[Cabecinhas]

:shock:  :lol:

[pchunter]

O novo predador!

Jet-powered Predator C makes first flight and gains funding support
By Stephen Trimble

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems flew its jet-powered Predator C unmanned aircraft system for the first time in early April, chief executive Thomas Cassidy has told Flight International.

The next-generation surveillance and attack UAS completed the first flight with "absolutely no problems", Cassidy says. "It was ready to go again right after it landed."

Cassidy declines to reveal details about the secretive aircraft's features or performance. Since 2005, General Atomics has been internally developing the Predator C in anticipation of a US Air Force requirement for a next-generation UAS, but federal funding is likely to appear shortly.

Brian Bilbray, a California congressman, has asked to insert $26 million in an unnamed appropriations bill for the Predator C, citing personal interest from Gen David McKiernan, commander of US and international forces in Afghanistan.

"Predator C will provide the USAF and other customers with an additional covert capability, enhanced by much higher operational and transit speeds for quick response and quick repositioning for improved mission flexibility and survivability," Bilbray says.

It is understood that Duncan Hunter, another California congressman, also plans to submit a similar request for government funding for the Predator C.

Cassidy says the first flight, originally scheduled for the third quarter of last year, was delayed by several months due to technical and regulatory issues. In 2006, he described the Predator C as having a new wing-form and stealthy features.

The programme is moving forward even as the US Department of Defense plans to buy at least 66 MQ-9 Reapers (Predator Bs) over the next two years, as it seeks to establish 50 permanent orbits of Predator- and Reaper-class UAS.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/04/08/324949/jet-powered-predator-c-makes-first-flight-and-gains-funding.html

[pchunter]

O Rafale não foi selecionado pelo Kuwait

Por: Anne-Sophie Galliano – Do E24.Fr – Adaptado por Vinna

A Dassault Aviation está passando por dias sombrios. Charles Edelstenne, CEO do grupo, admitiu há algumas semanas atrás que as encomendas de seus jatos executivos, Falcon, estão paralisadas. E agora a empresa sofre um novo revés através do seu caça Rafale. Segundo o Jornal Kuwaitiano TTU, o País teria escolhido o Saab Gripen ao invés do Rafale.

O jornal refere-se a duas razões. O primeiro é o preço. Um argumento que é freqüentemente mencionado no caso do caça Francês. Isso inclusive seria o obstáculo pelo qual o caça Francês estaria sendo preterido pela SUIÇA que estaria optando preferencialmente pela proposta da emanada pela SAAB fabricante do Gripen.

Ainda segundo o jornal TTU, a Saab tem uma política comercial muito agressiva. Sem opção de vender o avião a Força Aérea Sueca a SAAB tem de obter novas encomendas para o seu caça nos próximos dois anos, sob pena de ficarem com linhas de montagem vazias ".

A segunda razão é mais técnica. O espaço aéreo do Kuwait é muito pequeno. O Rafale tem a capacidade de reação de longo alcance, uma vantagem que não é necessariamente adequada no caso do Kuwait. Além destes contratempos os rumores vindos da Índia também não são animadores.

http://moraisvinna.blogspot.com/2009/04/o-rafale-nao-foi-selecionado-pelo.html

[pchunter]

Republica Checa compra 4 c-295

http://defense-technologynews.blogspot.com/2009/05/czech-republic-acquires-four-c-295.html

[Carlos Barbosa]

Tinha saído, mas parece que houve uns “toques” de alto nível para a reentrada o caça francês.

The Times of India
NEW DELHI: After some high-level diplomatic intervention by France, its fighter `Rafale' has flown back into the race for the `mother of all defence  
deals', the Rs 42,000 crore project to acquire 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft for IAF.

Rafale had earlier been ejected out of the race by the defence ministry for failing to respond properly in its technical bid towards the GSQRs (general staff qualitative requirements) drawn up by IAF.

"But since it was only paper-evaluation and the French company Dassault Aviation has now supplied the missing answers, the Defence Procurement Board has decided to allow Rafale to take part in the actual field trials,'' said a defence ministry official on Thursday.

Consequently, Rafale will now be part of the trials slated to begin in July-August, along with American F/A-18 `Super Hornet' (Boeing) and F-16 `Falcon' (Lockheed Martin), Russian MiG-35 (United Aircraft Corporation), Swedish Gripen (Saab) and Eurofighter Typhoon (consortium of British, German, Spanish and Italian companies).

France obviously did not want to left out of what will be the largest global defence contract, pegged at $10.4 billion, under which 18 jets will be bought off-the-shelf, while the rest will be manufactured in India under transfer of technology.

There will be at least two sets of field trials conducted in summer and winter, with the six jets being flown in the snow-capped peaks of Leh, the scorching Rajasthan deserts (Jaisalmer) and the humid conditions of south India (Bangalore).

The race, of course, is actually quite a marathon. The commercial bids will only be opened, examined and compared after a shortlist is made of two to three top contenders following the extensive field trials and staff evaluation.

With the final negotiations to begin thereafter, the entire process is expected to take a minimum of two years before the contract is actually inked. IAF, of course, is desperate to induct the first lot of the new fighters by 2012-2013.

[nelson38899]

os planes de la marina chilena consideran la adquisición de ocho aviones C-295 al fabricante aeroespacial español EADS CASA.

Tres ejemplares configurados para el rol de Exploración y Ataque Marítimo fueron encargados en Octubre del 2007, equipados con el sistema de control táctico FIST, un radar de Apertura Sintética (SAR) del fabricante estadounidense TELEPHONICS, sistema de visión nocturna FLIR, detector de anomalías magnéticas (MAD) y armados con misiles anti-buque Harpoon del fabricante estadounidense BOEING y torpedos ligeros antisubmarinos.

Los cinco aviones cuya adquisición está pendiente incluyen un cuarto aparato configurado para Exploración y Ataque Marítimo, tres aviones configurados para Patrullaje Aeromarítimo -equipados con el sistema táctico FIST, el radar SAR TELEPHONICS y el sistema FLIR- y un avión en configuración de transporte. Se espera que el financiamiento siendo aprobado en estos momentos cubra la compra de otros tres C-295, dejando pendiente la compra de los últimos dos aviones, que debería tener lugar en el 2010
http://www.militar.org.ua/foro/fuerzas- ... -4950.html

[Get_It]

A Força Aérea Croata não terá estudantes na sua academia este ano.

Croatia without military pilots
Judging by this year's application results on the Faculty of traffic engineering for the military pilot course, Croatia might soon be without them. This year only 75 candidates applied, in contrast to not so distant times, when more than 1000 candidates were known to apply.

To make matters worse, of the 75 candidates none passed the physical exams, so this will be the first year there are no candidates that could, after four-year education, become Croatian airforce pilots, Militarium finds out.

Such a trend is not a coincidence, the interest of young people in becoming military pilots has been decreasing year after year, and several things have contributed to it. The Croatian government has postponed the acquisition of new fighter planes for several years, and it remains uncertain whether they will be purchased at all. Media have also reported many times on the state of the existing planes, and on the very dubious circumstances under which spare parts are acquired.

A good indicator is this year's fire season, at the beginning of which, of the 10 aircraft intended for fire extinguishing, only one could have fulfilled such a task.

The incomings are also not very stimulating, and it is still unclear how to solve the housing problem within the employment in armed forces. However, the worst thing is the fact that all of the candidates were medicaly incompetent.

This has only confirmed the results from previous years, when military service was obligatory.

A large part of the recruits over 18 years of age never served in the army because of medical reasons, a thing that was very rare some ten years ago. Clearly a part of the younger male population in Croatia is getting iller, and why is that so should be answered by medical experts.

fonte: http://www.militarium.eu/article.aspx?ID=2414

Cumprimentos,

[Carlos Barbosa]

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has shortlisted the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III as its new Very Heavy Lift Transport Aircraft (VHTAC), IANS reported today.

Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik is quoted by the India Strategic defence magazine as saying that the aircraft had been chosen after a thorough study because of its capability to take off and land on short runways with heavy loads, long range, and ease of operation.

IAF was looking at acquiring ten C-17s initially through the US government’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) route, and a proposal in this regard was being considered by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), he said adding that the aircraft should come in about three years after a contract is signed.

by newsdefpro

[LuisC]

Bem…essa imagem está brutal!

[SSK]

Muito curioso!!!

http://www.cna.pt/arquivonoticias/noticiasagricultura/2009/09-05-22_cortica_publico.pdf

[nelson38899]

Muito curioso!!!

http://www.cna.pt/arquivonoticias/noticiasagricultura/2009/09-05-22_cortica_publico.pdf

Sim mas pelo que posso dizer o avião não é integralmente feito em cortiça. Mas sim partes do avião levam uma percentagem de cortiça. O projecto aerocork é sim um projecto interessante.

[Chicken_Bone]

A noticia deveria estar noutra secção. O tópico abaixo, parece ser o melhor candidato
  http://www.forumdefesa.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7520

[nelson38899]

A noticia deveria estar noutra secção. O tópico abaixo, parece ser o melhor candidato
  http://www.forumdefesa.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7520

concordo plenamente com o Nuno

[nelson38899]

24 F-16 block 52 for egypt

20:16 GMT, June 28, 2009 Egypt has requested the US to supply it 24 new Lockheed Martin F16 Block 52 fighter aircraft to upgrade its existing fleet.

Egypt's hosting of President Barack Obama's "mutual respect" speech to the Muslim world came at the same time the Obama administration quietly was agreeing to Egypt's longstanding request to purchase some 24 F-16 fighters, according to a report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

According to informed sources, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates relayed the commitment in his May 5 meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

The Egyptian request for Lockheed Martin’s F-16s and other munitions had been denied repeatedly by the former Bush administration over Egypt's record on human rights and democracy. Those munitions included the Longbow Apache helicopter, mobile air defense systems and the Joint Direct Attack Munition which is a guidance kit that converts existing unguided or "dumb" bombs into "smart" munitions.

Lockheed Martin chief executive officer Robert Stevens confirmed that the company had been notified of the Egyptian request.

The 24 F-16s would replace some of the other 220 F-16s of varying capability that Egypt has acquired on five separate occasions beginning in 1980 under direct U.S. Foreign Military Sales and through the Netherlands and Turkey.

Egypt has been flying the F-16 since 1982, and received 220 of the aircraft by 2002 (42 Block 15 F-16A/B, 40 Block 32 F-16C/D and 138 Block 40 F-16C/D).
http://www.defpro.com/news/details/8328/

[U209PN]

F16

Acho que já temos mais un F 16 MLU O N° 15101 Esquadao 201  

Aguem pode confimar! obrigado