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The world's first Searchmaster radar comes out of the factory
Thales announced the release of the first Searchmaster radar in March 2017. The system was accepted by an unveiled export client. In March 2016, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed with Qatar to acquire this system. Thales also specifies that "the production of multi-role radar series was launched in 2016 on its new Campus in Bordeaux."
The Searchmaster is for maritime surveillance. According to Thales, it is the only radar in the world capable of performing both anti-submarine combat, surface combat, maritime surveillance, ground surveillance and tactical air support, all without compromise. That is to say with an equal level of performance for all the missions. Thales also highlights the lightweight radar that weighs only 80 kg.
The Searchmaster implements an AESA antenna derived from that of the AESA RBE2 radar of the Rafale. The radar rotates rapidly through 360 °. Emitting in band X, its range announced is 200 nautical (Approximately 400 km). According to Thales, the Searchmaster can continue simultaneously 1,000 tracks.
The Searchmaster was developed partly on own funds by Thales with funding also contributed by the Directorate General of Armaments. Indeed, the new "5 in 1" radar will equip the Atlantique 2 maritime patrol aircraft of the French Navy as part of their upgrading program. The radome that currently houses the Iguana radar will be kept as well as the mechanical interface of the old system
Thales announced the release of the first Searchmaster radar in March 2017. The system was accepted by an unveiled export client. In March 2016, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed with Qatar to acquire this system. Thales also specifies that "the production of multi-role radar series was launched in 2016 on its new Campus in Bordeaux."
The Searchmaster is for maritime surveillance. According to Thales, it is the only radar in the world capable of performing both anti-submarine combat, surface combat, maritime surveillance, ground surveillance and tactical air support, all without compromise. That is to say with an equal level of performance for all the missions. Thales also highlights the lightweight radar that weighs only 80 kg.
The Searchmaster implements an AESA antenna derived from that of the AESA RBE2 radar of the Rafale. The radar rotates rapidly through 360 °. Emitting in band X, its range announced is 200 nautical (Approximately 400 km). According to Thales, the Searchmaster can continue simultaneously 1,000 tracks.
The Searchmaster was developed partly on own funds by Thales with funding also contributed by the Directorate General of Armaments. Indeed, the new "5 in 1" radar will equip the Atlantique 2 maritime patrol aircraft of the French Navy as part of their upgrading program. The radome that currently houses the Iguana radar will be kept as well as the mechanical interface of the old system
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Arianespace : la base de Kourou bloquée par les Guyanais
After two weeks of social movement, the determination of the Guyanese did not weaken. Yesterday they were about 11,000 to join Kourou, 4th city of the country, to protest against the under-investments of the State in Guyana. Here, the refrain is simple: "to Kourou, the rocket takes off, but not us".
Closed since the beginning of the social movement, the spaceport of Kourou is blocked by the protest movement. To its defending body, the base has become the emblem of this "fracture" denounced by the collective of associations. "Kourou, the flagship of European technology, is a political, technological and financial success," summed up Youri Antoinette, engineer of the CNES and spokesman of the collective in Kourou. "But as soon as we leave the space center, we are in an underdeveloped country. "
Subject to strong demographic pressure, the commune of Kourou (26,000 inhabitants) offers public lighting in the engineers' quarters, but not elsewhere. His mayor, François Ringuet, says he found a city with a deficit of 24 million euros. State funding barely allows it to fund local associations, which are necessary when nearly one in two young people leaves school after college. "It takes a true Marshall plan," he pleads, astonished at the silence of the Elysee.
CNES boss Didier Faivre yesterday received demonstrators to remind them that the spaceport was an asset for them and France. But the collective replied that the rockets would not take off until the 2.5 billion of investments claimed will not be there. The thirty delegates thus refused to leave the Guyanese space center. In Kourou, the site of the new Ariane 6 launch pad represents an investment of 600 million euros, of which around 100 are reserved for local companies.
Insufficient public facilities
Deputy Director General of CNES, Joël Barre explains to the "Echos" that this is a maximum in view of the technicality of the site and adds that all other operators have the obligation to hire young people in insertion. Finally, on the basis of this, 75% of the 1,700 employees have local contracts, a percentage in constant progress.
Joël Barre recognizes however that the public facilities are insufficient. He hopes for a quick exit from the conflict, to resume the shooting. The delays are still able to catch up, promises Arianespace, especially since no shot was expected in May after the shot postponed in March and the two scheduled in April. But the more time goes, the more the Cnes and Arianespace lose money."
Arianespace : la base de Kourou bloquée par les Guyanais
(google translation): "Collectives in Guyana warn that no rocket will take off if their demands are not heard.
After two weeks of social movement, the determination of the Guyanese did not weaken. Yesterday they were about 11,000 to join Kourou, 4th city of the country, to protest against the under-investments of the State in Guyana. Here, the refrain is simple: "to Kourou, the rocket takes off, but not us".
Closed since the beginning of the social movement, the spaceport of Kourou is blocked by the protest movement. To its defending body, the base has become the emblem of this "fracture" denounced by the collective of associations. "Kourou, the flagship of European technology, is a political, technological and financial success," summed up Youri Antoinette, engineer of the CNES and spokesman of the collective in Kourou. "But as soon as we leave the space center, we are in an underdeveloped country. "
Subject to strong demographic pressure, the commune of Kourou (26,000 inhabitants) offers public lighting in the engineers' quarters, but not elsewhere. His mayor, François Ringuet, says he found a city with a deficit of 24 million euros. State funding barely allows it to fund local associations, which are necessary when nearly one in two young people leaves school after college. "It takes a true Marshall plan," he pleads, astonished at the silence of the Elysee.
CNES boss Didier Faivre yesterday received demonstrators to remind them that the spaceport was an asset for them and France. But the collective replied that the rockets would not take off until the 2.5 billion of investments claimed will not be there. The thirty delegates thus refused to leave the Guyanese space center. In Kourou, the site of the new Ariane 6 launch pad represents an investment of 600 million euros, of which around 100 are reserved for local companies.
Insufficient public facilities
Deputy Director General of CNES, Joël Barre explains to the "Echos" that this is a maximum in view of the technicality of the site and adds that all other operators have the obligation to hire young people in insertion. Finally, on the basis of this, 75% of the 1,700 employees have local contracts, a percentage in constant progress.
Joël Barre recognizes however that the public facilities are insufficient. He hopes for a quick exit from the conflict, to resume the shooting. The delays are still able to catch up, promises Arianespace, especially since no shot was expected in May after the shot postponed in March and the two scheduled in April. But the more time goes, the more the Cnes and Arianespace lose money."
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The METEOR air-to-air missile is integrated on Rafale
The Directorate General of Armaments (DGA), in cooperation with Dassault Aviation, the missile manufacturer MBDA and Thales, have completed the campaign to integrate the METEOR long range air-to-air missile into the Rafale.
This integration took place on April 6, 2017, during the firing of a fourth and last METEOR missile from the Rafale B301, used for conducting experiments and tests, and equipped with the Thales RBE2-AESA radar.
This last shot took place from the air base 120 of Cazaux, where there is an implantation of the DGA Trial in Flight.
Unlike other test flights departing from Istres-Le Tubé air base 125, the firing took place from the Gironde base due to the nature of the tests and internal components of the missile (pyrotechnic system, etc.) .
As of today, following the official integration of the missile on Rafale, it is the French Air Force that will take the continuation of the flight tests pending the arrival of the first Rafale to standard F3 -R, able to carry and pull the METEOR.
In the coming months, the Air Force will aim to test the missile under operational conditions, with its own organizations, including the CEAM (Military Air Experiment Center), and to put down on paper l All procedures for using the METEOR, on the ground for gunsmiths and in flight for pilots and NOSA who will have to learn to know and master this new armaments.
The METEOR air-to-air missile is integrated on Rafale
The Directorate General of Armaments (DGA), in cooperation with Dassault Aviation, the missile manufacturer MBDA and Thales, have completed the campaign to integrate the METEOR long range air-to-air missile into the Rafale.
This integration took place on April 6, 2017, during the firing of a fourth and last METEOR missile from the Rafale B301, used for conducting experiments and tests, and equipped with the Thales RBE2-AESA radar.
This last shot took place from the air base 120 of Cazaux, where there is an implantation of the DGA Trial in Flight.
Unlike other test flights departing from Istres-Le Tubé air base 125, the firing took place from the Gironde base due to the nature of the tests and internal components of the missile (pyrotechnic system, etc.) .
As of today, following the official integration of the missile on Rafale, it is the French Air Force that will take the continuation of the flight tests pending the arrival of the first Rafale to standard F3 -R, able to carry and pull the METEOR.
In the coming months, the Air Force will aim to test the missile under operational conditions, with its own organizations, including the CEAM (Military Air Experiment Center), and to put down on paper l All procedures for using the METEOR, on the ground for gunsmiths and in flight for pilots and NOSA who will have to learn to know and master this new armaments.
Barkhane: Air Force hires two Mirage 2000N in the Sahel
On April 6, 2017, the centennial day of the United States 'entry into the war in the First World War, two Mirage 2000N from the 2/4 "La Fayette" Squadron landed at N' Djamena, Chad, as part of Operation Barkhane.
According to the press release published on 07 April 2016 by the Armed Forces General Staff (EMA), the two aircraft of the Strategic Air Forces (FAS) left Istres-Le Tubé air base 125 accompanied by a tanker C -135EN of the Supply Group in Flight 2/91 "Brittany".
Before they landed on the African continent for the first time since their commissioning, the 2000N made a short stopover in Dakar, Senegal, as with every deployment or return to the metropolis of French fighter jets engaged in the Sahel.
The 2000N arrived at "Djam", one of the three Mirage 2000D from 3 Wing Hunt went back to France, while two others remained.
As a result, the Chasse de N'Djamena plot is currently armed by two Mirage 2000N and two Mirage 2000D, which guided the 2000N laser guided bombs and their own weaponry.
As a reminder, if the devices are devoid of cannon, the Mirage 2000D carry a wide range of armaments while the Mirage 2000N are equipped with GBU-12 only.
However, if the operational context requires, four GBU-12s can be carried by one and the same 2000N, whereas the 2000D is limited to two bombs.
"The intensity of the current commitments and the need for flexibility in theaters of operations with large elongations, which are potential consumers, require the armies to articulate their aerial devices regularly in order to optimize the effects of aerial actions and to reduce The logistical constraints to achieve it, "explains the EMA.
Moreover, "the use of these airplanes in mixed patrols (Mixed Fighter Element) thus increases their flexibility of use and offers above all a better distribution of logistical efforts in France", it added.
In addition, at 1,415km on the Niamey air base in Niger, the Hunting plot of this region is armed by "2 Mirage 2000D and 2 Mirage 2000C with complementary capabilities".
If the 2000C are equipped with only two GBU-12s, they can however, as has been done several times, fire with the two 30mm internal guns.
It is a good compromise between the Show of Force and the dropping of a laser guided bomb in support of land forces engaged in the field, Impact of the GBU could affect the friendly forces.
Chammal: The Navy deploys four Rafale M in Jordan
While the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle entered the mid-life major technical stop (ATM) at the beginning of the year, the Chasse Embarquée continues its aerial activities with the training of its crews, training of the pilots of the Flotilla 17F on Rafale, the police of the sky and the external operations.
Indeed, in its operational situation of 06 April 2017, the Armed Forces General Staff (EMA) formalized the deployment of four Rafale Ms from the 12F Flotilla on the Prince Hassan airbase (or planned Airbase, BAP) in Jordan.
According to the communiqué, the first two Rafale M landed in this part of the Levant on 29 March, while the other two fighter ships completed the device two days later, on 31 March.
The EMA specifies that "for the 12F fleet pilots, this detachment allows to continue the war effort against Daech while maintaining their operational skills", while in parallel "the pilots of Saint-Dizier and Mont- De-Marsan continue by rotation a commitment of the Rafale Air to the Levant now permanent ".
Today, the BAP of Jordan hosts four Rafale Air and four Rafale M which are responsible for the missions of Air Interdiction (planned strikes), Close Air Support and reconnaissance with the RECO-NG nacelle .
In addition to the Hunting plot, which is currently armed by the "Chammal XVI" detachment, a naval maritime patrol aircraft of the French Navy is also involved in the International Coalition Inherent Resolve.
As such, the aircraft and its crew have crossed "the symbolic bar of the 200 sorties from the projected air base" as well as the 1,500 flying hours since its establishment in February 2016.
Finally, in addition to the terrestrial component (conventional and special forces) and the naval component, the Chammal force also has six Rafale Air units from the 1/7 "Provence" Squadron at the Al Dhafra Air Base 104 in the Emirates Where a C-135 tanker and an E-3F Sentry AWACS
While the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle entered the mid-life major technical stop (ATM) at the beginning of the year, the Chasse Embarquée continues its aerial activities with the training of its crews, training of the pilots of the Flotilla 17F on Rafale, the police of the sky and the external operations.
Indeed, in its operational situation of 06 April 2017, the Armed Forces General Staff (EMA) formalized the deployment of four Rafale Ms from the 12F Flotilla on the Prince Hassan airbase (or planned Airbase, BAP) in Jordan.
According to the communiqué, the first two Rafale M landed in this part of the Levant on 29 March, while the other two fighter ships completed the device two days later, on 31 March.
The EMA specifies that "for the 12F fleet pilots, this detachment allows to continue the war effort against Daech while maintaining their operational skills", while in parallel "the pilots of Saint-Dizier and Mont- De-Marsan continue by rotation a commitment of the Rafale Air to the Levant now permanent ".
Today, the BAP of Jordan hosts four Rafale Air and four Rafale M which are responsible for the missions of Air Interdiction (planned strikes), Close Air Support and reconnaissance with the RECO-NG nacelle .
In addition to the Hunting plot, which is currently armed by the "Chammal XVI" detachment, a naval maritime patrol aircraft of the French Navy is also involved in the International Coalition Inherent Resolve.
As such, the aircraft and its crew have crossed "the symbolic bar of the 200 sorties from the projected air base" as well as the 1,500 flying hours since its establishment in February 2016.
Finally, in addition to the terrestrial component (conventional and special forces) and the naval component, the Chammal force also has six Rafale Air units from the 1/7 "Provence" Squadron at the Al Dhafra Air Base 104 in the Emirates Where a C-135 tanker and an E-3F Sentry AWACS