FA-50, ATR-72MP, UH-60, Anca ..: Malaysian Air Force modernizes at LIMA show

Like most countries in the Pacific theater, Malaysia, a country of 33 million inhabitants and 330.000 km, had not, until recently, equipped its air forces a priority. After the withdrawal of the MIG-29 and F-5 in service for several decades, the Malaysian air force can now only rely on a small fleet made up of 8 F/A-18 D Hornets acquired in 2008, and than 18 Su-30MKM negotiated from Moscow a few years earlier. If these devices are still relatively modern and efficient, it was however essential, for Kuala Lumpur, to strengthen the format, and…

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