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Poland to Upgrade Navy by Investing $3.4Bln Over Next Decade - PM
According to Prime Minister, Poland plans to invest the equivalent of $3.4 billion over the next 10 years to modernize its naval forces.

WARSAW (Sputnik) – Poland plans to invest the equivalent of $3.4 billion over the next 10 years to modernize its naval forces, Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz said Friday.

"Over the next decade to modernize the Navy (for the operational program ‘Combating threats at sea,’ we will allocate 13.2 billion zlotys," Kopacz said, as quoted by the prime minister’s official website.

Speaking at a ceremony at a shipyard in the northern city of Gdansk, Kopacz said $420 million of the earmarked sum would be spent this year.

The investment is part of Warsaw’s commitment to increase military spending on defense to 2 percent of GDP, as prescribed by the

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The Polish leader expressed confidence that the Kormoran II mine hunting vessel, whose christening was on Friday, "will increase the security of shipping routes and marine training grounds."

According to local media, sea trials of the Kormoran II are expected next March and its entry into service with the

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in November 2016. The prime minister's website said two more Cormorant-class mine hunters are expected by 2022.

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NATO Plans to Deploy Troops in Romania
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Alexander Lukashevich said NATO plans to deploy troops very close to the Russian border in Romania are confrontational.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — NATO plans to deploy military forces in Romania are inadequate and confrontational, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Alexander Lukashevich said Wednesday.

Polish soldiers watch as US troops from the 5th Battalion of the 7th Air Defense Regiment emplace a launching station of the Patriot air and missile defence system at a test range in Sochaczew, Poland.

"In fact, it is a sequential transformation of the country into another supportive foothold for the United States and NATO close to the Russian border. We have repeatedly commented on such steps by NATO member states, noting their confrontational manner and stressing their inadequacy and redundancy, both militarily and financially," Lukashevich said.

According to Lukashevich, the Romanian government is sacrificing the safety of the region by agreeing to deploy the bloc's military forces.

"One is tempted to conclude that the current Romanian authorities, in order to raise their 'profile' in the eyes of the overseas strategists… are willing to sacrifice maintenance of stability in the Black Sea region for tactical reasons," Lukashevich said.

Lukashevich added that Russia clearly poses no threat to Romania or any other country, thus statements on the "defensive character" of NATO activities in light of false accusations of Moscow aggression make no sense at all.

Last week, the United States deployed 12 A-10 Warthog planes and 200 airmen and support equipment to Romania to ensure a posture of security to allies in the region.

In early February, NATO defense ministers agreed to set up a new high-readiness group dubbed Spearhead Force as part of the NATO Response Force. The ministers also decided to establish six command and control units in Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

According to the US Missile Defense Agency, the United States will install an Aegis Ashore Ballistic Missile Defense complex in Romania in 2015 and a similar system in Poland by 2018.

Russia has repeatedly expressed concern over NATO's increased military presence in Eastern Europe.

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The French Navy orders 4 vessels responsible for support and assistance at sea, BSAH

(Defensa.com) Kership joint venture entity Piriou and DCNS, has been awarded a contract by the DGA (General Armament) French Navy to supply this country two support vessels and offshore support BSAH (Bâtiments de soutien et d'Assistance Hauturiers) firm and as many optional maintenance associated with facing the deployment of forces at sea. The design and build a with a high degree of versatility and autonomy thirty days; while the other will provide the communications system on board and will be responsible for support for five years. Kership capitalize the original experience in the OPV L'Adroit, developed by DCNS with its own funds and made available to the French Navy for four years.

They will have 70.3 m. long, 5 draft and a displacement of 2,600 tons. The first two units will be delivered in 2018 and the other 2 in 2019 will have drive capability of 80 ton fixed point. and 14 knots. They will be equipped with a working boat 8m. and other semi and a crane for loading and unloading of containers 12 ton., also accommodating a dozen divers, carrying weapons and ammunition, supporting submarines in scale, has a fire suppression system and deploying a Pollution control barrier. The cargo deck is 250 square meters. and superstructure is zero, accommodating 12 passengers and 17 crew. It has two engines and two 2650 kW generator sets of 300 kWe.

Pirou works in construction, repair, marine engineering and services since 1965, specializing in medium-sized vessels of up to 120 m. in length, with a high added value through a combination of high performance engineering and a global network of manufacturing locations in Europe, Africa and Asia. It has delivered worldwide more and 400 boats. DCNS, meanwhile, won in 2014 revenues of 3,100 million euros, with a workforce of 13,130 people. Both Kership formed in 2013, controlling Pirou 55 percent and 45 DCNS, offering the market a wide range of vessels up to 95 m. for navies, coast guard, customs and scientific institutions.

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Rheinmetall offer to Polish special forces his armored AMPV

(Defensa.com) The Multiple Purpose Armoured Vehicle (AMPV) is an armored compact size, the result of the lessons learned during recent international missions such as ISAF in Afghanistan vehicle. It has a high level of protection and can be equipped with different weapon systems, ranging from manually weaponry weapon stations use remote or automatic grenade launcher. Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (LTR) as presented in the fair of defense MOSOP, which has recently taken place in Poland.

It has a length of 5.6 meters, less than eight tons carrying capacity two tonnes and hosts a crew of five. Steyr engine has a 3.3 liter engine with 272 hp, automatic transmission, central differential lock control, maximum speed of 110 km / h, a range of up to 700 kilometers, you can meet 60% slopes, steep slopes laterally up to 40% and water fording depth of 850 mm. and ditches exceed 750 mm. It can be transported in the cargo of medium transport aircraft like the C-130 Hercules or A400M or by sling with heavy helicopters CH-47 or CH-53.

The shield includes transparent blocks and can be expanded with additional modules, can receive specific equipment such as acoustic sniper location system ASLS Rheinmetall, Situational Awareness System (SAS) also Rheinmetall, which allows you to monitor all 360 degrees around the vehicle .

ROSY concealment system (Rapid Obscuring System for land vehicles) is also available to reduce the infrared signature of the vehicle and laser, digital communications system FONET WB Electronics. The level of ballistic protection in the basic version is Level 3 according to STANAG 4569 NATO standards but can be increased to levels 3A and 3B against mines.

Demand for the Armed Forces of Poland
The AMPV is a candidate to equip the armed forces of Poland an armored patrol that could be acquired up to 500 vehicles by 2022. In addition could also give Polish special forces, within the program called PEGAZ vehicle (Pegaso ). Therefore the AMPV presented was modified for the special needs of these units.

In June this year, the AMPV demonstrated its capabilities during a presentation held at the Institute for Automotive and Armored Vehicles Technology (Instytut Techniki Wojskowy Samochodowej Pancernej i) of Poland. During the AMPV MOSOP was introduced by a business group formed by Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles, Krauss-Maffei Wegman and the Polish company Rosomak. The amendments requested by the special forces in the vehicle exposed include weapons station ZSMU-1276 Polish manufacturer Tarnow with a heavy machine gun, thermal imager, laser rangefinder camera and daytime television. It also includes other amendments as specific communications equipment or personnel elongated compartment for up to 3 meters.

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Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle. Vive la France!

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Something on MEAD which Lockheed and MBDA now try to push for NATO, after Germany is exspected to sign a contract within the next year.

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Lockheed, MBDA See NATO Future for MEADS
By Jen Judson 12 p.m. EDT September 18, 2015

LONDON — Lockheed Martin and MBDA Deutschland are expecting to sign a contract with Germany next year to produce the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) and with that stamp of approval the pair is setting their sights higher.

“We think that MEADS has the opportunity to be the NATO air and missile defense system,” Marty Coyne, Lockheed Martin’s MEADS director, told a few reporters at DSEI.

And the market for modernized air and missile defense capability is a gold mine. “We estimate it conservatively at $100 billion over the next 15 plus years,” Coyne said.

“We also consider ourselves right now in the lead,” he added, because the program is nearing the end of a 10-year development process that has culminated in three successful flight tests, bringing key components to a very high technology readiness level.

It wasn’t long ago when the future of MEADS was hanging in the balance. MEADS started as a tri-national agreement among the US, Germany and Italy. The US eventually scrapped plans to buy the air and missile defense system meant to replace Raytheon’s Patriot system, but agreed to spend $800 million to finish a two-year proof-of-concept phase that means all three countries can access the technology developed through the program.

The future of the program depended on Germany choosing the system because Italy, which wants MEADS, couldn’t afford to go it alone. So Lockheed and MBDA waited more than a year for Germany to conduct an analysis before making a final decision on a system.

In June, Germany ultimately decided to finish developing and to produce MEADS TLVS, which will fire both longer-range PAC-3 missiles and German IRIS-T short-range missiles, Wolfram Lautner, head of communication at MBDA Deutschland, said.

Lockheed was also hoping to clinch a win in Poland in its “Wisla” competition for a new air and missile defense system, but because Poland decided it needed a system that was already fielded, the country dropped MEADS, which is nearing the end of its development.

But now that the MEADS program is moving full steam ahead toward an official contract signing with Germany by the end of 2016, the two companies that will co-produce the system are looking toward expansion.

“Germany will not be the only MEADS customer, it will be the first,” Coyne said. “There always has to be a need and we are even more convinced after being at the show. The interest by all nations in Europe that come past our stand, that have stopped and wanted to get information about MEADS, is far greater than we ever expected.” ...

 

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Something on MEAD which Lockheed and MBDA now try to push for NATO, after Germany is exspected to sign a contract within the next year.

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Looks like Germany has halted deliveries of the Eurofighter due to manufacturing defects, UK is continuing to receive theirs??? What specific defects other than the machining burrs???

 

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Same problem last year not for UK fighters build to Warton i think in UK production is of better quality problem only for Germany, Italia, Spain.

'non-conformance' no serious problem.

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But Bro better look for Rafale don' t have problem him