Russian MiG-29 with 5 Georgian drone killmark

its 'splash' from the main gun

26 Apr 13 : Pesawat MiG-29UB (M43-01) Catat Sejarah Dunia

KUANTAN, 26 Apr 13 – Pesawat MiG-29UB (M43-01) Two Seater dari No 17 Skuadron telah diakui dan diiktiraf oleh RAC MiG Design Bureau (OEM) sebagai pesawat MiG-29 pertama di dunia mencapai 2000 jam penerbangan. Pengiktirafan ini telah disahkan oleh Designer Engineer dari RAC MiG Design Bureau, Russia ketika melaksanakan pemeriksaan ke atas struktur badan pesawat di Aerospace Technology System Corp (ATSC) Sdn Bhd, PU Kuantan. Pemeriksaan ini telah bermula mulai 16 Apr 13 hingga 27 Apr 13 dan hasil pemeriksaan mendapati pesawat MiG-29UB tersebut masih berkeupayaan untuk beroperasi dengan selamat. Pengiktirafan ini merupakan suatu kebanggaan kepada No 17 Skuadron khasnya dan TUDM amnya di mana pencapaian tersebut telah membuktikan keupayaan juruterbang dan kejuruteraan untuk menerbangkan dan menyelenggara pesawat dengan selamat sehingga mencapai jam penerbangan yang banyak.

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agreed..sue those sons of b******!

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Indonesian Army sends armed helos to Sudan
Suherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, Semarang | Archipelago | Mon, April 29 2013, 9:34 AM


The Indonesian Army is sending three armed helicopters to Darfur, Sudan, as part of a peacekeeping mission.

The aviators and support personnel will be assigned to the Indonesian Military’s (TNI’s) peacekeeping force, the Garuda Contingent (Konga), deployment XXXV-A, and will depart for Darfur in July for a 1-year tour.

The aircraft, three Russian-made Mi-17 V5 helicopter gunships, will be transported by a giant Ukrainian-made Antonov An-124 Ruslan strategic lift transport aircraft.

Konga XXXV-A commander Lt. Col. Eko Priyanto said his contingent would comprise 120 officers and enlisted soldiers.

“Each helicopter will be manned by two pilots and two co-pilots. All personnel are ready to go,” Eko said. “They have been undergoing preparation for the last month at the Army Aviation Center in Semarang.”

The Konga soldiers would be “expected to be able to fly their helicopters at all time and over all types of terrain for air mobility, evacuation and search and rescue duties”, Eko added.



Type:- Mi.17-V5 Hip Serial:- HA-5139 Service:-Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Darat Unit:- Skadron Udara Angkatan Darat 31 Base:- Semarang-Achmad Yani (Pos: 06°58'"S 110°22'"E)


UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the Indonesian government in March 2012 to make available TNI helicopters to supplement its peacekeeping missions.

The appeal was made when Ban visited the Indonesian Peacekeeping Center (PMPP) in Sentul, West Java, and was repeated when he addressed the Jakarta International Defense Dialogue.

PMPP Center commander Brig. Gen. Imam Edy told The Jakarta Post that the contingent would supplement the United African Union Mission in Darfur or UNAMID’s aviation arm, providing logistics and medevac services.

The TNI previously deployed a Navy warship equipped with a German-made shipborne NBO-105 light helicopter under the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). “But the helicopter only served the warship and not the mission,” Imam said.

Asked if the TNI would send ground troops to Darfur, Imam said there had been a political decision from the President and that troops were being prepared for future deployments. “We are still preparing the finances to deploy ground troops to Darfur.”

Indonesia currently has several National Police officers deployed to Darfur under the UN.

According to Army chief Gen. Pramono Edhie Wibowo on Saturday, this is the first time Indonesia will be involved in UN peacekeeping operations using helicopters. Pramono was at the Army Aviation Center in Semarang, Central Java, to inspect the troops and helicopters to be sent to Sudan.

He said that Indonesian peacekeepers had developed a good reputation on peacekeeping missions, which have dated to the first Garuda Contingent deployment in the 1960s. “Therefore you have to keep it,” the general said.

Meanwhile, two of the soldiers to be deployed are women: First Lt. Des Wiwik and Second Sgt. Widya.

“I believe that the Indonesian peacekeepers will be accepted in Sudan,” Wiwik told the Post.

The lieutenant said that she was proud to be part of the mission and expected that everything would go smoothly so that she and her soldiers could return home safely.

Members of the contingent will also have a cultural mission and will be trained to perform various traditional dances, according to officials.


Source: The Jakarta Post


NOTES:

The Mil Mi-17 (also known as the Mi-8M series in Russian service, NATO reporting name "Hip") is a Russian medium twin-turbine transport helicopter that can also act as a gunship.
The designation Mi-17 is for export; Russian armed forces call it Mi-8MT. The Mi-17 can be recognized because it has the tail rotor on the port side instead of the starboard side, and dust shields in front of the engine intakes.

Six Mi-17-V5 Hip H transport helicopters were received by 31 Squadron Heli Serbu Berat, Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Darat in August 2008. It is also used by our Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia.

On guard
The Jakarta Post, Makassar | Jakarta | Tue, April 30 2013, 8:35 AM




A soldier from the Army’s Wirabuana Military Command watches over a gas station in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Monday. The government tightened security at all 39 gas stations in Makassar on Monday, just ahead of a fuel price hike. (Antara/Sahrul Manda Tikupadang)

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Thailand receives more Gripen fighters
Published: April 29, 2013 at 2:57 PM





LINKOPING, Sweden, April 29 (UPI) -- Sweden's Defense Export Agency FMV has delivered three more Saab JAS 39 Gripens to Thailand, bringing Thailand's Gripen fleet to nine.

Three additional Gripen fighters are to be delivered to the Thai air force this year, completing the procurement process.

Thailand first ordered six of the multirole fighter in 2008. The deal included a Saab 340 AEW and a Saab 340 for transport and training. Comprehensive logistic support, pilot and technician were also part of the package.

A second agreement was in late 2010 for six additional Gripens of the C variant, as well as a a Saab 340 with Erieye radar and the Swedish RB 15F missile system.

The Gripen is a single-engine aircraft with a maximum speed of 1,320 miles per hour at altitude and a service ceiling of 50,000 feet. Its combat radius is 432 miles. Weaponry includes a cannon, rockets and a variety of missiles and bombs.

Source: UPI

Early voting for security personnel

watched the news at TV1 just now..spotted a very beautiful young policewoman in the voting news for Bukit Aman PD...damnnn~~ young and beautiful policewomen shown in Gerak Khas dramas is no jokes..

Iron Curtain Successful in Firing Tests






The Iron Curtain active protection system (APS) for protected vehicles has recently passed a successful test series on board an armored vehicle provided by BAE Systems for U.S. government testing. According to Keith Brendley, CEO of Artis, LLC, developer of Iron Curtain, the system performed flawlessly durin the tests, defeating all shots directed at the vehicle through a highly demanding test series. “We proved not only that Iron Curtain defeats threats and saves lives, but the risk from collateral damage is minimal, especially when compared with the alternative.”

“In addition to these compelling test results, Iron Curtain has an approved safety architecture as unanimously recommended by the Joint Services Weapons Safety Review Board. These accomplishments along with our cost studies show that this system is affordable and ready to integrate today,” said Brendley.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXNb-VF6FIQ...player_embedded


Iron Curtain intercepts threats such as rocket-propelled grenades few inches from the protected vehicle, rendering them inert, even if the threat was fired from extremely close range. Iron Curtain uses two independent sensors – radar and optical, coupled with high-speed processor and effectors surrounding the protected vehicle, providing a protective curtain. The system’s radar was developed by Mustang Technology Group in Plano, Texas.

“In addition to these compelling test results, Iron Curtain has an approved safety architecture as unanimously recommended by the Joint Services Weapons Safety Review Board. These accomplishments along with our cost studies show that this system is affordable and ready to integrate today,” said Brendley.

According to Mark Signorelli, Vice President and General Manager Vehicle Systems, BAE Systems Land and Armaments, Iron Curtain was selected for the test because of its test history, maturity, robust capability against many types of threats, and safety to personnel outside the vehicle.

Source: Defense Update

NOTES:

How Iron Curtain Works

(1) A C-band radar detects and tracks an incoming round, alerting the system and switching it from armed-ready to an armed state. (2) At close range, a distributed optical sensor classifies the threat to select aimpoint and determine which countermeasure (CM) to fire. (3) The CM acts straight down, killing the threat with minimal collateral damage to personnel in close proximity.

Iron Curtain Attributes

• Reconfigurable to arbitrary perimeters
• Extensible to broad array of threats
• Minimal collateral damage
• Extremely low False Alarm Rate (FAR)
• Low cost compared to other APS
• All solid state and modularized for durability
• Significant built-in test (BITS) capability
• Architecture approved by Joint System Safety Board

The system is low weight, low cost and occupies minimal internal footprint. The countermeasure acts very close to the vehicle resulting in low collateral damage. Using independent sensors – optical and radar – yields a minimal false alarm rate.

Iron Curtain’s ability to classify targets, along with its array of countermeasures, enables it to efficiently address new and emerging threats, usually with nothing more than a software change. With the rapid introduction of new threats this flexibility enables Iron Curtain to be modified in reaction to threat changes and prevents the system from becoming obsolete.

System Integration

Iron Curtain can be configured to protect almost any surface, from just the sides of a vehicle to all-around protection, including top. Iron Curtain has been tested on an uparmored HMMWV, and is currently being integrated onto the MATV. It successfully completed recent OSD sponsored Live Fire Test & Evaluation (LFT&E). Iron Curtain provides more protection than conventional approaches – such as bar armor – and is easier to integrate.

Typhoon test pilots begin Night Vision Goggles trials
Published April 29, 2013 | By Rob Vogelaar





Adding to the very latest technologies that the Helmet Mounted Symbology System offers along with the night compatible cockpit, the FENN NG2000Ti goggles will provide pilots with x-ray like vision right through the night.
Night Vision Goggle trials are ongoing and demonstrate the continued efforts to integrate the latest technologies into the Typhoon system.

An experience

Nat Makepeace, Typhoon project pilot tells us about his experience from the recent night trials.
Light is required

The first thing to say about Night Vision Goggles is that they do not work in total darkness. They need some light to work, but in practice even on the darkest night in the remotest part of the world, there is normally enough light to make them work. It should also be noted that the amount of light is proportional to the performance, i.e. the picture quality, so on a moonlit night the quality of the image is amazing, but on a dark night it is grainy and hard to see any fine detail. This, amongst other reasons, is why it often takes a lot of time to test military equipment. It has to cover such a wide spectrum of use and it is important to understand the strengths and weaknesses before operational use.

Formation flying

So with this in mind we had to look at how they would perform in service use. As well as the tactical stuff I looked at formation flying. It’s quite odd being sat a few feet away from an aircraft that can’t see you, I was happy but the other pilot must have been thinking he was insane. We did some formation manoeuvring as well as a formation approach.

Stars in Typhoon pilots eyes

Once that was complete I had to do a climb to over 50,000 feet to make sure that the breathing system was unaffected by the changes to the helmet. At that point, even though the sun had set about two hours before, there was a beautiful glow at this height to the west with some amazing blue and purple hues. It was a very clear night and the Milky Way was easily visible, but through Night Vision Goggles it was incredible, just millions of more stars became visible, a truly amazing sight to see. It was a bonus to an otherwise routine test flight. It really did make the universe look “out of this world.”

Source: AviationNews.eu

World's first crowdsourced tank design





How do you design a tank in the age of the Internet? Not by drawing up secret blueprints in underground labs, that's for sure. Instead, you make a huge toolbox available to thousands, and offer a million bucks to the one who comes up with the best design? That's what the Defense Department's research arm, DARPA, just did.

Ground Systems, a team of three people all living in different states, created the design shown here using DARPA's VehicleFORGE online tools. Thousands of parts, materials, and other parameters could be swapped out, tweaked, and modified in order to create a vehicle platform that would be powerful and efficient but also easy to build and repair.

The design isn't particularly futuristic itself, but shows how designing something as complex and powerful as tanks and weapons can be done effectively using Internet-era collaboration tools. Plus, the winning team pockets the cool million, as the design itself goes on to further testing by the military.






The "Fast, Adaptable, Next-Generation Ground Vehicle" (FANG) project opened for registration early last year, and the process of putting together teams and vehicles progressed slowly. Over 1,000 participants and 200 teams contributed, and all their work was evaluated using a rigorous set of requirements — for instance, will this part require regular replacement, or be very expensive to manufacture?

As it turns out, the winning design looks a lot like the concept put forward by DARPA at the outset. But the point wasn't to design a science-fiction tank, but to make a drivetrain platform that meets basic needs in an affordable and innovative way.

The next step is for the platform to actually be built by DARPA's build team, iFab, based at Penn State University. If it succeeds in basic testing and manufacturing, it will be sent out for further evaluation at a facility in Michigan.

It's all part of the Tactical Technology Office's "Adaptable Vehicle Make" program, which is testing new methods for creating and testing systems like the FANG platform. If FANG proves successful, the process could potentially be applied to anything, from guns to aircraft.


Source: NBC News

Shenyang J-11BS - A tandem twin seat version of the J-11B under development, initially developed to serve as a combat-capable training aircraft for J-11B pilots. It is reported that the first prototype was built by the end of 2007 and it is also rumored that a prototype aircraft crashed in 2009 during a test flight. It is believed that the letter S stands for Shuangzuo, meaning twin seater in Chinese. On June 9, 2007, a model of the J-11BS was revealed to the public during the opening ceremony of the new aerospace museum of the Harbin Institute of Technology. As of 2012, the number of J-11B and J-11BS in service is over 120

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Its Captas and Smart S for LCS/Laksamana class




SHAH ALAM : As reported first here previously, it has now been confirmed that the Thales Captas towed array sonar and Smart S radar have been selected for the LCS/Laksamana class.


BHIC Bhd announced this today :

KUALA LUMPUR : Boustead Heavy Industries Corp. Bhd (BHIC) has accepted two contracts from Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS) for two projects under the littoral combat ships programme.

BHIC said on Monday its sub-subsidiary, Contraves Advanced Devices Sdn Bhd had accepted the contracts from BNS for the programme which will be carried out over 10 years.

The first contract is for the Thales underwater systems CAPTAS towed array sonar complete with simulators valued at RM287.02mil.



Captas





Smart S Mk2 radar






There is no word whether its the Captas 2 or 4 has been selected but the 4 is the most prolific one in service today including for the US LCS. Another interesting thing about the contracts is that they include simulators which will of course aid training for the crew. Noteworthy is also the price of the radar which is to me looks decent enough to replace those on the Kedah class.

Coming fast on the heels of the confirmation of the 57mm gun, hopefully, this will signal the start of the project.



- Malaysian Defence -

Singapore's submarine RSS Swordsman commissioned today
Published on Apr 30, 2013 5:23 PM


The last of Singapore's most advanced submarines was declared battle-ready on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, sharpening the capabilities of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) in underwater warfare. -- FILE PHOTO: MINDEF


The last of Singapore's most advanced submarines was declared battle-ready on Tuesday, sharpening the capabilities of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) in underwater warfare.

The RSS Swordsman was commissioned, following more than two years of tests and torpedo-firing exercises in Sweden and in the warmer and more corrosive waters here. The 60.5m diesel-electric vessel arrived in Singapore in last December. This is the second Archer-class vessel to be added to the RSN's 171 Squadron, after the first, RSS Archer, was declared operational in 2011. The submarine squadron also comprises four ageing Challenger-class submarines.

Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who was at the ceremony in Changi Naval Base, said the new vessel will strengthen the navy's ability to safeguard Singapore's "continued and unimpeded access to the maritime routes".

He noted that Monday's ceremony also marked the end of the RSN's eight year journey to replace some of the Challenger-class submarines, which were built in the 1960s.

Source: Straits Times


NOTES:

RSS Swordsman (ex-HMS Västergötland)

The Archer class submarines are the newest class of diesel-electric submarines in active service with the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). Originally launched as the Swedish Navy Västergötland class submarines HMS Hälsingland and HMS Västergötland in 1986 and 1987, the two submarines were sold to Singapore in November 2005 and relaunched in June 2009 and October 2010 respectively after extensive modernisation by Kockums, which included a refit to Södermanland class standards, the insertion of a new hull section with an air independent propulsion system, and additional climatisation for use in tropical waters.

In November 2005, the Singapore Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) placed a contract with Kockums for the supply of two Archer Class (Ex-Västergötland Class) submarines under the Northern Lights programme. The contract also included crew training and logistics support.

The Archer Class submarines serve the 171 Squadron of the RSN. It can accommodate 28 crew members.

The first submarine in class, RSS Archer, was launched in June 2009 at Kockums Shipyard in Karlskrona. The submarine arrived at Singapore in August 2011. It was commissioned into the RSN in December 2011. The RSS Swordsman was launched in October 2010. The submarine returned to Changi Naval Base in December 2012.

The Archer Class incorporates a single-hull design. The hull integrates a fully equipped eight metre-long Stirling AIP section. The submarines also feature two pressure-tight compartments for increased safety and survivability of the crew. The stealth capabilities were refined for avoiding detection by hostile forces.

The Archer Class submarines are armed with six 533mm (21") and three 400mm (16") torpedo tubes. The 533mm tubes can launch heavy-weight anti-ship torpedoes, while the 400mm tubes are capable of launching lightweight anti-submarine torpedoes. The onboard torpedo system provides the ability to engage targets at long ranges.


Displacement: Surfaced: 1,400 t (1,400 long tons; 1,500 short tons)
Submerged: 1,500 t (1,500 long tons; 1,700 short tons)
Length: 60.5 m (198 ft 6 in)
Beam: 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in)
Draft: 5.6 m (18 ft 4 in)
Propulsion: 2× Hedemora diesel-electric engines
2× Kockums v4-275R Sterling AIP units
Speed: Surfaced: 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Submerged: 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)




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Here’s how a Typhoon multirole aircraft can hit two targets at the same time with a single targeting pod
The Aviationist, April 29, 2013





The recent article about the Typhoon fighter jet performing first laser guided, self designating, simultaneous guided bomb drops sparked some debate.

Although other aircraft are known to have similar capabilities, some readers asked how a combat plane could hit two targets at same time with only a single laser designator of the Litening pod.

I asked Andrea Kay, Senior Communications Advisor at BAE Systems, one of the companies of the Eurofighter consortium, to shed some light on the matter.

Andrea inquired his colleague Bob Smith, Engineering Director for Combat Air and here is Smith’s response:

“The Litening Pod is capable of illuminating/tracking multiple targets at any point in time, however, the implementation on the RAF Tranche 1 Aircraft was an austere implementation, limiting the system to a single target attack at any one time . So the answer to the specific question below is yes it does switch between targets at a high rate. The Laser does not need to change frequency for each target because the bomb is assigned to a target and just follows the Laser beam.”


Source: The Aviationist

Musharraf banned from politics for lifetime
E Pakistan News Apr 30th, 2013 at (1 hour ago)

Pakistan, Peshawar News : Former Military Ruler Mushrraf banned from the politics lifetime, orders issued by the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Monday, E Pakistan News Reported.

A four-member larger bench, headed by PHC Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan and comprising of Justice Malik Manzoor, Justice Syed Afsar Shah and Justice Ikramullah ruled that since Musharraf had abrogated the Constitution twice, he could not be allowed to contest elections for either the National Assembly or the Senate.

Announcing the decision, Justice Khan said Musharraf had imposed an illegal emergency and targeted the judiciary, therefore the court was imposing a life-time ban on the retired general, barring him from contesting polls for the national and provincial assemblies as well as the Senate.

The bench also rejected the former president’s appeal over the rejection of his nomination papers from NA-32 (Chitral).

Although Musharraf’s legal battles have provided an electrifying sideshow in the election race, he commands scant popular support and the outcome of the drama is unlikely to have much impact on the final results.

Source: E Pakistan Nrews

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The American military is using Chinese satellites
Posted by Piotr Chodak, China Daily Mail ⋅ April 30, 2013 ⋅


U.S. forces are so heavily saturated with different communication devices that if not transmitted by satellite would cause serious problems.

Data flow is so great that there are no adequate available satellites. The Pentagon has quietly hired a Chinese satellite, APSTAR-7, through which will flow communications with the army in Africa.

Information about buying Chinese satellite transfers arose at a meeting of one of the sub-committees of the U.S. Congress.

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Space Policy Doug Loverro said that the Pentagon had paid 10 million dollars for a one-year contract with the Chinese.

The hired satellite was launched in March 2012 and placed in geostationary orbit, which means it is constantly hanging over one point of the earth, more specifically the equator.

Due to the embargo of military technology, it is ironic that the APSTAR-7 is used by he Americans, who are the leaders in the construction of satellites, but there is no satellite available from the USA.

The Pentagon hired a Chinese device to improve communication with the troops in Africa, because its own military satellites, and those already hired from other countries, lacked capacity. The capacity was only available from the Chinese, Mr Loverro said.

For a dce, the Pentagon has been forced to transfer military data by civilian satellites, because of the lack of capacity on the military satellites. There is no prospect of that changing in the future.

This immediately raised questions about the security of information transmitted over the APSTAR-7.

Mr Loverro said that the Chinese people will not have access to them due to the complex encryption and unspecified “additional security transfer.”

But not everyone is convinced by the Pentagon’s arguments.

“I’m amazed. The agreement was announced openly, so the Chinese can not have doubts about who is using their satellites. They will probably save a copy of all the data,” said Dan Cheng, an analyst at the Heritage Foundation.

In his view, from past experience, the Chinese will certainly try to bite through security. Even if they do not break the code, the data has been handed to them, and will serve as valuable learning material.

Source: China Daily Mail