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“Sorry”... and its Sisters

By:

Sta Major\ Yousef Juma

AL Hadad

Editor in Chief

Editorial

Te culture of apology is a practice that we need very much to be part of the structure of our social

relations, so that we can practice this act in goodwill, without hesitation or feeling ashamed. It is one

level of moral courage, and the behavior of the nobility. It gives you strong immunity against error andindierence to the feelings of others. During our daily life we commit a lot of wrong acts that can spoil

our relationship with others but the word ‘sorry’ can save you from such a predicament. Tere is no

harm if I apologize when I misbehave, for it does not degrade me.

Apology is a civilized and cultural feature that requires great condence, moral courage, a positive

outlook, and willingness to take responsibility. It helps to reopen the doors to communication, ad-

dresses the implications of error, helps to get rid of remorse, restores respect for those who suered

abuse and rids them of the feeling of anger. It corrects negative behavior and shows how brave an

individual is in facing reality. However, most of us lack this culture, for a person who apologizes aer

a mistake might feel belittled, while, in fact, the opposite is true.

Some say that one of the reasons for the didence in rendering an apology is the diering percep-

tions: What some see as wrong is considered right by others, and what one party thinks is a aw is

deemed as a personal freedom by another. Terefore, do not demand apology from a person for some-

thing he or she does not believe in, but you had better leave them alone than ask them for an apology

that is not listed on the agenda of their concerns.

We would say that only a highly condent, self-reconciled and highly principled person would

apologize, and therefore anyone who lacks these principles and ideals, even if he feels in his heart the

graveness of the error he committed, would resort to justify his act which reveals the weakness and

fragility of his cultural and behavioral structure, and sometimes his education and upbringing.

Many psychologists believe that the purpose of apology is to correct the error and rehabilitate the

abused person, but the person at fault hesitates or refrains from apologizing because he does not know

the meaning and importance of an apology, and considers this as something that hurts his pride.

Te word of apology has become a burden for many people, and the simplest examples are manifest

in the daily disputes, where everyone insists on their attitudes even though they know they are at fault,while a simple word can settle the matter, and the natural thing expected from the person who com-

mitted the error is to retract their words and say “I’m sorry”.

Te absence of the culture of apology is natural because some people mistakenly believe that an

apology aects dignity, and that the word of regret underestimates its utterer. Prophet Muhammad,

peace be upon him, not only exposed his belly as an apology to a person he poked so that the latter

could take revenge, but he also said: “O God! If I insulted a believer, give him purity and forgiveness.”

While on the pulpit addressing people, Omar ibn al-Khattab apologized for the dismissal of Khalid bin

Waleed. Long before them, Joseph’s brothers said, “O our Father! Ask for us forgiveness For our sins,

for we were truly at fault” [Surat Yusuf: 97].

Te word “sorry” and its sisters have great connotations, including the humility of the one who says

it and his acknowledgement of being human, which implies imperfection and fallibility. “Every child

of Adam, is erroneous, and the best of the erroneous are those who repent”.

It is very important to be really honest in our apologies, and to apologize at an appropriate time and

not too late. It should be planned and not le to chance because this would undermine the credibility

of apology itself, as then only an apology will be meaningful and will also be a medal on the chest of

the person who apologizes.

Finally, let us repeat what wise people said: if you do not have sucient courage to apologize for the

error, try hard not to create a situation needing an apology, and realize that if an apology is heavy on

yourself, insult is also heavy on the hearts of others•



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Washington: General Shaikh Moham-

mad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown

Prince o Abu Dhabi and Deputy

Supreme Commander o the UAE

Armed Forces, met US President

Barack Obama at the White Houseat the beginning o a two-day visit to

the United States during which he will

meet with senior ofcials.

Shaikh Mohammad conveyed to

President Obama condolences o Pres-

ident His Highness Shaikh Khalia

Bin Zayed Al Nahyan or the victims

o Boston incidents and his wishes o

speedy recovery to the injured.

“Te UAE condemns this act o ter-

ror and stands by all countries o the

world against all acts o terrorism, re-

gardless o their sources or motives,

Shaikh Mohammad said.

President Obama asked Shaikh

Mohammad to pass on his greetings

to Shaikh Khalia and his thanks or

the eelings o sympathy expressed by

the UAE leadership or the victims

and the injured in Boston incident.Te meeting, which was attended by

the UAE Foreign Minister Shaikh Ab-

dullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, touched

on the bilateral ties between the UAE

and the United States and ways to en-

hance them to serve the mutual inter-

est o the two riendly countries and

peoples.

Te two sides discussed initiatives

that will urther enhance the bilateral

trade relationship, and encourage eco-

nomic growth and opportunity.

Tey underscored the importance

o the close consultations, coopera-

tion and coordination in all domains

to urther strengthen relations o co-

operation and riendship between the

UAE and the USA.

Shaikh Mohamed exchanged views

with the US President on the latest re-

gional and international development,

as well as international initiatives and

eorts to promote peace, stability and

development in the Middle East.

During his visit, Shaikh Mohammadalso met with the US Vice President

Joseph Biden and discussed with him

the strong ties and shared interests be-

tween the UAE and the USA.

According to recently released US

government data, the UAE is ranked

among the US’ astest growing trading

partners. otal bilateral trade between

the two countries grew rom approxi-

mately $4.5 billion in 2002 to $24.8

billion in 2012.

While in Washington on his two-

day visit, the Crown Prince will also

meet with senior US government o-

cials and members o the Congress.

Te Crown Prince is being accom-

panied on his visit by Shaikh Abdullah

and other senior ofcials•

Mohammad Bin Zayed meets US President Barack Obama at the White House.

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Te ninth Latin American International

Defence and Security Exhibition opened

in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil on 9 April

2013. Delegations from 65 countries, in-

cluding defense ministers attended the

opening. Te fair was opened by the Bra-

zilian Defence Minister Celso Amorim

who also held meetings with his peers

from Argentina, Ukraine, South Africa

and Slovakia as well as the British De-

fense Minister Andrew Murrison and

Spain’s Secretary of State for Defense Pe-

dro Argüelles.

Visitors

Almost 30,000 visitors attended the ninth

edition of LAAD. Te more than 300 of-

cial delegates who attended the show

appreciated the latest products and sys-

tems at the stands representing 700 com-

panies from 48 countries including such

giants as Boeing, Saab, Northrop Grum-

man, General Dynamics, Lockheed Mar-

tin, Embraer, Rosoboronexport, accord-

ing to the organizers.

Te number of stands - 663 - in the

four-day show was greater than in 2011

as countries such as Canada, Chile, UAE,

Colombia, Slovakia and Norway put up

their own pavilions with their home rep-

resentatives.

LAAD 2013 which this year covered

a show area of 60,000 sq m, brought to-

gether Brazilian and international com-

panies specializing in supplying equip-

ment, services and technology to the

armed forces, police and special forces,

security services, consultants and gov-

ernment agencies.

Highlights

LAAD participants showcased state-of-

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“Brazil is a vital

trade partner

of the UAE and

could potentially

become one

of the leading

markets for UAE

made products”

the-art technologies for military, air and

space, naval, communications and infor-

mation and public security operations

such as armored vehicles, drones, avion-

ics and integrated command systems for

the protection of aircra.

United Arab Emirates

At the expo, for the rst time, the UAE

put up its own pavilion with national

companies. awazun - the strategic in-

vestment rm focused on the long-term

development of the UAE’s industrial

manufacturing with a specic focus on

the defense sector - took part for the rst

time as part of the UAE pavilion which

featured a number of UAE defense man-

ufacturing and investment companies.

Saif Mohamed Al Hajeri, Chief Ex-

ecutive Ocer of awazun who led the

company’s delegation to the exhibition,

said the strong presence of Emirati com-

panies in LAAD for the rst time had

sent a strong message demonstrating

the UAE’s commitment to further ties

of economic and commercial coopera-

tion with Brazil, one of the world’s fastest

growing economies.

“We are pleased with the success of

awazun and other UAE companies in

their debut participation at LAAD. Bra-

zil is a vital trade partner of the UAE

and could potentially become one of the

leading markets for UAE made prod-

ucts,” said Al Hajeri.

Between 2010 and 2011, UAE’s total

exports to Brazil surged by 170.71 per

cent to reach AED 1.7 billion. Electri-

cal items, machinery parts, plastics andfertilizers form the major share of UAE’s

current exports to Brazil. Te rst ve

months of 2012 saw UAE import almost

AED 3.7 billion worth of goods from

Brazil, a rise of 47 per cent from the

same period of previous year. Te main

imported products were sugar, meat and

ore.

Other Emirati companies taking part

within the UAE national pavilion were:

Advanced Integrated Systems, Emirates

Advanced Investments, Abu Dhabi Na-

tional Exhibition Center and Soa rad-

ing.

Embraer

Brazil’s Embraer, one of the companies

with the greatest display at LAAD, pre-

sented blueprints for dierent versions

Advanced Integrated Systems (UAE) exhibited high prole defense solutions

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o the KC-390 heavy duty transport that

can be transormed or re ghting, air

tanker and search and rescue missions.

Te Brazilian Air Force FAB hasawarded Embraer a $215 million con-

tract to modernise its ve E-99 AEW&C

(EMB 145) aircra. Te contract pro-

vides or the updating o electronic

warare systems, C2 systems, electronic

countermeasures, and air surveillance

radar. Atech, a Embraer Deense and

Security company, participates in the

development o the C2 system. Te con-

tract also comprises six mission plan-

ning and analysis stations that will be

employed in the training and improve-

ment o crews. Built on the platorm o

the successul ERJ 145 regional jet, with

more than 1,100 units delivered and

19 million fight hours, the E-99 oper-

ated by FAB is able to detect, track and

identiy targets in their patrol area and

transmit this inormation to allied orces.

Te aircra can perorm airspace man-

agement, ghter positioning and inter-

ception control, signals intelligence and

surveillance missions. It will also be used

to provide security or major sporting

events that will take place in Brazil in the

coming years.

Boeing An F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block II

simulator, cyber security demonstration,

and unmanned airborne system models

anchored Boeing’s display.

Te Super Hornet fight simulator was

open to potential customers as well as

members o the general public who liked

to experience the strike ghter. Te sim-

ulator includes a ront and rear cockpit

and demonstrates the capabilities o the

single-seat E model and the two-seat F

model. Te Super Hornet is in service

with the U.S. Navy and the Royal Aus-

tralian Air Force and is currently one o

the nalists in Brazil’s F-X2 ghter com-

petition.

Boeing revealed a new project to inte-

grate a laser seeker in the GBU-39B small

diameter bomb (SDB) or close air sup-

port applications. A scaled model o the

113kg weapon displayed showed a laser

seeker in a low-speed nose cone. Boeing

is adapting the SDB with a high-speed

nose cone or close air support aircra

according to the project manager. Po-

tential applications include the Embraer

A-29/EMB-314 Super ucano, a light at-

tack aircra selected by the US Air Forceon behal o the Aghan air orce. Boe-

ing was selected by Embraer to integrate

precision-guided weapons on the Super

ucano or the Aghan feet.

Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Corporation dis-

played an array o global deense and

security capabilities including marine

navigation and unmanned ground sys-

tems. Te exhibit included Northrop

Grumman’s most modern and capable

F-16 mechanically scanned re control

radar, the APG-68(V)9, which imple-

ments high-resolution synthetic aperture

radar and long-range air-to-air detec-

tion. Northrop Grumman has produced

thousands o F-16 mechanically scanned

re control radars or the U.S. Air Force

and numerous international customers

over the past 35-years. o date, more

than 700 APG-68(V)9 radars have been

sold to 11 dierent nations.

Northrop Grumman’s enhanced

To date, more

than 700 APG-

68(V)9 radars

have been sold

to 11 diferent

nations

APG-68(V)9 implements high-resolution synthetic aperture radar and long-range

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C4ISR Operationally Responsive Enter-

prise (eCORE) was demonstrated. Te

eCORE integration platorm uses open,

nonproprietary commercial o-the-shel enterprise architecture and provides data

sharing at all levels o operations to en-

able rapid mission integration, deploy-

ment, support, training and mainte-

nance.

Te company’s naval and maritime

capabilities, well known through Sperry

Marine’s longstanding presence in Bra-

zil, was also highlighted through a se-

ries o eatured naval products such as

the MK39 Mod 4 ring laser gyro inertial

navigation system, the Navigation Data

Distribution System, the MK-27F ber

optic gyrocompass, the Warship Elec-

tronic Chart Display and Inormation

System and the tactical bridge.

Te exhibit also eatured Northrop

Grumman’s SoldierLink™ System, a mo-

bile tactical cloud transport network

connecting soldiers at squad and platoon

levels to company-level inormation ser-

vices and itus™ - the company’s newest,

lightest, astest, strongest and most intel-

ligent member o the Andros™ amily o

unmanned ground vehicles.

Tales

As a leading provider o cutting edge

equipment and systems to customers

worldwide, Tales showcased its air mis-

sion system capabilities, as well as its

know-how in secure communications,

secure identication and its training so-

lutions or airborne platorms.

With its positioning in Advanced Air

Deense, Tales is able to oer the en-

tire integrated capability rom air de-

ense radars and C2 through to eectors

and their respective re control systems.

TalesRaytheonSystems (RS), the joint-

venture between Raytheon and Tales

presented the Ground Master 400, air

deense radar model. RS is a world

leader in tactical radars or the battleeld

with more than 600 systems in service

worldwide.

At LAAD, Tales exhibited its ex-

pertise in maritime solutions in both

Above and Underwater warare: rom

surveillance, identication, communica-

tions, command and combat systems to

support or weapons systems, as well as

acoustic systems or anti-submarine war-

are and anti-mine warare or all types

o platorms.

Cassidian

Cassidian, the deence division o EADS,

presented its high-class portolio o de-

ence and security products. EADS has

succeeded in building strong and reliable

relations with Brazil, where the Group

has been present or 34 years.

SPEXERM 2000 displayed is the

worldwide rst security radar using the

newest radar technology o Active Elec-

tronically Scanning Array (AESA). By

electronic guidance o the radar beam

this technology enables the sensor to ul-

l several tasks at the same time while

increasing the detection capability sub-

stantially. Tereore, one SPEXERM

2000 can replace two or more conven-

tional radars. Te unique detection

perormance is based upon a multitude

o ransmit- and Receive Modules pro-

duced by Cassidian.

Another exhibit ANANM 300 is a

new-generation compact VOL acti-

cal UAS (Vertical ake-O and Landing

actical Unmanned Aerial System) or

maritime and land missions. Designed

in close collaboration with potential

customers in order to match their spe-

cic requirements, ANANM 300 is areal “eye in the sky” thanks to a ull HD

imagery chain and to its main payload

which allows an easy switch between

EO/IR (Electro-Optical and Inra-Red)

high-denition cameras.

Eurocopter

Exhibited at LAAD were a Brazilian

Army AS350 Fennec, two EC725s rom

the Brazilian Air Force and Navy feets,

a modernized Panther K2 or the Brazil-

ian Army, an EC145 operated by police

in the state o Bahía, and the enhanced

AS350 B3e. o date, 600-plus Eurocopter

helicopters have been delivered to mili-

tary and civil clients in Brazil, with the

company holding a 50 percent share o

the country’s military and civil markets.

Te Helibras operation has expanded to

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include more than 730 employees, and

generated an annual turnover o more

than 155 million euros.

Helibras’ industrial site at Itajubá in

the Brazilian state o Minas Gerais has

become a world-class rotary-wing cent-

er o excellence or the production, as-

sembly and maintenance o EC725 heli-

copters being acquired by Brazil’s three

armed orces. Tis site also creates the

ramework or potential uture helicop-

ter development in the country, along

with the evolution o Brazil’s aviation in-

dustry supply chain.

SAAB

Saab demonstrated its variety o key ca-

pabilities, systems and products o high-

est quality in the ollowing domains.

Fighter aircra, integrated C2 and situ-

ational awareness, Air rac manage-

ment, GBADS, signature management,

security management, , AEW, platorm

and protection, GC, and or the rst

time at LAAD ,Maritime Surveillance

Aircra and roatary wing UAV, Skeldar.

Saab has already developed solutions

or the Brazilian Armed Forces in di-

erent areas such as radar systems, army

weapons and training equipment or

many years. Saab is also investing heav-

ily in R&D work to be able to meet the

uture with suitable products and solu-

tions and has opened an R&D centre inSao Bernardo do Campo. In that centre

Saab jointly between Brazilian and Swed-

ish Industry, Users and Universities de-

velop solutions that will t perectly in to

the Brazilian uture need.

Sagem

Optovac, the wholly-owned Brazilian

subsidiary o Sagem (Saran), is start-

ing operations in the Univap technol-

ogy park in San José dos Campos. Op-

tovac Mecânica e Optoeletrônica Ltda,

acquired by Sagem in 2012, handles the

marketing, production and support o

Sagem’s product range or its customers

in Brazil. Optovac will also develop its

own local solutions meeting the require-

ments o the Brazilian armed orces, and

will encourage research initiatives with

Brazilian universities.

Participating in the LAAD Deense

and Security International Exhibition or

the rst time on the Saran stand, Opto-

vac showcased its ability to meet the re-

quirements o police and special orces,in the run-up to the two major interna-

tional events scheduled or Brazil in the

near uture – the Summer Olympics and

Football World Cup. Te company also

spotlighted Sagem’s avionics expertise,

particularly or autopilots and attitude

and heading reerence systems (AHRS).

Sagem already contributes to several

programs in Brazil, including the fight

controls and navigation systems or Eu-

rocopter’s Caracal helicopters, and op-

tronic masts or the our Scorpène class

submarines produced by DCNS. Sagem

also makes the fight controls or all Eu-

rocopter helicopters operating in Brazil,

and was selected by Embraer to develop

the horizontal trim compensator or the

upcoming KC-390 military transport.

Cassidian, the defence division of EADS,presented its high-class portfolio of defence

and security products

DIEHL Defence showcased an impressive range of products at LAAD



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Alenia Aermacchi

Alenia Aermacchi – the Italy’s largest

aeronautics company displayed the mod-

els o MC-27J, AR 42 MP, M-346 andEuroghter yphoon at LAAD.

Te MC-27J is a new, multimission

armed derivative o the combat proven

Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartan bat-

tleeld airlier,with capability added

through a modular approach maximiz-

ing the use o mission kits/pallets (Roll-

On/Roll-O equipment. Te AR 42

MP is the maritime patrol variant o the

AR 42 turboprop aircra and is capable

o ullling, at lowest operational costs,

maritime patrol roles such as sea surveil-

lance; vessels search and identication;

search and rescue; drug smuggling and

piracy control; environmental control

(pollution by oil and chemical substanc-

es); economic exclusive zone patrol (sh-

ing, o-shore platorms).

Now Alenia Aermacchi, with its M-346

trainer, is in the position to propose a

well suited aircra or the replacement

o the MB-326 trainer aircra, which

reached the end o its operational lie at

the end o 2010, in the Lead-In Fighter

rainer roles it was operated in Brazil.

Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircra Corp announced that

it has signed a Letter o Interest with

the Brazilian Instituto ecnológico de

Aeronáutica to establish a Rotorcra In-

novation eam. Te collaboration will

accelerate the development o rotorcra

technologists in Brazil, whose military

already fies both BLACK HAWK and

SEAHAWK® helicopters, and will in-

crease student and aculty exposure to

rotorcra. Sikorsky will provide men-

toring to assist with these classes at the

graduate and undergraduate levels. It

also will support the procurement o rel-

evant hardware and soware to enable

rotorcra research.

A highlight o the exhibition was S-70i

Black Hawk Helicopter, which eatures a

dual GPS/INS system, digital mapping

or accurate navigation and enhanced

situational awareness. Manuactured by

Sikorsky Corp., the model is custom-

equipped with a rescue hoist and an

Integrated Vehicle Health Management

System that can monitor the engines,

transmission and rotors.

Te Colombian Armed Forces were

the rst Latin American country to in-

vest in the new model adding two new

additions the country’s Black Hawk

feet: the ourth largest in the world.

It is expected the helicopters will be

fown to the Colombian Army special

operation aviation military base later

in 2013.

Krauss-Mafei Wegmann

Te Brazilian Army announced on the

second day o the event that it has ac-

quired 36 GEPARD anti-aircra ar-

mored vehicles designed by the German

deense company Krauss-Maei Weg-

mann (KMW). Te vehicles are likely to

be used when Brazil hosts the World Cup

next year and the 2016 Olympic Games.

A Brazilian Deense Ministry statement

said the contract would be signed in the

coming days with the total value still un-

der negotiation.

Te second hand German Gepard,

which were upgraded in 2010 at A2 level

Saab has already developed solutions for the Brazilian Armed Forces in dierent areas

such as radar systems, army weapons and training equipment

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and tted with new radar systems, will

be able to operate until 2030 according

to a high ranking ocials. Eight o the

armored vehicles are to be delivered be-ore June 2013 and will be used during

World Youth Day, the Catholic youth est

that Pope Francis plans to attend in Rio

in July.

Te Gepard anti-aircra tank was de-

livered to the armed orces o Belgium,

Germany and the Netherlands. Te Ge-

pard is an autonomous, all-weather-ca-

pable German sel-propelled anti-aircra

gun (SPAAG). It was developed in the

1960s and elded in the 1970s, and has

been upgraded several times with the lat-

est electronics. Te Gepard is tted with

a two-man electric power operated turret

armed with twin Oerlikon KDA 35mm

guns. Te guns have automatic belt eed.

Barrel length is 90 calibers (3,150mm).

Te rate o re provided by the two

barrels is 1,100 rounds a minute. Each

35mm gun has 320 rounds o ready-to-

re, anti-air ammunition and 20 rounds

o anti-ground target ammunition.Te latest version, Gepard A2 is tted

with a digital re control computer. Te

Gepard is equipped with independent

search and tracking radars, the search

S-band radar installed at the ront rear

o the turret, and the tracking Ku-band

radar on the rear ront o the turret.

Nexter Systems

Te French Deence Company Nex-

ter Systems presented or the rst time,

the most modern 155mm sel-propelled

wheeled artillery system, the CAESAR.

Te CAESAR® system is now in ser-

vice in three countries. It is used by the

French army in Aghanistan to provide

re support, and it has demonstrated its

operational capabilities and is now com-

bat proven.

France has used it within the United

Nations in Lebanon, and it is also in ser-

vice in a Middle East country and orms

part o the Royal Tai Army’s artillery.

Te CAESAR® is currently used by the

French Armed orces in Mali or the Op-eration Serval. Te CAESAR is a pioneer

in its category and is the result o Nexter

innovation and know-how in Artillery.

Tis system, consisting o a 155 mm / 52

calibre gun mounted onto 6x6 chassis,

combines re power and amazing mobil-

ity. In this respect and due to its extreme versatility, CAESAR® is an alternative to

heavy versions such as heavy tracked or

wheeled sel-propelled artillery systems.

Fitted with up-to-date equipment and

unctionalities, CAESAR® strikes accu-

rately and eectively at long range.

Russian Helicopters

Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary o

Oboronprom, part o State Corporation

Rostec and a leading global designer and

manuacturer o helicopters, brought a

range o its latest models. Brazil is be-

coming a strategically important market

or Russian Helicopters, primarily or

civilian models or local helicopter oper-

ating companies. During Brazilian Presi-

dent Dilma Rousse’s visit to Russia in

December 2012 the rst export contract

was signed outlining the main param-

eters or deliveries o Russian-built Ka-

62 helicopters to Atlas áxi Aéreo. In

total the Brazilian company will receive

seven to ourteen o the new medium

multirole Ka-62, an advanced helicopterthat combines high standards o saety

with low environmental impact and ex-

cellent uel economy.

Atlas áxi Aéreo already has Russian-

built Mi-171A1s in its feet. Tese heli-

copters serve Brazil’s burgeoning oil and

gas sector: the Mi-171A1 won a tender

held by national oil and gas giant Petro-

bras, and is used as a transport helicop-

ter in hard-to-reach areas o the Amazon

rainorest. Te Mi-171A1 is a member o

the Mi-8/17 series, which is the world’s

most popular helicopter with more than

12,000 produced. Mi-171A2 -Te new

model was on show at the company’s

stand. It is the most advanced helicopter

in its renowned amily, combining the

latest helicopter-construction technolo-

gies with all o the improvements accu-

Light ISR system from Selex ES, a low-

cost airborne surveillance solution

Eurocopter EC145



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mulated over years o fying successul

Mi-8/17 operation around the world.

More...

Te Belgian deense company CMI De-

ence presented its new 120/105mm

Cockerill XC-8, a low-weight concept-

turret which can be integrated on tracked

or wheeled armoured vehicle as Guarani,

the new armoured vehicle selected by the

Brazilian army to replace the old Urutu

armored vehicle used today by the Bra-

zilian armed orces.

AgustaWestland exhibited a ull range

o helicopters or military and security

units as the AW139 Oshore, AW109

LUH, and AW159. Te AW139 Oshore

is a new-generation medium twin-tur-

bine helicopter, setting new standards

against which all new medium twin are

measured. It is capable o carrying up to15 passengers in the most spacious cabin

and with the best power reserve o its

class. Te AW159 is the new multi-role

helicopter, designed to support all as-

pects o land, littoral and maritime mis-

sions, delivering increased perormance

and benets rom comprehensive state-

o-the-art integrated avionics.

Streit Group, the world’s largest pri-

vately-owned vehicle armouring compa-

ny with over 100 models across a range

o product categories – including luxury

vehicles or VIP protection, cash in tran-

sit, security and commercial, and tactical

military vehicles – presented the Spartan

and yphoon tactical military vehicles

at LAAD. yphoon is a Mine-Resistant

Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle o-

ering up to SANAG 3 level protection

against both blast and ballistic attack.

Russia and Brazil will discuss the pos-

sibility o the joint development o an

advanced surace-to-air missile system,

Parana. Brazil is also showing keen in-

terest in Russian-made missile deense

systems, a Rosoboronexport spokesman

said, adding that negotiations were also

underway concerning licensed manuac-

turing and “the possible joint develop-

ment and production o new missile de-

ense systems, or example, the advanced

Parana surace-to-air missile system.” Nodetails about the Parana have yet been

disclosed.

As the ninth edition o LAAD con-

cluded, it had been amply demonstrated

that, LAAD was the leading exhibition

in Latin America in terms o visitor turn

out and interest shown by participating

companies and governments.

2014Te next edition of prestigious LAAD

exhibition will be in 2014.

Ref / Photo:

www.laadexpo.com

Brazilian Army M113 armored personnel carriers from BAE Systems

Lockheed Martin presented various mis-

sile and re control solutions



ATK Successfully Ground Tests New CASTOR 30XL Solid Rocket Motor

AK successfully tested its newly devel-

oped CASOR® 30XL upper stage solidrocket motor at the U.S. Air Force’s Ar-

nold Engineering Development Com-

plex (AEDC) in ennessee.

Te test was the nal qualication

for the AK commercial motor, which

was jointly developed by AK and Or-

bital Sciences Corporation in just 20

months from concept to completion.

Te CASOR 30XL is designed to ignite

at altitudes in excess of 100,000 feet. In

order to accurately test the motor per-

formance, the static re was conducted

at AEDC using a vacuum chamber spe-

cially designed to simulate upper atmos-

pheric conditions. Initial data indicate

the motor performed as designed, and

AK will now analyze the results against

its performance models.

“I am very pleased with our success-

ful CASOR 30XL test,” said Scott Lehr,

AK vice president and general manag-

er of Defense and Commercial Systems.

“In less than two years, the AK/Orbital

team designed and built the motor that

was red today. We look forward to see-

ing this stage become part of the Antares

launch vehicle, supporting ISS cargo re-

supply missions for NASA.”

Te motor is intended for use by Or-

bital as an enhanced second stage of the

Antares™ launch vehicle. Antares is slat-

ed to perform commercial cargo re-sup-

ply missions to the International Space

Station (ISS) for NASA, to be demon-

strated under the Commercial Orbital

ransportation Services program for lat-

er delivery missions to the ISS under the

Commercial Resupply Services contract.

Sagem wins design study contract for inertial guidance systems

French defense procurement agency

DGA has awarded Sagem (Safran) a

design study contract concerning in-

ertial navigation systems for new-gen-

eration tactical missiles.

According to the terms of this con-

tract, Sagem is responsible for the de-

sign and construction of inertial refer-

ence units for these missiles.

Based on vibrating gyro technology,

this work will eventually lead to the

development and production of more

cost-ecient inertial navigation sys-

tems for use on all types of missiles,

including air-to-air, surface-to-air, an-

titank and antiship.

Te contract also conrms the

DGA’s condence in Sagem’s ability

to apply breakthrough technologies to

navigation and stabilization systems.

At the same time, Sagem will be able

to expand its range of expertise con-

cerning navigation systems on tactical

missiles.

Sagem already develops and produc-

es the Hammer AASM (Armement

Air-Sol Modulaire) modular guided

weapon for this market. Working with

prime contractor MBDA, Sagem also

makes the sights and seeker for the

Mistral air defense missile, and the

seeker for the infrared version of the

Mica air-to-air/surface-to-air missile.

In addition, Sagem was selected to de-

velop and produce the infrared seeker

for the MMP medium-range missile

and MBDA’s air-to-surface and light

antiship missiles.

Sagem understands and applies all

technologies needed for the develop-

ment and production of inertial sen-

sors for navigation and stabilization

systems, including gyros (laser, ber-

optic and vibrating), accelerometers

(pendulous and vibrating) and MEMS

(Micro Electro Mechanical Systems).

CASTOR® 30XL

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Saab signs support contract for airborne surveillance system

Defence and security company Saab has

signed a support contract for airborne sur-

veillance system. Te contract amounts to

MSEK1,100 over 2013-2017.

Te contract concerns a comprehen-

sive set of spares and support services

for a previously delivered system, Saab

2000 AEW&C (Airborne Early Warn-

ing & Control). Te Saab 2000 AEW&C

comprises of Saab 2000 aircra equipped

with the advanced Erieye radar system and

ground equipment.

Te wide-area surveillance system in

combination with ground equipment ena-

bles control over both land and sea, and

can play an important role for border

surveillance and rescue operations as well

as in combating terrorism and organised

crime.

“Our surveillance system provides the

customer with improved solutions for de-

fence and civil security. Tis contract is a

result of our close cooperation with our

customer and can be seen as a further con-

rmation of our strong capability to pro-

vide our customers with advanced service

and support solutions”, says Gunilla Frans-

son, Head of Saab’s business area Security

and Defence Solutions.

Saab oers airborne surveillance systems

for a wide range of use. Te systems can be

based on dierent platforms and delivered

as turnkey solutions including a compre-

hensive set of advanced support, spare part

services and training. Saab’s Erieye radar

system has been provided on several plat-

forms, for example Saab 2000, Saab 340

and Embraer 145, and sold to eight dier-

ent customers around the world.

TalesRaytheonSystems equips Estonia with Ground Master radar

An ocial ceremony was held on

March 26 on Muhu island in Estonia

to mark the entry into service of the

rst Ground Master 400 (GM 400)

long-range air defense radar system

supplied by TalesRaytheonSystems

to the Estonian armed forces. Te cer-

emony was presided by Estonia’s de-

fense minister Urmas Reinsalu.

Te system is the rst of two radar

systems ordered by the Estonian AirForce and is one of 14 radars of the

same type ordered jointly by Finland

and Estonia. Te GM 400 is designed

for both xed site operation under a

radome at the Muhu base and for rap-

id deployment in the eld. In a tacti-

cal, truck mounted conguration with

an independent power supply, it can

be deployed in the eld in less than

two hours.

Tis GM 400 will be connected to

the NAO network and can be inter-

connected with all the other air de-fense radars deployed across Europe.

It will bring Estonia superior detection

performance at low and high altitudes,

higher availability and simplied

maintenance.

“We are delighted that the GM400

radar is now supporting Estonia’s im-

portant role in the NAO air defense

infrastructure. Te new radar system

will bring the country an operational

long-range air surveillance capability

and improved detection performance

against a broad array of modernthreats,” said Philippe Duhamel, CEO

of TalesRaytheonSystems SAS.

©Estonian Ministry of defence_ GM 400

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Euroghter Equipped with the Latest Flight est Facilities

Achieved important production milestone at Cassidian in Manching

Te Euroghter IPA 8 (Instrumented

Production Aircra 8) test aircra has

achieved an important production mile-

stone at Cassidian in Manching: with

the mounting of the right wing, the

connection between the cockpit, verti-

cal tail unit and wings with the fuselage

has been completed. “IPA 8 is based onthe latest Euroghter ranche 3 con-

struction standard and is furthermore

equipped with state-of-the-art ight test

instrumentation. Tat makes the air-

cra the most advanced Euroghter in

the world,” said Berndt Wuensche, Eu-

roghter Programme Manager at Cas-

sidian.

“IPA 8 can make essential contribu-

tions to further developing Euroghter

capabilities in the coming decades – for

example, electronic beam scanning for

radar, enhanced weapon integration and

improvements to mission equipment,”

he continued.

Aer assembling the individual major

structural components, the aircra was

transferred to the next production sta-

tion on the nal assembly line in Man-

ching, where the test aircra’s hydraulic,

defensive aids and electrical systems and

its complex special cabling are being in-

stalled. Te specialists at Cassidian have

equipped the modern Euroghter with

more than 110 km of cable in the past

few months and additionally installed

pressure, ow and electrical data sensors

and the test ight instrumentation and

computer into the aircra. Equipped in

that way, all the relevant aircra param-

eters can be communicated in real time

from the air to the ight test engineers

on the ground.

All four of the Euroghter pro-

gramme’s partner nations have test air-

cra available, which they are using to

test new capabilities on the basis of their

development focuses. Cassidian is re-

sponsible primarily for the Euroghter’s

ight control system, its ight behaviour,

radar and re control systems and infra-

red sensor.

Te Euroghter yphoon is the lat-

est and most capable multi-role combat

aircra presently available on the global

market. Currently, seven nations (Aus-

tria, Germany, Italy, Oman, Saudi Ara-

bia, Spain and the UK) have procured

the Euroghter. o date, the Euroghter

eet has completed more than 170,000

ight hours world-wide, thus making the

aircra the safest and one of the most re-liable combat aircra in operation. With

719 aircra under contract, 571 orders

and over 355 deliveries, the Euroghter

is currently the largest military procure-

ment programme in Europe and, thanks

to its advanced technology, strengthens

the European aviation industry’s posi-

tion in international competition. Te

programme also safeguards more than

100,000 jobs at 400 companies and is

managed by Euroghter Jagdugzeug

GmbH on behalf of the Euroghter

partner companies Alenia Aermacchi/

Finmeccanica, BAE Systems and Cassid-

ian in Germany and Spain•

IPA8 - Final Assembly Line Manching @Cassidian

Cassidian is

responsible

primarily for the

Euroghter’s ight

control system, its

ight behaviour,

radar and re

control systems

and infrared

sensor

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A Ship or Every Mission

AVANTE family concept share many same features but are mission specic

Navantia has developed a new amily o

OPV’s, the “AVANE amily”, that in-

cludes a variety o options. It is a new

concept o ships where they will share

same hull lines, same compartment di-

vision, same arrangement o common

spaces and maximum commonality o

propulsion and auxiliary systems. What

makes them diferent is the mission they

will accomplish: combatant, patrol, sup-

port, research.

Te combatant version has been de-

signed or naval operations in crisis time

(command, anti-air, anti-surace, elec-

tronic and mine warare) or protection

o the exclusive economic zone control.

Te patrol version has been designed

or protection and surveillance o na-

tional waters, allowing a ast interven-

tion or escorting convoys and warships.

Te support version has been designed

or emergency situation assistance (re,

pollution, sanitary), divers support or

transport o loads and personnel.

Te research version has been de-signed or hydrographic and oceano-

graphic survey and Remote Operated

Vehicle (ROV) operations.

Furthermore, the mission combined

with a determined size o the ship (spec-

ied in tones) provides a wider cata-

logue o products: Avante 300, Avante

700, Avante 1400, Avante 1800, Avante

2200 and Avante 3000.

Te ship and systems o the AVANE

amily are specially designed to operate

in the environmental conditions o the

Arabian Gul, where air temperature

reaches 50º C and the seawater tempera-

ture could reach 37ºC.

In this sense, the capacity o the HVAC

system is designed to such environmen-

tal conditions. Furthermore, the hull

materials, the building process and the

ships’ design itsel are dened in such a

way that the AVANE amily ships can

operate under heavy dust/sand storms.

Te pieces o equipment design and

material are able operate under high hu-

midity up to nearly 100% in conjunction

to somewhat lower ambient tempera-

tures than 50ºC.

Te materials used and protection are

dened considering that the ships will

be able to operate in aggressive seawater

with the presence o industrial pollut-

ants and a higher than usual salt content.Navantia has just commissioned three

diferent types o OPV’s.

AVANE 3000 for the Spanish Navy

It is a moderately-sized, high peror-

mance ship with great versatility, a re-

duced crew with a high level o habit-

ability, a high degree o communality

with the Navy’s other ships and a low

acquisition and lie-cycle cost.

It has a large capacity or remain-

ing at sea, which enables the ship to

carry out diferent missions such as na-

val presence, protection and escort o

other ships, control o maritime trac

(dangerous merchandise and arms tra-

cking), control and neutralisation o

terrorist activities and acts o piracy, op-

erations against drug tracking and the

trac o persons, humanitarian aid and

disaster relie and surveillance and con-

trol o environmental and anti-pollution

legislation.

Te ship has a ight deck that is appro-

priate or operations with medium-sized

helicopters and also has a xed hangar,

giving the ship a high degree o versa-

tility in the diferent planned missions,

Tere is also a hospital area that allows

the provision o medical support or rst

aid and stabilisation as well as a tele-

medicine acility that aims to strengthenthe possibilities o medical care.

AVANE 2200 for Te Venezue-lan Navy It has a length o 98.90 meters, a displace-

ment o 2,200 tonnes and a maximum

speed o 25 knots. It is able to perorm a

variety o missions such as surveillance

and protection o the exclusive eco-

nomic zone, protection o maritime tra

c, deence o strategic interests, search

and rescue operations, support or other

units and humanitarian actions, control

o marine pollution, the ght against

smuggling, drug tracking and illegal

immigratation, surveillance and gather-

ing o operational and environmental

intelligence, surace deence and passive

electronic warare• Te ship and systems of the AVANE family are specially designed to operate in the

environmental conditions of the Arabian Gulf

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Boeing Phantom Phoenix Small Satellites Reduce Costs

Allows separation of payloads into multiple smaller spacecra

Boeing is developing a amily o smallsatellite prototypes, called Phantom

Phoenix, that can quickly and aford-

ably be manuactured and congured

or specic missions.

Sharing a common architecture,

ight soware and simplied payload

integration options, the satellites could

perorm missions ranging rom intelli-

gence, surveillance and reconnaissance

to planetary science.

“Our customers need greater mis-

sion exibility rom smaller satellites

that can be built more afordably, and

delivered more quickly, without sacri-

cing quality,” said Boeing Phantom

Works President Darryl Davis. “Build-

ing upon the success Boeing has had

with expanding our 702 satellite am-

ily, we’ve rapidly developed a line o

satellites to address the market betweenlarge geosynchronous spacecra and

nanosatellites.”

Te Phantom Phoenix prototypes

have three congurations:

• Phantom Phoenix -- 500 to 1,000

kg mid-class; designed or single and

dual launch.

• Phantom Phoenix ESPA -- 180 kg

ESPA-class; attaches to a common in-

terstage adapter allowing or the launch

o more than one satellite at a time.

Up to six small satellites could be de-

ployed during a single mission, reduc-

ing launch costs.

• Phantom Phoenix Nano -- 4 to 10

kg nanosatellite; ofers afordable tech-

nology or science and weather mis-

sions.

Phantom Phoenix will be designed

or all major launch vehicles.“Boeing has been providing quality

satellites to our global customers or

over ve decades,” said Bruce Chesley,

director o Advanced Space & Intelli-

gence Systems. “Te Phantom Phoenix

prototypes are designed to give our

commercial and government custom-

ers afordable, agile solutions to address

the ever-evolving market and mission

requirements.”

Equipped with tailored avionics and

selective redundancy options, the sat-

ellites meet mission requirements or

reliability and service lie at an aford-

able cost. Te satellites also eature high

autonomy, streamlined operations and

low-risk integration. Boeing will con-

duct initial technology development in

Huntington Beach, Cali •

PhantomPhoenix

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Raytheon’s Patriot Missiles Receive Service Lie Extension

Extension allows customers to recertify and/or upgrade their inventory

Raytheon Company’s Patriot missiles,

critical components o the Patriot Air

and Missile Deense System, have re-

ceived U.S. Army approval or a second

recertication, extending the operational

lie o the worldwide inventory o Patriot

missiles rom 30 to 45 years. Tis exten-

sion allows customers to recertiy and/

or upgrade their inventory o Raytheon’s

Patriot missiles at a raction o the cost

o replacing them with alternative inter-

ceptors.

“Tis is a testament to Patriot’s capa-

bilities and combat perormance that

continue to exceed all expectations, now

and over its successul operational lie,”

said Sanjay Kapoor, vice president o

Integrated Air and Missile Deense at

Raytheon’s Integrated Deense Systems

business. “Tis signicant lie extension

decision by the Army comes on the heels

o a recent $46.7 million U.S. Army con-

tract awarded to Raytheon to recertiy

and upgrade Patriot missiles to the latest

GEM- conguration as part o the con-

tinuous Patriot modernization efort.”

Te underlying technology and op-

erational capability o the missiles have

been continually enhanced to counter

high-speed tactical ballistic missiles and

air breathing threats. Over the last 20

years, Raytheon’s Patriot missiles have

undergone more than 500 successul test

rings. Raytheon’s support structure in-

cludes a global base o more than 300

suppliers committed to mission peror-

mance and readiness o the Patriot mis-

siles. Patriot is the world’s most capable

air and missile deense system, provid-

ing protection against a ull range o

advanced threats, including aircra,

tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles

and unmanned aerial vehicles. It is the

system o choice or 12 nations around

the globe.

Raytheon is the prime contractor or

both domestic and international Patriot

Air and Missile Deense Systems and

system integrator or Patriot Advanced

Capability-3 missiles•

New production Patriot GEM-T missile test fring at McGregor Range

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Embraer Defense & Security Begins Campaign for KC-390

Highly exible KC-390 will be capable of fullling military logistical missions

Embraer Deense & Security announced,

during a press conerence at the LAAD

Deence & Security trade air, that it is

beginning to promote and sell the KC-

390 military transport jet on the market.Embraer recently concluded the Criti-

cal Design Review (CDR) o the project

with the Brazilian Air Force, showing the

maturity o the product and setting the

denitive conguration o the aircra,

which made it possible to begin releas-

ing inormation or producing the proto-

types. Te nalization o this important

phase o the program also permitted

establishing the nal technical specica-

tions, and it set the price and the delivery

conditions, which opens the way to begin

the commercial campaign.

“Te project has rmly and consist-

ently moved orward and, now that we

have concluded the CDR, we are ready

to begin holding discussions with poten-

tial customers o the aircra,” said Luiz

Carlos Aguiar, President and CEO o

Embraer Deense & Security. “Tere is

a heavy demand or replacing older air-

cra in this segment o the international

market.”

“Te KC-390 has exceeded our expec-tations and will bring signicant opera-

tional gains to the FAB,” said Lieutenant-

Brigadier Juniti Saito, Commander o

the Brazilian Air Force .“Te excellent

perormance, exibility, and optimal lo-

gistics o the aircra will be decisive or

increasing eciency o our missions.”

Te KC-390 is the largest airplane

ever built by the Brazilian aeronautics

industry and will set a new standard or

medium-sized military transport aircra,

in terms o perormance and payload

capacity, and it will have advanced mis-

sion and ight systems. With its 23-ton

capacity and a maximum cruising speed

o 465 knots (860 km/h), the KC-390 will

provide signicant mobility gains or its

operators and will considerably reduce

mission time.

Te highly exible KC-390 will be

capable o ullling military logistical

transport missions, dropping cargo and

parachute troops, perorming in-ight re-

ueling o jets and helicopters, conductingsearch and rescue missions, and handling

Medevac operations, as well as providing

support or humanitarian missions. All o

this comes in a single version. Te KC-

390 also provides the best the market has

to ofer or increasing the eciency o its

missions, such as the latest-generation

integrated avionics, a y-by-wire system

that gets maximum perormance rom

the aircra, a cargo handling system that

allows or a rapid reconguration or di-

erent types o missions, and precision

or cargo drops, as well as a state-o-the-

art sel-protection system. Besides all o

these capabilities, the KC-390 will be easy

to keep up, with longer cycles between

inspections and less maintenance down

time, thus ofering the lowest lie-cycle

cost in its category •

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Oshkosh Defense Vehicle Modernization

Several of the company’s elded platforms can accept a wide range of upgrades

Military eets are composed o some o

the world’s toughest trucks, built to with-

stand extensive use in rugged terrain and

extreme temperatures. But like any vehi-

cle, their useul service lives eventually

come to an end.

Furthermore, many aging military ve-

hicles used throughout the Middle East

were built or operations in the 1980s

and ’90s,when mission requirements and

threat levels were vastly diferent rom

those o today. Be it rom extended use

or obsolescence, oldereets that lack the

capabilities and readiness rates or today’s

missions will be dicult torely upon or

tomorrow’s missions.

Leverage your current investments

o extend the lie o their eets, interna-

tional militaries are turning to engaged

OEM vendors capable o ofering com-

plete liecycle sustainment.

Oshkosh Deense has helped militaries

maximize their investments or decades

by providing extensive upgrades to older vehicles through recapitalization. Tis

process allows militaries to extend vehi-

cles’ lie spans at a raction o the cost o

procuring new vehicles.

Oshkosh Deense has been recapitaliz-

ing medium, heavy and commercial vehi-

cles since the 1960s. Since 1995, Oshkosh

Deense has restored more than 11,000

medium and heavy-payload military ve-

hicles to zero-hours, zero-kilometres con-

dition.

Upgrades can be carried out at the

company’s headquarters in the United

States, with local industrial and military

partners across the Middle East region, or

even in theatre.

Select to evolve

When an entirely new platorm is needed,

militaries should take into account the

benets o a vehicle design that reduces

the cost o eet maintenance and up-

grades, as requirements will evolve over

the vehicles’ lie-cycle. Oshkosh Deenseuses a modular approach to vehicle de-

sign, and several o the company’s elded

platorms can accept a wide range o up-

grades quickly and economically.

oday, Oshkosh is elding light, medi-

um and heavy vehicles that have been de-

signed to accept bolt-on armour, making

them adaptable to a spectrum o mission

proles. Additionally, the armour does

not require any welding or major abrica-

tion, so it can be applied rapidly, virtually

anywhere.

Oshkosh’s amily AK-4 independent

suspension systems have increased the

exibility in vehicle design drastically.Te

advanced suspension systems support

heavier armour and allow room or ve-

hicle growth.Vehicles equipped with the

AK-4 system are meeting payload and

of-road mobility requirements dened

by the military customer even while tak-

ing on the added weight o the latest up-

grades.

Oshkosh recently worked with the U.S.military to install Underbody Improve-

ment Kits (UIK) on more than 5,000

Oshkosh MRAP All-errain Vehicles (M-

AV) to improve protection against new

threats. Te company has also successul-

ly retrotted its AK-4 suspension system

on more than 3,600 heavily armoured

vehicles produced by other manuactur-

ers to provide greater ground clearance,

shorter braking distance, minimized vehi-

cle wear and tear, and greater speeds.

Whether through vehicle remanuac-

turing services or upgrades, Oshkosh has

teamed with customers around the world

to extend the lives o their vehicles, meet

modern-day requirements and ultimately

get the most out o their equipment in-

vestments•

Te Oshkosh M-AV supports the addition of armour upgrades such as Underbody Improve-

ment Kits (UIK). Te advanced M-AV design uses Oshkosh’s AK-4 independent suspension

system to accept UIKs and other upgrades without impacting payload or o-road mobility

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Global SATCOM Solutions

Secure communications, wherever, whenever

Tales is a leading provider o end-to-end

highly secure satcom solutions or air, land

and naval orces, using both civil and mili-

tary satellites.

Tales ofers military and govern-

ment satellite communication networks,

enabling the various components o the

armed orces (land, air and naval) to com-

municate securely regardless o situation

or location.

Te solutions presented below areequipped with the Tales System 21 which

manages the transmissions in military en-

vironments with a large range o modems

or air, land and sea applications. System

21 solves challenging situations in the eld

such as intererence, jamming, disruption

o transmission or On-Te-Move applica-

tions. System 21 is able to provide com-

munications in star or meshed topologies,

and encrypt the transmitted inormation.

Tis is an all-in-one solution or military

satcom.

Land

actical satcom for soldiers

Tales tactical SACOM terminals pro-

vide on-demand secure communications

or highly tactical networks regardless o

situation or location. In order to adapt

to customer needs, Tales provides X,

Ka and Ku-Band SACOM terminals in

manpack size. alisman II is a lightweight

highly ruggedized satcom manpack or

dismounted soldiers.

On-Te-Move satcom for vehicles

On-Te-Move satcom products or vehi-

cles - Satmove Xotm and OM Ka - ofer a

medium throughput service or voice and

data in hostile environments, an ecient

OM carrier or vehicle communicationnodes able to connect to a remote back-

bone combat net radios (CNR) as well as

IP based stream such as real time video.

Headquarter Land Satcom

Tales ofers large military terminals or

commercial based terminals, mounted on

trailer or truck and erected on the ground

or long term deployment.

Naval

Naval satcom for ships

Tales proposes a ull answer to the di-

erent naval satcom needs with “Plug and

Play” high-end solutions or small surace

ships and optimised installation or large

to medium ships. Products SURFSA-L

or medium and large vessels and SURF-

SA-S or small surace ships, available

as single and multiband solutions, come

in several sizes and various operating re-

quency congurations. oday, more than

60 new-generation naval satcom terminals

are already in operation.

Submarine Satcom

Based on more than 15 years o experience

in the design, development and produc-

tion o submarine based SACOM, Tales

DIVESA is an X-Band terminal that has

been developed to provide submarines

with a high voice and data communicationcapability.

Air

Airborne Satcom for mission aircra

Tales portolio includes the ANARES

amily o terminals (ANARES-P, AN-

ARES-H and ANARES-A) respectively

or UAV, Compact Mission aircras or hel-

icopters, and larger aircras such as trans-

port, anker, etc. Tey are all tted with

stabilization technology delivering opti-

mum operational capabilities in all theatres

o operation. Furthermore ANARES-A -

eatures an active antenna technology or

atness and minimum drag•

Talisman II SATMOVE Truck Stacom

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Sikorsky Launches BLACK HAWK raining Center

Colombia Operates the world’s fourth-largest BLACK HAWK eet

Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced

the opening o a new UH-60 BLACK

HAWK Helicopter Flight Simulator

raining Center at the Colombian Air

Force Base in Melgar. Te rst o its

kind in South America, the center pro-

vides pilot and ight crew training or

the Colombian Armed Services and

Sikorsky military customers throughoutthe region. Sikorsky Aerospace Services,

Sikorsky’s aermarket business, is over-

seeing training and support eforts in

Colombia.

Sikorsky Aerospace Services made the

announcement during the LAAD De-

ense and Security Exhibition in Rio de

Janeiro.

“Operating the world’s ourth-largest

BLACK HAWK eet, Colombia is a

longtime strategic customer and valued

partner,” said David Adler, SAS Presi-

dent. “Based on their eet requirements,

SAS continues to expand in-country a-

termarket services. In act last year we

doubled the maintenance support team

and expanded depot capabilities or

crash and battle damaged aircra. Te

new training acility will urther im-

prove the operational readiness o the

Colombian Armed Services. Addition-

ally, it’s a major milestone that exempli-

es our overall commitment to Sikorsky

customers in Latin America.”

Te new training center ofers the

region’s only ull motion, high del-

ity, FAA Level D Equivalent BLACK

HAWK simulator – the highest qualica-tion currently available. Equipped with

industry leading motion and control

loading technology, it ofers a highly de-

tailed cockpit replication o all controls

and aircra systems including wide-eld

outside-world visual systems. All com-

ponents are mounted on six degree-o-

reedom motion platorms that respond

to pilot control movements and external

aerodynamic actors.

“Last November, Sikorsky Material

Services, LLC opened a new oce in

Bogotá ofering the Colombian Ministry

o Deense a central, in-country point

o contact or managing all aspects o

business with Sikorsky,” said Frank Di-

Pasquale, SAS Vice President, Sales and

Strategic Relationships. “We recognize

the Colombian Armed Services’ need to

maintain their eet at optimal mission

readiness. Our goal is to provide the

OEM support capabilities and expertise

directly where our customers operate.”

Te BLACK HAWK simulator is

housed in a special purpose acility.

Overseeing the project is Corporación

de la Industria Aeronáutica de Colombia

(CIAC), an aerospace support provider

or the Colombian Ministry o Deense.

Te training center is stafed with expe-

rienced BLACK HAWK pilots serving

as simulator operators and maintenance

personnel to keep the simulator in opti-

mum operational state.

“Te BLACK HAWK helicopter is an

integral component or us to successul-

ly deeat narco terrorism. Our ability to

sustain in-country pilot training is para-

mount. As our relationship with Sikor-

sky continues to evolve, we are pleased

to partner in this training efort,” said

Brigadier General del Aire Guillermo

León León, General Manager, CIAC.

Sikorsky Aerospace Services, a Sikor-sky company, provides comprehensive

support to rotary and xed wing op-

erators around the world. It ofers its

military and commercial customers a

ull portolio o support services, includ-

ing material distribution, maintenance,

overhaul & repair, aircra modica-

tions and lie-cycle management. Sikor-

sky Aircra Corp., based in Stratord,

Conn., USA, is a world leader in heli-

copter design, manuacture and service.

United echnologies Corp., based in

Hartord, Conn., USA, provides a broad

range o high technology products and

support services to the aerospace and

building systems industries worldwide•

S70i Ferry Fight

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20mm Remote Controlled Weapon Station

ARX ® 20 from Nexter Systems oers superior repower in combat

Latest development or the integration o

20M693 (F2) and 20M621cannons, the

ARX ® 20mm ofers superior repower

in combat compared with 12.7mm and

14.5mm mounts and ull protection o

the crew. Te ARX ® 20 is equipped with

20M621 20mm cannons (NAO stand-

ard ammunition 20x102, M50 or PGU)

or 20M693 (20x139 ammunition) serving

in the Army using the experience gained

rom the remote-operated weapons used

in aeronautics (HL20 and HL30) and

naval (NARWHAL ®). Te ARX ® 20 ofers

a real alternative with respect to 12.7mm

mounts and turrets armed with 25 or

30mm cannons due to its low weight and

compactness. It can easily be integrated on

all the diferent types o carriers, including

light 4x4’s. Te repower o the 20mm gun

allows the treatment o asymmetric threats

and neutralization o light armored vehi-

cles with its instant stopping power. Gyro-

stabilized, the turret allows ring on the

move, and can engage targets at a distance

o greater than 2000 meters. With all-weather observation, day and night at 360

°, this turret is also s uitable or security

missions and urban warare. Te ARX20

was chosen by a Middle Eastern country.

Armament for Helicopters

Te cannon is a complementary weapon o

missiles and rockets or combat helicopters

and remains irreplaceable or short and

very short range. It is also the weapon o

close combat and sel deense or transport

or observation helicopters. In order to best

meet the needs o the military and enable

them to ull their missions, Nexter ofers

cannon mounts and turrets or helicopters

in service with many armed orces.

NC 621 Pod

Te NC 621 pod is a lightweight stan-

dalone “plug and play” system, which ts

easily on aircra and light helicopters. Te

NC621 pod is ideal or air-to-air and air-

ground close re support, protective or

sel-deence. It remains the most powerul

cannon system, integrated and enabled on

a wide variety o helicopters and airplanes.It is an ideal equipment or light training

aircra.

Te 20M621 cannon

Te 20M621 cannon is precise and light-

weight (under 50kg) weapon, and gener-

ates the same recoil orces as the machine

gun o 12.7mm (250 Kn). Its rate o re

(750 rounds / min) and its ability to draw

ammunition 20x102 NAO standard or

M50 make it a versatile weapon capable

o processing targets (personal or light ar-

mor) at distances o over 1500 m. Tanks

to the explosive 20x102 shell (that does not

exist in 12.7 or 14.5) a high explosive shell

generates 5 times more ragments than

12.7 multipurpose shell. Moreover, the

20x102 shell will penetrate 22mm o armor

at 1000m while the 12.7 shell will penetrate

only 13mm at 1000m. Te 20M621cannon

provides or similar integration constraints

as the 12.7 machine gun with efective

range and terminal efect much greater

than the latter•

ARX® 20 - Copyright Aspheri

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Indonesia Approves Bell 429 Increased Gross Weight

Te Bell 429 is one of the most advanced light twin helicopters developed

Bell Helicopter, a extron Inc. company,

announced that the Bell 429 has earned

Indonesian Directorate General o CivilAviation (DGCA) approval to y at an

increased maximum gross weight o

7,500 lbs. Indonesia marks the seven-

teenth country to approve the increased

maximum gross weight. Te DGCA’s

approval is based on ransport Canada’s

certication and allows the aircra to

carry an additional 500 lbs. o uel and/

or payload.

“We are thrilled with the DGCA’s ap-

proval o the Bell 429 increased gross

weight in Indonesia,” said Danny Mal-

donado, Bell Helicopter’s executive vice

president o Commercial Sales and Mar-

keting. “Tis approval enables our cus-

tomers in Indonesia to benet rom 500

lbs. o more payload, giving them the

option to carry more uel or increased

range or to carry additional passengers

and equipment to meet their specic

mission requirements.”

ransport Canada approved opera-tion o the Bell 429 at 7,500 lbs (3400 kg)

in December 2011 aer conducting an

extensive technical evaluation. Te in-

creased gross weight o the Bell 429 will

allow customers to take ull advantage

o the aircra’s capabilities, and operate

longer and heavier missions. o date, the

Bell 429 increased gross weight has been

approved by Argentina, Australia, Brazil,

Canada, Chile, China, Ecuador, India,

Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, New

Zealand, Nigeria, Tailand, Venezuela

and Vietnam.

Te Bell 429 is one o the most ad-

vanced light twin helicopters ever devel-

oped. It delivers exceptional speed, range

and hover perormance, and ofers op-

erators a state-o-the-art single pilot IFR

helicopter with top user-rated in-service

support. Te powerul and reliable Bell

429 serves the ull spectrum o segments

including air medical, law enorcement,oil & gas, utility, and corporate.

Te Bell 429 is certied or Single or

Dual Pilot IFR, Cat. A / JAROPS Per-

ormance Class 1 at maximum gross

weight; has a state o the art ully-inte-

grated glass cockpit; an advanced drive

system that delivers power and superb

perormance; best in class WAAS navi-

gation & IFR capability; and is the rst

helicopter certied through the MSG-3

process resulting in reduced mainte-

nance costs or operators. Te increased

gross weight conguration includes Hel-

icopter errain Awareness Warning Sys-

tem (HAWS), a radar altimeter, cockpit

voice/ight data recorder and orward

ashing lights•

Te powerful

and reliable Bell

429 serves the

full spectrum

of segments

including air

medical, law

enforcement, oil

& gas, utility, and

corporateBell 429

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Alenia Aermacchi Awarded 58 million Euro Logistics Contract

Agreement is part of program to guarantee full capability of the AMX eet

Alenia Aermacchi has signed a three-

year 58 million euro contract with

the Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea

Brasileira) to provide logistics sup-

port services to the FAB’s AMX eet,

named A-1 in Brazil.

Te contract includes several ele-

ments: “on site” engineering support,

(a permanent Alenia Aermacchi team

will be based at Parque de Galeao in

Rio de Janeiro) logistic support ser-

vices; supply of components and spare

parts and servicing and overhauling.

Alenia Aermacchi was selected by

the FAB because of its previous logistic

experience on the AMX program and

because of its proven results in pro-

viding spare parts and maintaining a

high eciently level of the AMX eet

currently in service in Italy.

Tis agreement is part of a larger

FAB program designed to guaran-

tee full operational capability of the

AMX eet for the next 20 years. It is

integrated into the AMX upgrade pro-gram, known as A-1M, which is led by

to Embraer and directly supported by

Alenia Aermacchi.

Related to the long-term support of

the Brazilian AMX eet, Alenia Aer-

macchi and Embraer recently signed a

Memorandum of Understanding that

establishes a joint venture between the

two companies for the management of

all logistic support activities related to

AMX operations in Brazil throughout

the lifecycle of the eet.

Giuseppe Giordo, Alenia Aermacchi

CEO, commented, “With this con-

tract, Alenia Aermacchi and Embraer

rearm their decades-long collabora-

tion which, in the ‘70s, allowed for the

development, the industrialization and

the production in Brazil of the MB.326

jet trainer (named A-26 Xavante by the FAB) and, aerwards, industrial

collaboration resulting in the creation

of the Italian-Brazilian AMX ghter

bomber.”

Single-engine light attack and re-

connaissance aircra, AMX is a tac-

tical support aircra that was devel-

oped in the 1980s by the then Aeritalia

(46.5%), Aermacchi (23.8%) and Em-

braer (29.7%). Te aircra entered into

service with the Italian and Brazilian

Air Forces at the end of the 1980s•

AMX eet is named A-1 in Brazil

AleniaAermacchi was

selected by

the Brazilian

Air Force

because of its

previous logistic

experience on theAMX program

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Te Latest o Ecureuil Family to Enter the UK Market

Te AS350B3e, is the latest addition to the UK’s single engine helicopter feet

Afer its entry into service in September

2011, the AS350B3e, the latest version o

the powerul 7 seat, 2,3 ton AS350 sin-

gle engine helicopter amily was deliv-

ered or the rst time to a UK customer,

which also marks a new dawn in the Pri-

vate/Corporate market in the UK.

“We are very proud to add Loxwood

Holdings and the new AS350Be to our

Eurocopter amily in the UK”, says

Markus Steinke, Managing Director o

Eurocopter UK Limited.” We are mind-

ul that our customers have a wide

choice o single helicopters these days,

but we are also aware that besides the

pure product, the scope, quality and

proximity o through lie support has

become a more important issue, than in

the past, or these customers – and with

the capability o Britain’s Civil Helicop-

ter Hub here at Oxord we oer a com-

prehensive solution, unmatched by any

other OEM.”

Te ull range o support and service

solutions is available at Eurocopter UK’s

acilities at Oxord, supplemented by a

network o regional engineers and a eet

o 20 Eurocopter mobile units covering

the country, allowing or highest reactiv-

ity and state o the art customer service.

“Having owned other new helicopters

beore, but never a Eurocopter prod-

uct, I did a lot o personal research and

benchmarking beore contacting Euro-

copter UK at Oxord. Since then I am

delighted with the whole experience;

the sta I have been involved with, the

product, the passion rom their people

here and back in France, the ull, locally

available OEM support which is quite

unique, compared to what I have been

acing in the past says Mr. Holland o

Loxwood Holdings.

Te AS350 B3e is the latest member

o the AS350 high-perormance amily,

which outclasses all other single-engine

helicopters or perormance, versatil-

ity, saety and competitive acquisition

and maintenance costs. It excels in hot

conditions and very high altitudes, and

broke records when a standard produc-

tion aircraf landed on the top o Mount

Everest in 2005.

oday, around 5,350 Ecureuils have

been delivered in 130 countries to some

1,600 operators. Tese aircraf have ac-

cumulated close to 25 million ighthours.

Eurocopter UK Ltd, Britain’s Civil Hel-

icopter Hub, and its predecessors have

been present and highly active in the

United Kingdom or over 30 years, dom-

inating the civil rotary wing(rw) sector.

Its contribution to the aerospace sector

o the national economy includes the de-

velopment o police aviation leading to a

75% market share, air ambulances (70%

share), and well over 50% o the oshore

oil and gas market. Eurocopter UK Ltd

is headquartered in Oxord, with addi-

tional bases in Dublin (Ireland), Belast

(Northern Ireland), Hawarden (Wales)

and Aberdeen (Scotland) and provides

the ull range o products and services

or the rw sector•

AS350B3e is the latest version of AS350 single engine helicopter family

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Rockwell Collins conducts CDR for CRIIS program

CDR serves to assess producibility and program risk areas

Rockwell Collins has conducted a suc-

cessful Critical Design Review (CDR)

with the U.S. Air Force, and has beenapproved to begin the integration, test,

and pre-production phase of the Com-

mon Range Integrated Instrumentation

System (CRIIS) program. Rockwell Col-

lins is the prime contractor and systems

integrator for the next-generation mili-

tary test range system that will replace

the Advanced Range Data System cur-

rently in use at major U.S. military test

ranges. CRIIS will support weapon sys-

tem testing for a variety of platforms,

including advanced aircra, and could

also support testing of ships, helicopters,

unmanned aerial vehicles and ground

vehicles.

Te program fulls critical Depart-

ment of Defense requirements to pro-

vide ime, Space, Position Information

(SPI), additional platform test data,

and employs a more robust, spectrally ef-

cient data link capable of multiple lev-

els of encryption.“Our design provides signicant im-

provement in position accuracy and data

link throughput while adding system-

level security,” said ommy Dodson,

vice president and general manager of

Surface Solutions for Rockwell Collins.

He added that the CRIIS program lev-

erages the company’s strength in GPS,

high throughput data links, Multiple In-

dependent Levels of Security (MILS) en-

cryption and open systems architecture.

“One key to the successful CDR was

early system integration and perfor-

mance testing using prototype hardware,

providing insight not usually gained un-

til much later in a program,” said Dod-

son. “Tis early system-level testing

provided the customer with additional

understanding of the maturity of the de-

sign.”

Customers attending the CDR also

participated in technical demonstrationsthat highlighted the team’s progress on

critical SPI, data link, encryption, in-

formation assurance and system control

functionality.

A CDR is conducted to determine that

the detailed design satises the perfor-

mance and engineering requirements

of the development specication and

to establish the detailed design com-

patibility between the item and other

items of equipment, facilities, computer

programs, and personnel. A CDR also

serves to assess producibility and pro-

gram risk areas and to review the pre-

liminary product specications•

CRIIS Pod on L-29

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Global Space and Satellite Forum & Milsatcom Middle East

Space And Satellite Experts Set Eyes on Abu Dhabi

More than 400 experts will converge in

Abu Dhabi to examine the latest space

technology and emerging commercial and

investment opportunities at a time when

the UAE is moving ahead to lead the Mid-

dle East into space.

e Global Space & Satellite Forum, the

region’s premier space and satellite indus-

try event, will provide a valuable oppor-

tunity or international space experts tonetwork with regional leaders and share

inormation about upcoming commercial

space applications in earth observation,

remote sensing, location based services,

navigation and military satellite communi-

cations (milsatcom).

e Global Space and Satellite Forum

and Milsatcom Middle East is supported

by Space Reconnaissance, Emirates Insti-

tute or Advanced Science and Technology

(EIAST), Telecommunication Regulatory

Authority (TRA) and GVF and sponsored

by Gold Sponsors Surrey Satellite Tech-

nology Ltd, Yahsat, Astrium, ales and

alesAlenia Space.

ales Alenia Space ofers complete

space based solutions, covering telecom-

munication, Earth observation, explora-

tion and navigation.

For telecommunication satellites, ales

Alenia Space present in Middle-East and

Arica since 1981, is the leading satellite

manuacturer or the region with 18 sat-

ellites and 5 payloads. In particular, the

company is a major player or deense and

dual use missions in Europe and or export

market, as Yahsat system (2 satellites) ully

deployed in 2012 over the UAE.

In observation domain, ales AleniaSpace is also the European leader or very

high resolution optical and radar instru-

ments.

ales is also a leading provider o end-

to-end highly secure SATCOM solutions

or air, land and naval orces, using both

civil and military satellites.

e Middle East is ast becoming a ma-

jor aerospace hub boosted by investment

in technology, expertise and acilities.

At the ocal point o the new push is the

US$50 million DubaiSat-2 earth observa-

tion satellite by the Emirates Institute or

Advanced Science and Technology (EI-

AST) slated or launch this year, providing

ample evidence o the Emirates’ thought

leadership role in space technology re-

search and creation o regional space pro-

grammes.

Taking place rom 7-8 May 2013 at the

Ritz Carlton Grand Canal, the ourth edi-

tion o the orum is co-located with the

Milsatcom Middle East conerence, eatur-

ing speakers rom the UAE Armed Forces,

and Ministry o Deence and Aviation Sau-

di Arabia. International speakers include

those rom the Ministry o Deence in the

UK, US Department o State and Cana-

dian Armed Forces.


comprises a notable line-up o top rank-

ing ocials rom more than 20 regional

national space programmes and research

centres who will deliver presentations

about developments in earth observation,

disaster management and geo-inormation

services, space policy and the economics

o commercial space business.


will also host a top assembly o space ex-

perts, including Salem Humaid Al Marri,

Assistant Director General or Scientic

and Technical Afairs at EIAST, Frank

Rose, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Spaceand Deence Afairs rom the US De-

partment o State, who will participate as

a panellist in the opening session about

technological developments and uture

prospects or the space sector.

Organised by Streamline Marketing

Group, the conerence and exhibition will

present an opportunity or space experts

and representatives rom non-space in-

dustries to exchange inormation related

to space technology, research and develop-

ment and the commercial applications and

investment opportunities that exist.

Further inormation is available at www.

gssorum.com / www.milsatcom.me•

Te Global Space and Satellite Forum and Milsatcom Middle East will take place from 7-8

May 2013 at the Ritz Carlton Grand Canal in Abu Dhabi.

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Te RAFALE Omnirole fghter

Pushing forward on new air-to-air capabilities

Te RAFALE omnirole ghter has reached

two major milestones recently: the rst

delivery o a production aircra equipped

with the rst production RBE2 AESA ra-

dar, and the initial successul testing o the

new-generation, very long-range, MEE-

OR air-to-air missile.

Pushing orward on new air-to-air ca-

pabilities, the Raale B301, operating rom

Cazaux DGA Flight est Center in south-western France, successully completed, on

October 4 then on October 10, two suc-

cessul tests o the beyond visual-range air-

to-air missile (BVRAAM) Meteor.

On December 22, 2010, the French de-

ense procurement agency (DGA: Direc-

tion Générale de l’Armement) ordered 200

Meteor missiles. A week aer, the contract

or integration o the Meteor missile to the

Raale system was awarded to the industry.

Tis advanced, ramjet-powered, mis-

sile, made by MBDA, is intended or air

deense missions. It will intercept targets

at very long range, and it will be a perect

complement to the MICA missile, which is

currently used at shorter ranges or air-to-

air interception, dogght and sel-deense.

On October 2, 2012, the rst produc-

tion Raale F3 (the single-seater C137),

equipped with the rst production Tales

RBE2 Active Electronically-Scanned Ar-

ray 1 (AESA 1) radar, was delivered to the

French DGA, paving the way or the intro-

duction into operational service o the rst

European combat aircra ully exploiting

the cutting edge AESA radar technology.

Extended range capabilities ofered

to the Raale by the RBE2 AESA radar

(among a number o other key operationalbenets) allow the ull use o the latest

generation o long-range air-to-air missiles

such as the Meteor.

Te Raale is already an extremely efec-

tive new-generation, combat proven (A-

ghanistan, Libya), omnirole tactical ght-

er, but development is continuing apace

to exploit more and more o the aircra’s

tremendous capabilities, and to seamlessly

add new ones. As a result, the Raale looks

set to become even better in the near u-

ture.

Commitments and Capabilities

French operational requirements have

been set at 286 Raales. Te Air Force will

receive 228 aircra (in two versions: the

single-seater Raale C and the two-seater

Raale B), while the Navy will operate 58

Raales M (single-seater). o date, 180 pro-

duction aircra have been ordered or both

services. Under current plans, production

o the aircra is to continue through 2025.

By October 15, 2012, 111 production air-

cra have been delivered to the warght-

ers (36 Raales M or the French Navy; 37

Raales C and 38 Raales B or the French

Air Force).

Some o the Mission capabilities o Ra-

ale omnirole ghter are air deence and

air superiority, close air support, engage-

ment o surace targets (with laser-guided

bombs, all-weather stand-of precision

weapons, or cruise missiles), SEAD/DEAD

capabilities, anti-ship attack, nuclear strike,

real time tactical and strategic reconnais-

sance (ground and naval targets) and in-

ight reuelling (“buddy-buddy” tanker

capability or the French Navy Raale M).

Meteor Missile

Te Meteor missile is being developed by

MBDA to meet the requirement o six Eu-

ropean nations (France, Germany, Italy,Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom). In-

creasing prolieration o state-o-the-art

air-to-air threats is a critical challenge or

modern air orces, which is answered by

Meteor. Te advantages o BVRAAM Me-

teor are: Fast and highly manoeuvrable,

beyond visual-range, air-to-air weapon,

high kill probability to ensure air superior-

ity and crew survivability, guidance pro-

vided by an active radar seeker beneting

rom enhanced technologies drawn rom

MBDA ASER and MICA missile pro-

grams, the capability o engaging air tar-

gets autonomously by day and night in all

weather and in severe electronic warare

environments, equipped with both a prox-

imity and impact use to ensure total target

destruction in all circumstances•

Te Rafale B301, successfully completed two successful tests of the BVRAAM Meteor

Report

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Northrop Grumman ofers SABR to U.S. Air Force

F-16 AESA Radar Upgrade Program on track

Joseph Ensor, vice president and general

manager o Northrop Grumman Cor-

poration’s Intelligence, Surveillance, Re-connaissance and argeting Systems Di-

vision, discussed technological advances

and recent milestone achievements in-

volving the Scalable Agile Beam Radar

(SABR) being ofered by the company

or the U.S. Air Force’s F-16 radar up-

grade program.

Northrop Grumman’s SABR is an a-

ordable, scalable, multiunction active

electronically scanned array (AESA) ra-

dar specically designed or retrot in

current F-16s. SABR provides improved

situational awareness, greater detection,

high-resolution synthetic aperture radar

maps, interleaved air-to-air and air-to-

surace mode operations, and an all-

environment precision strike capability.

o a pilot, a radar is only as useul as

the inormation it provides, and North-

rop Grumman’s Big SAR (synthetic ap-

erture radar) mapping or the Scalable

Agile Beam Radar (SABR) delivers thelargest, sharpest radar images ever avail-

able in an F-16.

SABR has successully demonstrated

several advanced radar capabilities or

the F-16, including Big SAR maps with

automatic target cueing. Te SABR Big

SAR ofers an unprecedented level o

situational awareness and target identi-

cation or F-16 pilots.

“SABR’s Big SAR is high-denition

radar imagery that covers a large area

on the ground in a single image,” said

Joseph Ensor, vice president and general

manager o Northrop Grumman’s Intel-

ligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance

and argeting Systems Division. “Tis

advance will give F-16 pilots the largest

maps with the most detail that they have

ever seen in the cockpit. Combined with

SABR’s automatic target cueing capabil-

ity, the F-16 will have targeting capabili-

ties unmatched by any other ourth-gen-eration ghter.”

Northrop Grumman has nearly our

decades o F-16 radar development and

integration experience, and has deliv-

ered more than 6,000 re control radars

to U.S. and international air orces. Te

company also supplies the AESA re

control radars or the F-16 Block 60,

F-22 and F-35 aircra.

Northrop Grumman is a leading

global security company providing in-

novative systems, products and solutions

in unmanned systems, cybersecurity,

C4ISR, and logistics and modernization

to government and commercial custom-

ers worldwide. Please visit www.north-

ropgrumman.com or more inorma-

tion•

SABR F-16 AESA Radar

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South Arica mulls joint venture with UA

Chie o the South Arican National Deense Staf is all praise or

HE Gen. Solly Zacharia

Shoke, Chief of Sta of

the National Defense

Force, South Africa, has

lauded the strong and

distinguished relation-

ship between the United

Arab Emirates and

South Africa.

By: Major Yousef Juma

Al Haddad

Photo by:Ali Al Junaibi

Salem AL Amri

36 | May 2013 | Issue 496 |

Interview



UAE or its humanitarian assistance

HE Gen. Solly Zacharia Shoke, Chie

o Staf o the National Deense Force,

South Arica, has lauded the strong and

distinguished relationship between the

United Arab Emirates and South Arica.In an exclusive interview to the “Nation

Shield” journal, he stressed that the UAE

enjoys appreciation and respect rom

countries all over the world or its out-

standing humanitarian eforts. Praising

the IDEX 2013 as an international event

worthy o participation by everyone,

he said it has helped to build a global

reputation or the UAE as evidenced by

the participation o a growing number

o major international companies. He

described the military media as a vital

means o communication because it en-abled militaries and nations to commu-

nicate efectively with the outside world.

Excerpts rom the interview:

What is the purpose of your recent

visit to the United Arab Emirates?

Te relations with the United Arab

Emirates are o great importance to

South Arica, since we have a lot o is-

sues o common concern. Our recent

visit to the UAE was at the invitation o

His Excellency Lt. General Hamad Mo-

hammed Tani Al Rumaithi, Chie o

Staf o the UAE Armed Forces, to dis-cuss and strengthen issues o common

interest between our two countries, es-

pecially in the eld o deense. We hope

or more cooperation in various areas

o common interest and we are keen to

strengthen our bilateral relations.

Te ties between the UAE and South

Africa are a model for other coun-

tries. How can the military institu-

tions in our two countries capitalize

on these ties to contribute further tobilateral interests?

It is important to establish good relations

with various Arab countries. We always

ocus on condence-building which is

an important element in the consolida-

tion o relations with various countries.

During my visit to the UAE, I had the

chance to visit awazun, one o the larg-

Strong relations

connect the UAE

and South Africa,

and there are always

opportunities for

joint ventures indefense in both

countriesDistinguished relationship between UAE and South Africa

UAE Chief of Sta receiving solly Zacharia

d i s -

t i n -

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est industrial companies in the eld o

deense in the UAE. We are planning

to establish a joint venture between the

UAE and South Arica, which would be

economically benecial to both coun-

tries and acilitate exchange o expertise

with the region.

How do you assess the cooperation

between the UAE and the South Af-

rican national companies in the de-

fense segment?Denitely there is a strong relationship

between the UAE and South Arica, and

there are permanent opportunities or

the development o military industries

in both countries. I can also conrm

that more South Arican companies

would be seeking to join hands with

UAE national companies in this sector.

South Arica, in return also welcomes

investment by Emirati national compa-

nies.

Students from many countries cur-

rently attend courses in South Af-

rica. How do they benet from such

courses which also provide interac-

tion with students from other parts

of the world?

Students in South Arica can benet

greatly rom the scholarship program,

wherein the exchange o cadets allows

the exchange o expertise with various

students. Tis program provides good

opportunities or Arab students to get to

know a diferent culture, but most im-

portantly it leads to strengthening o co-

operation with various countries o the

world.

UAE plays a pivotal role in provid-

ing humanitarian assistance on the

global level. What is your assessmentof this role?

Te UAE enjoys appreciation and re-

spect rom all over the world or its

excellent humanitarian work. Other

countries should ollow the example o

the UAE in this domain. It is through

these humanitarian eforts that the UAE

works or peace. It is also an expression

o the love o the UAE or people all over

the world belonging to diferent races

and aliations.

Te UAE is a major player in the eld

of international defense exhibitions.

Last February, the UAE organized

IDEX 2013. How do you assess this

exhibition, and what distinguishes it

from other exhibitions? What is the

scale of the South African defense

sector’s participation in the Dubai

International Airshow 2013?

IDEX, by all standards, is a global event

that is worthy o participation by all. It

is the best proo o the success o the

UAE in building a distinctive global

reputation, as evidenced by the growing

number o major international compa-

nies that participated in this event, not

to mention the increasing number o

visitors to the exhibition to see the latest

technologies in the eld o military de-

ense industries. Military exhibitions ingeneral are a meeting place or all stake-

holders and decision-makers around the

world, as they bring together various

international companies specializing in

deense industries with leaders and de-

cision-makers in governments and ar-

mies in various countries o the world

and provide all with opportunities to see

the latest state-o-the-art equipment and

techniques. In act, we have beneted

greatly rom the continued participation

in diferent international exhibitions or-ganized by the UAE, and we are going

to raise the level o participation at the

Dubai International Airshow.

Do you think that cyber warfare

could pose an additional challenge

for the armed forces in general?

Yes, I think so. Cyber attacks have been

Te National Defense

College is one of

the most importantacademic military

institutions in the

UAE contributing

to scientic military

advancementSolly interviewed with Nation Shield Journal Editor-in Chief

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reported in Arica and other parts o the

world, and the armed orces should be

prepared or these wars because wars o

the uture will also include cyber wars.

How can the UAE cooperate with

South Africa in the consolidation of

peace and security regionally and in-

ternationally?It is important to consolidate regional

and international peace and security. We

should ensure that there is peace and

security among neighbors. We always

promote peace through the international

community, and also by ofering peace-

ul solutions to resolve various disputes

through dialogue. We also seek con-

stantly to maintain world peace.

How can the UAE and South Africa

cooperate to curb the threat of piracy on the high seas?

Everyone knows the depth o coopera-

tion between South Arica and the UAE

in this sector. We both share and par-

ticipate in international conerences on

combating piracy, and we can collabo-

rate to meet this threat and come up

with common solutions to this problem.

Te UAE has recently established the

National Defense College. How im-

portant is it to national security and

stability? And can this institution

help to meet the aspirations of the

leadership in other countries?

I think that this college is one o the most

important scientic military institutions

in the UAE, and it is a good and useulexperience by all accounts. Knowledge

enables us to understand what is going

on around us, and this type o military

educational institution contributes sig-

nicantly to promoting the concept o

national security.

Te UAE Armed Forces are celebrat-

ing the 37th anniversary of their con-

solidation. Your comments.

o begin with, we congratulate the UAE

Armed Forces on this important occa-sion, or the UAE has been able over the

past years to build a strong army capable

o maintaining the saety and security

o the country and its citizens, as well

as protecting its resources and wealth. It

has also developed the necessary plans

to strengthen this army more and more

by providing it with modern capabilities.

We - in South Arica - have a similar oc-

casion as the various units o the armed

orces were consolidated under one ag

in 1994.

How important is military media for

the armed forces of various countries

in the world?

I think the military media is extremely important as a means o communica-

tion and connection because it enables

militaries and peoples to communicate

positively with the outside world and

ofers a platorm to share opinions and

impressions. It is very important or the

military and should be an integral part

o its communication strategy. Without

it, we would not know what is going

on around us or recognize our posi-

tion in the world. Te military media

in its various orms play an importantand efective role in the lives o military

personnel whatever their positions and

responsibilities. Te military media is an

efective communication tool that helps

a soldier to interact with his larger envi-

ronment•

Biography

• 1956 Born in Alexandra own Shape in

Johannesburg.

• 2000 Appointed as manpower SupportCommander in Major General Rank.

• 2004 Promoted to Lt. General rank and

was appointed as Land Forces Command-

er, then became the South African Nation-

al Forces Commander up to May 2011.

• Completed his military basic training in

Angola, and then trained in USSR aer

the National African Conference was re-

leased.

• Ten he became a member in the Private

Conference Administration to organize it.

• Was a member in the committees those

made easy the peaceful transference of

South Africa and its armed forces.

UAE & South African Chiefs of Sta during the signing of an agreement

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Environmental Prole in the UAE


Since the establishment

of the Federation of the

United Arab Emirates on

the second of December

1971, it has been a prior-

ity for the government to

ensure a balance between

sustainable development

and protection of the envi-

ronment. Concerned agen-

cies in the UAE are deal-

ing with environmental

protection issues not, as a

developmental luxury, but

as a fundamental commit-

ment and a national duty

that must be fullled.

By: Editorial Board

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Ensuring a

balance between

suntainable development &

protection of the

environment

Teconcern over theissue is well re-

ected in the institutional frameworks,

integrated legislation and operational

mechanisms of governance.

During his visit to the Republic of

Kazakhstan in mid-October ,2011 His

Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al

Nahyan, the UAE President, mayGod

protect him, emphasized that eorts at

the environmental and cultural level in

the UAEaimto achieve a comprehen-sive renaissance in the country. Te Ka-

zakh President, Nursultan Nazarbayev,

praised the achievements of the UAE in

the optimal exploitation energy resourc-

es and natural wealth in a way that safe-

guards environmental protection and

conservation. Tis underscores the deep

attention paid by the UAE Leadership to

the environmental prole.

Te importance accorded to environ-

ment hascertainlyprovideda state of

balance between growth and economic development on the one hand, and envi-

ronment protection and non-depletion

of natural resources on the other. Tis

is indeed a challenge for the government

which has to ensure a decent life for its

citizens, simultaneously protecting the

rights of future generations to natural

resources.

A HistoricInterestin the Envi-ronmentTe late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al

Nahyan, God rest his soul in peace, had

a keen interest in the issues of environ-

mental protection and development.

Tis has also been praised by all global

agencies specialized in this eld. Devel-

opment programs and plans included

scientic studies about the economic

and social eects of development projects; special institutions and authorities

were established for the management

and protection of the environment; en-

vironmental strategies were drawn and

environmental work was prioritized, in-

cluding air and water pollution control,

the ght against desertication, and con-

servation of natural resources.

Right from hisreignof the Eastern

Province, which began in ,1946 Sheikh

Zayed hadshown hisconcern for en-

vironment conservation. He had paid attention to develop the agricultural po-

tential through the reclamation of new

agricultural land, building of springs,

and the establishment of channels, in ad-

dition to providing water free of charge.

Aer assuming power in the Emirate

of Abu Dhabi in ,1966 he had banned

hunting in the emirate, launched the pi-

oneering initiative to planting the desert.

Tanks to his wise policy, the UAE was

able to tame the desert and turn it into

green land.

Sheikh Zayed also took the lead in

combating desertication, paying at-

tention to groundwater, construction of

dams, use of fertilizers, establishment of

fertilizer plants and attention to salinity-

resistant crops. He also worked on the

aorestation of both sides of Al Ain-Abu

Dhabi road, and this project was the rst

step of his success in handling the rigors

of the desert. Tanks to these eorts, the

UAE has been able to re-green the desert areas. Te Director General of the Food

and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

commended these eorts of the UAE.

Trough the directives of Sheikh

Zayed, may God rest his soul, the UAE

has also attached great importance to

the issue of water. Tanks to the vision

ofSheikhZayed,a numberofnatural

reserves were created including mainly

the reserve of Sir Bani Yas island, which

is one of the largest reserves established

by man in the Arabian Peninsula interms of area and quality. It includes rare

species of endangered animals and birds,

thus becoming a haven for wild animals

and birds, and in particular Rhim ani-

mals (Slender-horned Gazelle), ostrich-

es, the Arabian gazelles (Gazella arabi-

ca) and the bent-horned Arabian Maha

(Oryx). Tanks to the personal attention

AbuDhabi - an untraditional Green tourism

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of the late Sheikh Zayed, the plans and programs to maintain the Arabian Oryx

were a success.

In ,1977 Sheikh Zayed ordered that

the Asian Houbarabustard be bredin

captivity at Al-Ain zoo even before it be-

came endangered, and he announced in

1982 the rst Houbara chick hatching in

captivity in the United Arab Emirates. In

1989, the National Center for Research on birds was established, which later be-

came part of the Environment Agency -

Abu Dhabi, and launched his ambitious

program for breeding Asian bustards.

Besides, the Emirates Center for Wild-

life Propagation (ECWP) launched “the

Program for Breeding Bustards” in Mis-

sour in Morocco, which was established

under theguidance of thelate Sheikh

Zayed. Te Center is considered the rst

of its kind in the world that could ap-

ply the global strategy for conservation

of houbara bustard. Since its creation

in ,1995 it has been breeding bustards

in captivity to release some of them in

the wild. Te late Sheikh Zayed revived

the tradition of re-launch of many of his falcons into the wilderness at the end of

the hunting season, and Zayed Program

for Release ofFalcons started in ,1995

and by the year 2004 the number of re-

leased falcons totaled nearly a thousand

lanner and Peregrine falcons, which

succeeded in returning to their natural

wild life aer their launch on the path

of their original migrations in Pakistan

and Central Asia. Te “Falcon passport”,

approved by the Convention on Interna-

tional rade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CIES), has also

had a major impact in reducing illegal

hunting activities in the neighboring

countries.

Features and IndicatorsAlthough the UAE relied on oil revenues

as the main source of income in the

Te late Sheikh

Zayed bin Sultan

Al Nahyan, God rest his soul

in peace had a

keen interest

in the issues of

environmental

protection &

development

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early stages of development, it gradually

moved towards the diversication of its

sources of income through investment

of oil revenues in sectors like tourism,

real estate, infrastructure, domestic and

foreign trade, nancial and banking ser-

vices, and pharmaceutical, chemical and

building materials industries. It went even further by investingin renewable

energy sources. Such investments aim

to protect and preserve the environ-

ment, by reducing dependence on oil

as a source of environmental pollution

and expanding reliance on clean energy

sources such as solar energy, in order to

reduce carbon dioxide emissions and the

resulting environmental problems, not

the least of which is global warming.

Other pioneering initiatives are the

Masdar City project, the rst city in the

world that relies entirely on solar energy,

as well as the fact that the UAE was able

to host the permanent headquartersof

Te International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Certainly, the exist-

ence of IRENA headquarters in the UAE

is an encouraging and attractive factor

for allcountries in orderto enterinto

partnerships with the UAE in renewable

energy projects.

Ambitious Environmental Vi-

sions and Initiatives”Te Emirates Green Building Council

(Emirates GBC)” has already drawn up

an ambitious visionin this regard that

aims to facilitate the UAE’s positionamong the 5 most prominent global

leaders in ecological footprint reduc-

tion of the builtenvironment by .2015

Tiscanbe done by remoldingofex-

isting building and construction plans

and making them environment-friendly.

Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Author-

ity (ADWEA) also seeks to participate

in the achievement of environmental

objectives, through the development of

facilities, improvement of the quality of

public services, the adoption of environ-

mental solutionsthat contribute to the

rationalization of water and electric-

ity consumption, and encouragement of

the population to choose and use these

solutions. In addition, many municipal

departments throughout the UAE adopt

ambitious initiatives aimed at promoting

the areas of waste recycling.

One of the brilliant models for envi-

ronmental sustainability in the United

Arab Emirates, is theinitiative of En- vironment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD)

to assign June 3 of every year as the

“Day WithoutPaper”, to reduce paper

consumption in the workplace through

what is known as the “digitization” of ad-

ministrative work.

Green Tourism - Another Face of TourismAbu Dhabi has embraced the promo-

tion of green tourism, a globally unprec-

edented initiative, which certainly helps to attract spotlight on Abu Dhabi’s posi-

tion as a global unconventional tourist

destination. UAE has also introduced

initiatives that contribute to the applica-

tion of standards of environmental pro-

tection and conservation. Examples in

this context include the decision of the

Emirates Authority for Standardization

Butinah island in AbuDhabi

UAE - an ideal model in solar energy

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and Metrology (ESMA) in March ,2012

on the prohibition of trading of used or

restored tires in the country, a decision

that has very vital and important dimen-

sions to thesecurity of motorists and

trac as well as to the environment. Te

echnical Regulations of the decision

have identied the lifespan of the car

tires at ve years as a maximum, both

in case of actual use or storage. Tis de-

cision applies to all light passenger cars and motorcycles.

Emphasizing the priority of the en-

vironmental dimension in the policies

of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, EAD

has renewed its partnership with the

United Nations Environment Program

attheendoflast March. Te partner-

ship, which is supervised by Abu Dhabi

Global Environmental Data Initiative

(AGEDI), aims to continue working to

bridge the data gap between developing

and developed countries, whereby Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Ini-

tiative (AGEDI) and the United Nations

ProgramforEnvironment facilitate ac-

cess to data and reliable environmental

informationin a timelymanner to all

who need it.

Te Convention, signed by Achim

Steiner, Executive Director of the United

Nations Environment Programme, and

Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak, Secretary

General oftheEnvironmentAgency -

Abu Dhabi (EAD),allows Abu Dhabi

Global Environmental Data Initiative

(AGEDI) to continue to make further

progress on the commitments that were

identied through the outputs of the

United Nations Conference on Sustain-

able Development - Rio+20 for a more

sustainable future.

Te Environment: An Exception-al Emirati Priority

It is evident that the environmental

le is receiving a lot of attention and care

in the UAE, as suggested by practices on

the ground and demonstrated by opera-

tional policies that reect the attention

paid to it by the decision-makers, led by

His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed

Al Nahyan, the UAE President, may

God protect him. Tis contributes to the interest shown towards the environment

all over the UAE and also provides an

opportunity for the proper implementa-

tion of laws and regulations for protec-

tion of the environment, since care for

wildlife seems a pure commitment by

the UAE citizens. All of these indica-

tors help to nourish the expectations of

a rapid improvement - over the coming

years - in the country’s environmental

prole. As a result the environmental

situation in thecountry hasimproved

immensely resulting in optimum use of

water and energy •

References:

•Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi

(EAD), www.ead.ae

•Ministry of Environment & Water, (moew), www.moew.gov.ae

•Environment Encyclopedia, www.

bee2ah.com

•Wikipedia: Concepts and erminology

•Agence France-Presse (AFP): Pub-

lished News & analyses.

•Asharq Al-Awsat Newspaper: Pub-

lished news reports.

•Emirates News Agency (WAM): Media

coverages of environmental events.

•Te UAE Al Ittihad Newspaper: Pub-

lished News and analyses.•Akhbar Al Sa’a Bulletin, ECSSR: Pub-

lished Reports.

•BBC Arabic Network: Published Re-

ports and News.

•ELAPH Website: A report entitled

“Damaged Carires: A Treatto the

Environment in the Arab World”.

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NASA’s Hubble Space

Telescope has found

the farthest supernova

so far of the type used

to measure cosmic dis-

tances. Supernova UD-S10Wil, nicknamed SN

Wilson aer American

President Woodrow

Wilson, exploded more

than 10 billion years ago.

SN Wilson belongs to a

special class called Type

Ia supernovae. esebright beacons are prized

by astronomers because

they provide a consistent

level of brightness that

can be used to measure

the expansion of space.

e discovery was part

of a three-year Hubbleprogram, begun in 2010,

to survey faraway Type Ia

supernovae.



To see fartherFrom the dawn o humankind to a mere

400 years ago, all that we knew about our

universe came through observations withthe naked eye. Ten Galileo turned his

telescope toward the heavens in 1610. Te

world was in or an awakening.

In Saturn, we learned, had rings. Ju-

piter had moons. Tat nebulous patch

across the center of the sky called the

Milky Way was not a cloud but a collec-

tion of countless stars. Within but a few

years, our notion of the natural world

would be forever changed.

In the centuries that followed, tele-

scopes grew in size and complexity and,

of course, power. Tey were placed far

from city lights and as far above the haze

of the atmosphere as possible. Edwin

Hubble, for whom the Hubble elescope

is named, used the largest telescope of

his day in the 1920’s at the Mt. Wilson

Observatory near Pasadena, California,

to discover galaxies beyond our own.

Hubble, the observatory, is the rst ma-

jor optical telescope to be placed in space,

the ultimate mountaintop. Above the dis-

tortion o the atmosphere, ar above rain

clouds and light pollution, Hubble has anunobstructed view o the universe. Scien-

tists have used Hubble to observe the most

distant stars and galaxies as well as the

planets in our solar system.

Who Does What?

NASA chose Marshall Space Flight Center

in Huntsville, Alabama, as the lead NASA

eld center or the design, development,

and construction o the renamed Space

elescope (S). Marshall delegated Per-

kin-Elmer Corporation (now, Hughes

Danbury Optical Systems) the task o de-

veloping the Optical elescope Assembly

and the Fine Guidance Sensors. Lockheed

Missiles and Space Company (now, Lock-

heed Martin) was selected by Marshall to

build the cylindrical casing and the inter-

nal support systems (the Support Systems

Module) and assembling the telescope to-

gether.

NASA chose Goddard Space Flight

Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, to be thelead in scientic instrument design and

ground control or the space observatory.

Scientists were organized into “Instrument

Denition eams” which would translate

scientic aims into scientic devices and

incorporate them into the space telescope

housing. Afer an announcement was

made to the astronomy community, pro-

posals were received and judged, and ve

devices were selected as the initial instru-

ments that would be aboard the Space el-

escope: the Faint Object Camera, the Wide

Field/Planetary Camera, the Faint Object

Spectrograph, the High Resolution Spec-

trograph, and the High Speed Photometer.

Te Johnson Space Center in Houston,

exas, and the Kennedy Space Center in

Florida supplied Space Shuttle support.

In all, dozens o contractors, a handul o

universities, and several NASA centers,

spanning 21 states and 12 other countries

worldwide, made the dream o a telescope

above the clouds and in space a reality.

e Lockheed Martin teamTe Lockheed Martin team includes

individuals from Lockheed Martin Mis-

siles & Space, Lockheed Martin echni-

cal Operations, Lockheed Martin Fed-

eral Systems, Jackson and ull, Orbital

Sciences Corporation, Raytheon Optical

Systems Inc., Allied-Signal, and Raythe-on SX.

To see more, see farther, see deeper

Since the earliest days o astronomy, as-

tronomers have shared a single goal — to

see more, see arther, see deeper.

Te Hubble Space elescope’s launch in

1990 sped humanity to one o its greatest

advances in that journey. Hubble is a tel-

escope that orbits Earth. Its position above

the atmosphere, which distorts and blocks

the light that reaches our planet, gives it a

view o the universe that typically ar sur-

passes that o ground-based telescopes.

Hubble is one o NASA’s most successul

and long-lasting science missions. It has

beamed hundreds o thousands o images

back to Earth, shedding light on many o

the great mysteries o astronomy. Its gaze

has helped determine the age o the uni-

verse, the identity o quasars, and the exist-

ence o dark energy.

Among its many discoveries, Hubble

has revealed the age o the universe to be

about 13 to 14 billion years, much moreaccurate than the old range o anywhere

rom 10 to 20 billion years. Hubble played

a key role in the discovery o dark energy,

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a mysterious orce that causes the expan-

sion o the universe to accelerate.

Hubble has shown scientists galaxies

in all stages o evolution, including tod-

dler galaxies that were around when the

universe was still young, helping them

understand how galaxies orm. It ound

protoplanetary disks, clumps o gas and

dust around young stars that likely unc-

tion as birthing grounds or new planets.

It discovered that gamma-ray bursts —

strange, incredibly powerul explosions

o energy — occur in ar-distant galaxies

when massive stars collapse. And these are

only a handul o its many contributions to

astronomy.

Te sheer amount o astronomy based

on Hubble observations has also helped

make it one o history’s most important

observatories. More than 10,000 scien-

tic articles have been published based on

Hubble data.

Hubble Policies

Te policies that govern the telescope have

contributed to its incredible productiv-

ity. Te telescope is an instrument or the

entire astronomical community — any as-

tronomer in the world can submit a pro-

posal and request time on the telescope.

eams o experts then select the observa-

tions to be perormed. Once observations

are completed, the astronomers have a year

to pursue their work beore the data is re-

leased to the entire scientic community.

Because everyone gets to see the inorma-

tion, the observations have given rise to a

multitude o ndings — many in areas that

would not have been predicted by the tele-

scope’s original proposals. Hubble’s success

with these policies has helped spread them

throughout the astronomical community,

and they are becoming common with oth-

er observatories.

Gathering images rom space is more

than a “point and shoot” proposition.

Te Hubble Space elescope explores our

universe 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.Operating and maintaining such a tire-

less observatory and converting its raw

data (digital signals) into images require

considerable eort rom the people on the

ground.

Data Management

Te raw data collected by the telescope

have a long way to go beore they be-

come actual Hubble images. As Hub-

ble completes a particular observation, it

converts the starlight into digital signals.

Te digital signals are then relayed down

to a ground station at White Sands, New

Mexico through two orbiting racking and

Data Relay Satellites (DRS). Te ground

station then relays the data to Goddard

Space Flight Center’s ground control sys-

tem, where sta ensures its completeness

and accuracy.

Goddard then sends the data via data

lines to the Space elescope Science In-

stitute or processing and calibration. In-stitute personnel translate the data into

scientically meaningul units — such as

wavelength or brightness — and archive

the inormation on optical disks. Hubble

sends the archive enough inormation to

ll about 18 DVDs every week. Astrono-

mers can download archived data via the

Internet and analyze it rom anywhere in

the world.

Primitive galaxies

Using NASA’s Hubble Space elescope,

astronomers have uncovered a previously

unseen population o seven primitive gal-

axies that ormed more than 13 billion

years ago, when the universe was less than

4 percent o its present age. Te deepest

images to date rom Hubble yield the rst

statistically robust sample o galaxies that

tells how abundant they were close to the

era when galaxies rst ormed.

Te results are rom an ambitious Hub-

ble survey o an intensively studied patch o

sky known as the Ultra Deep Field (UDF).

In the 2012 campaign, called UDF12, ateam o astronomers led by Richard Ellis

o the Caliornia Institute o echnology in

Pasadena used Hubble’s Wide Field Cam-

era 3 (WFC 3) to peer deeper into space in

near-inrared light than any previous Hub-

ble observation.

Te observations were made during

six weeks in August and September 2012.

Te results show a smooth decline in the

number o galaxies looking back in time to

about 450 million years afer the big bang.

Te observations support the idea galax-

ies assembled continuously over time and

also may have provided enough radiation

to reheat, or re-ionize, the universe a ew

hundred million years afer the theorized

big bang.

Looking deeper into the universe also

means peering urther back in time. Te

Path that Hubble data must travel be-

fore becoming an image

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Researches



universe is estimated to be 13.7 billion

years old. Te newly discovered galaxies

are seen as they looked 350 to 600 million

years aer the big bang. Teir light is justarriving at Earth now.

Redshi

Astronomers study the distant universe in

near-infrared light because the expansion

of space stretches ultraviolet and visible

light from galaxies into infrared wave-

lengths, a phenomenon called “redshi.”

Te more distant a galaxy, the higher its

redshi.

Te greater depth of the new Hubble

images, together with a carefully designedsurvey strategy, allows this work to go fur-

ther than previous studies, thereby provid-

ing what researchers say is the rst reliable

census of this epoch. Notably, one of the

galaxies may be a distance record breaker,

observed 380 million years aer the birth

of our universe in the big bang, corre-

sponding to a redshi of 11.9.

Re-ionization

Astronomers have long debated whether

hot stars in such early galaxies could have

provided enough radiation to warm thecold hydrogen that formed soon aer the

big bang. Tis process, called “re-ioniza-

tion,” is thought to have occurred 200 mil-

lion to 1 billion years aer the birth of the

universe. Tis process made the universe

transparent to light, allowing astronomers

to look far back into time. Te galaxies in

the new study are seen in this early epoch.

Te data analyzed by the team conrm

that re-ionization was a gradual process,

occurring over several hundred million

years, with galaxies slowly building up

their stars and chemical elements.

Hubble Digs Up Galactic Glow Worm

A charming and bright galaxy, known as

IRAS 23436+5257, was captured by the

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. It

is located in the northern constellation

of Cassiopeia, which is named aer an

arrogant, vain, and yet beautiful mythi-

cal queen.

Te twisted, wormlike structure of this

galaxy is most likely the result of a colli-

sion and subsequent merger of two galax-ies. Such interactions are quite common in

the universe, and they can range from mi-

nor interactions involving a satellite galaxy

being caught by a spiral arm, to major ga-

lactic crashes. Friction between the gas and

dust during a collision can have a major

eect on the galaxies involved, morphing

the shape of the original galaxies and cre-

ating interesting new structures.

When you look up at the calm and quiet

night sky it is not always easy to picture

it as a dynamic and vibrant environment

with entire galaxies in motion, spinning

like children’s toys and crashing into what-

ever crosses their path. Te motions are,

of course, extremely slow, and occur over

millions or even billions of years•

Ref / Photo credit: www.hubblesite.org

www.nasa.gov

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Mission FactoidsMission Factoids

- Hubble does not travel to stars,

planets, and galaxies. It takes pictures

of them as it whirls around Earth at

17,500 miles an hour.

- In its 20 years of viewing the heav-

ens, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope

has made more than 930,000 observa-

tions and snapped over 570,000 images

of 30,000 celestial objects.

- In its 20-year lifetime the telescope

has made more than 110,000 trips

around our planet.

- With those trips, Hubble has racked

up plenty of frequent-ier miles, about

2.8 billion, which is Neptune’s average

distance from the Sun.

- About 4,000 astronomers from all

over the world have used the telescope

to probe the universe.

- Astronomers using Hubble data

have published more than 8,700 scien-

tic papers.

- Hubble weighs 24,500 pounds -- as

much as two full-grown elephants.

- Hubble is 13.3 meters (43.5 feet)

long -- the length of a large school bus



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