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2019-08-06
Paris Air Show Sees Orders Worth Over US$140 Billion
The 53rd edition of the Paris Air Show, held from 17 to 23 June 2019, announced some major partnerships in the military aerospace sector and saw over US$140 billion worth of orders placed during the event. One of the world’s largest aerospace events, the show was inaugurated by French President, Emmanuel Macron and hosted a record number of 2,453 exhibitors.
In addition to top exhibiting countries like the U.S., Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, and Belgium, there were 26 national pavilions and 1,268 international companies gathered at the event. Around 316,500 professionals and public visitors, as well as 2,700 accredited journalists from 87 countries, discovered numerous areas, including the Careers Plane-Jobs and Training Forum, the Paris Air Lab and aerobatic displays at the event. Key figures in the French government visited the show with Prime Minister Edouard Philippe attending on 21st June, when it opened to the general public. The Paris Air Show also consolidated its international dimension with over with 171 Official Defence Delegations from 88 countries. The show welcomed delegations from organisations, including AED, GCC, G5 Sahel, NATO, UN, EU and OCCAR, as well as 16 foreign ministers, 48 chiefs of staff and 18 vice ministers or secretaries of State.
GA-ASI and L3 Technologies Develop New SIGINT Solution
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. and L3 Technologies, Inc. announced the development and successful flight test of a full-band Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) ISR capability for use on a Predator B. The game changing capability provides significant mission expansion for MQ-9 operations against modern threats. The programme is jointly funded by both companies and integrated the SIGINT solution from L3 with a wing-mounted GA-ASI pod and flight-tested on the GA-ASI Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) MQ-9 Predator B RPAS. Developed in eight months the system was successfully flight tested in May 2019.
According to Jeff Miller, L3’s Senior Vice President and President of its ISR Systems business segment, the successful collaboration provides a new dimension for ISR employment of MQ-9 aircraft. Linden Blue, CEO of GA-ASI said, “This capability for the MQ-9 Generating Electronic Order of Battle (EOB) is of strategic importance to the U.S. and its allies, and integrating L3’s world-class SIGINT system further enhances the MQ-9’s utility in the ISR arena.”
Raytheon and AirMap Collaboration for Safer Drones
Raytheon Company and AirMap have entered a strategic agreement to collaborate on future projects to safely integrate unmanned aerial system, or drones, into the national airspace system. The two companies will work towards demonstrating benefits of AirMap’s unmanned aircraft traffic management platform in increasing air traffic controllers' awareness and potential conflict between drones and manned aircraft near airports to ensure the overall safety of the airspace. The collaboration will also unlock the positive economic and social benefits of expanded commercial drone operations. "AirMap is ushering in a new era in drone aviation," said Matt Gilligan, vice president of Raytheon's Intelligence, Information and Services business.
Airbus Launches Seven New SmartForce Services for Military
Airbus launched seven new products for military customers under its digital support services offering SmartForce at the Paris Air Show. This expands the SmartForce offering to allow customers to customise the services according to the needs of their fleets and aircraft mix. The new services include three dedicated services for military aircraft, two for military helicopters, and two additional ones shared by both military aircraft and helicopters.
According to Airbus, the latest services under Smart Force are developed in response to the growing requirements of militaries to analyse big data for their operations. The new services that range from long-term maintenance scheduling to predictive maintenance as well as automation of administrative tasks associated with aircraft support, have attracted customer and industry support.
Boeing to Invest in Sustainable Brazilian Fuel
Boeing made a number of announcements during the Paris Air Show including a contract with Korean Air and Air Lease Corporation, which ordered 30 new 787 Dreamliner aeroplanes to its fleet with a commitment to purchase 10 new 787-10s and 10 additional 787-9 aeroplanes valued at US$6.3 billion at current list prices. With this order, Korea's flag carrier will quadruple its 787 fleet to 40 airplanes as it looks to strengthen its long-haul fleet.
Boeing will also invest US$1 million into Brazil’s efforts to establish a sustainable aviation fuel industry. The investment will focus on initiatives that maximise social, economic and environmental benefits to local communities engaged in the development of feedstock that can be used to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Thales and Gemalto Join Hands
Thales and Gemalto will work together to develop systems for remote identification and tracking of Unmanned Air Systems (UAS), especially for regulatory authorities and law enforcement globally. Thales has already developed an aerospace management system that works on the Air Traffic Control of objects in low airspace that have flight authorisation in controlled airspace. The cloud-based platform is based on live data sharing and has been connecting aviation actors and optimising operations for three years, and now integrates Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Traffic Management (UTM). The integration of Gemalto’s cyber-secured identity tracking technology into this UTM platform offers Civil Aviation Authorities a “certified drone identity card” making verification of drone’s registration number automated and simple. The Gemalto UTM tracker builds on existing airspace and regulatory compliance capabilities already available in the Thales UTM platform.
Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Enhanced C2BMC
Lockheed Martin highlighted ongoing modernisation to its command, control, battle management and communications (C2BMC) system. Part of this C2BMC modernisation is an engage-on-remote capability that enables the Aegis Weapon System to engage threats based on information provided entirely from C2BMC remote sensor and track data. Fielded in the fiscal year 2019 to the U.S. European and U.S. Central Commands, C2BMC's engage on remote capability supports the European Phased Adaptive Approach Phase III milestone, which is designed to protect forces from ballistic missile attacks.
The C2BMC allows warfighters to systematically plan ballistic missile defence, see the battlefield better and dynamically manage designated networked sensors and weapons. According to Steve Froelich, director of Missile Defence Solutions at Lockheed Martin, "It is through C2BMC, and its connection to the many elements of the Ballistic Missile Defence System, that we provide our forces with an advanced, truly integrated missile defence capability."
Raytheon and Northrop Grumman to Develop Scramjet Combustors
Building upon years of collaboration, Raytheon Company and Northrop Grumman Corporation have signed a teaming agreement to develop, produce and integrate Northrop Grumman’s scramjet combustors to power Raytheon’s air-breathing hypersonic weapons. Scramjet engines use high vehicle speed to forcibly compress incoming air before combustion to enable sustained flight at hypersonic speeds. Both companies will combine capabilities to accelerate development and demonstrate readiness to produce the next generation of tactical missile systems.
Northrop Grumman and Raytheon are working under a US$200 million Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) programme contract to deliver an affordable, effective and producible cruise missile for DARPA and the U.S. Air Force. Under the agreement, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman will continue to collaborate on HAWC and future air-breathing hypersonic missiles. Both companies are investing in hypersonic technologies and programmes to ensure the military has a robust portfolio.
Eurofighter, EUROJET and NETMA Sign LTE Contracts
Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH, EUROJET Turbo GmbH and NATO Eurofighter & Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) have signed contracts together worth €53.7 million to support the long-term development of the Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft at Paris Air Show.
The study contracts will look at the Long Term Evolution (LTE) of the aircraft and the EJ200 engine. According to firms involved, the LTE study will span a total of 19 months for the aircraft and 9 months for the engine elements and reinforce the generation, transmission and utilisation of ever-increasing amounts of digital data both on-board and off-board whilst remaining resilient to new and emerging threats, including cyber.
The Eurofighter Typhoon already has one of the world’s most advanced Electronic Warfare systems, and the study will maintain its ability to operate in the highly contested and congested future environment.
Elettronica Highlights 360-degree Innovative Solutions
Elettronica Group, one of the global leaders in EW systems, presented a wide range of solutions for Electronic Warfare (EW), cyber EW, intelligence and the brand-new generation of RWR at the Air Show. Elettronica Group has recently won the order to supply NATO JEWCS (Joint Electronic Warfare Core Staff) for four years, together with Leonardo for the supply of training systems for electronic defence (“Land Training System” and “Maritime Training System”).
The company showcased SISPROS, a new system family of interception, analysis and intelligence developed for airborne applications. SISPROS benefits from the most modern enabling technologies including Direct Sampling and Artificial Intelligence, which makes the systems fully digital, highly resistant to interference, adaptive to the electromagnetic environment and reconfigurable via SW to new environments or different platforms.
The SISPROS systems are also multifunctional and multi-platform since they can derive the Alarm (RWR) or Surveillance (ESM, ELINT) function only, as a spin-off of the main product, by reconfiguration SW. The systems are also equipped with by-design interconnectivity features, supporting the ability to operate in network-centric configuration, contributing to the integrated and global vision of the scenario.
CFM Bags Orders Worth US$50.2 Billion
CFM International announced orders and commitments for more than 1,150 LEAP engines and long-term services agreements for a total value of approximately US$50.2 billion at the list price. The LEAP engine is a product of CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines. Gaël Méheust, president and CEO of CFM International expressed his gratitude and said, "We have had follow-on orders from long-time customers while welcoming new LEAP operators, including IndiGo for the LEAP-1A and the recently announced letter of intent from IAG for 200 Boeing 737 MAX aeroplanes for which we look forward to finalising the LEAP-1B portion of the deal.”
This engine has experienced the fastest order ramp up in commercial aviation history and CFM has received orders and commitments for a total of more than 17,600 LEAP engines, including spares, across all three models through May 2019.
Saab offers GlobalEye to Finland
Saab has revealed that it is including two GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft into its bid for Finland's Boeing F/A-18C/D Hornet replacement programme, known as H-X. The GlobalEye is built around the Saab Erieye Extended Range (ER) radar that is housed in the same external dorsal 'plank' as the company's original Erieye system. Equipped as it is with gallium nitride (GaN) and other technologies, the Erieye ER is an active electronically scanned array (AESA) system that doubles the radar's power efficiency compared with previous Erieye iterations.
Announcing the same at the Paris Air Show, Saab’s senior vice-president and head of the company's Surveillance business line, Anders Carp said that GlobalEye is a comprehensive solution for air power and air defence, responding to the requirements of the H-X programme and will provide a substantial contribution to the joint operational capability of the Finnish Defence Forces. Saab is currently contracted to deliver three GlobalEye aircraft for the Air Force of a Middle East country by the end of 2021, with the first aircraft flying in March 2018.
French Joint Forces’ Guepard with FN Herstal Machine Gun
The French Ministry of Defence booth at Paris Air Show presented, for the first time, a full-size mock-up of the new Joint Forces Light Helicopter Guepard time to the public. The Guepard AH-160M was fitted with a machine gun pod designed and manufactured by the Belgian firearms manufacturer FN Herstal armed with one .50 12.7mm calibre FN M3P machine gun. The FN Herstal is fitted with standard lugs, the pods can be carried by helicopters and subsonic aircraft equipped with 14’’ NATO standard suspension masts. Depending on the configuration, they come with 250 rounds (FN HMP250) or 400 rounds (FN HMP400) ammunition boxes and with or without 70mm (2.75’’) rocket launcher tubes (FN RMP), reconfigurable thanks to existing conversion kits.
The Guepard is designed to replace five different helicopter fleets currently in service with the Land, Naval and Air Forces of the French armed forces to improve helicopter operational readiness. The Guepard helicopter is based on the H160 designed and manufactured by the French Company Airbus Helicopter and features the Blue Edge five-bladed main rotor, which incorporates a double-swept shape that reduces the noise generation of blade-vortex interactions (BVI).
The French armed forces should order 169 Guepard helicopters also called H160M with 80 helicopters for the Army, who will receive the first units, 49 for the Navy and 40 for the Air Force. With its multi-role capability, it will carry out surveillance and intervention missions lying beside next-generation helicopters like the TIGER, the Caracal and the Caiman.
Orolia Launches Next-Generation Emergency Beacon
Orolia, a world leader in Resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) solutions, introduced the Kannad Ultima-S Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) for commercial aircraft. A world-first in aviation safety technology, Kannad Ultima-S is designed to be installed in the cabin of commercial aircraft or in its life raft, and is capable of notifying the crew about the launch of a Search and Rescue operation via Galileo Return Link Service’s(RLS).
Developed under a two-year contract through the European GNSS Agency’s Tauceti Project, Kannad Ultima-S meets new and evolving EASA/FAA requirements related to ELTs and non-rechargeable lithium batteries documented under the RTCA DO-227A standard.
Text/Photo credits:SIAE Salon du Bourget, Safran
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