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Expodefensa 2014 Part three



















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Police Aviation of Peru announces a major inspection process for its Antonov An-32B regardless of Ukrainian industry

(defensa.com) The Ministry of Interior of Peru - via the Logistics Directorate - called No. 001-2014-IN International Recruitment for the "service maintenance and major overhauls 3 Antonov An-32B" of the Directorate of Aviation police (DIRAVPOL). The estimated amount for this contract would be around $ 8.7 million estimated that aircraft repair - with 223 enrollments PNP, PNP PNP 227 and 228 - will be repaired and delivered within 180-240 days after signing the contract.



Irregularly, the call did not invite or Antonov JSC (which recently reported that 2014 has given no authorization or certification for work in Peru) or the Repair Plant No. 410 (Ukraine). Similarly, the amount allocated is insufficient, as the actual price of the work could exceed $ 15 million. In addition, the bidding rules would be raised technically wrong - even have included some designed to favor a particular bidder - which could eventually cause to invalidate or cancel the process.

According to unofficial information, this work - which should serve to restore the operational capabilities of the DIRAVPOL - are considered important given the role that the An-32B in police missions and control, as well as counterinsurgency operations and against drug trafficking (TID) and illegal mining. Work will include, among others, a series of inspections in the main structure (to detect or rule out the presence of cracks, corrosion or defects) and flight control systems and landing gear, electric, fire, fuel, pneumohydraulic , oxygen and pressurization as well as avionics and radio. In addition, there shall be an overhaul of engines AI-20D Series 5, of the power plant TG-16M and sets of AV-68DM propellers.

The Antonov An-32B Cline is a medium transport aircraft designed and manufactured in Ukraine Antonov JSC, which has a length of 23.78 m, a wingspan of 29.20 m. and a height of 8.75 m. It is powered by two engines Ivchenko Progress AI-20D each of 5,112 hp that give a top speed of 530 km / h and a cruise of 470 km / h. The roof of operation is 9,500 m. and its maximum takeoff weight is 27,000 kg. It can carry 42 paratroopers, 50 troops or 24 stretchers.




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Before the end of the year the Uruguayan Air Force will finalize the acquisition of the A-37 Ecuadorians and C-212/300 Portuguese


(defensa.com) On November 27, aboard a Hercules, the commander of the Air Force Uruguay (FAU), Gral. Air Washington Martinez, and Deputy Secretary of Defense, Jorge Menendez, along with other authorities military and technical personnel will leave for Ecuador, where finally the transfer of 3 units of a-37B and a batch of parts is signed, estimated that days after arriving by flight to Uruguay to join the Air Squadron No. 2 based on Durazno. The negotiating process has been arduous and he was interrupted by Ecuadorian domestic issues.

About 15 days later leave for Lisbon another mission first level it to sign the transfer of two Airbus Military C-212/300 from the inventories of the Portuguese Air Force, which would be transferred, probably during the next European spring, to Montevideo to join the air Squadron No. 3 (Transport) based on the # 1 air Base




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A 'Pucara "of the Uruguayan Air Force is damaged

(defensa.com) While conducting training deployment of operating crews at the airport in Cologne, A-58 aircraft "Pucara" belonging to No. 1 Air Squadron (Attack) Air Brigade II (Peach), suffered an accident during its landing when the front landing gear collapsed. Both pilots were unhurt, though the aircraft suffered major structural damage.



The Commander in Chief of the Uruguayan Air Force (an ex "Pucara" pilot) ordered the immediate intervention of the Investigating Aircraft Accident Committee to determine the causes of the accident. This aircraft from Argentina, which has been in Uruguay service for 33 years, is nearing the end of its useful life, not for lack of robustness of the cell, but by lack of parts, especially engines (Turbomeca Astazou, and deprogrammed), dome and other devices The Pucara has also served in the Air Forces of Colombia and Sri Lanka.

If the Argentine manufacturer FADEA, does not implement its often announced (in the last two decades) modernization program, at least in the basic items, no more than one or two aircraft of this type will be able to continue flying at FAU in 2015 . it is impossible to think about upcoming mergers of some of the fighter squadrons based in Durazno, especially not quickly processed the arrival of future cells and parts of A-37B from Ecuador, delayed due to problems unrelated to the FAU.

In this horizon, however opportunities grow. The Super Tucano, at least modernized-sea fish per AEL or Cobham- the conventional AT-27 Tucano, or Korean and assembled in Peru, KT-1P, priced less than $ 10 million, as well as their ability to transfer and exchange of technology make it attractive, even in the eyes of the Uruguayan Chamber of Aeronautical Industry.





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Newly purchased Venezuelan Buk-M2 missile




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Palace guards, known as Granaderos de Tarqui, line up in a row before a change of guard parade in Quito, Ecuador
Picture: REUTERS/Guillermo Granja



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Funds allocated to the Air Force of Peru to buy another 2 C-27J "Spartan"

(defensa.com) Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) assigned to the Air Force of Peru totaling $ 123 million, which will be used to purchase another 2 medium transport aircraft Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartan. The Air Force acquired in November 2013 their first 2 copies per 121.9 million, which will be delivered between April and May 2015.


These aircraft, which will be assigned to the Air No. 8 Group gradually will replace the An-32B Cline Antonov in transport missions and civic action and in operations against drug trafficking, illegal mining and counterinsurgency in the valley of the Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro rivers.

The C-27J is equipped with avionics and propulsion system Rolls Royce AE2100-D2A ensures 4.650 SHP can load pallets weighing up to 4,550 kg and measuring 2.20 meters tall, or platforms with a length of 12 feet and 6,000 kg. It is capable of taking off and landing on land unsuitable for landing, with a length less than 500 meters, with a maximum takeoff weight of 30,500 kilos; can carry up to 60 troops equipped or even 46 parachute. In version air ambulance (MEDEVAC) can carry between 24 and 36 stretchers and two Support Systems Patient Transportation, stretchers and provisions for intensive care team, and six medical assistants.

Its dimensions (2.60 meters high and 3.33 meters wide) and its resistance to earth, with a capacity of 4,900 kg / m, allow military transport bulky equipment. The C-27J is equipped with avionics and propulsion system Rolls Royce AE2100-D2A ensures 4.650 SHP can load pallets weighing up to 4,550 kg and measuring 2.20 meters tall, or platforms with a length of 12 feet, and 6,000 kg. It is capable of taking off and landing on land unsuitable for landing, with a length less than 500 meters, with a maximum takeoff weight of 30,500 kilos; can carry up to 60 troops equipped or even 46 parachute.

In version air ambulance (MEDEVAC) can carry between 24 and 36 stretchers and two Support Systems Patient Transportation, stretchers and provisions for intensive care team, and six medical assistants. Its dimensions (2.60 meters high and 3.33 meters wide) and its resistance to earth, with a capacity of 4,900 kg / m, allow military transport bulky equipment.


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VC TAM from Regimiento de Caballería de Tanques 1 / 1st Cavalry Regiment crossing the Miriñiay river.











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As posted in a British Armed Forces thread, British and Argentine forces working together in Cyprus:






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