Analisi difesa number 30
Defense Analisys
Nr. 30
002 - WORLD ANALYSIS
- CHANGES PROPOSED TO U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2003 -- U.S. Special Operations Command will receive more people, equipment and greater responsibility if President Bush accepts a DoD proposal. During a Pentagon press conference tod... - COMMANDOS BECOME SEPARATE ARM IN AUSTRALIA
December 26, 2002; Australia's Defense Forces will finally follow their US and British counterparts, by separating their elite special forces from the Army and making them the fourth arm of the Australian Defense Forces. Prime Minister John Howard ma... - GERMANY CUTS DEFENSE BUDGET
In countertrend to what is happening in the US and main European partners, Germany has reduced remarkably the Defense Budget for 2003 of about 2 billion euro less, going down to about 21,5 billions comparing to 23,6 of the Budget 2002. With 10,000... - U.S. AIR FORCE RISKS AIR DOMINANCE WITHOUT F/A-22
WASHINGTON - Without the F/A-22 Raptor, the Air Force could face losing its lead in fighter aviation to other nations, said Maj. Gen. John D. W. Corley, director of Air Force Global Power Programs at the Pentagon. "We need this aircraft," C...
004 - INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
...- EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON TRAINING SYSTEMS ENTER SERVICE
(Hallbergmoos - 21 January 2003) Eurofighter GmbH announced the formal handover of the first major training and simulation support system for the Eurofighter Typhoon Weapon System. The Crew Escape and Safety Systems Trainer (CESST) is the first major... - FINMECCANICA: HEAD OF AMS JOINT VENTURE APPOINTED
Finmeccanica has appointed Carlo Venturi as Chief Executive Officer of Alenia Marconi Systems NV, the equal-shares joint venture between Finmeccanica and BAE Systems specialising in defence electronics and air traffic control systems. The appointment... - FIRST SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT OF EADS RECONNAISSANCE ELECTRONICS ON BOARD GLOBAL HAWK UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE
Friedrichshafen/El Segundo, California - January 27, 2003 - EADS and Northrop Grumman have expanded their transatlantic co-operation in the defence business. The first successful demonstration of an EADS electronic intelligent (FLINT) sensor could be... - MBDA SIGNS METEOR MISSILE CONTRACT
Full-scale development and production of METEOR, the world-beating European Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM), was launched today with contract signature by the Defence Procurement Agency (DPA) on behalf of the six Partner Nations. The... - OTO MELARA : CONTRACT TO FOR 70 PZH 2000 SELF PROPELLED ARTILLERY FROM ITALIAN ARMY
The Consortium formed by Oto Melara, a Finmeccanica company, and Iveco Fiat, on 17th December 2002 signed, in Rome, a contract with the Direzione Generale Armamenti Terrestri for the supply to the Italian Army of 70 self-propelled howitzers, PZH 2000... - ROME : SIGNED ”AEJPT“ (ADVANCED EUROPEAN JET PILOT TRAINING) CONTRACT
On the 2nd of December, 2002 a ceremony took place at DGAA Rome (General Directorate for Aeronautical Armaments) for the signature of the AEJPT Feasibility Study contract between DGAA and Aermacchi company. DGAA is acting on behalf of the participati... - VENEZUELAN AIR FORCE ACQUIRES 12 AMX-T FROM EMBRAER
Embraer announced today the signature of a contract with the Venezuelan Air Force (AMV - Aviación Militar Venezolana) for the supply of the new Advanced Training and Tactical Support aircraft to AMV. The agreement specifies the sale of 12 AMX-...
011 - ENDURING FREEDOM
- AFGHANISTAN - THE BATTLE SPIN BOLDAK
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2003 -- U.S. Special Forces and Afghan militia troops are engaged in heavy fighting against rogue guerrillas near the town of Spin Boldak, a Defense Department official said today. The coalition for... - COMBINED JOINT TASK FORCE ”HORN OF AFRICA“
CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti, Dec. 11, 2002 -- In the beginning, there was a wreck. That was how soldiers serving in this nation in the Horn of Africa described the camp when they arrived in June. The French built the military camp, located near the inter... - ITALIAN TASK FORCE ”NIBBIO“ IN AFGHANISTAN
March 4th 2003 - A thousand italian soldiers of the Task Force ”Nibbio“ will be operative in Afghanistan within the middle of March. The T.F. ”Nibbio“ is the Italian Army contingent of ”Enduring Freedom“ operation,... - OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN NEWS by American Forces Press Service
Rocket Attacks Launched on U.S. Bases in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2002 - Opposition groups launched two hit-and-run rocket attacks against U.S. forward operating bases in Khowst and Gardez today. Pentagon officials said there were no casualtie... - U.S. SAYS LIBYA, SYRIA PURSUE WMD PROGRAMS
The United States has determined that Libya and Syria have accelerated their weapons of mass destruction programs.
U.S. officials said Libya and Syria are developing biological weapons and are amassing chemical weapons as well. They said the two cou...
