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Medium-range anti-ship missile
In service 1979

Manufacturer Aérospatiale's division MBDA

Specifications
Weight 670 kilograms (1,500 lb)
Length 4.7 metres (15 ft 5 in)
Diameter 34.8 centimetres (1 ft 1.7 in)

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Warhead 165 kilograms (360 lb)

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Engine solid propellant engine

Wingspan 1.1 metres (3 ft 7 in)
Operational
range 70–180 kilometres (43–110 mi; 38–97 nmi)
Flight altitude Sea-skimming
Speed 315 metres per second (1,030 ft/s)
Guidance
system Inertial and active radar
Launch
platform multi-platform:
MM38 surface-launched
AM39 air-launched
SM39 submarine-launched
MM40 surface-launched
 

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MBT Leclerc

Type Main battle tank

In service 1992– present

Manufacturer GIAT Industries (now Nexter)
Unit cost ₣ 29.000.000 in 1993
Produced 1990–2008
Number built ~862

Specifications
Weight 54.5 tonnes[1]
Length 9.87 m (6.88 without gun[1])
Width 3.71 m[1]
Height 2.53 m[1]
Crew 3[1] (Commander, gunner, driver)

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Armour Steel, titanium, NERA
Primary
armament GIAT CN120-26/52, 120mm tank gun[1]
40 rounds (1 round ready to fire in the chamber, 22 rounds inside the autoloader magazine with additional 18 rounds in the chassis)
Secondary
armament 12.7 mm coaxial M2HB machine gun
1,100 rounds
7.62mm machine gun
3,000 rounds
Engine 8-cylinder diesel Wärtsilä
1,500 hp[1] (1,100 kW)
Power/weight 27.52 hp/tonne[1]
Transmission Automatic SESM ESM500
Suspension hydropneumatic
Operational
range 550 km[1]
Speed 71 km/h (44 mph)[1]
 

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Mirage 2000H

India has acquired a total of 49 examples, including 42 single-seaters and 7 two-seaters. The Indian Air Force named the Mirage 2000 Vajra (Thunderbolt). India also purchased appropriate stores along with the fighters, including ATLIS II pods and laser-guided weapons.

Since India wanted the fighter quickly, the first part of an initial batch of 26 single-seaters and 4 two-seaters was shipped to the Indian Air Force (IAF) beginning in 1985 with the older M53-5 engines. These aircraft were given the designations of Mirage 2000H5 and Mirage 2000TH5. The second part of this initial batch consisted of 10 more single-seaters with the M53-P2 engine, with these aircraft designated Mirage 2000H. All the first batch was reengined with the M53-P2, with the single-seaters re-designated "Mirage 2000H" and the two-seaters re-designated Mirage 2000TH. A second batch of six Mirage 2000H single-seaters and three Mirage 2000TH two-seaters was shipped in 1987-1988.

In 2004, the Indian government approved purchase of ten more Mirage 2000Hs, with these machines featuring improved avionics, particularly an upgraded RDM-7 radar. The Mirage 2000-5 was a contender for a planned Indian Air Force 126 fighter aircraft procurement in which it was competing with the Mikoyan MiG-35, F-16 Fighting Falcon and JAS 39 Gripen. However, Dassault announced it had replaced the Mirage 2000 with the Rafale as the contender for the deal since the Mirage 2000 production line was to be closed.

India has announced a $1.9 billion program to arm 51 of its Mirage 2000 aircraft with the MBDA ASRAAM dogfighting missile beginning in 2007. Installation will require new radar, electronic warfare equipment, and updates to the cockpit and data bus. Pilot helmets will require addition of a helmet-mounted sight. These will be the first Mirage aircraft to carry the British missile and Dassault, Thales, and MBDA are to participate in the effort.
 

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Amx-10-rc

Type Armoured car

Specifications
Weight 15 tonnes
Length 6.24 m
Width 2.78 m
Height 2.56 m
Crew 4

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Primary
armament 105 mm BK MECA (F2) L/48 (38 rounds) (Vo 800 m/s)
Secondary
armament AA 7,62 NF1 co-axial machine gun (4000 cartridges), 4 smoke generators. Optional 12.7-mm M2HB AA MG
Engine Baudouin Diesel Model 6F11 SRX
280 hp (208.8 kW)
Suspension hydropneumatic wheel
Operational
range 800 to 1000 km
Speed 85 km/h (off-road: 25 to 30 km/h)
 

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Famas

Type Assault rifle

In service 1978–present

Wars Chadian–Libyan conflict

First Gulf War
Bosnian War
Afghanistan war

Production history
Designer Paul Tellie
Designed 1967–1971
Manufacturer Nexter
Unit cost F1: 1500 €

G2: 3000 €

Produced 1975–2000
Number built F1: 400 000
Variants F1, G1, G2, FAMAS Export, FAMAS Civil, FAMAS Commando
Specifications
Weight 3.61 kg (7.96 lb) (FAMAS F1)
3.8 kg (8.38 lb) (FAMAS G2)
Length 757 mm (29.8 in) / 965 mm (38.0 in) with bayonet
Barrel length 488 mm (19.2 in)

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Cartridge 5.56x45mm NATO
Action Lever-delayed blowback
Rate of fire 900-1000 rounds/min (F1)
1000-1100 rounds/min (G2)
Muzzle velocity 960 m/s (3,100 ft/s) (F1)
925 m/s (3,030 ft/s) (G2)
Effective range 300 m (F1)
450 m (G2)
Maximum range 3200 metres
Feed system 25-round box magazine (F1)
30-round box magazine (STANAG system) (G2)
Sights Rear aperture fitted with tritium night inserts, front post
 

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Armoured vehicle for infantry combat

Place of origin France

Specifications
Weight (normal combat load); VCI: 25.6 t, VPC: 23.3 t
Length 7.6 m
Width 2.98 m
Height 2.2 m
Crew 2 + 9-man combat team

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Armour steel and titanium
Primary
armament M811 25 mm x 137 mm NATO cannon
Secondary
armament co-axial 7,62 mm NATO machine gun
Engine Diesel
550 hp (410 kW)
Suspension Wheel
Operational
range 750 km
Speed 100 km/h
 

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Light armoured vehicle

Type Wheeled all-terrain vehicle
Place of origin France
Specifications
Weight 3.5 to 4 tonnes
Length 3.80 m (4.00 m long version)
Width 2.02 m
Height 1.70 m
Crew 2-3

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Armour STANAG level 1 (protection against 7.62×51 NATO rounds and shrapnel)
Primary
armament depends on the version
Secondary
armament none
Engine Peugeot XD3T turbo-diesel
hp ( kW)
Power/weight hp/t
Suspension 0.35 m ground clearance
Operational
range 600 km (can be extended to 1000 km with external gas tanks)
Speed >100 km/h
 

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France Buys BAE All-Terrain Vehicles

France is set to buy 53 BAE Systems tracked armored vehicles, a deal that could be worth 220 million euros ($315 million) if options to buy an additional 76 are exercised, the company said.

BAE's Swedish arm is to supply the new BvS10 Mk11 all-terrain vehicles to the French Army, "our first ever export to France," except some low-volume small-arms ammunition sales, a company spokesman said. BAE, Europe's largest defense contractor, does have a joint venture deal with French land systems company Nexter to produce the not-yet-operational CT40 cannon and ammunition.

Signed Dec. 18 with the French defense procurement agency, the deal covers delivery of troop carrier, command post and logistics vehicle variants and a through-life support package.

French companies such as Panhard and EADS will help fit government-furnished equipment to the vehicles, a BAE spokesman said.

The first of the new high mobility machines, known locally as the véhicules à haute mobilité (VHM), are to be delivered next year and are to be rapidly pressed into service with French Army units fighting Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.

The French Army's 27th Battalion of Mountain Infantry already operates 12 of the older BV 206S vehicles. Eight are in the Afghan theater and the rest back home for training. France bought them before BAE bought the Swedish company that made them.

The Mk II vehicles have more protection, a more powerful engine, a bigger alternator and other improvements over the earlier BvS10 variant used by the British and Dutch armed forces.

BAE won the French order by beating Singapore Technology Kinetics, which bid a version of its Bronco. The deal comes almost a year to the day after a Bronco variant, called the Warthog, scored a victory against the Mk II to meet a British Army requirement for more than 100 machines at a value of over 150 million pounds ($240 million). The first of the Warthogs arrived recently in the UK for final integration work by Thales' the British arm; they are to be dispatched to Afghanistan next year.

In September, the British became the first customer for the BvS10 Mark IIs when it ordered 24 to bolster the Royal Marines' Swedish-supplied all-terrain vehicles known as Vikings. The first of the new machines is scheduled for delivery in the first half of next year

France Buys BAE All-Terrain Vehicles - Defense News
 

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France Orders 5 More Cougar Helo Upgrades

Paris - The Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA) has signed contracts to modernize five more Cougar tactical transport helicopters, part of a 27-helicopter, 220 million euro ($314 million) plan, the procurement office said in a Dec. 22 statement.

One contract, signed Nov. 9, was for work on four Army Cougars, and the second deal was signed Dec. 9 for one Air Force Cougar.

The latest contracts add to the five Army Cougars already contracted for upgrades under a January 2008 deal with Europcopter, a DGA spokesman said.

Based on the value of the modernization of 27 Cougars, the latest contrast would be worth around 40 million euros.

The work includes updating avionics with a "glass cockpit" to bring the aircraft into line with air safety requirements, modernizing the self-protection suite to counter the latest ground-to-air threats, and installing the Army Air Corps' information system (système d'information terminal or SIT).

"The architecture chosen is very close that used in the EC725 Caracal helicopter," a DGA spokesman said. That simplifies crew training. The DGA ordered an extra five Caracals under the defense stimulation plan, bringing the total number to 19 units. The Caracal, an uprated Cougar, is used by special forces and the Air Force for combat search and rescue.

The upgrade is intended to extend the Cougar's operational life for the next 20 years. Deliveries of the modernized aircraft will occur between 2012-15. The Cougar will operate alongside the new NH90 tactical transport fleet, which will replace the Puma helicopter.

France Orders 5 More Cougar Helo Upgrades - Defense News
 

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France to retrofit its E-3F Awacs

En français:



mercredi 3 février 2010


Les quatre E-3F français et les segments-sol associés vont recevoir un rétrofit à mi-vie de leurs systèmes électroniques, dans le cadre d'un contrat FMS de 324 M$ annoncé ce jour par Boeing. Cette opération, réalisée en France par Air France Industries (AFI) au Bourget doit amener les SDCA (système de détection det de contrôle aérien) au standard du block 40/45. Le nombre de consoles passe de 10 à 14, et l'interactivité de ces dernières est fortement augmentée. De tels besoins avaient déjà été notés à l'époque du Kosovo... il y a dix ans.

Les capacités en gestion des opérations aériennes sont également augmentées, par un traitement automatisé des ATO (air task order, ordre de mission). La fusion de données est également améliorées, avec les capteurs internes (radar, ESM) et ceux rapatriés via la liaison de données tactique L16.

Tout ceci prendra un peu de temps puisque Boeing ne prévoit pas la fin du chantier avant le troisième trimestre 2015.

Notre photo : un des quatre E3F de la 36e EDCA. (crédit : Jean-Marc Tanguy)

Salient points:

- Retrofit of the E-3f and ground element
- Boeing primary contractor
- Estimated cost: $324 million
- Air France Industrie scheduled to install the enhancements
- E-3F will move to Block 40/45, which will imply:

* A new primary AWACS display, which will increase situational awareness through its intuitive interface and detailed map database
* Upgraded Identification Friend or Foe Interrogation, including Mode S and Mode 5 capability
* An increase in the number of mission consoles aboard each aircraft, from 10 to 14
* Modern mission computing processing, which enables improved AWACS mission performance through the use of advanced battle management tools such as Automatic Air Tasking Orders and Airspace Coordination Order updates, resource and sensor management, and automated decision aids
* Improved combat identification capabilities from integrated sensor and off-board datalinks
* The Multi-Source Integration process, which automatically integrates data from on- and off-board sources such as radar, Electronic Support Measures and Link 16, to provide significantly improved tracking capabilities
* Digital radio control and management through the new mission computing subsystem
* An open system architecture that enables rapid software upgrades and requires less hardware.
From: http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=112049
 

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France orders 3,400 AASM laser/GPS air-to-ground weapons

French defense procurement agency DGA awarded Sagem (Safran group) a major contract in late December 2009 for AASM (Armement Air-Sol Modulaire) modular air-to-ground weapons to be deployed by the French air force.

The contract covers:

* A long-term order for 3,400 AASMs, including an initial firm order for 680 units.
* Development and integration of a latest-generation GPS module.
* Qualification and production engineering for the inertial/GPS/laser terminal guidance version.

Developed and produced by Sagem, the AASM weapon comprises a guidance kit and range augmentation kit integrated on a standard 250 kg bomb. The AASM family also includes 125, 500 and 1,000 kg bombs.

Fired from standoff distance day or night and in all weather conditions, the AASM offers a range exceeding 50 kilometers. The AASM can be released at low altitude, and can also be fired off-axis, in relation to the aircraft’s flight path. It offers very high precision and strikes its target vertically, a feature suited to asymmetrical conflicts. This makes it the perfect weapon for combat in difficult terrain or urban environments, for both planned missions and opportunity fire.

The new inertial/GPS/laser-guided version expands the AASM family, which already includes two versions qualified on the Rafale multirole combat aircraft, with inertial/GPS or inertial/GPS/infrared guidance. In particular, the new version enables precision strikes against moving targets.

This latest order follows the initial contract won by Sagem for 750 AASMs to be delivered to the French air force. The AASM has been deployed on Rafale fighters in Afghanistan for the last two years.

The AASM is also marketed by MDBA as part of its broad offering of weapon system meeting the requirements of armed forces in international markets.

http://frontierindia.net/france-ord...rtial-laser-guided-aasm-air-to-ground-weapons
 

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Military maneuvers between Greece and France

[08.03.2010, 13:56]


Military maneuvers between Greece and France made between now and March 10 in the western Ionian Sea, in international waters between Italy and Greece.

These exercises involved the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle from which aponionontai French Rafale fighter planes and a mobile radar. On the Greek side take part Greek F-16 fighters and Mirage-2000.

The scenario of the exercise include air exercises between the aircraft are divided into national or mixed groups. For example Greek F-16 «fight» against French Rafale or two Greek fighter with two French against a similar group.

Also running scenarios ground attack targets in the butts of Andravida and aeronautics cooperation scenarios.

The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle will call again in Greek waters on March 17 when the Greek-repeated drills.

http://www.hbnews.gr/permalink/27672.html

Military Training Greek-French

Units of the French Navy and Air Force participated for Greece on Monday until March 10 and March 17-18 to conduct joint training exercises in the Ionian and Aegean.

A statement of the General Staff of the Greek national defense forces of both countries carry out air-air missions, air-ground and air-naval cooperation.

For the Greek side are engaged in "F-16", "Mirage 2000" and "A7 Corsair" and an airborne early warning, while for the French aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle "On board were the" Gust "," super flag may "and" Hawkeye "and the frigate Jean Bart" (Air Defense) and Dupleix (anti-submarine warfare).

http://web.ana-mpa.gr/anafrench/articleview1.php?id=10041
 

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Nexter Joins Swedish Armored Vehicle Contest
By pierre tran
Published: 10 Mar 2010 11:17


Paris - Nexter has teamed with Volvo to offer its Véhicule Blindé Infanterie de Combat (VBCI) fighting vehicle in Sweden's competition for new armored vehicles, Chairman Philippe Burtin of the French land systems company said March 10.

"We made an offer this week," Burtin said, during a press conference on the company's 2009 results. Sweden is looking for industrial offset of 100 percent of the contract value, with a base option of 113 units, he said.
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The vehicle proposed to the Swedish forces will be an adaptation of the VBCI being delivered to the French Army, with about 80 percent commonality to the basic version.

Nexter will go up against BAE Systems' Hagglunds and Patria of Finland, both viewed as the front-runners in the contest.

The Swedish bid is one of many prospects Nexter has in its sights as the company seeks to lift exports to about a third of its annual sales, up from the current 18 percent.

Burtin said he met British procurement minister Quentin Davies about 10 days ago and discussed the VBCI as a contender for the utility vehicle portion of Britain's Future Rapid Effects System program. "That interests us," Burtin said.

Nexter has also submitted the Aravis protected vehicle to Canada, which is looking to buy 300 tactical armored patrol vehicles. Canadian law requires 100 percent of offset in that acquisition.

"A network of alliances" with local partners underpins Nexter's export drive, with the VBCI and Caesar truck-mounted 155mm artillery system as the spearhead products.

Demonstrations of the VBCI are planned in the Arabian Gulf and Saudi Arabia later this year.

Nexter has teamed with an undisclosed Indian industrial group based in Mumbai that specializes in electromechanical systems to offer the Caesar to the India Army. A transfer of technology would be delivered to allow local assembly of the guns, as the Indian government wants to develop a domestic industrial base.

Sales talks on the Caesar are also being held with Malaysia, militaries in the Middle East and South America. Saudi Arabia, which already has bought the Caesar, last year ordered a fresh batch of guns worth 82 million euros ($112 million).

Qatar and Colombia are potential clients for secondhand Leclerc battle tanks.

Nexter signed in December with the Barcelona-based company GTD to form the Ibersystems de Defensa joint venture, which will pitch the VBCI for Spain's tender for 300 troop carriers. The local partner holds 20 percent of the joint venture. In that competition, Nexter faces local incumbent General Dynamics' Santa Barbara, the Frecchia from Italian combine Iveco-Oto Melara, the Boxer from German consortium Artec and the AMV from Patria.

Export wins are needed to ensure growth as the last VBCI is due to be delivered to the French Army around 2014. The mega-export contracts of the 1990s are over, Burtin said, but foreign sales of the VBCI for 500 million to 1 billion euros a year are "attainable."

The export market is fiercely competitive, with the presence of Chinese giant Norinco in the Middle East, as well as players from India and South Korea. Nexter needs to find the "right balance" in technology, services and the right price to compete against such actors, he said.

Nexter has built and is testing a demonstrator for the véhicule blindé multirole - the planned successor to the present VAB troop carrier - due to be selected in 2012 and delivered in 2015. The company has reached agreement with Thales and Safran to form a joint venture to bid for the architect's mandate in the French Army's Scorpion modernization program, Burtin said.

On the issue of consolidating the European land sector, Burtin said, "Nexter is ready."

A key factor will be the industrial project, he said. "What can we do together?" he asked. Any plan had to make sense in industrial, commercial and labor terms. The restructuring was part of the "road map" ministers had handed him and constituted a priority, he said.

Nexter reported a 2009 net profit of 141 million euros ($192 million), up 42 percent on the 99 million euros posted in the previous year. Sales rose 53 percent to 887 million euros, up from 579 million.

The underlying operating profit margin was 12.5 percent of sales. New orders totaled 1.29 billion euros, giving an order backlog of 2.5 billion euros, or three years of work.

The return on capital employed was 53 percent, up from 46 percent.

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4533272&c=LAN&s=TOP
 

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Kuwait asks Sarkozy to sell Rafale

Kuwaiti DM: Our Military To Be Substantially Beefed Up

Kuwaiti Defense Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak said yesterday that Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad had asked French President Nicolas Sarkozy to sell the country Rafale fighter jets.
The minister added that the Kuwaiti military was being equipped with new sophisticated weapons, and was training with skilled forces from other countries, with the aim of becoming one of the strongest militaries.

Source: Al-Siyasa, Kuwait, March 18, 2010

http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/25762.htm
 

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French Navy tests latest variant of Exocet missile

The French Navy has conducted the successful test firing of the first Block 3 version of its Exocet MM40 anti-ship missile from a warship.

The surface-to-surface missile was launched on March 18 from on board the Horizon-class frigate Chevalier Paul from the Isle of Levant, off Toulon, the Navy said.

The Navy had recently received the Block 3 variant of the Exocet MM40 missile from the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA).

The DGA, in December 2008, had awarded a contract to missile manufacturing company MBDA to upgrade 45 Block-II version of the Exocet MM40 missiles into Block 3.

The Exocet Block 3 has an extended range out to 180km and will feature open ocean, littoral and coastal land attack capabilities. It is available for surface ships and coastal batteries.

The entire lots of the upgraded missiles are scheduled to be delivered to the French Navy between December 2010 and June 2013.

The Exocet anti-ship missile operates on 'fire and forget' principle and incorporates stealth features. Having a range of 70 to 180 kilometers, the missile can fly at 315 meters per second and carry weapons warheads up to 165 kg.

The missile can be fired from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed wing aircraft.

http://www.brahmand.com
 

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EADS issues fresh ultimatum on Talarion UAV
By Craig Hoyle

EADS must receive a renewed commitment from the governments of France, Germany and Spain by mid-year if it is to make further progress with the Talarion unmanned air vehicle project, says Stefan Zoller, chief executive of its Defence & Security unit.

The company completed a two-year risk reduction activity on the Talarion system last year, and is continuing self-funded development work leading to a preliminary design review (PDR) to be conducted "this summer". A critical design review (CDR) should follow in mid-2011, but Zoller warns that without receiving fresh support and detailed requirements from all three partner nations soon the project could founder.

"The deadline is the PDR," he says. "After that we cannot do more as a company unless they tell us what they want the system to look like. It is a technical deadline."



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Negotiations are being held with the governments, Zoller says, "to see how we can go ahead, perhaps with another phase of pre-financing from our perspective until we get a firm contract". EADS is willing to continue funding the effort into next year, he says, so long as it "can still be confident as an industry that this programme may go ahead."

Europe's previous Euromale programme - based on an EADS development of Israel Aerospace Industries' Heron UAV - collapsed after years of slow progress when the same three participating nations changed their operational requirements.

Zoller warns that it cannot afford for such an event to be repeated with Talarion, a product that he describes as "decisive for the future of the military aircraft business and technology in Europe".

"We now have the Talarion offer on the table, and expect the nations to sooner or later support this three-nation approach," he says. "There is no European alternative." Previously described by EADS as interested in participating, Turkey is now "knocking at the door", Zoller says.

EADS expects development work on the Talarion to total around €1.5 billion ($2 billion), with production of a proposed 15 operational systems to double the programme's value to around €3 billion. Each system will comprise three air vehicles and related ground control station and communications equipment, and first deliveries could take place in 2016, Zoller says.

To be capable of flying faster than 300kt (555km/h) to an altitude above 50,000ft (15,200m), the Talarion UAV will have a maximum take-off weight of around 7t, including a 1.8t payload, says EADS. The design is 12m long and has a 28m wing span.



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Investment in UAVs and related technologies by EADS has already exceeded €500 million, and Zoller says bridging the gap between the PDR and CDR requires "substantial money". "We have a marching army," he adds.

EADS Defence & Security posted revenues of €5.4 billion and secured orders worth almost €8 billion in 2009, while delivering an 8.4% return on sales. "We are the most profitable division of EADS," says Zoller. "All our programmes are on track: we deliver on what we promise."

http://www.flightglobal.com/article...s-issues-fresh-ultimatum-on-talarion-uav.html
 

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Good thread, Armand. clap

But could you also give an analysis of these developments from time to time? So, that we can see the broader picture.
 

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