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type will be required t prvide at leastur urs stati at 740 k radius,arryig tw atisip issiles.

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IProdUCt reviewI te llwig review aritie patrlairra, aiu take weigt is usedas a brad idiati size, ad tus paylad/radius perrae.

Te latest ligtweigt patrl airra isa ultiatial prjet based Italys1.23te ea P2006, pweredby tw Austrias Rta 912S pistegies. It will be equipped wit Italys

Sele Galile Seaspray 5000R radar ada advaed Eo/IR turret by AeriasFlir Systes. Te issi syste is beigdevelped by Spais Idra, ad systesitegrati will be perred by AustriasAirbre elgies. Te P2006 isprted as a iepesive substitute rastal patrl elipters.

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margially eavier twis iludete 5.67te Vikig Guardia 400,te 6.5te Drier D 228nG, te

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Te Patruller versi te c212 isused by te atis. It a be equippedwit a aritie surveillae radar, a Eo/IR turret, a AIS (autati idetiatisyste), sbuys, ske arkers adtw BAE Systes StigRay trpedes.Fial assebly te c212400 isbeig traserred t PDI (IdesiaAerspae) i Badug.

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II (Suer Wid II) prgrae, uderwi ie cn235s purased uder tepreedig melte I are beig upgraded.Si are tasked wit atisurae vesselad atisubarie peratis, adtree wit EEZ surveillae by teurkis cast Guard.

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III vers te purase te AR72500atisip warare airra, als equippedwit te Aass suite. I tis aseAleiaAerai is prie tratr.

Te Italia Air Fre ad navy arejitly t perate ur AR72600mPs(wit a pti a ), equippedwit te Sele Galile Ats (Airbreatial observati ad Surveillae)issi suite, wit te sae paysSeaspray 7300E radar ad Est23 Eo/IRturret. oly i uds are available raquisiti te Beig P8A will tese

AR72s be upgraded r atisip adatisubarie warare duties.

Tree te saller AR42 mP Surveyrwit a died Ats suite are perated byItalys Guardia di Fiaza (custs Plie)ad tree ters by te cast Guard. ware w by te nigeria Air Fre ade is t be perated by te Libya GeeralSeurity Agey.

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aritie surveillae. A ttal te (siQ200s ad ur Q300s) were died rAustralias castwat prgrae, witSurveillae Australia (w cbaAustralia) as prie tratr. Severe (ur Q200s ad tree Q300s) wereverted by Field r US cBP (custsad Brder Prteti), wit AK

Itegrated Systes as prie.Tree Q300s were died by Field

r te Swedis cast Guard ad eQ300 r te Ieladi cast Guard, ibt ases wit L3 cuiatisItegrated Systes as prie. A ttal eigt Q300s were verted r Japascast Guard, wit Sjitz as prie.Fields Das 8 versis typiallyave a Rayte SeaVue r Elta EL/m2022(V)3 radar ad L3 Wesa mx15Eo/IR turret.

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by Prviial Airlies beal tecast Guard te neterlads Atillesad Aruba.

Sie te al Das 8 Q300 wasdelivered i 2009, Field, Prviial adBritis clbias casade Aerspaeave all bee plaig te adaptati te Q400 netGe r te mPA rle ad

ter speial issis.

IsoMe Jet develoPMentsEaples busiess jet versisilude te reetly upgraded 10.4teIAI SeaSa (Saa) te Israeli AirFre. Te Japa Air Sel Deese Fre(JASDF) eplys te 12.7te U125A(hawker 800) i aritie SAR.

e 14.5te, Dassault Fal20G is used by te US cast Guard(as te hU25c Guardia) ad by teFre navy, wi als perates te18.5te Fal 50m. e 20.6te

Fal 900 mSA is lw by te Japacast Guard (JcG).

Te Japaese st guard als peratestree 41te Gulstrea GV Sea Watairra uder te ae Ui Wasi (SeaEagle). Te 21te Ebraer P99, based te ERJ145 regial jet, is perated byte meia Air Fre.

Sall ubers te 34.5teAtv A72mP are perated by teRussia navy ad te Ukraiia Air Fre.Te A74mP ultipurpse aritiepatrl airra is w beig prted,espeially i Idia ad Veezuela. At te

2011 Paris Air Sw, Atv uveiled adel te 43.7te A168mP, wiwuld ave te Tales oea master 400radar ad Agile 4 Eo/IR turret, ad twSaab RBS15 atisip issiles.

IaMPhiBiansTe Russia navy eet 36te BerievBe12PS cayka (Seagull) sear ad resueapibias is w dw t eigt, wi aret reeive equipet upgrades.

Rsbreprt as reprtedlybee egtiatig wit cias Deeemiistry ver te sale te 41teBe220 apibias r aritie patrlad SAR duties.

I 2008 a Russia naval Aviatirepresetative aued tat betwee

2010 ad 2013 te Balti Fleet wuldreeive ur Beriev A42 Albatrsapibias r reaissae, targetig,ad SAR duties. Te A42 uld be adevelpet te 86te A40 1986, sie te pay website reers ta 96te Be42PE wit Prgress D27Aprpas replaig te A40s SlvievD30KPV turbas. hwever, te A42ay evetuate as te saller Be220,based te ivil Be200cS.

Japas Simaywa prdued 23eaples te 43te, uregiedPS1 yig bat ad later 20 US1/1A

apibias, all r te Japa maritieSelDeese Fre. Te servie stillperates seve upgraded US2 apibiasi te SAR rle.

cias Peples Liberati Arynaval Air Fre perates ur 45te,urturbprp harbi Sh5 aritiepatrl apibias.

I 2009 cias Avi auedte start develpet te JL600(Jialg/Drag600) t replae teSh5. Te largest apibia i tewrld (aside r Russias A40), te JL600 is a urturbprp 60te prjet,rigially seduled t y i 2013. AJL600 del at Airsw cia 2010

lked like a streted Sh5 wit a siglevertial tail..

IQUad ProPsTe leader i te preset mPA geeratiis te 62.6te Lkeed marti P3ori, wit 649 auatured i te USad 109 lieebuilt by Kawasaki i Japa.

over 430 are still i use wit 21 peratrs.Subjet t satisatry atigue tests, at

least 29 US navy P3cs will be retaied util2019, we te last is due t be replaedby te Beig P8A. Tis will requireew uter wigs ad ter struturaliprveets. oter adidates rlieetesi ilude te P3s caada,Geray, nrway ad aiwa.

Te Russia uterpart te P3is te 63.5te Ilyusi Il38. TeRussia navy w as arud 26 Il38s, wi are beig upgraded t Il38nstadard wit Leiets nvella aviis.

Te Idia navys ve Il38s ave alreadybee upgraded t Il38SDs wit te saesyste, reaed Sea Drag.

Tese Il38s are pleeted by te188te uplev u142m, wite Idia navy perates eigt ad teRussia navy arud 16.

cias PLA navy as ly liitedmPA apability, relyig a sall uber radarequipped, uared 61te

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Saai Y8mPAs (A12s), supprtedby 76te xia h6D (uplev u16) strike airra. I 2011 ptgrapsappeared tw eaples a mPA

versi te 65te Saai Y8F600,wit a large iuted rade, Eo/IRturret, mAD b ad a vetral weapsbay aead te ai gear.

As etied earlier, te US castGuard perates te 79.4te hc130h/J herules (16 htels ad si Juliets).Furter hc130Js are beig purasedt replae te hc130hs. Equipetr te hc130J iludes te Elta EL/m2022A(V)3 surae sear radar ad teFlir Systes Star Sare IIIEo/IR turret.

At te Sigapre Air Sw 2012Lkeed marti aued teprpsed Sc130J Sea herules, a ewbuild airra wit te issi syste te P3c. It wuld prvide si urs stati at 1850 k radius, pared tie urs r te P3c.

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rtary sbuy dispeser uder terear uselage, trped bays i elargedspss, ad ur atisip issilesuder te wigs.

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ave bee prpsed by marsallAerspae ad Lkeed martiUK. Altug tivated by Britaisaellati te 105te BAESystes nird mRA4 i 2010, teseepts ave u wider ptetial.

Inew generationJapas 79.7te Kawasaki P1, pweredby ur IhI xF710 turbas, rstew 28 Septeber 2009. Te P1equipet will ilude a siba Aesaradar, mitsubisi Eletri hSQ102 mAD

syste, ad a Fujitsu hAQ2 Eo/IR turret.Te Japa maritie SelDeese Freplas t buy 65 prdutistadard P1s.

By mar 2010 ur xP1 preseriesairra ad bee delivered t te miistry Deee. hwever, i August 2011 it wasaued tat te tw grudtest airraad eibited rakig, ad tat struturalreireets wuld be required berete xP1s uld be aepted.

Te 85.82te, twiegied BeigP8 Pseid is derived r te 737800, ad pwered by tw cFm567turbas. Te rst si US navy P8Atest airra ew April 25, 2009, adte rst prduti airra was adedver i mar, 2012. Te rst squadr(VP30) is t be red i 2013 at nASJaksville, Flrida.

Te US navy plas t buy 117 P8Asby 2019, aily t perr te persistetASW ad AsuW rles. Fr te ed

2015 it is t be pleeted i tepersistet ISR rle by te rst 68nrtrp Grua mQ4c Glbalhawk dres.

Te US navy als plas t aquire aPersistet SipBased Uaed AirraSyste (PSBUAS) i te r tenrtrp Grua mQ8c UpgradeFire Sut elipter, based te Bell407 airrae. A iitial bat eigtmQ8cs are beig built uder a $ 262

illi trat plaed i April 2012, adte servie plas t purase a ttal 28uder a rapid develpet ert.

Te P8A was desiged t prvide ururs stati at 2200 k radius. Itwill be tted iitially wit te RayteAPY10 aritie sear radar adSigit equipet, nrtrp GruaESm, Dir, ad data lik, ad a L3Wesa mx20 hD turret. Te APY10will be superseded by te sae paysAAS (Advaed Airbre Sesr)

radar, derived r te LSRS (LittralSurveillae Radar Syste) used by seP3cs ver sutwest Asia.

Te P8A as eleve araet statis(iludig ve i a weaps bay i terear uselage) r a warlad up t 5.6tes. It a arry up t 156 sbuys.Te P8A is t be leared r te BeigAGm84K SlaER, te Rayte mK 54trped, ad varius ies.

Future P8A stres ay ilude teBeig mEcc (mAD Eagle cpressedcarriage) sesr dre ad te mK 54trped wit te haaw (hig Altitude

ASW Weap capability) wig, data likad GPS/InS guidae ad trl kit.Te haaw will avid te eed r teP8A t desed t lw altitude t attaka subarie. Rayte ad Lkeedmarti are ag te haaw teders.

Te Idia navy as rdered twelve P8Is,ad stated te iteti t later buy twelvere. Dierees r te P8A iludea mAD b, ad a data lik ad IFF byBarat Eletris. First delivery is duei 2015. Furter P8Is ay be puraseduder te mediuRage maritiePatrl (mRmP) prgrae, altug tisrequires atisubarie apability.

Australia annuned its ie te P-8 in 2007 and plans t buy eigt te Spiral one/Inreent w

versin wit haaw, but due t teritents annt plan n an initialperatinal apability bere 2017-2020. Australias P-8s will later (2022-2025) be supprted by seven largeulti-issin drnes (muas).

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bstale t te use idiret re. Little bylittle te assault rie as regaied its status diat weap te battleeldtgeter wit ligt ad eavy aie gus.

Ireasig te auray diret re sallalibre weaps as tus beae a prirityr varius reass: te re aurate tere, te better te eetiveess ad telwer te llateral daages. A side eet istat it als redues te lgisti burde. Telatter as t ly a ipat te sldierisel (wse auiti lad wuld

last lger r, versely, w igt brigwit i less a t really a ptir st sldiers), but lwer auitisupti als as a beeial eet te lgisti ai, partiularly i areaswere resupplyig is e difult adigly risky, as eeplied by Agarward peratig bases.

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Altug suppressive re will alwaysbe used t re a ppet t keepis ead dw, aurately aied rea siderably irease repwereetiveess. nwadays st i t allsldiers are ared wit a assault rieequipped wit a ptial sigt sekid, usually lgrapi r lse quarter

battle, ptial wit agiatiwit red dt r stadard distaes, adptial wit se agiati adretile r lger rages. Distae isdeitely a agi wrd we stigas evaluatig rage reais e test difult tigs t d. I at lserage rreti is liited use, telger te rage te re iprtat apreise evaluati te ster t targetdistae bees t esure ptialauray. Tis is wy sipers perate asa twa tea, e te rles tesptter beig t establis te aurate

rage, pssibly usig a istruet suas a laser rageder (LRF). Te eedr ireasig auray at ediu tlg rage is lear siderig tat ayaries are itrduig te desigatedarksa witi teir iatry setis,usually ared wit a 7.62 rieequipped wit a ptial sigt wit aediu auray. Eve aie gusare w equipped wit varius ptialsigts, depedig teir alibres.

I rder t urter iprve te auray te areetied weaps seiitiatives ave bee take, partiularly

tse tat prte te develpet sigts tat are t ly able t easurete distae r te target taks t alaser rageder, but tat are als able tevaluate te rsswid alg te bulletpat. Tese sigts ave yet t be availabler peratial duties ad will ertailybe assiged ly t lgrage sipers.Itegratig a laser rageder it asigt is setig u re viable, adsu a sluti as already bee adptedby uerus telespe prduers rte utig wrld, wile teir use i teilitary is still very liited. As r aiegus, se auaturers ivlved i teprduti autati greade lauerre trl systes ave eteded tespe tat equipet t eavy aiegus, itegratig 12.7 ruds ballistitables it te syste puter.

ICrosswind MeasUreMentLkeed marti missi Systes &Sesrs is wrkig i parallel tw

prgraes aied at iprvig testers auray, bt ivlvigrage easureet ad rsswideasureet. Te rst trat wasawarded t i 2008 by Darpa ad is kwas oe St, te syste itet beig tallw sipers t it targets wit te rstrud, uder rsswid ditis, up

t te aiu eetive rage teweap ardig t a Darpa duet.Durig Pases 1 ad 2 Lkeed martidevelped a brassbard syste tatsisted a dwrage rsswid

easureet uit ad a dediatedriespe. Te spttig spe aquiredte target ad pited te laser, easurigte average dwrage rsswid prle,rage t te target, sptter spe psiti,target eadig, air teperature, pressuread uidity. Te syste was tested up t1,100 etres ad i 5 t 8 etres/sed

average rsswids. Te btaied data wasused t alulate te ballisti sluti r a7.62 rud ad prvide te set ite dediated riespe wse red rsssws te ew aiig pit t be used.

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a it prbability ver 60 per et at90 per et te weaps aiueetive rage, te syste beig plaedr use wit 7.6251 , .300 m ad .338Lm ruds, te uber ruds t geta rst it beig estiated at less ta 2.5,wile tie t rst it ust be lwer ta60 seds. As r uit prie, estiates put

it at arud $100,000 r te 15 prttypesystes, but $75,000 dllars is reastr a bat 100 systes, wi wuldbe urter redued t arud $40,000 i1,000 systes are aquired. Prttypes areepeted r evaluati i id2012.

Eperiee garered wit te oeSt eabled Lkeed marti t btaia sed trat r a srter rage allie syste iteded tis tie r tebasi sldier. Te ew develpet waslaued by Darpa llwig iterestepressed by te servies ad is aiedat replaig Aipit ad riji Ag

sigts assault ries. Kw i teDarpa uity as te oe St xG(r et geerati) ad as Dig atLkeed marti (r Dyai IageGusigt opti), te pay started tePase 2 tat was t brig t a destratri July 2012 (at tie writig). Te ewsyste will easure all relevat pysialpeea tat iuee te ballistitrajetry ad rapidly alulate addisplay te set ai pit ad deeetri i te sters riespe. A dayigt sigt, te Dig will autatiallyalulate te rage ad will digitally

z it ardig t te distae. Asi te oe St te laser eitter will beused bt r ragig ad r evaluatigrsswid stregt. Te Digs aiuperatial rage will be 600 etres.n ter etris are yet available.

Lasers are beig sidered i Israelas a eas iprvig rie auray.origially develped r eviretalitrig, te lidar (Laser IdetiatiDeteti Ad Ragig) auatured byte Israeli Sreq nulear Resear cetreswed its ability t evaluate te wid vetrs

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Te ligtweigt class 3B eyesae bre lasersyste used i te oe St was develpedby Auligt, wi was aquired byLkeed marti i 2008. Tis systeeasures wid speed ad direti based ligt returs r partiles betweete ster ad te target. It a easurersswids at rages ver 2,000 etres.Te iig te ake is tat te laser usesa requeyppig teique t beivisible t laser detetrs, te requeybad beig urse lassied.

I Pase 2E (Eaed) Lkeedmarti is trasrig its telgydestratr it a deplyable systetat will sist tree ites: aItegrated Sptter Spe (ISS), a Sptterspe Display Assebly (SDA) ad aRiespe Display Assebly (RDA).Ardig t te data prvided by Darpate ISS will ave a aiu weigt 3.75 kg ad will ave a 1240 zallwig target idetiati at 1,500etres i daytie ad 800 etres at

igt, te sae rages beig required rwid prlig wit rsswids betwee0 ad 15 etres/sed. As te ISS as

ly a spttig spe t ai it twards tetarget, te SDA twi sree will allwte sptter t view day iagig r teptial digital aera ad igt iagesusig te itesiati r teralsesrs. Beig wired t te ISS, te SDAdisplay will als sw te ai pit setrdiates ad rage, ad will allw tek i te laser bea is aliged tetarget by itrig te retur sigalstregt. Te sters terial will bete RDA, a stadale dular asseblytat will display t ly te red rss butals a dee etri i te stersriespe, ad will get tedata r te ISS takst a wired r wireless lik.Its aiu weigt isset at 0.5 kg, ad it suldbe istallable t 50 ad56 diaeter sigtigspes. All systes will bepwered by cR123 batteries.Te oe St suld prvide


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alg te bullet pat as well as te targetsrage. Te laser illuiates te target,te pulse reeted r te target beigaeted by pwer utuatis idued byatsperi turbulees, tese utuatisare easured by tw riztally spaeddetetrs ad taks t a rrelatiuti utuatis are trasred ita rsswid easureet. Te laser alseasures te distae ad bt data areed it te syste puter tat taiste bullet ballisti tables, ad i turprvides te ballisti sluti. Tis takes

tree ai eleets it siderati,aely distae, wid agle ad widspeed t prvide a aurate rreti tte ster.

Iintegrated rangeinderTe itegrated rageder sluti isdeitely re iterestig r stadardsters ad desigated arkse tar sipers, as te latter ayway perate asa twa tea wit te target distaeestablised by te sptter.

Te eed r su a apability as lyreetly eerged, wi eplais wyt ay paies ave su prdutsi teir ilitary prtlis, altugse ad develped siilar slutisr utig ad sprts ries ad are werig te te ilitary arket. Atewrty pit, wever, is tat wilste was researig irati r tisartile re ta e key player i terie sigts wrld wared te autr tatew develpets itegrated spesare i te pipelie, but tey were t ready

t uveil teir ew prduts. nevertelesstis is a lear idiati tat a arket isut tere ad tat a irease i aurayis sidered vital. IL Israel, reaple, is wrkig a advaediiature didebased laser ragederr itegrati it its rie sigts.

Agst te spes equipped wit aitegrated LRF te 41242 EliiatrLaserSpe develped by Burris is e

very ew t prvide autati rreti te aiig pit ardig t teeasured distae ad te ballistis te se rud. Kw as te BallistiLaser Spe i Eurpe, its aiu rageis 730 etres reetive bjets ad500 etres perss. Te ster aread te easured distae i te upperpart te sigt, wile te .33 moA reddt ves t prvide te rret aiigpit ardig t te data pressed byte ebedded puter. Te Eliiatrweigs 740 gras ad is pwered by a cR2battery tat allws 1,100 easureets.

oter sigts are equipped wit a LRFbut d t prvide autati rreti,leavig elevati adjustet t tester isel. w eaples suprduts are te Zeiss Vitry Diaragem 31256 * ad 2.51050 *, witteir rageiders erig a rage 900 etres (aiu auray utt 600 etres). e easurig buttis lated te lwerlet side tespe i a rward psiti r use byes te let tub. e sigts, wiare i use wit se plie uits, weig

respetively 995 ad 925 gras adare pwered by a sigle c123A batteryesurig ver 5,000 easureets.

A siilar syste was develped byBusell i te r te 41242YardagePr tat as a aiu rageeasureet ver 700 etres, tedistae i yards r etres beig sw tp te spe r 8 seds. Te sigtweigs 708 gras ad is pwered by a 3V Litiu battery. It is equipped wit airared rete trigger pad pwered bya cR2016 battery, wi a be istalled te rigt r le te rie aduiates wit te IR sesr stedi te spe bdy.

Te nik m223 Laser IR 2.51040was itrdued i 2011 ad dediated tAR ries. Its LRF as a easurig rage 550 etres ad displays riztaldistae (i yards r eters) tatpesates r ilies r delies upt 89, ragig gig r 12 sedsaer a sigle tu te distae, data


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sigt, SAm stadig r Stersupprtig Attaet mdule; tis dest ilude a itegrated rageder,rage alulati beig te task tesptter. hwever it as a ebeddedballisti alulatr ad te ster a seei is seveseget display te elevatiad aziut turrets readigs, te rieat ( 75), as well as ter paraeterssu as teperature (40c/+70c) adair pressure, sesrs beig lated i teut. We reeivig te rage as wellas te wid speed ad direti datar is sptter, te siper eters teusig a settig weel, te te ballistiputer alulates te pesati

value swig it i te sters eld view. Te puter a stre up t urdieret types auiti paraeters.Te 62472 SAm as a weigt 1,3 kgad is pwered by a cR 2032 battery.

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pay beig e te ai suppliers su systes i Eurpe. Te dayael es i te r a 8 ptiwit a 2.7 eld view. Te uledteral ael as tw FVs, wide (4.1)ad arrw (2.05) btaied trugdigital z. Te iage is displayed aular oled. Te LRF as a aiu

easurig rage 1,500 eters, te sigtbeig iteded r .308 ad .338 Lm ries.Tis treekil sigt detets a uatarget at 6.5 k i dayligt ad 3.75 k atigt, ad prvides idetiati at 1,550ad 700 etres respetively. Te Siper isi servie wit te Fre Ary as part te Fli suite ad as als bee suppliedt ter (udislsed) usters.

A itegrated day/igt siper sigtas bee develped by Sage Fraer te Fli sldier prgrae ad isw prpsed i dieret variats teiteratial arket. (Sage)

IroM grenade laUnChers toMaChine gUns and rilesAltug very eetive uder variusaspets, bt uderbarrel (UBGL) adautati (AGL) greade lauers,usig respetively lw ad ig velity

greades, require a re trl systet be eetive sie teir ruds areeavily aeted by ballistis, partiularly aiu rage. mst re trlsystes prpsed r UBLs are dediatedt idiret re; rally istalled teside te rie tey are equipped wit alaser rageder tat establises te target

distae ad, reerrig t its ballisti tables,putes te elevati bere prvidig a

visual sigal t war te ster t brigte rie te rigt agle.Te availability aLRF akes teieretly diretre FcS i prvidedwit te sallalibre ballisti tables.csiderig te weigt su systes ad teat tat ly a liiteduber sldiers i te

iatry tea are equipped wit aUBGL t ay su systes ave a dualpurpse apaity. A pay tat adptedtis appra is IL Israel, wse Vipera be used bt i ballisti ad sallars de. Its LRF as a aiu rage 500 etres wit 3 etre auray. It

eatures a 1 ptial ael wit grapiverlay, ad it als iludes a lieter tpe wit tilt ad rll agles, te vigretile prjeted te 640480 ativeatri LcD beig te aiig pit.Pwered by tree c123 batteries, te Viperas a verall weigt e kil. A dualwavelegt laser piter a be added.

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turbprpdrive ligt airra tted witstateteart aviis, weap systesad sesrs t supprt igly bile,etwrked res te grud agaistligtlyared, elusive isurget treatsr rgaized rie. Tis auts t aultural si as eeplied by a mar

2010 reprt requested by te US Air Frestrategi plaig divisi r te Radrprati, wi advates te retur ud gters t prvide reative adpersistet air supprt agaist isurgets.

roM BasiC trainers to lightattaCkersTe rst airra tis ew breed wasbr i Sut Aeria t addresslal uterisurgey ad artistrakers ad it ast beae a suessstry. Te Brazilia Ebraer EmB314

Super ua evlved r ared traiert stateteart ligt attak airra,agig aes ad bstig apabilitiesi te press. It is derived r teprve EmB312 ua prpellerdrivetraier airra i servie wit 17 air res(iludig Frae util 2009 ad Britai,were it replaed jet traiers i btutries). Tis versatile basi traier wasused as a ligt attak airra as 1999durig te Agla ivil ad te lalgveret augeted its ivetry witePeruvia ad Paraguaya airra i te2000s. Tey played a key rle i te 1995

ceepa war betwee Peru ad Euadr,ad as reetly as mar 2012, Fredelivered mauritaia uas tkpart i peratis agaist Al Qaeda aumagreb Islaique (AcmI). Desigated27 i Brazil, te tade twseatertraier (desiged wit a atielipterrle i id), s beae A27, ttedwit igt visi gggles ad ared witbbs ad rkets, pavig te way r tedediated ligt attak EmB314 versi.

Br ut a ailed teder r te USJit Priary Airra raiig Syste(JPAS) i te id1990s, te EmB314 Super ua (A29 i BraziliaAir Fre) ebarked its w suessstry as a ardeed, digitised ligt attakairra. It ierited r its predeessrte apability t perate r sallairstrips i rug evirets, but sawte uas 700p egies replaed by13001600p Pratt & Witey caada

P6A68s. Its grud attak apabilitiesswed wit builti dual Fn herstalm3P .50aliber aie gus ad veuderwig weap ardpits. Teseeatures resulted i a 5 200kg aiutake weigt iludig 1 500kg weap lad, a respetable gure i teligt gterbber uity. Kevlarprteted rew, redudat igt trlsad ardeed airrae ad ladig geareable te Super ua t witstadperatial ditis rwardbasedlse air supprt peratis, takig r less ta 1 000 etrelg dirtstrips. Tis i led t its rapid adptiby clbia, cile, Diia Republi,Euadr, ad mauritaia, i additi tBrazil, were te A29 is used efietlyi brder itrig ad utersugglig rles, i juti witairbre ISR (Itelligee, Surveillaead Reaissae) assets, iludigairbre radars ad dres. I clbiapartiularly, eavilyared Super uas

Builtup durig te ld war arudastvig tak killers su as te A10Wartg r allweater iterditistrike gters like te F15E r eaple,lse air supprt as bee driig lsert setig aki t te ti ligtattak as i lial liberati wars ruterguerilla peratis. Furterre,

ver atial airspae, te reewedtreat sugglers, guerilla, r illegaliigrats bviusly alls r ligt,persistet airra rater ta issileared supersi jet gters.

I at u te atual trasratias urred utside te airra ad teirweaps as su. Te prlierati sesrs ad te develpet digitiseduiatis ave paved te way rte w ature, igly llabrativeetwrketri peratis. Resultigr vertial ad riztal itegrati c4ISR (cputerised cad,

ctrl, cuiatis, Itelligee,Surveillae ad Reaissae), tisirati superirity traslates itetwrked uities iterest betweesesrs, aders ad sters. Ad ad issidrive, tey a saresituatial awareess ad bie variuseets, as eperieted by speial res,lse air supprt airra ad regular Arytday i Iraq r Agaista. Added t aear allweater, day ad igt apabilityered by sesrs ad avigati systes,tis reality draws a dieret tributir air platrs ta teir dggtig

r stealt abilities. I tis ew biatibetwee treat ad telgies, baselieairra are alled t te resue, augetedby c4ISR assets ierited r, r saredwit, teir aviislade supergterpeers; ad tey a apply deadly adaurate eets at stad rage at arlwer eial, ua ad ilitarysts ta te astvers.

Te rst deade te eturyas witessed a reewed iterest i



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deliverig uguided ad sart bbs adrkets ave bee regular prtagists ilw t iditesity peratis agaistFar isurgets.

Te igly peratial rerd teA29 ad its 4t geerati aviis aet te atteti te Uited States at

te ed te 2000s i a i vertdeals ad pe teders. I February 2008EP Aviati, a subsidiary Blakwater,reeived a uared twiseater A29,fially r traiig purpses, but uelligsuspiis evetual uterisurgeyuse by te private ilitary pay. Tellwig year, te navy ies leaked arequireet r te US navys ewlyreated Irregular Warare ofe t leaseligt lse air supprt airra r SpeialFres uder te lassied Iiet Furyprgrae. At least e eavilydiedA29B was trugly tested by te navy

r ver a year, aid ere trversyr te aval aviati uity. Itresulted i a prve epeditiary adrgai ISR ad ligt attak supprt assett speial res, able t bear sustaiedsesr ad weap eets r re tasi urs ver te battle area bereladig a bare airstrip earby t reuelwiti iutes. Epressed as a urgetperatial requireet seekig jitsupprt, it sees Iiet Fury everled t a elded apability i spite strgdead r te eld i Agaista.I 2010, rer Jit Speial operatiscader ad te ISAF caderurstar Geeral mcrystal stepped ite prgrae, writig a e t teJit cies Sta stipulatig tat teiediate deplyet te IietFury tea it Agaista will validatete ept wile siultaeuslyprvidig rapid eas t elp eeturget teater deads. Despite isplea ad tse r ters, gress

barred urter apprpriatis. clse airsupprt i Agaista is tus still le tsupergters, erryig betwee takersad target areas t deliver quarter r alt preisi guided uitis desigedt kk ut a Sviet ai battle takat 15k rage, a stly verkill agaist

idividual aliba idig i villages.I Britai, a publilyreleased

paris betwee te Super uaad te Eurgter yp F.2 deliversa pwerul arguet t steetiveess:early 3 000ile rage r te Braziliaprp airra, agaist 1 840 r tesupergter; 6,5 edurae agaist2; $7,8 illi uit st agaist $105illi; ad less ta $800 per yigur agaist a stuig $133,500 r teEurgter. Eig tis i te UitedStates, a respeted February 2012 GeeralAutig ofe reprt pited ut a

grss uderestiati te yig uri te F35 prgrae. Reassessed atver 30 000$, it is early 40 ties tat te Super ua. Eve te veerableF15, supprtig trps i Agaista,sts abut $16 000$ per ur.

Su pariss ad te grwigiterest r upgraded prp airra rte Aeria wargter uitytriggered a ere petiti t te Superua, epressed i reet teders. TeLigt Air Supprt petiti (LAS) sawte ai petitr t te suessulBrazilia prp gter eerge ut abasi traier t. I 2009, te hawkerBeera A6 ea II was prpsedagaist a request r Irati by teAir Fre material cad r 100 ligtattak airra t rea iitial peratialapability i 2013 i te ads Aircbat cad. Te requireetwas r a ared twseater airrawit a igtvisi apable kpit ada PGm apability. hawker Beera

ad Lkeed marti teaed up t era ea 2 sterids. Te resultig A6B eatured te sae Pratt & Witeypwerplat as te ua, a stregteedkpit wit FAA ertied aviis,augeted by a issi puterad glass kpit adapted r teA10c Tuderblt II tak killer. Seveuderwig pyls eable te ea II tarry pdded gus (te airra arries

iteral weap), rkets, reeallad sart bbs. Besides its 600traieristalled base i te US (wig t te

very sae JPAS traier deal w verEbraer i 1996), te Kasasbasedpay als leveraged a 2008 Iraqirequireet r 36 6As. But te tw A6B prttypes develped r te Aerialigt attak teder ave ly s arqualied teir issi apabilities duriga tusad igt urs etesive testsru by te Air natial Guard, wereaste Super ua as lgged re ta 18000 yig urs bied peratis

i uterisurgey warare. Tepetiti betwee te Super uaad te saller ea II as bee ragigdespite te LAS trat beig awardedt te Ebraernrtrp srtiu atte ed 2011. Te US Air Fre aspstped prgrae spedig, atuallylsig te gap betwee te develpetA6B ad a eldprve A29 i a erybattle lais ad lbbyig atis.

A tird teder as t be sidered,despite its utsider status i te LASpetiti; It rigiated as a agriulturalr regtig airra. Altug it aybe surprisig t build a bat issiairra ut a rp duster, te 2011air war ver Libya saw a uple te,uder ttal aliti air supreay, bba rebel reery at igt i ttal ipuityby llwig rads at lw altitude t laliti GmI (grud vig targetidiatr) airbre radars. Besides, lgliterig ties agriultural airra, aswell as siplisti aiteae (r te

rb x- a emB-312 T t mt pt v tt- v m p 2012 t t i tt t vt tt bt. s pt ta-Q i mb t t pt sp T,

b-p pbt t t-t gt t (dr/avt c).


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bak a truk), uld be attrative rair peratis i Agaista. Tis is wyte ilitarised ad digitised Air ratr,itrdued at Farbrug i 2010 asbee allegig te ept ligtattaker, erig a lwer ed t udgters i uterisurgey rles. Teilitarised A802U variat arketed by

cbied Air Vetures ers a 10uredurae ad weap lad apaity re ta 3.5 tes, wit types ragigr miigus t atitak issiles. At aprie tag 4 t $10 illi ad wit aiial lgistis tprit, tis hulklikeAir ratr is really allegig te ti ligt attak at aiu availability riial peratig sts. It is tererewrt tig tat te A802U asattrated iterest te UAE, te EiratesAir Fre avig reeived te rst teairra i Jauary 2011.

Avionics and air-ground integration

Altug te st versus perrae tese ligt attak variats ay bepartiularly tailred t te uterisurgey issis, teir value residesi teir c4ISR apabilities. Far rveyig te idea beig dusted 28 Fees r F4U crsairs, teseew prp gters pak eug aviist tur te it etetri des,peretly able as tey are t plug it tedigitised battlespae. here lies te iterest leveragig reet desigs versus rettig lder airra, like te Beig oV10 Br e teplated r te LAS

petiti. mdular aviis, digitiseddata buses (like te mILSD1553B databus itegratig te eadp display adweap puter te A29, prvidiga tiuusly puted ipat pit rairtgrud weaps), r stadardizediteraes betwee issi puterad sesr r weap lads (su asRaytes WiPak wireless itegrati Paveway laserguided bbs eprtSuper uas) are key t te versatility tese ew platrs (WiPak: see Arada

Iteratial 2/2012, page 40 nw t WiFi Weaps).

o all tree, airtgrud dataliksad prteted tatial s eable

vie, data ad vide eages betweesupprtig r supprted assets. It is tuspartiularly tieable tat durig testswit te Air natial Guard, te A6uld be ued t its targets witut avigt all te servies its w radar, but bysubsribig t te essages r traks setby a veryig Awas r apayig

F16 via Lik 16. Tis etwrkig abilityis key t issi adaptability, sieeiter sesr r weap lads are aylger rgai t te airra, but part a etwrked uity iterestassebled r te issi, erig ultisure ISR (e.g. airbre iagery, grudasit ad iger grud it i abrder itrig rle) ad ultipleeets (target arkig, bukerbustigad ativeile strikes r eaple).Tis psite value blurs te rigiad telgy wersip airrat, sie Braziliabuilt uas a

irprate Elbit glass kpit wit68i lur ultiuti displays, aeletrptis turret r Flir Systes,ad Rde & Swarz m3AR swaredeed airbre radis, akig r aigly tailred c4ISR apability adaptedt ay lal iterperability tet. TeAir ratrs Rkwell cllis ARc210prgraable radi a supprt lgaul uiatis wit speial resr Ary atial operati cetres.Siilarly, te Iiet Fury A29B leasedby te US navy eatured a etesive suite

uiatis, iludig milsatad harris Seet 54 wireless itereterypti syste. Durig trials at nASFall i rter nevada, tis prvidedad etwrkig betwee te Superua ad ter airra, su as speialres Ah6 elipters.

Airtgrud itegrati is apartiularly valuable asset i te ligtattak rle ad tis is wy aerplaes likete Super ua, ea II r cbat Airratr all irprate a L3 c Rver

r Rverpatible datalik r airtair trak r airgrud vide eages.obard avigati ad situatialawareess r vig ap ad eadupdisplays, r target aquisiti ad attak ultiuti displays ully justieste twe rew appra te A29,A6 ad A802U. I ters ebarkedaviis pakage, te larger Super uaas a lear advatage ver te A6; it alstraslates it better stability ad payladperati taks t a lger tail setiad An/AAQ22 Sare stabilized turretr Flir Systes uder te rward

uselage. Te A802U as a siilaristallati r its Wesa mx15Disesr turret, but te srter A6,te sae Wesa mx15Di is utedbetwee te wigs, wi blks te eld view we te airra baks.

dediCated sMarter, lighterweaPonsTe dular aviis ad stadardizediteraes prp gters allw veryeible weap lads tat a be deliveredwit a auray siilar t tat aieved

by 4t geerati ast vers. Te A6ierited its bat issi syster Beigderized A10c, easigitegrati atitak issile (su aste veerable, peratrguided RayteAGm65 maverik) ad laserguidedbbs. But as we ave see earlier, asigtaks ad arpet bbig lger arete rder te day. Tis is prbably wyte preisiguided weaps tat prveds suessul agaist Libya (like te Sage

a hwk Bt aT-6 Tx ii tt t t a nt gb w t t v

b pt, w tb l-3 c W mX-15d

tbz p, -- tt t w

bk vw tt. o t t aT-6

t t t a-29 (usa).

T -k a Tt aT-802u vt w twp 2 mk-82 -bb, 2 70 kt p, 2 p. T Tx-bt aT-802u, vp t t p-t t (t t t b t us sttdptt t-tpt) b t b tuae a (caV).


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Aas r te mBDA Briste) willprbably be eararked r supergterst take ut tiesesitive r igvaluetargets at lg rage i a it peigpase. I uterisurgey istead,

ligt attakers still rely gus adrkets eve tug te airra/weapbiati better suits rtarywigairra, wit teir verig apabilitiestat allws te t ai seletively, butat te st epsig teselves tgrud re. Faster ad igeryig prpgters t ave bee tted wit 70rket pds ad a, eavy aiegu r miigu pds (a suessul iver cetral Aeria jugles durigigt raids arried ut by Super uas).hwever, i pe ladsape wit igergrud t abus strag airra, su

as Agaista r Kurdista utaipeaks, a ligtlyprteted, sigleegieprp gter lsig twards its grudtarget wit gu ad rket re ay avea arder tie pared t re agilead arured bat elipters like teBeig Ah64 r te Eurpter igre.oais rig (r re ad rget i ase tirdpart laser desigati) ad aurayered by ew 2.75i (70)guided rkets (su as te BAE SystesAdvaed Preisi Kill Weap Systetested a A6c at Egli, Flrida, iJauary) ertaily elp, but digitised prpattakers a ertaily d better.

Tis is wy te best weap i tar tese ew ptet ad persistet prpgters requires a little lateral tikig t

give sedary iprtae t te traditialLkeed marti AGm114 hellre atitak issiles sared wit ared dres,r eve te Rayte Paveway aily guided bbs tat are qualied all

tree prp gters. Te eed r aurate,saller tprit weaps attaed tuterisurgey ad lse air supprtear riedly trps r ppulatis allsr ligter preisiguided weaps wellsuited t ligt attak airra.

A rst eaple tat sprig t id iste ew AGm175 Grif r Rayte.Iitially develped r ared dres, tis33pud issile (less ta 15kg) wit a13pud waread (etird tat tehellre) is preisiguided by InS &GPS r seiative laser ig, ad abe released at re ta 20k stad

rage by ligt airra. Te Grif is part te Super ua 132 qualied weapi, allwig ultiplepass, ultiplekills. Ater Rayte develpet iste eve saller Sall atial muiti,a 13.5pud guided bb tted witldable wigs.

Rayte dees te ew Sm Pase IItested i early 2012 ideal t weapriesSadwlass uaed airra aduterisurgey airra. Atereaple redued destruti pweradapted t ser targets ad preisi

T pv vw t eba-29B sp T kpt

w t 4t t t v b pt t

, wt t -p p t-t p,

t tt pt p, w ft t b

pt t (eb).

targetig is te Sall Diaeter Bbad its latest Fused Letality muiti

variat. Te latter, develped at EglisUS Air Fre Resear Lab, sedsits steel asig (letal at re ta2000 ragetati) i aur apsite e lled wit less pweruleplsives. Tis Advaed ceptelgy Destratr is attratigiterest r US cetral cad,w as idetied a apability gap isaller tprit weaps r use agaistuprteted targets r i igdesity

ua evirets. Te rigial SDBwas part te weap lad tested byA6 prttypes, s we igt bet tisprisig develpet will brig reaurate eets t te sall prp gter.

A last eaple a tailred weapsyste assiated t te ilitarisedAir ratr durig its displayed atFarbrug i 2010, is te miial100pud InS/GPSguided glide weapr mg FS (w prvide trl adatuati systes t te siilarlkigRayte mald airlaued dey).Si tese stad preisi attak

weaps a be delivered by te A802U, i plae re lassial maverik,hellre r guided rkets. Altug itsperatial status is prbably pedig,te biati a literig airra witglidig uitis is ideal r persistetair supprt r stadig iterditi isurget ideuts.

Te resurreti te prp airrai te grud attak rle is u wedt dular aviis ad pe sesr rweap systes bied wit c4ISRitegrati.

lt wp vp t , k t rt sTm pt

t t et xbt tJ b

tt ppt t t-t-ttk. (a/ehB)


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PU, the MagiC dragon?As etesively eplaied abve, teevluti warare as als aused awarp i te itert leaut rutieissi trasprt airra. Ulikewat te subtitle suggests, te ai is lger t trasr trasprt airra

it grud straers as was de wit teveerable Dakta durig te Vietawar, i wi tree starbardutedGeeral Eletri Gau2 miigus eabeled teir re ut te widwsad dr at a rate 6,000 7.62ruds per iute. But te te airra,ikaed Pu, te agi drag duet te ipressive aes prdued by tetree sets 6 barrels, was t pressurised,widws ad dr (tere was ly e!)uld be reved ad te sle use teWWII aerplae was ed t resuppressi issis t re te eey

idde i te bus t ve away r teail steel t eable es w trps tve aead. Te perati was geerallyperred i wat is kw as a pyltur i wi te airra tiuuslybaks t te le t tur ver te saespt (reas wy te gus were utedelusively te pilts side!)

day, te ai is t still t prvide ser re suppressi ad ertaily quitea bit re, but at te sae tie preserve

te airras trasprt apabilities. Severaletds are beig evisaged.

I e eludes te Ac130 rst devisedas a suessr t te Ac47 Dakta i1967, te st ature prjet t date iste Jrdaia Air Fres prgraeaied at diyig tw its Airbusmilitary cn235s. We are tus ar rte urret eavily died dediatedherules versis perated by te Speialoperatis cad tat ly teUited States a ard t perate.

Te Jrdaia speialissi gusipprgrae is aaged by te Kig

Abdulla II Desig ad DevelpetBureau, but te atual wrk was etrustedt Alliat esystes, als kw asAK, i te Uited States, were te twairraes are w udergig surgeryat Frt Wrt. Te trat t AK wasaued te asi te Ideeibiti i February 2011 ad te rstairra is due t take t te air i early2013 ad be delivered i July 2013. Teitegrati wrk iludes tree distitaspets wi i te ed will all berequired t wrk tgeter.

Te rst ers te utig a30 Ligtweigt m230LF gu, prtsidead at te bak. Tis gu iidetally, isa liked versi te turretutedm230A1 cai Gu rigially develpedby huges i te early 1980s r teApae helipter. It weigs 72.6 kilssas ut ad res m788, m789, Deaad Ade ruds at a rate 200 rudsper iute. oe te alleges itis appliati is t guaratee tat teeisperial gutairrae iterae,wi allws te gu t be elevated rdepressed, reais sealed we te abi

is pressurised.Te Aeria pay reaied quite

disreet additial details we lastet by te autrs at te reet Eursatryeibiti nrt Paris, but te sedeleet etails te irprati stubwigs ver te ladig gear spss tst tw pyls ea side. Tese willbe able t adate a ttal twraks ur hellres ad tw pds seve 70 rkets. Fr te tie beigte latter will be te guided type,but give te ireasig itlerae t

a p rt agm-175 g a tt w t tv

z t t-jt, w-t wp vp

w. T g a pw t, bt t g B kt-

pw v 20k. a sp T 12g, 6 g 2 500b gBu-

12 bb, pv (rt/dd).

u t p t K abii d dvpt B, aTK tw ab mt c-235t lt gp t J a. (aTK)


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llateral daage, te evetual adpti laserguided variats uder develpetere ad tere (iludig witi Alliatesystes) wuld ake sese.

Rudig up te cn235 gusipdesripti, a stabilised Wesa eletrptial turret will d its way uder tese rade te airra wile a Talesturreted syteti aperture radar siilar

t tat used uder te Watkeeper dreuld be bellyuted, but aead tewig rt. It als ges witut sayig tatte airra will be prperly prtetedagaist issile treats, AK beig a

epert i su systes.is versi ust ave give

ideas betwee uluse ad Seville asAirbus military as reetly bee sayigtat it was lkig at ways epadigte variats teir trasprt airrat,addig tat it was i tu wit auber paies, agst wiAK, t pursue su bjetives, t lywit te cn235, but wit te largerc295 as well.

Wi te Jrdaia c295 r tec27J was te egg ad wi was te ewe sall prbably ever d ut, but teidea a grud supprt Aleia Aeraic27J is als beig resurreted aer teUS Air Fre deided t get rid all itsSpartas (ad aellig te es rder te gruds tat it was re epesivet perate ta te c130J, eaig tat teAir Fres Speial operatis cadAcxx ad aes survival). Te ewprjet was e te very ew igligtsat Farbrug last suer ad agaiivlves AK. Wile ks were displayed,

te desig is t rze, but te al ai ist prdue a selpwered, palletised rll/rll syste tat a be istalled i ururs. w develpet stages are devised,respetively alled Pase 1 ad Pase 2, te

latter beig re elabrate ad distat ite uture as it ivlves te istallati aeletrptial turret uder te se teairra ad eable te gu t trak a targeti elevati ad aziut usig a AKdevelped re trl syste. AKs ldidea lauig hellres te rear rapuld be revived as part tis Pase 2.

I te earer uture wever, Pase1 is epeted t uderg its rst trialstis autu. Te weap i tis ase

is te AK mk44, kw as te Gau23 i US Air Fre parlae. Te 30gu will be tted wit a eletrptialsigt (eted t e te kpitsultiple uti displays) ad uted te pallet, itsel eplaed i rt te rear prtside dr r wi tebarrel will prtrude, te eseble wit itspleet auiti tippig tesales at less ta 900 kils. Pase 1 is arelatively straigtrward ad tereredest desig requirig taperigwit te airrae struture.

AK as died a uber cessa

caravas r speial issis, ttigte wit eletrptial balls aduiatis suites, but te payis w evisagig t t te wit twhellres as well.

W p w q t t t ,pv ttw b 70 kt pt tt t b ttt b p. aTK wptt t h-ptb gtt t tt w v tt pt xt p

tw t t.(a v)

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pp t b w x t p tt t wp t t bt . T t t v xt t, toh-58 Kw. T at wt kt p d a m134d m. a vb t pv tt st ut 9hd b t t t . (ehB/a)

T k-p t aTK-a P 1ptz 30 t t t t c-27 spt.

T aTK mk44 t 200 p t. (a/PV)

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I switChBlade and wasP aeteaMworkAerviret swased it ew WaspAE, were te sui stads r alleviret, wi eas tat it alad i wet ad uddy evirets. A1.3kg adlaued devie, tis dreis less vetial we it es t itsladig etd, a pase durig wiit deepstalls ad lips ver t lad

its spie, tereby preservig teitegrity its bellyuted ptialsesrs. is eplais te urtdpsitiig te vertial tail plaeuder rater ta atp te tail b.(pt: Arada/EhB)

Altug tis appears t beeireasigly ii r irdres te Wasp AE eatures a giballed,stabilized igresluti eletrptialad irared sesr. Wit a edurae

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50 iutes, te ai is t use te WaspAE t perr a sutig issi tpreisely dee a eey psiti wi a ligtweigt Switblade attakdre uld be dispated (see Dre

Update i tis issue)Te Wasp AE is apakable ad

uses te sae grud trl stati asits Rave ad Pua stableates. (Pt:Arada/EhB)

t

e ai reas beid tis si isa radial age i te ature treats. Ideed, ad eept r a ewgegrapial areas i wi ertai

atis ave seeigly t uderstdtat te wrld ad draatially aged

i te early ieties, eigburig atisas su are seld a treat. errris adttalitariais are wit teir verbiligeets arss brders.

Eursatry i gures: 1433 eibitrsr 53 utries; 155 delegatis r 84

utries, 2 Iteratial orgaizatis,53,375 visitrs wi 55% were reig.Wrty tie, a Gera paytld te autrs tat tey ad reeived

48 delegatis day tw ad 42 tellwig day.

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I no hiding with antaresTales uveiled a astisig situatialawareess devie alled Atares. havigte appearae a giat seye les, iteverteless as a viewig agle 210kw as supraeisperial. muted te r a veile, it terere ersa allrud dwlkig agle 15.o urse, prvidig a udistrted view sree is dw t iagepressigsware, but te ig iage stadardresults r a biati igquality les (urtesy Agieu) wita aperture 1.6 ad a 5.5 egapieligdeiti cs atri sesr.Wile te latter ers a reiage, it des s wit a resluti eillirad r appriately 6400 pielsarud te veile dw t te earirared spetru (1.1 ir), altugull darkess visi is pssible due t a

itegrated ivisible spetru illuiatr.Displayig etds ad iagedistributi pssibilities iside te

veile are ly liited by esiagiati, but a very ig speedreres rate (25 ertz) eables te deviet be used te ve. Te iage ispreseted sree as a wide at badpiture te le ed wi takes verte view were te rigt ed as le it. Adab te sree blws up te seleted

viewig setr t reveal a detailed view ay pit arud r abve te veile.

I ters viewig perrae(apart r te at tat a 360 veragearud a veile itert required aiiu ur wideagle les), teAtares a pik a siper at a rage 150 etres, r a 30 diaeter bjetat a rage 20 etres. It als prvidesa ull upwards view, wi ter deviesat. oter ptetial appliatissprig t id, like a ligter versitured upside dw tat uld easily

d its way it te belly a dre, reaple. (Pt: Arada/EhB)

I lirs new hd rangerand CerBerUsoverlkig te Flir eibitiarea was te pays ew RagerhDc lgrage teral iager iwi te suf stads r higDeiti cled. Iteded r aylg rage surveil lae appliatis

su as base r brder prtetiad by virtue its 1280 720 ISbal plae array sesr, te RagerhDc eables e t detet a asized bjet at a aazig rage ver 10 kiletres ad a veile atre ta 20. ippig te sales at18kg, te Rager hDc perates ite 35 ir irared spetruad is supplied wit a cP/IPiterae tat supprts neusad stadard prtlst prvide vide ver iteretprtl (IP).

Te Flir stad als ad awatdg i te r tecerberus. obviusly aied at bilesurveillae, but give te partiular

veile it was uted at teeibiti (a Plaris 44) als at speialperatis res, te cerberus is abveall te result Flirs ability t prvidea ully itegrated pakage a sall,igly bile veile. Te ultiple eadapability te cerberus is prvided by

a astuted eletrptial sesrad a ruted radar wit ruterr rerdig ad wireless streaig data t rete statis. I tis partiularistae, te astuted sesr isderived r te 3.5kil Flir Re B2Fo dualael dayigt teral adeld biular. (Pt: Arada/EhB)

I rheinMetall aMarok MI ties srikig budgets, ilitary adparailitary uits tat perate i lw treatareas but wi still require gd repwera avid te sts assiated wit ilitarystadards veiles ad lk r eapalteratives. oe tese is ertaily teAark m. Develped by ReietallmAn military Veiles ad based a

Vlkswage ts ar it prvides gd ad rad bility. Te uster ase te prpulsi type (diesel r petrl

egies, r 90 t 132 kW) ad te abgurati. Te sigle r duble absrespetively er a 1.37 te payladapaity r a 3.57 2 ladig area ad a1.26 te paylad apaity r a 2.5 2ladig area. militarisati iludes raksr radis ad ries, ad rig uts raie gus r AGLs. Te Aark mas a grss weigt abut 3.5 tes ada aiu speed is 180 k/. (pt:Arada/PV)


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I thaless dronesTales ad reaied suspiiusly quiet its sall dre ativities. As ar asits eletri puserprp Spy Arrw isered, wi we reprted twyears ag, tis was due t te at tat itwas udergig peratial testig byte Fre prureet agey DGA ite eld (tree systes are still used iAgaista).

Te battlesarred eaple see ereis ar r lkig like te sptlessswr akes usually see arud.It learly sws tat epasis is put prteti te valuable ites, wia be easily etrated r a eap,daaged airrae ad traserred it ares e. Styralike airraes areperetly suited r te purpse usespedig tie ad ey repairigre epesive airrae. Te Spy Arrw

w uses a sall buttsized uledaera ad a hybrid GPS reeiver.Te Spy Arrw es as a pair tat

eatly stres away wit its trl statii a bakpak, tgeter wit eugbatteries t allw si urs perati.

Requested t perate i du wit te

Spy Arrw was als te trartatigrtr Spypter, wi es i tw

versis, e pwered by a teralegie ad te ter by a eletritr wit respetive eduraes tw ad 0.70 urs (abut 40 iutes).Te Spypter a be perated i re5 wids ad arries a twaeluderslug stabilised eletrptialpaylad. (Pts: Arada/EhB)

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I nexter vBCi CasevaCAltug it ad been swn during tepre-Eursatry press tur in late may, teexibitin nstituted te frs publi uting

te caseva versin te VBcI, te 8x8inantry fgting veile tat is urrentlyin servie wit ver 400 veiles in te

Fren Ary and deplyed dwnrangesine suer 2010. As n abulane

versins te VBcI are urrently planned,te pany develped te kit n te basis rntline eedbak were te need awell prteted aseva apability eerged.Te kit an be installed in less tan ururs and is psed tw streterstands, streter andling devies andfttings r te strage edial equipent.Te renfgured VBcI an transprt up

t ur asualties, tw in seating psitinand tw n streters, a edial tea beingable t prvide intensive edial are. Kitsare being sent dwnrange t prvide teaseva apability t Fren trps deplyedin Aganistan altug in te wake te killing ur re sldiers in JunePresident hllande annuned tat Franewuld start witdrawing its sldiers as July 2012, llwed by a ull witdrawal byyear end. (pt: Arada/PV)

I MBda MMP hotting UPTe Fre Ary is lkig at a ewultiplepurpse ediurage issilet be used by disuted iatryad veiles. Te Fre requireetsrigiated te urret ediurageissile beig develped by mBDA uderte ae mmP, te ary missilemyee Prte. Te ilitary idiatedtat te ew syste suld ave a aitelp apaity t eable e t trlte issile it util te very last et its igt. oter requireets iludeste pssibility t lau te issile r

sequee tat uld be abrted util telast uple seds, mBDA se auled IR seeker ad psitied tebatteries it te rig uit r wite issile draws te required pwerbere lau. Te batteries, iidetally,are idetial t tse used by FreAry Fli sldier syste wit a view treduig te uber battery types iservie.

Te mmP as iiu ad aiueetive rages 150 ad 4,000 etres.Pysially te uiti is 1,300 lgwit a diaeter 140 ad a weigt 15 kg, iludig te lau tube. Terig pst weigs 12 kg. I lk berelau de te mmP a be red as areadrget weap wit guidaeassiged t te irared sesr, r as a rebserveupdate syste eplitig te Vaerageerated iages r last iute

e aiig. I lk aer lau deit a be red rdiates taks t teiertial guidae, aiig beig te etued usig te V iages. Te issileas idiret re apabilities, t r

a ed spae ad a tade wareadable t deeat dieret types target, suas arured veiles wit a peetratiapaity ver 1,000 RhA adbuildigs wit a peetrati ver 2,000 rete.

Lkig at te digitised battleeld,te Are de erre als wated a ulldigital rig pst tat wuld eableit t be iserted it a etwrk adtereby prvide iagery t deisiakers, reeive rig rders ad sedbattle daage assesset pitures wepssible (te digital ariteture alsledig itsel t easy itegrati witbattle aageet systes). Sieater request was a issile rig

iatry but rater re as a additialgrwt apability r veile appliatis.

Varius tests ave take plae sie2011 ad ed2012 will see a alstateet verall desig apprval tatsuld lead t te al develpet ad

prduti trat. Frae eeds se500 rig psts ad 3,000 issiles rits iatry uits. oter appliatis areresee as evideed at te neter stadwere te 40 turret wit mmP issiles,aied at te EBRc requireet, was sw. A urter develpet will be temh, a lg rage (8 k) issile tat willave a 50 per et ality wit temmP ad wi is still at ept stage.(Pts: Arada/PV)

I neMo +Patria Filad itrdued at Eursatryits ew ne Plus ept, based aPatria ne 120 rtar syste tateatured a Kgsberg Prtetr SuperLite RWS itegrated te turret, wiwas itsel istalled a Patria AmV. Tissluti eables tis rtar versi teAmV t ave a seldeee ap


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I iveCo delivers irst gUaranito BrazilEursatry witessed te delivery teirst preseries Guarai 66 arured

veile prdued by Ive t te BraziliaAry. Te erey was atteded by IvecEo Alred Altavilla ad by te ead teBrazilia Arys Siee ad elgyDepartet, Ge. Silair Jaes mayer.Als kw as te VBPmR (ViaturaBlidada de rasprte de Pessal mdiade Rdas) te veile was desiged i perati betwee Ive ad te Sieead elgy Departet ad is beigprdued at te Ive plat i Sete Lagas.A raewrk trat r 2,044 uits wassiged i 2009. Durig te Paris erey,Brazil aued tat Ive reeived atrat r a llw develpet a ew versi aied at Brazilia Aryeaised iatry uits. n details

were give te ew versi as tesewere beig alised betwee te idustryad te servie. Te veile delivered waste rst 16 preprduti Guaraisrdered util w. Te ew prdutilie at Sete Lagas will be ready by late2012 r prduti t start i early 2013.

Argetia wi is als iterested i teew veile ad, pedig a agreeet,Argetia igt reeive se veiles as early 2013. (pt:Arada/PV)

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I thales raPidireTe ew treats tat are appearig te battleeld, su as dres, requireapprpriate systes t eutralise tei a steetive way. missiles aredeitely t a pti agaist irad sall dres, but a ig rate reweap syste appears t be te bestsluti t uter saturati r a iguber iig bjets. Fllwigtse sideratis Tales uveiled itsRapidFire, wi is part a ew pakage advaed air deee systes prpsedby te pay, wse prtliiludes all te periperals required ite air deee eld su as adad trl, weap rdiati, airsurveillae radars as well as bileitegrated weap systes. Te RapidFireis ade a biati su eleets,te 3D surveillae radar beig te

ctrlmaster 60, wi a lik up witsi bat veiles, wile ad adtrl is prvided by te ctrlViewdule.

Te eetr is te cAI 40 gu,usig telesped ased auiti, tatis beig adpted by te Britai ad Fraer teir latest bat veiles. Te guis equipped wit a autus trakigsyste tat allws te syste t be used asa stadale uit we t liked t te

radar ad c2 uit. Te ptri syste isuted diretly tp te gu turret irder t esure aiu preisi. Tisarrageet allws t redue te uber ruds tat are eessary t destry

te target, setig tat will be urtereaed by te adpti te air burstuiti versi te 40 rud tatis urretly uder develpet ad tatsuld be available by late 2012. Altugte RapidFire was sw uted tesae truk as te e used by neter rte caesar witzer syste, te turretedsyste a be istalled ter types assis, iludig arured veiles.

Te abi sts te treea rew,

aely te driver, te ader ad teguer. Te syste as already udergese trials i late 2011 at te Bisarsserage, i suter Frae. Firig trialswere duted alg wit bility ad

ergi tests. Wit te elp itsydraulially perated jaks t stabilisete platr te syste a be deplyedi less ta e iute. Te RapidFireas als bee desiged t itegrate siStarStreak issiles, wi will give it teability t egage varius types targetssu as grud attak airra, elipters,dres, ruise issiles ad preisiguided uitis. (pt: Arada/PV)

I other wares

mre systes will be vered i et issuesPart w. hwever, Eursatry 2012 waste lau pad r a uber weapsystes tat will be trugly desribedi rtig issues AradaIteratial, eiter i spei artilesr i ur cpediu series. Agtese are te crab see ere, wi is aligtweigt veile develped by Paardtat a be equipped wit a ediualibre turret, akig it a uique systei its ategry. oter veiles ilude te66 versi te Eagle based te Durassis ad uveiled by GD Eurpea

Lad Systes altug its develpetad bee aued at te sae plae,but i 2010. ot melara swed its 155 weeled selprpelled witzerbased a cetaur 88 assis adaied at prvidig idiret re supprtt ediu brigades. Te Raael Spikeaily as tw ew ebers, urretlystill uder develpet, te miiSpikead te SpikeSR, r Srt Rage. Durigte Eibiti Reietall reeived te

trat r a rst bat Gladius uture

sldiers systes rerly kw as te

IdZ2; te trat ivlves 90 systes.

(Pt: Arada/EhB)


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the a400MorMat

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w p- -eup, m : a400M

, bu , m, mp c m p .

Eri h. Biass

hitert aetiatelyikaed te Grizzly byits test rew ad w refially kw as te Atlas,

te A400m appears re as te rigtsize airra ig at te rigt tieta a ere hertGlbeaster III gapller, altug te tie sale seEurpea res wuld ave dubtappreiated avig it sligtly earlier tve teir e ad wares i Agaista.Te A400m was a lg required size aerplae ad it is abut t start leavigits peratial trail i te sky, wit tedelivery te rst airra t te Freair re plaed i early 2013.

Tigs did t appe verigt,

tug, ad te desig gestati peridbeae paiully prtrated a abrtiad eve bee presribed i mar 2009.w ai atrs elp eplai tis. First all, several atis were ivlved iwat was te kw as te FLA, r teFuture Large Airra, eaig tat asay atis ad teir w pii.Sedly, everybdy kew tat te sizewas gig t deterie te viability te etire prgrae i te uture. It wastus vital t slide te prjet ad psitiit areully te lie ruig betwee

t sall ad t big. A tad eiter side tat pit wuld ave traslated it aaial disaster. Te airra is desigedt arry 116 equipped paratrpers.

I its iitial prjet pase, te aerplaestarted as a turbprp airra, teswited t turbjets, t ally retur tturbprps. But turbprps wit a ugeallege, beause pullig 141 tes te grud ver a relatively srt distaead te ruisig at speeds tat belgt te jetegie wrld requires tet e se 11000 p wrt usleea. Ad tis assive aut rseseeds t be trw arss a redutigearb t te eigtblade prpeller.Tis pretty u equates t pullig teadbrake yur ar, egagig rstgear ad te sedig i all te pwerte egie a uster. caes are tatyur trasissi wt like it. neiter


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did te Atlass Eurprp gearb, but littleby little tese prbles were ired ut,eve i earlier tis year a lesser glit itat departet still swed its ugly little

ae. Tis wever did t alter rale iSeville r uluse wit Airbus militarybss Dig Urea tellig a grup aerspae juralists tat ed ratersee tse srts prbles urrigw ta aer del

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