the same stephen Dalton who is in charge of a dwindling air force?


this is just to assure the public that 160 Typhoons can pawn a full scale RuAF attack which is coincidently made up of migs and sukhois like the indians

berapa agaknya eurofighter bayar suruh promosi?

This post has been edited by heavyduty: Jul 29 2011, 04:02 PM

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or saying that their jet are better then other EU made!

They sure have much confident in their birds.
anyway simulation doesn't mean anything.

i was under impression that dog fight was obsolete and nowday was all about BVR and has the better AEWC?

Guys,do you have any other links for info on the Eurofighter deal?

The deal is not done yet.
Zahid just say dat they are considering the EF more to other candidate.

every time a video came from TLDM, the song will be

Marines' War-Fitness Program Targets Crisis Response

Like an overweight boxer seeking to get back into fighting shape, the Marine Corps is ramping up training focused on making units leaner and faster.

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos and his predecessor Gen. James Conway for several years have fretted about the Corps losing its edge as a sea-based rapid-response force and becoming a plodding, sedentary army.

The latest effort to shed fat and build muscle was an exercise in California this week where a brigade of 5,000 marines — most of them reservists — trained for how they would respond to a crisis that required them to show up on the scene quickly, but also bring enough equipment to sustain themselves for weeks or months.

Marine leaders believe this is the sweet spot that makes the Corps invaluable to the United States: It can serve as a “middleweight” force that brings more staying power than light infantry but can move much faster than Army brigades.

After two major ground wars, the Marine Expeditionary Brigade, or MEB, has seen its “contingency response” skills atrophy, said Maj. Gen. Melvin G. Spiese, commanding general of 1st MEB — based at Camp Pendleton — that participated in the Javelin Thrust 2011 exercise this week.

“The commandant sees a gap in our ability to respond to unplanned crises around the world,” Spiese said in an interview.

Marine Expeditionary Units, or MEUs, can rush to a crisis within hours, but they don’t bring enough equipment to stick around. A MEF, or Marine Expeditionary Force, has enormous resources, but can take weeks to mobilize. That gap in between will be filled by MEBs, Spiese said. This is how the Marine Corps believes it can fill a unique role in national security: A MEB could reach the scene of a crisis within 96 hours, set up a base of operations and keep chaos under control until the civilian leadership figures out how to handle the situation. “We really can be a force that buys time for decision makers,” Spiese said.

No other military service can do this, Spiese said. Special operations forces and MEUs can move quickly, but their capabilities are limited. Army brigades are not easy to transport. The Air Force drops bombs and leaves. The Navy can influence from the sea.

A MEB could deliver up to 15,000 troops, and based on the specific circumstances, could deploy tactical aviation, ground vehicles, infantry weapons, humanitarian and disaster relief supplies. To expedite deployments, a MEB would only bring essential equipment aboard its amphibious ships and would then cherry-pick what it needs from the Marine Corps’ three “maritime prepositioned force” ships that float in strategic areas on the world’s oceans. MPFs contain most of the heavy hardware that would conceivably be needed by commanders on the ground.

A MEB-like response, said Spiese, “would be very difficult to pull together through a joint force” of Army, Air Force and Navy units.

Spiese echoed Amos’ pitch on behalf of several new weapon systems that they believe the Marine Corps will need to fulfill its role as the nation’s 911 force. What are needed, he said, are “capabilities coming from the sea” that can deploy from amphibious ships. That means: the V-22 Osprey, F-35B Joint Strike Fighter, cargo hovercraft and a fast swimming armored vehicle that can ferry troops to the shore.

Some of these programs, particularly the F-35B and a new amphibious vehicle, are now threatened by budget cuts and by criticism that they are both too expensive and easily replaced by other assets.

For the Marine Corps, Spiese said, vertical-takeoff aircraft are non-negotiable. “If we’re stuck with tailhook [Navy carrier-based] fixed wing aircraft, we’ve got problems. We lose flexibility.” High-speed vessels also are important, he said.

One area where improvements may be needed is communications and data networks. A MEB that shows up to support disaster-relief operations, for example, needs to be able to talk and exchange messages with other government agencies and NGOs. Non-military organization would have no interoperability with the U.S. military’s secure radio networks and computer systems.

In the Javelin Thrust exercise, 1st MEB’s communications staff set up open networks with commercial cell phones and Internet-enabled computers. This created difficulties for marines because they could not access data that they needed but reside in classified networks, said Maj. Cedric Lee, 1st MEB’s communications operations officer. “Reach-back capability into our existing networks is absolutely key,” Lee said in an interview. The problem is not unlike what the average person might face if his email could only be accessed from a local Outlook account, as opposed to being able to tap into Gmail or Hotmail from any computer that can access the Internet. “That’s the kind of reach-back we are talking about.” That option is not available to the military because of security restrictions that keep most of the data secluded in classified networks that cannot be accessed from unclassified computers.

The middleweight force also could use some help with electricity sources. Deployed units have to carry huge loads of batteries in areas where there is no electric grid. “The battery loads associated with the equipment we have today becomes a logistical burden and shortens the time we can be away,” Lee said. Recent advances in renewable energy sources, such as solar powered battery rechargers, may eventually ease that burden, he said.

The limitations of the military’s communications systems is “one of the most poignant things that came out of this exercise,” said Lt. Col. Maura Hennigan, logistics operations officer for 1st MEB. Establishing reliable connectivity among all the segments of brigade “can be one of the most challenging things,” Hennigan said in an interview. Marine logisticians, for instance, rely on three different computer systems to manage supply requests, deliveries and transportation. Sometimes requests for supplies do not get through, she said. “Finding workarounds was part of the [Javelin Thrust] exercise,” she said. “If we can’t get on our systems, we find other ways around them, like Sharepoint or email.”

The Corps’ middleweight force also will have to figure out how to fight with less armor. The weight of today’s vehicle armor is a huge burden, Spiese said. Every Humvee truck now has been saddled with thousands of pounds of armor, and every unit in Iraq and Afghanistan was equipped with heavy mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP) trucks to protect troops from roadside bombs. Those vehicles are not fit for crisis response, and overload the limited capacity aboard cargo ships, said Spiese. Armored Humvees stick out several inches more than they did before, so there is less room. The added weight means that the ship’s load often is maxed out before the cargo space is filled. “The vehicles have grown so heavy that we are hitting the weight constraints before we fill up the ship,” he said. “That really has complicated everything. … Even moving vehicles by C-130 and C-17 [aircraft] has become really problematic.”

Light trucks are available, but would only be used in “maneuver combat’ where the enemy would not know the locations of U.S. forces and would not have enough time to plant landmines or bombs.

Lt. Gen. George Flynn, former commander of Marine Corps Combat Development Command, lamented the weight of today’s equipment. “How did we get so heavy?” he asked. “The enemy made us heavier. … Just about everything we have procured is heavier than what it’s replaced.”

Sauce

TV1 skrg ada rancangan pasal ATM GGK!

Looking forward to see the A400M at LIMA 2011.

Hopefully we'll also get to see the Eurocopter EC725 Cougar.

Cheers.

Zetro Services Sdn Bhd is both puzzled and appalled over the article “Zero coverage of Malaysian Airspace”. Zetro is puzzled with the title of this article, which seems to have very little relevance, if any at all, to the subject matter in the text and also as to why Zetro is implicated. Zetro is appalled at the misleading, inaccurate and often baseless information, statements and/or accusations contained in the article thus compelling it to put into the correct perspective, these serious and baseless allegations.
The contractorisation program was initiated in 1998, with the aim to develop the local Aerospace Industry towards achieving the national aspirations of self reliance. Five local companies were identified and, based on their inherent capabilities, awarded maintenance contracts with clearly demarcated areas of responsibilities to ensure an orderly and healthy environment for growth. AIROD to maintain all RMAF aircrafts mechanical parts and Zetro to maintain all Avionics and Ground Electronic equipment. Prior to the contractorisation, Zetro had collaborated very well with AIROD. Although, Zetro pioneered the in-country overhaul of the T56 Engine it was handed to AIROD in exchange for the Avionics, inline with the demarcation. Unfortunately, Zetro did not take over the Avionics from AIROD immediately as it was not aware of the impending changeover of AIROD ownership. However, since AIROD’s ownership changed hands, the public domain has been misinformed as if Zetro had taken over the Avionics contract awarded to AIROD.
In the case of the charges for the rate of transportation, Zetro would like to state categorically that the Government has not been charged even the RM50 in almost all cases as a sign of goodwill thus; Zetro is rather puzzled as to how the figures of 150 and 200 ringgits came about! Further, Zetro is also aware that the Government will not pay any rate that is outside the scope of the contract. The statements made by TnT are very prejudicial with collateral intention, the facts of which are only known to them and one would expect TnT to verify its statements prior to making them.
Considering that currently, Zetro holds an inventory of over 4000 test equipment of all types, applicable to its scope of work, including a number of state-of-the-art Automated Test Equipment and facilities, some, the only one of its kind in this region, it could hardly be said that Zetro lacks a commitment to invest. Zetro did not procure the test equipment proposed by a particular OEM because it cost more than 240Million ringgit and the conditions of sale stipulated were unsatisfactory. It would require a100 years or more for a return of investment. Nevertheless, Zetro in the interest of the Government and as an evidence to its commitment did invest, resulting in more than doubling it’s capabilities at a relatively much reduced cost. The consequent increase in Zetro’s capability has slowly but surely reduced the nation’s dependence on OEMs and vendors for repairs, subsequently reducing the turn around time and saving millions of ringgits by getting them repaired locally at Zetro. A visit to Zetro’s Centre of Excellence in Subang will reveal the commitment and metamorphosis Zetro’s capability enhancement program has undergone since the early days of contractorisation in 1998.
No MRO contract of a similar nature to Zetro’s contract is 100% perfect including those with the OEMs, who too are penalized for late deliveries. LDs occasionally do occur due to several factors affecting the turn around time. The number of LDs incurred by Zetro is very small and represents a small percentage when viewed with the total repairs carried out and delivered on time. LDs have been imposed on Zetro and they have been settled in accordance with the requirements of the contract. As for the no ceiling issue, both of Zetro’s contracts with the Government currently do have a ceiling.
Contrary to the TnT’s statement, the program to upgrade the RMAF trainer aircraft to the PC7 Mark ll was initiated in 2007 and not in 1997, further no such contract was awarded to Zetro either. The Government, however offered Zetro the offset program and Zetro responded by sending its engineers to Switzerland for training at the OEM facility. Nevertheless, the Government finally awarded the contract to AIROD based on the demarcation of responsibilities and certainly not because of the reason stated by TnT, which is really far removed from the truth. Zetro accepted the Government’s decision in good faith. In another case, though Zetro pursued a contract for more than six years, investing in facilities and human resources. AIROD was once again offered the contract and Zetro accepted the Government’s decision with dignity and complained to none.
Zetro went on an open bidding in the open market and several parties including MINDEF expressed their interest to rent the Zetro building. Zetro’s rates being very competitive and lower than prevailing market rate resulted in MINDEF opting to rent the building.
Zetro is relatively a small company with an organic growth of over 30 years focused on developing an indigenous capability in general and in radar technology in particular. Zetro has successfully completed several modernization/upgrade programs for both Air Traffic and Air Defence Radar systems in the RMAF, competing with OEMs to provide solutions which are for the first time truly customized to the RMAF operations whilst at the same time saving millions in taxpayers’ money. Since the contractoristion program in 1998, Zetro’s commitment to the requirements of the contract, in particular to the investment and development of its capabilities and the local industry, has culminated in a number of positive bargains to the Government. Zetro has progressed to offer a viable alternative and has forced OEMs to provide competitive prices for their products thus indirectly saving the Government’s spending. Zetro currently is positioned to provide viable and cost effective alternatives, solutions and options to the Malaysian Government in a domain, thus far dependent on foreign OEMs. Zetro is focused and committed to ensuring that no single OEM assumes total responsibility and the local aerospace industry is given a greater responsibility in the management and defence of the Malaysian air space.
TnT’s final claim to have had no positive response from ZSSB is indeed very surprising. Zetro is transparent and ever willing to ensure that timely and correct information is disseminated in the interest of all concerned. It seems to Zetro that the misleading arguments and information presented are the ill intentioned work of certain parties and is disappointed that a responsible blog like TnT did not exercise greater caution to verify their authenticity and has allowed itself to be used to serve the interest of such parties.

that is truly TL:DR post..

does anybody know which design has been selected for the SGPV program???
GOWIND or SIGMA design????

question!!!
is M.A.D still possible in these days

not yet, still on final phase.
probably in system planning!

Anyone read this entry from Malaysian Defence?

http://www.malaysiandefence.com/?p=1637

Apparently, there is more to the Brits offer for the Typhoons. If it's true, it would actually be a very good buy.

Now, before some of you say tl;dr basically, the Brits are offering Malaysia to purchase 10 Tranche 3 Typhoons. With this purchase, they will also throw in 20 Tranche 1 aircraft from the RAF (part of the cost saving program the UK is going through).

What's the difference you say? Well, Tranche 3 is the true MRCA variant of the Typhoon. Tranche 1 is for air interceptor role only but can be upgraded for an air to ground role.

We still have to pay for support, training, ordnance and various other equipment but still, not a bad deal for 30 aircraft.

This post has been edited by DeFaeco: Aug 5 2011, 12:10 PM