UAE unveils AL-TARIQ Precision Guided Bombs Kit

[Mosamania]

 

[Luftwaffe]

South African in nature.

New Options: Denel & Tawazun’s Precision Weapons Partnership

 

[Mosamania]

South African in nature.

New Options: Denel & Tawazun’s Precision Weapons Partnership

So?? It is going to be manufactured there and they can manufacture as much as they like of it. Its technology will be theirs so they can build on it later on their own way.


Or do we have to reinvent the wheel for everything just to please our haters? Or are these standards only implied upon us and not anyone else?

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

What a pleasant surprise!


The remaining barrier is simple: the weapons it creates have to be integrated with specific fighters. In the UAE’s case, that means its French Mirage 2000-9s, and its F-16E/F Block 60s. South Africa flies JAS-39C/D Gripens, but has been slow to integrate new weapons due to lack of funds.

Tawazun Dynamics’ GPS-guided Al-Tariq glide bomb kit for Mk80 family bombs, with pop-out wings and propulsion bolt-ons that can boost its range to 200 km, has already been touted as an example of the weapons the partnership will offer. It’s a direct competitor to Sagem’s AASM and Boeing’s JDAM-ER, and could even be seen as an alternative to products like Lockheed Martin’s JASSM.

If they were facing a different customer, France and the USA might choose to deny permission for integration with their fighters, using weapon export laws and other obstacles in order to stifle incipient competition for their domestic firms, and preserve that aspect of their national influence. The UAE is not that customer.

France is in negotiations with the UAE for a major buy of its Rafale fighters, which could provide the platform’s desperately-needed export endorsement.

The USA has a significant strategic relationship with the UAE, and does a multi-billion dollar weapons business of its own that includes the possibility of F/A-18 Super Hornet family sales and more F-16E/Fs. Neither country can afford to jeopardize those investments and partnerships, even if the request diminishes their global influence in the defense trade. Denel has chosen its partner well.

The ownership split is 51% Tawazun, 49% Denel Dynamics. Denel had actually considered divesting its subsidiary entirely, but this move appears to put that option to rest.

The ability to sell to other Mirage 2000 customers would open up interesting markets in Brazil, Qatar, and India, among others. If the UAE chooses the Rafale, one would expect integration on that platform as well. The F-16E/F is unique enough that the UAE may have to work to include earlier F-16C/D Block 40+ planes, but if they did, it would open up a huge opportunity around the world.

The exact suite of weapons that will be offered through the partnership will be made clear at a later date. The Umbani-derived “Al-Tariq” bomb kits to convert 500 – 2,000 pound bombs into extended range precision glide weapons is the only near-certainty.

 

[Luftwaffe]

So?? It is going to be manufactured there and they can manufacture as much as they like of it. Its technology will be theirs so they can build on it later on their own way.

Don't get mad, I said the Product is South African in Nature, is there any doubt about it "NO".

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

Don't get mad, I said the Product is South African in Nature, is there any doubt about it "NO".

Actually, yes there is:

In September 2012, Denel Dynamics signed an important deal with the UAE’s Tawazun Holding. By creating a joint firm near Abu Dhabi to manufacture and develop guided weapons, the new Tawazun Dynamics partnership will be able to offer GPS-guided glide bombs and more to customers throughout the Middle East, and around the world. It’s another significant crack in a set of barriers that have given western countries a great deal of leverage with countries who buy their fighters.

 

[Bubblegum Crisis]

Actually, yes there is:

In September 2012, Denel Dynamics signed an important deal with the UAE’s Tawazun Holding. By creating a joint firm near Abu Dhabi to manufacture and develop guided weapons, the new Tawazun Dynamics partnership will be able to offer GPS-guided glide bombs and more to customers throughout the Middle East, and around the world. It’s another significant crack in a set of barriers that have given western countries a great deal of leverage with countries who buy their fighters.

Absolutely BLACKEAGLE.


Paveway II GBU-10, GBU-12 etc... and AASM Hammer (in KSA). GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) military industry Pooling.

http://www.defence.pk/forums/military-forum/172534-saudi-typhoons-latest-news.html

 

[Nishan_101]

MASHA ALLAH so now they will be making and exporting these bombs on their own.

 

[Black Eagle 90]

Does KRL, NESCOM or PAC able to make Laser guidance and GPS kits for bombs???

 

[Juice]

Where is the body of the standard bomb? Looks more like its own munition. (almost looks like a sparrow with a glide kit)

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

A Quranic term

Actually, yes there is:

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

Where is the body of the standard bomb? Looks more like its own munition. (almost looks like a sparrow with a glide kit)

Laser sharp Al Tariq proves its accuracy

The partnership between Denel Dynamics and Abu Dhabi-based Tawazun Holdings looks set for greater heights following the successful execution of a difficult mission profile by the Al Tariq precision-guided munition.

It demonstrated superior accuracy against a laser designated target in a flight test evaluation. The test evaluated the weapon’s capability to dynamically determine its own flight path according to set launch and pre-programmed terminal phase conditions.

The missile was launched off-track of target and was instructed to fly into the target arena from a different direction during its terminal phase.

“This implies the missile had to perform a dog-leg manoeuvre and the flight path had to be calculated dynamically ‘on the fly’,” said Al Tariq programme manager Coenie Loock.

Despite the level of difficulty intentionally selected to give Al Tariq a thorough test, the weapon completed its mid-course guidance successfully and during terminal phase had a direct hit on the designated target with the miss distance at less than half a metre.

Al Tariq has a number of range options, from 40 km for the standard version to 100 km for the long-range version. The demonstrated accuracy is independent of the range variant. The weapon can also be pre-programmed to engage targets from specific directions and at different dive angles.

A model of the Al Tariq weapon is currently on show at the Tawazun Dynamics stand at the LAAD 2013 defence exhibition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

“This is a great result for Denel Dynamics and reflects the success of the joint venture announcement last September with Abu Dhabi-based, Tawazun Holdings, for the development, manufacturing, assembly and integration of precision-guided weapon systems in Tawazun Dynamics, opening up an international gateway to potential new opportunities.

“Geographically, this is the first deal of its kind for Denel where the partnership is located outside South Africa creating an international footprint,” the South African company in the State-owned Denel group said in a statement.

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30084:laser-sharp-al-tariq-proves-its-accuracy&catid=7:Industry&Itemid=116

 

[ihealugo]

Denel Dynamics Umbani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

Denel Dynamics Umbani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You don't need to post this, we already posted it:

Actually, yes there is:

In September 2012, Denel Dynamics signed an important deal with the UAE’s Tawazun Holding. By creating a joint firm near Abu Dhabi to manufacture and develop guided weapons, the new Tawazun Dynamics partnership will be able to offer GPS-guided glide bombs and more to customers throughout the Middle East, and around the world. It’s another significant crack in a set of barriers that have given western countries a great deal of leverage with countries who buy their fighters.

 

[ihealugo]

just wanted that there be a link from the south africa company too , unless i had translated all of this to this topic :

http://www.military.ir/forums/topic...;-امارات/

if you see , you will see that i said uae is producing this with the help of south africa ...

and i thought that that second pic will show a better image of how this kit works !

no offense !

If you knew persian then go to that site and see that i'm the only one who wrote about arabian armies with no trolling or insulting and even i stopped the insulters in there too...

I don't think that we must be enemies with each other , hmm?!

just check the first line:

شرکت توازن ابوظبی امارات با همکاری شرکت دنل دینامیکس موفق به ساخت نوعی سیستم هدایت بمب لیزری جدید را با نام طارق شده است .