EU PESCO who’s who
#PESCO offers the opportunity to better understand the roles played by #EU nations regarding #Defence and the nations relationships. Basics Nations of the « Big 5 » (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, [UK]), who have major Defence...
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Budget Cuts (2/2) : Consequences of a shift of Deliveries
#Defence :This article follows the one regarding the Consequences of Fleet Size cut. It illustrates impacts due to reduction of the annual quantities of deliveries, so a domino’s effet of deliveries shift.
Budget Cuts (1/2) : Consequences of Fleet Size cut
#Defence :This article illustrates impacts that are already relevant with a limited fleet cut of 10% only.In real cases, fleets cuts are usually more important, around -20%, -30% (at least because a 10-percent cut...
Think out-of-the-helicopter
Modern helicopters are not anymore a mecanical #aircraft, but a #system of systems, a complex system of systems. Even for civil helicopters, they are more complex, as shows the H160 payload :...
How much costs a #NH90 #Helicopter ?
Like cars, helicopters costs can deeply vary depending of integrated §NextGenNextGen technologies, equipment and options. However, some official figures exists… Here are for the #NH90 #Helicopter :
Next-Gen Cockpits challenge : Facing to the growth of information & mass-data cloud
As I explained earlier in 2012, the challenge of #Next-Gen #Cockpit, especially the militarized and the helicopters’, will be to answer to the growth and the clouding of information.
The German NH90s and Tigers cuts explained
Summary : #EC665 Tiger Tiger order reduced from 80 to 57 #NH90 TTH orders reduced from 122 to 82 18 NH90 NFH ordered You want to understand this cut ? Why 57 Tigers while...
European Cooperation in Defence, what else ?
These comments are my own regarding the audition of Tom Enders, CEO of EADS, by the French Committee of « Foreign Affairs, Defense & Armies » about the European Defence. They do not express a vision...
The F35 in the US ‘Vision 2020+’ Strategy
The F35 is certainly the most emblematic equipment of the ‘modern’ US Strategy
Stealth BlackHawk « leaked » is a mock-up
Is the one in the picture the fictional chopper used in the new movie or something else? (The Aviationist : David Cenciotti)
Feedback of US Tanker bid – « THE » Boeing’s Challenge
Feedback of US Tanker bid : After that #Boeing won the bid, most analysts have come to the same conclusions that I was supporting. Here’s the full shot of my conclusions on this contract...