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The vehicle, built with company funding
- Posted at 11:16 on 2009-Nov-8 by whoy329 A new version of the CV90 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) optimised for the British Army's Future Rapid Effect System - Scout (FRES - Scout) requirement has been completed by BAE Systems Global Combat Systems. The vehicle, built with company funding, has already carried out initial mobility trials at the Millbrook Proving Ground and initial firing trials at pearl jewelry Shoeburyness firing range. The modified CV90, which has a combat weight of around 30 tonnes, features a slightly shorter and lower-profile chassis and a door, rather than a biwa pearl ramp, in the rear. The chassis is fitted with a new two-person turret that leverages from the BAE Systems Global Combat Systems Manned Turret Integration Programme 2 (MTIP2), which has already gained manned crew clearance. BAE Systems has invested over GBP25 million (USD41 million) in this turret development. The turret is armed with the akoya pearl CTAI 40 mm Case Telescoped Armament System, which has already been mandated by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) not only for this vehicle but also for the Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme (WCSP), for which bids have to be submitted to the MoD in mid-November. 0 Comments - Post Comment - Permanent Link
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India was the largest export customer
- Posted at 11:16 on 2009-Nov-8 by whoy329 The Indian Army's artillery directorate is considering the acquisition of additional Soviet-designed 130 mm M-46 field guns, developed in the 1950s, from surplus stocks within the pearl jewelry former Soviet republics to augment its severely depleted firepower. Official sources said delays and constant postponement in acquiring new howitzers to replace and supplement the 410 Bofors 155 mm/39 cal guns procured in the late 1980s had promoted this possibility in a bid to plug the army's artillery shortfall. India was the largest export customer for biwa pearl M-46 artillery pieces, with an estimated 800 purchased from the late 1960s onwards and employed during the 1971 war with Pakistan. Thereafter, under the Field Artillery Rationalisation Plan finalised in the late 1980s, the army aimed by 2020-25 to acquire a mix of around 3,200 to 3,600 155 mm/52 cal and 155 mm/39 cal towed, wheeled, tracked and light howitzers for 180 of akoya pearl around 220 artillery regiments. The new guns were intended to replace the six different calibres the artillery currently deploys. |
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The proposed replacement of Australia's
- Posted at 11:15 on 2009-Nov-8 by whoy329 The proposed replacement of Australia's six Collins-class submarines with a 12-strong fleet of what are likely to be the world's largest conventional submarines could cost as much as AUD36 billion (USD33 billion), a leading think-tank has warned. In a report published on 30 October the pearl jewelry Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) argues that the capabilities mandated for the new submarines may need to be tempered by the harsh realities of financial, industrial, engineering and workforce constraints. The ability of the world market to biwa pearl provide an off-the-shelf solution as the basis of the new fleet should not be abandoned early, the report stated. "For example, an acceptable compromise might be the akoya pearl spiral development of a smaller, but still lethal, submarine based on an existing design. It could be the case that even this modest suggestion will push us to the limits," said the report. |
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Boeing stated that two major factors
- Posted at 11:15 on 2009-Nov-8 by whoy329 The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is well placed to fulfil both the Indian and Brazilian fighter requirements, the company and its industry partners said on 28 October. Boeing and its Team Super Hornet partners – Raytheon and General Electric (GE) – presented a broad-ranging review of the F/A-18E/F's position in both the pearl jewelry Indian Air Force's (IAF's) Medium-Multirole Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) programme for 163 aircraft plus 63 options and the Brazilian Air Force's F-X2 tender for the first 36 of what is projected to be a total of 120 fighters. Boeing stated that two major factors make the Super Hornet competitive in both markets: the first one being that the economies of scale that result from both the biwa pearl aircraft and its major subsystems are still hot (active) production lines and hence have steadily reduced the unit cost of the aircraft; the other is that the modular nature of the aircraft's sensors and propulsion system permit technology insertion that dramatically increases performance at minimal expense. "The history of the F/A-18E/F's development has now seen a negative slope in terms of cost and a positive slope in terms of capability. For this reason we feel for the first time we are competing on even terms with the [Lockheed Martin] F-16 in terms of price," stated Boeing Military Aircraft IDS President Chris Chadwick. Raytheon representatives, who also briefed during the akoya pearl New Delhi conference, emphasised that "Raytheon provided the first AESA [active electronically scanned array] radar sets to both the USAF [US Air Force] and USN [US Navy]", and that the company continues to leverage technological improvements across its product lines in improving the Super Hornet's AN/APG-79 radar. |
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KKR had not commented at the time of publication
- Posted at 11:14 on 2009-Nov-8 by whoy329 Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) is poised to take over Northrop Grumman's TASC government advisory services unit for more than USD1 billion, sources familiar with negotiations informed Jane's. Previous reports have identified both KKR and another private equity company General Atlantic to be in the running for the pearl jewelry Northrop Grumman business, but KKR "seems to be the winner", said the figure, adding that an announcement of the purchase is "imminent". "Everyone on the street has shown an interest," the biwa pearl source added, "because there are big deals out there where businesses are looking to deploy capital." KKR had not commented at the time of publication. Furthermore, expectations were that the value of the akoya pearl sale would be below USD1 billion, "but it's above USD1 billion", said the figure. Northrop Grumman defence contractor is understood to have hired investment bank Goldman Sachs to assist with the deal. |