India selects EF, Rafale for MMRCA shortlist
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NÜRNBERG, GERMANY (BNS): Germany’s Diehl Defence and Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems are designing a new glide missile that will be fitted on Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets.
The new PILUM air-to-surface missile with short to medium range has been unveiled for the first time at the Paris Air Show last month.
The new weapon is a derivative of the Diehl-designed HOSBO precision-guided bomb that has been specifically designed for Eurofighter Typhoon fighters.
The PILUM missile will use the HOSBO airframe, guidance and control section as well as the aircraft interface of the glide weapon in combination with the unique “scene-matching technology” of Rafael’s SPICE airborne system, Diehl said.
The missile will use GPS/INS guidance system and would be fitted with dual-band seeker that will help in tracking down moving enemy targets.
The PILUM missile will be used against ships, enemy radar positions as well as air defence systems.
“This solution meets operational requirements such as close-in air support, aerial sealing off, air-based anti-ship engagement as well as suppressing and eliminating the adversary’s air defence,” the German defence firm said.
Developed by the European consortium led by Germany, UK, Italy and Spain, the Eurofighter Typhoon multi-role combat planes are presently operational in six countries.
India has shortlisted the fighter plane for its over $10 dollar deal to acquire 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft for the air force.
The new PILUM air-to-surface missile with short to medium range has been unveiled for the first time at the Paris Air Show last month.
The new weapon is a derivative of the Diehl-designed HOSBO precision-guided bomb that has been specifically designed for Eurofighter Typhoon fighters.
The PILUM missile will use the HOSBO airframe, guidance and control section as well as the aircraft interface of the glide weapon in combination with the unique “scene-matching technology” of Rafael’s SPICE airborne system, Diehl said.
The missile will use GPS/INS guidance system and would be fitted with dual-band seeker that will help in tracking down moving enemy targets.
The PILUM missile will be used against ships, enemy radar positions as well as air defence systems.
“This solution meets operational requirements such as close-in air support, aerial sealing off, air-based anti-ship engagement as well as suppressing and eliminating the adversary’s air defence,” the German defence firm said.
Developed by the European consortium led by Germany, UK, Italy and Spain, the Eurofighter Typhoon multi-role combat planes are presently operational in six countries.
India has shortlisted the fighter plane for its over $10 dollar deal to acquire 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft for the air force.
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New glide missile to arm Eurofighter Typhoon
ÜRNBERG, GERMANY (BNS): Germany’s Diehl Defence and Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems are designing a new glide missile that will be fitted on Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets.
The new PILUM air-to-surface missile with short to medium range has been unveiled for the first time at the Paris Air Show last month.
The new weapon is a derivative of the Diehl-designed HOSBO precision-guided bomb that has been specifically designed for Eurofighter Typhoon fighters.
The PILUM missile will use the HOSBO airframe, guidance and control section as well as the aircraft interface of the glide weapon in combination with the unique “scene-matching technology” of Rafael’s SPICE airborne system, Diehl said.
The missile will use GPS/INS guidance system and would be fitted with dual-band seeker that will help in tracking down moving enemy targets.
The PILUM missile will be used against ships, enemy radar positions as well as air defence systems.
“This solution meets operational requirements such as close-in air support, aerial sealing off, air-based anti-ship engagement as well as suppressing and eliminating the adversary’s air defence,” the German defence firm said.
Developed by the European consortium led by Germany, UK, Italy and Spain, the Eurofighter Typhoon multi-role combat planes are presently operational in six countries.
India has shortlisted the fighter plane for its over $10 dollar deal to acquire 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft for the air force.
New glide missile to arm Eurofighter Typhoon - Brahmand.com
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Europe asks Korea to join Eurofighter program
A multination consortium in Europe has invited Korea to join its high-end jet production project in an apparent attempt to win what would be Korea’s biggest arms-procurement deal.
The move came following Seoul’s announcement that it would purchase 60 advanced fighter aircraft in line with its push to shift the country’s military posture from passive defense to proactive deterrence with a projected budget of up to 10 trillion won ($8.96 billion).
“We welcome the Korean industry to participate as EADS’s full member,” Erwin Obermeier, a senior advisor of export projects at EADS, said at the International Conference for Air and Space Power held downtown Seoul last week.
“It’ll share all the benefits, knowledge and technologies of Eurofighters.”
EADS, or European Aeronautic Defense and Space, is a multi-national consortium from Germany, UK, Spain and Italy.
The largest aerospace and defense contractor in Europe reportedly offered a better deal in Korea’s last jet acquisition project in 2008 than its American competitor Boeing, but lost the bid due largely to political decisions.
Obermeier underlined that EADS’s Eurofighter program will offer a unique potential for the Korean industry to access the global market.
“The Eurofighter program is jointly owned, developed, produced, and delivered by all four European companies,” he said, suggesting that Korea will also have much to benefit by joining the consortium.
He said if Korea chooses EADS’s Eurofighter Typhoon, which can fly at a maximum supercruise speed of Mach 2, his company will offer Korea the chance to assemble and partly manufacture the advanced jets in Korea.
“The first 10 deliveries will be assembled in Europe, but the next 24 will be built with components manufactured in Korea,” he said, adding that the remainder will be assembled here.
He also downplayed concerns over compatibility, saying all Korean fighters and Eurofighters are built to be inter-operable in the NATO environment.
Korea has purchased 60 of the F-15s from Boeing, which won both the FX-I and II projects in 2002 and 2008.
Boeing claims that it offers the most cost-effective solution and a close partnership with Korean firms.
Roger L. Besancenez, vice president of the F-15 program for Boeing Defense, Space and Security, says his company has worked with 22 Korean companies, including Korea Airspace Industries, Korean Air, LIG Nex1 and Huneed Technologies.
Boeing has announced that it will enter the FX race in Korea with F-15 Silent Eagle, a semi-stealth fighter.
“The F-15 infrastructure already exists in Korea so supply chains for SE would be more affordable,” Besancenez said. “It is also proven to be very inter-operable with the latest Peace Eye.”
He also noted that Boeing’s SE can carry the heaviest payloads and widest variety of integrated weapons of the aircraft available in the market.
During the forum, Lockheed Martin dispelled growing criticism that it is trying to dump the first batch of F-35s fitted with only the bare minimum capabilities on Korea at an exorbitant price.
It claimed that the U.S. Air Force, which has the highest level of classified data about all high-end aircraft have chosen its F-35 over the F-15, F-16 and other jets because it judged the fourth generation fighters have reached their peak performance and they need another level of capabilities.
The Korean Air Force is seeking to purchase up to 60 advanced combat fighters.
The F-35A Lighting II is known as the only fifth-generation stealth fighter available on the market, but critics say that it has yet to prove its capabilities and may pose a risk, requiring high maintenance costs.
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Rafale News: Rafale A, first flight 25th anniversary
Today is the 25th anniversary of the Rafale A first flight.
The Plane took off from the Istres Air Base, piloted By Dassault test pilot Guy Mitaux-Maurouard on July 4th 1986. During this flight, which lasted 1 hour, the Rafale A reached mach 1.32, at 36,000 ft, performing maneuvers up to 5G.
Guy Mitaux-Maurouard talking about this day :
"The first Rafale flight for me... well, my first impression was like being back some years ago, during my first solo flight.at the military Air school. It was a small twin seater prop-plane and the second seat was empty... Here I was, alone. It was exactly that kind of impression : You're alone, get your in gear !
Except that, in a Rafale, during its maiden flight, you are alone in the plane, but with a lot of people behind you: All the engineers who have designed the aircraft systems, checking every parameters and alarms, vibrations and abnormal heating... Eventually, the pilot is more at ease than all these people !
Once the aircraft [Rafale] was in the air... ha ! , It was different ! The plane was on a rail !"
At the end of the flight, after a landing course of no more than 500m, Mitaux declared to Jean-Claude Hironde, Dassault technical director : " It's worked as in the books !"
Nowadays, this beautifull white bird is preserved at the Air&Space museum at Le Bourget airfield near Paris. It has been completely restored and is displayed next to its big brother, the Mirage 4000.
Today is the 25th anniversary of the Rafale A first flight.
The Plane took off from the Istres Air Base, piloted By Dassault test pilot Guy Mitaux-Maurouard on July 4th 1986. During this flight, which lasted 1 hour, the Rafale A reached mach 1.32, at 36,000 ft, performing maneuvers up to 5G.
Guy Mitaux-Maurouard talking about this day :
"The first Rafale flight for me... well, my first impression was like being back some years ago, during my first solo flight.at the military Air school. It was a small twin seater prop-plane and the second seat was empty... Here I was, alone. It was exactly that kind of impression : You're alone, get your in gear !
Except that, in a Rafale, during its maiden flight, you are alone in the plane, but with a lot of people behind you: All the engineers who have designed the aircraft systems, checking every parameters and alarms, vibrations and abnormal heating... Eventually, the pilot is more at ease than all these people !
Once the aircraft [Rafale] was in the air... ha ! , It was different ! The plane was on a rail !"
At the end of the flight, after a landing course of no more than 500m, Mitaux declared to Jean-Claude Hironde, Dassault technical director : " It's worked as in the books !"
Nowadays, this beautifull white bird is preserved at the Air&Space museum at Le Bourget airfield near Paris. It has been completely restored and is displayed next to its big brother, the Mirage 4000.
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Israel, Germany developing smart missile for Eurofighter | idrw.org
Israel and Germany are jointly developing a smart missile that could be sold together with the Eurofighter currently in service worldwide, including in Saudi Arabia.The air-to-ground missile, called PILUM, is under development by Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Germany’s Diehl, and is based on Rafael’s Spice missile which has the reported ability to hit targets while aircraft are positioned at a standoff range of 100 kilometers away.The twin-engine Eurofighter is currently in use in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria and Saudi Arabia. It was unclear if the new missile would be offered to all Eurofighter operators – including Saudi Arabia – or if Israel would condition its participation in the development on banning the missile from being sold to Arab countries.
The new missile is unique in its ability to hit targets by using a GPS satellite guidance system, or alternatively with electro-optical guidance – meaning that the pilot or navigator can direct the missile towards its target by watching live video footage as the missile speeds towards it.
Diehl said that the dual-targeting systems make the PILUM an ideal weapon for use in operations when targets are on the move. The Spice is operational in the Israeli Air Force and is configured to be launched from F- 16 and F-15 fighter jets.
The PILUM, Diehl said, could be used against ships, enemy radar positions as well as air defense systems.
“It opens new possibilities of flexible mission planning and execution in view of rapidly changing air-to-ground scenarios,” the German company said.
A decision to develop the new missile was concluded a few months ago and a sketch of it was unveiled in late June at the Paris Air Show.
The primary advantage of the missile is the ability to use two different systems to bomb targets. For example, in the event that satellite systems are not working during a future conflict, an operator will be able to upload a picture of a target into the missile, which, using unique scene-matching algorithms, adjusts the missile’s flight path to find the target.
In related news, Der Spiegel reported Sunday that Germany has decided to sell more than 200 Leopard tanks to Saudi Arabia in a multi-billion dollar deal.
A German government spokesman declined to comment on the report that said Saudi Arabia was interested in acquiring more than 200 2A7+ tanks, saying the government provided no information on decisions regarding export deals.
The tanks are made by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Rheinmetall.
Der Spiegel said Saudi Arabia has long sought the Leopard tanks from Germany, but the country had repeatedly turned down the requests, citing a danger to Israel.
The report said the government no longer considered Saudi Arabia a threat for Israel.
Israel and Germany are jointly developing a smart missile that could be sold together with the Eurofighter currently in service worldwide, including in Saudi Arabia.The air-to-ground missile, called PILUM, is under development by Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Germany’s Diehl, and is based on Rafael’s Spice missile which has the reported ability to hit targets while aircraft are positioned at a standoff range of 100 kilometers away.The twin-engine Eurofighter is currently in use in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria and Saudi Arabia. It was unclear if the new missile would be offered to all Eurofighter operators – including Saudi Arabia – or if Israel would condition its participation in the development on banning the missile from being sold to Arab countries.
The new missile is unique in its ability to hit targets by using a GPS satellite guidance system, or alternatively with electro-optical guidance – meaning that the pilot or navigator can direct the missile towards its target by watching live video footage as the missile speeds towards it.
Diehl said that the dual-targeting systems make the PILUM an ideal weapon for use in operations when targets are on the move. The Spice is operational in the Israeli Air Force and is configured to be launched from F- 16 and F-15 fighter jets.
The PILUM, Diehl said, could be used against ships, enemy radar positions as well as air defense systems.
“It opens new possibilities of flexible mission planning and execution in view of rapidly changing air-to-ground scenarios,” the German company said.
A decision to develop the new missile was concluded a few months ago and a sketch of it was unveiled in late June at the Paris Air Show.
The primary advantage of the missile is the ability to use two different systems to bomb targets. For example, in the event that satellite systems are not working during a future conflict, an operator will be able to upload a picture of a target into the missile, which, using unique scene-matching algorithms, adjusts the missile’s flight path to find the target.
In related news, Der Spiegel reported Sunday that Germany has decided to sell more than 200 Leopard tanks to Saudi Arabia in a multi-billion dollar deal.
A German government spokesman declined to comment on the report that said Saudi Arabia was interested in acquiring more than 200 2A7+ tanks, saying the government provided no information on decisions regarding export deals.
The tanks are made by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Rheinmetall.
Der Spiegel said Saudi Arabia has long sought the Leopard tanks from Germany, but the country had repeatedly turned down the requests, citing a danger to Israel.
The report said the government no longer considered Saudi Arabia a threat for Israel.
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Is that a prototype or something???? it's nose is very different from Rafale's?
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Yes, the first prototype Rafale A and not only the nose, but the fighter as a whole was a bit larger than it is in the final version. Check the first 2 pics in my last post!
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New CAPTOR Radars to Equip Typhoons: Armed Forces Int. News
New radar technology is set to be integrated into the newest Typhoons to enter service with the air forces of the four nations that developed the aircraft.
The development of this radar system will begin this month and it's set to reach operational status in four years time.
Spanish, German, Italian and British Typhoons are currently equipped with the CAPTOR-M radar. From 2015 onwards, those delivered within the Tranche 3 programme will, instead, get CAPTOR-E radars, incorporating AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) features.
New CAPTOR Radars
These new CAPTOR radars boast no less than 1,425 TRMs (Transmit and Receive Modules) and, once fitted to the Typhoons, will enhance the range of their AAMs (Air-to-Air Missiles) and speed up the airborne target/threat detection and pursuit processes, at cheaper cost.
‘After one year of industry funding, the Eurofighter and Euroradar consortia have received renewed strong support from the partner nations and have agreed to continue the full scale development programme of the next generation E-Scan radar, confirming the 2015 entry into service date', the Eurofighter consortium, which manufactures the Typhoon, said in a statement.
New Typhoon Radar Equipment
It is expected that the addition of this new Typhoon fighter radar equipment will result in increased foreign sales and Eurofighter has stressed that the radar system can be modified, according to individual customer requirements.
‘The new radar will offer customers the freedom to retrofit their existing Typhoons when required', Eurofighter confirmed. ‘The radar will have significant growth potential and both existing and new customers will be able to participate in tailoring the radar to meet their individual operational requirements.
‘The new AESA Radar is part of the platform and systems enhancement ongoing with Eurofighter to ensure Typhoon leads the way as the world's best new generation multi-role combat aircraft.'
The Typhoon currently serves with the Royal Air Force, the Italian Air Force, the German Air Force, the Spanish Air Force and the Austrian Air Force.
The Indian Air Force could join this list if it selects this design over the French-built Dassault Rafale fighter. In either case, India requires 126 new multirole combat aircraft and is on the verge of placing its biggest ever arms order.
New radar technology is set to be integrated into the newest Typhoons to enter service with the air forces of the four nations that developed the aircraft.
The development of this radar system will begin this month and it's set to reach operational status in four years time.
Spanish, German, Italian and British Typhoons are currently equipped with the CAPTOR-M radar. From 2015 onwards, those delivered within the Tranche 3 programme will, instead, get CAPTOR-E radars, incorporating AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) features.
New CAPTOR Radars
These new CAPTOR radars boast no less than 1,425 TRMs (Transmit and Receive Modules) and, once fitted to the Typhoons, will enhance the range of their AAMs (Air-to-Air Missiles) and speed up the airborne target/threat detection and pursuit processes, at cheaper cost.
‘After one year of industry funding, the Eurofighter and Euroradar consortia have received renewed strong support from the partner nations and have agreed to continue the full scale development programme of the next generation E-Scan radar, confirming the 2015 entry into service date', the Eurofighter consortium, which manufactures the Typhoon, said in a statement.
New Typhoon Radar Equipment
It is expected that the addition of this new Typhoon fighter radar equipment will result in increased foreign sales and Eurofighter has stressed that the radar system can be modified, according to individual customer requirements.
‘The new radar will offer customers the freedom to retrofit their existing Typhoons when required', Eurofighter confirmed. ‘The radar will have significant growth potential and both existing and new customers will be able to participate in tailoring the radar to meet their individual operational requirements.
‘The new AESA Radar is part of the platform and systems enhancement ongoing with Eurofighter to ensure Typhoon leads the way as the world's best new generation multi-role combat aircraft.'
The Typhoon currently serves with the Royal Air Force, the Italian Air Force, the German Air Force, the Spanish Air Force and the Austrian Air Force.
The Indian Air Force could join this list if it selects this design over the French-built Dassault Rafale fighter. In either case, India requires 126 new multirole combat aircraft and is on the verge of placing its biggest ever arms order.
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