[nelson38899]

Chile Looking to Replace F-5s With More F-16s


Mercopress reports that Chile is looking to replace its 16 upgraded F-5E/F+ Tiger II aircraft with more second-hand F-16s. The F-5+ are slated for decommissioning in 2009, and Chile’s existing F-16 fleet currently includes 10 advanced F-16C/D Block 50/52 aircraft, and another 18 F-16A/B Mid-Life Upgrade aircraft bought from the Netherlands for $180 million. Mercopress places Chile’s next buy at $170 million for 16 more F-16A/B MLU fighters from The Netherlands, to be delivered in 2009.

Chilean military equipment purchases are somewhat unusual, in that they are financed by a set percentage of windfall earnings from copper mining, one of Chile’s major exports. That legislation dates back to Chile’s military dictatorship, and is scheduled to be amended, but the fund created by that arrangement is expected to hit $3 billion in the coming months.

This is so despite a slew of purchases that are modernizing Chile’s armed forces, after a long slump in copper prices that had put a crimp in Chile’s options. The last decade has seen purchases of F-16s, handfuls of Bell 412 and Eurocopter AS535 Super Puma helicopters, a strong core of used Leopard tanks and accompanying Marder IFVs for the Army, plus 2 new Scorpene Class submarines, 8 used frigates, and 3 new C-295 MP maritime patrol aircraft for use along Chile’s long naval frontier. If the reports of a new F-16 order turn out to be correct, Chile will have ended up replacing its 16-24 recently-retired Mirage 50CN Panteras and 16 F-5+ with 44 F-16s.
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Chi ... 16s-05110/

[cromwell]

Chile Looking to Replace F-5s With More F-16s


Mercopress reports that Chile is looking to replace its 16 upgraded F-5E/F+ Tiger II aircraft with more second-hand F-16s. The F-5+ are slated for decommissioning in 2009, and Chile’s existing F-16 fleet currently includes 10 advanced F-16C/D Block 50/52 aircraft, and another 18 F-16A/B Mid-Life Upgrade aircraft bought from the Netherlands for $180 million. Mercopress places Chile’s next buy at $170 million for 16 more F-16A/B MLU fighters from The Netherlands, to be delivered in 2009.

Chilean military equipment purchases are somewhat unusual, in that they are financed by a set percentage of windfall earnings from copper mining, one of Chile’s major exports. That legislation dates back to Chile’s military dictatorship, and is scheduled to be amended, but the fund created by that arrangement is expected to hit $3 billion in the coming months.

This is so despite a slew of purchases that are modernizing Chile’s armed forces, after a long slump in copper prices that had put a crimp in Chile’s options. The last decade has seen purchases of F-16s, handfuls of Bell 412 and Eurocopter AS535 Super Puma helicopters, a strong core of used Leopard tanks and accompanying Marder IFVs for the Army, plus 2 new Scorpene Class submarines, 8 used frigates, and 3 new C-295 MP maritime patrol aircraft for use along Chile’s long naval frontier. If the reports of a new F-16 order turn out to be correct, Chile will have ended up replacing its 16-24 recently-retired Mirage 50CN Panteras and 16 F-5+ with 44 F-16s.
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Chi ... 16s-05110/

E por enquanto, Portugal vai vender diminuir os seus F-16, para 27, para depois ficarem com eles, segundo uma reportagem ao CEFMA na revista Take-off, até 2025.
Isto tudo por causa do nosso Luís Amado, que apesar de ter comprado as fragatas holandesa (graças a Deus!), pôs-se a vender os tal F-16, além de adiar a substituição do C-130 para daqui a 15 anos.
Realmente não sei porque, mas sem ofensa, parece que querem tramar a força aérea.

[nelson38899]

Parece que a fabrica da MIG está a passar por apertos:

Mighty MiG Fades Away

October 11, 2008: Russia has agreed to buy 28 MiG-29 fighters, right away, from the manufacturer. This is being done to prevent the MiG Aircraft Corporation from going bankrupt. Earlier this year, Algeria told Russia that it was cancelling the purchase of 28 MiG-29 fighters, and returning the ones already delivered. Algeria insisted that there were quality issues, and that some of the aircraft were assembled from old parts. The MiG-29 has been in service for 25 years, but stocks of Cold War era spare parts are still around, and apparently some were put to use to build the Algerian aircraft. These are supposed to be "new," but some of their components are not.

But the real reason for the Algerian reaction may be a better offer from France for more modern Rafael fighters. France is seen as a more useful ally than Russia, and France wants to sell some of those Rafaels real bad. Russia went along with the Algerians, if only because there were billions of dollars worth of other Russian weapons that the Algerians were accepting. But the loss of that large a sale threatened to sink the manufacturer, which has been losing out to Sukhoi, which has been much more successful selling its Su-27 and Su-30 series aircraft.
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htmurp ... 81011.aspx

[nelson38899]

Rússia começa a entregar MiGs para a Índia no início de 2009

A Rússia iniciará as entregas do MiG-29K Fulcrum-D embarcado para a Índia na começo de 2009, a disse um diretor da MiG esta semana. A Rússia e a Índia assinaram um contrato em 20 de janeiro de 2004 estipulando a entrega de 12 caças embarcados MiG-29K e quatro biplaces MiG-29K UB até 2009 para operarem no porta-aviões que está sendo modernizado para a Marinha da Índia, o Almirante Gorshkov.

”O primeiro quatro MiG-29K serão entregues a Índia no início de 2009”, disse Mikhail Globenko, acrescentando que os 12 restantes serão entregues até o final do ano.” O diretor da MiG disse que foi uma opção de contrato um adicional de mais 30 caças até 2015 e a empresa russa já discutiu com a marinha da Índia para exercer a opção de contrato.

”Estamos prontos (para exercer essa opção) e todas as novos pedidos da Índia”, disse Globenko. Ele disse também que pilotos da Índia começaram um curso de cinco meses de treinamento para operar os MiG-29K na Rússia e o pessoal técnico já está em treinamento por dois meses também no país.

http://airway.uol.com.br/site/noticia/not1870_69.asp

[nelson38899]

China considers next-generation Su-33s for aircraft carrier programme


China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is close to reaching a decision on the procurement of aircraft for its aircraft carrier programme, Russian industry sources have told Jane's.

Negotiations between the PLAN and the Komsomolsk-na-Amure Aviation Production Association (KnAAPO) in Russia have been held intermittently for several years, with the Chinese military said to be unsure whether to purchase a version of the Sukhoi Su-33 carrier-capable fighter or develop its own carrier aircraft based on the Chengdu J-10.

Russian sources have now told Jane's that under the current proposal the Russian in-service Su-33 would be put back into production and the PLAN would acquire 14 of this type to be used for the training phase of the programme.

This option will see a carrier aircraft delivered to the PLAN in the shortest possible timeframe.

The development of a new-configuration aircraft to be used in actual carrier operations would take place in parallel with this training programme.

"The next step will be to modernise the Su-33, which was first designed in the late 1980s, with a new set of state-of-the-art onboard systems," a KnAAPO representative told Jane's on the eve of the biennial Air Show China in late October. "What this new aeroplane is most likely to be is a combination Su-33 airframe with a radar, avionics and cockpit instrumentation that is a 'developed' cofiguration based on the Su-30MK2, and this will be the PLAN's operational version."
http://www.janes.com/news/defence/syste ... _1_n.shtml

mais uma vez os comunas chineses mostram a sua veia de mentiroso e perigosa. Afinal a compra do porta-aviões russo não era para um casino mas sim para o reconstruir

[Vicente de Lisboa]

mais uma vez os comunas chineses mostram a sua veia de mentiroso e perigosa. Afinal a compra do porta-aviões russo não era para um casino mas sim para o reconstruir

O que não deixa de ser estranho, tentar saltar logo do não ter experiência nenhuma com CVs para um de 67.000.

[P44]

Lockheed Martin Completes Modernization of Air Defense System for Romania
 
 
(Source: Lockheed Martin; issued Oct. 28, 2008)  
   
 
 EAGAN, Minn. --- Lockheed Martin has completed installation of an air defense and communications network modernization project for the Romanian Air Force.

The project, completed by Lockheed Martin and several Romanian subcontractors, enhances the air defense and command and control capabilities of Romania's Air Sovereignty Operations Center (ASOC) by extending the air space management system's radar, voice, and data link communication network to provide an enhanced air surveillance picture covering the entire country.

"This project provides the Romanian Air Force with significantly improved situational awareness as well as modern command and control capabilities that are interoperable with other NATO assets," said Rick Udicious, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin's Tactical Systems business.

In November 2004, Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract by the Romanian Ministry of Defense (MoD) to extend and enhance the capabilities of the ASOC that Lockheed Martin initially delivered to Romania in 1998. With the program's successful site acceptance tests on Sept. 19, 2008 - including flight tests - the backbone of this network modernization project was completed on schedule and within the planned budget.

Among the sensors that currently provide data for the Romanian air defense system are five Lockheed Martin AN/FPS-117 long-range radars which, under a separate 2007 contract, are ahead of schedule for upgrade to state-of-the art technology by the end of this year.

Earlier this year, Lockheed Martin and the Romanian MoD signed a contract for the co-production of 17 TPS-79 Multi-Mission Surveillance Radar systems for Phase II of the Air Force "Gap Filler" upgrade program. Once completed, these systems also will plug seamlessly into Romania's enhanced air defense network.

Since 1997, Lockheed Martin has installed ASOC airspace management and air defense systems - compatible with a variety of sensors - in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Bulgaria and Romania.


Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2007 sales of $41.9 billion.

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http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bi ... le=release

[P44]

China considers next-generation Su-33s for aircraft carrier programme




mais uma vez os comunas chineses mostram a sua veia de mentiroso e perigosa. Afinal a compra do porta-aviões russo não era para um casino mas sim para o reconstruir

ai os malvados! Isso é como que a descoberta da pólvora, já se sabia há que anos...

Ah e já agora para assustar mais um bocadinho

Os Chineses têm OUTRO PortaAviões Ex-URSS, o Minsk, serve como Museu:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsk_World

Minsk World is a military theme park located in Dapeng Bay, Shatoujiao, Shenzhen, China. It includes the huge former Soviet (later Russian) aircraft carrier Minsk, redesigned as a tourist attraction. The theme park opened on May 10, 2000. As of 2005, it had attracted more than five million visitors and generated 450 million yuan in revenue.[1]

http://www.rohlen.se/bilder/minskworld/

[Charlie Jaguar]

E por enquanto, Portugal vai vender diminuir os seus F-16, para 27, para depois ficarem com eles, segundo uma reportagem ao CEFMA na revista Take-off, até 2025.

Colega cromwell, se a intenção do Governo for avante, a FAP irá ter ao seu dispôr 28 caças e não 27 como mencionou. Perdeu-se o F-16A "15111" em 2002 num acidente trágico e em Janeiro deste ano o F-16BM "15140", uma das aeronaves que seriam para alienar. Restam 5 células para peças e sobressalentes e 38 aparelhos aos quais se subtrairmos 10 darão 28.  

[nelson38899]

Italy to extend Lockheed Martin F-16 lease deal
By Pino Modola

Italy's defence ministry is negotiating an 18-month extension to a lease contract for about half of its F-16ADF fighters, say Lockheed Martin officials.

The Italian air force operates 31 F-16A/Bs from the 34 aircraft delivered under a five-year deal with a five-year option signed in March 2001. The current agreement provides for an expected total of 45,000 flight hours, 33,000 of which have been flown by aircraft assigned to the service's 5th Wing at Cervia and 37th Wing at Trapani-Birgi, Sicily. Three aircraft have been lost in accidents.

An 18-month extension to the lease agreement could be signed by January 2009, and would allow the 37th Wing to retain about 15 F-16s until late 2012, maintaining Italy's air defence fleet above the minimum threshold required pending the full availability of its Eurofighters.

Italy's commitment to the Eurofighter programme stands at 121 aircraft to equip four interceptor wings. Deliveries of its 47 Tranche 2 Eurofighters are scheduled to begin soon, while Rome has yet to sign a Tranche 3 deal for its remaining 47 aircraft, along with programme partners Germany, Spain and the UK.
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... -deal.html

[nelson38899]

Venezuela Buys Chinese Jets

November 4, 2008: Venezuela is buying 18 K-8 jet trainers from China. Also known as the JL-8, it uses the 770 pound, 9.5 foot long Ukrainian Motor Sich AI-25TLK (3,300 pounds of thrust) jet engines, to power the 4.3 ton, two seat aircraft. Originally, China was going to use 3600 pound thrust American engines, but after the 1989 Chinese crackdown on pro-democracy groups, the United States cut off the supply of engines. This encouraged China to design and  build a similar engine (the WS-11). But China has had a hard time mastering the precise technologies and manufacturing techniques needed to build jet engines. So it has been buying the AI-25TLK instead.

The K-8 entered service in 1994, and over 500 have been built. The aircraft can be fitted with a 23mm cannon, and carry nearly a ton of missiles and bombs. Egypt and Pakistan also use the K-8, and Venezuela will begin receiving them in about two years.
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairf ... 81104.aspx

[nelson38899]

Rafale Converted Into A Satellite Launcher

November 5, 2008: Following the example of Russia and the United States, France plans to use its Rafale fighter to launch small, low orbit, satellites. The ten ton launcher would be hung from three of the Rafales hard points (one on the fuselage and two on the wings), and be able to put a 300 pound satellite into an 800 kilometers orbit.

The U.S. and Russia pioneered this sort of thing three decades ago. Russia developed an ASAT (Anti-Satellite Missile), in response to the United States program that actually resulted in the destruction of a low flying (555 kilometers up) satellite. Russia has since revised this system to launch low flying satellites using Su-30s fighters or Tu-22m bombers.

 The United States ASAT program used a specially equipped F-15 to zoom to a high altitude, and launch a 1.2 ton ASM-135A missile, which then homed in on the satellite and destroyed it. The missile had two stages, plus a homing warhead. Development began in 1977. The first, and only, live test took place in 1985, when a worn out communications satellite was destroyed by the missile. Shortly thereafter, Congress shut down the program, believing that ASAT violated treaties regarding the military use of space. This did not discourage the Russians, who began working on their own ASAT after the U.S. program was cancelled. Progress on the Russian ASAT was kept secret, although it was known (or believed) to exist.

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, many previously secret Russian weapons projects were revealed, if only briefly, and often in little detail. One of them was the Russian ASAT. Now, the Kazcosmos company, in Kazakhstan, which developed the Russian ASAT (in cooperation with a Moscow based research institute), is putting together a satellite launching operation. The Russian ASAT used a MiG-31 recon aircraft to test launch the missile. Such a system can only launch small satellite (no more than a few hundred pounds.) But such "microsats" have become quite popular, due to cheaper and more effective miniature electronics. Many regular satellite launches now include one or more microsats as part of a multi satellite package.

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htspac ... 81105.aspx

[nelson38899]

aqui deixo uma lista de todos as forças aéreas

http://www.flightglobal.com/assets/geta ... emID=26061

[PereiraMarques]

 :?:  :?:

[Xô Valente]

As nossas FA's têm heli de ataque?
Por acaso não sabia...