Thursday, February 28, 2019

Successful flight trials in Nigeria for Schiebel Camcopter S-100

The Camcopter S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS), by Schiebel (Austria) demonstrated its capabilities to a large European oil and gas corporation during demanding trials in Rivers State, Nigeria, from 27 to 30 January 2019.


The S-100 successfully completed a number of day and night flights monitoring pipeline Rights-of-Way
(Picture source: Shiebel)



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US Army FY20 budget proposal realigns $30 billion

The U.S. Army is slated to release its fiscal year 2020 budget request on March 12, which will include the realignment of nearly $30 billion over the next five years to improve readiness and better support the Army's six modernization priorities, Devon L. Suits, Army News Service, reports.
An Infantry leader directs his solider on the employment of his weapon in the firefight the immediately followed an air assault into a contested landing zone as 2nd Rock of the 173rd Airborne Brigade conducts live fire training in Grafenwoehr, Germany (Picture source: U.S. DoD / Lt. Col. John Hall)
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Thales Group awarded contract for the Belgian-Dutch anti-air frigates

The Netherlands Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) and Thales are developing the Above Water Warfare System (AWWS) for the Royal Netherlands Navy, the first implementation of which will take place on the next generation of its multi-purpose frigates. The M-frigates will be replaced in cooperation with the Belgian Navy. AWWS will protect the Navy against evolving future threats. Vice-Admiral Arie-Jan de Waard, Director of DMO and Gerben Edelijn, CEO of Thales Nederland B.V., are proud of this important step in their cooperation for the future of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Read full news at this link...

An artist impression of the M-frigate designed by Thales (Picture source : Thales Group)


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IDEX 2019: Jordanian KADDB displayed its Al-Wahsh 4x4 APC

The Jordanian company King Abdullah II Design Bureau displayed the APC variant of its 4x4 Tatra-based Al-Wahsh, which is now in full-scale production.
Al-Wahsh 4×4 Protected Patrol Vehicle fitted with a RWCS armed with a 12.7mm machine gun (Picture source: Army Recognition)
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Rheinmetall new laser weapon station successfully tested

Rheinmetall continues to make steady headway in the world of laser weapons, having recently completed a successful serious of comprehensive trials with a weapon station. In combination with a laser, the weapon station demonstrated its speed and precision in tests conducted in December 2018.
Rheinmetall's laser weapon station (Picture source: Rheinmetall)
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The Russian Navy has to strengthen its forces

The Russian Navy has to engage in a broad range of missions which determine its strength and composition. The Military-Industrial Courier advises which Navy Russia has to have due to the international situation and national development priorities. The Military-Industrial Courier has delivered what is seems to be the best distribution of the Russian ships among its different fleets. Read full news at this link...

Some Russian vessels near to Syria (Picture source : AsiaNews)


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Germany launches the renewal of its heavy helicopters

The BAAINBw officially invites prospective candidates for the Schwere Transporthubschrauber (STH) program, which is considering the replacement of the 80 CH-53GA / GS / GE operated by the Luftwaffe and whose withdrawal will start in 2025.


A German CH-53G (Picture source: Air Recognition)



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