Noticias Varias.

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"Taiwan compra:"

 

 

0 AH-64D APACHE + 330 PATRIOT (PAC-3) missiles + 32 UGM-84L Sub-Launched HARPOON Block II missiles and 2 UTM-84L HARPOON Block II + upgrade of four E-2T Aircraft to the HAWKEYE 2000 configuration

 

-WASHINGTON, (October 3, 2008) the Defense Security Cooperation Agency DSCA notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Taiwan of the upgrade of four E-2T Aircraft to the HAWKEYE 2000 configuration. The total value, if all options exercised, could be as high as $ 250 million.

 

http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36...iwan_08-47.pdf

 

- WASHINGTON, (October 3, 2008)the Defense Security Cooperation Agency DSCA notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Taiwan of the 30 AH-64D Block III APACHE Longbow Attack Helicopters. The total value, if all options exercised, could be as high as $ 2.532 billion.

 

http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36...iwan_08-41.pdf

 

-WASHINGTON, (October 3, 2008)the Defense Security Cooperation Agency DSCA notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Taiwan of the 330 PATRIOT Advanced Capability (PAC-3) missiles. The total value, if all options exercised, could be as high as $ 3.1 billion.

 

http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36...iwan_08-56.pdf

 

-WASHINGTON, (October 3, 2008)the Defense Security Cooperation Agency DSCA notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Taiwan of the 32 UGM-84L Sub-Launched HARPOON Block II missiles and 2 UTM-84L HARPOON Block II Exercise missiles. The total value, if all options exercised, could be as high as $ 200 million.

 

http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36...iwan_08-46.pdf

 

-WASHINGTON, (October 3, 2008) the Defense Security Cooperation Agency DSCA notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Taiwan which provides funds for the establishment of a blanket order requisition case for follow-on spare parts in support of F-5E/F, C-130H, F-16A/B, and Indigenous Defense Fighter IDF aircraft, communication equipment, radar, and other related elements of logistics support. The total value, if all options exercised, could be as high as $ 334 million.

 

http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36...iwan_08-57.pdf

 

-WASHINGTON, (October 3, 2008) the Defense Security Cooperation Agency DSCA notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Taiwan of 182 JAVELIN guided missile rounds and 20 JAVELIN command launch units. The total value, if all options exercised, could be as high as $ 47 million.

 

http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36...iwan_08-70.pdf

 

 

"Implentacion del VDI en Los Eurofighters Españoles"

 

 

Spanish Typhoons To Test Voice Recognition

 

A speech recognition system that can work with any English-speaking pilot, regardless of accent, is to be flight tested on Eurofighter Typhoons in Spain.

 

Unlike the current General Electric Aerospace direct voice input (DVI) system in the Typhoon, the new system is designed not to require specific “training” to recognize voice commands from particular pilots. Like the existing DVI, the “speaker-independent” system is designed to reduce pilot workload by executing voice control over more than 26 operating functions ranging from radar mode and display switching to various navigation tasks.

 

Developed by Redmond, Wash.-based speech-recognition specialists Conversay, the system is now being integrated directly with the flight control system computers. The system was picked for further development by General Dynamics U.K. after initial flight trials with EADS Casa, and will continue in the next phase with the installation of speaker-independent systems on two Spanish air force Typhoons.

 

“The intent is to verify the accuracy of the new recognition system,” says Conversay president Peyvand Khademi, who adds the initial flight trial phase did not interact directly with aircraft systems, but simply displayed words on a read-out to verify voice recognition. The system works with the Green Hills Software-developed Integrity real-time operating system selected in 2005 for the development and implementation of mission-critical systems in updates to the Typhoon.

 

Aravind Ganapathiraju, executive vice president of technology at Conversay, says two key breakthroughs enabled the development. These were software to interpret the different accents of British, German, Italian and Spanish pilots, and recognition systems that could make out commands despite background noise from airflow over the canopy, g-induced voice distortion and the regulator in the pilot’s oxygen mask.

 

“After recording all the significantly different acoustic signatures we figured out a way of encoding different pronunciations, and developing a system to handle the idiosyncrasies of various nationalities when they speak English,” Ganapathiraju said.

 

 

"La US Navy consigue:"

 

The Navy’s request for aviation money went smoothly through Congress this year, as lawmakers agreed that the service needs more than $14.5 billion for new aircraft procurement.

 

One of only a few adjustments came when Congress cut one F-35C Lightning II from the Navy’s request, bringing the total buy for fiscal 2009 down to seven.

 

The near-term size of the fighter fleet is a vital question for the Navy as it works to address a so-called “fighter gap” beginning in 2015. That’s when older-model F/A-18 Hornet aircraft will be retiring faster than new F-35Cs will come online. The shortfall occurs from 2015 to 2025, with the gap at its widest — 69 planes — in 2017.

 

Congress has agreed to the Navy’s request for 23 new F/A-18E/F Super Hornets at a cost of about $1.6 billion for fiscal year 2009.

 

Last year, the Navy planned on requesting 20 Super Hornets for fiscal year 2009, but it added three fighters to the request when the budget proposal was submitted in February.

 

Congress recently released its conference report on next year’s budget, which had not been signed by the president as of Oct. 2.

 

Lawmakers granted many of the Navy’s other aircraft budget requests. They included:

 

• $2.1 billion for 30 V-22 Ospreys.

 

• $1.6 billion for 22 EA-18G Growlers.

 

• $474 million for 20 UH-1Y/AH-1Z helicopters.

 

• $470 million for 18 MH-60R Seahawk helicopters.

 

• $496 million for three E-2C Hawkeyes.

 

Some big-ticket modification projects slated for fiscal 2009 include $297 million for the P-3 Orion fleet, which is undergoing intensive “life-sustainment improvements,” according to the request.

 

The Navy has grounded 40 aircraft, or roughly 20 percent of the fleet, citing “structural fatigue” and fears that wing sections could break off in flight.

 

The aircraft will be replaced by the P-8A Poseidon beginning in fiscal 2013.

 

 

"MAS Lakotas EC-145 para USA:"

 

EADS North America to Provide the U.S. Navy with UH-72 Lakota Light Utility Helicopters

 

ARLINGTON, VA --- The U.S. Navy has become a new military user of the UH-72 Light Utility Helicopter, provided by EADS North America, with the service ordering five aircraft for use in pilot training at the Naval Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Maryland.

 

With this new acquisition, the Navy joins the active Army and the Army National Guard in acquiring UH-72 Lakotas -- underscoring the twin-engine helicopter's versatility in a full range of operational missions and applications. The Navy's firm fixed-price order is valued at more than $24 million. Deliveries are scheduled from October 2009 through January 2010.

 

"The U.S. Navy contract is a further validation of the UH-72's versatility and mission capability, and confirms EADS North America's capacity to perform as a top-tier military supplier," said Ralph D. Crosby, EADS North America's Chairman and CEO. "We have delivered over 40 Lakotas on time and on budget to the Army and National Guard, and are committed to continuing this high standard of performance with the Navy."

 

UH-72A Lakota helicopters have been in the U.S. Army inventory since late 2006. Today, more than 40 aircraft are operating with Army and Army National Guard units across the country. More than 350 Lakotas are currently planned for acquisition by the Army through 2017, with mission responsibilities ranging from homeland security to support and logistics missions.

 

Production of the UH-72 is performed at the Golden Triangle Regional airport in Columbus, Mississippi under the management of American Eurocopter, an EADS North America business unit. The Light Utility Helicopter's production facility is a 220,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art addition to American Eurocopter's rotary-wing aircraft center of excellence previously operating at Columbus.

 

Lakota deliveries to the Army and National Guard currently average three to four helicopters per month, with the capacity to reach five UH-72s monthly.

 

The military UH-72 is based on the highly successful Eurocopter EC145 multi-role civilian helicopter, which is in service worldwide for transport, medical evacuation, off-shore, law enforcement and other missions.

 

 

"EL Eurofighter toma Fuerza en Japon ante la negativa continuada de Estados Unidos en vender el F-22:"

 

Eurofighter gets serious about Japan's F-X contest

 

The Eurofighter Typhoon is becoming a serious contender in Japan's forthcoming F-X fighter competition, with industry sources saying that Tokyo is taking the European fighter more seriously in the much-anticipated tender.

 

"If you had asked me a year ago, I would have said that the Typhoon did not have a chance due to the close US-Japan ties. I am no longer sure of that," says a Tokyo-based industry source close to the Japanese defence ministry. "Washington's continued refusal to release information on the [Lockheed Martin] F-22 has strained bilateral defence ties, and Japanese politicians and bureaucrats are eyeing the Typhoon as a viable alternative to the other American fighters that are on offer."

 

Under its F-X competition, Japan is seeking around 50 aircraft to replace its ageing McDonnell Douglas F-4s. It has delayed issuing a request for proposals for the past two years while unsuccessfully lobbying the US Congress to overturn the Obey Amendment, which prohibits the sale of the F-22 to any foreign government due to its high level of sensitive technology.

 

Sources say that Tokyo will push one more time next year, after the US presidential and Congressional elections and Japan's own general elections. If it fails again, it will turn its attention to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Delays in the JSF's delivery schedule, however, could result in Japan following Australia's lead and ordering an interim batch of fighters to prevent a drop in its air capability.

 

In that situation, Tokyo will likely choose between the Typhoon and Boeing's F/A-18E/F and F-15E. Australia's order for the F/A-18E/F has given the type a boost, while the fact that Japan is the largest operator of the F-15C outside the USA could give that fighter's successor an advantage.

 

Eurofighter, however, argues that the Typhoon has the most modern platform of the three and stresses its willingness to share much of the fighter's technology with Japanese industry, a fact that will remind Tokyo of the USA's rebuff over the F-22 every time that they bring it up. With orders for the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries F-2, a Japanese version of the Lockheed Martin F-16, ending, MHI will also welcome the opportunity to continue with its licence-production business.

 

Given that Japan is likely to operate alongside the US military in any conflict, some observers argue that it makes more sense for the country to go with the US defence contractors. However, sources close to Eurofighter point out that the UK and Italy - both also allies of the USA - will operate a combination of F-35s and Typhoons in the future as well.

 

"Japan's existing F-4s and F-15s are cannot be used for much longer, even with upgrades, while the F-2 is an old platform. The UK and Italy are evidence that the USA could operate with the Typhoon in the mix. In fact, a combination of the F-35 and Typhoon could result in Japan having the most modern fleet possible," says a second source.

[Xingular]

osea, a todo esto, que Korea compra 0 Apaches :lol:

[DesolacioN]

osea, a todo esto, que Korea compra 0 Apaches :lol:

y para que quiere tantos?