Internationale fighter ontwikkelingen

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Het enige wat ik verwachtte was dat ze voldoende B versie toestellen zouden inkopen om 1 carrier mee uit te rusten (plus training + attritie).
Verder hebben ze nog hun Typhoon en wanneer hun Tornado's uitgefaseerd worden vinden ze wel een middeltje om het capaciteitsgat te dichten met... die Typhoon

Daarom behoudt de RAF een aantal Typhoon Tranche 1 voor de aantallen. Jammer dat deze niet de Tranche 3 upgrade kunnen krijgen.

Zie het er wel van komen dat de RAAF straks meer F-35's heeft dan de RAF/RN FAA.

[ARM-WAP]

Mwa, geloofde je nog in die 138 dan? Staat al heel lang op rood.

Het enige wat ik verwachtte was dat ze voldoende B versie toestellen zouden inkopen om 1 carrier mee uit te rusten (plus training + attritie).
Verder hebben ze nog hun Typhoon en wanneer hun Tornado's uitgefaseerd worden vinden ze wel een middeltje om het capaciteitsgat te dichten met... die Typhoon

[Harald]

Norway Concerned Over F-35 Data Exchange with US  (...  ... dat was toch al bekend ...  )

Norway Nervous Its Cherished F-35 Fighter Jets Share National Secrets With US

Norway's defense officials are concerned that their new fleet of F-35 warplanes is equipped with sensors that automatically send critical information to their US manufacturer Lockheed Martin.

Norway, one of Europe's foremost users of US F-35 fighter jets, is concerned that its new fleet, designed to become the backbone of the Nordic country's defense, automatically retrieve data that is automatically sent to the manufacturer in the US.

The costly aircraft that set the Norwegian state coffers back billions of dollars, are equipped with a technology that improves Norway's ability to monitor large land and sea areas. However, the planes are also set up to automatically send information to manufacturers' servers in Fort Worth, Texas after each flight, which worries defense officials. The information sent via the worldwide Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) includes operational data, jets' "self-diagnosis," maintenance data and training data.

"Due to national considerations, there is a need for a filter where the user nations can exclude sensitive data from the data stream that is shared by the system with the manufacturer Lockheed Martin," Defense Ministry senior consultant Lars Gjemble told the ABC Nyheter news portal.

Gjemble compared the advance from the F-16 currently in use in Norway to the F-35 with the improvement from an old Nokia 3210 to an iPhone X, pointing out that the increased assortment of options, features and data also called for increased protection.

"In a way, it is similar to the challenge of what information your iPhone shares with the manufacturers," Gjemble explained.

According to Gjemble, there is a particular need for protecting the jet's programming via the so-called Mission Data Files (MDF), which he described as a library of possible threats in the areas where the F-35s are set to operate. The MDF contains national data to optimize the aircraft sensors.

Norway previously entered a partnership with Italy to jointly finance the so-called Norway Italy Reprogramming Laboratory (NIRL), in which the two nations will take turns storing nationally sensitive data.

As a contributor to the international Joint Strike Fighter project which resulted in the F-35, Norway decided to acquire 52 new F-35 fighter jets to the tune of NOK 81 billion (close to $10 billion). Lifetime costs associated with this project are estimated at 270 billion ($33 billion).

Earlier in November, Norway bid a warm welcome to its first batch of three F-35s. However, it was later discovered that the costly jets the Armed Forces themselves described as a "robust defense" will be stored in tents at the Ørland airbase until at least 2020, as the NOK 2 billion worth ($250 million) warplane hangars are not yet in place.

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/188693/norway-concerned-over-f_35-data-exchange-with-us.html

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Super Hornet could be chosen as Bulgaria's next fighter jet by July
By: Jaroslaw Adamowski   November 14

WARSAW, Poland — Bulgaria will request an offer from Boeing for its F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft as the country aims to select a new fighter jet by the end of July 2018, according to the country's defense minister.

Krasimir Karakachanov told state-run radio broadcaster BNR that the Ministry of Defence is seeking the offer in addition to the three main competitors for the deal — Lockheed Martin's F-16, Saab's JAS 39 Gripen and the Eurofighter Typhoon. He said requests for proposals are expected to be sent to manufacturers this month.

Interest in the Super Hornet indicates that a new major competitor could join the Bulgarian tender, under which the country is aiming to replace its Soviet-designed Mikoyan MiG-29 aircraft with Western-made fighters. The planned contract is estimated to be worth some 1.5 billion levs (U.S. $890.9 million).

In late October, Karakachanov said the ministry will relaunch its tender to purchase eight aircraft after a special committee of the Bulgarian parliament released a report calling on the Cabinet to relaunch the tender. The move scrapped the recommendation of a ministerial expert group that ranked the Gripen as its top choice.

Following this, Bulgaria was to request new proposals from Portugal, which offered secondhand F-16s, and from Italy, which offered its Eurofighter Typhoons. Should the ministry decide to select the Super Hornet, the country would become the aircraft's first operator in Eastern Europe.
https://www.defensenews.com/air/2017/11/14/super-hornet-could-be-chosen-as-bulgarias-next-fighter-jet-by-july/

Goed, zijn er maar 8 en waarschijnlijk ook tweedehands toestellen (al weet ik dat niet zeker).
Bijzonder dat ze niet kiezen voor (nieuwe) Gripen en advies naast zich neerleggen. Waarschijnlijk zullen de Bulgaren 'steunen' als zij kiezen voor Amerikaans producten.

Het lukt Europa niet om aan Europeanen Europese producten te verkopen...

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Dan mogen ze wat CUDA betreft wel opschieten. De huidige ASRAAM wordt omstreeks 2022 vervangen. De combinatie CUDA met SDB II of SPEAR is ook een interessante. De interne wapenruimen geven genoeg mogelijkheden.

Ik heb geen idee wat de huidige status van het CUDA programma is.

[Sparkplug]

Ook een prima alternatief...

Daarnaast is het Amerikaanse CUDA programma interessant om te volgen, immers 12 CUDA's intern voor een F35A zijn toch ook interessant te noemen.

Dan mogen ze wat CUDA betreft wel opschieten. De Britse Typhoons krijgen volgend jaar de nieuwe ASRAAM versie en de F-35B pas bij Block 4 omstreeks 2022. De combinatie CUDA met SDB II of SPEAR is ook een interessante. De interne wapenruimen geven genoeg mogelijkheden.

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

En in plaats van de AIM-9X de Advanced ASRAAM, welke over een paar jaar verschijnt.

Ook een prima alternatief...

Daarnaast is het Amerikaanse CUDA programma interessant om te volgen, immers 12 CUDA's intern voor een F35A zijn toch ook interessant te noemen.

[Sparkplug]

Ook een must have voor de KLu.

En in plaats van de AIM-9X de Advanced ASRAAM, welke over een paar jaar verschijnt.

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Britain, Japan to announce development of improve Meteor missile next month  (interessant !, ook voor F-35 intern )

Ook een must have voor de KLu.

[Harald]

Britain, Japan to announce development of improve Meteor missile next month  (interessant !, ook voor F-35 intern )

British and Japanese officials are expected to announced the development of an improved version of the MBDA Meteor air-to-air missile on Dec. 14, the Nikkei Asia Review reported.

The current active radar homing seeker will be replaced by one from Mitsubishi Electric. Development is to start next year with the first live-firing in 2023.

The report added that the new missile will likely be field on Japan's F-35A.

Lees meer via http://alert5.com/2017/11/24/britain-japan-to-announce-development-of-improve-meteor-missile-next-month/#Bj7KcDhq1IdITSVC.99

[Harald]

Finland requires 64 new fighters   (Conclusie Finland : 1 op 1 vervanging ... )

The Finnish Defense Ministry has concluded that the country needs a one-to-one replacement for its F/A-18 fleet

"We have interpreted that to mean 64 fighter jets. Because the new jets are not faster and can't stay up in the air any longer than the current ones, we will require the same number of jets to maintain the performance of our air defence", says Lauri Puranen from the Ministry.

The tender for new fighters will start in 2018 and a newly elected government in 2019 will decide the winner.

Lees meer via http://alert5.com/2017/11/25/finland-requires-64-new-fighters/#eEUf9x5PS78jdU7j.99

Origineel bericht :
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/mod_at_least_64_fighter_jets_needed_to_defend_finland/9946949

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Met een interessante verwijzing naar één Nederlandse F35A

Trump Just Provided More Evidence That He Thinks The F-35 Is Actually Invisible

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/16375/trump-just-provided-more-evidence-that-he-thinks-the-f-35-is-actually-invisible

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@ARM-WAP

Helemaal als je bedenkt dat Trump vorig jaar de F-35 nog afkraakte en met het hele programma wilde stoppen.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/12/12/trump-attacks-f-35-program-out-control/95327462/

[ARM-WAP]

Wat een zielige vent, die Trump... Ofwel is die zelf niet al te snugger, of hij denkt dat hij tegen een bende idioten aan het praten is.
Heb dat dan als president van een van de machtigste economische en militaire staten van de wereld. 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/23/trump-invisible-plane-coast-guard-f-35