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Australia – Modular Artillery Charge Systems, XM982 Block Ia-1 The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Australia of Modular Artillery Charge Systems and XM982 Block Ia-1 Excalibur Projectiles as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $58 million. The Government of Australia requested a possible sale of 2,400 Modular Artillery Charge Systems (MACS), 250 XM982 Block Ia-1 Excalibur Unitary Projectiles with base bleed units, 43 Portable Excalibur Fire Control Systems (PEFCS), 43 AN/PRC-119 Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS) w/o GPS, training ammunition, containers, support equipment, spare and repair parts, publications and technical data, maintenance, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. Government and contractor representatives’ engineering and technical support services, and other related elements of logistics support. The estimated cost is $58 million. Australia is one of our most important allies in the Western Pacific. The strategic location of this political and economic power contributes significantly to ensuring peace and economic stability in the region. Australia’s efforts in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations in Iraq and in Afghanistan have had a significant impact on regional, political, and economic stability and have served U.S. national security interests. This proposed sale is consistent with those objectives and facilitates burden sharing with our allies. The proposed sale will enhance Australia’s defensive capabilities and increase interoperability with United States and multi-national forces supporting coalition operations. The country will have no difficulty absorbing this new capability into its military. The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not affect the basic military balance in the region. The principal contractors will be: - Raytheon Missile Systems (Excalibur) Tucson, Arizona - ITT (SINCGARS) Roanoke, Virginia - General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products (MACS), Camden, Arkansas There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale. Implementation of this proposed sale will require the assignment of eight contractor representatives (two in-country for a period of two weeks each), and six U.S. government representatives (two in-country for a period of one-two weeks each). There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of this proposed sale. This notice of a potential sale is required by law; it does not mean that the sale has been concluded. Source: US DOD Thales to supply a Deployable Tactical Internet to the Signal Corps of the United Arab Emirates [Image] [Image] [Image] (Source: Thales; issued April 21, 2008) [Image] [Image] [Image] The Signal Corps of the United Arab Emirates and Thales have signed a major contract for the development and supply of ZAGIL, a theatre wide deployable Tactical Internet system. Thales has been selected after an international competition involving deep system analysis and intense field trials. ZAGIL, based on Thales Di@ne solution, combines all the specific military requirements such as mobility, security, hardening, with the latest multimedia information exchange capacities offered by modern IP technology. The Deployable Tactical Internet ZAGIL is a Di@ne solution. Its network backbone relies on the TRC 4000 family of secure, tactical, high data rate microwave radios. The TRC 4000, already selected/used by French, British and Swiss Armed Forces, offers an excellent combination of range, bandwidth - 34 Mbps full duplex - and functionality to convey heavy IP traffic over encrypted transmission links. The communication nodes of ZAGIL can quickly be set up and torn down to cope with the accelerated pace of field deployments. Seamless interoperability with the mobile components of the battlefield is provided thanks to automatic combat net radio integration such as the Thales F@stnet VHF and Skyf@st HF radios. The wireless access to Di@ne is achieved by the Thales brand-new tactical mobile WiMAX solution providing Point-To-Multipoint broadband IP connections. This innovative mobile WIMAX solution delivers multi-Mbps data rate at long range for voice data and video transmissions and greatly enhances the connectivity of the C4I Command Posts. High level quality of service adapted to military environment is ensured by the Thales "IP Services" providing features such as precedence and pre-emption while using future-proof COTS routers and switches. Network management and configuration is made extremely simple and user friendly using the Thales management software suite. "ZAGIL will get the latest battlespace digitisation technology available on the market to support their overall C4ISR network centric warfare programmes. Thales is proud of the trust of the United Arab Emirates", indicates Pierre Suslenschi, Thales vice president for tactical communications from Land & Joint Systems activity of Thales. Thales is a leading international electronics and systems group, addressing defence, aerospace and security markets worldwide. Thales's leading-edge technology is supported by 22,000 R&D engineers who offer a capability unmatched in Europe to develop and deploy field-proven mission-critical information systems. Thales employs 68,000 people in 50 countries with 2007 revenues of EUR 12.3 billion. Source: Thales |
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