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Friday, October 8, 2010

IAI to Supply TAMAM's TMAPS and ADNAV to Israel Defense Forces

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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) was awarded a multi- year contract to supply TAMAM's Modular Azimuth Position System (TMAPS) and the Advanced Navigation System (ADNAV), to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The contract has the potential to reach approximately $30 million (USD).

The systems will be utilized on the "Merkava" tank, and on the "Namer" Merkava-based armored personal carrier (APC), respectively. ADNAV and TMAPS are exhibited at the annual Latrun Conference held these days in Israel, organized by The Institute for Land Warfare Studies, the Israeli Ground Forces, and the Armored Corps Memorial Site and the Latrun Museum Association.

Mr. Shaul Shahar, General Manger of IAI's TAMAM Division, said: " The TMAPS and the ADNAV are part of TAMAM's advanced line of successful land navigation systems, and we are proud hat the IDF has chosen our system for its Merkava tanks and its new Namer APCs."

The inertial navigation systems provide position, heading and orientation data. The TMAPS and the ADNAV are suitable for many types of platforms (tanks, APCs, self propelled guns, towed guns, artillery radars, rocket launchers, and armored, reconnaissance, logistic, command, surveillance, special forces, and other kinds of vehicles) in different battlefield scenarios, including urban areas.

Based on TAMAM's excellent Ring Laser Gyro (RLG) and Fiber Optic Gyro (FOG) technologies, the TMAPS and the ADNAV are the most cost-effective advanced inertial navigation systems available, and can operate in GPS-disturbed or jammed battlefield scenarios.

Jubilant Bhartia Group and Israel's Aeronautics Ltd Plans to Manufacture UAVs in India

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Diversified conglomerate Jubilant Bhartia Group plans to foray into the defence sector by setting up a joint venture with Israel's Aeronautics Ltd. The proposed venture, Jubilant Aeronautics Pvt Ltd, aims to set up a manufacturing facility in Bangalore for developing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).

Jubilant has sent its proposal to the Foreign Investment Promotion Board. Sources said the group has sought the nod for having 26% foreign direct investment (FDI) in the venture. The proposed JV seeks to tap the growing UAV market in India.According to estimates, the world UAV market does business of $5.5 billion annually. The UAV market is being driven by major acquisition programmes, mainly by the US, but also by countries in Europe and the Asia-Pacific.

UAVs are found to be highly effective in urban environments in differentiating between discern combatants from civilians. They are also being used in oil & gas pipeline monitoring, natural calamity, weather forecasting and disaster management, experts pointed out. Currently, the FDI level in the defence sector is capped at 26%. But the ministry of commerce and industry recently suggested that the limit could be raised to 74%. However, major businesses, including the Tatas and the Mahindras, are keen that FDI in defence be restricted to 49%. The Cabinet is yet to take a view on relaxing the FDI limit in the defence sector.

The Jubilant Bhartia group is promoted by Shyam Bhartia and Hari Bhartia. It is present in the pharmaceuticals and life-sciences space through Jubilant Organosys Ltd. The group is also active in oil and gas exploration and productions sector through Jubilant Energy Ltd. It is also a player in finance and IT services through Financial Advisory Services and Jubilant Enpro Ltd, respectively.

Aeronautics Ltd is one of Israel's leading defence corporations and the second-largest provider of unmanned systems.-- DNA

Israel Air Force ups air base drills due to threat of missile attack

12:43 AM ASIAN DEFENCE No comments

Fearing unprecedented missile attacks directed at its bases, the Israel Air Force has doubled the number of emergency drills it has carried out since the beginning of the year to prepare pilots and ground crews for continuing to operate in a time of war, The Jerusalem Post has learned.At the Hatzor IAF base, for example, airmen have carried out 25 drills since the beginning of the year, compared to just 12 last year. The drills vary and include scenarios that involve missile attacks on the base’s runway, living quarters and plane storage facilities.
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Israel’s sale of UAVs to Russia in doubt after Syria deal

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Israel is reconsidering a Russian request to buy advanced unmanned aerial vehicles in line with a military cooperation agreement the two countries signed earlier this month.Israel and Russia signed a military cooperation agreement – the first between the countries – on September 6 in Moscow during a visit by Defense Minister Ehud Barak. Under the agreement, Israel is to sell Russia 36 UAVs for $100 million and is also in talks about the establishment of a joint venture to manufacture Israeli drones in Russia in a deal that could be worth $300m.

Israel Reveals Panther Tiltrotor UAV

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Israel’s new Panther vertical takeoff and landing unmanned tiltrotor aircraft is one of the latest products emerging from the classified projects section of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).The UAV was developed by IAI’s Malat division, which has been looking at new designs to fill some of the operational gaps between the company’s largest, longest-range Heron TP UAV — now in operation with the Israeli Air Force — and its smallest 0.5-kg. (1.1-lb.) Mosquito UAV with a 30-40 min. flight time.

The Panther’s wingspan can vary from 2-8 meters (4.5-17.5 ft.) depending on the required mission endurance and the number of motors used. The current six-meter version has two electric motors and fuel cells that provide a 60-km. range and a top speed of 70 kt. It can carry an 8-kg. payload at an altitude of 10,000 ft. for up to 6 hr. It has a two-man, ground-based flight crew and can be assembled and operated in the field.

Iron Dome could be deployed in North

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IDF chief also tells FADC that failure in negotiations could lead to violence, though he says it wouldn't reach level of violence seen in October 2000; MK Eldad says Ashkenazi being "unnecessarily ambivalent."

Israel Failed to Block Russian P-800 Yakhont Supersonic Anti-Ship Missile Sale to Syria

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Israel's prime minister said Sunday that he failed to block Russian plans to sell Syria anti-ship cruise missiles that his country fears could fall into the hands of Hezbollah guerrillas.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the deal to sell Syria P-800 missiles would be "very problematic" for the Jewish state.Russia's defense minister, Anatoly Serdyukov, announced in Washington last week that his government would go ahead with the deal, signed in 2007. Both Israel and the U.S. had voiced objections.The agency said the P-800s have a range of 200 miles (300 kilometers), carry a 440-pound (200-kilogram) warhead and cruise just yards above the surface, making them difficult to detect and intercept.

Israeli cabinet approves $2.75b JSF deal

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The Israeli cabinet has formally approved the purchase of 20 Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters for the nation’s air force. The value of the deal will be around $2.75 billion.The decision was made after a series of talks between US and Israeli officials. These focused on issues including the extent to which Israel will be allowed to instal its own electronic warfare equipment, and the level of industrial involvement that its defence industry will be granted in return for the order.

Russian Military Servicemen are being Trained to Operate Israeli UAVs

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Some 50 Russian military servicemen are undergoing training in the use of Israeli-built unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said. Earlier on Monday, Russia and Israel signed a military cooperation agreement."We have bought 12 UAV systems from Israel, and 50 servicemen are currently being trained to operate them," Serdyukov said during a meeting with his visiting Israeli counterpart, Ehud Barak.

Under the first contract, signed in April 2009, Israel delivered two Bird Eye 400 systems (worth $4 million), eight I View MK150 tactical UAVs ($37 million) and two Searcher Mk II multi-mission UAVs ($12 million).The second contract was for the purchase of 36 UAVs, worth a total of $100 million, to be delivered later this year.Russia and Israel are currently negotiating the establishment of a joint venture to produce UAVs, worth an estimated $300 million.Russian Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin said in April that Russia had spent about 5 billion rubles ($172 million) on the development of indigenous drones, which eventually failed their tests.
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Israel set to build 800 wings F-35 stealth fighter aircraft

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Israel is in talks to build the wings for about a quarter of the United States's new F-35 stealth fighter aircraft, an Israeli official said on Monday.An Israeli official who declined to be named said state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries would build the wings."We are in advanced talks for the IAI to produce around 800 sets of wings," he told Reuters.Earlier this month Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak approved in principle the purchase of 20 of the radar-evading fighters, in a deal worth $2.75 billion.

Israel 'planning strike on Hezbollah sites in Syria'

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Israel is planning to strike Hezbollah weapons storage and production facilities in Syria, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported Saturday.The report in the daily Alrai quoted unnamed Western sources as saying that Israel has bolstered its troop presence in the Golan Heights and the Galilee panhandle. It also quoted European sources who said Israel had sent unmanned aerial vehicles over Syria and Lebanon, which they called a sign that Israel is planning a military operation in one or both of its northern neighbors. The paper said Israel is particularly focused on facilities where Hezbollah stores long-range rockets, some of which are deep in Syrian territory.

Elbit scaling back UAV division

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Elbit Systems is moving workers from its unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturing division due to a decline in its backlog of orders. About 100 employees are leaving the division for other positions within the company. Elbit Systems explains that nobody is being fired.Elbit Systems makes small- and medium-sized remotely piloted vehicles. The company lost a $350 million Brazilian contract to Israel Aerospace Industries late last year. Also, negotiations to supply UAVs to a certain "eastern" state have dragged on.

Israeli Finance Minister Contests Purchase of F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets

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Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz has thrown a spoke in the wheel of Israel's planned purchase of 20 American F-35 Stealth aircraft at a cost of $2.7 billion: At Sunday's cabinet meeting, he got Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to promise that acquisition of the planes will be considered by a forum of senior ministers - either the security cabinet, the "septet" of top ministers or some other group.The finance minister said consideration also had to be given to Washington's opposition to the installation of Israeli systems and missiles on the plane. This American dictate would bar the plane from being outfitted with radar built by Israel Aerospace Industries' Elta division or missiles produced by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.

Israel to Get $4 billion Offset for F-35 Fighter Aircrafts Purchase

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Israeli Ministry of Defense issued an official statement about "agreements reached for the inclusion of defense companies in the production of the plane for other customers, and reciprocal procurements of at least $4 billion," from the talks that have been going on for some time between some Israeli companies and Lockheed Martin, there has emerged no certainty about their participation in producing all F-35s of Lockheed Martin, or at least in several hundred or thousand built by the company, even though there is full willingness about procurement in Israel for the 20 F-35s that the Israel Air Force will buy in the coming years.

Israel: no plans to upgrade F-16s

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The Israeli defence ministry has decided, pending formal government approval, to purchase an initial 20 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters. The $2.75 billion deal has been the subject of US-Israeli discussions over Israeli industrial co-operation and the extent to which the country will be allowed to install its own electronic warfare systems in the stealth fighter.A defence ministry source says: "We have the needed understanding with the Americans that allowed us to make the decision."

Israel Air Force Send Two F-16I Sufa to Participate in Air Force Day in Hungary

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A week after an Israel Air Force helicopter crashed in Romania, the IAF again deployed overseas on Thursday, this time to Hungary where it flew two fighter jets and a transport aircraft.The deployment in Hungary was at the request of the Hungarian Air Force, which asked the IAF to send aircraft to Hungary to participate in an expo marking Air Force Day in Hungary. The planes will remain in Hungary for a few days and then return to Israel.

In line with IAF policy to cooperate with foreign air forces, the IAF decided earlier this week to send two F-16Is – called Sufa (Storm) – and a Hercules C-130 transport aircraft. The delegation was led by an F16I squadron commander. The F-16I is Israel’s most advanced and newest fighter jet.

Two Israeli Helicopters Make Emergency Landing in Romania

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Shortly after takeoff, light comes on in one of the helicopters signaling a possible electronic malfunction or wiring problem. Eight days after an IAF Sikorsky CH-53 Yasour helicopter crashed in Romania, two Israeli helicopters made emergency landings on Tuesday near Bucharest due to an electronic malfunction.

U.S. on Verge of Activating Missile Shield Over Southern Europe

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By Craig Whitlock

The U.S. military is on the verge of activating a partial missile shield over southern Europe, part of an intensifying global effort to build defenses against Iranian missiles amid a deepening impasse over the country's nuclear ambitions.Pentagon officials said they are nearing a deal to establish a key radar ground station, probably in Turkey or Bulgaria. Installation of the high-powered X-band radar would enable the first phase of the shield to become operational next year.

At the same time, the U.S. military is working with Israel and allies in the Persian Gulf to build and upgrade their missile defense capabilities. The United States installed a radar ground station in Israel in 2008 and is looking to place another in an Arab country in the gulf region. The radars would provide a critical early warning of any launches from Iran, improving the odds of shooting down a missile.Obama administration has plans to nearly double its number of Aegis ships with ballistic missile defenses, to 38 by 2015.

F-35 - take it or leave it

10:12 PM ASIAN DEFENCE No comments

By Moshe Arens

Who would have believed it? Some years ago Israel was developing the world's most advanced fighter aircraft, the Lavi, while the Western world's aircraft manufacturers were beating their way to our door, eager to participate in the Lavi project, or trying to sell their competing plane to the Israel Air Force. And now Israel goes hat in hand pleading for a chance to be allowed to acquire the F-35 aircraft, at a price tag of $150 million each. But it's not only the astronomical price. Israel is told that the F-35 must be taken as is - no changes or modifications to suit Israel's specific needs, and absolutely no Israeli systems included. Take it or leave it.

Just imagine Israel's position today had the Lavi project not been canceled. The IAF would be operating the world's most advanced fighter, upgraded over the years to incorporate operational experience and newer technology. Much of Israel's industry would have moved a great step ahead, Israel Aerospace Industries would have become a leading developer of fighter aircraft, and most importantly, a number of options would be open to the IAF in choosing its next fighter.

German Heron UAV Pilots Train in Israel

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Worried by insurgent ambushes on its soldiers in Afghanistan and return fire that sometimes kills civilians or local allies, Germany last year ordered a small fleet of Israeli Heron spy drones designed to provide real-time images above a battlefield."It's for the need of the ground troops, for our own protection, like convoy protection," said a Luftwaffe (air force) major, who formerly flew a Tornado fighter-bomber on Afghan reconnaissance missions and could not be named due to military secrecy.