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5 Brazil tobuy Mirage 2000Cs 34 JDWtalks toLieutenant jdw.janes.com
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18 Financialcrisis deepens for IMI
The Americas NorthropGrumman’s RQ-4GlobalHawkunmanned
Australia’s procurement organisationaims for
aerial vehiclefleet has completed 7,000 flyinghours,
7 USAir Forcemoulds electronic warfare improvement largely due todeployments inIraqandAfghanistan
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HEADLINES
Norway pushes naval
Staff
Editor Peter Felstead
LandForces Editor Christopher F Foss
AviationEditor DamianKemp
strike missile for JSF
MiddleEast andEuropeEditor RobinHughes
NavalEditor RichardScott
Features Editor MelanieBright
ActingFeatures Editor:TrishiaShannon
Reporter:Tony Skinner
WashingtonDCBureau: JORISJANSSENLOKJDWSpecialCorrespondent
Bureau ChiefAndrew Koch TheHague
K
Reporters JoshuaKucera,MichaelSirak
AsiaPacificEditor Robert Karniol ongsberg Defence &
Aerospace and the
ChiefSubEditor LisaZanardo Royal Norwegian Air
Senior SubEditor SusieKornell Force (RNoAF) are
SubEditorsChris Evenden,KarenDeans positioning theKongs-
Jane’s DefenceIndustry Editor Guy Anderson berg-developed NSM naval
ReporterJames Murphy strike missile as the starting
GroupTechnicalEditor Rupert Pengelley point fordevelopingamulti-pur-
AerospaceConsultant NickCook pose, stealthcruisemissile that
Business Consultant James Smith couldbe usedbyLockheedMar-
AdministrativeAssistant MarianChiles tin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
ProductionControllerMelanieAris (JSF).
e-PublishingAlexander Garrett,Ray Trott Australiais one of the potential
partner nations that the Norwe-
Publisher JonathanGrevatt gians arelooking to for support of
GroupManagingDirectorAlfredRolington sucha scheme.
TheNSMhas beendeveloped,
Correspondents but not yet ordered,as ananti-ship
TheAmericas: weaponfor thenew frigates andlit- LockheedMartin-suppliedcomputer animations showinghow theNSM-derivative
Scott Gourley; JoséHiguera; SharonHobson; toral combat craft of the Royal missilewouldfit inside theinternal weapons bay of theF-35A.
Jeremy McDermott; PedroPauloRezende; NorwegianNavy (RNoN). LockheedMartinAeronautics viaRNoAF; 1116347
Cesar Cruz Tantalean Kongsbergand theRNoAFare
now proposing thedevelopment of
Asia/Pacific: amultirole variant that wouldbe
IqbalAthas;RahulBedi; JosephBermudez; capable of precisionattackagainst Surface Stand-off Missile
FarhanBokhari; IanBostock; YihongChang; a wide variety ofland,littoraland ●Kongsbergis developingamulti- (JASSM).
Anthony Davis; ShinichiKiyotani; Ghazi naval targets. purpose stealthcruisemissile Lockheed Martin’s interest in
MahmudIqbal; Robert Keith-Reid; Wendell “Astudyhas concluded that it is ●Australiais apossiblepartner in seeing an NSM-derivative inte-
Minnick; PhillipMckinnon possible to carry two missiles of the scheme grated onto theJSF wouldbelinked
this new type–called ‘Norseman’ ●NorwegianParliament is tomake to a perceivedneed to involveNor-
Europe: or ‘Norwegian Multi-Role Mis- adecisionona replacement for way (aLevel 3 partner in theJSF
MartinBayer; JohnBerg; Piotr Butowski; sile’– internally in the [F-35A] theF-16 in 2008 systemdevelopment anddemon-
Thomas Dodd; TimGlogan; Grzegorz version of the JSF that is being stration programme) and the
Holdanowicz; DavidIng; HenryIvanov; lookedat byNorway,” saidLieu- capable ofa range ofaround 200 country’sindustry,notablyKongs-
JiriKominek; JACLewis; GeorgMader; tenant Colonel Bård Solheim, km. The weaponhas a 125kg war- berg, more deeply in the JSF
NikolaiNovichkov; TimRipley; overall co-ordinator for future head and a dual-band imaging programme.
LaleSariibrahimoglu; Radu Tudor; fighter capabilities with the infra-red seeker for target verifica- According to Kongsberg pro-
TheodoreValmas; PaoloValpolini RNoAFair operations inspectorate tionandhoming. grammemanager JarleNaess,also
at RyggeAir Station. Col Solheim said that the quotedinLuftled, thecost, opera-
MiddleEast/Africa: “Inaddition,it willbe possible to RNoAF would be collaborating tional and technical feasibility
SegunAdeyemi;AlonBen-David; carry suchmissiles externally on withAustraliaindetermining the studyfor amulti-roleNSM variant
Nicholas Blanford; Helmoed-Römer Heitman, theJSF, theEurofighter or a range operational requirements and spec- willbecompletedby 1September
MuhammadNajib of other aircraft types,” he saidin ifications for amulti-rolederivative 2006.
thelatest issue of theRNoAFinter- ofNSM.“LikeNorway,Australia Norway’s parliament is expected
UN:ThalifDeen nal publicationLuftled. has sovereign responsibilities for to takeadecision on the procure-
According to Col Solheim, a vast seaandcoastalareas andis for ment ofanF-16 replacement fighter
e-mail theeditors:[email protected] 2,000-flying-hour fighter pilot who that reasoninterestedin thenew aircraft for the RNoAF during
has recently supported the NSM multi-role weapon,” heclaimed. 2008.
flight test programme over the ColSolheim said that JSF prime Naess said that “ideally, theinte-
Mediterranean pilotingNorthrop contractor LockheedMartin was gration and production of the
F-5Bchaseaircraft, thecapability also “strongly in the picture” – Norwegian Multi-Role Missile
would represent a “uniqueandcost- despite thefact that theUScom- shouldbe part of the overall package
savingflexibility”. panyitselfis marketinga stealth that is to benegotiated witheither
TheNSMis a 3.5mlong, 350kg multirole strikemissilefor useby LockheedMartin[for theF-35A],
stealthmissile that is believed to be theJSF: theAGM-158Joint Air-to- Eurofighter or other suppliers”.
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Depending onagreenlight from Brazil to buy Mirage 2000Cs
the Norwegian government and
parliament, thenew NSM variant
couldbe readyaround 2015–in
time to meet the plannedintroduc-
tion ofanF-16 replacement fighter JACLEWISJDWCorrespondent of the more recent fighters,” he
in theRNoAF. Paris stated.
Naess described the future The second-handFrenchfighters
NSM variant as having theabil- can be delivered immediately,
ity to autonomouslyflyacovert Brazil willbuy 12 second-hand allowing theFAB to start decommis-
trajectoryandfindandidentify Mirage 2000C fighter aircraft ●Brazilalready operates sioning its remaining Mirage
the target using an on-board from the French Air Force for MirageIIIEBRfighters IIIEBRs, some of whichhavebeen
library of target characteristics. EUR60million (USD72 million), ●ThepurchaseofMirage 2000C flyingfor more than 30years.
Alternatively, themissilemay it was announced on 16 July. fighters willprovideafighter French observers said the sale of
also bemanuallycontrolledall Theannouncement cameat the capability until theprocurement the 12 second-handMirage 2000Cs
the wayto thetarget bythe pilot end ofa three-day visit to Paris by ofnew aircraft takes place at such a low price was clearly
in the launching aircraft, the Brazilian President Luiz Inacio designed to position France
crew ofaP-3COrion patrolair- LuladeSilva. Anagreement was Theinitial tender for aUSD700 favourablyin thecontest for newer
craft or special forces on the expected to be signed between millioncontract for 12 new fighters combat aircraft for Brazil, if and
ground,in order to meet stringent BrazilianForeignMinister Celso for theBrazilianAir Force (FAB),in whenit reopens.
rules ofengagement that demand AmorimandFrenchDefenceMin- a programmedubbedF-X,drew bids Brazil’sF-Xcompetition, which
positive target identification via ister MicheleAlliot-Marieas JDW fromMirageconstructor Dassault first opened in 2000, has had a
datalink. went to press. Aviation in tandem with Brazil’s stop-start history. TheBraziliangov-
•On 29June,Kongsbergand Brazilis expected to payafurther Embraer,offeringa version of the ernment saidinJanuary 2003 that the
theNorwegianarmedforces con- EUR20millionfor spares and other Mirage 2000-5; from Lockheed F-X procurement was to bedelayed
ducted another successful live auxiliaryequipment for theMirage Martin of the US, offering the for 12 months but the programme
firing ofanNSMat theFrench 2000Cfighters, whichareequipped F-16C; and from Sweden’s Saab was restartedinSeptember of the
Mediterranean test range off withRDI pulseDoppler radars. AB, offering theGripen. sameyear.
Toulon. According to the com- Theaircraft willbedrawnfrom Brasiliahas givenno indication of Adecision was thendelayed until
pany, themissile (designated test FrenchAir Force stocks housedat an whenit will revive thecompetition theend of 2005but further delays
roundU7) followeda “sophisti- air base at Chateaudon in central for thenew aircraft. havefollowed,leading to the possi-
cated flight path, featuring a France. AFrenchDefenceMinistry offi- bility that it could be four years
number of sharp turns andheight French sources said the 12 fight- cial said the Mirage 2000Cs beforenew fighter aircraft are pur-
and velocity shifts,before strik- ers are to serve essentially as a acquiredbyBrazil were of “recent” chased. ■
inga target ship.” stop-gap between Brazil’s near- vintage and that France had first
“Thefiring test has demonstrated obsolete fleet of French Mirage thought of offering theBrazilians RELATEDARTICLES:
important new functions, further IIIEBRs and theacquisition ofnew moremodern second-handMirage Brazil weighs upMirage 2000Cleaseoffer
reducing the project risk,” saidTom combat aircraft, which Brasilia 2000-5s or 2000Ds. (jdw.janes.com, 06/05/05)
Gerharsen, president ofKongsberg decidedinlate 2004 to postponefor “However, that would have Brazil’s fighter decisioncouldbe up tofour
Defence&Aerospace. ■ budgetary reasons. depleted our own,limitedinventory years away (jdw.janes.com, 26/11/04)
South Korean helicopter programme gains new impetus
Adecisiononcontractors for SouthKorea’s (RoK’s) said:“Theproject was finalisedafter afull review by gov-
troubledprocurement of utility helicopters willbe ernment-relatedinstitutions andpublichearings over the
madeby September withimplementationof the past four years.”
procurement tobegininDecember. Finalbidders providing subsystems for thehelicopter
TheKoreanHelicopter Programme(KHP)involves the willbe selectedfrom165nationalandinternationalcom-
purchaseof 245 utility helicopters,downfrom the 280 panies inSeptember.
planned when theprocurement was openedinApril.Ten- Thecountry’s defenceforces operatemore than500
ders fromcontractors for various levels of workare helicopters but,according to theRoKMinistry ofDefence,
expectedby theendofJuly. more thanhalfareoutdated.
KHP was createdfrom theabandonedKoreanMultirole Alargenumber –apart fromafleet ofUH-60 Black
Helicopter (KMH)programme, whichplanneda totalof Hawks, whichbeganentering servicein1990 –are 20 to SouthKoreais purchasinga replacement for its UH-1H
475includingattackhelicopters. 30 years old. Iroquois helicopters Empics; 0117227
KMH was launchedin 2004but was cancelledafter con- Thenew helicopters,capableofcarrying13 soldiers
cerns over cost and technicaldifficulties. andfitted with two 7.62 mmmachineguns, will replace troops fromSouthKoreaand theimportanceof theheli-
KHPis expected tobe worthKRW9.1 trillion(USD8.6 130 MD500MDobservationhelicopters, whichbegan copter type’s rolenear theborder.
billion)for thedevelopment and support of theheli- entering servicein1973,andafleet ofUH-1HIroquois, DamianKemp
copters over their expected40-year in-servicelife. whichbeganentering servicein1985. JDWAviationEditor,London
Thefirst helicopters aredue toenter servicein 2011. TheRoKArmy’s MD500MDhelicopter fleet is operated
RELATEDARTICLES:
TheSouthKoreangovernment announced the reduc- by the405AviationRegiment at Chunchon,near theNorth
Seoul revives its helicopter programme(jdw.janes.com,
tioninnumbers andprogrammedeadlinechanges on Koreanborder.
15/04/05)
8July. TheKHP requirement is gainingaddedimportancefol-
Seoul seeks bids for largest-ever helicopter order
ThePrimeMinister’s office releaseda statement that lowingmoves by theUS to withdraw one-thirdofits (jdw.janes.com, 25/03/04)
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HEADLINES
US homeland
theaddition ofamilitaryliaisonfor
$750m Turkish thedepartment secretary.
“Now what we need to do is
helicopter marry up thecapacities andcapabil-
security office
ities [of theDoDandDHS],” said
contest starts Frank Cilluffo, director of the
HomelandSecurityPolicyInstitute
Turkey is seeking toacquire 64 at GeorgeWashingtonUniversity
general utility helicopters for its restructured andformer specialassistant to Pres-
armedforces,gendarmerieand the ident GeorgeWBushfor homeland
DirectorateGeneralofForestry in security.
aprocurement worthabout USD750 The flattening of the DHS’
million. bureaucratic structure should
Turkey’s DefenceIndustries Undersec- increaseco-operationbetween the 22
retariat (SSM)issueda request for JOSHUAKUCERAJDWStaffReporter agencies that weremergedin 2003 to
proposals(RfP)on4July for 52 heli- Washington,DC formit, observers said.
copters, while theGendarmerieGeneral T Chertoffalso laid out what he said
Commandhas already separately issued he US Department of were thehighest priorities for the
anRfPfor 12 smaller types ofgeneral Homeland Security ● A restructuredUSDepartment of department: primarily preparingfor
utility helicopters. (DHS) is being signifi- HomelandSecurity is toincrease catastrophicattacks; followedby
The4July RfPis for 20 utility heli- cantly restructured only theemphasis placedon reformingborder security policy;
copters for theTurkishLandForces two years after it was information sharing enhancingintelligence sharing; and
Command, six for theTurkishNavy formed to protect theUSagainst ● Observers say it is tooearly to creatingmoreefficient andeffective
Forces Command, six combat searchand terrorist attacks. know ifchanges willmake the transportation security structures.
rescuehelicopters for theTurkishAir Thechanges includenew under- department functionbetter “Simplecommon sensecounsels
Forces Commandand 20 firefightingheli- secretary positions that willfocus that webeginbyconcentrating on
copters for theDirectorateGeneralof on broad areas such as policy, Observers said thechanges accu- events with thegreatest potential
Forestry. science and technology and pre- ratelyidentify the problems with the consequences,” Chertoff said in
Maximumlocalcontent is required paredness, rather than the old originalDHS structure,but that the announcing thechanges.
in theproject and thedeadlinefor structure that divided the depart- proscriptions werebroadand that it Chertoff also laid out several
responses to theRfPis 5December ment into functional areas like is too early to judge whether the areas wherehe said thedepartment
2005. border securityand transportation implementation willinfact make neededbetter technologies, suchas
Europe’s NHIndustries, whichis security. TheDHS willalso increase thedepartment functionbetter. explosivedetectionequipment for
62.5per cent Eurocopter owned,and its emphasis on scienceand technol- TheUSDepartment ofDefense mass transit systems and radiation
Sikorsky of theUShavealready pur- ogyand willattempt to better share (DoD) also recentlyannouncedits detectors at ports.
chasedRfPs.NHIndustries is expected informationboth withlocalauthori- new strategyfor what it calls ‘home-
RELATEDARTICLES:
tocompete withNH90 helicopters but ties and with the national land defence’, but the new DHS Go tojdw.janes.comfor moreof this article
Franco-GermanEurocopter may bidits intelligencecommunity, saidDHS agendagavefew clues about how US releases its first homelanddefence
Cougar sinceTurkey already operates SecretaryMichaelChertoff. those two might mesh, other than strategy (jdw.janes.com,11/7/05)
34AS532 Cougar variants.
Area denial weapon test-fired
Sikorsky is expected tocompeteits
BlackHawkS-70Aandhas already
offered tomoveits S-70Aproductionline
from theUS toTurkey; Turkey already A40 mmMetalStormAreaDenialWeaponSystem(ADWS)
operates 91S-70As. capability demonstrator has been successfully test-firedat the TheMetal
Eurocopter may try to sweetenits Port WakefieldProofandExperimentalRangenear Adelaide, Storm
bidby offeringTurkey theopportunity SouthAustralia,concluding that part of the weapon’s 40 mmADWS
to takea stakein theEuropeanconglom- development. test firingat
erate.Spain, whichbought 28Tiger Thefirings werepart of theADWSProject sponsoredby the thePort
attackhelicopters fromEurocopter, AustralianDepartment ofDefenceandledby theDefenceScience Wakefield
has now becomea shareholder in the andTechnology Organisation.Tenix Defenceis aprincipalcon- rangeinSouth
company. tractor in theproject. Australia
Turkishdefenceindustry officials have Established toaddress anAustralianArmy requirement for an MetalStorm; 1116350
not ruledout thepossibility ofTurkey pur- anti-personnel(AP)minealternative, theADWSis designed to
chasingaircraft frombothSikorsky and deny access by dismountedenemy tolargeareas ofground.
either Eurocopter or NHIndustries in Incorporating40 mm stackedprojectiles inamultibarrelpod
order tobalanceits relations withboth system withintrusion sensors,afire-control systemandanoper-
Europeand theUS. ator-in-the-loop toinitiatefiring, theADWSis morediscriminate
LaleSariibrahimoglu thanAPmines. to 20 projectiles at a rateoffireof1,500 rounds per minute were
JDWCorrespondent,Ankara TheADWScapability demonstrator systemcomprises four demonstrated.Themaximum rateoffireof theADWSis 6,000
weaponpods,eachcontainingfour barrels,mountedonalight- rounds per minute,according to thecompany.
RELATEDARTICLES:
weight aluminium tripodandnetworkedintoacommand- MetalStorm willnow evaluate thecommercialopportunities for
Sikorsky seeks tomakeBlackHawks
and-control station.Eachpodcanfire up to 20 projectiles ina theADWSandits potentialfor other militaryapplications suchas
inTurkey
(jdw.janes.com, 09/01/04) variety of selectable rates offire,barrels andfiring sequences. airfieldandhigh-valueasset defenceandclose-rangedefencefor
NH90,Cougar,BlackHawk ThePort Wakefieldfirings usedinert 40 mmprojectiles to surface ships against asymmetricattacks.
(jawa.janes.com) engage simulated targets.Firing rates froma single shot through IanBostockJDWCorrespondent,Sydney
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THE AMERICAS
US Air Force
In Brief
moulds electronic
Details emergeonjoint UAVcentre
TheUSDepartment ofDefense(DoD)
intends tobeginoperations of thenewly
announcedJoint UnmannedAerialVehi- warfare priorities
cle(UAV)Center ofExcellence(COE)in
October at CreechAir ForceBase(AFB),
Nevada.It willnot behousedat nearby A review of theUSAir Force’s electronic
Nellis AFB,as previously announced.As warfare systems examined whether
a result of thejoint centre, theUSAir therecouldbeacommon replacement
Force saidon11July it will standdown MICHAELSIRAKJDWStaffReporter to the self-protection suites on theB-1B,
its ownUAVCOEalready locatedat Washington,DC B-52HandF-15Eaircraft USAF; 0569571
T
Creech.Its UAVBattlelablocated there
will support thejoint centre.USArmy heUSAirForcehas com-
●TheUSAir Forcehas completed
Brigadier GeneralWalter Davis has been pleted a comprehensive Next-generation digital RWRs,
anextensive review ofits EW
nominated tohead thejoint centre, sup- review of its electronic for example,maybeable to locate
systems
portedby anair forcedeputy.These warfare (EW) systems in enemy radar with sufficient accu-
●Technologicaladvancements are
positions willbe rotatedamong thefour orderto support the ser- racy to permit targeting of thelatter
transforming single-functionEW
militarybranches,according to theDoD. vice’sleadership as it decides how with precision-guided munitions,
equipment intomulti-rolegear
to sustainandmodernisecapabili- they said. Tomorrow’s activeelec-
withbroadapplications
Army issues contract for M113 upgrades ties in this realm. tronically scanned radars will be
●The service wants next-
TheUSArmy has awardedBAESystems The document, dubbed theAir able to jamenemy radar andcom-
generationdigital,modular and
aUSD90 milliondeal to upgrade 356 ForceElectronicWarfareCapability munications inaddition to scanning
scaleableEWgear
M113 armouredpersonnelcarriers to the Investment Strategy, examines thehorizonfor threats.
A3 configuration.The upgraded vehicles options that span the realm ofEW Asdesirableas theseinnovations
willinclude theM577A3 CommandPost equipment onair forcecombat air- It also examined the merits of are, the servicefaces fiscallimita-
Carrier,M1064A3 Mortar Carrier and the craft,but it concentrates mostly on developingacommondigital radar tions,exacerbatedby thecontinuing
M1068A3 StandardIntegratedCommand defensive suites,according to offi- warning receiver (RWR) for costs of operations inAfghanistan
Post Carrier, thecompany said.With the cials involved. multiple platforms that is andIraq, that standin the way ofit
completionof this contract,more than40 The air force senior leadership similar to theRaytheonAN/ALR- improvingits EWcapabilities across
per cent of thearmy's M113s willhave will use the strategy, the officials 69Asystemalreadybeinginstalled its legacy platforms,according to the
been upgraded to theA3 configuration, toldJDW,as a reference toolas it onAC-130gunships andMC-130 officials said.
thecompany said. writes the service’s next major Combat Talonaircraft. “Thereis alot ofequipment,all of
spending plan that willencompass Advances inareas likedigitalisa- whichis effectiveand working,but
GlobalHawk willjoin seaexercise FiscalYears 2008 to 2013. While the tionandcomputer processing power therearealot of sustainment issues,”
TheUSNavy saidoneofits twoRQ-4 officials declined to discuss the are transforming the traditional roles saidSteveMiller of theair force’s
GlobalHawk unmannedaerial vehicles details of the study, theydid provide ofEWequipment suchas jammers ElectronicWarfarePlanningOffice
willparticipateinfleet exercise 'Trident insights. and RWRs, Tourangeau and the at Wright-PattersonAir ForceBase,
Warrior 2005', whichbegins inlate “The vision that theair forceis other officials said. Special-purpose Ohio. The officeled the study. ■
November.It willbe thefirst time the pushing right now is movement to a systems willbe replacedbyequip-
GlobalHawk, which theUSAir Force moredigital,modular and scaleable ment that can perform multiple RELATEDARTICLES:
already operates, takes part inanavy sea [approach],” saidSteveTourangeau functions to support thehost aircraft. Go tojdw.janes.comfor moreof this
exercise.DaveSeagle, whoheads the ofMacAulay-Brown, thecompany This gear, whenlinked to theUS article
navy's GlobalHawkMaritimeDemon- that helpeddraft the study. Department ofDefense’semerging Electronic warfare- stillactive
(idr.janes.com,11/01/05)
strationprogramme, saidon 29June the Accordingly,it examinedissues network of sensors anddatabases,
B-52’s smart bombloadcoulddouble
service will takedeliveryofits first Global such as whether there could be a willalso contribute to abetter over- (jdw.janes.com,16/07/04)
HawkinAugust andits secondplatform common replacement to the self- all understanding of thebattlespace FreedUSAFfunds targetedon
oneor twomonths later. protection suites on the B-1B, for theatrecommanders and troops extended-rangecruisemissile
B-52HandF-15Eaircraft. on theground, the officials said. (jdw.janes.com,10/01/03)
Osprey takes a step towards productionand service
review has beenalong timecomingfor theonce troubled
V-22 programme.AnOctober 2000 DoDoperational test and
More than twodecades in themaking, theUSmilitary’s saidheexpects tohappen.”Navy testers saidit’s good togo, evaluation report stated theaircraft was not ready for useand
V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft is poised topass akey step we thinkit’s good togo too,”he said. theV-22 was criticisedby severalexternal review panels.
on thepath toproductionand service,according to senior Programmeofficials said they hope togainapprovalin Twenty threemarines diedincrashes of theaircraft inApril
defenceandUSNavy officials. September to start full-rateproduction, with 360 plannedfor andDecember 2000,leading toa two-year freezeonfurther
Apreliminary report fromnavy testers determined that the theUSMarineCorps (USMC)and50 for specialoperations flights whilefaulty systems were redesigned.
aircraft shouldbedeclaredoperationally effectiveand suit- forces.Thefirst squadronofMV-22s for theUSMCis Andrew Koch,JDWBureau Chief,Washington,DC
ableandclearedfor military use. expected tobe ready inFiscalYear 2007 (FY07)anda
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TheDepartment ofDefense(DoD)DirectorateofOpera- squadronofCV-22s for Air ForceSpecialOperations Com- Endgamein sight for Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft
tionalTest andEvaluationmust approve the mandinFY09. (jdw.janes.com, 21/01/05)
recommendations –anoutcomea senior defenceofficial Successfully passing theoperational test andevaluation TroubledOsprey onits way back(jdw.janes.com,17/04/03)
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THE AMERICAS
US Army aims to
Keith Horton, the dominant fiveBCTs.Themost recent contract
manoeuvreexecutive officer for the will pay for about four BCTs of
army’sdeputychief of stafffor pro- upgradedBradleys – onlyabout 20
grammes. per cent of the work that needs to be
upgrade entire
Thelarge upgrade programmeis done.
also beingdrivenby theconversion With thenew upgrades, thearmy
of all army forces into modular willbeequippedfor nineBCTs with
brigades. After the conversions, BradleyA3s and 11 withBradley
Bradley fleet about 30 of thearmy’s 77 brigades ODSs. That leaves 15BCTs with the
willbeheavybrigadecombat teams A2 variant,for whicharmyleaders
(BCTs) equipped withBradleys and will still need to secure upgrade
Abrams mainbattle tanks. Thearmy funding.
willalso pre-positionequipment for Thecontract withBAESystems
JOSHUAKUCERAJDWStaffReporter fiveheavyBCTs, requiringa total of also covers the conversion of 50
Washington,DC 35BCTequipment sets. moreBradleys to theODS variant
T Inaddition to addingmoreheavy andkits for 100more suchconver-
heUSArmyis aiming to brigades, thoseBCTs willbemore sions. Thirty-three Bradleys will
upgrade its fleet of ●TheUSis spendingmore than dependent onBradleys than they also beconverted to theBradleyFire
Bradley Fighting Vehi- USD1billion to upgradeBradleys are now, said Colonel Thomas Support team vehicles. BAE
cles over the next few ●The upgrades aredrivenby the Spoehr,director ofmaterielfor the recentlycompletedits acquisition of
years as a result of the war inIraqand themove to army’sdeputychief of stafffor pro- UnitedDefense, which produced the
continuing operations inIraq and modular brigades grammes. “TheheavyBCTs have Bradleys.
the service’s transition to stan- becomemoreinfantryandless tank, The upgrade drive is getting a
dardisedbrigades. Fundingfor that upgradecame so they tookamoreinfantry-centric boost fromcommanders returning
Army leadership has directed from the war supplemental and flavour, whichdrove up thenumber from Iraq, who tell senior US
programme officials to work future upgrades willdepend oncon- ofBradleys and reduced thenumber Department of Defense officials
towards convertingall the remain- tinuedfunding,army officials said. of tanks,” ColSpoehr said. that the upgrades willallow sol-
ing older variants in the The attention being paid to Thearmy willneedabout4,900 diers to fight better,army officials
6,800-vehiclefleet to either theA3 Bradleys is in sharp contrast to afew Bradleys to equip all 35 BCTs. said. ■
or Operation ‘Desert Storm’(ODS) years ago when thearmydeclaredit While the army has plenty of
configuration. would not be making major Bradleyhulls –about 6,800–many RELATEDARTICLES:
Thearmy took thefirst step in that improvements to its ‘legacy’equip- of themare older variants gathering
UnitedDefenseLPM2 Infantry Fighting
plan in June when it signed a ment likeBradleys. “The[Iraq] war dust indepots. Before theend of
Vehicle/M3 CavalryFightingVehicle
USD1.1 billioncontract withBAE changed that; it changed the whole 2005 thearmy will take receipt of
(jaa.janes.com)
Systems to convert 450 older approach to [recapitalising] these thefinalA3s fromits original pro- Endof thelinefor US tanks?
Bradleys to theA3 model. vehicles,” saidLieutenant Colonel curement, which willcover about (jdw.janes.com, 02/08/2002)
US Navy plans to bolster counter-insurgency role
TheUSNavy has outlinedanambitious raft ofnew terrorism, we shouldownit,” saidanavy official, Theexpeditionarybattalion would restore thenavy’s
units andprogrammes that willbetter enable the briefing reporters on theplan. ability tohaveits owndedicatedgroundforce, theofficial
service tofight low-intensity wars like those theUSis “Both themarinecorps and thearmy areheavily said.“For thepast few years,marine[expeditionary units]
facing. engagedinAfghanistanandIraq,” theofficialadded. havebeenfully employedinIraqand wedeploy [amphibi-
Thenavy is planning tocreateanexpeditionary sailor “Wearelookingat ways to take someof theburdenoff ous assault vessels] without any marines onboard.If we
battalion, three riverine squadrons,acivilaffairs battalion them.” had this [battalion], wecouldpossibly put these sailors in
andadditionalintelligence units.Theaimis toincrease The riverine squadrons wouldconsist ofabout 220 … todo thedirect actionmissionashore.
thenavy’s relevancein theUSfight against Islamist sailors and 20 boats, though theprecisenumbers are still “Our Navy SEALs used todeploy withcarrier strike
extremism, while relieving theburden that theUSMarine under consideration.Theofficial said that Iraqiinsur- groups.They don’t do that anymore.They deploy in sup-
Corps (USMC)andarmy arebearinginIraqand gents are using the rivers to transport supplies and port of[USSpecialOperations Command].If wehadnavy
Afghanistan. peopleand that thenavy needs abetter means of combat sailors they couldconceivably deploy withcarrier
“Themaritimedomainis our domain–if there’s amar- patrolling thoseareas.TheUSMChas a riverinecom- strikegroups andprovide somecapability there.Weare
itimecapability that this nationneeds tofight the war on pany,but it is beingphasedout this year. lookingat all theseoptions and trying todetermine what
Thenavy is lookingat theSpecialOper- the right kindof sailor is todo thesemissions,”he said.
ations Craft – riverineboats in usenow Forces in thebattalioncouldalsoboardhostile ships,he
by USNavy SEALcommando teams, the added.
USMCRiverineAssault Craft or possibly According toamemofromViceAdmiralAlbert T
another boat.The service wouldlike to Church, thedirector of thenavy staff, thebattalion should
stand uponeactiveduty squadronby the beoperationalinFiscalYear 2007.
middleof 2006 and two reserve Thenavy also wants toestablishaMaritimeInterdic-
squadrons in the two years after that. tionOperations IntelligenceExploitationTeampilot
programmeandanintelligencedataminingcapabilityat
TheUSNavy is considering vessels like theNationalMaritimeIntelligenceCenter.Theofficial said
theUSMCRiverineAssault Craft hecouldnot givefurther details on theseissues.
(pictured)for its new riverine JoshuaKuceraJDWStaffReporter,Washington,DC
squadrons USMC; 0106808 Go tojdw.janes.comfor moreof this article