CTRM, ATE jalin kerjasama bangunkan sistem pesawat TUDM

24 September 2010

ATE telah mengembangkan cockpit pesawat Hawk dengan Hawk Navigation and weapon System/Hawk NWS yang dapat meningkatkan peran tidak hanya sebagai pesawat latih tempur namun juga mempunyai kemampuan sebagai multirole fighter (photo : ATE)

KUALA LUMPUR - Anak syarikat Composites Technology Research Malaysia Sdn Bhd (CTRM), CTRM System Integration Sdn. Bhd. (CSI) bakal memulakan kerjasama strategik dengan Advanced Technologies and Engineering Co. (Pty) Ltd. (ATE) dari Afrika Selatan bagi membangunkan sistem pesawat dalam inventori Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (TUDM).

Unit Komunikasi Korporat Kementerian Pertahanan dalam satu kenyataan semalam memberitahu, pemilihan ATE oleh CTRM dibuat berdasarkan keupayaan syarikat dari Afrika Selatan itu dalam membangunkan pelbagai sub sistem pesawat dari seluruh dunia selama ini.

"Program Kerjasama Strategik ini bertujuan mewujudkan keupayaan integrasi pesawat ketenteraan di Malaysia.

ATE juga membuat sistem avionik modern untuk diaplikasikan pada pesawat C-130 Hercules (photo : ATE)
"Program ini akan dilaksanakan secara berperingkat dan perjanjian ini menyaksikan langkah awal ATE mewujudkan keupayaan integrasi di dalam CTRM, dengan tujuan memodenkan operasi pesawat sedia ada ke satu tahap keupayaan beroperasi yang lebih tinggi," kata kenyataan itu.
Kelmarin, satu majlis menandatangani perjanjian persefahaman di antara kedua-dua syarikat itu berlangsung di Cape Town, sempena pameran Aeroangkasa dan Pertahanan Afrika (AAD) 2010.

Majlis itu turut disaksikan Menteri Pertahanan, Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi; Panglima TUDM, Jeneral Datuk Seri Rodzali Daud dan Panglima Tentera Udara Afrika Selatan, Leftenan Jeneral Carlo Gagiano.

Kenyataan itu menambah, Malaysia dan Afrika Selatan berupaya menjalinkan kerjasama strategik yang baik dalam bidang ketenteraan memandangkan kedua-duanya menggunakan beberapa pesawat sama dalam angkatan tentera udara masing-masing seperti Hawk dan C-130.

(Utusan Malaysia)

Russia could make aerial drones without Israeli help claims company

Israeli UAV

18:24 23/09/2010

© AFP/ David Furst

Russia does not need Israeli assistance to make progress in the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), including military drones, the head of a Russian UAV production company said on Thursday. A senior Israeli defense source quoted in Flight International said earlier that Israel may tear up much of the unprecedented military cooperation deal it signed with Russia at the start of this month due to anger over Moscow's decision to supply Yakhont naval missiles to Syria.
"In the next two or three years, there will be a breakthrough in the Russian UAV market regardless of the Israeli position on this issue," Vladimir Verba, the director general of the Vega company.
Verba said his company had developed a comprehensive UAV development program until 2025, which had been approved by the majority of its customers, including the Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Interior Ministry.
He also said Vega had been developing strike and reconnaissance drones for the Russian military in cooperation with Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).
The Russian military stressed the need to provide the Armed Forces with advanced reconnaissance systems in the wake of a brief military conflict with Georgia in August 2008, when the effectiveness of Russian military operations was severely hampered by the lack of reliable intelligence.
According to various estimates, the Russian military needs up to 100 UAVs and at least 10 guidance and control systems to ensure effective battlefield reconnaissance.
The Russian Defense Ministry has previously expressed dissatisfaction with locally manufactured UAVs, and decided to buy them from Israel.
According to the ministry, some 50 Russian military servicemen are undergoing training in the use of Israeli-built UAVs and that a total of twelve have been bought.
Russia has reportedly signed two UAV contracts with Israel. Under the first contract, signed in April 2009, Israel delivered two Bird Eye 400 systems (worth $4 million), eight I View MK150 tactical UAVs ($37 million) and two Searcher Mk II multi-mission UAVs ($12 million).
The second contract was for the purchase of 36 UAVs, worth a total of $100 million, to be delivered later this year.
Russia and Israel have also been negotiating the establishment of a joint $300-million venture to produce UAVs.
MOSCOW, September 23 (RIA Novosti)

Sukhoi fighters pass flight tests at Indonesia base

Su-27 fighters

09:15 22/09/2010

© RIA Novosti. Anton Denisov

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all three Su-27SKM fighters delivered to Indonesia by Russia earlier this month have successfully passed flight tests at an airbase in the South Sulawesi province, a source at the base said on Wednesday.

The planes were delivered to Indonesia as the final part of an August 2007 $300 million deal for six of the Sukhoi fighters. That agreement followed on from the 2003 purchase by Indonesia of four fighter jets from Russia.

Indonesia's Air Force chief of staff Marshal Imam Sufaat said on Friday his country planned to buy six more Sukhoi fighter jets from Russia, the Jakarta Post reported.

"The existing squadron of 10 Sukhois is insufficient for our vast air space," Imam told the Antara news agency.

He said the purchases had already been approved by the country's president, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

However he added that while the purchases would be on the Defense Ministry's long-term agenda, he was not sure when the deal would go ahead.

JAKARTA, September 22 (RIA Novosti)

No proof Iran building nuclear weapons - Lavrov

Topic: Iran's nuclear program

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

23:17 23/09/2010

© RIA Novosti. Vladimir Fedorenko

There is no proof that Iran is working toward the creation of nuclear weapons, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday. However in order for UN sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic to be lifted, Iran must prove its nuclear program has a 100% peaceful character, Lavrov told the U.S. PBS TV channel.
Any attack on Iran would have “negative” consequences for the region, he warned.
Russia had voted in favor of the UN sanctions against Iran in order to demonstrate that it would not stand for any violation of the nonproliferation regime, he went on.
Lavrov also urged Iran to comply fully with the demands of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
International pressure on Iran increased in early February when Tehran announced it had begun enriching uranium to 20 percent in lieu of an agreement on an exchange that would provide it with fuel for a research reactor.
In June, the UN Security Council passed a resolution imposing a fourth set of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
MOSCOW, September 23 (RIA Novosti)


RIA NOVOSTI

Russia could make aerial drones without Israeli help claims company

Israeli UAV

18:24 23/09/2010

© AFP/ David Furst

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Russia does not need Israeli assistance to make progress in the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), including military drones, the head of a Russian UAV production company said on Thursday.
A senior Israeli defense source quoted in Flight International said earlier that Israel may tear up much of the unprecedented military cooperation deal it signed with Russia at the start of this month due to anger over Moscow's decision to supply Yakhont naval missiles to Syria.
"In the next two or three years, there will be a breakthrough in the Russian UAV market regardless of the Israeli position on this issue," Vladimir Verba, the director general of the Vega company.
Verba said his company had developed a comprehensive UAV development program until 2025, which had been approved by the majority of its customers, including the Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Interior Ministry.
He also said Vega had been developing strike and reconnaissance drones for the Russian military in cooperation with Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).
The Russian military stressed the need to provide the Armed Forces with advanced reconnaissance systems in the wake of a brief military conflict with Georgia in August 2008, when the effectiveness of Russian military operations was severely hampered by the lack of reliable intelligence.
According to various estimates, the Russian military needs up to 100 UAVs and at least 10 guidance and control systems to ensure effective battlefield reconnaissance.
The Russian Defense Ministry has previously expressed dissatisfaction with locally manufactured UAVs, and decided to buy them from Israel.
According to the ministry, some 50 Russian military servicemen are undergoing training in the use of Israeli-built UAVs and that a total of twelve have been bought.
Russia has reportedly signed two UAV contracts with Israel. Under the first contract, signed in April 2009, Israel delivered two Bird Eye 400 systems (worth $4 million), eight I View MK150 tactical UAVs ($37 million) and two Searcher Mk II multi-mission UAVs ($12 million).
The second contract was for the purchase of 36 UAVs, worth a total of $100 million, to be delivered later this year.
Russia and Israel have also been negotiating the establishment of a joint $300-million venture to produce UAVs.
MOSCOW, September 23 (RIA Novosti)

RIA NOVOSTI

Israel threatens to scrap UAV deal with Russia over Syria arms sale

Yakhont supersonic naval cruise missiles

14:53 23/09/2010

© RIA Novosti. Vladimir Fedorenko

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Israel may tear up much of the unprecedented military cooperation deal it signed with Moscow at the start of this month due to anger over Moscow's rigid stance on supplying naval missiles to Israel's enemy Syria.

"We will have to reconsider all proposed deals with Russia. Moscow did not show the necessary understanding of our requests," a senior Israeli defense source quoted on aviation business magazine Flight International's website said on Thursday.

Earlier this week, Moscow confirmed it would supply P-800 Yakhont supersonic naval cruise missiles to Syria, despite vociferous Israeli objections to the deal which was signed in 2007.

The first victim of the fallout could be Russia and Israel's planned $300 million deal to set up an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) manufacturing facility in Russia.

Russia has spent around $50 million on Israeli-built UAVs this year to train operators and develop tactics for using modern systems.

It has also expressed interest in buying more Israeli UAV systems, including the IAI Heron.

The Russian forces have previously expressed dissatisfaction with locally manufactured UAVs.

MOSCOW September 23 (RIA Novosti)

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Rusia Mengirimkan Pesanan 3 helikopter Mi-35m ke Indonesia

Mi-35M helicopter

Rusia telah mengirimkan 3 Unit Mi-35m helikopter  penyerang ke Indonesia, sumber militer mengatakan pada hari Kamis.

Rusia menandatangani perjanjian dengan Indonesia pada September 2007 untuk memberikan batas kredit $ 1 milyar untuk negara Asia Tenggara untuk pembelian senjata Rusia. Indonesia berencana membeli sepuluh Mi-17 helikopter transportasi, lima Mi-35Ms, enam jet Sukhoi  dan dua kapal selam kelas Kilo dibiayai dengan kredit.

Jakarta menjadi salah satu pelanggan utama senjata Rusia pada tahun 1999 ketika Amerika Serikat memperketat embargo penjualan senjata kepada negara atas dugaan pelanggaran hak asasi manusia.

Washington sejak mencabut larangan, tetapi Indonesia, negara Islam terpadat di dunia, terus berputar ke Rusia untuk impor perangkat keras militer.

Moskow telah mengirim tiga pejuang Su-27SKM ke Indonesia sebagai bagian akhir dari kesepakatan 2007 Agustus $ 300 juta untuk enam dari para jet tempur Sukhoi.

Perjanjian itu menyusul kesepakatan 2003 tentang pembelian empat jet tempur oleh Indonesia dari Rusia.

Pesawat-pesawat akan mengambil bagian dalam parade militer yang didedikasikan untuk In Hari ulang tahun Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Indonesia pada tanggal 5 Oktober.

Mi-35 merupakan versi ekspor dari Mi-24 Hind yang digunakan secara luas di Afghanistan. T Mi-24/35 dapat digunakan untuk transportasi, penyerangan dan tugas-tugas evakuasi medis.

Rusia juga telah mengirikan  helikopter Mi-35Ms ke Venezuela dan Brasil.

Indonesia Defence/RIA NOVOSTI