Jane's Defence Weekly (10 August)

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4 USpicks BellARHandeyes light helicopters Interview
5 UScompany sees gapindefences 34 JDWtalks toGeneral jdw.janes.com
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6 Singaporedevelops Iglaair defence system
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Rafaelbids Spike-ERfor SpanishTigers
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HEADLINES
US picks Bell
Staff
Editor Peter Felstead
LandForces Editor Christopher F Foss
AviationEditor DamianKemp
ARH and eyes
MiddleEast andEuropeEditor RobinHughes
NavalEditor RichardScott
Features Editor MelanieBright
ActingFeatures Editor TriciaShannon
Reporter:Tony Skinner light helicopters
WashingtonDCBureau:
Bureau ChiefAndrew Koch
Reporters JoshuaKucera,MichaelSirak
AsiaPacificEditor Robert Karniol
ChiefSubEditor LisaZanardo MICHAELSIRAKJDWStaffReporter Bell willbuild up to 368armed
Senior SubEditor SusieKornell Washington,DC reconnaissancehelicoptersfor theUS
SubEditorsChris Evenden,KarenDeans Army, withdeliveries startingin 2006
T
Jane’s DefenceIndustry Editor Guy Anderson BellHelicopter; 1116417
ReporterJames Murphy he US Army took two
GroupTechnicalEditor Rupert Pengelley major steps at the end ●BellHelicopter willbuild up to armyawardedit on 29Julyfor the
AerospaceConsultant NickCook of July towards re- 368armed reconnaissance ARH’s three-year systemdevelop-
Business Consultant James Smith capitalising its ageing helicopters to replace theUS ment and demonstration phase,
AdministrativeAssistant MarianChiles rotary-wingedfleet. Army’s fleet ofOH-58DKiowa during whichit willbuild 38low-
ProductionControllerMelanieAris On 29July, the service selecteda Warriors rateinitial production units.
e-PublishingAlexander Garrett,Ray Trott militarisedderivative ofBellHeli- ●Thecompany receiveda three- As Bellcommences work on the
copter’s Model 407 commercial year,USD211millioncontract on ARH,it is also biddingits Model
Publisher JonathanGrevatt design to be its next-generation 29July for thehelicopter’s 210, a modified and refurbished
GroupManagingDirectorAlfredRolington armed reconnaissance helicopter systemdevelopment and UH-1 Huey, to be thearmy’sLUH.
(ARH). demonstrationphase Thearmyexpects to procure up to
Correspondents It expects to field thefirst units in ● Thearmy alsoissueda request 322 LUHs for domestic roles such
TheAmericas: Fiscal Year 2008 (FY08) under for proposals on 26 July for its as civil search and rescue opera-
Scott Gourley; JoséHiguera; SharonHobson; a programme potentially worth light utility helicopter tions,damageassessment support,
Jeremy McDermott; PedroPauloRezende; USD3 billion. medicalevacuation (medevac) and
Cesar Cruz Tantalean Threedays prior to thedecision, from thearmyinabout 12 years, so counternarcotics activities. The
thearmyissued the request for pro- from that respect this is a reallybig LUHs will replaceexistingUH-1s,
Asia/Pacific: posals for its next-generationlight winfor us,” company spokeswoman UH-60A medevac platforms and
IqbalAthas;RahulBedi; JosephBermudez; utilityhelicopter (LUH). Bids are ErinDick, toldJDWon 1August. older OH-58s in theArmyNational
FarhanBokhari; IanBostock; YihongChang; due in September and the army US defence aerospace analysts Guard.
Anthony Davis; ShinichiKiyotani; Ghazi anticipates selecting the winning agreed. As with theARH, thearmy wants
MahmudIqbal; Robert Keith-Reid; Wendell designinApril 2006. “They needed a win after that to field theLUHas soonas possible.
Minnick; PhillipMckinnon TheARH will replace thearmy’s length of time,” saidPaulNisbet of Accordingly,it has saidit intends
OH-58DKiowaWarriors,also pro- JSAResearchinNewport,Rhode to select a platformcurrentlyin pro-
Europe: ducedbyBell, whichhavebeenin Island. duction that has beencertifiedby the
MartinBayer; JohnBerg; Piotr Butowski; service since 1985and seenexten- Jeffrey Roncka, vice president USFederalAviationAdministra-
Thomas Dodd; TimGlogan; Grzegorz sive use inAfghanistan and Iraq. and director of Washington, DC, tion.
Holdanowicz; DavidIng; HenryIvanov; Althoughextremely valuable,army operations for CRAInternational’s AgustaWestlandis expected to
JiriKominek; JACLewis; GeorgMader; officials have said theKiowas suffer Aerospace & Defense consulting offer its A109design, whileEADS
NikolaiNovichkov; TimRipley; from performancelimitations such practice,added that the relatively is likely to bidits EC-135helicopter.
LaleSariibrahimoglu; Radu Tudor; as not being suited to hot andhigh high production volume should DynCorp has saidit would proposea
TheodoreValmas; PaoloValpolini conditions. make theARH programmea prof- refurbished UH-1 with a Pratt &
Thearmyenvisages that thenew itableendeavour for Bell. WhitneyCanadaPT6C-67Dengine
MiddleEast/Africa: ARHs, whichareexpected to pro- BellHelicopter, whichis owned that is lighter thanBell’s 210.
SegunAdeyemi;AlonBen-David; vide better performance in these by Textron, beat Boeing for the Both the ARH and LUH pro-
Nicholas Blanford; Helmoed-Römer Heitman, areas, willcarry out armed recon- rights to build theARH. grammes cameabout as a result of
MuhammadNajib naissance, light attack, troop Thelatter offeredits AH-6 Mis- thearmycancellingits USD39bil-
insertionand special operations mis- sion Enhanced Little Bird, a lion RAH-66 Comanche
NATOandEUAffairs:Nicholas Fiorenza sions. derivative of theMD500-basedAH- programmeinFebruary 2004after
UN:ThalifDeen Bell will start delivering thefirst 6/MH-6 LittleBirds in service with investingabout USD6.9billioninit.
ARHs to thearmyinFY06. Overall, Army Special Operations Com- Thearmy said theComanche,an
e-mail theeditors:[email protected] the servicecouldbuyas manyas 368 mand. As JDW went to press, an ARHdesignedin the 1980s,didnot
units withdeliveries lasting through army spokesman said the service meet its revised post-Cold War
to 2013. The programme has the hadyet to briefBoeing on thedeci- requirements inareas likecounter-
potential to generatearoundUSD2.2 sion. It was not known if the ing current and next-generation
billionin revenues for Bell,accord- companyintended to protest against anti-aircraft missiles equipped with
ing to acompany statement. its loss. infra-red seekers.
“This is thefirst competitivecon- Bellis now operating under the Bell’sARHdesignhas two crew-
tract that BellHelicopter has won USD211 millioncontract that the menand spacefor three passengers.
jdw.janes.com•JDW•10August 2005•5
USopts tobuildairshipdemonstrator -page8
US company sees gap in defences
MICHAELSIRAKJDWCorrespondent about USD1 billion to establish the
Washington,DC architecture for the US Northeast
corridor, which runs roughlyfrom
Boston to Washington,DC.
LockheedMartinhas proposedan To cover this stretch would require
●LockheedMartinhas proposedan
architecture of sensors andanti- 12 Patriot fire units and threeAegis
architectureof sensors andanti-
missileinterceptors to counterthe cruisers. To stand up this architecture
missileinterceptors toprotect the
emerging threat of short-range in 2007 would requireagovernment
UScoast from ship-launched
ballisticmissiles andcruisemis- commitment,he said.
ballisticandcruisemissiles
siles launchedat theUShomeland TheMDAsaidit is examining the
● Thearchitectureincludes the
It cancarryaGAU-17 or GAU-19 from ships at sea. It is a threat, the proposal,along withadditionalcon-
company-developedPassive
Gatlinggun,AGM-114Hellfireair- company said, that has to date cepts to deal with this threat,as part
Coherent Location system that
to-surface missiles and up to 38 beenneglectedinUSdefence plan- of a study it is conducting and
uses FM radio signals todetect
guided or unguided 2.75in rockets. ning. expects to completebefore theend of
cruisemissiles andlow-flying
Inits nose,it holds FLIRSystems’ “You don’tneedanintercontinen- 2005.
aircraft
BriteStar II sensor turret withalaser tal ballistic missile to attack the “Thereis adifference of opinion
range-finder,laser spotter,colour TV UnitedStates,” saidLockheedMar- as to whether that constitutes a real
andforward-lookinginfra-redcam- tin’sVicePresident andManaging Kier said thePCLhas alreadybeen threat,but that is something that Iam
era. Director for ProtectionDaveKier, on testedinan operational sense,but personally concerned about,” the
TheARHfeatures Honeywell’s 28July. declined to provide specifics,citing MDA’sdirector,USAir ForceLieu-
HTS900 turboshaft engine that Insteadanation or terrorist group securityconcerns. He said thecom- tenant GeneralHenryObering, told
replaces theRolls-Royce 250-C47B could takea short-rangeScudmissile pany wouldlike to work with theUS reporters inWashington,DC, on 21
powerplant usedin thebasicModel or GPS-guidedcruisemissileand Navy, usingUSD20million that the July.
407. The standard platformconfigu- fireit at theUSfromafreighter or House ofRepresentatives has pro- “The thingabout cruisemissiles is
ration also includes active and barge sittingabout 100nmiles off the posedadding to theFiscalYear 2006 that wehave thecapability to shoot
passive countermeasures and a UScoast,he said. (FY06) defenceauthorisationbill, to themdown today,as longas wecan
sophisticatedcommunication suite. In thecase of thelatter,henoted, seehow far out to seait canextend detect them. Wedon’thave thecapa-
It has a range of 362 km and the state ofcoastal protectionis such theFM signals. bility over wideareas to do that with
endurance ofmore than two hours. that onecouldflyit “right through the Thegoal,he said,is to extend the aballisticmissile.”
Bell said two ARHs can be front door of the[US]Capitol[build- signals out 200nmiles – or at least a TheMDAhas requestedfunding
deployed from a C-130 Hercules ing] without anyone seeing it minimum of 150nmiles –from the its spending planfor FY06-FY11 to
medium tactical transport aircraft coming”. beach usingcoastal towers. upgradebyearlynext decadecoastal
andbe ready to flyin 15minutes – Accordingly, the company has Kier toldJDWthat it wouldcost surveillance radars inAlaska,Mass-
meeting thearmy’s requirement. proposed stregthening theUS’abil- achusetts andVirginia so that they
Thehelicopter “excels inlow-hov- ity to detect thelow-flyingcruise coulddetect missiles withranges up
eringareas of urban street fighting”, missiles andhavinganti-missilebat- to 3,000kmlaunchedat theUS.
according to thecompany. teries in place to counter both them Kier said additional systems in
Bell’sARHdemonstrator madeits and theScuds. Theseassets wouldbe development couldbeintegratedinto
maidenflight inJune. tied to existing satelliteearly warn- thearchitectureat later times like the
Dick saidBellexpects to add up to ing networks and command-and- USArmy’sTerminalHighAltitude
350new positions to work on the control systems. AreaDefenseandJoint LandAttack
ARH programme to supplement its Thearchitectureentails position- Cruise Missile Defense Elevated
existingglobal workforce ofmore ingPatriot missilebatteries along the NettedSensor systems,and theSur-
than 7,500employees. coast, augmented by Aegis ships faceLaunched–AdvancedMedium
TheBell407 airframeis manufac- equipped with theStandardMissile 3 RangeAir-to-Air Missile.
turedinCanadainMirabel,Quebec, interceptor, stationedinUS territor- Thearmyis also pursuing theLow
as will theairframes for theARHs. ial waters. Until the advent of Cost Interceptor (LCI), which is
Components for theARHs willbe long-loitering, overhead surveil- designed to counter unsophisticated
manufacturedinFort Worth. Dick lance systems against cruise cruisemissiles andaircraft so that the
saidBellhas not yet decided where missiles, such as the company’s more sophisticatedandexpensive
thefinalassembly of thehelicopters nascent HighAltitudeAirship that it Patriots canbe withheldfor more
will occur and the armyhas not yet is developing for the US Missile complex threats.
issued thedesignation of theARH. DefenseAgency (MDA),Lockheed On 3 August, the service
Neither Bell’sARH programme Martin proposes usinganoveldetec- announced that it and Miltec, the
manager nor thearmy’sequivalent tion systemit has developedcalled primecontractor,hadcompleteda
wereavailablefor comment before PassiveCoherent Location (PCL). short hot launch of theLCI. This was
JDWwent to press. ■ It functions by using unusedFM thefirst flight test ofafull-sizemis-
radio bands on theUS periphery to Proposedarchitecture tocounter missile sile under the programme. ■
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Light utility helicopter tobe restricted to measurefor electromagneticdistur- threats includes positioningPatriot RELATEDARTICLES:
US territory(jdw.janes.com,13/05/05) bances in the air as a means of missilebatteries along theUScoast, US releases its first homelanddefence
USArmy hones aircraft wishlist detectinglow-flying objects. It could augmentedby Aegis shipsequipped strategy (jdw.janes.com,11/07/05)
(jdw.janes.com, 28/05/04) also usehigh-definition television with theStandardMissile 3interceptor USDoD seeks tobolster cruisemissile
Bell407 (jhms.janes.com) signals. MissileDefenseAgency; 0560680 defences (jdw.janes.com, 30/08/02)
6•10August 2005•JDW•jdw.janes.com
HEADLINES
Far left:TheIgla
●Thelocally developed
IntegratedFireUnit
MechanisedIglacombines the
Russian-madeIglamissile with
theUS-madeM113 platform
Left:Both variants of
●The systemis intended toprovide
theMechanisedIgla
air defencefor Singapore’s
have two twin-mounted
combinedarms divisions
missilelaunchers.The
●MINDEF’s DefenceScienceand
WeaponFireUnit is
Technology Agency oversaw the
shownhere
project
SingaporeMINDEF; 1116422;
compatibilitybetween subsystems
1116423;
whilemaintaining systemfunction-
ality in an operational
environment,” theMINDEF source
said.
“The M113’s interior and roof
weremodified to enable theinstalla-
tion of thelauncher as wellas to
Singapore develops Igla improve the overallinter-crew oper-
ation. Humanfactor engineers were
also involved to enhance the
ergonomics of the hardware and
air defence system man-machineinterfaces.”
The MINDEF official further
noted that DSTAengineers were
also responsiblefor integrating the
IglaM113 weapon system onto the
ROBERTKARNIOLJDWAsia-PacificEditor terms ofengagement capability,” M113 APC. “DSTAalso developed
Bangkok aMINDEF source toldJDW. thecommand-and-control system to
S The development programme link up various subsystems, which
ingapore has unveiled (DSTA), theMinistry ofDefence’s was launchedin the 1990s with the include the radar and navigation
a locally developed (MINDEF’s) technologyarm,and aim of providing the CADs with system, to offer theIglaM113 better
mobileair-defence system areintended to equip theSingapore improvedair-defencecapabilities. mobility, speedandaccuracy,” the
that combines theRuss- Army’scombinedarms divisions JDWreported that Singapore was source.
ian-made Igla (SA-18 (CADs). formallybriefed on severalRussian Singapore’sMechanisedIgla was
‘Grouse’) low-altitude surface-to- The army has three CADs missile systems in 1993 and 1996. due to beformally unveiledat the
air missile system with the US- together with one rapiddeployment Its purchase of several Iglas was NationalDayParade on9August. It
madeM113 armoured personnel division but it is not known officiallyconfirmedin 1997,and is not known when the systemis due
carrier(APC). how many Mechanised Iglas are the first live firing test was con- to bedeployed operationally. ■
TheIglaM113, or Mechanised required. ductedat SouthAfrica’sOverberg
Igla,is producedin two variants: the “TheIFUcomes withaninte- ToetsbaanRangein 1999.
RELATEDARTICLES:
IntegratedFireUnit (IFU) and the grated radar that is used to provide “Themainchallengelayininte- Iglalow-altitude surface-to-air missile
Weapon Fire Unit (WFU). These early warning ofair threats to the grating the various commercial system(jlad.janes.com)
weredevelopedby theDefenceSci- WFUs. There is no difference off-the-shelf subsystems. Tests and SAM salemarks Russia’s debut dealin
ence and Technology Agency between the IFU and WFU in trials wereconducted to ensure the Singapore(jdw.janes.com, 22/10/97)
First production MH-60R flies
Thefirst productionSikorsky MH-60Rmulti-mission grammeand willalsoprovide thedigitalcommoncock-
helicopter madeits maidenflight on 28July at the pit, whichis usedinallMH-60s andMH-60R
company’s Stratford,Connecticut facility. helicopters.
TheMH-60Rs will replace theUSNavy’s (USN’s)fleet TheMH-60R willbefitted withAGM-114Hellfireanti-
ofSH-60B/Fhelicopters.TheUSNhas trialledSH-60B armour missiles,RaytheonThales AN/AQS-22
helicopters, whichhavebeen remanufacturedinMH- advancedairbornelow-frequency sonar andTelephon-
60Rconfiguration. ics AN/APS-147 multimode radar.
It was originally planned to remanufacturealarge Test MH-60Rhelicopters havebeen undergoing
number ofSH-60s but theprogramme was changed to operationalevaluation sinceMay.Theaircraft willbe Thefirst productionMH-60Rmadeits first flight inlate
theproductionofnew-buildhelicopters in 2001. delivered toLockheedMartin’s integrationfacility in July LockheedMartin; 1116430
TheMH-60R’s main roles willbe submarinehunting Owego,New York,inAugust for theinstallationofmis-
and surfaceattack.Thenavy is expected tobuy up to sion systems.
254of themulti-missionhelicopters with theannual Theaircraft is thefirst offour tobebuilt as part ofa MH-60Bs.Thefirst MH-60B upgraded toMH-60Rcon-
production rate ramping up to 30 aircraft. secondLow RateInitialProduction(LRIPII)contract. figurationmadeits first forwardflight inJuly 2001.
LockheedMartinis systems integrator on thepro- Prior toLRIPII thehelicopters were remanufactured DamianKemp JDWAviationEditor,London
jdw.janes.com•JDW•10August 2005•7
Turkey’s MilGem project
source-code system for the most
advanced command-and-control
systems ofits surfacecombatants as
wellas submarines. Thecommand-
given new momentum
and-control systems to bedeveloped
under GENESIS willbeapplied to
MilGem.
In a related development,
Turkey’sSSMhas issuedaRfPfor
LALESARIIBRAHIMOGLUJDWCorrespondent pedo countermeasures system. thelocal production ofanew class of
Ankara SomeWesternindustrialists have patrolboats intended to protect naval
cast doubt as to whether Turkeyhas bases and port facilities.
Turkeyhas givenfreshimpetus to the requisiteindustrialcapacityand Atotal of 16 vessels are planned,
its long-stalled USD1.2 billion ●TurkishDefenceIndustries design resources to undertake the to bedeliveredinfour batches.
national vessel (MilGem) project Undersecretariat RfP spurs stalled indigenous development of the TheRfPwas released on 1August
after the Defence Industries USD1.2 billionMilGemnational MilGem project. with responses to be submittedby 30
Undersecretariat (SSM) issueda vesselprogramme However, outgoing TNF Com- December.
request forproposal (RfP) forthe ●Theprogrammeenvisages anew mander AdmiralOzdenOrnek said Generalcharacteristics outlined
localdesignandmanufacture ofa class ofpatrolandanti-submarine on 26 July that Turkeyis alreadyable in the RfP include a maximum
first-of-class ship. warfare vessels to designand to develop anational continuous speed of 22 kt,amaxi-
TheMilGem programmeenvis- ●Aninitialeight vessels are command-and-control system for mum speed of 25kt,anda range of
ages the construction of a new planned, witha secondbatchof corvettes through theinfrastructure 1,000nmiles.
class of patrolandanti-submarine four tofollow andexpertise that it has gainedin the Bidders can propose to build the
warfare vessels at theTurkishNavy past years. ships at one or morelocal shipyards
Forces Command’s (TNFC’s) Istan- However, thosecompanies with51 “Unjustified allegations being previously qualified to buildnaval
bulShipyard. Aninitialeight ships per cent or moreTurkish ownership madebothfrom withinand outside ships andhavingalreadydelivered
are planned, witha secondbatch of fullycontrolling themanagement Turkey that theTurkishNavyand vessels to theTNFC.
four to follow. willalso beable to competein the Turkish industry do not have the Maximum local content is
TheRfPwas released on 15July, project. necessaryinfrastructure to realise required. In thosecases whereit is
with responses due back into the Localcompanies Havelsanand the MilGem project by itself necessary to purchase systems from
SSM by 26 September. Some Aselsan will jointly develop the have made us even more deter- overseas, local companies are
USD200 million has been command-and-control systemdes- mined to grasp this opportunity,” obliged to ensureappropriate tech-
earmarkedfor thedesign,develop- tinedfor theMilGem ships. AdmOrnek said. nology transfer.
ment andbuild of thefirst-of-class, Other combat systemequipment TheTNFCis currently working Additional reportingby
which is due for delivery around to be acquired by the SSM to develop a prototypefor theTurk- LaleSariibrahimoglu,
2012. for thefirst-of-class includea 3-D ish Navy’s Vessel Integrated JDWCorrespondent,Ankara
Since the programmeis intended surveillance radar, a degaussing WarfareManagement Systemand
to maximiseindigenous industrial system, fire-control radars, command, control, communica-
capacityandcontent, theSSMhas hull-mounted sonar, naval guns, tions, computers and intelligence RELATEDARTICLE:
stipulated that designactivities will navigation radars, the Rolling project (GENESIS) under whichit Turkey gives MilGemproject freshimpetus
becarried out bylocalcompanies. AirframeMissile systemanda tor- plans to set up anational software (jdw.janes.com, 30/09/04
Rafael bids Spike-ER for Spanish Tigers
Israelis
biddingits
Israel’s RafaelArmament Development Authority is siveanti-tank(HEAT) warhead toneutralise tanks andother SpikeER
biddingits SpikeExtendedRange(SpikeER)anti-tank targets fitted withexplosive reactivearmour,Spike-ERcan ATGW
guided weapon(ATGW) systemfor theEurocopter AS 665 alsobefitted withapenetratingblast-type warheadfor usein systemfor
Tiger multirolecombat helicopter tobeorderedby the urbanoperations. theSpanish
SpanishArmy. According toRafael,Spike-ERis a“fourth-generation Tiger
Tiger has beenorderedby Australia(22)France(50),Ger- ATGW system”, where theoperator has theoptionofeither Rafael; 1116421
many (80)andSpain(24) with thelatter due tobedelivered fire-and-forget/fire-observe-and-updateor aman-in-the-
between 2007 and 2011. loopmode.This is consideredessentialinmany types of ASpike-ER was recently displayedbesideanItalianAir
Alsocompetingfor theSpanishArmy order areMBDA/LFK operations now beingconductedas it gives muchgreater ForceA-129Mangustalight attackhelicopter at the 2005
with thelong-delayedTRIGAT-LongRange(TRIGAT-LR) flexibility and reduces ‘blueonblue’attacks. Paris Air Show at LeBourget inJune.
andLockheedMartin withAGM-114HellfireII, whichhas Themissilefeatures adual sensor,imaginginfra-redand Inaddition tomarketingSpike-ERfor theSpanishTiger
already been selectedfor theAustralianTiger armed recon- charge-coupleddevice seeker withanautomatic target attackhelicopter requirement,Rafaelis offering theSpike-
naissance variant.TheTRIGAT-LRATGW, whichhas yet to tracker andafibre-opticdatalinkandis designedfor installa- LongRange toSpainfor agroundforces’ requirement.
enter quantity production, was originally intended toequip tiononland vehicles,helicopters andnavalplatforms. Christopher FFossJDWLandForces Editor,London.
theTiger inFrenchandGerman service. TheIsraelAir Forcehas testedSpike-ERonits AH-1F/S Additional reportingby RobinHughes,
JDWsources indicate that adecisionabout whichATGW Cobraattackhelicopter,andis currently considering whether JDWEuropeEditor,London
system toinstallon theSpanishTiger helicopters is likely in toinstallSpike-ERonits more recent AH-64AApacheattack
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thenext twomonths. helicopters, whichcurrently use theHellfire,although this
Spain’s first helicopter factory tobeinAlbacete
Spike-ERis theextendedlong-range versionof theSpike latter programmehas not beenfunded.Spike-ERis in ser-
(jdw.janes.com, 20/05/05)
family,capableofdefeatingmainbattle tanks at a rangeof up vice with theRomanianAir Forceonits upgradedIAR-330
AustralianTiger ARH test fires Hellfire
to8km.Inaddition tobeingfitted witha tandemhigh-explo- SOCAT transport helicopters. (jdw.janes.com, 03/06/05)
8•10August 2005•JDW•jdw.janes.com
THE AMERICAS
Lockheed wins
early warning ofballisticandcruise
missiles approaching theUSas well
as additionalair threats likelow-fly-
ingaircraft.
DoD contract for
TheHAAcouldalso beforward-
deployedin-theatre to protect US
troops and allies and serve addi-
tional roles. “Inmountainous terrain
massive airship this wouldbea valuableasset for
communications relay,” a senior
Colombianarmedforces boarda MDAofficial said.
UH-60LBlackHawk.Thecountry is After acompetitivefirst phase of
set topurchaseadditionalplatforms concept development, Lockheed
Martinconcentratedduring phase 2
Empics; 0096891
MICHAELSIRAKJDWStaffReporter on reducing thedevelopmental risk
●LockheedMartinaims tobegin
Colombia and TWashington,DC flight demonstrations of the tliog htetwchenigohlto hguiells falibkreic ,t hsoelaari rasrhraipy’ss,
prototypeairshipinmid-2008
Thailand line he US Department of ●Thekey challengeis todesigna batteries andcomponents for its four
Defense has decided to electricmotors. This workled to a
lightweight fabricfor theairship’s
up for UH-60L continuedevelopment ofa criticaldesign review ofits airship
hull that can withstand the
massive, autonomous concept inOctober 2004.
stresses of thermalfluctuations
helicopters unmanned airship that After reviewing theconcept, the
andexposure to radiationand
could playa vital roleincoming MDAopted to continue theinitia-
ozone
ColombiaandThailandare set toboost decades in protecting the US ●Theairship willbe usedfor long- tive, but under a restructured
their BlackHawk utility helicopter fleets homeland from air and missile range surveillanceandas a framework to allow more time to
after theUSDefenseSecurity Co- attack. communications relay complete the project. Lockheed
operationAgency (DSCA)notified theUS The Missile Defense Agency Martin is expected to contribute
Congress inlateJuly of thepossible sale (MDA) announced on 26 July that it mid-2008,according to the officials. about USD43 million of its own
ofeight and twoUH-60L variants intends to awardLockheedMartin Theexercise willyield valuabledata funds to phase 3,according to MDA
respectively to thecountries. anapproximatelyUSD137 million for thelarger operational variant that andLockheedMartin officials.
According to thenotification, the sale will contract inOctober for phase 3 of the theMDAenvisages, they said. Browning saidLockheedMartin
occur under theUSgovernment Foreign HighAltitudeAirship (HAA) pro- “What reallyhasn’tbeendemon- is confident that it has met the princi-
MilitarySales programmeandis not gramme. stratedbeforeis gettinga vehicle pal design challenge of the
believed toinvolveoffsets. During this phase, which is like this to altitude and going prototype: developing a strong,
Akey usefor thehelicopters inboth expected to last about four years, the throughmultiplediurnalcycles and composite lightweight fabric that
countries wouldbeinanti-drug trafficking company willbuilda solar-powered staying at that altitude,” Ronald can withstand the rigours of operat-
operations but in thecaseofColumbia they airship prototype approximately Browning, director of business ingin the stratosphere, whereit will
wouldbe usedagainst insurgent groups 131 m long and 45.75 m at its development for SurveillanceSys- beexposed to extremefluctuations
andin thecaseofThailand tofilldeficien- widest point that displaces about tems at LockheedMartinMaritime of temperature and radiation and
cies exposedduringemergency relief 103,000m3ofhelium,according to Systems and Sensors in Akron, ozone,andyet contain thehelium.
operations. Lockheed Martin and MDA Ohio, toldJDWon 28July. Upon successfuldemonstration,
Bothcountries already operateBlack officials. TheMDAchoseLockheedMar- programme engineers will add
Hawkhelicopters. TheMDAwants the prototype to tininSeptember 2003 to develop an off-the-shelf sensors and radios to
TheColombianpurchaseis worth up to becapable ofloiteringat 18,300m airship that couldfloat above theUS the vehicleandconduct exercises
USD100 million, which wouldinclude for up to onemonth whilecarryinga coastlineat altitudes in the stratos- to assess themilitary utility of the
spareparts and training.TheDSCA said 227 kg payloadand providing 3kW pherefor extended periods. airship.
the sale wouldassist USnational security ofcontinuous power to the payload. Thereits payload ofelectro-opti- TheNorthAmericanAerospace
by helpingColombiaprevent illegaldrug A three-flight demonstration, calandinfra-redcameras, radar and Defense Command will lead the
manufacture,particularly whenit is tied to culminatingina one-monthdeploy- additional sensors could observe out assessment, whichwill takeplace
terrorist activities. ment, could begin as early as to hundreds ofkilometres to provide over US test ranges.
“Thesehelicopters willbe used topin- TheMDAultimatelyenvisages
point anddestroy narco-terrorists the operational variant, which would
identifiedandoperating withinColombia,” be about twice as large as the
theDSCAadvisedCongress. prototype, loitering for periods
Colombiahas more than14UH-60L approaching oneyear at altitudes
BlackHawks inits army fleet andabout 49 around 70,000ft where winds are
UH-60A/L sinits air forceinventory. lighter whilecarrying several thou-
Thailand’s USD46 millionpossiblepur- sand pounds of payload.
chase wouldadd to the six BlackHawks LockheedMartin willbuild the
already operatedby thecountry’s defence prototypeHAAinAkron. ■
forces and wouldbecommitted tonavy
service.A shortfallinlift capacity was high- TheUSMissileDefenseAgency wants toconduct RELATEDARTICLES:
lightedduring the tsunaminaturaldisaster, demonstrationflights ofLockheedMartin’s HighAltitude Go tojdw.janes.comfor moreof this article
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US Navy explores joint
high-speed cargo ship
ANDREWKOCHJDWBureau Chief nologies. Those include having a
Washington,DC shallow draft of 6m or less,a 9,000
to 10,000nmile rangeand speeds of
TheUSNavyandarmyareexplor- at least 45kt. Kaskin said that,for
ing the possibility of building a example, with those specifications
joint high-speedcargo ship to meet the ships wouldbeable to carry so lit-
the resupplyneeds ofarmyand tlecargo that it would take three such
navalforces,navy officials say. vessels per brigade (a total of 6,000
With thearmylooking to move to 8,000 tonnes ofcargo) rather than
a brigade’s worth of equipment one,driving the overallcost of the
directlyfrom thecontinentalUS to force up substantially.
austere ports around the worldand Thenavyis talking with thearmy
the navy wanting to resupply its about whether some of themoredif-
seabases from theUSmainland, the ficult requirements canbe relaxed,
two service’s requirements appear Kaskin said,noting that reducing the
close enough to warrant a joint ship’s speed from 45 kt to 36 kt
programme. wouldentail only oneadditionalday
Talks onaleadingcontender to whencrossing thePacificOcean.
fill theneed– theRapidStrategicLift TheOffice ofNavalResearchis
Ship (RSLS) –are under way, said expected to release a broad area
JonathonKaskin,director for Strate- announcement on some basic
gicMobilityandCombat Logistics research for an RSLS type ship,
in theOffice of theChief ofNaval including propulsion alternatives
Operations. and technologies that wouldallow
At anestimatedUSD1.3 billion thedrag that water causes ona ship’s
per ship and withlimited production hull to be reducedby 30 per cent to
orders expected, savings couldbe 50 per cent through the use of
madebymaking theRSLSajoint polymers.
effort. Thenavyanticipates needing One such project, expected to
oneRSLS per MaritimePreposition commenceinFY07,is buildinga 38
Force-Future squadron,Kaskin said, MWaxialflow waterjet. Thenavy
noting that the service plans to have is looking at axial flow waterjet
one to three of the squadrons. He propulsionas an option to enable
added that aformalconstruction pro- high-speedfuture vessels capable of
grammecouldbegininFiscalYear carryinglargeamounts ofcargo long
2012 (FY12) to meet the initial distances, saidRear AdmiralJohn
deployment timelines envisagedfor Bowling, theDeputyDirector for
the seabase. ExpeditionaryWarfarein theOffice
TheRSLS wouldhaveanotional of theChief ofNavalOperations.
speed of 36 kt to 39kt,a range of Water jets offer the potential
8,000nmiles,adraft of 7.3 m,andbe advantage of saving space over
able to carry 1,650 personnelas well traditional propulsion means and
as military equipment that cannot allowing that area to be usedfor addi-
self-deploy. That equipment includes tionalcargo or fuel.
20CH-53 heavylift helicopters, 18 Thenavyis interestedinbuilding
AH-1Z Super Cobra attack heli- a scaleable prototypebetween 7.5
copters, nine UH-1Y Huey light MWor 8MWthat couldbedemon-
utility helicopters and 10 CH-60 stratedina proposedT-Craft vessel
multipurposehelicopters. or ona vessel suchas theHSV-2
Navydocuments say theconcept Swift.
wouldcut three to four days off the Additional reportingby
timeneeded to conduct “forceclo- MichaelSirak,JDWStaffReporter,
sure” and wouldeliminate theneed Washington,DC
for C-17 strategic transport aircraft
sorties.
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However,Kaskinnoted, thearmy Go tojdw.janes.comfor moreof this article
also wants other attributes for its USNavy shipbuildingplan takes on water
resupply ship, which thenavyjudges (jdw.janes.com, 24/06/05)
to beeither prohibitivelyexpensive Navy considers seabase transport options
or not achievable withcurrent tech- (jdw.janes.com,18/02/05)