LIMA 2015 May Disappoint Fighter Aircraft Makers  ...

http://www.defenseworld.net/news/12423/LIM...rs#.VQrmV46Ue7Y

tbf rmn got their gowind while the army got av8, by right is rmaf turn to get their big ticket. I pity rmaf though it should be their turn now

LIMA 2015 May Disappoint Fighter Aircraft Makers  ...

http://www.defenseworld.net/news/12423/LIM...rs#.VQrmV46Ue7Y

Air Force Special Operations Command is working to makeits ultimate gunship a high-tech flying machine armed with lasers and microwave weapons and equipped with small drones.  The technology is almost ready to be outfitted in the service's special operations fleet. Later, upgraded versions of the new AC-130J Ghostrider could be outfitted with directed energy weapons for precision targeting. 

The service is testing its first AC-130J, and is building its next model with a new 105mm gun. The later versions, possibly in the 2020s, could remove the 105mm gun and replace it with a laser.  The service is not requesting money to begin the process of adding the laser to the AC-130J, but AFSOC commander Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold said he is hoping for more research and development funding to "flesh out the concept."  The laser would be added to a gunship already packed with weaponry. The new version of the AC-130 will also have, in addition to the 105mm gun, a 30mm cannon, Hellfire missiles, Griffin missiles and small diameter bombs. 

The Air Force should also research more science fiction-style technology for the aircraft, Heithold said Tuesday at an Air Force Association event. This includes the active denial system, a microwave weapon in testing that is designed for riot and crowd control. The weapon fires a high beam of energy to create an "intolerable heating sensation" on the skin, according to the Air Force.  The weapon would be effective in controlling riots from the air and causing people to disperse, Heithold said. "To me, there's great value in doing that," he said. 

The system being tested by the Air Force is placed on a truck and is designed for use by security forces for crowd control.  The AC-130J is outfitted with a common launch tube that can fire multiple munitions. In addition to weapons, however, the military should look at another use for the tube: drones, Heithold said.

No, am part of LIMA organising community,
Bell is closing shop, Dassault is closing shop, B52 came once on 2nd trade day and wont be coming back.
SU30 will still be there and the arremachi from UAE is the best to watch.

Ah man too bad then, i would love to collect some kind of freebies from theses makers like lanyard   

Tight budget hampers Malaysia's defence ambitions

POSTED: 20 Mar 2015 06:39   UPDATED: 20 Mar 2015 06:40

LANGKAWI, Malaysia: Budget constraints are jeopardising Malaysia's defence spending plans, which include replacing ageing fighter jets and beefing up its maritime capabilities.

While Malaysia has traditionally played down any tensions with China over the disputed South China Sea, it has long expressed concern about piracy and security along its land and coastal borders.

More recently, the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 after it flew unimpeded across the Malay Peninsula last year exposed gaps in the military's tracking of the skies.

"We have a lot of areas to be concerned about. The Straits of Malacca, the south-western part of the South China Sea and others," Navy chief Admiral Abdul Aziz Jaafar told Reuters on the sidelines of an airshow on the Malaysian coastal island resort of Langkawi this week.

"We don't have enough to cover it all. The best way is synergy, by working together with regional partners we can ensure maritime security," Jaafar added, referring to possible joint sea patrols among Southeast Asian nations.

Malaysia's 2015 defence budget of 17.7 billion ringgit (US$4.8 billion) does not offer much hope for new kit, given it includes only 3.6 billion ringgit (US$0.97 billion) for military procurement.

This has been earmarked mainly for the purchase of four Airbus Military A400M cargo planes as well as navy patrol vessels. An A400M was on display at the airshow along with recently acquired Airbus EC725 utility helicopters.

A prolonged slump in oil prices is expected to further hurt the net oil exporting nation while heavily indebted state investor 1MDB could drag on public finances.

"Malaysian acquisition plans have been continually postponed for reasons of financial constraints," said Richard Bitzinger, a security expert at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore.

"The navy is short of ships, and the army is similarly under-equipped. Compare sizes with, say, Singapore, which has more than five times as many frontline (jet) fighters and twice as many main battle tanks as the Malaysian armed forces."

Malaysia's top priority is to replace its ageing Russian MiG-29 fighters with 18 modern jets that would join a fleet of Boeing F/A-18Ds as well as Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30MKM warplanes.

Defence officials are assessing Boeing's newer F/A-18E/F, French firm Dassault's Rafale, Swedish manufacturer Saab's Gripen, and the Typhoon from European consortium Eurofighter.

Affordability would be key, air force chief General Roslan bin Saad told Reuters at the airshow. "We are discussing whether we should continue with these (MiG-29) jets or not. Nothing is final yet," he said.

Malaysian military sources expect the armed forces to push for more procurement funds in the next five-year plan starting in 2016.

"The armed forces want new fighter planes, maritime patrol aircraft, airborne early warning systems and anti-submarine helicopters. The military chiefs, however, are likely to be asked to prioritise their needs," said one Kuala Lumpur-based security expert who is close to senior military officers.

In the future, a fleet of heavy transport aircraft will reportedly be capable of moving a strategic unit of 400 Armata tanks, with ammunition, to anywhere in the world. And probably at hypersonic speed, enabling Russia to mount a global military response. 

According to a new design specification from the Military-Industrial Commission in Moscow, a transport aircraft, dubbed PAK TA, will fly at supersonic speeds (up to 2,000 km/h) and will boast an impressively high payload of up to 200 tons. It will also have a range of at least 7,000 kilometers. 

The PAK TA program envisages 80 new cargo aircraft to be built by 2024. This means in a decade Russia’s Central Command will be able to place a battle-ready armored army anywhere, Expert Online reports, citing a source in the military who attended the closed meeting.

One of the main tasks of the new PAK TA is to transport Armata heavy missile tanks and other military hardware on the same platform, such as enhanced self-propelled artillery weapons systems, anti-aircraft missile complexes, tactical missile carriers, multiple launch missile systems, and anti-tank missile fighting vehicles. 

The PAK TA freighters will be multilevel, with automated cargo loading and have the capability to airdrop hardware and personnel on any terrain.  A fleet of several dozen PAK TA air freighters will be able to lift 400 Armata heavy tanks, or 900 light armored vehicles, such as Sprut-SD airborne amphibious self-propelled tank destroyers. 

“With the development of a network of military bases in the Middle East, Latin America and Southeast Asia, which is expected to be completed during the same time period (by 2024), it’s obvious that Russia is preparing for a full-scale military confrontation of transcontinental scale,” Expert Online says.

Ah man too bad then, i would love to collect some kind of freebies from theses makers like lanyard   

Prelude penyerahan Helikopter Nuri kepada Tentera Darat Malaysia. (Foto: Rentaka)

And then there's two 


Prelude penyerahan Helikopter Nuri kepada Tentera Darat Malaysia. (Foto: Rentaka)

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Any significant effect on these Nuris being redeployed to direct army control (PUTD) instead of TUDM?

My guess is some of the current air force pilots will temporarily works under the army to train new pilots or maybe transfer terus to army

And the kluang putd base will undergo some upgrade to support these helis

I mean from doctrine and usage POV.

Now free for army to use helicopters anytime perhaps, instead of filling application forms to TUDM everytime want to use helicopters?

Another reason to still use the OTO-Melara pack howitzer, it's light and easy to transport by helicopter, even to the middle of nowhere!
A Nuri helicopter could probably transport the gun, the whole crew and a sizeable amount of ammunition in one go.