Defense Analisys
Analisi Difesa year 6 issue 63
004 - INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
- EADS ENHANCES MISSION CAPABILITIES OF THE GERMAN TIGER COMBAT HELICOPTER
Friedrichshafen, Germany, 13 December 2005 - The new planning system developed by EADS for the Tiger combat helicopter of the German Armed Forces combines for the first time operational command and control with technical logistic support of a weapon... - EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON CONTINUES TO SOAR AS 2006 TAKES OFF
Hallbergmoos, 8 January - The Eurofighter Typhoon programme enters 2006 on the back of a series of reported successes towards the end of last year and the good news is set to continue through the New Year according to CEO Aloysius Rauen. "As we... - FINMECCANICA JV IN LIBYA IN THE AERONAUTICS AND SECURITY SYSTEMS SECTOR
Jan 17th - Finmeccanica, AgustaWestland and the Libyan Company for Aviation Industry have signed an agreement to form a joint venture called the Libyan Italian Advanced Technology Company (L.I.A.TE.C.). LIATEC will be 50%-owned by the Libyan Company... - MBDA AND AVIO SIGN PRODUCTION CONTRACT FOR ASTER MISSILE BOOSTER AND TAIL FINS
On 16th December 2005 in Rome, MBDA France and AVIO signed a production contract for the Aster 30 missile booster and the tail fins for the Aster 15 and Aster 30 missile. This contract fulfils a requirement of the Aster Phase 3 contract signed with O... - MBDA TESTS FULL RANGE OF RAFALE-M WEAPONS ON THE CHARLES DE GAULLE
From the 1st to the 15th December 2005, MBDA carried out a flight trials campaign , under the direction of Dassault Aviation, of the full range of the the naval Rafale's weaponry from the French aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle. MBDA tested... - METEOR TAKES TO THE SKY WITH EUROPE’S NEW GENERATION FIGHTERS
International missile systems group, MBDA, this week launched a series of flight trials of the new Meteor missile in an unprecedented test programme involving Europe's three new fighter aircraft - Gripen, Rafale and the Eurofighter Typhoon. All...
005 - NEWS
- ALGERIA DISCUSSES HUGE DEAL WITH BELARUS
January 2006 - Algeria has been discussing the prospect of a $1.5 billion arms deal with Belarus. Algeria's Defense Ministry has been examining the purchase of the MiG-29 aircraft of Belarus. Algerian defense sources said Belarus has offered a lower... - BOSNIAN SERBS ABOLISH ARMY, DEFENSE MINISTRY
Republika Srpska's parliament passed legislation on 28 December abolishing its Defense Ministry and army, Hina reported the same day. The move, which goes into effect on 1 January, is part of a defense reform in Bosnia-Herzegovina transferring author... - NAVY TO BASE FIRST LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP IN SAN DIEGO
December 2 - The Navy announced today that the USS Freedom, the first littoral combat ship of the LCS 1 class, will be homeported at Naval Station, San Diego, California. The USS Freedom is expected to be delivered to the Navy in December 2006 and ar... - NEW AUSTRALIAN TACTICAL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE CAPABILITY
December 12 - The Australian Defence Force will be equipped with a fleet of long range tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to be used as Army's 'eyes in the sky' which will play a crucial intelligence and surveillance role in Australia combined... - USS GEORGE WASHINGTON TO REPLACE USS KITTY HAWK IN JAPAN
US DoD , December 2 - The U.S. Navy announced today that the USS George Washington will replace the USS Kitty Hawk as the forward deployed aircraft carrier in the western Pacific and will arrive in Yokosuka, Japan, in 2008. The USS George Washington...
012 - IRAQI FREEDOM NEWS
- IRAQ FORCE ADJUSTMENTS ANNOUNCED
December 23 - The Department of Defense announced today a decision to not deploy portions of the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, based atFort Riley, Kansas to Iraq, and to modify the deployment orders of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division... - NATIONAL ELECTIONS SET MILESTONE FOR IRAQI SECURITY FORCES
By Spc. Dan Balda, USASpecial to American Forces Press ServiceDec. 16, 2005 - The day seemed downright festive: children marched in impromptu parades, men wore suits -- on their day off, no less -- and entire families took long walks from their homes... - NEW RESULTS FOR THE US-ALGERIA COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORISM
December 05 - Al Qaida was said to have rejected hundreds of Arab recruits to fight the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq. Islamic sources said Al Qaida network chief Abu Mussib Al Zarqawi has rejected a large contingent of Arab nationals for recruitment in... - TASK FORCE BLACK IN IRAQ
by Telegraph http://news.telegraph.co.uk/20/11/2005 - Early on a warm summer morning, a few hours before traffic began to fill the streets, a 16-man SAS patrol took up ambush positions around a Baghdad house, writes Sean Rayment. The soldi...
