30 October 2010

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Argentina bids farewell to a Indian Navy to have 3 Aircraft

president carrier
OCT 30, 2010 12:44P.M. OCT 30, 2010 12:30P.M.

Nestor Kirchner, president of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, and

husband to current president Cristina Fernandez, died of a heart attack
on Wednesday, October 27th, at the age of 60. Kirchner was widely
expected to run for a second term in a presidential election next October.
Today, thousands of Argentinians filed past a flag-draped coffin to pay
their respects to the former President, then lined the capital’s rain-
slicked streets for a glimpse of his hearse as it passed by. Kirchner’s
remains will be flown to the southern region of Patagonia, where he was
born, for burial. Collected here are recent images from Argentina as it
bids farewell. (22 photos total)

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The Indian Navy has been acquiring sea-based assets for littoral warfare,
including purchase of landing platform docks and long-range maritime
surveillance aircraft, and plans to acquire at least three aircraft carriers
in the next five to seven years, in addition to other assets.An Indian
Defence Ministry news release said quoting Defence Minister A.K.
Antony who asked the Navy to increase Navy-to-Navy contact with the
Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (center) sits next
littoral countries of the Indian Ocean. This move comes five years after
to the coffin of her husband, former Argentine President (2003-2007)
the service incorporated preparation for littoral warfare as part of the
Nestor Kirchner, during his wake at the Casa Rosada presidential palace
Navy’s long term doctrine.
in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 28, 2010. Thousands of
Argentinians, joined by Latin American leaders, paid homage Thursday
to ex-president Nestor Kirchner, the powerful husband the current
president Cristina Fernandez, who died suddenly of a heart attack on
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October 27. (AFP/Getty Images)

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WEAPON AND TECHNOLOGY U.S. in the area of missile defense.

Japan and US test Missile

Defense Also participating in the test was USS LAKE ERIE and USS RUSSELL,
OCT 30, 2010 12:26P.M. Aegis ships which cooperated to detect, track and conduct a simulated
intercept engagement against the same target.

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US Navy`s Powerful Weapon

OCT 30, 2010 12:23P.M.

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The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the United States
Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced the successful completion of
an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) intercept flight test, in
cooperation with the U.S. Navy, off the coast of Kauai in Hawaii.

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The event marked the fourth time that a JMSDF ship has engaged a
ballistic missile target, including three successful intercepts, with the
sea-based midcourse engagement capability provided by Aegis BMD.

The jarring tailhook landing on deck is only a hint at the power of the
enormous aircraft carrier. Stepping out of C-2 Greyhound cargo plane,
visitors are greeted by their first glance at the U.S. Navy’s second most
The JFTM-4 test event verified the newest engagement capability of the
powerful weapon. It’s the newest, biggest, baddest ship ever built – the
Japan Aegis BMD configuration of the recently upgraded Japanese
USS George H.W. Bush.
destroyer, JS KIRISHIMA. At approximately 5:06 p.m. (HST), 12:06
p.m. Tokyo time on Oct. 29, 2010, a separating 1,000 km class ballistic
missile target was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at
Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii.
The Bush, officially CVN-77, is the latest and last nuclear-powered,
Nimitz-class carrier. Though the Nimitz class is being replaced, it has
more than enough combat power to make lunatic leaders like Iran’s
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il quake in their
JS KIRISHIMA crew members detected and tracked the target. The
boots.
Aegis Weapon System then developed a fire control solution and
launched a Standard Missile -3 (SM-3) Block IA missile. Approximately
three minutes later, the SM-3 successfully intercepted the target
approximately 100 miles above the Pacific Ocean. JFTM-4 is a
Everywhere you look on deck, there are signs of a ship ever ready and
significant milestone in the growing cooperation between Japan and the
able to defend America. There are F/A-18F Super Hornets, anti-

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submarine helicopters, missiles, machineguns and more. These are the runways in 45 seconds flat to the organized way planes are maintained
weapons of peace to friends and allies and weapons of war to those who and refueled.
hate us.

On the carrier, everything can be a life-or-death issue. Even something

The technology is a marvel. The sheer power of one plane as it catapults
off the ship can be felt throughout your body. But that power isn’t what
makes the U.S. Navy the best in the world. It’s the men and women who
defend their nation 24-7 and who operate that ship and those aircraft,
who are their nation’s best naval weapon and first line of defense.
mundane such as cleaning the deck of foreign object debris (FOD, in
Navy parlance) takes on special import. Hundreds of men and women
swarm the deck in what would be an exercise in chaos in the civilian
world. Instead, they spread out in an orderly fashion searching for every
screw, sunflower seed and piece of metal lodged where it could be sucked
into an engine.

And their average age is 19 and a half.

Each discovery is greeted with new smiles as the group walks fore to aft.
Within minutes, the entire deck is cleared – safe for continued operation.

From the youngest seaman to Rear Admiral Nora W. Tyson, the carrier
strike group commander, these are just one great example of the
warriors who protect America while we sleep. The Bush’s motto is
“Freedom at Work.” It’s those warriors who make the planes fly and keep
the ship at top performance.

This isn’t the 8-hour day of civilian life. The crew works constantly.
Wearing the rainbow’s hues to designate job duties, men and women fuel
planes (purple), handle weapons and ammo (red), direct the aircraft
(yellow) and respond to emergencies (silver). No matter which task they
are doing, they are hard at work and – something that might be
surprising – they are often smiling.

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modern technology with a throwback to the America that got us here.
These aren’t coddled youths fresh out of the Ivy League. These are men
and women who came to the Navy for opportunities that eluded them on
shore. “I am proud of every man and woman on this ship,” said the ship’s
namesake George H.W. Bush when he visited the ship while it was at sea.
Who could blame him? The ship is a wonder, but it’s the humans on
board that make it wonderful.
Men and women who might sometimes be called boys and girls out of
uniform, they are so young, handle million-dollar aircraft and help pilot
a more than $6-billion ship. In between they load, stock and cook
enough food for more than 18,000 meals every day. And, of course, Just days after our visit, the Bush showed how rapidly it can respond to
operate two nuclear power plants that fuel the carrier. an emergency, helping rescue a seaman missing from the guided-missile
destroyer USS Mitscher. The sailor was brought back on board by one of
the carrier’s helicopters. Admiral Tyson summed it up nicely. “This sailor
is alive today because we train as we fight, and when the time came, we
They can do all that and more because they know the meaning of words all knew what to do.”
today’s employers and parents seem reluctant to use – accountability,
responsibility, teamwork and even esprit de corps. Examples of these
words in action range from planes landed and cleared from busy

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Just another day in the life of the Bush, where we can be thankful they
always know what to do. It probably won’t be long until the ship deploys
into a combat area. When that happens, Americans will again place our
lives in the capable hands of our most essential Navy weapons.
WEAPON AND TECHNOLOGY
Special forces wanting Android
OS
OCT 30, 2010 07:12A.M.
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The Army is 20 years and a half-billion dollars into a star-crossed effort
to build custom communications and digital-mapping gadgets for its
soldiers. Special Operations Command, on the other hand, is taking a
simpler approach: They’re planning to use Android phones.
The SOCOM asked coders to create a suite of applications for keeping
commandos linked up while they’re out on missions. The software
should include chat functions, file transfers, video display and “multi-
touch whiteboarding aka John Madden tool.”
SOCOM calls it the Tactical Situational Awareness Application Suite, or
TactSA, and it has to work in low-connectivity areas — the middle-of-
nowhere places you’d expect to send the military’s most elite troops. It’s
got to be peer-to-peer, encrypted “at the application level” and able to
recover from “network outages and substantial packet loss.”
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But rather than go the Army route and custom-build hardware, SOCOM
is happy to use off-the-shelf gadgetry. It’s the software that interests
them more. “Due to the shift in commercial hardware to mobile, battery
powered systems,” the solicitation reads, TactSA has to work on “lighter
devices that utilize the Android operating system.” Special Operations
Forces currently have video, mapping and other data tools that run on
Windows platforms, but the command is guessing that’s not where the
mobile market is going.
A different option for TactSA would be to wait until the military works
out the hardware and picks out an operating system. As Danger Room
reported yesterday, the Army will award a contract next spring for Nett
Warrior, a seven-pound bundle of wearable computers and radios. But
even if the prototypes designed by competing defense contractors
Raytheon, General Dynamics and Rockwell Collins work as planned, it’ll
be years until Nett Warrior is out in the field.
Similarly, the Army hopes to trickle out a handful of soldier-developed
apps for smartphones over a year or so. But with special forces operating
at an intense pace in places like Afghanistan, that’s not time the elite
troops have.
One benefit of using Android-run devices is that Android keeps its
source code open. If special operators find that the TactSA functions
don’t quite meet their needs, they could conceivably design their own.
James Patrick, a young special-ops veteran, learned in Afghanistan that
it can be hard for analysts to sift through a sea of incident reports to find
precisely the data they need to plan a mission. So, he and some of his
special-operations friends started the Texas firm Aptus Technologies to
develop the Threat Action Program, a data-mining app that displays
search terms in a word cloud for analysts to parse.
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Lockheed offers advanced F-
16IN Super Viper aircraft to
India
OCT 30, 2010 06:38A.M.
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US aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin Corporation has offered
India its tailor-made advanced F-16IN Super Viper aircraft for the Indian
Air Force.
Michael R Griswold, Director of Advance Development Programme,
Lockheed Martin Corporation, told media persons here on Thursday that
the offer of the customised fighter plane should be seen as a step ahead
of the F-16 series as integration into India’s infrastructure and
operations.
The advanced version of the F-16 has been designed after long
discussions between the IAF and Lockheed Martin Corporation. Features
like Active Electronic Scanned array (AESA), enhanced high-thrust
engine, and large weapon inventory have been specially integrated to suit
the needs of the IAF.
“We had to show all our requirements during trials, we debated and tried
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to come up with exact number of requirements but it’s an extra 650
unique requirements to meet MMRCA (Medium Multi Role Combat
Aircraft) and the Indian Air Force had a very rigorous process in place to
step through the requirements one-by-one and check them all,” said
Griswold.
“So in the case we had to provide new capability beyond what the F-16
block has, say a new weapon that the Indian Air Force wanted or the new
sensor Indian Air Force wanted, we had to put that capability in many
cases we demonstrate in flight whenever we could on the F-16, some
cases it was not practical in incorporating on the aircrafts so we did it in
assimilation in the laboratory environment but every single of those
requirements we have shown to the Indian Air Force we are capable of
it,” he added.
” I read a lot of stories about what the President’s visit is or is not going
to accomplish. I think clearly if you look at the trajectory the relationship
is on between the two countries, it is more of growing closer in many
areas not just defence but across the broad spectrum of commercial and
cultural, social and defence issues. No reasons to believe that all the
generals will be part of the visit. But defence probably will come up. By
no means will it be all that they will discuss,” Griswold noted.
The F16IN Super Viper is a fifth generation fighter, sharing a heritage
with the F-35 Lightening II Joint Strike Fighter and the F-22 Raptor.
(ANI)
” The F-16IN Super Viper is a unique new fighter sharing a heritage
with the world’s only fifth generation fighters – the F-35 Lightning II
Joint Strike Fighter and the F-22 Raptor. Evolutionary integration of
fifth generation technologies makes the F-16IN the most advanced
fourth generation fighter in the world today.
This ultimate fourth generation fighter is tailored exclusively to meet or
exceed all of India’s Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA)
requirements. The F-16IN is the right choice for the Indian Air Force
(IAF) and is ready for integration into India’s infrastructure and
operations now.
The ability of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to incorporate the latest
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technologies into the F-16IN is the key to expanding mission roles and
improving combat capability, therefore creating the most effective
multi role fighter today. With a robust upgrade capacity and the
continuous insertion of technology, the F-16IN can be readily equipped
with emerging capabilities throughout its lifecycle.
The Super Viper has the most advanced technologies and capabilities
available today on the international market. It is truly the ultimate
fourth generation fighter with all it brings to the battlefield.
Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar
The Northrop Grumman APG-80 AESA radar is the only AESA
operational in the international market today. This revolutionary all-
weather, precision targeting sensor has been exported by the United
States government and is defending a sovereign nation today; no other
MMRCA competitor can make that claim. The APG-80 AESA radar
provides outstanding situational awareness and detection; ultrahigh-
resolution synthetic aperture radar mapping, fully interleaved modes
of operations with automatic terrain following; and air-to-air tracking
of multiple targets.
Net-Centric Warfare Capability
The fusion of net-centric operations and onboard data provides a total
battle space picture and optimizes mission accomplishment. The F-16
was the first multi-role fighter to incorporate a data link capability,
and the IAF’s Operational Data Link (ODL) can be integrated onto the
F-16IN when available, ensuring interoperability with other IAF
aircraft. Data integrates through all phases of the mission – from
mission planning, navigation, communication and target prosecution
to return to base – transforming the pilot from an aircraft system
manager to a tactician.
Modern, Full-Color, All-Digital Glass Cockpit
Pilots receive easy-to-interpret information via the all-digital cockpit
and helmet -mounted cueing system. The large color displays are
capable of fusing data from on- and off-board sensors, reducing the
workload and enabling the pilot to focus on the mission.
Advanced Survivability Features
The low radar signature of the F-16IN reduces detection by enemy
radars. Its single-engine design has smaller infrared and visual
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signature than twin-engine fighters. The internal electronic warfare
and towed decoy systems, provided by Raytheon, avoid or defeat the
most advanced threats. Raytheon’s combat-proven EW systems are
deployed on F-16 aircraft worldwide. Superior agility and excellent
pilot situational awareness reduce vulnerability to attack, while critical
systems redundancy and shielding enhance survivability.
Enhanced High Thrust Engine
The F-16IN offers the highest thrust engine in the competition, the
General Electric F110-132A. It has 32,000 pounds of thrust with an
unprecedented record of safety, reliability, maintainability and
durability.The F110 incorporates the latest technology, including full
authority digital engine control, for maximum fuel efficiency and
performance.
Safety, Reliability and Maintainability
The F-16IN is the most reliable, maintainable and safest multirole
fighter in the world . . . based on more than 13 million flight hours in
peacetime and combat operations. Also, our support approach provides
the lowest life-cycle cost and is consistent with existing IAF
maintenance practices.
Proven Combat and Operational Effectiveness
Over 400,000 combat hours
More air-to-air victories (72-0)
Over 100,000 combat missions flown
Over 2,200,000 ordnance delivered in combat
Over one million operational sorties in support of the Global war on
Terror
Lockheed Martin understands that meeting the specific needs of each
partner, the company insures that the F-16 maintains an unmatched
record of program performance and mission success. India’s
partnership with Lockheed Martin can provide access to the highest
technology, opportunities for technology co-development, low-risk
licensed production, transfer of technology, and opportunities for
extensive long-term business. The Super Viper facilitates a key strategic
partnership with the United States and the U.S. Air Force including
joint training, logistical and operational concepts.
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Also, Lockheed Martin has a proven history of successful partnerships.
The F-16 is the fighter of choice for 24 nations with 52 follow-on buys,
including successful international licensed manufacturing of 928
aircraft. Lockheed Martin’s worldwide industrial partnership success is
unsurpassed by anyone and includes these accomplishments:
Establishment of four highly successful international F-16
manufacturing lines
Demonstrated ability to transfer advanced technology successfully
Over $37 billion in offsets realized by 40 countries
Establishment of indigenous international support systems
Joint technology development for international markets
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Tridimensional collages
OCT 29, 2010 08:38P.M.
Spanish industrial designer and art director Emilio Gomariz has what
could be described as a wildly varied portfolio. His animated gif series
entitled Extremity is of particular interest. The images are
‘tridimensional collages’ utilizing 3D models (bodies) which Gomariz
found floating around the internet.
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WEAPON AND TECHNOLOGY
Airbus completes tanker trails
for RAAF
OCT 29, 2010 08:31P.M.
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The last customer qualification flights involving the Royal Australian Air
Force’s new KC-30A tankers will be flown by early November, clearing
the way for two of the modified Airbus A330s to be handed over before
the end of the year.
“We are now doing a final few flights with the customer to clear the
deliveries,” says Gabriel Garcia Mesuro, Airbus Military’s head of flight
operations for the A330 multi-role tanker transport. Totalling around six
sorties, the work will include final activities with the Boeing F-18 and
Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters, night flights and work involving two KC-
30As, he says.
The RAAF will in early December take delivery of the second and third
aircraft from its five-unit KC-30A programme. The latter has been
modified in Australia by Qantas Defence Services and is currently being
painted in Paris as part of its final pre-delivery preparations, Mesuro
says. Aircraft one should be transferred in the second quarter of next
year, after its flight-test instrumentation has been removed at Getafe
near Madrid.
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Australia’s fourth KC-30A is being converted by Qantas, with the WEAPON AND TECHNOLOGY
company due to receive the programme’s last aircraft for modification in
early 2011. Eurofighter AESA Radar
OCT 29, 2010 08:11P.M.

Two more A330 tankers have already entered flight testing in Spain
under the UK’s Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft project. Mesuro says the
first modified examples for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
are on track to follow suit around early 2011.

Airbus Military secured military certification for its A330 MRTT design
from Spain’s INTA authority in early October.

(Flight International)

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OCT 29, 2010 08:23P.M. Greek shipyard goes into Abu
Dhabi hands
OCT 29, 2010 08:06P.M.

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The contracts for implementing the framework agreement signed by the
Greek government, ThyssenKrupp and the Abu Dhabi MAR group on 30
September come into effect today, 27 October.

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The contracts form the basis for the transfer of a 75.1% interest in the Sagem`s Patroller UAV
Greek shipyard of Hellenic Shipyards to the Abu Dhabi MAR group, OCT 29, 2010 07:53P.M.
acceptance of the submarines built to date and the purchase of two
further class 214 submarines as part of the existing Neptune II program
(instead of the modernization of two class 209 submarines).

This ends the dispute with the Greek government over acceptance of the
HS Papanikolis class 214 submarine which has been running since 2006.

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OCT 29, 2010 08:02P.M.
Sagem will be exhibiting its long-endurance Patroller UAV at the
entrance to the Euronaval 2010 exhibition. The Patroller was designed
for a wide range of defense and homeland security applications. This is
the occasion for Sagem to present its naval version.

The Patroller-M (Maritime) is designed for coastal surveillance and

maritime approach missions. It can also be used in other naval
operations, such as SAR and fighting against trafficking, piracy or illegal
immigration. Furthermore, Patroller-M can support special operations at
sea or on land over bodies of water. With payloads adapted to naval
missions, Patroller-M will have a maritime surveillance radar for
detection on the high seas, plus a Euroflir 410 day/night optronic pod
and an AIS receptor to identify ships.

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As an option it can be equipped with a satellite link that enables it to
operate beyond the radio intervisibility range of 100Nm. Patroller-M will
also be able to transmit in real time data from its sensors to a general
staff onboard a vessel, for example, a “Tonnerre”-type projection and
command ship, or a rapid intervention ship as part of an anti-piracy
operation.

The control of its mission can also be transferred to a control/command

station onboard a surface ship. NATO interoperability has been shown to
be possible using the STANAG 4609 (1) standard, which allows the

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Patroller to transmit in real time a geo-referenced video stream to NATO

command centers.

Proven technologies

The Patroller-M UAV system benefits from the same inherent

advantages as the entire Patroller family. It consists of a particularly
reliable and robust 1-ton class aircraft, developed by automating a
piloted airframe – the German aircraft manufacturer Stemme’s S-15. The
advanced aerodynamics of this EASA-certified airframe provide Patroller
with high autonomy: from 20 to 30 hours depending on the payload, at a
maximum altitude of 25 000ft. The Patroller’s design draws on proven
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technologies developed by Sagem for its Sperwer Mk.II tactical UAV
system (control station, data links, mission avionics, image chain) and
the experience gained through operational use of the SDTI Sperwer in
Afghanistan over 7 years.
BAE Systems has today submitted a detailed proposal to the Brazilian
Navy to supply a package of naval vessels to meet its ambitious fleet
renewal programme through a full technology transfer agreement, with
the ships to be built in Brazil.
The Patroller UAV that Sagem is exhibiting at Euronaval 2010 is the
homeland security ’S’ version (already available for sale). Its flight
performance and secure architecture – built on full-triplex avionics –
were validated during its 4th test flight campaign in June and July 2010
The proposal comes on the back of the recent Defence Cooperation
at the Istres airbase. France’s Ministry of the Interior immediately chose
Agreement between the UK and Brazilian Governments and marks the
the Patroller-S for a civil security campaign in the country’s southern
latest step in a move towards greater bilateral trade between the two
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region from August 15 to August 31, 2010. It
countries. Based on BAE Systems’ proven ship designs, it includes the
was successfully used in firefighting operations as part of this.
provision of five ocean patrol vessels, one logistics support vessel and
five escort vessels as well as a comprehensive logistics support service.

Importantly, the proposal also sets out arrangements for the UK

WEAPON AND TECHNOLOGY
Government-endorsed opportunity of Brazilian partnership in the design

BAE Systems offers TOT to and development of the new highly flexible, multi-role Global Combat
Ship.

Brazilian Navy
OCT 29, 2010 07:49P.M.

Alan Johnston, Managing Director of BAE Systems’ Surface Ships

division, said: “We believe that this strategic partnership approach,
combined with our proven ship designs, will bring strength to Brazilian
industry and give the Brazilian Navy confidence in our ability to deliver
an effective, affordable solution to meet its future naval capability
requirements.”

BAE Systems has a long track record of working with the Brazilian Navy
and its involvement can be traced back to Brazil’s Niteroi Class frigates
supplied by the Company’s legacy business VT Shipbuilding in the 1970s.

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The latest proposal builds on this legacy and is designed to meet the WEAPON AND TECHNOLOGY
objectives set out in Brazil’s National Strategy of Defence to enhance its
indigenous industrial capability by enabling the country to develop an Russia started to Modernize A-
independent, sustainable naval shipbuilding and through-life maritime
support capability. 50M AWACS
OCT 29, 2010 07:47P.M.

“We are in discussions regarding the naval proposal with a number of

potential industry partners in Brazil, including shipyards and combat
systems developers,” added Johnston. “We are actively working to
formalise these agreements and will provide further details in due
course.”

The BAE Systems 90 metre Ocean Patrol Vessel included in the proposal
is based on the proven River Class vessels in use with the UK Royal
Navy. It uses the same core platform as the vessel being built by Bangkok
Dock in Thailand under a similar technology transfer agreement, with
systems and equipment tailored to the Brazilian Navy’s requirements. In
addition, the Company has proposed a variant of the UK Royal Navy
Wave Class fleet tanker, tailored to meet the specific aviation, stores and
personnel requirements of the Brazilian Navy.

Russia has started official testing of its modernized A-50M Mainstay

The new generation Global Combat Ship is being developed to be
affordable and easily adaptable to the fast changing demands of modern
defence. Entering into the Global Combat Ship partnership will enable
the UK and Brazil to bring these highly capable ships into service, whilst
bringing down costs through a rationalised design, build and
procurement process and shared maintenance and support operations. It
also provides Brazil with the opportunity to influence the design and
access to UK Royal Navy standard training for its naval personnel.
AWACS aircraft for the country’s Air Force, a Russian electronics
company said Wednesday.The A-50 Mainstay is a Russian airborne
warning and control system aircraft based on the Ilyushin Il-76 transport
plane. Russia adopted the aircraft in 1984, and the Air Force currently
has 16-20 A-50 planes, according to various reports.”The A-50M is the
most complex aircraft and we have successfully modernized it,” said
Vladimir Verba, general director of the Vega Radio Engineering Corp.
“The aircraft is undergoing official tests at present and has shown
excellent performance so far.”

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approximately 107,000 employees worldwide. The Company delivers a
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billion (US$ 36.2 billion).

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US to build Super Bases TAG-Heuer Formula-1 Watch

OCT 29, 2010 07:40P.M. OCT 29, 2010 07:35P.M.

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Inspired by the TAG-Heuer Grand Carrera Calibre 36 RS Caliper
Chronograph model, designer from HungaryPeter Vardai decided to
make his version on Formula-1 and Mercedes-Benz combo. “All over the
design one can find references to Formula-1 and Mercedes-Benz. The
The expansion will include a dock for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier,
sport car effect is emphasized by the arms with vivid red inlet. Pressing
a missile defence system, live-fire training sites and the expansion of the
the buttons on both sides of the Mercedes logo releases the strap. Out of
island’s airbase. It will be the largest investment in a military base in the
the three middle arms the left one is the tenth, the right one is the
western Pacific since the Second World War, and the biggest spend on
hundredth seconds while the bottom one displays the charge of the
naval infrastructure in decades.Estimates suggest that the island’s
watch.
population will rise by almost 50 per cent from its current 173,000 at the
peak of construction. It will eventually house 19,000 Marines who will be
relocated from the Japanese island of Okinawa, where the US force has
become unpopular.

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Beijing’s naval build-up is also intended secure the sea lanes from the
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Middle East, from where China will import an estimated 70-80 per cent
of its oil needs by 2035 supplies it fears US could choke in the event of a
410iB/140H robot
OCT 29, 2010 07:33P.M.
conflict.China has therefore invested in what are called its “string of
pearls” a network of bases strung along the Indian Ocean rim, like
Hambantota in Sri Lanka and Gwadar in Pakistan and in developing a
navy which can operate far from home.

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From Youngester : Industrial Robotics
FANUC Robotics new M-410iB/140H robot is an extremely fast
palletizing robot capable of performing 1,900 standard palletizing cycles
an hour. Ideally suited for high-volume production in bag and box
palletizing operations, the new M-410iB/140H is the latest member of
the M-410iB family of palletizing robots. It features a 140kg payload and
a slim arm and wrist design with integrated cable routing to minimize
interference with tooling and other peripheral devices. A compact size
allows it to work in small spaces with low ceiling heights.
At the show, the five-axis, M-410iB/140H equipped with iRVision 2D
will palletize and depalletize boxes and bags to show the robot’s
versatility and speed. “The M-410iB/140H is an extremely fast
palletizing robot,” said Jay Strybis, product manager, FANUC Robotics.
“It’s capable of performing 1,900 standard palletizing cycles an hour.
That’s one cycle (moving 400mm up and down and 2000mm
horizontally) in less than two seconds, making it the fastest palletizing
robot in its class.”
The robot also features a large work envelope that when combined with
its high-speed operation allows a single M-410iB/140H to service
multiple lines in high-volume environments. The M-410iB series
includes five model variations including the M-410iB/140H (140kg
payload), M-410iB/160 (160 kg payload), M-410iB/300 (300 kg
payload), M-410iB/450 (450 kg payload), and the M-410iB/700 (700 kg
payload). Available options include row and layer end-of-arm tooling for
higher throughput applications, and fork grippers for handling bags,
bundles, trays, pails or open-end cases.
The M-410iB/140H robot offers a wide range of benefits, including:
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Achieves palletizing speeds up to 1900 cycles per hour (bags or boxes)
Compact wrist minimizes interference with peripheral devices
Integrated cable routing speeds up system installation and avoids cable
snags
Compact design allows installation into low-ceiling factories and tight
work spaces
Proven, reliable FANUC servo drives highest uptime and productivity.
Able to operate in environments ranging from harsh to traditional
factory floor
Can be mounted on the floor or a platform/riser
Operates with the company’s latest R-30iA controller with integrated
intelligent functions such as iRVision, Collision Guard, ROBOGUIDE,
PalletTool and PalletPRO software.
FANUC iRVision
FANUC’s iRVision is a truly integrated, plug-and-go vision system that
runs on the standard CPU of every FANUC R-30iA controller without
any additional hardware. A single source solution developed and
supported by FANUC, iRVision offers easy setup and operation for
factory environments requiring 2D and 3D guidance, error proofing,
visual tracking, and quality control – all with FANUC’s world-renowned
reliability.
At Pack Expo, over 50 FANUC robot demonstrations will be featured by
FANUC Robotics and its integration partners including: AFA Systems,
Arrowhead Systems, Brenton Engineering, Conveyor & Automation
Technologies, Inc., Consolidated Technologies, Flexicell, Inc., Focke &
Co., Formost Fuji Corporation, Hartness International, Inc., Jennerjahn
Machine, Kleenline Corporation, Langen Packaging Inc., Omega Design
Corporation, Palligistics, LLC, PASCO, Premier Tech Systems, Qcomp,
R.A. Jones & Company, Schneider Packaging Equipment Co., Inc.,
Taylor Products, Thiele Technologies, Inc., TopTier, and Z Automation
Company.