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Germanyhasbecomethefirstnationtoesta-blish a military branch exclusively for cyber space. This branch – called KdoCIR – will start with 13,700 personnel in April 2017. At that time the command staff will comprise 230people,withaChiefofStaffintherankofViceAdmiral or Lieutenant General, and therefore of equal prominence with the air force, army and navy. At least in the German Bundeswehr.IntheinitialcadertheKdoCIRwillunitecapa-bilitiesconnectedwithcyber,thatwerequitewidespread throughout the Bundeswehr. A main part will move from the Joint Support Service to the Cyber Command, mainly the Command Support Command with six Com-mand Support Battalions, the First NATO Si-gnalBattalion,theCommandSupportSchooland the IT System Centre.From the Joint Support Service the Strategic Reconnaissance Command will also move to the Cyber Command with its Elec-tronic Warfare Evaluation Centre, four Elec-tronicWarfare Battalions, the Signals Intelli-gence Technical Analysis Centre, the Strategic Reconnaissance School, the Imagery Recon-naissance Centre and the Geo Information Centre.Otherelementsbeing integrated intoKdoCIRwillcomefromtheFederalOfficeofBundes-wehrEquipment,InformationTechnologyandIn-Service Support (BAAINBw) and from theother military branches. The KdoCIR aims to unite the knowledge inside the Bundeswehr concerning communication and informationtechnology, starting with handhelds, com-munication lines and computers and endingwith secure networks, satellite reconnaissance and electronic warfare. The 13,700 posts are

the result of adding all the-se elements together; the p r o m i s e d increase in i m p o r t a n c e will only be achieved by increasing the number of personnel.Another new and key point of the KdoCIR is that they are allowed to procure on their own. Germany has quite a complicated procu-rement process, with the military branches notbeingresponsiblefororabletoinfluenceprocurement. Instead, first the planning de-partmentoftheMoDandthentheBAAINBware responsible for all procurement, no mat-ter whether ship, tank or plane. This is about to change, with the KdoCIR being responsible for their own equipment, including planning, procurement and maintenance.The German MoD ̶ and of course the soldiers̶hopetoshortenthetimefromfirstidentifying a capability gap till the procu-rement of solutions to under a year. At themoment this process takes two or more years onaverage and therefore does not fitthe rapid pace of technology evolutions in electronics.So quite some hopes are connected with the KdoCIR: quicker procurement, more profes-sionalisation,morepersonnelandbetterreac-tion times. It will be interesting to see howthis first military Command for cyber spacewill live up to their mission.

New military cyber commandDorothee Frank

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Defence

USA continues building up the European missile protection shield

(df) A United States missile defence system aimedatprotectingEuropeanNATOAlliesfromballisticmissilesthreatswasdeclaredoperational at a ceremony in Deveselu,Romania. The first-of-its-kind land-basedmissiledefenceinstallationisdesignedtodetect,track,engage,anddestroyballisticmissiles inflightoutsidetheatmosphere. Named “Aegis Ashore”, the base usestechnology which is almost identical tothatusedonU.S.NavyAegisships.“The Aegis Ashore site in Romania we have just inaugurated will further boost

our ability to counter the threat we face from ballistic missiles,” NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg said during the ceremony.“Ourmissiledefenceprogram-me represents a long-term investment againstthis long-termthreat.NATOAlliesmade the decision to develop this system at the Lisbon Summit in 2010. And we have been making steady progress since then.”The site in Deveselu, Romania, is part of a larger effort to protect EuropeanAlliesagainst ballistic missiles. Other compo-nents includes a radar facility in Turkey, four U.S. guided-missile destroyers in Spain

and a headquarters in Ramstein, Germany. DenmarkandtheNetherlandsareupgra-ding their frigateswith radar capabilities.The United States also started the const-ructionofasecondland-basedinterceptorsite in Poland that is due to come online by 2018.www.nato.int

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tingprioritiesforR&TinEuropetopreparethe future together” on the EDA home-page. The conference took place on April 25-26inAmsterdamwiththeparticipants

discussingemergingandcritical technolo-gies,innovationindefenceaswellasstra-tegicagendasettingforR&TinEurope.www.eda.europa.eu

EDA Ammunition Safety Workshop(df) Twenty-three experts from nine countries recently gathered in Bern, Swit-zerland, for the fourtheditionof theAm-munition Safety Workshop organised bythe European Defence Agency (EDA). Theprimaryobjectiveoftheevent,whichtook place at the Armasuisse Test Centre in Thun, was to give Ammunition safetyexpertsthefloortodiscussresultsfromaEuropean ammunition safety test (RoundRobin Test) and to provide an overview of themilitarytestcentrecapabilities.TheEuropeanNetworkofNationalAutho-rities on Ammunition (ENNSA) started inNovember 2014. Themember states are:Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, CzechRepublic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germa-ny, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Romania,Spain,TheNetherlands,Slovakia,Slovenia, Sweden, UK and Swiss as partner nation.TheaimofENNSAistoharmonizemunitionqualification. “Europeanharmonisationof

ammunitionqualificationwould contribute to the successful implementati-on of the Common Secu-rity and Defence Policy,” EDA stated. “Thanks to thefruitfulexpertdiscus-sions at the laborato-ries and test ranges, the workshop delivered tan-gible results to partici-pants and contributed to the further harmonisati-onofammunitionsafetytest procedures. Further-more,even thefirst testresults of the Round Ro-bin test demonstrated the importance of EU T&E networking, since all tests could only be per-formedinacollaborativeapproach.”www.eda.europa.eu

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(df) The race is on between the protec-tion of vehicles and piercing weapon de-velopment. Adding more armour not only increases development and deployment costs, it also reduces speed and mobility, therefore exposing the vehicle more to in-creasing threats.DARPAaimstoreversethistrendinstartingthe Ground X-Vehicle Technology (GXV-T)programme and recently awarded con-tractstotheseeightorganizations:Carne-

gie Mellon University, Honeywell Interna-tional Inc., Leidos, Pratt&Miller,QinetiQInc., Raytheon BBN, Southwest ResearchInstituteandSRIInternational.“We’re exploring a variety of potentiallygroundbreaking technologies, all of which are designed to improve vehicle mobility, vehicle survivability and crew safety and performance without piling on armour,” said Maj. Christopher Orlowski, DARPAprogramme manager. “DARPA’s perfor-mersforGXV-Tarehelpingdefythe‘morearmour equals better protection’ axiom

that has constrained armoured ground vehicle design for the past 100 years, and arepavingthewaytowardinnovative,dis-ruptive vehicles for the 21st Century and beyond.”www.darpa.mil

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Swiss upgrade air defence system

(df) Rheinmetall Air Defence AG of Zürich haswonanimportantmodernisationorderfrom the Swiss armed forces. Within the

contractRheinmetallwillupgradethefirecontrol units and guns of the 35mm medi-um-calibre Oerlikon Skyguard air defencesystem through to 2019. The contract also includes an overhaul of the associated command and control systems in the ope-rations centre aswell as additional sparepartsandthereforeextendingthelifetimeuntilatleast2025.The Swiss air force’s ground-based short-range air defence systems include thelightweightStingerguidedmissile,themobile Rapier surface-to-air missile and

the 35mm medium-calibre Oerlikon Sky-guard. These systems are used for defen-ding assets and infrastructure from aerial attack.All three would have reached the end of their service life during the next few years. In order to avoid a capabilities gap priorto introduction of a successor system forshort-range air defence of ground assets, the 35mm medium-calibre air defence sys-tem will undergo a major service life exten-sion programme.www.rheinmetall.com

Fourth generation pneumatic launcher for UAV

Robonic Ltd Oy of Finland has deliveredits fourth generation OHTO pneumaticlauncher to LockheedMartin, broadeningRobonic’sportfolioofhighlyefficientpne-umaticzero-pointlaunchersfortacticalun-mannedaerialvehicles(UAV)aswellasae-rial targets. This launcher is smaller, more efficientandmoretransportablethanpre-vious Robonic launchers.TheOHTOlauncheristheoutcomeofade-sign concept long matured by Robonic, of which the development was bolstered by the2015contractwithLockheedMartin.“As a major highlight to introducing our newOHTOworldwide,weareverypleased

tobeworkingalongside LockheedMartinin bringingOHTO into theU.S.market asa fully integrated part of the Fury system, and look forward to delivering continuedsupporttoLockheedMartinforitsUAVac-tivities,”saysJuhaMoisio,RobonicCEO.Advances in technology improve launch and relaunch management of the Robonic OHTO. An operator can, from a safe dis-tance, enable the launcher to be ready for launch minutes aftertheinitialone.TheOHTOisafourthgenerationzero-point pneumatic launcherwhosedesign,aeronauticalclassmechanical structure, maintain-ability, tactical mobility and

transportability, where it can be towed by anSUVorslingloadedwithanNH-90helic-opter, are only a few outstanding features forthislauncher.Additionally,thesoftwarebasedmonitoringofOHTOoperationsbothallows for the users to obtain more infor-mation on the launch statistics and takesoperator safety to new level.www.robonic.fi

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(df) Heavy-duty vehicles need to be able totraversedifficultterrains,suchassnow,marsh, mud and sand in order to enable tactics to be carried out seamlessly du-ring military operations. The companyFAUN Trackway has manufactured expe-dientroadwaysolutionswhichhelparmedforces globally to continue their militaryoperationswithoutbeinghinderedbyad-verse landscapes.Oneprovensolution is theHeavyGroundMobility System (HGMS), which was firstdevelopedbyFAUNover15yearsagofor

the Norwegian Army and is now held inthe inventory of over 35 armed forces wor-ldwide. The system creates a temporary modular roadway that can withstand hea-vyweight trucks and tanks of up to 70 ton-nes. Comprising aluminium, interlocking Trackway panels, which can be split up or added to as needed, this roadway can be laid to create routes of up to 200 metres in length.The MGMS - Beam Dispenser (MGMS-BD) – a lighter weight, portable roadway system – was just designed for the Danish Armed Forces. It is suitable for use with a variety

of front-end loaders to dispense Trackway capable of holding 30 tonnes and has a rotatingheadthatallowstheMGMS-BDtoturn 180 degrees.http://fauntrackway.co.uk

Sustained and precise firepower

(df) Orbital ATK showcased a wide rangeof the company’s defense products and advanced capabilities during the still on-going Special Operations Forces IndustryConference(SOFIC).KeyproductsfeaturedthefieldedAC-235LightGunshipthatcanprovide sustained and precise firepower

inavarietyofscenarios.Visitorswerealsohighly interested in the AC-208B Armed Ca-ravan that provides a strike capability using Hellfiremissiles,complimentedwitha ro-bustsuiteofsensorsandcommunicationsequipment for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissancemissions. Orbital ATKalso displayed precision guidance techno-

logies for indirectanddirectfiredweapo-ns, including the Hatchet miniature preci-sion glide weapon, its Bushmaster line of Chain Guns and automatic cannons thatsupport 7.62mm, 25mm, 30mm and 40mm applicationsforair,landandseaweaponsstationplatformintegration.www.orbitalatk.com

Detecting chemical and biological warfare agents

At IDEB in Bratislava, Slovakia, the Slove-niancompanySECpresentedtheirFALCON4Gseriesofstandoffdetectorsforchemicalandbiologicalwarfareagents.BothFALCON4G-S(BandCagents)andFALCON4G-B(Cagents)aretheonlystandoffdetectorsoftheir kind. The systems take advantage of activelasertechnologythusabsorbingthelaserradiationofCagentmolecules.TheS-

versionidentifiesbiologicalwarfare agents by evalua-tingparticlesizeusingDISCtechnology.TheFALCONsystemsdonotrequire any sort of calibra-tion,areproveninmilitaryservice and feature an un-surpassed detection rangeof up to 5,000 metres.www.sec-sk.com

Out-of-the-box rack cases

(df) Peli Products has introduced its new Peli-HardiggV-SeriesRackCases.Thiscaseline is designed for light commercial and consumer usage and will be sold out-of-the-box ready for immediate use. The Peli-Har-digg V-Series Cases are built utilizing afull-boxed 19” (482 mm) steel rack with an industry-standard square hole pattern, sohanging electronics with tab mounts could easily be done. These cases also include

clip nuts – so only the clip nuthastobeattachedontoasquareholeforgettingasecure mount. Peli-Hardigg ships the case with the customer’s choice of 10-32 Imperial or M6 Metric clip-nuts. The Cases are avai-lable in two models: The Classic-VandtheSuper-V.www.peli.com

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UK’s Military Flying Training System

(df) Airbus Helicopters in the UK has been selected by Ascent as the Aircraft Servi-ce Provider for the UK’s Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS). The contract is worth €654 million and will be in place for the next 17 years with training startingin April 2018. As part of the contract, AirbusHelicopterswillsupplyafleetofH135 and H145 capable of delivering the 28,000 hours per year necessary to meet the training requirement. The two types,

already a favourite for military helicopter training in the US, Australia and Germany amongmanyotherpartnernations,incor-porate the latest technology, allowing the crews to perform the widest envelope of trainingfrombasicflyingtooffshore,nighttimeoperations.Furthermore,throughthe

UKMFTS con-tract, the UK

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updated H135 Helio-nix, Airbus Helicopters’

advanced avionics kit which increases per-formance and improves safety.

“This is thefinalelement in re-fashioningthe UK Military Flying Training System into a state-of-the-art structure to develop sui-tablyqualifiedaircrewtosecurethefutureof air elementsof ourRoyalNavy, BritishArmyandRoyalAirForce,”BritishMinisterfor Defence Procurement, Philip Dunne, said.“OurArmedForceswillbenefit fromcon-sistent, world class training across the board. It will ready them for the next stage of their careers and equip them with the skills they need to deploy on operationsaround the globe.”www.airbushelicopters.com

Successful tests of the Brimstone

(df) MBDA’s Brimstone air-to-surface missi-le has successfully undertaken several ope-rational evaluation trials by the Royal AirForce(RAF)thatconfirmtheperformanceof the missile’s latest technical enhance-ments.The trials involved 11 missile firings andwere conducted against a variety of ope-rationalscenarioswithprecisehitsonverysmall, fast moving vehicles and against

complexstatictargets. Includedwerealsosingle and salvofirings,whilst laser,milli-metric radar and dual mode guided modes were used, as was ground-based, third par-tylaserdesignation.These tests also successfully demonstrated thenew InsensitiveMunition (IM)warhe-ad, against armoured and non-armoured targets whilst bringing additional deploy-ment benefits. The RAF’s Eurofighter Ty-phoonwillbethefirsttocarryBrimstones

withtheintegrationprogrammeunderwayfor 2018.www.mbda-systems.com

Gripen E unveiled

(df) At a ceremony with more than 500 guests Saab unveiled the Gripen E last week. “Overpreviousversionsof theGri-pen,GripenEhasasignificantlyimprovedavionics system,” the company said.“The capability to carry more weapons and the improved range performance, is made possible by a more powerful engine and the ability to carry more fuel. Gripen E is equipped with a highly integrated and sophisticated sensor suite including anActiveElectronicallyScannedArray(AESA)radar, Infra Red Search and Track (IRST), Electronic Warfare (EW) suite, and data-link technology, which, when combined givesthepilot,andco-operatingforcesex-actlytheinformationneededatalltimes.”Gripen E builds on the design of earlier versionsandthereforeisamodernfighter

withabalanceddesignthatfitsamultirolefighterneededforfuturewarfareenviron-ments.In2019,deliveriesof thenextgenerationGripen for Sweden and Brazil will begin.CurrentlyfivenationsoperateGripen:Swe-den,SouthAfrica,CzechRepublic,Hungaryand Thailand. Brazil has ordered Gripen,and Gripen has also been down-selected in Slovakia. Besides that, Empire Test Pilots’

School (ETPS)usesGripenasplatform fortest pilot training.“Nations need modern air defences touphold national sovereignty. Meanwhile,thecostinrelationtootherinvestmentsinsociety needs to be reasonable. Therefore, Saabhasdevelopeddesignandproductionmethods for the Gripen E to both increase capability and to reduce costs”, says Håkan Buskhe,PresidentandCEOSaab,atthece-remony.Among the guests were Sweden’s Minister of Defence Peter Hultqvist, Sweden’s Air ForceChiefofStaffMatsHelgesson,Com-manderoftheBrazilianAirForce,NivaldoLuizRossato,andrepresentingSaab;Chair-manoftheBoardMarcusWallenberg,CEOHåkan Buskhe and the Head of business areaAeronautics,UlfNilsson.http://saabgroup.com

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Predator B on it’s way to air worthiness certification

(df) General Atomics Aeronautical Sys-tems, Inc. (GA ASI), announced that it has successfully completed fuselage structural integrity testing of its Certifiable Preda-tor B (CPB) RPA. Following a two-day Test Readiness Review (TRR), rigorous testingbegan in February at the company’s Re-search and Development Facility in Califor-nia. The “proof testing” method allowedGA-ASItoevaluateandconfirmtheintegri-ty of CPB’s fuselage quickly and economi-cally, enabling assessments of increasing mechanical stresses at levels higher than theairframewill incur inflight.Theresul-tant empirical data supports computatio-nal modeling, analyses, and verificationto confirm compliance with exacting air- worthiness requirements.

“Completion of this testingsignifiesthatthedesignofthenew fuselage will be able to meet the strict requirements for type-certificationandrou-tine operations in nationalairspace,” said Linden Blue, CEO, GA-ASI. “This fuselageis designed to meet lighting- strike, damage-tolerance, and turbulence- induced stress requirements specified bythe NATO UAV Airworthiness Standard.It also will accommodate an integrated Detect & Avoid System, including an an-ti-collisionradarsystem.” GA-ASI is undertaking an Independent Re-search and Development (IRAD) effort todesign, develop, and produce CPB, a vari-ant of its Predator B RPA that is fully com-pliantwithNATO’sUAVSystemAirworthi-

ness Requirements (STANAG 4671). Page5 of this Standard states: “If a NationalCertifyingAuthoritystatesthataUAVSys-tem airworthiness is compliant with STA-NAG 4671 (and any appropriate nationalreservations),then,fromanairworthinessperspective,thatUAVSystemshouldhavestreamlinedapprovaltoflyintheairspaceofotherNATOcountries,ifthosecountrieshavealsoratifiedthisSTANAG.”www.ga-asi.com

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E-scan radar for NAWSARH

Leonardo-Finmeccanica has launched Osprey, the latest addition to the compa-ny’s electronically scanning (E-scan) radar product range.Leonardo-Finmeccanica also announced that the launch customer for the radar will beNorway,whichhaspurchasedOspreyaspartof thecountry’sacquisitionof16Le-onardo-Finmeccanica AW101 Helicopters fortheNAWSARHprogramme(NorwayAllWeather Search And Rescue Helicopter). Osprey’s flat panel design opens up the

potential for installation on a long list ofaircraftpreviouslydeemedunabletocarrysuch a class of radar, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). In its configurationforNAWSARH,Ospreycomprisesthreeflatpanels, one on the front of the helicopter and two at the rear, facing out at angles to createthe360degreefieldofregard.Ospreyalsomarksa secondworld-first inprovidingapersistent360degreefieldofview in a lightweight package suitable for smallplatforms.www.leonardocompany.com

Airbus delivers its first aircraft produced in the USA

(wb) The first ever delivery of an aircraftfrom the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility took place today in Mobile, Alabama. The entireteamofemployeesfromtheAmeri-can assembly line gathered to present their

very first completed product, an AirbusA321,toJetBlue.OnhandfortheoccasionwereexecutivesfromAirbus,JetBlueseniormanagement, includingPresidentandCEORobinHayes,andabroadcollectionofdig-nitaries from the Gulf Coast region.Theaircraftdeliveredtoday,aJetBlueA321,successfullyhaditsfirstflightonMarch21,2016.In addition to the JetBlue A321 deliveredtoday, there are currently nine other A320 Familyaircraft inproductionat the facility.Airbus anticipates delivering four aircraft

per month from the Mobile plant by the endof2017.TheinitialdeliverieswillallbeA320FamilyaircraftwiththeCurrentEngineOption(CEO),butwillbegintransitioningtoNewEngineOption(NEO)derivativesinlate2017.InadditiontohundredsofnewAirbusjobsthe project has brought to the local com-munity, the Mobile area has seen many Air-bussuppliersopennewfacilitiesintheregi-on, providing even more employment and a parallel boost to the local economy.www.airbus.com

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Autonomous undersea IED hunting

(df) Saab presented its new remotely ope-ratedvehicle(ROV),SeaWasp,attheNavyLeague’sSea-Air-SpaceExpositioninNatio-nal Harbor, Maryland, last week. Sea Wasp, which relocates, identifies and neutralizesunderwater improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Today, most underwater IED threats are disposed of manually by trained EODdivers. Sea Wasp is operated remotely by two-person teams in a safe distance.

“SeaWasp isahybridofpre-existingSaabtechnologies that can now be applied to an urgent worldwide need,” said Bert Johans-son, Sales Director Underwater Systems within Saab business area Dynamics. “Un-derwater EOD is a rapidly growing nichearound the world, and Sea Wasp’s capabili-tiescorrespondtothatniche.”To test Sea Wasp, Saab has partnered with theCombatingTerrorismTechnicalSupportOffice(CTTSO)inprovidingSeaWaspproto-typestothreeEODagencies:theU.S.Navy

EOD Group 2, the FBI Counter-IED Unit,and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division’sCounter-TerroristOperationsMa-ritimeResponseUnit.http://saabgroup.com

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Propulsor systems for VIRGINIA class submarines

(df) BAE Systems has received a €65 milli-oncontractfromtheU.S.NavytoproduceanddeliverpropulsorsystemsforBlockIVVIRGINIAclass (SSN774) submarines, theamount could rise up to €146 million if all optionsareexercised.BAE Systems has already delivered more than 20 propulsors to the Navy for bothSEAWOLFclass(SSN21)andVIRGINIAclass

submarines.TheVIRGINIAclassattacksub-marinesrepresentashiftinunderseawar-fare. They are designed to maintain their effectiveness in the deep oceanwhile in-

corporating new technology and featuresspecificallyforuseinshallowercoastalre-gions.Sotheyunitecapabilitiesforunder-sea-warfare in both areas.Inadditiontothepropulsors,thecontractincludes funding for the manufacture of associated spare hardware and tailcones. Production of these units will begin in2016, with deliveries scheduled through 2022.www.baesystems.com

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Sweden orders new lightweight torpedo system

(df) Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Material Administration(FMV)forthedevelopmentandproductionof a new lightweight torpedo system. The total order value amounts to approxima-tely €165 million with deliveries expected 2016-2024.“Weareproudtohavethecontinuedcon-fidencetodeliveranewtorpedoweapon

system to FMV and the Swedish Navy.Where by this the replacement for Torpedo 45 begins,” sayd Görgen Johansson, head of Saab business area Dynamics. The new torpedo will unite the experience and ex-pertiseinunderwatersystems,forshallowwaters and the types of environments that exists in theBalticSea, includingadaptedpropulsion, communications and targetseekers.http://saabgroup.com

New UAS starts underwater

(df)TheUnitedStatesNavyplanstodeployits “Blackwing”, a small, tube-launched un-manned aircraft system that starts fromimmersed submarines, on manned subma-rines and unmanned underwater vehicles. Blackwing employs an advanced, miniature electro-opticaland infrared(EO/IR)paylo-ad,SelectiveAvailabilityAnti-spoofingMo-dule (SASSM) GPS and AeroVironment’s

secure Digital Data Link (DDL), all packaged into a vehicle that launches from manned and unmanned submarines.The Blackwing system was developed by AeroViron-ment as part of a 2013 Navy and United StatesSpecial Operations Com-

mand (USSOCOM) spon-sored JCTD called Advanced Weapons Enhanced by Sub-marine UAS against Mobile targets (AWESUM). This JCTD was completed in September 2015 with a strong recom-mendation to transition thecapabilityintothefleet.www.avinc.com

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Extension of Skynet to Australia

(df) Airbus Defence and Space has built a newsatellitegroundstationinAdelaidetoland Skynet secure military satellite com-munications.TheAustralianfacilityextendsan existing chain of teleports in France,

Germany, Norway, the UK and the USA,providingglobalcoverageinbothfixedandmobile satellite services. This worldwide teleport network provides global coverage for connectivity services by providing thelinkbetweenthesatelliteconstellationandterrestrial networks for reliable end-to-end connectivityatthehighestservicelevels.Skynet supports military satcom operati-ons across the globe, especially in remote areaswithlittleornocommunicationinfra-structure and in mid-ocean, distanced from land and shipping lanes – making it ideal

fornavalandairborneplatforms,aswellaslandoperations.ThenewAustraliangroundstationismana-ged by Airbus Defence and Space in part-nership with Speedcast, which has a long heritage in ground station and teleportoperations and already manages morethan30groundstationsaroundtheworld.Speedcast, as a local Australian provider for more than 25 years, has worked with the Australian military developing a wide range ofcomplexcommunicationsolutions.www.space-airbusds.com

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New virtual reality training platform BMT Engage

(df) BMT Defence Services (BMT) has unvei-leditsnewvirtualreality(VR)trainingplat-form, Engage. Designed to work across the full spectrum of military domains including land, air and sea, BMT Engage can support existingandnewdigitaltrainingscenariosdue to its open and modular design. This in turn can present a more modern, fle-xible and efficient training experience formilitary personnel now and into the future.It allows trainees to become immersed in a 3D virtual world and begin to learn and experiencethetrainingobjectivesinasafe

and controlled environment. The trainer alsohasaccesstoaninteractivedashboardwhichpresentsasingleholisticviewofthetraining data. “We wanted to create a truly immersive learning environment which is supporti-ve of the trainer’s cognitive load, aswellas the trainee’s learning development th-roughout their careers,” Simon Luck, Head of Information Systems and InformationAssurance at BMT Defence Services, said. “Engage provides our customers with a powerful interface for their training data, ensuringthattheycanmaketimelydecisi-onsbasedontheintelligentanalyticsthat

are built into the platform. This is aboutproviding users with the opportunity to take control of their own learning journey, capturingthedatathatmatterstothem.”www.bmtrealitystudios.com

Thales project leader in French PMR project

(df) Thales is driving advances in Professio-nal Mobile Radio (PMR) with the Fed4PMR project, a laboratory for future secure high-data-rate 4G/LTE radiocommunicati-ons to meet the requirements of security agencies and emergency services and to al-low for images, videos and data to be sha-red securely. To achieve these goals Thales hasformedaconsortiumwithsevenSMEs(Air-Lynx, Archos, Eolane-Douarnenez, Expway, Ibelem, Silicom and Sysoco) and researchers at Pierre et Marie Curie Univer-sity in Paris to develop the key technologi-cal building blocks for a demonstrator. This demonstratorwillbeofficiallyunveiledattheendofthe36-monthcollaboration.

As project leader, Thales is in charge of in-tegratingthevarioustechnologiestoforma resilient and secure solution. It is alsoproviding the multimedia-enabled PMRservices to meet the requirements of mis-sion-criticalapplications,suchasgroupcallandpush-to-talkfunctionality.TheSMEsintheconsortiumareanintegralpartoftheLTE ecosystem.ThegoaloftheFed4PMRprojectistodefi-neaunifiedbroadbandPMRsystemspan-ning everything from user terminals to networkoperation.Theproposedsolutionwillcombinemultipletypesofaccessnet-works (dedicated networks, virtual mobile networks, temporary networks) in a single infrastructure. This infrastructure will be used to deliver multimedia-enabled PMR

services, including real-time transmissionof pictures and video, database lookups and other professional applications, tomeettheneedsofusersconductingcriticalmissionsindifficultsituations.The Fed4PMR project is part of the telecom sovereignty component of France’s new in-dustrialregenerationpolicy.Itispartlyfun-dedbytheFrenchauthoritiesthroughthePublic Investment Bank (BPI) and the PIA investments for the future programme.www.thalesgroup.com

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Industry & Trade

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ADVA Optical Networking wins major award

(df) ADVA Optical Networking has wonLightReading‘s LeadingLightsCompanyofthe Year (Public) award. The company was chosen from a shortlist of major industry players, includingAT&T,Ciscoand Infinera.

The award underlines the company drive growth in revenue andprofitability just asdelivery of a number of key technologies acrossmultiplemarketsegments.These included the ADVA FSP 3000 Clou-dConnect platform in the data center in-terconnect (DCI) space, theADVAConnec-

tGuard for network security and its 100G metrosolution.ADVAOpticalNetworking‘snetwork functions virtualization (NFV) st-rategy, including its Overture acquisition,also played a significant role in its award victory.www.advaoptical.com

UDT, June 1 - 3 in Norway

(df) The European event for military under-watertopics,theUDT,willtakeplaceatOs-lo’sNorgesVaremesse,Norway,onJune1-3 2016. This year the conference will focus on “Balancing Capability through Balanced Investment”. The Keynote Address will be delivered by Øystein Bø, State Secretary for Ministry of Defence, Norway. Following the Keynotethe Plenary Panel will bring together senior militaryrepresentativesfromNorway,Italyand Canada to discuss the challenges they face balancing their investments in the un-derwater environment in order to achieve capable,butaffordableforces.

This panel will include: Rear Admiral Lars Saunes, Chief of Royal Norwegian Navy.Rear Admiral Dario Gia-comin, Chief of the Subma-rine Service, Italian Navy.Captain (RCN) ChristopherRobinson, Director of Un-derwater Capability for the Royal Canadian Navy.Representativefor industrywillbePhilippSchön, Head of Sales, Thyssenkrupp Ma-rine Systems.The organizers of the conference expectnearly 1,300 attendees with representa-tion from 35 countries spanning Europe,

Asia and the Middle Eastandover40VIPre-presentatives from 15countries to attend thisyears UDT. “They are the most senior defence and government officials at-tending UDT, serving in defence and maritimeappointments within

theirhomenations,“theorganizersstated.“These military and civil service experts from the undersea maritime communi-ty represent all the core areas within the community.“www.udt-global.com

ALA aquires STAG

(df) The Italian company for distribution,logisticsandserviceprovisionfortheaero-space industry, ALA, announced it has sig-nedadefinitiveagreementtoacquiretheUK based STAG Group, and its controlled companies: Spectech UK, Spectech France, Spectech US and Aircraft Components &EquipmentSupplies.STAGisaninternatio-nal distributor and supply chain services provider for the aerospace industry, with core presence in France and in the UK. The transactionissubjecttocustomaryclosingconditionswhichareexpectedtobecom-pleted by the end of May.

The agreement combines the strengths of ALA and STAG and will leverage both com-panies’ industry expertise and geographi-cal footprint. The STAGGroup acquisitionstrategicallyfitswithALA’sprioritiesofEu-ropean expansion and development of the market in the US, climbing the worldwide ranks up to the top five players. RobertoScaramella,CEOofALA,pointedout:“Weare working hard on building a truly succes-sfulmultinationalcompanytobetterserveour global customers. The STAG Group ac-quisition represents a key step along thispath, giving us the opportunity to accelera-te our growth and establish our leadership

in thedistributionandsupplychainservi-ces sector.”Colin Davis, outgoing STAG chairman, end-orsed this statement by adding: “We are delightedtoclosethistransactionwithALAandofferanevenbrighterfuturetoallourstakeholders. Iwill personally continue tocooperate with ALA throughout the transi-tionphasetoensurebusinesscontinuity.”www.alacorporation.com

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ILA – Berlin Air Show

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schen Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie e.V.(BDLI) and Messe Berlin, the ILA Berlin Air Show 2016 will be held from 01 to 04 June at the Berlin ExpoCenter Airport. The ILA claims to be the world’s oldest Air Show. Its history goes back to the “Inter-natioale Luftschifffahrtausstellung (Inter-nationalAeronauticsExhibition)”thatwasheld from July 10 toOctober 17, 1909 inFrankfurt/Main, showcasing what werethen state of the art balloons, dirigibles andaircraft.Since 1909 more than thirty events have beenheld in this tradition,albeitunderavarietyofnamesinseveraldifferentlocati-onsandwithdifferentformats.Since1960the air show follows a biannual rhythm in even years, since 1978 it bears the name “InternationaleLuftfahrtausstellung (ILA)”,since 1992 it is back in Berlin (where it had been before World War II) and since 2012 itisheldatitscurrentlocation.

Today, the ILAcontinues tobeoneofEu-rope’s major air shows, in league with the Paris Aerosalon and the Farnborough Air Show. Although the ILA established itself as

an important link between the aerospace markets of eastern and western Europe af-ter1990,itstillremainssmallerthanbothFarnborough and Paris with regard to the total number of visitors, number and im-portance of exhibitors and volume of busi-ness concluded at the show.The ILA 2014, generally regarded as very successful, saw 227.000 visitors, among these 122.500 trade visitors and 3800 media representatives from 55 countries.1.204exhibitorsfrom40differentcountriespresentedtheiraircraft,equipment,servi-cesandsoftwaresolutionstotradevisitorsas well as the general public and 81% of the trade visitors rated their business results as excellent.Theorganizersexpectsimilarre-sults for 2016.In response to many exhibitors asking for a morecondensedandefficientformat,theduration of ILA 2016 has been shortenedfrom six to four days. This has been facilita-ted without compromising the extent and quality of the overall programme.Beyonditscore,theexhibitionofaerospacetechnologyandtheflyingdisplays,theILA2016offersanumbersymposiaandconfe-rences,theCareerCenter,whereexhibitingcompanies have the possibility to present their company portfolio aswell as careeropportunities to youngprofessionals, andthe Start-upDay, bywhich theorganizersaim to promote innovative start-ups andenable them to network with key players oftheinternationalaerospaceindustry.Another important feature is the Interna-tionalSuppliersCenter(ISC),amarketplacefor the supplier industry of all aerospace market product groups that does not ope-rate as a separate event but as an integral part of the air show.Traditionally, military aviation is a coreelement of the Berlin Air Show. The “De-fence and Security” segment offers a lar-ge number of exhibits and flying displaysthat showcase important technologies and solutionsforthesecuritychallengesofto-

day and tomorrow. This year the main em-phasis is on innovative technology, inclu-ding solutions for unmanned air systems,and helicopters. The web based exhibitor register shows around 90 companies direc-tly related to this segment.At the same time military organisationsforma largeportionof theexhibitors.Onone hand their static and flying displaysshowcase important military capabilitiesand on the other they support the exhi-bits of the original equipment producers present at the show. The ILA 2016 will see displays by all three services of the Bundes-wehr, the United States Air Force and Army, theBritishJointHelicopterCommandandthe Royal Navy as well as by the armedforcesofNorway,Poland,theCzechRepu-blicandSwitzerland.The Bundeswehr will be the single largest exhibitor showing samples of her entireflying inventory, from A400M and Euro-fightertovarioustypesofhelicoptersandunmanned air systems. Furthermore, the Bundeswehr will be responsible for a major portionoftheflyingdisplays.

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Networked use of manned and unmanned aircraft

(ure) During ILA 2016, ESG will present in-novative solutions and comprehensiveservices for the networked use of manned andunmannedaircraftandgroundsystemsand for cyber security. ESG will demonstra-te effective networking of air and ground

systems (a CH-53GA, a Fennek and a com-mand post) by means of high-performance missionequipmentandinnovativesoftwaresolutions.ESG, together with leading German and Eu-ropean companies for radar, wireless com-municationandelectronicdefencemeasu-res, has developed a structured, scalable solution for the detection and defenceagainst risks from the unauthorised use of commercial drones. The system was suc-cessfully deployed at the G7 summit. Like the networking of air and ground systems, it relies for a large part on EGS’s TARANIScommand and control system. The Ground SupportContainerSystemfortheEurofigh-ter serves as a planning and control system

foroperationandmaintenanceoftheEuro-fighteraircraft.InconjunctionwiththeGermanAirForce’smobile command post, the container system providesamobilebasisfortheoperationofa squadron in any climatic zone. ESG willalso present its integrated range of compre-hensiveICTsecuritysolutionsandservices,which it provides by means of its Cyber Security Excellence partner network. The ESG Cyber Training Centre offers seminarsand professional development programmes focussed on individual security needs. In the ESG Cyber Living Lab, vulnerability analyses can be carried out and protection againstAdvanced Persistent Threats can be tested.www.esg.de

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Missiles and air defence at MBDA

(ure) At this year’s ILA Berlin Air Show MBDA will present a comprehensive portfolio of air defence systems and gui-ded-missile for air, land and sea forces. In particular, the company will present newconceptsinlasersolutions,close-andveryclose-range defence and ground-based air defence.Forthefirsttime,MBDAtogetherwith the Bundeswehr and Diehl Defence will show the complete MEADS develop-ment results at the ILA.Thisincludesfivevehicleswiththetacticaloperationcentre,multifunctionfirecontrolradar, launcher for the high-performance PAC 3 MSE missiles, the mobile power unit andtheIRIS-TSLlauncher.Alsoforthefirst

time,MBDAwillexhibitalasereffectorasafuture system for very close-range defence that can be deployed both on land and at sea.Thenewweaponsystemisparticularlysuitable for the defence against unmanned aerialsystems.Thankstoitsnoveloptics,itcan acquire the target in a 360-degree arc, track it and destroy it using its powerful la-ser beam.MBDA will also exhibit a modular sys-

tem concept for mobile close- and very close-range protection for ground forcesagainst airborne threats which is based on the TLVS system architecture and is thusa further element of an integrated air de-fence approach.Additionally, The Meteor, Brimstone andTaurusguidedmissilesforfixedwingplat-forms, the PARS family of guided missi-les forhelicopters and theprovenMILANsystem for the infantry will be on display at theMBDAbooth.The selectionofgui-ded missiles is completed by the new En-forcer, compact, precise, light and low-cost weapon for use by infantry and special forces.www.mbda-systems.com

Reiner Stemme Utility Air Systems

(ure) Reiner Stemme Utility Air Systems(RS-UAS)willpresentitsQ01tothegeneralpublicforthefirsttime.Sofartheaircrafthas been only been on show during this year’sAEROinFriedrichshafen.TheQ01 isMALE (Medium Altitude LongEndurance)platformforsurveillancemissi-ons over land and sea that was developed in co-operationwith the armed forces ofQatar in response to thisnation’s specificsecurity requirements. The shoulder wing

aircraftoffersapayloadofaround600kgand an endurance of 50 hours (unmanned) at a gross weight of just 2,75 tons.Q01isanOPV(OptionallyPilotedVehicle),the sensors include a THALES radar and WESCAM’s MX 20 EO/IR (Electro-optical/Infrared) ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) system. Regarding flightand mission related performance data as wellasitssensorsuittheQ01offersaper-formance similar to IAI’s Heron TP recently selected by the Bundeswehr as an interim

solution for theirMALE requirement. TheQ01,however, lacks theability toemployair to surface weapons which the Bundes-wehrconsiderstobeessential.www.rs-uas.com

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Radar Technology and Electronic Warfare

(ure) SAAB’s presentations at the ILA 200will be centred on radar, electronic counter measuresandairtrafficservices.Themostspectacular product on show is undoub-tedly the Global Eye, a new airborne early warning and control system based on Bom-bardiers Global 6000 business jet. Global Eye will use a new variant of the Erieye rad-ar as its main sensor that is said to set new standardsregardingrangeanddetectionoftargets with small radar signatures. Similar highendradartechnologycharacterizesthefamilyofGiraffeRadarswhichhasbeenex-tendedtoincludefivedifferentvariants.The

variants with the best range performance can now been employed as long range sur-veillanceradars.TheBOZ-EC isahighlyef-fective countermeasures pod for high-per-formanceaircraft.ItisoperationalwiththeGerman Air Force and three other Torna-do user nations. The pod offers a uniquecombination of integratedmissile warningand cocktail flare capabilities. TheRemoteTower System is an integrated package of subsystems which facilitates the provision ofarangeofconventionalairtrafficcontrolservicesinadifferentformat.Highdefiniti-on images and all relevant airport systems are transferred via a data network to an in-tegratedcontrollerworkingpositionatthe

Remote Tower Centre (RTC) that best suits the customer’s business model. A compre-hensive suite of image enhancement tools and state of the art video compression pro-videsoptimalimageresolutionwhilstmini-mising bandwidth usage.http://saabgroup.com

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Simulators, Guided Weapons and Space Propulsion

(ure) At the ILA 2016 Thales will present innovativetechnologyfortheAerospace,Transport, Defence and Security markets. AjointpresentationwiththeAirManeu-ver Training Alliance (AMTA) and the In-ternational Helicopter Training Centre(IHAZ) will showcase solutions for trai-ning,weaponseffectandhelmetsystemsforarmyaviation.Among the systems shown will be the He-licopterMission Trainer and the TopOwl

helmet system. The cockpit environment of the mission trainer faithfully repro-ducestheenvironmentoftheflightcrewin the actual aircraft. Realistic visual dis-plays show the outside world in all con-ditions and variable weather states.Aircraft handling, mission and tacticalflight, ground or air combat and navaloperations are fully realistic. Use of in-terface protocols such as HLA enables FMS networking with compatible simu-lators or trainers in a collective training scenario.

TopOwl provides the pilot with optimumvision of the environment featuring unique visor-projected intensified night vision.It can display images from any sensor lo-cated on the aircraft. The high accuracyhead tracking system is able to slave any weapon.In the Space Pavilion (Hall 4) Thales will present the Highly Efficient Multi-StagePlasma (HEMP) thruster, a pioneering electricionpropulsionforpositioncontroland orbital transfer of satellites. www.thalesgroup.com

Comprehensive Competence in Guided Missiles

(ure) At the ILA 2016 Diehl Defence and Diehl Aerospace will present a cross sec-tionoftheirportfolioofguidedmissilesys-temsforcombataircraft,navalvesselsandsubmarinesaswellassolutionsforgroundbased air defence, aircraft self-protectionand the defence against unmanned air systems. Among the systems shown will be the IRIS-T guided missile family, the La-ser-Guided Sidewinder (LaGS), the Flight ProfileRecorderaircombattrainingsystemand a Directed Infrared Counter Measu-res (DCIRM) system for the protectionof larger aircraft against infrared-guided missiles.

IRIS-T will be presented in several variants and different system environments. Asa short range air-to-air missile IRIS-T has been selected as standard weapon for the Eurofighter, F-16,EF-18,TornadoandGri-pen fighter aircraft and is now in use bytheairforcesoftendifferentnations.Asasurface-to-air missile IRIS-T can be found in threedifferentsettings.

The standard short range missile is offe-red as a part of a low cost air defence sys-tem based on light vehicles of the custo-mers own choosing. IRIS-T SL (Surface Launched), offering extended range, datalink and GPS based mid-course guidance, can be found as part of IRIS-T SLM (M for medium range), Diehl’s own comprehen-sive air defence system, or as part of the TaktischesLuftverteidigungssystem(TLVS),theprospectivenewairdefencesystemofthe German Air Force.All IRIS-T variants use a common front end forenhancedcosteffectivenessandcanbeintegrated into any open architecture air defence system. www.diehl-defence.de

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