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TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
NEW-TECH
MILITARY AIRLIFTERS
I Roy Braybrook, inputs from Eric H. Biass
New-generation turbine engines
with substantially improved
thermodynamic and propulsive efficiencies
are making possible transport aircraft
that combine relatively short airfield
performance with economical
(and comparatively high-speed) cruise.
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SMALL ARMS
ATTACK HELICOPTERS
NAVAL FIGHTERS
C4ISR
SPECIAL FORCES
SMALL ARMS
ATTACK HELICOPTERS
GO MULTIROLE
FIGHTING FROM
A DECK
ROBUST NETWORKING
I Paolo Valpolini
I Roy Braybrook
I Roy Braybrook
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SUBMARINE TECHNOLOGY
SHOW REPORT
COMPENDIUM SUPPLEMENT
IDEX 2013
I Luca Peruzzi
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Index
I INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
ACAMAT - RD
15
ITEC
59
REMINGTON
AR MODULAR
13
ITT EXELIS
29
RUAG
BELL HELICOPTER
19
ITT EXELIS
45
SAAB
11
BERETTA
11
IVECO
C4
SINGAPORE AIRSHOW
49
LEMO
25
TEXTRON
C2
CERADYNE
DDC
23
LEOPOLD
UDT
47
33
MBDA
41
ULTRALIFE
DIMDEX
65
NEXTER
31
VIASAT
DSEI
C3
EUROSATORY
C3
PHOTONIS
39
GDLS
15
RAFAEL
C4
VECTRONIX
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I INDEX TO MANUFACTURERS
Volume 37,
Issue No. 2, April 2013/May 2013
Companies mentioned in this issue. Where there are multiple references to a company in an article,only the first
occurence and subsequent photographs are listed below
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3M Group
25
Polaris Defense
12, 13
Gabler
50
ABBS
12,13
GE Aviation
Airbus Military
55, 56
General Dynamics
Alcatel-Lucent
40
Gibraltar Arms
14
Rebel Alliance
Alenia Aermacchi
58
H&K
12
Remington Defense
AMI International
43
HAL
25, 28
AmSafe
20
Harris
35, 39, 40
Antonov
HDW
ArmaLite
13, 14
20
Aselsan
20, 21
ATK
12
Atlas Elektronik
AugustaWestland
Aviastar-SP
57
BAe
27, 28, 30
17, 24, 55
10, 17, 35, 44, 10
60
IAI- ELTA
9
24, 25
57
Ilyushin
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Fuji
AAI
Aselfir
33
Rafael
Raytheon
Renault
24, 25, 26
Rheinmetall Defence
Roketsan
18, 21
Rolls Royce
33, 54
Rosoberonexport
60
Ruag Defence
12
43, 44
50
Indra
50
Russian Helicopters
23
60
Saab
10
Saes
48, 50
Sagem
44, 50
IMI
Barco
40
ITL
40
Saic
53
BEL
40
ITT
39
Sainsel
48
Bell
17, 23, 24
Ivchenko- progress
Beretta
04, 05, 14
Iveco
Boeing
Carl Zeiss
50
Cassidian
Ceradyne
26, 27, 28
06, 08, 10
56, 60
23
20, 23
50
8, 25
KMW
Sener Engineering
44
28
Shenyang
27
25
Sig Sauer
12, 13
20
Kotlin-Novator
58
Snecma
12
Kuznetsov
57
SRM Arms
43
L-3 Communications
27
Sukhoi
27
Surgeon Rifles
14
27
Condat
Cubic
Daewoo
5,19,20
32, 60
MBDA
32, 52, 53
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Meday
50
DCNS
MiG
28, 30, 31
Denel
24, 25
MiL
17, 21
Diehl
52, 4, 6
Thales
57
ThyseenKrupp
12
Tupolev
DRDO
44
Elta
50
35
Navantia
17
UTC Power
28
Veritay Technology
12
Volga-Dnepr
57
17, 18, 21
Oshkosh
Fincantieri
43
FN Herstal
06, 08, 14
02
40, 50
Nexter
Eurocopter
30
Ultra Electronics
57
17, 18, 20, 21
United Aircraft
Northrop Grumman
17,18
TAI
43
26
58,59,60
Falanx
Navistar
Embraer
Eurofighter
43, 44, 48
12, 13, 19
Textron
MSC Software
40, 50
23
13,22
TenCate
Motor Sichin
Elbit Systems
14
22,23
Tata Steel
26
32
SSAB
Douglas
EDO
14
39, 50
46, 52
CMI
Dassault-Breguet
40
25, 44
Dassault Rafale
57
Samsung
Kawasaki
17
DARPA
Salyut
Kamov
36, 26
57,60
44
8,13,14,22
Wass
50, 52
Patria
27
Wipro
40
Phananx Armour
22
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Small Arms
Special Forces
Small Arms
How much the choice of a new
Individual Carbine for the US Army will
influence the word market remains
to be seen, but obviously Special Forces
units tend to be ahead of the Green Army
in terms of small arms choice.
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The P90 submachine gun developed by FN Herstal in the 5.7x28 mm calibre. This and the H&K
MP7 in 4.6x30 mm calibre are competing against each other, special forces units having
mixed feelings on ammo and weapons. (FN Herstal)
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Small Arms
The weapon is very much based on the previous Negev 5.56 mm LMG and operates in
open bolt mode, reloading being carried
out by gas impact on the piston head. The
standard model features a 20-inch (508
mm) barrel while the Special Forces model
is equipped with a shorter 16.5-inch (420
The 7.62x51 mm version of the Minimi light machine gun is gaining ground with special
operations forces that are looking for greater firepower at team level. (FN Herstal)
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Small Arms
The
Lightweight
Medium
Machine Gun
developed by
General
Dynamics ATP,
here in
defensive
position on a
tripod, is
chambered in
.338 Norma
Magnum and
provides a
much heavier
firepower than
7.62 mm MGs
with the only
penalty of
heavier
ammunition.
(GDATP)
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calibre version, is the availability of a semiautomatic mode in the fire selector. This
allows to use the MG as a precise support
weapon, something probably of even
greater importance in the bigger calibre
version as it allows to put down aimed support fire with good brick penetration capacity. Equipped with Picatinny rails to allow
easy accessories installation, it features
standard back-up rear sight post and front
iron sight post adjustable for windage and
elevation with a 440 mm sight line radius,
although an optical sight is the obvious
choice. The Negev NG7 has already been
selected by the Israeli Defence Forces.
Another new entry that might attract
Much lighter than a 12.7 mm MG and with a terminal effect double of that of a 7.62 mm
one at comparable weight as far as the weapon is concerned, GDATP LWMMG might well
become part of special forces armouries. (GDATP)
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Its A Real Heavyweight
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Attack Helicopters
Attack Helicopters
Go Multirole
First tested in Vietnam, but later developed primarily to counter massed armour thrusts
across Europe, the attack helicopter may now be going back to its roots, as a fast
escort for ground convoys and heliborne assaults, and as a fire support gunship.
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MILITARY
COMMERCIAL
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Attack Helicopters
MAIN
CHARACTERISTICS
Aircraft
Mi-28N
Ka-52
AH-64E
Rooivalk
AH-1Z
Engines
Max kW
Max TOW
Cruise Speed (km/hr)
Max Speed (km/hr)
Range (km)
Rotor Dia (m)
Turret Gun Calibre (mm)
VK-2500
2x1640
10,900
270
300
1100
17.2
30
VK-2500
2x1864
11,300
270
310
1108
T700-GE-701D
2x1490
10,433
279
293
1900
14.63
30
Makila
2x1420
8750
278
n.a
1335
15.58
20
T700-401C
2x1340
8390
296
n.a
685
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20
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Shown armed with two 20-tube 80-mm S-8 rocket pods and the 30-mm
Shipunov 2A42 cannon, the Mil Mi-28N Night Hunter is now in squadron
service with the Russian Air Force. (Russian Helicopters)
I RUSSIA
Z10
Tiger
LCH
T129
Z9WE
OH-1
WZ9
2x1000
7500
270
300
800
13
23
MTR390
2x1092
6600
n.a
271
1130
n.a
30 (ARH/HAD/HAP)
Shakti
2x895
5500
n.a
265
700
n.a
20
CTS800
2x1014
5000
269
270
1000
n.a
20
Arriel 2C
2x626
4100
n.a
238
528
12.01
(no turret)
Mitsubishi TS1
2x660
4000
n.a
305
550
11.6
(no turret)
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Also known as Arrowhead, the Lockheed Martin M-Tads (Modernized Target Acquisition and
Designation System) represents an upgrade to the AH-64s original sensors, in this case
applied to Britains licence-built Apache AH Mk1. (AgustaWestland)
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Attack Helicopters
helicopters. The first pre-production Ka52K is due to fly in 2013, and will be tested on
the Admiral Kuznetsov carrier, pending
availability of the Mistral class. Production
aircraft will roll off the AAC Progress line in
Arseniev in 2014.
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CONNECTORS
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in 2009. The ground-based version, designated AH-85A, is in smallscale service with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Air Force.
One of the most interesting new projects is Indias HAL LCH
(Light Combat Helicopter), derived from the Dhruv (Polaris)
utility helicopter, which entered service in 2002. The LCH was
inspired by the poor performance of the Mi-35 in the Kargil War of
1999, high in the Himalayas. The 5500-kg LCH has two 895-kW
Shakti (licence-built Turbomeca Ardiden) engines, to give a
service ceiling of over 20,000 ft.
The LCH was designed for a wide range of roles, including air
defence against slow manned aircraft and drones. The first
development aircraft flew in 2010, and service entry is due shortly.
It is planned that the Indian Air Force will have 65 LCHs and the
Indian Army 114.
If the tandem-seat LCH is emerging much like an armed scout,
the 4500-kg Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) Korean Attack
Helicopter (KAH) looks like an armed utility helicopter, since it is
required also to provide the basis for a six/eight-seat civil product.
The KAH is to enter service with the Republic of Korea Army in
2018, up to 260 complementing 36 heavy attack helicopters, and
replacing 70 Bell AH-1Fs and 257 MD500s.
Japans even lighter 4000-kg Kawasaki Aerospace OH-1
conforms to the traditional tandem-seat, slender fuselage
configuration of an attack helicopter, but (like the LCH and KAH)
has no gun turret. As in South Koreas dual-use approach, some
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Naval Fighters
Fighting
From a
Deck
Carrier-based fighters and attack aircraft are a special breed. Their weight is strictly
limited, and they have either a slow stall to facilitate catapult/skijump-launch and
arrested-recovery, or jet lift. Both solutions require excellent control at low airspeeds.
Such aircraft also have to be rugged and tolerant of salt spray and designed to
occupy only a limited area of deck or hangar floor.
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I MiG-29K
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The only export order to date for the Boeing Super Hornet has been for 24 F/A-18Fs for
Australia. These aircraft now equip No 1 Sqn, based at RAAF Amberley in Queensland. The
unit was declared operational at the end of 2010. (Commonwealth of Australia).
Pictured on board the Charles de Gaulle, this Aeronautique Navale Dassault Rafale-M is
fitted with two 2000-litre fuel tanks, a Thales Damocles laser targeting pod, one laser-guided
bomb, two IR-guided MBDA Mica air-air missiles, and two Micas with radar
guidance. (Dassault/S Rande).
With its multiplicity of fuselage doors open, the second development aircraft (BF-02) for the
US Marine Corps Lockheed Martin F-35B performs an sto from the deck of the US Navys
41,000-tonne LHD-1 USS Wasp amphibious assault ship. (Lockheed Martin).
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Robust
Networking:
End-to-end
Connectivity
At the heart of network-enabled capabilities, integration
of voice and data intomilitary networking,with its acute
security, jam-resistant andmobility requirements,
remains troublesome. Sitting above combat net radios,
tactical communication networks face particularly
tough challenges due to the huge numbers of
subscribers, high-capacity voice and data requirements,
and the intrinsically difficult ground environment.
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A Bowman lower tactical user configuration during a brigade command post training in Britain;
the programme status is maximizing vehicle integration constraints under GD UK, while other
suppliers like Barco, contribute with low electromagnetic emissions tactical terminals (Barco).
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Already in service with Pakistan navys Agosta 90B class boats (the first AIP-equipped
platform in the Indian Ocean), the Mesma system is also being promoted for the Scorpene
here illustrated. DCNS has teamed with Thales Underwater Systems and Sagem on the
integrated combat system, sonar suite, mast and sensors. (DCNS)
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The threat from diesel-electric and later airindependent propulsion submarines in the
demanding littoral warfare arena, enhanced
by increased sonar performance, is casting
fresh light on the need for new generation
heavy-weight torpedoes or upgrade kits for
in-service weapons. Required are speeds of
around 50 knots, ranges superior to 50 km
and sophisticated acoustic guidance. While in
recent years a number of navies have for
upgrading solutions (Raytheon Mk48, Atlas
Elektronik Seahake, BAE Systems Spearfish,
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Transport Aircraft
New-Tech
Military Airlifters
New-generation turbine engines with substantially improved
thermodynamic and propulsive efficiencies are making possible
transport aircraft that combine relatively short airfield performance
with economical (and comparatively high-speed) cruise.
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This Boeing C-17 (serial 96-0001), making a spectacular take-off from the
Tonopah runway at Nellis AFB, Nevada, is owned by Air Education and
Training Command, but is assigned to the 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus
AFB, Oklahoma. (US Air Force).
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I RUSLAN
In terms of gross weight, the stretched 210tonne Ilyushin Il-76MF, which first flew in
1995, comes half-way between the lighter
A400M and An-70 and the heavier C-17. It
has a relatively narrow cabin, and so far has
won only one order (two aircraft for Jordan
International Air Cargo, reportedly priced at
$ 50 million each).
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The office of the KC-390 is as modern as one would expect from a new-gen transport,
complete with large multiple-function and head-up displays. (Embraer).
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I PREDATOR ORDER
ompact,
lightweight
and
multirole, these are the three
main characteristics of the
Centurion launcher unveiled by the team
composed of Chemring and Raytheon.
The two companies put together their
expertise and products to provide even
small vessels with a multi-mission and
multi-round defensive system that can
easily be integrated as it is installed overdeck and sensor- and C2-agnostic. The
Centurion comes in the form of a
carousel launcher in which 12 rounds of
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esides their two main Thales stands (one at IDEX per se and
one across the road at Navdex), the firms vetronics could also be
seen on a number of other armoured vehicle manufacturer
stands, in the form of the VSYS-Net. The system allows to put together
intercom, communications, vetronics and BMS in a single network,
allowing the commander to call the other crewmembers screens
either individually or collectively, and to share digitised info with other
vehicles in the team. The VSYS-Net was installed, inter alia, on a
GDLS Ocelot exhibited in ISR guise, complete with mast-mounted
optronic sensor, shot
detection system, local
situational awareness
system and drivers
thermal imager. The
Thales system was also
installed on the RTD
Crab (photo) exhibited
on the CMI stand, on
the Greek Leopard 2 at
the KMW stand and on
FNSS Pars 8x8. Thales
and Renault Trucks
Defense announced a
co-operation
agreement on digitised vehicles systems. The agreement will address a
range of operational scenarios, such as Army surveillance and
reconnaissance units, security forces, special forces, battlegroups
formed by different types of combat and support vehicles, and security
and law enforcement units, particularly in urban environments.
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non for the acceptance of any operational drone aboard a ship), Hans
Schiebel told Armada Internationals Editor-in-Chief that it will soon be
ready for delivery. He also confirmed that by being a dieselised
version of the existing Diamond rotary piston engine and having
similar performances, the new powerplant uses the same mounting
points on the aircrafts structure and thus constitutes a straight-swap
option for current operators on the
occasion of engine end-of-life replacement
operation. The most impressive news,
however, came when Schiebel confirmed
certain rumors about a heavy version of the
S-100. Hitherto unnamed, the machine
would be a blown-up version of the S-100,
not only in external physical appearance,
but also in its monocoque construction,
Schiebel having become an international
authority in the field of carbon composite
structural elements. Hans Schiebel was
understandably shy on details at this stage,
but reading his mind revealed that the
helicopter would be looking at the maritime surveillance market,
which presupposes the on-board presence of a substantial maritime
radar. If one imagines endurances of between 12 and 24 hours, one can
say that the Northrop Grumman Fire Scout might sooner or later have
good company on the tail segment of that export market. The new
drone would, however, remain fully compatible with the current
ground station employed by the S-100. A demonstrator might be able to
take to the air by the end of this year of early next year.
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Transport Aircraft self protection and civilian airspace issues: Selfprotection devices were until recently the privilege of fighter or attack aircraft
whether fixed- or rotary-winged. Airlifters, however are now also flying into
harms way, especially with the proliferation of shoulder-fired heat-seeking
missiles. The problem stems from the fact that they are increasingly asked to
operate with civilians on board into of from civilian airports, where
pyrotechnics are not exactly perceived as proper items.
Armament for Attack helicopters: All helicopters are weight-sensitive,
hence the emphasis in choosing their weapons is invariably on lightness.
However, whereas utility helicopters need armament for all-round selfdefence, attack helicopters need forward-firing weapons that can destroy
hardened objectives from a safe standoff distance.
Air-launched Laser-guided Rockets: The military need for low-cost semiactive laser-homing guided rocket projectiles has been evident for decades.
Suddenly, half a dozen manufacturers are vying to satisfy that need.
Blos C2: Satellite Communications or SATCOM is as essential to warfare as
bullets and body armour. Armada has recently chronicled the latest
developments in tactical SATCOM for use on the battlefield. This article will
discuss the long-distance satellite links connecting deployed headquarters
back to national command authorities at the strategic level.
Compendium Drones: Some of the commercially most successful drone
manufacturers, hit by the general defence cutbacks and the ending of
Operation Enduring Freedom, are recognising that hard times lie ahead.
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