03 Juni 2020
Two VPAF Su-30MK2V with R-27 AAM (photo : Dong Nai)
Quite rare! Two Không quân Nhân dân Việt Nam (Vietnamese Air Force) Su-30MK2V Flankers, serial 8536 and 8540, equipped with Vympel R-27 air-to-air missiles. The fighter aircraft were seen on recent footage from the Đồng Nai provincial online newspaper. Both Sukhois are part of the 935th Fighter Bomber Regiment based at Biên Hòa Airbase in Dong Nai Province, some 35 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnam first signed a contract for the procurement of four Sukhoi Su-30MK2 fighter aircraft in 2003. This was followed up by two other deals with Sukhoi in 2009 and 2010 for the purchase of eight and twelve additional fighter jets respectively. The final contract between Moscow and Hanoi was signed in 2013 and involved a batch of twelve aircraft for USD 600 million.
Variants of R-27 from R-27T with range 40km until R-27EM with range 170km (photo : DongNai)
The Vympel R-27 (NATO reporting name AA-10 Alamo) medium-to-long range range air-to-air missile was developed by the Soviet Union in 1983 and is capable of speeds up to Mach 4.5. Each missile weighs approximately 250 kilogram, while its war head has a mass of almost 40 kilogram.
(Scramble)
02 Juni 2020
Royal Thai Army's L/70 Bofors 40mm AAA and Signaal Flycatcher fire control radar (photos : AAG)
According to the Army Ordnance Department Royal Thai Army announces a project to repair a 40mm L/70 Bofors anti-aircraft artillery gun, fixing the reference mid price on February 26, 2020 valued 446,500,000 baht ($ 13,996,873.07), unit price 23,500,000 baht ($ 736,677.53), source middle price (reference price), to the Armisys Supply Company Limited.
The project announcement corresponds to the document. Thai Innovation Account Additional March 2020, which registered the Security Equipment Code 13020008, the 40mm L/70 type anti-aircraft artillery equipment, which is a Thai innovation work of Thai Armisys Supply.
It is understood that the Thai Army has a map will repair, improve, enhance the efficiency of the Swedish Bofors 40mm L/70, which has been used for decades to extend the service life and remain active.
Currently, the unit depends directly on Air defense units such as the Royal Thai Air Force Artillery Battalion The 1st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, with AA Bofors 40mm L/70 stationed with radar, and fire control radar the Hollandse Signaal Flycatcher since the 1980s.
Before that, the Office of Army Military Research and Development, together with Kasetsart University developed, designed and manufactured a set of waterproof rubber ring used in the heavy-duty, smooth-moving round cannon, the GOR. 34 GHN45A1, the medium-curvy trajectory cannon, the cover of the C25 M198, and the smooth-grind heavy-duty gun 20 M71 of the 155 mm replacement type. The production line has been discontinued.
(AAG)
02 Juni 2020
Konsol CMS C-Flex lansiran Terma Denmark (photo : Terma)
C-Flex Combat Management System (CMS) dan paket radar Terma-Hensoldt terpilih untuk melengkapi fregat Iver Huitfeldt class untuk Indonesia. Demikian disampaikan sumber yang dekat dengan kalangan pengambil keputusan di Kementerian Pertahanan Indonesia. Paket CMS Terma C-Flex akan terdiri dari 16 konsol multi fungsi dan 3 layar lebar.
Pilihan atas CMS Terma C-Flex dari Denmark memang merupakan kejutan mengingat sebagian besar kapal surface combatant besar dan modern TNI AL menggunakan CMS Thales Tacticos, sebutlah fregat dan korvet Martadinata class (Thales-Tacticos), Diponegoro class (Thales-Tacticos), Bung Tomo class (Thales-Tacticos) serta Fatahillah class (campuran Thales-Tacticos dan Navantia-Catiz), artinya hampir semua menggunakan Thales Tacticos CMS.
CMS merupakan komponen utama Combat System suatu kapal perang. CMS mengintegrasikan sistem sensor dan sistem persenjataan sehingga dapat mempermudah operator CMS dalam mendeteksi, melokalisasi, mengklasifikasi, tracking, hingga penembakan sasaran secara terintegrasi.
Pengembangan C-Flex CMS bermula sejak 2001, ketika Angkatan Laut Kerajaan Denmark (RDN) pertama kali meminta upaya untuk meningkatkan CMS Angkatan Laut Denmark. Terma sebagai perusahaan Denmark menyambut tawaran ini dan telah berinvestasi secara signifikan dalam pengembangan CMS berdasarkan pada sistem Open Architecture dan sepenuhnya memanfaatkan berbagai sistem operasi dan komputer yang tersedia secara komersial. Dengan demikian sistem dapat dipertahankan dan tetap up to date dengan adanya evolusi teknologi dengan harga yang terjangkau.
C-Flex berjalan pada platform perangkat lunak yang disebut T-Core, yang dikembangkan Terma sebagai platform untuk semua perintah dan sistem kontrol baik itu untuk AL, AD dan AU. T-Core memiliki semua fungsi dasar C4I yang diperlukan dalam sistem apa pun dan dirancang untuk memenuhi standar yang ditetapkan dalam “US Navy Open Architecture
Computing Capability and Environment”. Aplikasi T-Core bahkan telah sukses digunakan pada AD Denmark dan AD Austria.
Terma C-Flex CMS telah dipakai oleh Angkatan Laut di beberapa negara, Untuk armada Surface Combatant tercatat dipakai pada 3 fregat Iver Huitfeldt class (Denmark), 1 fregat/destroyer Marasesti (Romania), dan 4 fast attack craft-missile KCR-60 class (Indonesia). Untuk kapal bantu/ Auxilary Ship CMS ini sudah dipakai pada 2 kapal Absalon class (Denmark), 1 LPD Angthong (Thailand) dan 1 training vessel Sycamore (Australia).
Radar utama
Paket radar Terma-Hensoldt akhirnya mengalahkan paket radar NS-200 ajuan Thales yang cukup mahal dan melampaui anggaran. Paket radar Terma-Hensoldt ini terdiri dari Hensoldt fixed array TRS-4D, Hensoldt MSSR 2000 I, Terma SC 4603 dan Terma navigation radar yang belum ditentukan tipenya.
Paduan Hensoldt TRS-4D dan MSSR 2000 I sebagai Multifunction radar (MFR) dan Volume Search Radar sebagai radar pertahanan udara sudah pernah kita bahas sebelumnya.
Panel IFF interogator pada radar Hensoldt MSSR 2000 I (photo : Hensoldt)
Kombinasi radar tersebut sudah cukup untuk memandu rudal pertahanan udara yang kemungkinan besar merupakan kombinasi Mica dan Aster, semuanya dari MBDA. Jumlah sel peluncur vertikal asli fregat ini adalah 8x4 unit ditambah 2x12 unit, total 56 unit sel.
Sebagaimana telah diberitakan sebelumnya, jumlah fregat Iverr Huifeldt class yang akan diakuisisi adalah 2 unit menggunakan anggaran MEF ke-3 periode 2014-2019. Pada periode anggaran 2014-2019 tersebut TNI AL juga mendapatkan 2 fregat Sigma 10514.
Pada periode MEF ke-4 atau terakhir (2020-2024) TNI AL masih akan belanja 4 fregat lagi. Jika mengacu kepada ketentuan baru bahwa 1 Divisi Kapal minimal 4 unit kapal (Divisi Kapal adalah penamaan organisasi tepat dibawah Satuan, dalam hal ini adalah Satuan Eskorta) maka yang akan berpeluang adalah 2 Sigma 10514 lagi dan 2 Iver class lagi, jadi Iver class mempunyai peluang ditambah 2 unit lagi sebelum tahun 2024 sehingga menjadi 4 unit.
(Defense Studies)
02 Juni 2020
ATR-72 of the Myanmar Navy (photo : Myanmar and AMU)
Myanmar inducts a ATR 72 MPA, bigger version of existing ATR-42 MPA of navy. The type of installed system is still unknown.
Myanmar will have total 3 Maritime Patrol Aircrafts after inducting this and it will expend capability of Myanmar Navy beyond its boundary.
(Myanmar and AMU)
01 Juni 2020
First CN235 hand over to Senegal Air Force in 2011, the second was in Januari 2017, while the third order was MPA variant (photo : Yudhistira Adityawardhana)
Indonesia's discussion with Senegal for second CN-235 halted amid travel bans
Negotiations between aerospace company PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) and the Senegalese Air Force (Armée de l’Air du Senegal) for a second CN-235 aircraft have been put on hold amid Covid-19-related travel bans.
These negotiations, which were last described at the Singapore Airshow 2020 in February as reaching the final stages, are now not expected to resume again until 2021, said a PTDI representative who spoke to Janes on 26 May.
Design of CN235 MPA with magnetic anomaly detector (MAD) (image : PTDI)
Senegal signed for its first CN-235 with PTDI in November 2014 and the airframe was subsequently delivered in January 2017. The aircraft was delivered in the quick-change configuration, and can take on a variety of missions including medical evacuation, general transport duties, and VIP transport.
For the second airframe, the Armée de l’Air du Senegal is considering a maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) variant of the CN-235 that is similar to those in service with the Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL), said the PTDI representative.
The Armée de l’Air du Senegal has yet to convey their preferences for mission systems that will go onboard the MPA but in TNI-AL service, the CN-235’s sensors include the CAE AN/ASQ-508 magnetic anomaly detector (MAD), and Thales Ocean Master or Telephonics APS-143C(V)3 (Batch 2) radar.
(Jane's)
01 Juni 2020
Su-35 fighter (photo : chrisual777)
Russia can adapt Su-35 multipurpose fighters to the request of the Indonesian Air Force, the press service of Rosoboronexport (part of Rostec) reports.
“Russia can supply Indonesia with the latest Su-35 multipurpose fighters, adapting them as much as possible to the needs of the customer. We are sure that this is the best choice for increasing the combat effectiveness of the Indonesian Air Force, ”the report said.
The company added that US attempts to force other countries, including Indonesia, to abandon the acquisition of the Su-35 are unacceptable and are "a manifestation of unfair competition."
In March, the head of the FSVTS Dmitry Shugaev said that Russia concluded contracts for the supply of military products worth $ 17 billion last year.
Su-35 is a Russian multi-purpose, highly maneuverable 4 ++ generation fighter. By its characteristics, the machine is closely approximated to fifth-generation aircraft.
It is a deep modernization of the Su-27. The modernization affected both on-board equipment and the airframe, which was strengthened.
In addition, the machine received a significantly more powerful radar station, an expanded arsenal of guided weapons, including long-range missiles aimed at the target by radar.
Su-35 is capable of performing a long flight at transonic speeds without turning on afterburner due to the replacement of AL-31F engines with “product 117C”.
(Zvezda)
01 Juni 2020
Sandakan, Pantai Timur Sabah (image : GoogleMaps)
KOTA KINABALU – Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia (TLDM) akan memperluaskan pangkalannya bagi menampung keperluan aset TLDM khususnya di kawasan Pantai Timur Sabah.
Panglima TLDM Laksamana Tan Sri Mohd Reza Mohd Sany bagaimanapun berkata perkara itu masih dalam peringkat perbincangan dengan kerajaan negeri Sabah.
“Perluasan pangkalan (TLDM) itu dijangka dibina di Sandakan kerana pangkalan yang sedia ada di Sandakan sudah lama selain aset-aset TLDM yang semakin banyak.
“Atas faktor keselamatan semasa juga memerlukan untuk kita menempatkan aset di situ (Sandakan). Oleh itu, TLDM perlu penambahan fasiliti yang sedia ada,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas mengadakan kunjungan hormat terhadap Ketua Menteri Sabah Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal di Pusat Pentadbiran Negeri Sabah, hari ini.
Mohd Reza berkata bagi merealisasikan hasrat itu, beberapa perkara perlu diambil kira termasuk peruntukan kos pembinaan dan kawasan pembinaan pangkalan itu.
Dalam pada itu, beliau berkata TLDM sentiasa bekerjasama dengan agensi keselamatan lain khususnya di kawasan Pantai Timur Sabah dalam usaha menjaga keselamatan perairan negara.
(Bernama)
