IMDS 2015: Full speed ahead for Russia

ISSUE 14 / 2015
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IMDS 2015: Full speed ahead for Russia
CONTENT​
• IMDS 2015
• Defence
• Technology
• Industry & Trade
The seventh edition of International Maritime
& Defence Show (IMDS) took place at the
Lenexpo exhibition grounds this month.
Over 40 new naval ships, vessels and boats
were on display representing the Russian navy
and Coast Guard as well as participating companies themselves. Among them one should
mention “Stary Oskol” conventional submarine of project 636, “Stoykiy” corvette of project 22380, “Alexander Obuhov” minesweeper, project 12322 air-cushion landing craft,
“Grachionok” anti-saboteur boat, “Dugon’”
type tank landing craft, “Serna” landing craft,
BL-820 fast speed boat, project 03160 raptor
patrol craft, project 23370 module multifunctional S&R craft.
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According to the Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Victor Chirkov, fifty new
ships will be enlisted by the end of 2015.
His words were proved during IMDS. Lenexpo
visitors witnessed a ceremony of St. Andrew
flag launch aboard “Stary Oskol” submarine
celebrating the ships’ entering service with
the Russian Navy. During the ceremony Admiral Chirkov said that “Stary Oskol” submarine will help to maintain security and protect
Russian national interests in the Black Sea
and Mediterranean. It was also mentioned
that the test service of the project 677 “Lada”
initial submarine (St. Petersburg) would be
completed by the end of this year while the
air-independent submarine propulsion system construction will begin in 2018.
Victor Chirkov also specified November 25 as
the date for the “Igor Belousov” S&R vessel to
enter service. The project 21300 rescue vessel
was developed by the Almaz Design bureau
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to arrange S&R operations with submarines
in need in both submerged and ground positions. The vessel is also able to provide means
of rescue and air and electricity supplies for
submarines and surface ships.
The Admiral confirmed that the existing fleet
of landing craft would be replaced completely
by modern ones. The maiden ship of the “Ivan
Gren” project is to enter service by the end
of 2015. The ship has 5,000 tonnes displacement, being able to land up to 300 marines
with 40 APCs or 13 tanks. The ship’s armament includes 76 mm gun, two 30mm antiaircraft AK-630 gun mounts as well as MLRS.
The ship hosts Ka-29 helicopter on the deck.
By 2020 the Russian Navy is to receive the first
new generation large landing ship surpassing
“Ivan Gren” several times by displacement
with many helicopters on board.
Chirkov stressed that Russia is able to build a
Mistral-scale LHD independently. He mentioned that the Army-2015 exhibition presented
a mock-up of such a project which could surpass her French counterpart. The project is
planned to carry up to 16 helicopters with 450
troops and 80 vehicles.
According to the Admiral Russia is going to
construct a new set of 18 corvettes with cruise
missiles titled project 22800. The maiden ship
is to be launched by the end of the year. While
the R&D works have not been completed Chir-
Military-technical cooperation
Rosoboronexport is an official IMDS-2015
sponsor and a regular participant of the St.
Petersburg naval show. Russia’s sole armed
strength mediator presented a varity of
new naval ships and equipment for foreign
participants and delegates.
“Nowadays Rosoboronexport’s naval sales
portfolio includes €4.5 billion contracts
worldwide,” claimed Rosoboronexport deputy CEO Igor Sevastyanov who headed
the company delegation at IMDS.
Speaking about the show results he mentioned that Russia and India were in a
process of negotiations on a number of
questions. Russia has already delivered six
project 11356 frigates: three in 2003-2004,
another three in 2012-2013. Negotiations
are going around an extra batch of three
ships which have been highly estimated by
the Indian Navy “Now we are under discussion with the Indian side concerning this
particular contract. Negotiations are at full
strength with several options of the contract fulfillment.”
(Photos: Yury Laskin)
kov disclosed some of the ship’s features.
The corvettes are to be equipped domestic
propulsion system having an operational
range of 1,000 nm and 30 days endurance.
The corvettes’ combat capacity is to be close to the “Admiral Grigorovich”-type frigate.
The Russian Navy C-in-C gave comments on
the “Leader” prospect destroyer. The ships’
technical project is under development to
be approved by the Navy shortly. “Leader’s” displacement is to be around 15-17
thousand tonnes. The weaponry is to include cruise missiles as well as future generation air defence. The ship’s construction is
to start around 2019.
Sevastyanov also mentioned that Russia
was conducting talks with India on the project 75 I submarine “The related negotiations with India are under way by Rosoboronexport and Rubin Design bureau. No firm
decision has been done yet as the tender is
not officially announced.”
India is going to start license production of
the Russian designed project 2700 “Alexandrite” anti-mine vessel. India is keen on
the ship’s capabilities and wants to build a
large set. This year the Russian Navy received the project 2700 “Alexandrite” mine
sweeper – “Alexander Obuhov” with up to
30 total number of ships on demand. The
mine sweeper displacement is 890 tonnes
with a full speed 16.5 knots. The hull is
made of fibreglass to reduce the ship’s mass
and extend its lifecycle over 30 years.
Igor Sevastyanov also mentioned that several nations of Latin America, the Middle
East and South East Asia are interested in
Mangust fast patrol craft of project 12150.
According to the Vympel Shipyard CEO
Oleg Belkov, Mangust export could start
this year. He mentioned Vietnam, India,
Brazil and several African nations as prospective customers. Belkov estimated that
around 50 units could be sold in total including some jointly built.
The project 12418 “Molnia” missile boat
for the Vietnamese navy can be equipped
with new cruise missile. Boats that are under license production in Vietnam and the
national navy would like to upgrade them.
The first deal on “Molnia” was signed with
Vietnam in 2003. According to the contract
two Russian made boats were delivered
in 2007-2008 with 4 built in Vietnam under license later on. All the existing boats
have been equipped with the URAN cruise missiles, AK-176 76mm artillery mount,
2 AK-630M air-defence mounts and Igla
MANPADS.
Sevastyanov confirmed Russia’s readiness
to fulfill the contract with China on delivery and maintenance of the four ZUBR aircushion large landing craft. The Theodosiabased More plant has been a prime contractor for the PRC-Ukraine deal and with
the Crimea returning to Russia the contract
has come under Russian Federation, i.e.
Rosoboronexport responsibility.
(Photo: Alexander Belyaev)
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IMDS future
Despite impressive results the IMDS future
remains uncertain. The Lenexpo grounds
have become a private property and will
be used for commercial construction.
During IMDS-2015 the situation was actively discussed with several new locations proposed. The announced proposal of
moving Lenexpo into city federal property
looks like the best possible solution. The
draft is to be discussed by the end of September.
Yury Laskin and Sergei Kirshin
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Defence
(Photo: NATO)
(df) On tuesday the North Atlantic Council
met at ambassadorial level following Turkey’s request for article 4 consultations.
Article 4 consultations are defined as “the
parties will consult whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity,
political independence, or security of any
of the parties is threatened”.
“We strongly condemn the terrorist attacks against Turkey, and express our
Calls for tender from
EUFOR ALTHEA
(df) The European Defence Agency (EDA)
recently published two calls for tender
from operation EUFOR ALTHEA on its Contractor Support to Operations (CSO) platform. The signature of the cooperation arrangement with the ATHENA mechanism in
March 2015 provides new impetus for the
usage of the CSO platform.
ATHENA opens the option for the administrator or any mission commander as
contracting authorities to call upon EDA to
provide, upon its expertise and available
Visit to the EDA
(df) Being High Representative and Head
of the European Defence Agency for more
than eight months, now, Federica Mogherini paid her first visit to the EDA last week.
She met with the Agency’s management
board before giving an address to the staff.
During her visit to EDA, the High Repre-
condolences to the Turkish government and the
families of the victims in
Suruç and other attacks against police and
military officers”, the council stated as a
result of the meeting.
“Terrorism poses a direct threat to the
security of NATO countries and to international stability and prosperity. It is a
global threat that knows no border, nationality, or religion – a challenge that the
international community must fight and
tackle together. Terrorism in all its forms
and manifestations can never be tolerated
or justified. The security of the alliance is
indivisible, and we stand in strong solidarity with Turkey. We will continue to follow
the developments on the South-Eastern
border of NATO very closely.”
After the meeting NATO Secretary General
Jens Stoltenberg said about the results:
“All allies expressed their strong support
and we stand all together united in solidarity with Turkey. And all allies also condemned terrorism in all its forms. Turkey
didn’t ask for any additional military NATO
presence. What we all know is that Turkey
is a staunch ally. Turkey has very capable
armed forces, the second largest army
within the alliance.”
Answering the question, what NATO and
the representatives in the meeting think
about the Turkish plans to implement
a buffer zone inside the Syrian territory, Stoltenberg said: “NATO is not part
of these efforts. This is something which
is discussed on a bilateral basis between
Turkey and the United States.”
www.nato.int
means and capabilities, technical and overall administrative support for procurement
of infrastructure works, as well as a variety of services or supplies, through direct
contracts or pre-mission solutions, e.g. through framework contracts.
EDA plans to further upgrade the CSO
platform to respond to new requirements
and to turn the platform into an one-stop
solution for procurement by operations.
Regular updates for industry including a
workshop are planned.
The mentioned tender is for the currently
going on operation EUFOR ALTHEA, which
is looking for the provision of jet fuel distribution services and food, water and catering supply.
http://cso.eda.europa.eu/
www.eda.europa.eu
sentative was briefed on EDA activities including maritime surveillance, prioritizing
and funding of research & technology, and
support to CSDP operations.
“Today I was able to see first-hand some of
the really important work you do. I am happy and proud to see how you are tackling
the many challenges of European defence,”
Mogherini said during her visit. “In the current security environment, I want defence
cooperation to be the rule, not the exception. The EDA is providing the necessary
impetus and means to make this a reality.
Your collective role is vital. We are here for
results and concrete achievements.”
www.eda.europa.eu
(Photo: Polish MoD)
North Atlantic Council
article 4 consultations
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Technology
(gwh) Armoured combat vehicle experts
at BAE Systems will provide the US Army
with 36 M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift Evacuation System (HERCULES) vehicles under terms of
a €99.7 million contract announced last
week.
The update programme started in 1997
and will embrace the whole fleet of 690
vehicles of the US Army and 69 vehicles of
the Marine Corps. With this contract the
number of M88 A2 exceeds 600. M88 A2 is
designed and certified to tow the Abrams
battletank in its heaviest variant.
MRR programme of Canada
(df) Rheinmetall-Canada and the IAI subsidiary ELTA Systems have been awarded the
Medium Range Radar (MRR) programme
by the Canadian Department of National
Defense (DND). The radar to be supplied
for the multi-mission role is the ELTA ELM2084 MMR “Iron Dome” radar which includes C-RAM (Counter Rockets, Artillery and
Mortars) and air-surveillance capabilities,
and will be produced locally in cooperation
with Rheinmetall-Canada.
The ELM-2084 MMR is an advanced threedimensional, S-Band radar, incorporating
modular and scaleable architecture. The
To integrate a more powerful Continentaldiesel-engine – providing now 1050 hp –
the hull had to be extended to 8.6 metres.
The weight climbed to 63.5 tonnes and
causes a decrease of maximum speed to
25 mph and range to 170 mi.
Protection for the crew of three has been
improved by armoured track skirts and
appliqué armour panels raising the vehicle
width to 3.7 metres. NBC protection and a
smoke-generator have been integrated as
well as a weapon station armed with a .50
cal Browning machine gun.
The M88A2 includes a 35-ton boom, a
140,000-pound, single-line, constant-pull
main winch and a 3-ton auxiliary winch for
deploying the main winch cable. The last
vehicle of this batch of 36 M88 A2 is due to
be delivered by August 2018.
www.baesystems.com
www.acc.army.mil
solid-state, electronically-steered
active array system incorporates
Gallium Nitride
(GaN) technology
and offers exceptional detection
and accuracy. The
MMR is designed for fast deployment with
a minimal crew.
Designed to simultaneously perform hostile weapon locating, friendly-fire ranging
and air surveillance, the ELM-2084 MMR
radar is able to detect rockets, artillery and
(Photo: BAE Systems)
Update of M88 recovery tanks
continues
vely since early 2015 on a joint solution as
a defence against threats due to the unauthorised use of commercial micro-drones.
The solution focuses on electronic detection, verification and countermeasures as
well as appropriate means of command &
control.
All elements were integrated with the ESG
command system TARANIS. TARANIS was
not only used for simple data exchange
between systems, but also responsible for
an easy to understand operational picture
and the distribution of information to the
security forces.
www.esg.de
www.diehl-defence.de
www.robinradar.com
(Photo: IAI)
(df) So called micro-drones are easy to
obtain, produce, use and therefore a very
cheap and effective weapon for terrorists.
On the other hand they are, due to size
and signature, hard to detect and fight. At
the G7 summit in Germany a new security solution for the protection against
micro-drones made its debut in theater.
Under leadership of the company ESG the
industry partners Diehl Defence und ROBIN
Radar Systems have been working intensi-
(Photo:ESG)
Protection against micro-drones
mortars at long ranges, and can simultaneously track a large number of targets.
Deployed in a C-RAM role, the MMR can
provide fire control when integrated with a
weapons system.
Advanced signal processing enables effective operation even in conditions of heavy clutter as well as in noisy and dense
environments, with assured classification
and identification of targets and superior
low-altitude operation. The radar system
also includes advanced Electronic CounterCounter Measure (ECCM) capabilities.
www.rheinmetall.ca
www.iai.co.il/17887-en/Groups_ELTA.aspx
Helicopter aircrew training system
(Photo: Airbus Helicopters)
(df) Airbus Helicopters has achieved Factory Acceptance of HATS01, the first of fifteen helicopters of the H135 family (EC135
Drone cases by Peli
(df) The new “Drone cases” by Peli Products offer a wide range of transport solutions for the extreme protection and safe
handling of drones and UAV systems, from
highly sophisticated military UAVs to consumer devices. Peli Cases now has a full
range of 80 models, that are impact-resistant, shock-proof, watertight, dust-proof
and offer adaptable interiors of customizable foam that guarantee the safety of the
equipment in any kind of military deployment.
Easy customization with the Pick N Pluck
Foam is of special interest. Peli Cases offer
the Pick N Pluck foam, which allows the
Collaboration on flexible driver
vision enhancement
(sb) Since the dawn of armoured vehicles,
periscopes have been the main aid for
driver vision. Whereas Commanders’ and
Gunners’ sights have been enhanced over
the last decade, the weakest part of the entire weapon system has remained the driver relying on old, heavy, fragile and clumsy
periscope sights.
The availability of real time HD vision systems and FPGA based video enhancement
solutions for day and night vision including
thermal fusion and image stabilisation has
enabled the development of state of the
art digital driver vision systems and consequent enhancements.
T2+) for the Helicopter Aircrew Training
System (HATS) for the Australian Defence
Force (ADF). Boeing Defence Australia will
be the prime contractor for the new training system.
Under the JP 9000 Phase 7 HATS project,
a new joint helicopter training system for
both Army and Navy aircrew will utilise the
EC135 T2+ helicopters, along with flight
simulators and a new flight-deck equipped sea-going training vessel. The EC135
T2+ is a highly advanced military training
helicopter, offering a glass cockpit with
high visibility, a multi-axis auto-pilot, the
performance and safety of a twin-engine
helicopter replacing current single types,
plus other advanced technologies to help
instructors perform training missions safely
and provide the ADF with the flexibility to
undertake additional missions.
The helicopter is part of successful training
systems in Germany, Switzerland, Spain
and Japan, and is in service in Australia
with the Victorian and New South Wales
police forces.
www.airbushelicopters.com
easy removal of small cubes in layers to
create the perfect fitting space in the exact
size and shape of the kit, keeping it protected and firmly in place.
In applying several foams the same case
can be used for different drones or equipment just by changing the customized
foam, so it is easy to update the Peli case
to any new drone model or other type of
UAV.
With wheels and pull handle there are trolly-style Peli Cases for easy transport with
even bigger wheels for irregular, steep
areas. As an example, the recently announced Drone Freefly Alta is sold inside a
customized Peli Case, so that users can set it
to fly in five
minutes.
From small
and medium to big
cases, models like the
Peli 1510,
the
Peli
1610, the
1630 or the
Peli Storm
iM2875 can accommodate drones like the
DJI Phantom and Inspire, QAV, Parrot BeBop, among others.
www.peli.com
“We want to achieve full combat performance, day and night
and for the full crew,” states Stephan Wirth, KTK´s
VP of Sales. He adds, “The
collaboration with RFEL gives us access to a world-class
range of real time, HD video enhancement solutions that enables us
to achieve our goal.”
The driver vision enhancement system
uses the MIL Spec thermal LWIR SAPHIR
core from Rheinmetall as well as a CCD/
CMOS Full HD core from Adimec´s TMX
series. Night vision cores (EMCCD/sCMOS)
or SWIR cores can be integrated into the
overall solution as well.
KTK and RFEL plan to showcase their joint solution
both at the MSPO exhibition in Kielce as well
as at DSEI in London;
both taking place in
September 2015. The
driver vision enhancement will be shown on a vehicle in conjunction with KTK´s 9” Full HD
rugged display.
The KTK Kommunikationstechnik/RFEL joint approach to enhanced flexible driver
vision of will be presented at MSPO and
DSEI.
www.ktk-gmbh.eu
www.rfel.com
(Photo: Peli)
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(Photo: Zeitler/Eurofighter)
(gwh) Airbus Defence and Space has successfully completed flight-testing of a
package of aerodynamic upgrades to the
Eurofighter Typhoon swing-role fighter that
promises to enhance further the aircraft‘s
agility and weapons-carrying ability.
The Aerodynamic Modification Kit (AMK)
is part of a wider Eurofighter Enhanced
Manoeuvrability (EFEM) programme with
Upgrade of the P-3C Orion
(df) Airbus Defence and Space together
with its team partner Lockheed Martin
Overseas Services Corporation (LMOSC) are
to undertake a Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) of
the German Navy fleet of P-3C Orion maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare
aircraft. Within this eight-year contract the
companies will upgrade eight aircraft.
The contract includes the production of
eight MLU-kits (outer wing, centre fuselage, and horizontal stabilizer) by LMOSC
OMS architecure standards
(df) In recent test flights Northrop Grumman was able to demonstrate that the U.S.
Air Force‘s Open Mission Systems (OMS)
New carbon fibre airframe
for MALD
(df) The Raytheon Company, in partnership
with Fokker and Dallara, has developed a
lower-cost carbon fibre airframe for the US
Air Force’s Miniature Air Launched Decoy
(MALD) by applying robotics and formula
1 racing technologies. With this technique
the three companies reduced airframe production costs by 25%. The new composite
the potential to help
ensure the type’s continuing superiority for
many years to come.
It entails primarily the addition of fuselage strakes
and leading-edge root
extensions, which increase the maximum
lift created by the wing by 25 percent –
resulting in an increased turn rate, tighter
turning radius, and improved nose-pointing ability at low speed – all critical fighter
capabilities in air-to-air combat.
The introduction of the AMK will not only
enhance the Eurofighter‘s current capability as a swing-role fighter-bomber, but
will provide additional growth potential,
enabling easier integration of future air–
to-surface configurations and much more
flexible applications, vastly enhancing the
aircraft‘s mission effectiveness in the airto-surface role.
The flight trials followed some five years
of studies. Eurofighter test pilots, joined in
the latter stages by operational pilots from
Germany, Italy and the UK, completed 36
sorties from Manching, Germany on the
IPA7 Instrumented Production Aircraft.
www.airbusdefenceandspace.com
primarily in Marietta, Georgia, while Airbus
Defence and Space will be responsible for
integration, installation and check out of
the MLU-K15 kits for the P-3C Orion aircraft
at Manching, Germany.
“Once installed, these new wings will extend the life of each German Navy P-3 by
15,000 hours per aircraft, which will allow
the German Navy fleet to meet future mission requirements,” said Mark Jarvis, Director of P-3 Programs at Lockheed Martin.
“We look forward to working with Airbus
to provide the German Navy, and specifically Naval Air Wing 3 at NAS Nordholz, the
improved capability that these wings will
provide.”
www.AirbusDefenceandSpace.com
www.LockheedMartin.com
architecture standards can be successfully integrated across multiple systems and
platforms. These flights have paved the
way for new capabilities to be integrated
rapidly and affordably across advanced
manned and unmanned aircraft, the company said.
www.northropgrumman.com
design will be included in this year‘s
Lot 7 production.
MALD is a flying
vehicle that is modular, air-launched
and programmable. It weighs less than
300 pounds and has a range of 500 nautical miles. MALD protects aircraft and their
crews by duplicating the combat flight
profiles and signatures of U.S. and allied
aircraft. MALD-J adds radar-jamming capability to the basic MALD platform.
www.raytheon.com
(Photo: German Navy)
Eurofighter aerodynamic
upgrades completed
(Photo: Raytheon)
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(yl) The Russian Navy as well as foreign
delegations stressed their interests in the
“YUNONA” autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) during IMDS. The AUV is designed for underwater search and inspections
operations, search tasks during rescue operations, as well as for mapping, topographic
surveying, sea bottom inspection including
shallow waters. The vehicle is able to pro-
(Photo: Yury Laskin)
AUV YUNOVA
vide a variety of measurements including
temperature. Operational depth – 1,000
(yl) Tula based Shipunov KBP Design bureau presented the naval version of the
Pantsir-C1 air defence system at IMDS.
According to KBP CEO Dmitriy Konoplev,
the Russian Ministry of Defence “showed
great interest in the naval variant of the
Pantsir”.
“It has been decided that several destroyers and other large warships will be modernized to accommodate the system.”
Foreign participants at IMDS
(yl) Among the IMDS foreign participants
the most impressive exposition were of
BrahMos Aerospace, MTU and ECA Group.
According to the Indian-Russian joint venture BrahMos CEO Kumar Mishra the company has good chances to employ its jointly
developed missiles aboard a new batch of
project 11356 frigates not just for the Indian but also for the Russian Navy.
The German company MTU (part of the
Rolls Royce group), has been suffering from
factured at the Progress Aviation plant in
Arsenyev. The helicopter has been primarily destined for the Mistral type LHD. Due
to the contract termination by the French
side the Ka-52K future remains uncertain.
According to the Tactical Missile Corporation CEO Boris Obnosov the helicopter incorporates Kh-35 anti ship missile and Kh-38
“air-to-ground” missile.
www.russianhelicopters.aero
The module, titled Pantsir-M is equipped
with two GSh-6-30K / AO-18KD 30 mm
six-barrel guns as found on the Kashtan
CIWS.
Pantsir-M also comes with an additional
radar system, separate from the one fitted
ontop of the turret itself. The land based
Pantsir-S1, produced by Russia’s KBP is a
gun-missile system combining a wheeled
vehicle mounting a fire-control radar and
electro-optical sensor, two 30 mm cannons and up to 12 57E6 radio-command
guided short-range missiles, and is designed to take on a variety of targets flying at
low altitudes.
http://www.kbptula.ru/en/
(Photo: Yury Laskin)
Pantsir-C1 air defence system
for navies
(yl) During IMDS the Russian Helicopters
Holding demonstrated a naval version of
its world-known Ka-52 Alligator attack
helicopter. The new rotorcraft received
Ka-52K designation and made its public
debut at the Army-2015 exhibition this
June.
The demonstrated vehicle is the first of the
4 experimental prototypes being manu-
(Photo: Yury Laskin)
(Photo: Yury Laskin)
Naval version of Ka-52 Alligator
metres below surface, endurance up to six
hours. The vehicle’s weight is 80 kg with a
length of 2.9 metres and 0.2 metres diameter. “There are several foreign analogues
but our vehicle is several times cheaper as
it is 100% Russian made. Here, with “YUNONA”, Rubin is not just a designer but also
a producer of the vehicle,” stressed Rubin
Marine Design bureau CEO Igor Vilnit.
http://ckb-rubin.ru/en/main/
the anti-Russian sanctions. Several contracts
were stopped due to the German government’s decision and the competitors – and
not just Russian – started closing the gap. It
is interesting that the U.S. based Cummins
and Caterpillar extended their presence in
the Russian market during these times.
The French ECA Group is going to continue cooperation with Russia because
its products including UAVs and fast craft
are of nonmilitary application. It looks like
such companies with a long-term strategy
will benefit once sanctions are finished.
www.brahmos.com
www.mtu.de
www.ecagroup.com
Debuts and novelties at IMDS
(yl) At IMDS several novelties were noticed,
also at the Almaz-Antey Air Defence booth.
Among the most interesting were the naval
modification of the Izhevsk Kupol-made
TOR SHORADS designated as TOR-M2KM
as well as Komar combat module designed
by the Ratep company on the basis of Gibka turret with Igla-M missiles.
Granit Electron presented at their booth
its latest C4I complexes for shipborne,
shore and airborne application for the
Russian Navy and export customers. IMDS
visitors were particularly attracted by the
first time exhibited 3Tc-25E antenna device for target designation and detection
radar of missile weaponry. During the
show Granit-Electron officials stressed the
priority importance of cooperation with
BrahMos for them. The Indian-Russian JV
in its turn confirmed that Granit remains
one of most reliable sub-contractors of
the project.
Another interesting novelty was showcased by the Kolomna based Mashzavod.
They developed a new diesel engine of
7500 kWt to replace foreign analogues on
board of Russian naval ships and project
20385 corvettes in particular. The new engine is under trials, to come into serial production shortly.
Zvezda JSC made at IMDS a debut for its
latest M150 Pulsar diesel engine. The exhi-
(df) The Russian state corporation Rostec
announced that the Russian Navy’s newest corvette “Aldar Tsydenzhapov” has
been commissioned at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant and will join the Pacific Fleet‘s
naval forces. The corvette (Project 20380)
is equipped with guided missiles, all of
which have electronic warfare systems developed by KRET enterprises.
This ship is the third Project 20380 corvette to be built at the Amur Shipbuilding
Plant for the Pacific Fleet. As stated by
Roman Martov, head of the Pacific Fleet’s
press service, the plant will commission
another Project 20380 corvette by the
Upgrade electronic warfare
defence of the U.S. Navy
(df) The US Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a €140 million contract to upgrade the
fleet’s electronic warfare defences against
evolving threats, such as anti-ship missiles. Under this low-rate initial production
contract for Block 2 of the Navy’s Surface
(Photo: Rostec)
Russia’s newest corvette
commissioned
bited version
was of the
shipborne
application
but the plant
is going to produce a whole
family.
The
new engine
has attractive
cost efficiency data with
extended environment friendly lifecycle.
By the end of 2015 the company is going
to deliver 14 engines to the Vympel shipyard for application aboard Mangust patrol
boats.
www.almaz-antey.ru
www.granit-electron.ru
www.zvezda.spb.ru
http://mashzavod.com
end of this year. The Russian Navy’s combat forces already have four ships from
this project: Steregushchy, Soobrazitelny,
Boiky, and Stoiky. All of these are part of
the Baltic Sea Fleet. Two months ago, the
corvette Sovershenny was also commissioned. The ship is currently being outfitted with equipment. After completing
tests, the ship will become part of the
Pacific Fleet. The new corvettes will serve
as the foundation of the Russian Navy in
the near maritime zone.
Project 20380 corvettes are designed to
combat the enemy’s surface ships and
submarines, as well as to support amphibious assaults during special operations.
They have a displacement of about 2,000
tons and a length of 100 metres, can reach
speeds up to 27 knots, and can travel autonomously up to 4,000 miles.
The ships have a flush steel hull and superstructure made from laminated composite materials to enable stealth technology.
http://rostec.ru
http://kret.com/
Electronic Warfare Improvement Program
(SEWIP), Lockheed Martin will provide additional systems to upgrade the AN/SLQ-32
systems on US aircraft carriers, cruisers,
destroyers and other warships with key
capabilities to determine if the electronic
sensors of potential foes are tracking the
ship.
Block 2 is the latest in an evolutionary succession of improvement “blocks” and will
add new defensive technologies and functional capabilities. In 2013 and 2014, Lockheed Martin was awarded 24 systems as
part of low-rate initial production, the first
ten of which have been delivered.
www.lockheedmartin.com
(Photos: Yury Laskin)
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(df) Boeing’s seventh Wideband Global
SATCOM (WGS) satellite is now in orbit
and will soon provide the US and allied
militaries with 17 percent more secure
communications bandwidth and therefore
a reliable transmittion of vital information
than its predecessors thanks to a payload
upgrade.
WGS-7 sent its first successful signals soon
after being launched on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket. The next three WGS
satellites will incorporate Boeing’s advanced
digital payload design, which doubles payload bandwidth and further improves connectivity. WGS-8 is scheduled for launch in late
2016. Boeing will deliver a total of 10 WGS
satellites to the U.S. Air Force.
www.boeing.com
(Photo:U.S. Navy)
Submarine software
modernization
(df) General Dynamics received an €18
million contract modification from the US
Navy to continue modernizing the AN/BYG1 Weapons Control System (WCS) Technology Insertion and Advanced Processing
Build software for US Navy and Royal Australian Navy submarines.
The AN/BYG-1 software analyzes and tracks
submarine and surface-ship contact information, providing tactical situational awareness for submarine crews including the
Critical enabling framework
for C4ISR
(df) Last week Gloria Flach, President,
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems,
and Kathy Warden, President, Northrop
Grumman Information Systems, among
other executives of Northrop Grumman
briefed on a critical enabling framework for
fifth-generation C4ISR, drawing upon the
company‘s extensive range of integrated,
end-to-end, cross-domain C4ISR capabilities. The integrated framework discussion
highlighted opportunities to improve nearly every aspect of C4ISR.
“Our solutions offer speed of information,
speed of decision and speed of action, all
with open-architecture, vendor-agnostic
systems,” said Warden. “Cyber, and specifically cyber resilience, is both critical and
fully integrated into everything we do.”
Northrop Grumman communications networks are a key enabler that seamlessly
connect otherwise incompatible data links
(Photo:United Launch Alliance)
Wideband Global SATCOM
satellite launched
and voice waveforms. The company cited open integration as a way to more efficiently cross domains, from undersea to
outer space and cyberspace. The company
adds experience in the full range of sensor
technologies, including radar, electronic
warfare, infrared and visible spectra.
Programmes and capabilities on display included the Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR); Scalable Agile Beam Radar
(SABR); Positioning, Navigation and Timing
(PNT); Distributed Aperture System (DAS);
Enterprise Airborne Gateway Network
(EAGN); and Citadel. Northrop Grumman‘s additional capabilities include near-real-time fusion and
dissemination of intelligence; expertise in
stealth technologies from the B-2 bomber
to avionics for the F-22 and F-35; cyber
experience for a wide variety of federal
government and non-defence customers;
leadership in positioning, navigation and timing; and vast experience bringing existing
capability to target and fire torpedoes and
missiles.
The AN/BYG-1 software system uses
commercial off-the-shelf hardware in an
open-architecture computing environment
ensuring that the submarine combat control systems are consistently maintained
and updated. The Navy‘s LOS ANGELES,
SEAWOLF, VIRGINIA and SSGN-class submarines and the Royal Australian Navy‘s
COLLINS-class submarines use the AN/BYG1 software and hardware.
www.generaldynamics.com
technologies to new applications across
multiple domains, such as adapting the
AESA radar for ground vehicle use. At the
briefing Northrop Grumman claimed itself
to be the only company that can bring the
power of fifth-generation sensors and datalinks to fourth-generation systems.
www.northropgrumman.com
(Graphic: Northrop Grumman)
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(df) AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has announced
appointment of Georges Biwer as its Vice-President, EMEA, effective from July
1. Biwer has more than 24 years of experience in air cargo industry.
As Vice President for scheduled business
operations, EMEA, Biwer will focus on
Beauchamp appointed director
Raytheon
(df) The Board of Directors of Raytheon
Company has elected Robert Beauchamp as a director effective since July 24.
Beauchamp is chairman, president and
CEO of BMC Software, a global provider of
business service management software.
He joined BMC in 1988 and has served as
Lavaste Head of CyberSecurity
Airbus DS
(df) François Lavaste, currently Head of
Arkoon Netasq, has been appointed as the
new Head of CyberSecurity at Airbus Defence and Space effective August 1.
François Lavaste brings in over 20 years
of experience in the IT security business
after occupying different positions in cor-
growing ABC scheduled cargo operations
inside and beyond Europe with ABC going
online in Middle East and within African
continent to provide broader variety of
export destination for European customers.
“EMEA is one of key markets for the scheduled business operations. Mr. Biwer‘s
appointment is in line with our further
expansion plans and
our
determination
to build the best air
cargo team in the industry for the benefits of our customers,”
said Denis Ilin, ABC
Executive President.
www.volga-dnepr.com
president and CEO since 2001. Beauchamp was named board chairman of BMC
in 2008.
Beauchamp serves as an independent director of National Oilwell Varco, a provider of drilling equipment, oilfield services
and supply chain integration services for
the oil and gas industry. He also serves on
the Board of Regents of Baylor University. Beauchamp earned
a bachelor‘s degree
in finance from the
University of Texas at
Austin and a master‘s
degree in management from Houston
Baptist University.
www.raytheon.com
responding technology companies. He
will replace Jean-Michel Orozco, who will
assume a new position within the Airbus
Group.
The CyberSecurity branch is a growing
subsidiary of Airbus Defence and Space
focusing on modern challenged to the
communication and data exchange infrastructure.
Airbus Defence and
Space CyberSecurity‘s
portfolio is built upon
three pillars: Cyber
defence and professional services, trusted infrastructure, and
secure mobility.
www.cybersecurity-airbusds.com
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(Photo: Raytheon)
Biwer Vice-President
AirBridgeCargo
the VH-92 Presidential Helicopter, Combat
Rescue Helicopter and the Naval MH-60
Helicopter. With this acquisition Lockheed
Martin’s annual revenue will exceed €45
billion.
The acquisition is subject to customary
conditions, including securing regulatory
approvals, and is expected to close by late
fourth quarter 2015 or early first quarter
2016.
www.lockheedmartin.com
www.sikorsky.com
(Photo: Airbus DS)
(gwh) Lockheed Martin has entered into
a definitive agreement to acquire Sikorsky
Aircraft for €8.1 billion. The Corporation
plans to align Sikorsky under the Lockheed
Martin Mission Systems and Training (MST)
business segment.
MST and Sikorsky currently partner on a
number of critical programmes, including
(Photo: Sikorsky)
Lockheed Martin acquires
Sikorsky Aircraft
(Photo: Volga Dnepr)
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