Analisi difesa number 43
Defense Analisys
Nr. 43
002 - WORLD ANALYSIS
- ANOTHER RUSSIAN MISSILE TEST GOES WRONG
Russia's large-scale war games were again marred by a failed missile test on 18 February. Captain Igor Dygalo, an aide to Russian Navy commander and Fleet Admiral Vladimir Kuroedov, told ITAR-TASS that a Sineva missile self-destructed as it veered of... - AUSTRALIA'S OVER THE HORIZON RADAR TO BE ENHANCED
Tuesday, 24 February 2004 - Australia's border protection agencies will be equipped with an enhanced ability to detect the illegal movement of people and goods with an upgrade of the Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN), Defence Minister Rober... - ISRAELI DEFENSE EXPORTS MAKE UP 10% OF THE WORLD'S TOTAL
Haaretz - 2 March 2004 by Gideon Aleon
Israel exports 10 percent of the world's security-related equipment, Defense Ministry director general Amos Yaron told Sunday's cabinet meeting. He said Israel has set a security export target of USD 2.5 billio... - M-1 ABRAMS CHOSEN AS AUSTRALIAN ARMY'S REPLACEMENT TANK
by Australian Defence Forces Press Service
Wednesday, 10 March 2004 - The Government will equip the Australian Army with a fleet of 59 United States M1A1 Abrams Integrated Management main battle tanks to replace the ageing Leopards, Defence Ministe... - NEW AUSTRALIAN AIR DEFENCE COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM
Monday, 1 March 2004 - Defence has today signed a $ 114 million contract with Boeing Australia Limited to deliver a new state-of-the-art air defence command and control system for the Australian Defence Force, Defence Minister Robert Hill announced.... - TEN YEARS ON - IS THERE STILL A FUTURE FOR THE PARTNERSHIP AFTER NATO ENLARGEMENT?
A strategic vision for Central Asia and the Caucasus in the framework of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)/Partnership for Peace Programme (PfP) 1 will be one of the focuses of the NATO Istanbul Summit. After NATO enlargement, there will b... - VIOLENCE SHAKES KOSOVA
by Patrick Moore
Twenty-two people died and about 500 were injured on 17 March in interethnic violence in Mitrovica, Ferizaj, Peja, Lipjan, Prishtina, Prizren, Gjilan, Fushe Kosova, Caglavica, and some other Kosova communities (see "RFE/RL News...
004 - INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
- AGUSTAWESTLAND EXPANDS PHILADELPHIA MANUFACTURING FACILITY
Philadelphia, PA - 2 March 2004 - AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica and GKN company, today announced it will expand the manufacturing facility of U.S. subsidiary Agusta Aerospace Corporation (AAC) located in Philadelphia, PA. The new facility will open... - AMS AT FIDAE 2004
March 2004 - 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 and maritime traffic management authori... - AMS DELIVER SECOND RELEASE CMS TO T45 PCO
19 March 2004 - AMS have successfully delivered upgrades of the CMS (Combat Management System) and DTS (Data Transfer System) to the T45 PCO (Type 45 Prime Contract Office. The T45 PCO in turn delivered second release, CMS 1.1 to UKAMS as part of the... - AMS DELIVERS ATM SYSTEMS FOR THE NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTRE OF BULGARIA
Mach 2004 - AMS has successfully completed the Site Acceptance Testing of a new air traffic management system for the Common National Air Traffic Control Centre (CNATCC) of Sofia, Bulgaria. This turnkey system is going to be operational by mid May 20... - AMS OPENS WASHINGTON OFFICE
March 2004 - AMS is opening a Washington DC office to further its North American focus in pursuit of its strategy to develop additional business in the United States. The Company has appointed Mr. Dennis Kennelly as Vice President to establish and m... - AMS PRESENTS HF OVER THE HORIZON SURFACE WAVE RADAR AT FIDAE 2004
29 March 2004 - At FIDAE 2003 AMS is presenting the HF Over the Horizon Surface Wave Radar (HF SWR). The radar is currently operating and detecting a variety of target types from its test site on the East Coast of England. The system uses a high cont... - BAE SYSTEMS AND FINMECCANICA ACHIEVE AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THE EUROSYSTEMS TRANSACTION
March 22, 2004 - BAE Systems and Finmeccanica are pleased to announce that they have achieved an important milestone in the Eurosystems transaction. The EuroSystems partnership - initially announced with the signing of the preliminary MoU on July 3,... - MBDA WINS FIVE YEAR SERVICE SUPPORT CONTRACT FOR UK ARMED FORCES’ RAPIER FSC AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM
March 18 - MBDA has been awarded a £36.4 million, five-year contract by the UK’s Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO) to manage all of the supply support services for the UK Armed Forces’ Rapier FSC system. This highly mobile air de... - SEA TRIALS OF THE CORVETTE SAS SPIOENKOP FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY
Hamburg, February 17, 2004 - On Saturday, February 7, 2004, the third corvette for the South African Navy, the SAS SPIOENKOP, returned to the building yard Blohm + Voss GmbH from her successful sea trials. After having adjusted the compass system on...
