BY: TOM KINGTON, RIVA TRIGOSO, Italy For defensenews
A submarine being developed by Italy and Russia displaces 1,000 metric tons but could take a size cut to better suit market demand, an Italian official said here Oct. 23. Italian shipyard Fincantieri and Russia’s Rubin have been working on the S1000 submarine, equipped with air-independent propulsion (AIP), since 2004. Fincantieri has previously stated the submarine would be 40 to 50 meters long with a top speed of 14 knots, a crew of 16, submersion depth of 250 meters and the ability to stay submerged for 10 days using an AIP system powered by fuel cells. But a Fincantieri official said that plans could now be overhauled to produce a smaller
Prince William will next year fulfil his lifelong ambition to learn to fly when he joins the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.William will be the first modern Royal to serve in all three branches of the military in preparation for his role as King when he will become the head of the armed forces.
In learning to fly he is following in well trodden royal footsteps. The Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of York all qualified as pilots with the RAF.
Clarence House has announced that William, 25, will start a four month secondment with the RAF in January.
William, a second lieutenant in the Household Cavalry Regiment since completing his training at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst last December, will then spend the summer with the Royal Navy. He will work on submarines, surface ships and with the Fleet Air Arm.
The first Tranche II EJ200 engine made its first flight from Caselle di Torino Airport (Italy) on September 14, 2007. The Tranche II standard EJ200 engine was installed in the Eurofighter IPA2 aircraft for flight testing purpose. In these days the first phase of flight tests was completed. During the test, the Eurofighter IPA2 aircraft carried out supersonic flight and handling manoeuvres. The EJ200 engine behaved perfectly during the tests and exceeded all expectations of in-flight verifications.
For flight test purposes, a Tranche II engine was installed in the right-hand bay of the IPA2 aircraft in combination with a Tranche I engine in the left bay. With these tests, the compatibility of a Tranche II engine in a Tranche I aircraft was demonstrated.
Europe: Eurofighter Pilots can have a drink on us!
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BY: bwtechnologies
Water purification and filtration specialists, Pure Hydration, has won a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to supply an initial 600 units of its new water purification solution, 'H2O-TO-GO'. This innovative product provides an emergency drinking water facility for the RAF's Typhoon Eurofighter pilots in the event of them having to eject.
The Typhoon is a single-seat combat fighter capable of flying at speeds of up to Mach 2 and a symbol of European co-operation involving the leading aerospace companies of Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. The plane's cutting-edge technology makes it one of the most advanced and manœuvrable fighters in the world.
Author: idrw team | 23 September 2007 | Views: 455
BY : DEFENSE NEWS
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to throw his political weight behind efforts to sell the Rafale fighter jet when he makes a state visit to Morocco at the end of October, in a bid to counter a U.S. offer of F-16s, French newspapers reported Sept. 21. “The Elysées [presidential office] has taken the matter in hand,” Le Monde reported. The president’s spokesman, David Martinou, told journalists Sept. 20 “the Rafale is a
Europe's first production example of the Airbus Military A400M tactical transport has moved into final assembly, with delayed work on aircraft MSN 001 having commenced in late August.Pictured with its nose section and main fuselage barrel in jigs on EADS Casa's A400M final assembly line in Seville, Spain, the aircraft is the first of five which will be used to support flight test and certification activities from mid-2008.
Work on the aircraft had been scheduled to start by late March, but was pushed back
The Ministry of Defence expects to sign a £20 billion contract with Saudi Arabia to supply 72 Eurofighter Typhoons within the next four weeks, The Times has learnt.
Negotiators are understood to be working towards an agreement before the month of Ramadan starts in mid-September and the deal could be completed as early as the end of this month.
The Lancashire-built Eurofighter Typhoon could be converted to operate off a pair of 65,000-ton aircraft carriers. Defence giant BAE Systems has not ruled out the possibility of created a "navalised" version amid fears the F-35 Lightning II jets, proposed to fly off the £3.8 billion carriers, will not be ready in time for 2012, when they are proposed to be ready to set sail.
French Rafale M fighters are the first French aircraft to land and launch on an American carrier in six years when two catapult from USS Enterprise Jul. 23.
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