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The Americas
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US to trial new submarine comms buoy
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FCS planners
Staff
Editor Peter Felstead
Land Forces Editor Christopher F Foss
Aviation Editor Damian Kemp
opt for heavier
Middle East and Europe Editor Robin Hughes
Naval Editor Richard Scott
Features Editor Melanie Bright The US Army is set to agree that FCS
Reporter: Tony Skinner vehicles, such as the Non-Line-Of-Sight
Washington DC Bureau: vehicles Cannon, will weigh more than 22,000 kg
Bureau Chief Andrew Koch 0530875; USArmy
Reporters Joshua Kucera, Michael Sirak
Asia Pacific Editor Robert Karniol Bradley Fighting Vehicles in frontal
engagements, said Harvey Perritt, a
Chief Sub Editor Lisa Zanardo TRADOC spokesman.
Senior Sub Editor Susie Kornell JOSHUAKUCERAJDWStaff Reporter In other FCS developments:
Sub EditorsChris Evenden, Karen Deans Washington, DC • The continuing restructure of the
Jane’s Defence Industry Editor Guy Anderson T Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)
ReporterJames Murphy he US Department of – a key component of the FCS com-
Group Technical Editor Rupert Pengelley Defense (DoD) is close ● The US Army is recommending munications network, which has
Aerospace Consultant Nick Cook to making a final decision larger vehicles for FCS than it been plagued by schedule problems
Business Consultant James Smith on whether to approve originally envisaged – will focus on making the radios
Administrative Assistant Marian Chiles a design for the ● The DoD could still overrule the conform to FCS network require-
Production ControllerMelanie Aris US Army’s next-generation army and opt for smaller, less ments rather than replacing current
e-Publishing Alexander Garrett, Ray Trott armoured vehicles, that is too capable vehicles radios, Muilenberg said. That will
heavy to fit complete on a C-130 ● The JTRS programme is increase the chances that the radios
Publisher Jonathan Grevatt Hercules transport aircraft. undergoing a restructuring that will be developed on a schedule suit-
Group Managing DirectorAlfred Rolington At issue are the manned ground will make it more tailored to FCS able to FCS, he said.
vehicles of the army’s Future Com- • In 2006, several elements of FCS
Correspondents bat Systems (FCS), which were its armour would have to be assem- will be tested in ‘Experiment 1.1’.
The Americas: originally envisaged to be able to be bled in the field: a process that The experiment will use Humvees as
Scott Gourley; José Higuera; Sharon Hobson; transported by C-130 to land at Boeing officials have said could take surrogate FCS ground vehicles and
Jeremy McDermott; Pedro Paulo Rezende; unimproved airfields. However, four to six hours. The vehicles would will use JTRS hardware and wide-
Cesar Cruz Tantalean Boeing, the lead systems integrator also have to travel without a full load band network waveforms, and early
for FCS, has said that the vehicles of fuel or ammunition. versions of the network software.
Asia/Pacific: will have to weigh 22,000 kg – about According to army documents Prototype versions of the unattended
Iqbal Athas;Rahul Bedi; Joseph Bermudez; 5,000 kg more than the C-130 can obtained by JDW, service officials ground sensors, Non-Line-of-Sight
Farhan Bokhari; Ian Bostock; Yihong Chang; carry – to meet all the army’s lethal- believe that would not slow down a Launch System, Intelligent Muni-
Anthony Davis; Shinichi Kiyotani; Ghazi ity and survivability requirements. build-up of forces in theatre. tion System, Class I unmanned
Mahmud Iqbal; Robert Keith-Reid; Wendell US Army officials, including It would, however, require a sig- aerial vehicle (UAV) and Unmanned
Minnick; Phillip Mckinnon Chief of Staff General Peter nificant increase in the number of Ground Vehicle may also be used in
Schoomaker and officials from sorties needed to move equipment the test.
Europe: Training and Doctrine Command into the field – about one additional • Boeing will choose within the next
Martin Bayer; John Berg; Piotr Butowski; (TRADOC), have recommended C-130 for every three ground vehi- three months, the Class II and III
Thomas Dodd; Tim Glogan; Grzegorz that the DoD accept that fact and cles to bring the necessary armour, UAVs, which will be fielded at the
Holdanowicz; David Ing; Henry Ivanov; aggressively pursue future transport fuel and ammunition, said Dennis company and battalion levels,
Jiri Kominek; JA C Lewis; Georg Mader; options that might perform better Muilenburg, Boeing’s vice president respectively.
Nikolai Novichkov; Tim Ripley; than the C-130. and FCS programme manager. • The contract the army has with
Lale Sariibrahimoglu; Radu Tudor; Boeing officials earlier presented For that reason, army officials Boeing for FCS will be converted
Theodore Valmas; Paolo Valpolini the army with two variants for the studying the FCS transport problem from an Other Transaction Author-
eight FCS manned ground vehicles: have recommended aggressively ity contract to the traditional Federal
Middle East/Africa: one heavier but more capable and pursuing next-generation airlift such Acquisition Regulations type by
Segun Adeyemi;Alon Ben-David; one lighter but weaker. The DoD as the Joint Heavy Lift aircraft and September, Muilenburg said.
Nicholas Blanford; Helmoed-Römer Heitman, could still overrule the army and opt the AMC-X future cargo aircraft, • United Defense announced that it
Muhammad Najib for the lighter vehicle. according to the same documents. has received a $471 million contract
Areview of the FCS programme Army officials argue that a modification for the company’s
NATO and EU affairs:Adrienne Baughman by top-level defence acquisition 22,000-kg FCS vehicle will still be development of the FCS manned
UN: Thalif Deen officials on 21 June was expected to safer than current land vehicles that ground vehicles. The modification
address that question, but did not are much more heavily armoured increases the value of United
e-mail the editors: [email protected] result in any major decisions, offi- because of the active protection sys- Defense’s contract to $2.57 billion
cials familiar with the discussions tems the vehicles will have and and extends the term of the contract
told JDW. The Pentagon’s top acqui- because the FCS network will give from Fiscal Year 2009 to 2012. ■
sition official, Kenneth Krieg, is new soldiers much more information
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US Navy shipbuilding plan takes on water
ANDREWKOCH JDWBureau Chief common new hull form, new propulsion plant
●US Navy shipbuilding plans are in turmoil due
Washington, DC to budgetary pressures and new integrated combat system – thereby
closely tying the fate of the DD-X to affordability
●The navy is trying to shave costs off planned
Faced with steep and rising shipbuilding costs of the follow-on cruiser.
ships and is considering buying fewer vessels
and a severe budget crunch, the US Navy is Yet it is CG-X that will be optimised for mis-
over the short term
looking to salvage its major shipbuilding sile defences, leaving several congressional
●The navy has already scrapped a more
programmes by scaling back plans forthe ves- members and staff wondering why they should
ambitious and expensive seabasing plan for
sels. The moves take two forms: one entails not simply cancel DD-X after one or two experi-
one that makes greater use of existing ships
scrutinising each of several new programmes mental ships before jumping to CG-X. Several
and designs
to see what capabilities can be reasonably well-placed sources inside and outside the navy
taken off the vessels, while the othercould said a scaled-down and less ambitious version of
reduce the numberof ships the service buys Another option the navy is considering is DD-X in a restructured programme or a new-
overthe short term. reducing the number of ships it will buy over the design destroyer that is also smaller and less
The problem is that the navy’s current ship- short term. Anotional service plan, which has not costly could take its place.
building plans require an average of at least $15 been approved by navy leadership, would dra-
billion per year to fund, yet the service can rea- matically curtail shipbuilding accounts in all A more modest seabase
sonably assume it will receive only $10 billion classes of vessels except the LCS over the next
annually to pay for new ship construction, five years. The well-placed source said the navy The navy has also changed its plans for its future
according to several congressional staff and ana- is also facing soaring operations and mainte- seabase. Faced with a possible bill of $30 billion
lysts. “It looks like it is completely and utterly nance bills because of high fuel prices. per squadron for its Maritime Preposition Force
unaffordable,” added another well placed source. Young hinted at possible changes to the exist- (Future) ships that were to be its centrepiece, the
One primary concern is that projected costs of ing shipbuilding plan, under which the navy still senior military leaders of the navy and US
the service’s new ships are escalating steeply; the hopes eventually to buy two Virginia-class Marine Corps agreed in May to a scaled-back
latest estimate for the initial version of the navy’s nuclear-powered attack submarines per year. “I strategy that would use more existing vessels and
DD-X future destroyer is at least $3.3 billion and think that should be looked at,” he said, noting designs, Young said. Under the new plan, submit-
climbing. “Spiralling costs are certainly an that some intelligence-gathering missions cur- ted to Congress in a report on 6 June, the navy
issue,” acknowledged Admiral Vernon Clark, rently conducted by US submarines might be would use a combination of classes in a 14-ship
who is retiring in July as Chief of Naval Opera- achievable through other means. squadron: two LHA-Replacement amphibious
tions (CNO). “The cost of DD-X is the big issue.” assault ships, one general-purpose amphibious
To meet these financial challenges, navy offi- Whither DD-X assault ship, three modified Lewis and Clark-
cials appear to be shifting toward a strategy of class T-AKE auxiliary cargo and ammunition
reining in what will be on each new vessel. The If the navy is forced to cut new ship programmes ships, three modified Large, Medium-Speed,
service has already performed this process on the outright, the most likely victim is the DD-X. Roll-on/Roll-off (LMSR) ships and two existing
DD-X, reducing its size from 18,000 tons to Although navy leaders say the destroyer is vital pre-position force ships.
14,000 tons and redesigning the autoloader on the to their future fleet, service officials have strug- It would also include three of a new class of
ship’s 155 mm Advanced Gun System to make it gled to explain why the ship is needed now. ship called the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP),
less complex and costly. Now, a high-level service In recent briefings on the matter, they focused which Young said “is largely a carrier for LCACs
panel, headed by incoming CNO Admiral Michael more on its utility as a bridge to the future CG-X [Landing Craft Air Cushion]”. He noted as well
Mullen, is expected to take another look at what cruiser than on the value of building the destroyer that it “also is a staging position where you can do
could be taken off the future destroyer. variant. some of the assembly”. An industry official said
Similar moves have been taken with the ships For example, Vice Admiral Joseph Sestak, the the MLPwould largely be a troop carrier and a
that will comprise the future sea base as well as the navy’s Director of Warfare Requirements and place where those forces could be matched with
next version of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Programs, called the ability to protect future their equipment before being transported ashore
said John Young, the navy’s top acquisition offi- seabases from manoeuvring ballistic missile on LCACs or via aviation assets. The ships
cial. He noted, for example, that “as we talked warheads and high-speed anti-ship cruise mis- would notionally be 800 ft (244 m) long and built
about Flight 1 LCS, the requirements were creep- siles “the brass ring” for the service. “We do not around commercial standards with the ability to
ing up … we are just going to shut that down”. have this capability if we do not do DD-X,” Adm “pump up and pump down” to ease taking on
Additional LCS Flight 0 vessels will be bought Sestak said. cargo. They would have speeds of about 20 kt
instead. The two ship classes are expected to share a (37 km/h), he said.
The industry official noted that the navy is
likely to hold a competition for work on the
LMSR and MLP, while continuing to contract
with the shipyards that build the amphibious
ships and T-AKEs. ■
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London the US claimed 40 Taliban were
Major stories take U killed in the battle.
K Royal Air Force A UK Ministry of Defence
JDW to the top ● The Harrier attacks are the first by
(RAF) HarrierGR.7A spokesman told JDW that RAF
a non-US member of the
groundattack aircraft Harriers were in the air over the
International Security Assistance
An exclusive JDWstory on North have launched seven Force engagement but were not called
Korean efforts to develop and deploy air strikes in ● A USAF U-2 reconnaissance upon by ground controllers to
two new ballistic missile systems has Afghanistan since early May in aircraft has been lost in a engage targets.
been highly placed in two prestigious response to increased insurgent non-combat crash An RAF spokesman said the
media awards, including first place in activity there. vast majority of hundreds of RAF
the Aerospace Journalist of the Year Reports of heavy fighting there Harrier sorties in Afghanistan
Awards (AJOYA). continues. Details of the UK air strikes since October 2004 involved sur-
A 4 August 2004 article in JDWby The Harrier attacks are the first emerged at the opening of RAF veillance, deterrence and air
Joseph S Bermudez, ‘North Korea by a non-US member of Interna- Cottesmore’s new carrier deck presence tasks, rather than offen-
deploys new missiles’, won first place in tional Security Assistance Force. landing training ramp after the sive action.
the AJOYA Northrop Grumman- An RAF spokesman told JDW Commander-in-Chief of RAF Southern Afghanistan was
sponsored Best Breaking News that the attacks all involved the use Strike Command, Air Chief Mar- recently described in UK
Submission category on 12 June. of CRV7 70 mm unguided rockets shal Sir Brian Burridge, praised Ministry of Defence documents
The article attracted widespread along with Raytheon Enhanced the “great job” the Harriers as a combat zone that continued
international attention at a time when Paveway laser/GPS guided were doing, delivering “non- to require a “war fighting”
concerns over North Korea’s moves bombs. effects-based” and “effects- response.
to develop a nuclear capability were at Coalition forward air controllers based combat” munitions in The UK government is still
a peak. directed the attacks, identifying Afghanistan. considering plans to deploy a
JDWcorrespondents Robert Hewson targets and clearing the RAF Har- The UK Harrier detachment of 5,000-strong light-role brigade to
(‘China aids Iran’s tactical missile pro- riers to release their weapons, said six aircraft stood up at the US-run southern Afghanistan in 2006.
gramme’) and staff reporter Michael the spokesman. Kandahar airfield in October 2004 Part of this deployment would
Sirak (‘The end game’) were also nomi- All the attacks were classed as and since then all three of the be an air support package, which
nated in the awards. close air support and involved RAF’s Harrier squadrons have is expected to involve the Harrier
The Bermudez article also came interventions to help coalition rotated aircraft and personnel detachment remaining in Kanda-
second in the Newsletter & Electronic troops in close-quarter combat through the mission. har until December 2006, when
Publishers Foundation 26th Annual with Taliban fighters in southern Currently IV(AC) Squadron is the enhanced UK ground compo-
Journalism Award in the Best Investiga- Afghanistan. serving in Afghanistan. nent returns home. ■
tive Reporting Category. US fixed-wing and attack heli- Heavy fighting in Afghanistan
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Additionally,JDWWashington copters were also involved in the on 21 June resulted in US Air NATO confirms ISAF expansion
bureau chief Andrew Koch was highly battles in Kandahar province, Force (USAF) and UK strike air- (jdw.janes.com, 11/02/06)
commended in the foundation’s which left, according to coalition craft providing support along with US, UK forces boost security for Afghan
Exclusive News category for a feature sources, more than 70 Taliban US Army AH-64D Apache attack elections (jdw.janes.com, 27/09/04)
on Pakistan’s nuclear programme in dead. helicopters. Harrier GR.7 (jawa.janes.com)
March 2004.
JDWEditor Peter Felstead said the
AJOYA award was a particular honour Two RAF Harriers
because of the strength of the that took part in
competition. the seven strike
“There was extremely tough competi- attacks in
tion as, unlike JDW, the focus of the Afghanistan
other publications is solely on aviation 1116278; Cpl Paul Saxby
and ours is triservice,” Felstead said.
“The award also demonstrates what we
believe is JDW’s greatest strength –
breaking news and providing readers
with the highest quality of information.”
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AHED technology demonstrated in UK
CHRISTOPHERFFOSS JDWLand Forces Editor
Bovington, Southern England
General Dynamics Land Systems AHED 8 x 8
General Dynamics Land Systems ● The GDLS AHED is seen as a being put through its paces C F Foss; 1116271
(GDLS) has demonstrated its 8 x 8
strong contender for the British
Advanced Hybrid Electric Drive
Army’s FRES programme
(AHED) technology test bed to
● GDLS claims that hybrid electric
senior UK capability and pro-
drive and hybrid steering gives
curement officials.
the AHED tracked performance in
The move comes ahead of the
a wheeled platform
expected award by the UK Defence
Procurement Agency (DPA) of two
18-month Technology Demonstra- aircraft now dictating the weight
tor Programme (TDP) contracts to and size of FRES.
evaluate chassis options under the The AHED 8 x 8 was developed
Initial Assessment Phase of the from 1999 with funding from the
British Army’s Future Rapid Effect US Army’s National Automotive
System (FRES). Of these, one is Center (NAC) and GDLS, with the
expected to be wheeled and the aim of evaluating hybrid electric
other tracked, with GDLS, BAE propulsion system technologies for
Systems Land Systems and Giat use in the US Army’s Future Com- load as well as making the overall growth potential” and is already at
Industries of France in competition. bat Systems (FCS). size of the platform smaller. GDLS Technical Readiness Level 7
AHED is seen as a strong con- According to GDLS, the in-hub claims that HED, together with its (TRL). A number of potential
tender for the wheeled chassis permanent Magnet Motor technol- hybrid steering, gives the AHED improvements have been identified
options TDP. While the current ogy is mature and now ready for the track performance in a wheeled and are being worked on, including
AHED was designed to meet the FRES Main Gate. With sufficient platform along with wheeled fleet reduced cost of batteries. To date,
requirement for it to be fully funding it could meet the Initial life cycle costs. the AHED has undergone more than
airportable in a C-130 Hercules Operating Capability goal of 2010. The HED architecture allows the 4,100 km of road and cross-country
tactical transport aircraft, according Aconventional MTU 6V199B vehicle to operate in the all-electric testing and another 4,500 km will be
to GDLS its weight can be scaled to diesel, developing 400 kW, and stealth mode, battery only or a com- clocked up under the TDP. ■
30 tonnes with the same mobility drive train take up a considerable bination of these. It also features an
level. amount of internal volume in a typi- air suspension system for improved
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It was expected that one of the cal wheeled armoured vehicle. The ride across country and has 0.45 m
Go to jdw.janes,comfor more of this article
key FRES requirements would be integration of a hybrid electric drive of travel including height, pitch and
FRES project gathers speed
that FRES must be air transportable (HED) with the in-hub motor tech- roll control.
(jdw.janes.com, 20/04/05)
in a C-130, but this has recently nology frees up a considerable According to Bill Riker of GDLS, UK MoD alters FRES parameters
changed with the A400M and C-17 amount of space for increased pay- the AHED is “only at the start of its (jdw.janes.com, 15/06/05)
NATO draws up new rules for working with industry
culture and product,” said Rear Adm Païtard, a former
naval fighter pilot with an operational career of flying
NATO’s Allied Command Transformation (ACT) will to help us develop new concepts and to assess some pos- Super Etendards and A-7 Corsairs from French and US air-
present a policy paper in September outlining “clear sible solutions.” craft carriers.
rules of engagement” on how the Alliance might ACT has a modest, but growing, budget available to fund “First, the cultures of the individual services – land, air,
co-operate with industry in its efforts to develop new concept development, experimentation and demonstra- maritime and special operations forces – need to be
military capabilities. tion, he said. deconflicted. Then, they need to be stitched together, fol-
According to French Navy Rear Admiral Xavier Païtard, According to Rear Adm Païtard, the Norfolk, Virginia- lowed by the integration of their joint capabilities. The
ACT’s Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Future Capabili- based ACT – working in close consultation with NATO’s NATO Response Force (NRF) is a key step in this process.
ties, Research & Technology, the paper will be presented at European-based Allied Command Operations – is engaged “Ultimately, we want to achieve a coherent force, joint as
an industry day on 19 September in Rome. in a process aimed at achieving three main transformation well as multinational, which is effects-based, collaborative
Speaking on 21 June at the Undersea Defence Technol- goals. “These are about achieving coherent effects, network-enabled, increasingly unmanned and in which
ogy Europe conference in Amsterdam, Rear Adm Païtard achieving decision superiority and achieving joint deploy- nations are interdependent on each other for
said he was working with the NATO Industrial Advisory ment sustainment,” he said. specific capabilities,” he said.
Group (NIAG) and ACT’s own Technology Advisory Group Underlying transformation objectives covered areas such Adm Païtard highlighted the need to develop a concept
to develop the policy paper. as information superiority, network-enabled capabilities, called NOVE: Networked Operations in a Virtual Environ-
“There is no way we can succeed with the transforma- effective engagement, enhanced civil-military co-operation, ment. “I’m trying to promote in NATO the development of
tion of NATO’s military capabilities if we cannot consult expeditionary operations and integrated logistics. this common link [for networking simulators and synthetic
industry very early in the concept development process,” Rear Adm Païtard warned that “many NATO nations have battlefield training systems] – a system that would repli-
he explained. not yet completely understood the implications of the cate the complexities of the battlefield at the tactical,
“The policy paper is needed to lay down some clear rules ongoing transformation”, a process that he called “irre- operational and strategic level,” he said.
of engagement covering the pre competitive phase. These versible”. Joris Janssen Lok
are required because we want to be able to call on industry “Transformation is less about technology than it is about JDW Special Correspondent, UDT Europe, Amsterdam
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THE AMERICAS
US to buy dismounted
In Brief
jammers to counter IEDs
Peru receives first Italian frigate
The Peruvian Navy took receipt of the
first of two second-hand Lupo class
frigates from Italy when the Aguirre
(former MMOrsa) arrived at El Callao
on 7 June. Its sister ship, the Palacios JOSHUAKUCERAJDWStaff Reporter with ATK to develop another
(former MM Lupo), is expected to arrive Washington, DC counter-IED system that works by
in July. The Peruvian government has T using a high-powered microwave
started negotiations with Italy for the he US Department of to detonate bombs before US sol-
acquisition of a second pair of Lupo Defense is buying 10,000 ●Dismounted soldiers will use the diers drive over them.
frigates, expected to be delivered in new jamming devices to new Warlock Blue jammers to That system, called Scorpion,
2006. foil roadside bombs or defeat roadside bombs was tested at Yuma Proving
improvised explosive ●Improvised explosive devices Grounds in Arizona and was effec-
Chile gets new navy chief devices (IEDs): the biggest killers are the biggest threat to US tive against 74 per cent of the IEDs
Command of the Chilean navy has of its forces in Iraq. troops in Iraq it encountered there, according to
changed, with Admiral Rodolfo Codina US Defense Secretary Donald AFRLofficials.
replacing Admiral Miguel Angel Rumsfeld signed a determination or dismounted. Current jammers ATK announced on 17 June that
Vergara. on 30 May asking the US Army to in-theatre are mobile jammers only it had received a $1.5 million con-
buy the device, called the Warlock and require vehicle power”. tract to develop the Scorpion II,
GE wins XVV engine work Blue, as quickly as possible, Warlock Blue “has been tested which will use similar technology
General Electric (GE) has secured a bypassing the normal acquisition and proven to be effective against but will be smaller and more
$50 million contract to provide Lock- regulations. 10 known IED low-power, radio- rugged. AFRLofficials said they
heed Martin with engines for use in The US Naval Explosive Ord- controlled threats by jamming the did not know how long it would
developing the new presidential heli- nance Disposal Technology frequencies those threats operate take to develop a deployable ver-
copter, VXX. The CT7-8E engines, a Division developed Warlock Blue on”, he wrote. sion of the Scorpion II. ■
derivative of the T700 family, will be and has $15 million in contracts Service officials declined to give
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used by the Lockheed Martin-Agusta- with ITT and Tyco to produce more details of the system, stating
‘US sends ICE to freeze Iraq bombs’
Westland team as it adapts the EH101 6,500 of the systems by Septem- operational security. (jdw.janes.com, 24/03/05)
helicopter for the US Presidential Heli- ber. The US Air Force Research Lab- ‘US steps up efforts to counter bomb
copter Replacement programme. Army officials said negotiations oratory (AFRL) has contracted threats’ (jdw.janes.com, 22/10/04)
are under way to buy 3,500 more.
Keel laid for second T-AKE The Warlock Blue can be worn
Work is progressing on the second like a vest by dismounted soldiers,
Lewis and Clark class T-AKE auxiliary in contrast to other, vehicle-
cargo and ammunition ship, with the mounted jammers in use in Iraq
keel laid on 8 June. The ship, such as the original Warlock and Roadside
expected to be launched in early 2006, IED Countermeasures Equipment bombs, such
will be named the USNS Scagawea (ICE). The systems jam the radio as this in
(T-AKE 2). transmission used by insurgents to Baghdad on 13
remotely activate explosive May, will be
New ship EW system approved devices as US or coalition troops combated by
The US Navy’s new electronic warfare pass. newjammers
(EW) system for surface vessels, called Rumsfeld wrote in his finding purchased by
the AN/SLQ-32(V) electronic surveil- that Warlock Blue “is a versatile the US
lance equipment, has been approved for jammer that can be used mounted EMPICS; 1116275
low-rate production. The system, built
by Northrop Grumman, is the first in the Guatemala eyes Belgium Alpha Jets to re-equip squadron
navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare
Improvement Program, intended to The Guatemalan Air Force is negotiating the possible procure- listed as in reserve, although the possibility of returning them to
improve surface ship self-defence. ment of 10 used Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet trainer/light strike service is remote.
aircraft from Belgium, sources from the Central American coun- The aircraft that are not airworthy have been extensively canni-
US air mobility head nominated try have told JDW. balised to provide spares for the A-37Bs still in service.
US Air Force Lieutenant General Norton The aircraft are badly needed to re-equip the Escuadron de The aircraft being offered by Belgium are part of a batch of 29
Schwartz has been nominated to Aviones de ataque or Attack Aircraft Squadron: the service’s single Alpha Jets that have recently been modernised with new cockpit
receive a fourth star and serve as the air combat unit. The negotiations are expected to be finalised by electronics to make them more effective as lead-in trainers for
next commander of US Transportation the end 2005. F-16 pilots.
Command and Air Mobility Command. Based at Felipe Cruz Air Base, near the city of San Jose in the However, the aircraft are now becoming surplus to the needs of
Gen Schwartz, who currently serves as south of Guatemala, the Attack Aircraft Squadron is currently the Belgian Air Force, which is transferring all its advanced flight
the head of the Joint Staff, would equipped with three operational aircraft from a fleet of 13 Cessna training to a new, joint Belgian/French training establishment at
replace General John Handy, who A-37B light strike aircraft acquired from the US between 1971 and Cazaux in France.
retires in September. 1975. Four additional aircraft are kept in storage and nominally José HigueraJDW Correspondent, Santiago