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Held under the patronage of His
Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed
Al Nahyan, President of the United
Arab Emirates, and organised by
the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions
Company (ADNEC) in co-ordination
with the UAE Armed Forces GHQ,
and with Tawazun as strategic
partner, the International Defence
Exhibition and Conference in Abu
Dhabi has risen in stature over its
two-decade history to become the
MENA region’s premier defence and
security exhibition, and one of the
leading events in the world.
Underlining that position, more
than 1,100 exhibitors from all
corners of the globe have come
together for IDEX 2015, and the exhibition space had sold out before the
43rd National Day last December. As
well as providing the opportunity
to showcase new technologies to
potential customers in the MENA
region and beyond, IDEX provides an
ideal environment in which companies can explore new partnerships,
as well as expand existing ones.
IDEX also provides an arena in
which national companies can promote their products and services.
The defence sector is a key pillar of
GCC navies
pursue
surface ship
modernisation
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Abu Dhabi’s Economic Vision 2030,
and local companies are expanding
rapidly in both number and capability. “A platform like IDEX is a unique
opportunity for the industry leaders to showcase and highlight the
innovations and technologies that
put Abu Dhabi at the forefront of
the defence industry,” said IDEX CEO
Saleh Al Marzooqi.
Running alongside IDEX are two
exhibitions dedicated to maritime
and unmanned technologies. Since
its inauguration in 2011, NAVDEX has
grown to a position of prominence
in the calendar of professionals
involved in the naval and maritime defence and security sectors.
Driving growth in the naval
defence sec tor, which is
expected to reach spending of
US$76.4 billion (AED280.6bn)
between 2010 and 2019 in the
Gulf and western Indian Ocean,
NAVDEX focuses on the latest
maritime innovations and technology. “The knowledge-based
platform created by IDEX and
NAVDEX is central to developing the infrastructure necessary
for regional security,” commented
D. Khaled Al Mazrouei, CEO of
principal NAVDEX sponsor ADSB.
A newcomer to this year’s IDEX
is the Unmanned Exhibition
and Conference. With ADASI as
principal sponsor, UMEX forms a
business platform to promote
unmanned technologies
across all domains, and a
dedicated environment for
partnerships to be formed.
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DAVID DONALD
PHOTO: ANTHONY JEULAND, FRENCH AIR FORCE
Last Monday, French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was in Cairo
to sign a contract with Egypt concerning the supply by France of 24
Dassault Rafale multirole fighters, a
FREMM frigate from DNCS, and associated Aster 15 and Mica missiles
from MBDA.
The signing of the contract,
worth around €5 billion, followed
an announcement of the deal a
few days earlier by French president François Hollande. “ This
equipment will allow Egypt to
increase its security and play fully
its role in promoting regional
stability,” read the presidential
statement. Negotiations with Egypt
began in earnest during December.
Egypt is no stranger to Dassault
products, having flown the Mirage 5
for many years, and currently operates the Alpha Jet trainer and Mirage
2000. Driven by President Abdul
Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt is pushing to
upgrade its military capabilities,
and perceives an urgent need for
new aircraft as a reaction to what it
sees as increased external threats,
notably that from ongoing turmoil
in neighbouring Libya. Having first
seen combat over Afghanistan,
French Rafales played a major part
in the 2011 NATO air campaign over
Libya, subsequently seeing action
over Mali and, since last September,
over Iraq.
For Dassault Aviation (French
Pavilion, Stand 07-B15) the deal represents a major boost, as the Rafale
programme was becoming increasingly under threat of a production
slowdown if no export sales could
be concluded. The type was selected
by India in early 2012, but contract
negotiations over the supply of 126
Rafales are still to reach fruition.
Elsewhere in the MENA
region, the Rafale was frontrunner for some time in
the UAE’s search for a new fighter, as
well as being the subject of interest
in Kuwait. Earlier it had seemed likely
that Morocco would buy the type,
but that deal went to the US F-16.
Now Dassault is looking to Qatar as
its most likely sales opportunity in
the region, a number of 36 aircraft
having been reported. French media
reports from late 2014 suggested
that negotiations were then at an
advanced stage. Minister Le Drian
visited Qatar last month for talks
with His Highness the Emir
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad alThani, although whether the
Rafale was on the agenda has
not been disclosed.
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Armed with GBU-12 laser-guided bombs, a French air force
Rafale flies on an operational mission over Chad during
Operation Serval in 2013
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A new era of military transport has begun.
Stronger and faster.
The KC-390 represents the beginning of a new era in military transport. It´s a multi-mission, rugged,
easily-operated aircraft that will establish new standards for speed and capacity in its category,
as well as representing the lowest life-cycle cost in the market. The KC-390 is an innovative project
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over 45 years. Embraer is committed to offering the best integrated solutions in defense and security to
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EDIC – a new
platform for growth
Announced on 2 December last year, and commencing operations in its first phase last month, the
Emirates Defence Industries Company (EDIC) brings together elements of the UAE defence industry to
harmonise their activities and maximise their potential, as well as to provide a springboard for future growth.
Here, the Chairman of EDIC, H.E. Homaid Al Shemmari, outlines the reasoning behind the creation of EDIC, and its vision
The UAE’s defence industry today
stands at an inflection point in its
evolution into a world-class partner capable of keeping the Armed
Forces at a peak state of readiness.
Over the past 20 years, a number of
defence service and manufacturing
companies have grown up under the
banner of several different national
holding companies. Mubadala,
Tawazun and Emirates Advanced
Investments all made substantial investments in
developing
capabilities
across manufacturing, maintenance, repair and overhaul, training,
mapping, logistics and technology
development.
On National Day last year, we
announced the creation of the
Emirates Defence I ndustries
Company (EDIC), to bring these
capabilities together under a
single integrated platform. EDIC was
established with 11 assets in the first
phase, which began
in January, and
at this year’s
International Defence Exhibition
and Conference, we are announcing
a second phase of five companies to
be brought under the EDIC banner.
The integration will not only
enhance the strategic alignment
of our defence services sector, but
creates opportunities to unlock synergies and improve performance.
EDIC provides a platform for further
growth, and our vision is to become
a new national champion for innovation and technology development,
opening career opportunities for the
next generation of Emirati engineers.
What are we working to achieve?
For the industry, EDIC will ensure
our companies are coordinated
and aligned, benefiting from
economies of scale and delivering
maximum value to our shareholders and partners. For our clients,
it provides a centralised view on a
unique range of assets and capabilities in the region. It will help our
industry compete in the regional
marketplace, where customers
increasingly demand greater technical excellence and performance.
For our nation, EDIC will be better
positioned to meet the needs of
the Armed Forces while creating
jobs for UAE Nationals.
EDIC was created because it
makes clear business sense today.
For example, Al-Taif Technical
Services, one of the first companies to be integrated into EDIC,
already provides maintenance,
repair and overhaul services to
NIMR Automotive, the multi
purpose vehicle manufacturer
that is also among the first phase
EDIC companies.
H.E. Homaid Al Shemmari,
Chairman of EDIC
ENG VIP p5.indd 1
AMMROC, our flagship aircraft
maintenance, repair and overhaul
company that joins EDIC in the
second phase, is a natural partner for
Global Aerospace Logistics (GAL),
a first-phase EDIC company, to offer
a service proposition through the
full value chain. GAL specialises in
first line, light maintenance of
military aviation, while AMMROC
offers second line, deep level
maintenance, repair and overhaul
services.
EDIC was also created because it
builds a platform for future growth.
International partnerships are a
critical part of our success, and EDIC
companies already work in close
collaboration with several leading
global defence companies. We
believe EDIC will give our partners
an ideal platform to grow the
business in the UAE and across
the region.
Not only does EDIC provide a vital
and valuable service to the nation’s
defences, but its companies will
open career opportunities to the
next generation of Emirati engineers. AMMROC, for example, has
trained hundreds of Emirati students to become high-tech aircraft
maintenance engineers. Once they
graduate, these talented Emiratis
will be working to maintain and
repair aircraft from Piaggio Aerospace, the Italian manufacturer
majority-owned by Mubadala.
As the Armed Forces of the UAE
and our allies in the region prepare
to face the security challenges of the
future, they require an integrated,
world-class manufacturing and
services partner to help them stay
at a peak state of readiness. Now
they have that partner, right here in
Abu Dhabi.
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18/02/2015 14:35
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JON LAKE
In recent years, the air forces of the
Gulf nations have undergone a dramatic transformation, growing in
both size and stature. In the past few
months, the Royal Bahraini Air Force,
the Royal Jordanian Air Force, the
Qatar Emiri Air Force, the Royal Saudi
Air Force and the UAE Air Force and
Air Defence have all participated in
multinational combat operations
alongside the USA, UK and French
air forces, among other coalition
partners. In doing so, they have
demonstrated their professionalism and combat efficiency, and they
are today widely regarded as being
mature and competent air arms
capable of undertaking a broad
spectrum of air power roles.
Gulfairforcesdisp
new-foundconfide
Driven by post-Cold War budgetary
pressures, the USA has increasingly
disengaged from the Middle East.
Though the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet
maintains an aircraft carrier in the
area, and though the USAF deploys
forces at a number of regional airfields, most notably at Al Udeid in
Qatar, which hosts Central Command’s headquarters, the USA
has replaced many permanently
deployed force elements with
shorter-term deployments. As it has
done so it has demanded greater
‘burden-sharing’ from its allies, and
the Gulf nations have responded
by taking on a greater share of their
own defence, and by reconfiguring
to meet today’s real world threats.
A disproportionate reliance on
US, British, French and Canadian
air power during the first Gulf War
(notwithstanding the useful contributions made by the air forces of
Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia)
provided a wake-up call for Gulf air
staffs, while the emergence of an
Iranian ballistic missile threat added
further impetus to the need to recapitalise and modernise Gulf air power.
Air and missile defence has thus
been accorded a high priority, and
fighter acquisition programmes are
underway across the region, with
most local air arms also looking
to increase aircraft numbers. This
is perhaps most striking in Qatar,
where 12 Mirage 2000 fighters are
to be replaced by two batches of 36
new fighters – a six-fold increase in
the QEAF fighter force. In doubling
its inventory, the RSAF is expected
PHOTO: JAMIE HUNTER
Growth
to introduce no fewer than 450 new
aircraft over the next decade.
Size alone is not everything,
and as well as increasing force size,
the Gulf air forces have embraced
new roles and adopted a range of
advanced technologies, introducing sophisticated ISR platforms,
AAR tanker aircraft and even AEW
and AWACS platforms, becoming
‘full-spectrum’ air forces that can
contribute more widely to coalition
air operations, and that are more
capable of autonomous operations.
Reduced reliance on foreign
‘advisers’
Gulf air forces are increasingly placing considerably less reliance on
foreign advisers in the front line, and
even in training and instructional
roles, though some do remain in
most of the GCC air forces. Gulf air
forces are increasingly training their
own nationals to carry out support
roles, however, including the technician roles that are currently often
undertaken by expatriate personnel. In the UAE, about 30 per cent of
the country’s 65,000-strong armed
forces are still expatriates, though
the UAE Air Force and Air Defence is
the most ‘nationalised’ service arm,
employing a significantly lower proportion of foreign personnel.
Intelligent acquisition
One mark of a confident and mature
air force is its ability to acquire aircraft, weapons and equipment
tailored to its own requirements,
rather than simply buying exactly
the same equipment as is used
isplay
idence
The Royal Saudi Air Force is
in the process of significantly
expanding in terms of both
capability and quantity. The
Eurofighter Typhoon (pictured)
and Boeing F-15 Eagle are at the
heart of this growth
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F-16 of the Royal
Jordanian Air Force
– updating their threat libraries and
tailoring and refining electronic warfare and radar system performance.
Multinational operations
by a larger ally (usually the US Air
Force) ‘off the shelf’. Saudi Arabia
provided an early example of this
kind of procurement, by insisting
that the English Electric Lightnings
it acquired should be capable of
ground attack missions, forcing BAC
(as it then was) to develop a new
variant of its until then dedicated
air-to-air interceptor. A decade later,
Oman made a similar procurement,
requiring an air-to-air capability on
its SEPECAT Jaguar fighter-bombers.
But the UAE has led the way in this
kind of ‘intelligent procurement’,
starting with its order for the Mirage
2000-9 (for which it was the launch
customer). This marked a significant
improvement over the previous
Mirage 2000-5, with additional capabilities and new technologies
– some of them resulting from the
Rafale development programme.
The end result was that the UAE’s
Mirages were more advanced and
more capable than those operated
by the French Armée de l’Air.
According to reports, the UAE
invested almost USD3 billion into
research and development of the
Block 60 F-16 E/F Desert Falcon and,
The Royal Air Force of Oman operates a sizeable F-16 force and has
Typhoons on order
as a consequence, would be entitled to royalty payments if any other
nation purchased an F-16 variant
using the same technology. The first
F-16 variant to be fitted with an AESA
radar, the UAE’s Block 60 F-16E/F was
described as being more advanced
than the US Air Force’s own F-16s.
The UAE has integrated the GEC Al
Hakim rocket-boosted glide bomb
(a weapon that is unique to the UAE
AF&AD) on its Mirage and F-16 fighters, and the Mirages also carry the
MBDA Black Shaheen cruise missile
(a derivative of the Storm Shadow),
and will soon be operational with the
indigenous Tawazun Al Tariq glide
bomb. Saudi Arabia has integrated
new targeting pods and weapons on its Tornados and Typhoons,
replacing the Litening pod favoured
by other operators with the French
Damocles pod. The RSAF pushed
the pace of the Tranche 2 Typhoon’s
air-to-ground capability, dropping
air-to-ground weapons from the
variant before the British RAF did.
Perhaps most telling is the fact that
the UAE has gained the capability of
obtaining and integrating its own
‘mission data’ on its fighter platforms
Gulf nations have shown a real
willingness to accept help from
allies and to burden-share – banding together with neighbours for
mutual defence when required, and
encouraging allies like the UK and
France to base forces in the region,
without this being thought of as
being an affront to national pride.
The Gulf air forces have made great
efforts to become effective operators
of their advanced equipment and
have regularly participated in major
international exercises, including the
USAF’s Red Flag, as well as conducting realistic exercises in the region
with extensive foreign participation. The UAE has had numerous
Advanced Tactical Leadership
Course exercises, while Oman has
run regular ‘Magic Carpet’ exercises
with the UK and squadron exchanges
with the Indian Air Force. All this has
strengthened interoperability.
It is perhaps unsurprising that
these capable and well-equipped air
forces have been ‘partners of choice’
in coalition operations against Libya
and against the Islamic State (IS)/
Daesh group in Syria.
When the USA began mounting
what it called ‘expanded air strikes’
against IS targets in Syria on 22
September, about one-third of the
attacking aircraft were provided
by the Arab partner nations. The
force included two Royal Bahraini
Air Force F-16Cs, four Royal Jordanian Air Force F-16MLUs, four Royal
Saudi Air Force F-15S Eagles and four
UAE Air Force and Air Defence Block
60 F-16E/Fs. It is unclear whether
Qatar’s Mirage 2000s took part in the
attacks, or just flew in an air defence
or escort role.
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UAE Mirage 2000-9s are seen participating in the Red Flag exercise in
the USA
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Masteringthe
artofartillery
CHRISTOPHER F FOSS
In addition to offering a complete
range of 105mm, 122mm and
155mm towed and self-propelled
(SP) artillery systems, China North
Industries Corporation (NORINCO)
(Stand 10-E05) is now marketing
the Artillery
Master 155 Field
Artillery
Weapon
System
( FAW S )
in the Middle East region.
This is a complete
155mm artillery system that
includes not only the PLZ52 firing
platform and its family of ammunition, but also the complete target
acquisition system – without which
no artillery system can rapidly and
accurately engage targets.
At the heart of the system is
NORINCO’s latest PLZ52 155mm/
52 calibre full-tracked SP, which is
being marketed alongside the older
PLZ45 155mm/45 calibre SP system.
The latter is currently deployed by
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, as well as
in China by the People’s Liberation
Army (PLA).
PLZ52 is a new design with a more
powerful engine and is armed with
a turret-mounted 155mm/52 calibre
ordnance that is fitted with a fume
extractor and slotted muzzle brake.
Mounted above the rear of the ordnance is the muzzle velocity radar
that feeds information to the computerised fire control system (FCS).
Maximum range of the PLZ52
depends on the projectile/charge
combination, but according to
NORINCO, a maximum range of
53km can be achieved firing its
Extended Range Full Bore – Base
Bleed – Rocket Assisted (ERFB-BBRA) projectile.
PLZ52 can fire the full family of
NORINCO 155mm ammunition
that, in addition to the previously
mentioned ERFB-BB-RA, includes
ERFB high-explosive, ERFB-BB high-
explosive, ERFB white phosphorous,
ERFB smoke, ERFB illumination,
incendiary and cargo. It can also
fire projectiles for greater precision
effects, including the GP1 and GP6
laser-homing guided artillery projectiles and the recently revealed
GS1 top-attack smart projectile. A
total of 30 155mm projectiles, plus
associated modular propellant
charges, is carried with a maximum
rate of fire of up to eight rounds a
minute.
Each PLZ52 would typically be
supported by one Ammunition
Support Vehicle (ASV) on a similar platform, which would carry 96
rounds of ammunition, plus associated charges. This would feed
ammunition direct into the rear of
the PLZ52 via a telescopic arm.
Other elements of the Artillery
Master 155 FAWS include command
post vehicles, reconnaissance vehicles with advanced day/night sensor
pods, a truck-mounted artillery locating and correction radar, and a
meteorological system. Targets can
be located rapidly using the groundbased elements, or the Sharp Eye III
unmanned aerial vehicle, which
would typically be issued on the
scale of three per battalion.
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Chinese PLZ52 155mm/52 calibre SP
artillery system with ordnance elevated
and showing muzzle velocity measuring
radar at the very rear of the barrel
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DAVID DONALD
Reflecting the growing importance
of unmanned and autonomous
systems in the defence and security
sector, IDEX welcomes a new addition in the form of the Unmanned
Systems Exhibition and Conference.
Having grown out of dedicated
unmanned technology zones at
previous IDEX shows, UMEX is now
an exhibition in its own right. Running concurrently with IDEX, with
its own dedicated displays indoors
and outside, UMEX brings together
exhibitors from many parts of the
globe, and with a range of unmanned
expertise and capability across land,
sea, air and underwater domains.
“ The growing sophistication
of unmanned systems technology is rapidly defining the modern
defence era. It is through strategic
partnerships and industry associations that strong business growth
is achieved,” said Saleh Al Marzooqi, IDEX chief executive officer.
“Unmanned systems represent the
very leading edge of defence technology, reinforcing strong security
infrastructures.
“Supported by UAE Armed Forces
GHQ and attended by regional
government delegations, agencies, industry, military and civilian
authorities, the event will be the
ideal business platform to promote
unmanned systems technology
and capability to a dedicated and
focused industry audience.”
In addition to the on-site exhibition itself, there is an associated
conference, and live UAV and
unmanned ground vehicle (UGV)
demonstrations, which are being
conducted at Al Tarif, in the western
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A Camcopter S-100 of the UAE Armed Forces
region of Abu Dhabi. Sponsoring
the demonstrations is Abu Dhabi
Autonomous Systems Investments
(ADASI), which is also the principal
sponsor of UMEX.
“We are delighted to be growing
our par tnership with IDEX,”
reported Ali Al Yafei, CEO of ADASI.
“Our regional lead in the fields
of unmanned aerial systems and
IDEX’s excellent reputation and
outstanding expertise will make an
ideal combination for the best-in-
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class unmanned systems exhibition
in the region.”
Emirati companies have
embraced the unmanned revolution and the nation has become the
leading regional player in the sector, a fact reflected by the number
of UAE-based companies exhibiting at UMEX alongside well-known
international names such as General Atomics, Lockheed Martin and
Northrop Grumman.
ADASI has become a centre of
excellence in the region, with a
number of important projects in
its growing portfolio. Among them
is the Al Sabr programme, which it
manages for the UAE Armed Forces,
based on the Schiebel Camcopter
rotary-wing UAV. The company is
also involved in aerostat ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance)
programmes, and is a partner in the
development of a manned maritime
patrol aircraft based on the Piaggio
Aero Avanti airframe.
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The first Predator XP test vehicle during its first flight at Yuma in 2014
DAVID DONALD
Earlier this month, General Atomics
Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI)
conducted a long-endurance flight
of its Predator XP remotely piloted
aircraft (RPA). Launching from the
company’s Castle Dome Flight Operations Facility at the Yuma Proving
Ground, Arizona, on 6 February, the
Predator XP touched down again on
8 February after a flight of more than
40 hours, during which the air vehicle
remained at altitudes above 10,000ft.
“This flight was a landmark event
for Predator XP in that it truly demonstrated the long-endurance
capability of our latest RPA,” said
Frank W Pace, president, Aircraft Systems, GA-ASI. “In addition, it was a
new company record for our aircraft.”
Predator XP has been developed
by GA-ASI (Stands UM-32, UM-62) as
an advanced version of its combat-
proven MQ-1 Predator RPA, which
has logged more than 2 million
flight hours since 1994. Externally,
the XP version differs primarily by
having upturned, drag-reducing
winglets. The vehicle includes tripleredundant avionics, satellite
communications for beyond-lineof-sight data transfer and control,
and automatic take-off and landing.
It can be equipped with a variety of
sensors, including GA-ASI’s own Lynx
multimode radar that provides synthetic aperture radar (SAR), ground
moving target indicator (GMTI) and
sea search capabilities. Predator XP
can also mount a full-motion video
camera, operating in both infrared
and visible wavelengths, and for the
maritime surveillance role can be
outfitted with Automatic Identification System (AIS) equipment.
GA-ASI says the Predator XP is
now in production, with the first aircraft scheduled for delivery in 2016.
The variant was developed with
exports in mind, and is not intended
for armed missions. New systems
with lower US export restrictions
have allowed GA-ASI to offer the
RPA to countries in the MENA region,
South America and Asia.
At IDEX 2013, the UAE announced
that it was to procure the Predator XP – GA-ASI partnering with
the International Golden Group,
with whom an MoU was signed in
2011 to pursue opportunities in the
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Sure-firewaytospot
SAM J BASCH
Marksmen and long-range shooters want to be sure of what they see
at long distances. Swarovski Optik
(Stand 07-D44) has just the spotting scope for that purpose, its new
STR 80. New technology has enabled Swarovski Optik to become the
first manufacturer to successfully
project a reticle directly in the spotting scope.
The integrated reticle (graded
in minutes of angle/MOA or milliradians/MRAD) in the STR 80 can be
activated or deactivated, allowing
the shooter to switch between estimating the distance of an object and
observing the target completely
undisturbed. By seeing the potential for missing the target in relation
to the aiming point, the shooter
can make the adjustment needed
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immediately on the riflescope.
According to the Austrian firm, the STR 80’s
integrated projected
reticle allows it to be
used across the whole
zoom range and in bright
conditions, with 10 day and five
night levels. The dioptre strength
can also be adjusted separately.
Swarovski Optik prides itself on
the quality of its products, the STR
80 being no exception. It guarantees
optimum display quality and
outstanding detail
recognition for
Swarovski
Optik’s
innovative
STR 80
spotting scope
The integrated projected
reticle, graded in MOA,
as seen when looking
through the STR 80
spotting scope
a shooter, even over long
distances and in poor light.
The STR 80’s light yet rugged aluminium housing has been tested in
extreme climate conditions. It is dirt
and dust-proof and watertight to
4m depth.
Swarovski
Optik has
designed
the STR 80
to fit a range
of accessories,
such as the TLS APO
digiscoping adapter or the
PA-i5 (for the iPhone 5/5S) for
documentary purposes.
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Publisher: Lynne Raishbrook;
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Five editions of the Show Daily
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SAM J BASCH
Aiming to further improve its
already renowned specialist
weapon systems, Truvelo Armoury
(South African Pavilion, Stand
12-C20) earlier announced important upgrades. Now chief executive
Ralf Gebert says Truvelo Armoury’s
upgraded 7.62x51mm specialised
target rifle, .338in Lapua long-range
precision rifle and the 12.7x99mm
countermeasure sniper (CMS) are in
full production.
Notable improvements include
an aluminium chassis, lighter Truvelo four-lug receiver and bolt with
upgraded Picatinny rail, a magazine spring and follower, improved
extractor and ejector, and clearer
safety indicators.
N e x t i n l i n e i s Tr u ve l o’s
14.5x114mm anti-materiél rifle,
The formidable Truvelo
14.5x114mm is in the process of
being upgraded
which is currently being upgraded.
“We are participating in several
international trials, following a number of foreign orders signed in 2014,”
Gebert said. “These orders are also
being executed and delivered.”
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Africa, in Europe, the Middle East
and the USA.
“Our rifles are ergonomically
designed to make each calibre rifle
easier to handle and more comfortable for the shooter,” said Gebert.
“They are lightweight, accurate and
adjustable for greater operational
flexibility.”
Truvelo Armoury is a division of
Truvelo Manufacturers, established
in 1974, and has built a solid reputation for the design and production
of accurate barrels and sniper rifle
technology.
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MBDAsettostartSIMBAD-RCdeliveries
RICHARD SCOTT
European missile house MBDA has
started qualification of its remotely
controlled SIMBAD-RC ship selfdefence system, and will begin
production deliveries later this year.
Developed from the manually
controlled SIMBAD (Système Integré
de Mistral Bitube d’Auto-Défense)
twin-launcher system already in
service with the French Navy and
more than 10 export customers, the
new SIMBAD-RC variant is a private
venture development intended to
address market requirements for
a lightweight, automated close-in
defence capability against air and
surface threats out to a maximum
of 6.5km. MBDA is partnered by
Rheinmetall’s Defence Electronics business in Bremen, which is
responsible for the design and development of the SIMBAD-RC turret.
Configured with two ‘lock-on
before launch’ Mistral infraredh o m i n g m i s s i l e s, t h e b a s i c
SIMBAD-RC configuration comprises one or two lightweight,
gyro-stabilised turrets equipped
with a Sagem MATIS SP midwaveband thermal camera and an
optional wide field-of-view day
camera. In addition, the system
includes a dedicated compact
terminal, known as SMU-RC, which
can manage up to two turrets (interfacing with the ship’s combat system
or surveillance sensors).
Whereas the legacy SIMBAD
requires an operator to man the
above-decks weapon mounting,
SIMBAD-RC is controlled remotely
from a compact below-deck SMU-RC
firing terminal. A single operator can
control two SIMBAD-RC launcher
systems from this station. In addition, SIMBAD-RC can be slaved to
SIMBAD-RC turret during tests
the ship’s radar or electrical-optical
system for early cueing.
Preliminary design activities for
SIMBAD-RC were completed at the
end of 2011. MBDA commenced the
full-scale development phase at the
beginning of 2012, with Rheinmetall being brought under contract
for development of the productionseries turret. The first prototype
SIMBAD-RC turret was delivered by
Rheinmetall in June 2014, and is now
undergoing qualification. Deliveries
of series production units are scheduled to follow from mid-2015.
MBDA has to date signed two
contracts for the SIMBAD-RC system: one order to equip patrol
vessels (two turrets per vessel); and a
second order for the self-defence
of high-value support ships (four
turrets per ship). While the company
declines to identify either customer,
it is understood that the two navies
in question are Turkmenistan (to
equip new P 1200 class patrol
vessels) and Saudi Arabia (for
retrofit to the Royal Saudi Naval
Forces’ two Boraida class auxiliary
replenishment ships).
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VigilantonshowinNAVDEXmarina
RICHARD SCOTT
Seattle-based Kvichak Marine Industries is displaying the Response Boat
– Medium (RB-M) Vigilant at the
NAVDEX marina and during waterborne demonstrations. Designed by
Camarc Design, the 13.6m RB-M is
an all-aluminium self-righting patrol
boat currently in service with the US
Coast Guard for a broad range of missions, including homeland security,
and search and rescue (SAR). Vigilant
has been modified for the extreme
climatic conditions found in the
Arabian Gulf, where it has been conducting a series of demonstrations.
Powered by twin Detroit Diesel
60-series diesel engines coupled to
Twin Disc MG5114SC marine gears
with Rolls-Royce Kamewa waterjets and Vector controls, the RB-M
is capable of speeds in excess of 45
knots. A full cabin provides crew
protection from the elements and is
equipped with a robust navigation
system, heating and air-conditioning,
shock-mitigating seats and a communication system able to communicate
with other federal, state and local
homeland security partners.
Above: The Port of Duqm in Oman is to receive two pilot boats from
Kvichak in 2016. Top: Vigilant put through its paces at IDEX
Offeringexpertise
UK technology and services group
QinetiQ is launching its extensive
C 4ISR and naval combat systems
capability to the international
market at NAVDEX 2015.
QinetiQ has a long and successful
history of building and integrating
combat and C4ISR systems for a wide
variety of naval platforms, including those of the UK Royal Navy. The
company provides an independent,
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comprehensive and proven range of
services covering the entire life-cycle
from concept and development, and
integration, through to ongoing
system maintenance and upgrades.
For its NAVDEX debut, QinetiQ is
focusing on services and solutions
that can be provided for offshore
patrol vessels, corvettes and frigates. As well as providing a capability
to supply full platform solutions as a
combat system prime, the company
can deliver bespoke services that
include options analysis, procurement advice and guidance, system
design, installation, testing and
evaluation, and diagnostic remediation. QinetiQ can also take full
through-life system design authority responsibility.
Sarah Kenny, managing director
of QinetiQ Maritime, said: “QinetiQ
has amassed a huge amount of naval
combat and C4ISR systems experience built on over 30 years of
delivering and integrating complex
In a separate development,
Kvichak Marine Industries has
recently been awarded a contract
for the construction of two 19m
all-weather pilot boats for the Port
of Duqm Company SAOC in Oman.
Also designed by Camarc Design,
their primary function will be as
pilot boats; they will also function
as SAR and oil spill recovery vessels.
Delivery is projected in the first half
of 2016.
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CHRISTOPHER F FOSS
Most countries in the Gulf region still
deploy full-tracked self-propelled
(SP) artillery systems, with the most
widely deployed being the US M109
155mm system, which by today’s
standards lacks range. However, a
new trend is afoot, and these systems are now being supplemented,
or replaced in some countries, by
wheeled SP artillery systems that
offer greater strategic mobility and
lower operating and support costs.
Among the competitors in this
growing market is the French Nexter Systems CAESAR 155mm/52
calibre SP artillery system, which
was developed as a private venture
but subsequently adopted by the
French Army. So far the French Army
has taken delivery of 72 productionstandard CAESARs, and in the longer
term aims to replace all of its current
tracked and towed 155mm artillery
systems with the weapon.
French Army CAESARs are based
on a Renault Trucks Defense (6x6)
truck chassis and this is also used for
those delivered to Thailand (six) and
to Indonesia (37).
In the region the Saudi Arabian
National Guard (SANG) uses the German Mercedes-Benz Unimog (6x6)
chassis, with 136 being delivered,
although this contract has never
been confirmed by Nexter Systems
(Stands CP-240, CP-260, French
Pavilion).
CAESAR can be supplied with various fire control options and most
customers have opted for a fully
protected and air-conditioned crew
cab. However, to lay the 155mm/52
weapon onto the target and carry
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turntowards
wheeledartillery
South African Denel Land Systems G6 155mm/45 calibre SP artillery
system in travelling configuration deployed in the Middle East
out the fire mission, the crew has to
leave the protection of the cab.
Another wheeled SP artillery
option, and the best protected, is the
South African Denel Land Systems
G6 155mm/45 calibre system, which
was developed to meet the requirements of the South African Army.
China is also marketing wheeled SP artillery systems, including the
latest SH1 155mm/52 calibre weapon, shown here deployed in the
firing position
The G6 has a high level of protection against not only small arms fire,
but also shell splinters and mines.
Its 155mm/45 calibre weapon is
installed in a fully protected turret
on the rear of the armoured hull. In
addition to being deployed by South
Africa, it has been sold to Oman (24)
and the United Arab Emirates (78).
Denel Land Systems (Stand
04-C20) is now concentrating its
marketing on the G6 fitted with a
155mm/52 calibre artillery turret,
which gives an increase in range
over the original system. This equipment also features an automatic
ammunition handling system for
the 155mm projectiles, and a modular charge system that reduces crew
fatigue and gives a higher rate of fire.
Co m p e t i n g a g a i n s t t h e s e
offerings, China North Industries Corporation (Stand 10-E05
Chinese Pavilion) is marketing a
complete range of wheeled SP systems with its SH1 155mm/52 calibre
system, already in service with at
least one export customer. Like
CAESAR, the SH1 has a protected
crew cabin, with the 155mm/52
calibre weapon installed on the rear
of the platform, and is fitted with a
flick rammer to increase rate of fire.
As with most recently developed
SP artillery systems, the SH1 can be
deployed on its own or at battery
level with six or eight weapons. ■
The French Army is the first customer for the Nexter Systems CAESAR
155mm/52 calibre SP artillery system on a Renault Trucks Defense
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JON LAKE
In recent counter-insurgency and
asymmetric campaigns, many air
forces have found that their targets
have tended to be fleeting, emerging only briefly before melting
back into cover – where they cannot be engaged without the risk of
collateral damage. Armed ISR and
ISTAR aircraft offer a means of hitting a fleeting target as soon as it is
detected.
Many air power strategists and
tacticians believe that in future campaigns, every aircraft platform will
have to be a sensor and a shooter, as
well as being a node on the network.
This has led to the development of a
range of armed ISTAR aircraft, from
missile-armed Cessna Combat Caravans to larger, more heavily armed
gunships such as Alenia’s MC-27J
Praetorian.
Development of an armed
version of the C-27J Spartan tactical
transport began in 2008 to meet
a US Air Force Special Operations
Command requirement for a new
Praetorianonguard
AC-XX light gunship to operate in
austere locations, with increased
operational flexibility and a smaller
support tail than the AC-130. A
prototype was converted as a riskreduction exercise.
Th e U S re q u i re m e n t w a s
subsequently cancelled, but Alenia
(Finmeccanica, Stand 06-A03)
continued work on the project,
reasoning that a C-27J gunship
was needed for the international
market. It offered a 50 per cent
lower acquisition life cycle than
the AC-130, while being able to fly
90 per cent of the bigger and more
expensive gunship’s missions.
The MC-27J is equipped to
carry a roll-on/roll-off gun system,
consisting of a self-contained,
modular pallet with a side-firing
30mm GAU-23, and is fitted
with an undernose L-3 Wescam
MX-15Di elec tro - optical and
infrared turret. The MC-27J offers
significant ISR and communications
capabilities, allowing it to undertake
command and control (C2), armed
Left: Alenia’s C-27J multirole
transport demonstrator flies
over Dubai’s Jumeirah Palm;
above: an MC-27J flies in
gunship configuration with ATK
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the MC-27J Praetorian programme,
which was formally launched at
the Farnborough International Air
Show in July 2012. Italy became
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Six of the Italian air force’s 12
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State-ofthe-art
firepower
DAVID DONALD
Making its Middle East debut here
at the show is the FN Herstal Sea
deFNder remote weapon station
(RWS).
Based on the deFNder RWS
Sea deFNder remote weapon
station, seen here equipped
with a .50 cal FN M2HB-QCBTM
machine gun
developed for land vehicle applications, the Sea deFNder is intended
for employment on board a range
of vessel classes, from fast patrol
boats to large warships. It provides
navies and coast guards with a
powerful tool for anti-smuggling
Field-proven Tactical
IP Communication
and anti-terrorism operations, as
well as for self-defence.
Like its land-based equivalent,
Sea deFNder is a modular system
employing a universal cradle on
which can be mounted various FN
weapons. It has a sight module with
CCD and infrared (either cooled or
uncooled) sensors, one-hand or
game pad control handle, and a
two-axis gyroscope that provides
stability during any naval operation.
As well as Sea deFNder, FN Herstal
(Belgian Pavilion, Stand 07-B45) is
showing many of its wide range of
products, including its FN MDPTM
turning airborne
pintlemounted weapon
system for helicopters. This
highly stable and versatile mounting system has been updated to
mount three different weapons: the
exclusive .50 cal FN M3MTM/GAU-21
machine gun, which offers a rate of
fire of 1,100rpm; the 7.62mm NATO
FN MAG 58M machine gun; and the
six-barrelled M134D Minigun. All
three armaments can be swapped
in minutes, enabling helicopters to
be rapidly configured to meet their
mission objectives.
In terms of weaponry, the company is displaying its proven FN
SCAR assault rifle family, available in either 5.56mm or 7.62mm
calibres, together with the 40mm
LV underslung grenade launcher.
Another weapon being featured
is the FN MINIMI, again available in
both NATO-standard calibres. This
weapon is now in service with more
than 75 countries, and has become a
firm favourite of special forces.
As part of its drive to broaden its
business, FN Herstal has developed
a range of associated products,
many of which are grouped in the FN
e-novation product line. Included
are the FCUTM fire control unit,
SmartCore shot-counter, small arms
management software, and target
acquisition and situational awareness modules.
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MiddleEastmoves
tobalanced
vehiclefleets
CHRISTOPHER F FOSS
While light and medium tracked
armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs)
are deployed by countries in the
Middle East in significant numbers,
there is a clear move in the region to
a more balanced fleet of tracked and
wheeled AFVs.
The latter exhibit a number of
significant advantages over their
tracked counterparts, including
lower procurement, operating and
support costs, as well as having
greater strategic mobility, especially
over the longer distances that are
encountered by a number of countries in the Gulf.
Tracked armoured personnel
carriers (APCs) and infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) are normally
transported over longer distances
by heavy equipment transporters
(HETs). However, the wheeled AFV
can be deployed over long distances
under its own power, reducing the
burden on the HET fleet, which is
often heavily stretched in times of
crisis. This is of key importance to
countries in the region that have
long borders to protect, and where
units have to be rapidly deployed
from one part of the country to
another.
In use with a number of countries
in the Gulf region, including Abu
Dhabi, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar, is
the French Panhard Defense (now
part of Renault Trucks Defense)
Véhicule Blindé Léger (VBL) light
scout car. This is deployed by a number of countries in the traditional
reconnaissance role, as well as more
specialised roles, including being fitted with anti-tank guided weapons
(ATGW) such as the MILAN or TOW.
The latest version is the VBL Mk 2,
which has more internal volume and
payload. A batch of 20 was delivered
to Kuwait fitted with the Norwe-
Italian Centauro Mobile Gun System
is fitted with a three-person turret
armed with a 120mm gun coupled to
a computerised fire control system
that gives the platform the same
firepower as a main battle tank
gian Kongsberg Protector remote
weapon station (RWS) armed with a
.50in M2 HB machine gun and banks
of grenade launchers.
Countries in the Middle East still
operate large numbers of 4x4 and
6x6 vehicles, but there is a clear
trend towards the fielding of larger
fleets of 8x8 vehicles. They normally
offer greater volume and payload
capacity, in turn enabling them to
undertake a wider range of battlefield missions. They are also more
capable of being fitted with turrets
armed with larger calibre weapons.
Eight-wheeled vehicles have
been widely used as APCs and are
normally fitted with a roof-mounted
turret or RWS, typically armed with a
12.7mm machine gun. Some countries are now using them as infantry
fighting vehicles, fitted with turrets
or RWS armed with a 25mm or 30mm
cannon as well as a 7.62mm machine
gun. These are usually coupled to
a computerised fire control (FCS)
system that enables stationary and
moving targets to be engaged with
a high first round hit probability. This
does not mean there is not a vital role
for the smaller and more compact
4x4 and 6x6 vehicles, whose size
makes them useful in the confined
spaces that are routinely encountered during urban operations.
UK-built Piranha of the Royal
Army of Oman fitted with a
locally developed protected
weapon station armed with a .50
M2 HB MG
A good example of an important 6x6 user is the Kuwait National
Guard, which operates a fleet of
Pandur vehicles supplied by AV
Technology of the USA in six variants: APC, 90mm assault gun carrier,
ambulance, command and control post, mortar carrier and repair/
recovery vehicle. A further 70 Pandurs have been delivered, built in
Austria by General Dynamics European Land Systems – Steyr.
Further south in Arabia, the Royal
Army of Oman operates a fleet of
more than 170 Piranha (8x8) light
armoured vehicles, manufactured
by the then GKN Defence under
licence from the now General
Dynamics European Land Systems –
MOWAG. In addition to the baseline
APC, more specialised versions in
operation include those for ambulance duties, artillery observation,
command, repair and recovery, and
81mm mortar carriage. The Royal
Guard of Oman has recently taken
delivery of nine Italian Centauro
120mm (8x8) Mobile Gun Systems
(MGS), and upgraded its small batch
of Renault Trucks Defense Véhicule
de l’Avant Blindé (VAB).
Qatar operates a fleet of Piranha
(8x8) LAVs fitted with a CMI Defence
two-person turret armed with a
90mm gun and a 7.62mm coaxial
machine gun, which were supplied
by GKN Defence from 1998. The
Qatar Ministry of the Interior has
recently boosted its capability with
the delivery from Renault Trucks
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Kuwait became the first customer for the latest Panhard Defense
VBL Mk 2 fitted with the Kongsberg Protector RWS
p28 and 22 Higuards (6x6). Both
are mine resistant ambush protected-type vehicles optimised for
the internal security role.
In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
the National Guard operated a fleet
of more than 1,000 Cadillac Gage
Commando V-150 LAVs in numerous configurations. They have been
supplemented by a fleet of well
over 1,400 General Dynamics Land
Systems – Canada Light Armoured
Vehicles (LAV) in the 8x8 configuration. They have been supplied
in many versions: APC fitted with
a two-person turret armed with a
25mm cannon and 7.62mm coaxial
machine gun; ambulance; anti-tank;
command and control; direct fire
with two-man 90mm turret; recovery; and 120mm mortar. Deliveries
are still underway.
Patria Armoured Modular Vehicle (8x8) fitted with the complete turret
of the Russian BMP-3 IFV during a demonstration in the Middle East
In addition to being deployed
by the National Guard, the Saudi
Arabian Ministry of Defence and
Aviation also deploys LAVs, some of
which were manufactured in the UK
by the then GKN Defence.
Here in the UAE there is a longstanding requirement for 608 8x8
vehicles in a number of configurations, including an IFV. The nation
has started to become self-sufficient
in a number of key areas, including
LAVs, for which the Nimr FOV is now
in quantity production for an increasing range of battlefield missions.
The UAE has also now taken delivery of a fleet of 32 Rheinmetall MAN
Military Vehicles Fuchs 2 (6x6) in the
dedicated NBC reconnaissance role,
which are the most advanced vehicles of their type deployed by any
country in the Middle East.
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Leopard ready
to prowl in Qatar
Christopher F Foss
Late in 2015, Qatar will take
delivery from German company
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (Stand 08C20) of the first of 62 Leopard 2A7+
series main battle tanks (MBTs)
and 24 PzH 2000 155mm/52 selfpropelled (SP) artillery systems,
which were ordered under a
€1.89 billion contract placed early in
2013. They will replace the now obsolete Nexter Systems AMX-30 MBTs
from France, and the 155mm MK F3
SP artillery systems that no longer
meet their operational requirements.
Production of the Leopard 2A7+
started at the Krauss-Maffei Weg-
mann facility in Munich late in 2014,
with production of the PzH 2000
being undertaken at the company’s
Kassel facility. The first customer for
the latest Leopard 2A7 MBT was the
German Army, which took delivery
of the last of an initial batch of 20
vehicles in December 2014. They
were conversions of surplus Royal
Leopard 2A7+ MBT undergoing firing and
mobility trials in the Middle East
Netherlands Army Leopard 2A6
MBTs.
Qatar’s Leopard 2A7+ tanks are
the most advanced of the breed
built to date and will be optimised
to meet the high ambient conditions encountered in the Middle
East. They will feature the Rheinmetall 120mm L/55 smoothbore
gun, a computerised fire control
system coupled to day and thermal
sights for the commander and gunner, the latest armour package, an
air-conditioning system and a roofmounted FLW 200 remote weapon
station (RWS) armed with a .50 M2
HB machine gun (MG) to provide a
close-in self-defence capability.
Rheinmetall is a major subcontractor to Krauss-Maffei Wegmann
and is providing the main armament
for both the Leopard 2A7+ and the
PzH 2000, plus a complete suite of
ammunition for both systems.
Leopard 2s have been ordered
by 18 countries, with a mix of brand
new vehicles and surplus vehicles,
but Qatar is the first country in the
Middle East to have been cleared
for export sales. Krauss-Maffei
Wegmann has confirmed that the
Leopard 2 MBT was tested in Saudi
Arabia in June and July 2012, and in
the United Arab Emirates between
April and October 2011.
It remains to be seen if any future
Leopard 2A7 MBT exports are
allowed to the Middle East because
of the increasingly strict export
controls being placed by Germany,
not only on complete weapon systems but also the key subsystems
that are incorporated into many
land platforms.
With the ending of production
of the Leclerc MBT in France and
the Challenger 2 in the UK, Germany is the only country in Europe
currently in production of MBTs
that provide a unique ground
manoeuvre capability.
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Leading high-tech armour processing specialist Advanced Armour
Engineering (Stand FT-003) has
opened a new factory in the UAE.
The company has invested more
than $3 million in the largest armour
processing machines currently available in the Middle East. With more
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than 15 years’ experience within
the military and security sector, the
British-owned and -managed specialist has employed highly qualified
technicians and engineers who are
fully conversant with all aspects of
armoured grade materials, in both
blast and ballistic applications.
According to general manager
Simon Hurst: “It’s our intention to
bring European manufacturing
techniques and expertise to the
Middle East market, and we will also
have a heavy focus on export markets. The UAE is a fantastic gateway
to allow us to do this.”
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Anewbirdtakeswing
JON LAKE
Earlier this month, a new shape took
to the skies, in the form of Embraer’s
KC-390 tanker-transport. The aircraft
made its maiden flight from the
company’s Gavião
Peixoto
facility in Brazil
on 3 February, in the
hands of test pilots Mozart
Louzada and Marcos Salgado
de Oliveira Lima.
Embraer Defense
and Security (Stand
C2-022) had originally
hoped to begin
test flights
before the end
of last year, but
final avionics
integration testing
took longer than
expected following
the aircraft’s rollout at Gavião Peixoto
on 21 October. The maiden flight
marks the start of an intensive twoyear flight-test and certification
programme, which is expected to
lead to initial deliveries to the Brazilian air force in late 2016 or early 2017.
The twin-engined, T-tailed tactical transport is the largest aircraft
ever built in South America, and
was developed as a C-130/KC-130
replacement for the Brazilian air force
for use in the transport, air-to-air refuelling, and search and rescue roles.
The aircraft combines short-field
and semi-prepared runway capabilities with a cruising speed of 465kts
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Embraer’s KC-390 transport
during the type’s first flight
earlier this month
(Mach 0.8) at an operational
ceiling of 36,000ft, and a range of
1,200nm (2,222km) with a maximum
payload of 26 tonnes (57,320 lb),
making it faster and higher-flying
than the Hercules, as well as offering
a greater payload and a lower price.
Over the next 10 years, Embraer
believes that its new fly-by-wire
transport could take up to 15-20
per cent of the C-130 replacement
market, which has been calculated
as being for more than 700 aircraft.
The company is focusing on frontier
markets in Latin America, Africa,
South Asia and the Middle East,
and has signed an agreement with
Boeing, who will assist with sales,
support and training in the North
American and European markets.
Embraer has already taken firm
orders for 28 aircraft from Brazil (the
two development prototypes will
be converted to production standard and delivered as the 29th and
30th FAB aircraft), while five nations
have signed letters of intent to purchase up to 32 additional KC-390s.
These customers are Argentina
(six), Colombia (12), Chile (six), Portugal (six) and the Czech Republic
(two), which will keep the line busy
for about four years.
Companies
from
these nations
are industrial partners
in the KC-390 programme. At the
aircraft’s rollout ceremony, 32
countries were represented, including Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and
Turkey, which may be potential
customers for the aircraft.
Embraer has studied a number
of possible civilian versions of
the aircraft, including a stretched
version for the Brazilian postal
service.
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Seaborne
sentinels:
GCCnaviespursue
surfaceship
modernisation
plans
The UAE’s Baynunah corvettes are the most advanced warships ever built in the Gulf region
RICHARD SCOTT
The launch of the NAVDEX naval
defence exhibition in 2011 was
emblematic of the increasing importance attached to maritime security
and coastal defence throughout the
Gulf region, and very much reflected
the aspirations of regional navies
and maritime security arms to modernise and grow their capabilities.
It is easy to understand why. The
waters of the Arabian Gulf lap up
to the shores of some of the richest
oil and gas producing nations in
the world, are host to valuable offshore resources in their own right,
and provide an essential ‘superhighway ’ for seaborne trade
throughout the region and to global
markets beyond.
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Accordingly, this enriched yet
often vulnerable maritime arena
must be policed and protected in
order to deny the use of the seas
and coastal areas to illicit activities, malign influences and threats
to national security. These include
piracy, illegal fishing of territorial
waters, incursion of mineral exploitation across legal boundaries,
maritime terrorism, narcotics smuggling, pollution as a result of shipping
accidents or malpractice, trafficking
of illegal immigrants, and avoidance
of tax duties through smuggling.
This imperative has been recognised by the Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC) members, and extraregional naval forces contributing to
maritime security in the region. And
the growing importance attached to
maritime security across the region
has given rise to significant new naval
and coastguard acquisition programmes among several GCC states.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Naval Forces has been leading the
way, with an ambitious programme
to modernise its surface fleet. This
recapitalisation has been delivered
by a combination of local build – leveraging overseas design knowledge
and transfer of technology to grow
local industrial capability – and judicious ‘off-the-shelf’ procurements.
It is the Baynunah corvette programme, for which Abu Dhabi Ship
Building (ADSB) is prime contractor,
which stands out as the UAE’s flagship project. Hailed as the single
largest naval shipbuilding project
in the Middle East, the AED 4 billion
($1.1 billion) Baynunah programme
has covered the design, build and
integration of six 72m multimission
corvettes intended to provide the
UAE Naval Forces with a capability
to conduct sustained operations
throughout the Gulf region.
ADSB is leading the Baynunah
programme under a December
2003 contract award. Constructions
Mécaniques de Normandie (CMN),
as strategic partner, design agent
and principal subcontrac tor,
designed and built the first of class
at Cherbourg, and also delivered a
technology transfer package for the
five follow-on vessels subsequently
constructed by ADSB.
The first-of-class corvette commenced initial sea trials from CMN’s
Cherbourg shipyard in January
2010. The five follow-on ships have
been built at ADSB’s Abu Dhabi
Mussafah industrial zone; the sixth
and final corvette, named Al-Hili,
was launched in February 2014.
Selex ES has taken responsibility for the Baynunah class combat
system as integration authority. It is
supplying a six-console IPN-S combat management system, and the
NA-25XM weapon control system.
In terms of weapon fit, the Baynunah class ships carry eight MBDA
MM40 Block 3 Exocet anti-ship
missiles, four Raytheon Mk 56 dualpack vertical launchers for RIM-162
Evolved SeaSparrow Missiles, a
21-cell Mk 49 Mod 3 Rolling Airframe
Missile guided missile launching system, a single OTO Melara 76/62mm
Super Rapid gun and two Rheinmetall 27mm MLG27 guns. Main sensors
comprise the Saab Sea Giraffe AMB
G-band radar, Elettronica Seal electronic support measures (ESM) and
a Sagem VIGY-EOMS electro-optical
(EO) director.
Another key platform for the UAE
Naval Forces is the 88m corvette Abu
Dhabi, for which Italian shipbuilder
Fincantieri was contracted in July
2009. Delivered in early 2013, the
1,700-ton displacement design is
derived from that of the Italian Navy’s
Comandante Cigala Fulgosi class offshore patrol vessels, but modified
to suit the specific requirements of
the UAE Naval Forces; for example,
the superstructure has been remodelled to reduce radar cross-section
and a more comprehensive combat
system configuration adopted.
Abu Dhabi is primarily tasked to
perform patrol and surveillance
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missions, but it has an organic antisubmarine warfare (ASW) capability
(being equipped with a CAPTAS-2
variable depth sonar system) and
facilities for the operation and support of an embarked AS.332B Super
Puma helicopter equipped with the
FLASH active dipping sonar.
As part of the Abu Dhabi class
programme, three Finmeccanica
subsidiaries – Selex ES, Whitehead
Alenia Sistemi Subacquei (WASS) and
OTO Melara – have supplied weapon,
sensor and command systems, as well
as integration services for the Abu
Dhabi class corvette programme.
The full combat system incorporates an OTO Melara 76/62 Super
Rapid gun, two OTO Melara MARLIN
(Modular Advanced Remotely Controlled Lightweight Weapon Station)
30mm single gun mounts, a Selex
ES NA-30S radar/EO fire-control system (FCS) and a Medusa Mk 4B EO
FCS. Also fitted are launchers for four
MBDA MM40 Exocet Block 3 surfaceto-surface missiles and two torpedo
launching systems.
Seen here at NAVDEX 2013, the corvette Abu Dhabi was handed over
to the UAE Naval Forces by Italy’s Fincantieri in January 2013
Other key equipment includes a
Selex ES IPN-S/R combat management system and Aeromaritime
integrated communication suite,
Selex ES KRONOS 3D NV G-band
multifunction radar, WASS/Thales
Underwater Systems ASW package,
Elettronica Seal-H ESM, Rheinmetall
MASS multispectral decoy launchers
and WASS torpedo decoy launchers.
Fincantieri achieved further success in the UAE naval marketplace in
January 2010 when it was awarded
a contract to construct two new
Project ‘Falaj 2’ fast strike craft, with
an option for two further ships to be
built in the UAE under a transfer of
technology agreement. Developed
from the pedigree of the earlier
Saetta class fast attack craft, the 55m
‘Falaj 2’ design reflects an accent on
mission endurance and payload
together with increased survivability through signature reduction.
The two ‘Falaj 2’ vessels, named
Gantoot and Salahah, were handed
over in January 2013 and April 2013
respectively. The craft mount a comprehensive combat system including
an OTO Melara 76/62 Super Rapid gun
(in stealth housing), two twin launchers for MM40 Block 3 Exocet missiles,
two triple launchers for MBDA VL
Mica point-defence missiles, and two
MASS decoy launchers. Selex ES is
responsible for the IPN-S command
and control system, KRONOS 3D NV
radar, NA-30S radar/EO FCS and a
Medusa Mk 4B EO FCS. Elettronica has
delivered its Seal-L ESM system.
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A multimission variant of Lockheed Martin’s LCS – a range of variants
is depicted here – is thought to be a front-runner for the Royal Saudi
Naval Forces’ SNEP II programme
In a separate development, ADSB
has partnered with Damen Shipyards to deliver two 6711 offshore
patrol vessels for the UAE’s Critical
Infrastructure and Coastal Protection
Authority under a contract signed in
December 2013 (Project Arialah).
These ships will each be armed with
an OTO Melara 76/62 gun, and a
Raytheon Mk 49 Mod 2 11-cell Rolling Airframe Missile launcher. They
will also feature a Thales combat
system and sensor suite, including
the TACTICOS combat management
system, SMART-S Mk 2 E/F-band surveillance radar, Mirador EO system
and STIR 1.2 EO Mk 2 radar/EO tracking system, and Vigile ESM.
The vessel platforms themselves
will be built by Damen. Work began
in 2014, with the programme due to
complete by 2018.
Elsewhere in the region, Saudi
Arabia harbours ambitious plans to
recapitalise large parts of its naval
and coastal constabulary capability.
In particular, the modernisation of
the Royal Saudi Naval Forces’ (RSNF)
Eastern Fleet, based at Al Jubail, is
focused on the acquisition, under
a US Foreign Military Sales case, of
an as yet undefined number of new
surface combatants and shipborne
helicopters, together with supporting shore infrastructures. The new
ships will replace existing US-built Badr class
corvettes and Al Siddiq
class fast attack craft.
The RSNF has been
studying various options for
this potentially massive programme, known as the Saudi Naval
Expansion Program II (SNEP II), for
a number of years, and has considered ship options ranging from a
multimission variant of the Littoral Combat Ship up to the DDG-51
Flight IIA Aegis destroyer. Current
indications are that, with the RSNF’s
ambitions for SNEP II tempered
by reduction in approved budget,
the focus is very firmly back on
smaller combatants plus MH-60R
helicopters. The preferred option is
thought to be a multimission variant
of the Lockheed Martin monohull
LCS design incorporating a Mk 41
vertical launcher system and a hullmounted sonar.
In parallel, the Royal Saudi Coast
Guard has launched a multi-tiered
programme to replace a large portion of its existing patrol craft fleet,
with more than 100 new hulls of varying sizes required in total. Germany’s
Fr Lürssen Werft was selected in
2013; it is reported that manufacture
work began in early 2015.
Oman has a long and proud history as a maritime trading nation
and, while relatively small, the Royal
Navy of Oman (RNO) is acknowledged within the region to be a
highly proficient force. The most
recent additions to the RNO are three
99m ocean patrol vessels built by
BAE Systems under Project Khareef.
The helicopter-capable vessels are
designed to perform a number of
missions throughout the EEZ, including protection of territorial waters,
extended surveillance patrols,
maritime presence and interdiction,
special forces operations, search and
rescue, and maritime disaster relief.
At 2,700 tonnes displacement, the
Khareef vessels are the largest and
most complex surface combatants
ever to serve with the RNO. Their
combat suite is based on the Thales
TACTICOS combat management
system, and a Thales-supplied sensor suite; armament includes OTO
Melara’s 76/62 Super Rapid gun,
two MSI-Defence Systems DS 30M
Mk 2 30mm guns and MBDA MM40
Block 3 Exocet surface-to-surface
missiles, plus two six-cell launchers
for MBDA’s VL Mica short-range air
defence missile system forward of
the bridge.
The RNO officially received RNOV
Al-Rasikh, the third and final Project
Khareef corvette, in May 2014.
The vessel’s two sister ships, RNOV
Al-Shamikh and RNOV Al-Rahmani,
were handed over in June 2013 and
October 2013 respectively. All three
ships achieved ‘interim acceptance’
at handover; the first two ships
achieved full acceptance in 2014
having demonstrated their ability to
operate in the high temperatures of
the Gulf summer, with the third unit
due to follow in 2015.
Separately, under Project AlOfouq, the RNO is to receive four
new 75m aviation-capable patrol
ships built by Singapore Technologies Marine under a contract
awarded in April 2012. Displacing
approximately 1,100 tonnes, the
Al-Ofouq ships are armed with one
OTO Melara 76mm Super Rapid gun
forward, two OTO Melara 30mm
guns located on either beam, and
a Lacroix Sylena soft-kill decoy
system. Thales is supplying its
TACTICOS combat management
system, Variant surveillance radar,
STIR 1.2 EO Mk 2 radar/EO tracking
system and Vigile ESM system; it is
also taking responsibility for all combat system integration activities.
The RNO held a naming ceremony
for first-of-class RNOV Al-Seeb at
ST Marine’s yard in Singapore in
October 2014. Al-Seeb is currently
scheduled for delivery to the RNO
in the second quarter of 2015; the
fourth and final vessel is due to be
accepted by the RNO in the third
quarter of 2016.
■
RNOV Al-Shamikh, the first of the RNO’s Project Khareef corvettes, achieved full acceptance in 2014
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