Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta equipo militar. Mostrar todas las entradas
Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta equipo militar. Mostrar todas las entradas

lunes, 15 de abril de 2019

Electrónicos australianos para sus Hawkei

Thales Chooses REDARC for Hawkei





Hawkei orotected mobility vehicle (photo : Thales)

Global defence contractor Thales has chosen Adelaide electronics firm REDARC to supply a dual power system for its Australian developed and made Hawkei protected vehicle.

REDARC will provide a dual power solution based on their off the shelf technology which had its origins in equipping recreational vehicles and caravans.

The system provides constant, regulated power for critical components such as radios, communications and computers.

Input and output voltage are selectable across a wide range.

REARC’s managing director, Anthony Kittel said the contract demonstrated the company’s unique positioning as a defence supplier.

Off the shelf, or modified versions of its existing products were being accepted by defence customers.

“Over the past 5 years REDARC has established itself as a key SME in the Australian Defence sector.

“REDARC have been recognised for successfully delivering products to the Australian Defence Force and for our ability to meet the stringent standards and requirements of the Australian Defence Organisation.”

REDARC’s vehicle electronics products are encapsulated in a silicone elastomer which insulates them from moisture and vibration.

Thales’ Hawkei delivers class-leading protection, mobility and payload with unparalleled levels of blast and ballistic protection for a helicopter transportable vehicle.

Australia Manufacturing

jueves, 6 de diciembre de 2018

BAe Systems para las fragatas australianas

BAE Systems Selected for Future Frigate Combat System Integrator






RAN Hunter class frigate (image : ABC)

Future Frigate combat system integrator announced


In another major milestone for the Government’s Naval Shipbuilding Plan, BAE Systems Australia today announced its preferred Combat System Integration partners for the Hunter class frigate program.

Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, said the $35 billion frigate program would provide the Navy with the highest levels of lethality and deterrence that our major surface combatants need in periods of global uncertainty.

“The nine anti-submarine warfare frigates are a new generation of major surface combatants which will replace the current eight ANZAC class frigates,” Minister Pyne said.

“I would like to congratulate Lockheed Martin Australia and Saab Australia for being named the preferred tenderers to partner with BAE Systems Australia to deliver the Combat System Integration on the Hunter class frigates.”

The decision is expected to create up to 200 jobs and supports the development of an Australian industry which will underpin the Government’s continuous Naval Shipbuilding Plan.

Minister Pyne said the Hunter class combat system is the eyes and ears of the warship, able to detect and identify aircraft, submarines and ships at great distance to offer the frigate’s command team maximum situational awareness and the capability to defend the ship and fight an enemy.

“The frigates will not only help secure Australia’s interests through enhanced capability but the program will also be delivered by Australian workers, with unprecedented levels of Australian industry opportunities in the global supply chain.”

“The Combat Management System for the new Hunter class frigate fleet will be the Aegis System, together with an Australian tactical interface to be developed by Saab Australia.”

Construction will begin at Adelaide’s Osborne Shipyard in 2020 and the program will employ around 4000 workers.

Ministerio de defensa australiano

lunes, 3 de julio de 2017

Policías estadounidenses cada vez más militarizados

How the War on Terror Has Militarized the Police
Over the past 10 years, law enforcement officials have begun to look and act more and more like soldiers. Here's why we should be alarmed.


Danny Moloshok / Reuters

ARTHUR RIZER AND JOSEPH HARTMAN  | ​The Atlantic


At around 9:00 a.m. on May 5, 2011, officers with the Pima County, Arizona, Sheriff's Department's Special Weapons and Tactics (S.W.A.T.) team surrounded the home of 26-year-old José Guerena, a former U.S. Marine and veteran of two tours of duty in Iraq, to serve a search warrant for narcotics. As the officers approached, Guerena lay sleeping in his bedroom after working the graveyard shift at a local mine. When his wife Vanessa woke him up, screaming that she had seen a man outside the window pointing a gun at her, Guerena grabbed his AR-15 rifle, instructed Vanessa to hide in the closet with their four-year old son, and left the bedroom to investigate.

Within moments, and without Guerena firing a shot--or even switching his rifle off of "safety"--he lay dying, his body riddled with 60 bullets. A subsequent investigation revealed that the initial shot that prompted the S.W.A.T. team barrage came from a S.W.A.T. team gun, not Guerena's. Guerena, reports later revealed, had no criminal record, and no narcotics were found at his home.

Sadly, the Guerenas are not alone; in recent years we have witnessed a proliferation in incidents of excessive, military-style force by police S.W.A.T. teams, which often make national headlines due to their sheer brutality. Why has it become routine for police departments to deploy black-garbed, body-armored S.W.A.T. teams for routine domestic police work? The answer to this question requires a closer examination of post-9/11 U.S. foreign policy and the War on Terror.

Ever since September 14, 2001, when President Bush declared war on terrorism, there has been a crucial, yet often unrecognized, shift in United States policy. Before 9/11, law enforcement possessed the primary responsibility for combating terrorism in the United States. Today, the military is at the tip of the anti-terrorism spear. This shift appears to be permanent: in 2006, the White House's National Strategy for Combating Terrorism confidently announced that the United States had "broken old orthodoxies that once confined our counterterrorism efforts primarily to the criminal justice domain."

In an effort to remedy their relative inadequacy in dealing with terrorism on U.S. soil, police forces throughout the country have purchased military equipment, adopted military training, and sought to inculcate a "soldier's mentality" among their ranks. Though the reasons for this increasing militarization of American police forces seem obvious, the dangerous side effects are somewhat less apparent.

Undoubtedly, American police departments have substantially increased their use of military-grade equipment and weaponry to perform their counterterrorism duties, adopting everything from body armor to, in some cases, attack helicopters.  The logic behind this is understandable. If superior, military-grade equipment helps the police catch more criminals and avert, or at least reduce, the threat of a domestic terror attack, then we ought deem it an instance of positive sharing of technology -- right? Not necessarily. Indeed, experts in the legal community have raised serious concerns that allowing civilian law enforcement to use military technology runs the risk of blurring the distinction between soldiers and peace officers.

This is especially true in cases where, much to the chagrin of civil liberty advocates, police departments have employed their newly acquired military weaponry not only to combat terrorism but also for everyday patrolling. Before 9/11, the usual heavy weaponry available to a small-town police officer consisted of a standard pump-action shot gun, perhaps a high power rifle, and possibly a surplus M-16, which would usually have been kept in the trunk of the supervising officer's vehicle. Now, police officers routinely walk the beat armed with assault rifles and garbed in black full-battle uniforms. When one of us, Arthur Rizer, returned from active duty in Iraq, he saw a police officer at the Minneapolis airport armed with a M4 carbine assault rifle -- the very same rifle Arthur carried during his combat tour in Fallujah.


The extent of this weapon "inflation" does not stop with high-powered rifles, either. In recent years, police departments both large and small have acquired bazookas, machine guns, and even armored vehicles (mini-tanks) for use in domestic police work.

To assist them in deploying this new weaponry, police departments have also sought and received extensive military training and tactical instruction. Originally, only the largest of America's big-city police departments maintained S.W.A.T. teams, and they were called upon only when no other peaceful option was available and a truly military-level response was necessary. Today, virtually every police department in the nation has one or more S.W.A.T. teams, the members of whom are often trained by and with United States special operations commandos. Furthermore, with the safety of their officers in mind, these departments now habitually deploy their S.W.A.T. teams for minor operations such as serving warrants. In short, "special" has quietly become "routine."

The most serious consequence of the rapid militarization of American police forces, however, is the subtle evolution in the mentality of the "men in blue" from "peace officer" to soldier. This development is absolutely critical and represents a fundamental change in the nature of law enforcement. The primary mission of a police officer traditionally has been to "keep the peace." Those whom an officer suspects to have committed a crime are treated as just that - suspects. Police officers are expected, under the rule of law, to protect the civil liberties of all citizens, even the "bad guys." For domestic law enforcement, a suspect in custody remains innocent until proven guilty. Moreover, police officers operate among a largely friendly population and have traditionally been trained to solve problems using a complex legal system; the deployment of lethal violence is an absolute last resort.

Soldiers, by contrast, are trained to identify people they encounter as belonging to one of two groups -- the enemy and the non-enemy -- and they often reach this decision while surrounded by a population that considers the soldier an occupying force. Once this identification is made, a soldier's mission is stark and simple: kill the enemy, "try" not to kill the non-enemy. Indeed, the Soldier's Creed declares, "I stand ready to deploy, engage, and destroy the enemies of the United States of America in close combat." This is a far cry from the peace officer's creed that expects its adherents "to protect and serve."

The point here is not to suggest that police officers in the field should not take advantage of every tactic or piece of equipment that makes them safer as they carry out their often challenging and strenuous duties. Nor do I mean to suggest that a police officer, once trained in military tactics, will now seek to kill civilians. It is far too easy for Monday-morning quarterbacks to unfairly second-guess the way police officers perform their jobs while they are out on the streets waging what must, at times, feel like a war.

Notwithstanding this concern, however, Americans should remain mindful bringing military-style training to domestic law enforcement has real consequences. When police officers are dressed like soldiers, armed like soldiers, and trained like soldiers, it's not surprising that they are beginning to act like soldiers. And remember: a soldier's main objective is to kill the enemy.

jueves, 8 de junio de 2017

Indonesia interesada en terminales de comunicación

Indonesia Interested in Hughes HM500 Portable SATCOM Terminal


Hughes Defense is marketing its HM500, a lightweight, manpack portable SATCOM terminal. 


Hughes Defense marketing HM500 portable lightweight SATCOM terminal


Hughes Defense is marketing a multi-band transportable manpack satellite communications (SATCOM) terminal that can be assembled in as quickly as 10 minutes, according to a company executive.

Wayne Marhefka, Hughes Defense senior director of business development, told Jane's in a recent interview the company saw an opportunity for the HM500 terminal after a meeting with an Indian military signal corps commander who expressed a desire for an easy-to-use, lightweight terminal that weighs 15 kg or less. The terminal, weighing less than 14 kg without batteries, is dramatically lighter than automatic pointing terminals that Marhefka said can weigh 100 kg or more.




Marhefka said he returned to India six months later with an operational terminal. Not only did he perform the demonstration for the India military official, but he said the terminal has performed another 20 demonstrations for various military users. Marhefka said Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore have also expressed interest in a terminal similar to the HM500.

The terminal, Marhefka said, takes less than 15 minutes to assemble and as quickly as 10 minutes for someone with training. The terminal has three legs to serve as a tripod that screws into a base, which has the modem and connectors. The assembly includes eight panels made of composite materials, including two other pieces, Marhefka said.

The terminal is compatible with X-, Ku-, Ka-, and military Ka-bands. It would work with the US Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) constellation, Marhefka said, but the terminal has not been through WGS certification. Marhefka said the HM500 is designed to work with different types of Hughes modems, including the HM and HX product lines as well as the Jupiter high-throughput capability the company is developing.

Jane's

lunes, 7 de julio de 2014

Ahora resulta que los Su-25 son en realidad iraníes

'Desplegaron aviones de ataque iraníes' para ayudar a Irak a combatir Isis 



Por Jonathan Marcus - BBC

Irán ha suministrado a Irak con jets de ataque para ayudar a contrarrestar la ofensiva de los rebeldes sunitas encabezados por el grupo islamista Isis, existen importantes indicios.

Rusia suministra una entrega inicial de la aeronave hace apenas unos días.

Pero los analistas del Instituto Internacional de Estudios Estratégicos (IISS) de Londres dicen que una entrega más, el 1 de julio, tiene su origen en Irán.

Esto significa que los EE.UU. - que también ha enviado aviones a Irak - está en funcionamiento, con Irán en este conflicto.

Los EE.UU. ha desplegado aviones no tripulados y helicópteros a Irak y está reuniendo activamente inteligencia sobre el avance por el Estado Islámico en Irak y el Levante (Isis). Washington también está suministrando la fuerza aérea existente de Irak con misiles Hellfire.

En este caso, la adversidad ha hecho para extraños compañeros de cama.


Imagen publicada por IISS mostrando números de serie del jet
El IISS dice que los números de serie de la aeronave se ve en un video publicado en línea por el Ministerio de Defensa iraquí se corresponde con los números de serie conocidas de aviones de la flota iraní.

Imagen jets que comparadas

El Sr. Dempsey del IISS señala que "el esquema de camuflaje visible en las tres aeronaves es también idéntico al que se aplica actualmente a los Su-25 iraníes. Un esquema no adoptado por ningún otro operador dice que no parece que haya habido intentos de ocultar el original marcas", con la evidencia de los puestos clave están pintadas encima. Esto incluye la ubicación de redondeles iraníes en el lado de las tomas de aire a lo largo con una gran proporción de la aleta de la cola normalmente ocupado por un número de serie completo, la bandera iraní y la insignia CGRI ".
Joseph Dempsey, analista de la publicación Military Balance del IISS, ha estudiado cuidadosamente el vídeo de la aeronave liberado por las autoridades iraquíes SaveFrom.net.

Le dijo a la BBC que cree que algunos de los aviones - jets de ataque a tierra Sukhoi Su-25 "Frogfoot" - que operan en Irak son en realidad iraníes.

"Luego del análisis de imágenes", dice, "hace esto la conclusión más lógica. Las marcas, números de serie y de camuflaje todos encajan con lo que sabemos de la flota iraní".

Irán mantiene un pequeño número de aviones Su-25, operado por los Cuerpos de la Guardia Revolucionaria iraní (CGRI).

Irónicamente, la mayoría de estos aviones que solía ser parte de la fuerza aérea iraquí - siete Su-25 se refugiaron en Irán durante la Primera Guerra del Golfo.

En contra de los deseos iraquíes, estos aviones fueron retenidos y posteriormente puestos en servicio iraní.

Por supuesto, es mucho más difícil determinar quién está en realidad volando la aeronave.

El Sr. Dempsey dice que "mientras que Irak puede retener alguna capacidad, después de haber operado la aeronave en el pasado, ningún piloto no habrían tenido ninguna experiencia de vuelo por lo menos durante 11 años.

"Por lo tanto, sugiere fuertemente que se requiere un cierto nivel de apoyo externo", dice.

jueves, 17 de enero de 2013

Francia estrena el JIM LR

Sagem libera al Ejército Francés los primeros 150 prismáticos multifunción infrarrojos JIM LR 



Sagem (Safran) ha liberado el 5 de diciembre la entrega de los primeros 150 prismáticos infrarrojos multifunción JIM LR 2 en el ejército francés, de acuerdo con el mercado de JIR TTA NG (1) y su calendario. 

Con la entrega total de 1.175 prismáticos, este programa ha sido notificado por la Dirección General de Armamento (DGA) para ser adjudicado al contratista Sagem, en diciembre de 2010. En un dispositivo de mano única, el LR JIM 2 incluye las siguientes características: visión diurna y telemetría térmica, puntero láser, brújula, GPS y transmisión de datos. Es compatible con el sistema de combate integrado del soldado desmontado Felin. 

JIM LR 2 ofrece varias mejoras importantes en las versiones anteriores de Sagem JIM LR: un mejor desempeño en la detección de un puntero a más apoyo de fuego de largo alcance, un rango de ganancia de más del 30% una capacidad de grabación de imagen y producido de vídeo. Asociado a una distancia de funcionamiento del terminal nuevo, el JIM LR 2 implica verdadera vigilancia optrónica, información o apoyo de zona, en modo embarcado o desde un vehículo. 

La entrega sigue una campaña clasificatoria estado liderado por los centros de la DGA, de febrero a junio de 2012 en el fin de validar el rendimiento de la LR JIM 2, con la evaluación operativa se llevó a cabo por las fuerzas armadas. Producido por Sagem en el establecimiento de Poitiers, la JIM LR es utilizado por varios países de la OTAN para la infantería, la artillería, la inteligencia, las fuerzas especiales, el apoyo de las tropas en contacto, protección de fronteras y la costa. Hasta la fecha, 5.000 JIM LR están en servicio o en todo el mundo, incluidas las de orden 2.000 para todos los ejércitos franceses. 

(1) Los binoculares infrarrojos - All New Generation armas. 150 JIM LR 2 fueron recibidos por el segundo regimiento de Hardware (Bruz) al final de la receta emitida por la DGA. 

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