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Si en plus les medias Français ont "deux de tension" pour reagir continuent de diffuser les rumeurs alors que ça a été dementi... ou vas t'on!

Here is GAO's preliminary report on the cost development for F35 JSF (March 2008) http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09303.pdf with the projected costs for the JSF And here you find a blog discussing the JFS and the Rand pdf. where Dr Stillion in his pre-briefing report for the US Pacific Vision war games exercise held in August, assessed the controversial JSF as being "double inferior". "Inferior acceleration, inferior climb, inferior sustained turn capability," he wrote. "Can't turn, can't climb, can't run." http://"http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/The-F-35s-Air-to-Air-Capability-Controversy-05089/ It's interesting.

Il y aussi une affaire de routeurs et autres "electronic devices" made in china qui sont equipé de puces "mouchards"... ça a fait surface il y a quelques semaines c'est vrai.

http://lemamouth.blogspot.com/2009/04/la-flotte-gouvernementale-fascine.html

Computer Spies Breach Fighter-Jet Project WASHINGTON -- Computer spies have broken into the Pentagon's $300 billion Joint Strike Fighter project -- the Defense Department's costliest weapons program ever -- according to current and former government officials familiar with the attacks. Similar incidents have also breached the Air Force's air-traffic-control system in recent months, these people say. In the case of the fighter-jet program, the intruders were able to copy and siphon off several terabytes of data related to design and electronics systems, officials say, potentially making it easier to defend against the craft. The latest intrusions provide new evidence that a battle is heating up between the U.S. and potential adversaries over the data networks that tie the world together. The revelations follow a recent Wall Street Journal report that computers used to control the U.S. electrical-distribution system, as well as other infrastructure, have also been infiltrated by spies abroad. http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=155790 C FOU!!!!!! Terabytes!!! Il y a trop de question sans reponses: - Pourquoi un ordi avec des données aussi sensible est connecté? il devrait etre connecté qu'a une prise de courant point! - Les ordis tels qu'on les connai ont été inventé aux US, les OS sont US, tous les ans plein d'etudiants en Computer Science science des universités renommées aux US etc etc etc Comment des pirates CHINOIS ont accés à cela??? Le DOD ou les industriels embauchent pas les bons talents c pas possible! Enfin bref, notre histoire de virus par clef USB c'est de la rigolade à coté de cela!

ah peut etre oui... Enfin bref c'est le bordel, et attendez qu'il y ait un changement de gouvernement en Inde pour que tout le truc soit annulé... ça serait le comble.

Il y a quand meme un truc de louche A New Delhi ministry of defense spokesman stated it, affirming that the French proposal "Has fallen short on several counts listed in the GSQRs (General Staff Qualitative Requirements) drawn up by IAF (Indian Air Force). It did not pass muster in the technical evaluation of the bids submitted by the six contenders". The Indian Air Force denied today reports that the Dassault Rafale has been eliminated from the Country’s medium multi-role combat aircraft competition. Un porte parole du mod Indien a quand meme confirmé "officielement" la nouvelle (apres que l'article soit parru) mais l'air force a dementi... http://www.avionews.com/index.php?corpo=see_news_home.php&news_id=1103176&pagina_chiamante=corpo%3Dindex.php

Facing soaring costs and American opposition to the integration of Israeli systems into the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Israel Air Force is reviewing specifications of a new and advanced model of the F-15 Eagle, which is claimed to have enhanced stealth capabilities. In March, Boeing unveiled the F-15 Silent Eagle (F-15SE), a new configuration of the F-15 which has undergone improvements and modifications that, according to media reports, give the plane a stealth capability that is effective in evading radars on enemy aircraft, but not ground-based radar systems. Improvements in stealth include coatings and treatments to the aircraft as well as a new design for the conformal fuel tanks that allows them to carry weapons rather than fuel. Israel operates several squadrons of F-15s, including one of 25 F-15Is, the aircraft with the longest range in the IAF. The Silent Eagle will be capable of carrying internally air-to-air missiles, as well as air-to-ground weapons such as the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and Small Diameter Bomb (SDB). Defense Ministry Director-General Pinchas Buhris was scheduled to travel to the United States on Monday for talks at the Pentagon about the F-35. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1239710730741&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

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Et si Signatory avait vu juste?

C'est pour faire baisser les actions Dassault ou quoi? Faudrait quand meme se retirer juste pour leur dire une gros F YOU!!!

Allez, c'est reparti dans l'anti sarkozisme de base Segolene va s'excuser pour ça aussi?

Rafale shot down for real or victim of the Gripen syndrome? by Edouard Billet in Paris If we believe in recent press reports (Dow Jones, Reuters, etc.), Dassault would be about to make its Rafale fighter remain a true “French exception”. The news is still not confirmed but an anonymous MoD official is said to have announced to the media that the French combat aircraft has been rejected from the IAF MMRCA contest. What happened? Is it really true? Is the Rafale a victim of the Gripen syndrome? Remember January when rumors popped up suggesting that Saab's JAS-39 Gripen might be left out of the field trials following the IAF's Technical Evaluation Committee report. The news (if confirmed) sounds very. The aircraft, among the six contenders, is maybe one of the most pertinent for the IAF in terms of technical and operational aspects given the wide range of capabilities but let's try to put some distance between us and the aircraft first. I think it is useless here to make yet another technical description of the aircraft itself. Every reader of this blog knows now the different features of each contender and their strengths/weaknesses. But maybe we should do the right assessment, instead. This recent announcement (if true) was released just after Air Chief Marshal FH Major, the Chief of Air Staff, said the first technical evaluation made by the militaries is over. Field trials have not begun yet and will probably be launched just after the elections in mid-May, and Dassault’s offer has already been rejected. In other words, it looks like the offer has been rejected instead of the Rafale. But what really happened? The debate seems now to have jumped from the technical/technological sphere into the commercial/strategic sphere. The Rafale is a really good plane and shows its potential almost each day in Afghanistan or simply during its test campaigns in the hands of the French flight test center (CEV) teams. Its potential and its present capabilities are really great, no doubt about that. But let’s question ourselves about the way the Indian commercial campaign has been led by its maker and the French authorities. The problem might be here. Some Indian observers believe that Dassault does not really believe the fact that the RfP process will survive the coming elections. Except this hypothesis, nothing can really explain the lack of communication from the French side that many observers have highlighted compared to the commercial show orchestrated by Boeing, Lockheed Martin (even the flames on the runway… the Americans always bring some special FX with them!) or even EADS. Many things are not clear at all because of a lack of official communications from the MoD. But would it be reasonable to put into perspective the MMRCA deal and the future contract to upgrade the IAF’s Mirage 2000? Did Indian authorities make Dassault understand that Mirage + Rafale is an impossible equation given their will to reinforce their ties with the US? Because if we remember the words that Indian officials said few months ago that clearly signified “We won't sign any other strategic partnership apart from those with the US and Russia” Therefore, is the die cast? Another element that should be taken into account in the ‘unconfirmed’ statement made by the anonymous MoD official is the price of Dassault’s offer. This argument seems to be recurrent concerning French offers in general, and was notably heard concerning the Mirage 2000 upgrade program. If some observers and militaries sometimes reproach French programs to be expensive, the most part of them also admit in the same time that French products have very good records in terms of serviceability, and are not linked to any constraining end-use monitoring agreements. Maybe quality and sovereignty have a cost. That's a thought. Let’s try to stay careful for now since the “rejection” has not been formalized yet. Dassault itself, according to one of its spokespersons, still has not been informed of anything by the Indian government. Even if we try to get out of technical discussions, many readers here would probably agree with that: it is quite frustrating to totally ignore technological aspects to only focus on commercial reflections. Because, indeed, one question remains. What makes possible the fact that the Rafale is excluded for technical reasons and not the Gripen, for instance? Neither the Gripen IN/NG nor the MiG-35 are operational and field trials expected to start next month, which could become a strange mix of prototypes and operational aircrafts test flights. The Rafale in its F3 standard is today a very competitive aircraft. Neither the cheapest nor the most expensive solution, its abilities have a strong point: they are proven (Red Flag, Afghanistan) and, a minima, at the same level of the five other contenders. What can we have against it? Maybe its good “omnirole” nature. So good that it is not the “best” in a particular mission, except maybe deep penetration missions in air-to-ground attack mode given its small EM/IR signature and its important survivability with its SPECTRA self-protection system. What is censurable in its configuration? Mainly two points: 1) Its thrust -- an engine able to deliver 90kN would have been better, notably for high-altitude take-off and landings, but technically the solution already exists with the M88 ECO. Even if this engine is not yet in production, an agreement seems to be possible (and is thought) between the DRDO (and more specifically the GTRE) and Snecma as a possible way to boost the Kaveri program (but here again the IAF expressed its reluctance due to the level of proposed ToTs). 2) Its radar: an AESA is said to be required in the IAF's ASQR. Thales has been finalizing the development of its new RBE2 AESA for months, which is now ready for low rate production. This system has been flight tested many times in France and was recently evaluated by Swiss pilots in the frame of Switzerland AF own contest to replace its old F-5. According to local sources, pilots are really enthusiastic and enjoyed its performances (range, precision) in various tactical environments (mountains, jammed areas, etc.). Those sources also said most pilots who have flown the Rafale and the other proposed aircrafts (i.e. Gripen and EF) expressed their preference for the French fighter. Furthermore, ToTs proposed to India by Thales for the RBE2 AESA seemed to be very interesting. So where is the logic? Probably Dassault's offer would have been rejected in the last part of the MMRCA evaluation process at the political/economical level, given the strategic interest to opt for an American solution. But such a rejection now is quite hardly understandable. So wait and see, for two reasons: 1) to see if the announcement is true and 2) to gain more distance with all these parameters. If ever the announcement is validated by Indian officials, maybe French authorities will have to take in turn some distance with their way to support the French industry abroad. Here again, let's do a flashback two months ago during Aero India 09 and let's remember the words of Nicolas Sarkozy’s adisor on International Affairs Jean-David Levitte. According to him the Rafale was under damageable political pressure in India. He said he asked the Indian government to consider the Rafale the same way it does with the five other contenders. These words, carefully listened by any polemist, would have been read as: "If you do not select the Rafale that means you are corrupt". So maybe we should imagine that the French government didn't really help Dassault's efforts. Such a hypothesis could be read in the light of the recent Rafale defeat in Morocco, partially caused by a lack of coordination of the French Administration with Dassault's commercial stance. But all these are only suppositions and ideas to deepen, of course the discourse. Let's wait, savoring a good French red wine. I'm sure you know that wine possesses neuroleptic effects, i.e. it blunts the peak of emotions and reduces anxiety and stress, providing a mild euphoria and some moral appeasement? (Billet is a Paris-based freelance aviation industry watcher and journalist. He was formerly with the Rafale testing programme at Dassault Aviation, and has tracked the evolution of the French aircraft industry for over a decade. This column is exclusive to LiveFist)

En fait je demandai surtout pour le "The Rafale was also said to have unspecified problems with its payload deployment system itself." car on ma demandé sur MP.net de quoi il pouvait s'agir... y compris par MP ou on me demande si c'etait les AASM qui finalement n'étaient pas "reliable" O0 Bref je comprend bien ce que vous voulez dire. Maintenant nous on peut chopper notre pop corn et soda, et profiter du spectacle de cette saga... Qui va "basher" qui maintenant? Les russes vont basher les ricains qui eux meme vont basher le gripen?

Vu sur France 3 hier... Un reportage sur les chantiers qui vont avoir du boulot grace a la commande anticipée du 3eme BPC... a la fin on voyait le pdg de STX dire au ministre de la relance (je ne sais plus son nom) qu'un PA2 serait mieux car cela les occuperai pour 2 - 3 ans. Le ministre a pris cela comme une bonne blague, a dit au revoir et est monter dans sa voiture...

X2 Let's pull a "F16 in Morocco"

http://www.stratpost.com/rafale-ejection-from-mmrca-race-confirmed ??? De quoi il s'agit? bref et du meme article: Donc c'etait le 2eme meilleur Thrust/Weight ratio... Pas trés cohérent donc de dire "One issue was about power"

It has been said by Cmdr Sharkey Ward and former Pilot .. in a recent Article by him Printed in Warships International Fleet Review .. December 07 Edt which i shall quote a section from the article " The Tornado F3 Fighter has never been Fully Operational throughout it's 25 yr career and is a laughing stock of our NATO Counterparts . It costs 3 times as much as the alternitive F18 Hornet and is Approximately 10 percent as capable . The Typhoon has no strategic or tactical role and yet costs twice as much as the American F22Raptor without having Stealth Capability of the latter . It is understood the RAF is converting the Typhoon into ground attack for service in Afghanistan [ with abysmally Poor Bomb Load Capability ] at even more expense to the nations Defence budget ."

Rafale tout ça?

Nettoyer une zone afin/avant de s'y poser? Genre en Afrique tu as deux/trois reblles mariolles en plein millieu de piste (en dur ou non)... et ben tu fais un passage, tu balance quelques rockette, ils lachent les AK, fuient en courant et tu te poses...

Swiss media claims that Sweden will offer to buy 50 PC-21 Pilatus trainers if they buy 22 Gripens. http://tagesschau.sf.tv/nachrichten/archiv/2009/04/16/schweiz/schweden_bieten_super_deal_an

http://aviaforum.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=99784&d=1239085398 http://aviaforum.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=99785&d=1239085398 http://aviaforum.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=99786&d=1239085398 It is the patrol model of the An-72, or An-72P. It has an optical port ahead of one set of main undercarriage and a twin barrel 23mm cannon in a gun pod with 250 rounds in front of the other main wheels. A 32 shot 57mm rocket pod under each wing and the last part of the armament is that two FAB-100 bombs can be fitted to a rack in the rear of the hull. When the back end is opened these bombs can be dropped. They are normally photoflash bombs used for night searches and night photography. There are similar proposed models of the Il-114P, and the SM-92, which is a light single engined aircraft. All are described as able to carry paratroopers in addition to armament to fire warning shots or prevent escapees from escaping. à quand la meme chose sur le A400 :)

Les vaches! Ca y est ils ont au moins autant d'Awacs que la France... (plus d'avion specialisés ECM) Photo of Wuxi airport, Zhejiang province, home to four KJ-2000 (serial number 30071-30074) and four KL-200 AWAC of the 76th EW Regiment, PLAAF 26th Speicalized Division. Wuxi airport in near shanghai in the east coast region