Analisi difesa number 33
Defense Analisys
Nr. 33
002 - WORLD ANALYSIS
- CHECHEN FIGHTERS: BACK TO BASICS?
28th April - Fighters operating in Chechnya's mountains have been stretching ropes and cables across mountain gorges that are in the likely flight paths of Russian military helicopters, Interfax reported on 28 April, citing anonymous Russian military... - CZECH REPUBLIC DISCUSSES LEASE OF BRITISH FIGHTER JETS
15th April - The daily "Pravo" reported on 15 April that officials from the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom have discussed the possible lease or purchase on installment of 14 used Tornado F-3 fighters, dpa and CTK reported. The daily... - DOD ANNOUNCES U.S. ARMY EUROPE FACILITIES RETURNED TO GERMANY
The Department of Defense today announced that U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) will partially close the Giessen General Depot, Germany, and return its other facilities in Giessen, Friedberg, Butzbach, Wetzlar and Bad Nauheim in fiscal 2006-2008 as part of... - RUSSIA : 170,000 SOLDIERS, SERGEANTS TO BE VOLUNTEERS BY 2007
23th April - The Defense Ministry plans to staff 170,000 positions for soldiers and sergeants with contract personnel during the four-year switchover to a volunteer army from 2004-07, Interfax reported on 23 April . A government source told the agenc...
004 - INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
- AMS AT IDET 2003
28 April 2003 - AMS is a multi-national electronic systems company specialising in the design, manufacture and supply of radar and mission critical command, control and management systems to defence forces and air traffic management authorities throu... - AMS AT LAD 2003
22 April 2003
AMS is a multi-national electronic systems company specialising in the design, manufacture and supply of radar and mission critical command, control and management systems to defence forces and air traffic management authorities through... - AMS LEADER IN LAND BASED RADAR SYSTEMS
22 April 2003 - AMS, equal shares joint venture between FINMECCANICA and BAE SYSTEMS, is Europe’s premier supplier of land based radar systems for military and civil markets throughout the world. Its air surveillance radars are amongst the most... - AMS LEADING SUPPLIER OF NAVAL SYSTEMS IN SOUTH AMERICA
22 April - AMS, equal shares joint venture between FINMECCANICA and BAE SYSTEMS, is a world leader in Naval Integrated Combat systems, Combat Management systems, Coastal Surveillance and associated Simulation & Training systems. It has over 35 y... - AMS TO SUPPLY NAVAL SURVEILLANCE RADAR TO ROYAL THAI NAVY
22 April - AMS, equal shares joint venture between FINMECCANICA and BAE SYSTEMS, has been chosen by STN Atlas to supply two naval surveillance radar systems RAN 30X/I to the Royal Thai Navy. The contract was signed by STN Atlas with CSTC (China Shipb... - AMS: PROMOTING THE NEW MEDIUM RANGE RADAR
28 April - AMS, equal shares joint venture between FINMECCANICA and BAE SYSTEMS, is proposing a new Surveillance Architecture based on a modern 3-dimensional solid state mobile and reliable tactical radar that provides and maintains the requirements... - POLAND SIGNS $ 1.2 BILLION DEAL FOR FINNISH ARMORED VEHICLES
Poland's Defense Ministry on 15 April signed a contract with the Finnish company Patria Vehicles Oy on the purchase of 690 AMV armoured personnel carriers for $ 1.2 billion, PAP reported. The vehicles will be delivered over the next 10 years. The Fin... - RAT 31 DL RADAR: AN AMS SUCCESS
28 April - AMS, equal shares joint venture between FINMECCANICA and BAE SYSTEMS, is at the forefront of long range radar technology with the RAT 31DL: a 3D long range FADR (Fixed Air Defence Radar) system. The RAT 31DL, operating in L band, belongs t... - US MARINE CORPS BUYS MARCONI SELENIA COMMUNICATIONS PERSONAL ROLE RADIO
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) have purchased an undisclosed quantity of Personal Role Radios from Davies Industrial Communications, part of Marconi Selenia Communications, a Finmeccanica Company. The purchase was made following successful tri... - WARSAW BUYS U.S. JET FIGHTERS IN 'THE CONTRACT OF THE CENTURY'
18th April - On 18 April, Poland and the United States finalized a contract on the supply of 48 F-16 jet fighters worth $ 3.5 billion from Lockheed Martin to the Polish Army in 2006-08. The contract actually involves four separate deals: a sales acco...
011 - ENDURING FREEDOM
- NATO PEACEKEEPERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
By Annalisa Monaco - CESD
With NATO about to plant its flag in Afghanistan and discussing a possible role in Iraq, some experts have suggested that the Alliance could provide a peacekeeping force in Israel/Palestine if a settlement is eventually rea... - NEWS FROM TASK FORCE 180
By American Forces Press Service
ENEMY FORCES FIRE MISSILES AT U.S. SITES IN AFGHANISTAN
WASHINGTON, April 7, 2003 - Unknown enemy forces fired missiles at U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three separate incidents over the weekend, a military spokesman... - STATE DEPARTMENT: TERRORIST ATTACKS DOWN 44 PERCENT IN 2002
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2003 - Terrorist attacks around the globe in 2002 were down 44 percent from the previous year, State Department experts announced here today. There were 199 international terrorist attacks last year, compared to 355 in 2001, Sec... - TRANSFORMATION, WAR ON TERROR TOP SPECIAL OPS COMMAND'S 2004 REQUEST
Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample, USA
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2003 - Fighting global terrorism and transforming were atop the message list from a top combatant command official to a Senate subcommittee recently.
"We have s...
