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Les indiscrets du "Point" : Brigitte Macron et les gorilles

Le Point / France - jeu, 11/05/2017 - 06:55
Des candidats bien différents aux objectifs identiques, un si jeune président, Bercy joue à cache-cache, les jeunes génies pour un monde nouveau...
Catégories: France

EN DIRECT. Un proche de Valls accuse l'équipe de Macron «d'avoir la vanité des nouveaux riches»

LeParisien / Politique - jeu, 11/05/2017 - 06:54
Le mouvement d'Emmanuel Macron ne donnera finalement aujourd'hui qu'une partie de ses investitures pour les législatives. Jean-Luc Mélenchon officialisera lui sa candidature à Marseille, dans la circonscription...
Catégories: France

G/ATOR delivered to USMC | Trump administration to further arm Syrian Kurds | Sweden interested in Boeing/Saab T-X trainer offering

Defense Industry Daily - jeu, 11/05/2017 - 06:00
Americas

  • Northrop Grumman has received a $332 million modification to an existing contract for work at the Joint National Center Research and Development for the Missile Defense Agency and the Department of Defense. Under the terms of the agreement, work to be carried out includes the integration of Ballistic Missile Defense System (BDMS) and testing programs for the program, as well as the provision of logistical services, wargame and readiness exercises, and the development of doctrine, as well as information technology support for the Chief Information Officer for the BDMS. The additional DoD funding will increase the funding maximum from $3.85 billion to $4.18 billion, and may extend task orders until May 2018.

  • The USMC has received its first low rate initial production (LRIP) AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system. Developed and produced by Northrop Grumman, five additional systems will be delivered under the terms of the October 2014 contract. G/ATOR will replace five legacy systems operated by the Marines, providing significant improvements in performance when compared with the legacy radar families in each of its modes. The systems take advantage of Northrop’s expertise in C4ISR, and includes software loads that optimize the multi-mission capabilities of the radar to perform each mission.

Middle East & North Africa

  • The Trump administration has said that it will move ahead with a plan to further arm Kurdish militias fighting the Islamic State in Syria. The move has once again angered Turkey, who see Kurdish groups like the People’s Protection Units (YPG)—who make up part of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces—as an extension of the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), an outlawed terrorist organization in Turkey. However, policymakers in both the Obama and Trump cabinets see the Kurdish forces in Syria as the only reliable partners on the ground capable of defeating IS. It is now likely that YPG elements could receive mortars, heavy machine guns and armored tactical vehicles as part of the administration’s help with an offensive to reclaim the the city of Raqqa, the jihadist’s de facto capital.

  • Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and BAE Systems have announced that they will ink the TFX design and development agreement that was signed by both companies in January at this year’s International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF) 2017. Valued at almost $130 million, the deal will see BAE assisting TAI with the design and development of the TFX next-generation multi-role fighter. It has also been reported that Pakistan may be interested in participating in the project, with Turkish industry and Pakistan’s Ministry of Defence Production speaking on what future collaboration would look like. However, the Pakistan Air Force has yet to comment on whether it would be interested in participating in producing and procuring such an aircraft.

Europe

  • The Swedish government has indicated that it would be interested in procuring a jet trainer designed by Boeing and Saab, if the offering is selected by Washington as the winner of the US Air Force’s T-X trainer competition. However, Stockholm would not be interested in procuring any of the other T-X trainer offerings if they were to win, instead opting for a cheaper turboprop training aircraft. Sweden currently has an inventory of 50 Saab 105 trainers, which were introduced in the late 1960s, and plans are underway to retire the ageing fleet by 2026.

  • Germany is moving forward with a plan to take 104 used Leopard 2 battle tanks out of storage and have manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann conduct upgrades from the A4 configuration to the newest A7V standard. The $832.7 million project will see improvements made in the areas of information technology, armaments and armor. Under the agreement, KMW will also provide 32 tank chassis frames that can later be turned into additional vehicles of the Leopard 2 series, such as variants capable of launching bridges across rivers and other chokepoints. Work on the tanks is expected to commence in 2019 and last through to 2023. Berlin’s moves to upgrade its tank fleet comes on the expectation that future conflicts will rely heavily on ground warfare with armored vehicles.

  • Following on from their selection of the F-16 as their next fighter, the Romanian government has contracted Lockheed Martin to deliver comprehensive simulator systems based on the fighter jet. The SciosTrain simulator system will combine full combat tactics and mission training scenarios, while providing for networking to allow Romanian Air Force pilots to train together virtually. Delivery of the simulators is expected to be completed by 2019.

Asia Pacific

  • Almost a year on from the infamous misfiring and sinking of a Taiwanese fishing boat by the Republic of China Navy, Taiwanese military officials have said that they are still looking for the whereabouts of the Hsiung Feng III anti-ship missile that caused the deadly incident. Officials reports on the incident, which killed the fishing vessel’s captain, claimed that the missile’s warhead did not explode on impact and that it instead sunk in the water. However, an anonymous source told the press that the missile could have detonated and therefore exploded into pieces. The search continues.

Today’s Video

  • Airbus conducts automatic air-to-air refueling contact:

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Catégories: Defence`s Feeds

Législatives : les aspirants députés de La République en marche attendent d'être fixés

LeParisien / Politique - jeu, 11/05/2017 - 06:00
Qui sera en lice aux législatives sous les couleurs de la République en marche ? Trois aspirants candidats nous racontent leurs démarches et leur parcours.   «Si Valls est retenu, je serais choqué...
Catégories: France

Au Front national, ça tangue pour Marine Le Pen

LeParisien / Politique - jeu, 11/05/2017 - 06:00
Un nouveau choc, peut-être un séisme... Trois jours après la déception de la présidentielle, c'est une nouvelle déflagration pour les cadres et les militants FN. L'icône du parti, Marion Maréchal-Le Pen,...
Catégories: France

Marion Maréchal-Le Pen : à Carpentras, les électeurs du FN «se sentent abandonnés»

LeParisien / Politique - jeu, 11/05/2017 - 06:00
À la fédération départementale du FN, à Carpentras (Vaucluse), comme sur sa boîte mail de l'Assemblée, Marion Maréchal-Le Pen reçoit, depuis qu'elle a annoncé son retrait de la vie politique, «des centaines...
Catégories: France

Législatives : Mélenchon veut retrouver le souffle de la présidentielle

LeParisien / Politique - jeu, 11/05/2017 - 06:00
Comme Emmanuel Macron, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, qui a réuni 19,58 % des suffrages au premier tour, est bien décidé à surfer sur la dynamique de la présidentielle pour les législatives. «Il s'agit d'une élection...
Catégories: France

Au Front national, Florian Philippot dans le viseur

LeParisien / Politique - jeu, 11/05/2017 - 06:00
Et si le départ de Marion Maréchal-Le Pen n'était pas une si bonne nouvelle pour Florian Philippot ? L'influent vice-président du FN ne s'en est jamais caché : ses rapports avec la nièce de Marine Le Pen...
Catégories: France

Dans quelle voiture roulera Emmanuel Macron ?

LeParisien / Politique - jeu, 11/05/2017 - 06:00
Il n'y a pas que le nom du Premier ministre d'Emmanuel Macron qui est secret. Celui de la voiture présidentielle à bord de laquelle il roulera dimanche lors de la cérémonie d'investiture en remontant les...
Catégories: France

Code du travail : le recours aux ordonnances pose question dans le camp Macron

LeParisien / Politique - jeu, 11/05/2017 - 06:00
Faut-il vraiment y voir un hasard ? Depuis quelques jours, plusieurs voix s'élèvent parmi les soutiens d'Emmanuel Macron pour questionner ouvertement le bien-fondé de légiférer par ordonnances sur la réforme...
Catégories: France

Législatives : Manuel Valls toujours dans l'impasse

LeParisien / Politique - jeu, 11/05/2017 - 06:00
La politique sait se montrer cruelle. «Valls, c'est tout le contraire de Macron. En très peu de temps, il est passé de tout à rien», relève avec perfidie un fin connaisseur des arcanes du Parti socialiste....
Catégories: France

Jean-Marie Le Pen : «Marine pourrait payer cher aux législatives» le départ de sa nièce

LeParisien / Politique - jeu, 11/05/2017 - 06:00
Pour le fondateur du FN, le départ de Marion Maréchal-Le Pen affaiblit le parti.   Vous avez qualifié le retrait de votre petite-fille de « désertion ». N'y êtes-vous pas allé un peu fort ? Jean-Marie...
Catégories: France

C2BMC: Putting the ‘System’ in Ballistic Missile Defense

Defense Industry Daily - jeu, 11/05/2017 - 05:58

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C2BMC puts the “system” in the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System. At least that’s how the US Missile Defense Agency describes the Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) element. Basically, C2BMC synchronizes individual missile defense systems, sensors, and operators, which is essential to the layered missile defense approach the agency is working to develop. Since no one system is foolproof, layered system is designed to destroy enemy ballistic missiles by tracking and engaging them in all phases of flight, from boost, mid-course, and terminal phases of ballistic missiles. Tying all that together is a real challenge, since these systems weren’t all designed from the outset to operate together.

Some elements of the USA’s current missile warning and defense architecture include DSP and SBIRS satellites, Aegis BMD ships, Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD), Patriot anti-air missile defense, and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) batteries, along with flexible dual-use elements like the Patriot PAC-3, other sensors that might be plugged into the network, and other elements that will be developed in future…

What C2BMC Does

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The C2BMC system receives, processes, and displays tracking and status data from these elements so that commanders at various locations have the same integrated operating picture and can make coordinated decisions about deploying weapons. This allows the central command structure to use the most effective weapons to engage threat ballistic missiles in all flight phases.

The BMDS C2BMC includes 3 parts: C2, battle management, and communications. Its capabilities [PDF] include:

  • Planning capability to locate sensors and weapons systems to counter identified threats;
  • Situational awareness;
  • Battle management to pair sensors and shooters for BMD asset utilization and engagement;
  • Sensor netting to detect, identify, track, and discriminate threats; and
  • Communications networks to manage and distribute data.

More than 70 C2BMC workstations are fielded at US Strategic, Northern, European, Pacific, and Central Commands (USSTRATCOM, USNORTHCOM, USEUCOM, USPACOM, and USCENTCOM); numerous Army Air and Missile Defense Commands; Air and Space Operations Centers; and other supporting warfighter organizations.

Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor for C2BMC, with Northrop Grumman serving as the principal subcontractor.

Contracts and Key Events

May 11/17: Northrop Grumman has received a $332 million modification to an existing contract for work at the Joint National Center Research and Development for the Missile Defense Agency and the Department of Defense. Under the terms of the agreement, work to be carried out includes the integration of Ballistic Missile Defense System (BDMS) and testing programs for the program, as well as the provision of logistical services, wargame and readiness exercises, and the development of doctrine, as well as information technology support for the Chief Information Officer for the BDMS. The additional DoD funding will increase the funding maximum from $3.85 billion to $4.18 billion, and may extend task orders until May 2018.

March 14/14: GAO report. The GAO releases GAO-14-248R, regarding the USA’s EPAA plans for defending Europe from ballistic missiles. The report mentions C2BMC, and the news isn’t so good.

C2BMC S6.4 was fielded in 2011 as part of EPAA Phase 1. The issue is S8.2, which is needed to improve the integration of incoming missile tracks for Phase 2, and provides a Lock-On After Launch firing capability for AEGIS BMD systems. It was supposed to be ready in 2015, but current plans now say it won’t be ready until 2017 – and software projects like this are always at risk for further delays. That delay creates follow-on delays for planned improvements to AN/TPY-2 radars.

C2BMC S8.4 has also been changed from its original deployment in 2018 with Phase 3. It’s supposed to provide the ability for AEGIS BMD systems to intercept incoming missiles without using their own radars, thanks to faster integrated tracks, more precise tracking, and resilience in more “complex” conditions. Instead, a 2013 decision by MDA pushed S8.4 to 2020 or later. Phase 3 will now use S8.2x, with unspecified upgrades. That delay creates follow-on delays for planned improvements to AN/TPY-2 radars and THAAD missiles, and AEGIS BMD.

March 4/14: MDA Budget. The MDA finally releases its FY15 budget request, with information spanning from FY 2014 – 2019. C2BMD is slated to receive $2.281 billion over this period based on current plans, and is very consistent at $405 – 466 million per year. The MDA adds:

“In addition to continuing the enhancement of global BMD survivable communications and support for operations and sustainment of C2BMC at fielded sites, in FY 2015 we will integrate Overhead Persistent Infrared data into C2BMC to support cueing of BMD sensors worldwide. We will also improve sensor data integration and battle management in C2BMC to support Aegis BMD cueing and launch-on and engage-on remote capability.”

Sources: US MDA, PB 2015 Appropriation Summary | US MDA, Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Budget Estimates.

Jan 28/14: DOT&E Testing Report. The Pentagon releases the FY 2013 Annual Report from its Office of the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E). C2BMC is included, and their report focuses on testing of C2BMC S6.4 Maintenance Release 1 and 2 (MR1 and MR2). MR1-2 are focused on “debris mitigation,” helping defensive systems separate the warheads from the chaff.

C2BMC can control and direct 1 AN/TPY-2 radar, and some lab tests have involved more than 1 simulated radar, but that hasn’t been fully tested yet. DOT&E wants the Missile Defense Agency to perform tests with multiple TPY-2s within in a single Area of Regard or theater. They want that single focus in order to test tracking coordination.

In addition, C2BMC experienced “some minor latency issues during stressing test cases with large numbers of threats,” especially if more friendly forces are in theater to add complications. The GTI-04e Part 1 test also found “interoperability and command and control deficiencies… that affected track processing, situational awareness, and battle management.”

Sept 10/13: FTO-1. A successful joint test of AEGIS BMD and land-based THAAD missiles from the Pacific Kwajalein Atoll/Reagan Test Site destroys 2 medium range target missiles.

The test involved full inter-operation. A land-based TPY-2 radar was positioned forward as the warning radar. It acquired the targets, and passed that onto the joint C2BMC system. C2BMC cued DDG 74 USS Decatur, outfitted with AEGIS BMD 3.6.1 and the SM-3 Block IA missile. Decatur acquired the track, then launched the SM-3 and killed its target. C2BMC also passed the track to a land-based THAAD battery’s own TPY-2 radar, which provided the intercept guidance for a successful pair of THAAD missile shots. The 2nd THAAD missile was actually aimed at the SM-3’s MRBM, in case it had failed to achieve intercept, but that turned out not to be necessary this time.

C2BMC has been used in a number of other tests, but this complex test was included as an excellent illustration of the system’s intended capabilities. Sources: US MDA, Sept 10/13 release | Lockheed Martin, Sept 11/13 release | Raytheon, Sept 10/13 release.

March 20/12: Northrop Grumman announces a $96 million follow-on contract as part of Lockheed Martin’s Missile Defense National Team, which is responsible for the C2BMC program. Under the 38-month contract, Northrop Grumman will support integrated product teams, provide engineering expertise, and provide test and exercise support for C2BMC systems.

Dec 23/11: Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions in Gaithersburg, MD receives a sole-source 5-year, $980 million incentive-based, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract to work with the US Missile Defense Agency to develop C2BMC. Lockheed Martin ISGS will develop, model, fabricate, integrate, test, verify, evaluate, validate, document, deliver, field, train, operate, sustain, and support updates and new capabilities.

Work will be performed in Arlington, VA from Jan 1/12 through Dec 31/16, with initial orders funded from FY 2012 research, development, test and evaluation funds. The US Missile Defense Agency in Huntsville, AL manages the contract (HQ0147-12-D-0003). Lockheed Martin.

Aug 18/10: Northrop Grumman announces that it received from MDA a $90 million, 30-month task order to develop techniques for sensor management and data processing and fusion for future sensors that will be used by the C2BMC system. The company said the techniques will provide more accurate tracking information for intercepting a missile earlier in flight using current and future interceptor systems. These new capabilities will be built on an open systems infrastructure so that any sensor and weapon system can be incorporated into the BMD system, the company said.

April 15/10: Lockheed Martin announces a $424 million 2-year contract modification to beef up the C2BMC system’s security, situational awareness capabilities, and integrate sensors and weapons systems. Work will be conducted in Arlington, VA; Huntsville, AL; and Colorado Springs, CO.

Jan 8/08: Lockheed Martin announces that it received $458 million contract modification in 2007 for development, integration, and installation of the C2BMC capability.

December 2007: Lockheed Martin said C2BMC Spiral 6.2 was promoted to operational status. With this spiral, capabilities provided include Link 16 track, parallel staging of networks for support to development/ integration and operations, new communication capabilities for Aegis UHF/EHF and situational awareness and planner capability enhancements.

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Fragile state

BBC Africa - jeu, 11/05/2017 - 01:30
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AECOM wins $177.5m maintenance services contract to support US Navy's NAWCAD

Naval Technology - jeu, 11/05/2017 - 01:00
The US Navy has awarded a new cost-plus, fixed-fee maintenance services contract to global infrastructure firm AECOM, which has been valued at roughly $177.5m.
Catégories: Defence`s Feeds

New senate report recommends Canadian Navy to procure 12 new AIP submarines

Naval Technology - jeu, 11/05/2017 - 01:00
The Canadian standing senate defence committee has released a new report recommending that the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) should purchase 12 new submarines equipped with air-independent propulsion (AIP).
Catégories: Defence`s Feeds

Northrop Grumman delivers first LRIP AN / TPS-80 G / ATOR radar system to USMC

Naval Technology - jeu, 11/05/2017 - 01:00
Northrop Grumman has delivered the first low-rate initial production (LRIP) AN / TPS-80 ground / air task-oriented radar (G / ATOR) system to the US Marine Corps (USMC).
Catégories: Defence`s Feeds

Rod Rosenstein, the Mystery Man Behind Comey Firing

Foreign Policy - jeu, 11/05/2017 - 00:41
Onetime colleagues and former officials wonder how the deputy attorney general became Trump’s hatchet man.

Frankreich »in Bewegung«

SWP - jeu, 11/05/2017 - 00:00

Der neue französische Präsident, Emmanuel Macron, steht vor enormen Herausforde­rungen: Er muss ein gespaltenes Land einen, eine stagnierende Wirtschaft auf Kurs bringen und eine Mehrheit finden, die ihn dabei unterstützt, seine Reformagenda um­zusetzen. Er ist zum Erfolg verdammt. Scheitert er, wie François Hollande und Nicolas Sarkozy zuvor, wird Marine Le Pen 2022 in den Élysée-Palast einziehen. Zum Erfolg Macrons muss auch Deutschland einen Beitrag leisten – insbesondere in der Wirt­schaftspolitik und bei der Weiterentwicklung des Euro-Währungsgebiets.

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