Internationale AEW&C ontwikkelingen

Gestart door Sparkplug, 23/03/2019 | 10:56 uur

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Boeing Names STS Aviation Services in Birmingham as Key Wedgetail Supplier


  • Conversion work to bring more than 100 highly skilled jobs to the West Midlands
  • Work to be done at the site formerly operated by Monarch Aircraft Engineering at Birmingham Airport
  • STS Aviation Services joins UK suppliers Leonardo and Ridge on the programme

LONDON,  May 20, 2020 -

Boeing [NYSE: BA] has selected STS Aviation Services and its Birmingham site for the conversion work on the United Kingdom's fleet of five Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning (AEW) Mk1 aircraft.

The conversion work – turning commercial 737 Next Generation airliners into a modern airborne battle management fleet – will create more than 100 highly skilled jobs: 90 with STS Aviation Services and 30 more with Boeing. The Birmingham-based employees will join the 50 Boeing employees already working on the Wedgetail programme throughout the UK, including at Bristol, Yeovil and RAF Waddington. The new work will be done at the hangar formerly operated by Monarch Aircraft Engineering at Birmingham Airport.

The Royal Air Force (RAF) announced in March 2019 a contract for five Wedgetail aircraft, guaranteeing the UK the world's most effective AEW&C aircraft at a fixed price. The Wedgetail's advanced radar and 10 state-of-the-art mission crew consoles can track airborne and maritime targets simultaneously, allowing crews to direct offensive and defensive forces while maintaining continuous surveillance of an operational area.

The Wedgetail is a proven aircraft that is currently in service around the world, including by Royal Australian Air Force, which used the aircraft on operations in the battle against Daesh in Iraq and Syria. It has been continuously improved since its inception, and it is the most capable aircraft of its type.

"We are thrilled to be partnering with STS Aviation Services in Birmingham on the Wedgetail," said Anna Keeling, managing director of Boeing Defence UK. "Wedgetail will provide the UK with the most advanced and reliable aircraft of its type in the world at a fixed price, and this work will provide good jobs for the many skilled aerospace engineers and mechanics in and around Birmingham."

Boeing and STS Aviation Services, which also operates a facility in Newquay in Cornwall, have already started recruiting in key areas for the new work in Birmingham.

"Being awarded this contract is not only great news for STS Aviation Services and Boeing, it's also great news for the Birmingham region, and a much-needed jolt for UK aviation," said Mick Adams, senior vice president and CEO of STS Aviation Services. "We have a long and favourable history working with Boeing, and we're excited that this work will be completed at our new state-of-the-art aircraft maintenance facility in Birmingham."

The first two US-based aircraft have been stripped to their frames and will arrive in the UK later this year. The first Wedgetail will be delivered to the RAF in 2023 and will based at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire. STS Aviation Services joins other UK suppliers on the programme: Leonardo, which will deliver an integrated Defensive Aids System from its operation in Luton, and a project management and design team from Ridge, which is working with Boeing to design the facility that will house the Wedgetail fleet.

The work was previously announced for Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group. Marshall remains a valued supplier to Boeing and the two companies will continue their partnership on other programmes like the P-8.

Boeing's command-and-control aircraft expertise began in 1977, when it first modified a 707 aircraft for the United States. With the Wedgetail, the RAF will join an AEW&C fleet of 14 aircraft in operation around the world with the Republic of Korea Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force and Turkish Air Force.

About Boeing in the United Kingdom
Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading provider of commercial airplanes, defence, space and security systems, and global services. The company supports commercial and government customers in more than 150 countries. Boeing employs more than 150,000 people worldwide and leverages the talents of a global supplier base. Boeing has a growing UK workforce of 2,500 direct employees across the country and spends £2 billion a year in the UK supply chain. In 2018 Boeing opened its first European manufacturing facility in Sheffield. For more information visit www.boeing.co.uk or follow us on Twitter @BoeingUK.

About STS Aviation Services
STS Aviation Services operates three state-of-the-art aircraft hangars, two interior modification facilities and more than 40 line maintenance stations across the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and the United States. These facilities, and the expert personnel that call each home, fuel the company's drive to seamlessly blend a growing portfolio of MRO services to deliver all-encompassing aircraft maintenance, engineering and modification solutions to the global aviation industry. To learn more about STS Aviation Services and what makes it the company with "Solutions to Keep You Flying," please visit www.stsaviationgroup.com.

http://www.boeing.co.uk/news-media-room/news-releases/2020/may/sts-aviation-services-in-birmingham-key-wedgetail-supplier.page?
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

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#43
Citaat van: Sparkplug op 20/05/2020 | 22:46 uur
Waarom zou UAE naast de GlobalEye (zie bericht #39) ook de Erieye willen?

GlobalEye:
https://saab.com/air/airborne-solutions/airborne-surveillance/globaleye/

Erieye:
https://saab.com/air/airborne-solutions/airborne-surveillance/saab-2000-erieye-aewc/

Another subject under review is the upgrade of the UAE AFAD's two older Saab 340-based Erieye airborne early-warning aircraft, with a range of options being considered.

https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2020-04-29/first-globaleye-handed-over-uae

Volgens mij gaat het om een upgrade van 2 bestaande systemen  van UAE en is de radar op de  GlobalEye gewoon een  Erieye radar

https://saab.com/air/airborne-solutions/airborne-surveillance/saab-2000-erieye-aewc/


https://saab.com/globalassets/commercial/air/airborne-solutions/airborne-surveillance/globaleye/new-images/globaleye-system-overview_2.jpg

https://mb.cision.com/wpyfs/00/00/00/00/00/10/09/0E/wkr0011.pdf

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A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Ace1


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Citaat van: Harald op 19/05/2020 | 08:35 uur
Saab to provide more Erieye AEW&C aircraft

an unnamed customer

Volgens de geruchtenmolen is het Pakistan of de UAE

Harald

Saab to provide more Erieye AEW&C aircraft

Saab announced on 18 May that it has received an order from an unnamed customer for its Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C solution, under a SEK1.55 billion ($158.37 million) contract.

An undisclosed number of aircraft will be delivered between 2020 and 2023.

Saab will carry out the work in Sweden at sites in Arboga, Gothenburg, Järfälla, Linköping and Luleå.

The AEW&C system comprises the Saab 2000 aircraft equipped with the Swedish company's Erieye airborne radar and a range of other sensors.

According to Shephard Defence Insight, launch customer Pakistan took delivery of four aircraft between 2009 and 2010. Three of these were damaged in a 2012 terrorist attack, including one which was written off. The two remaining aircraft were repaired locally and returned to service.

Pakistan ordered three more Saab 2000 Erieyes in 2017 for $152 million. The final aircraft in this order was delivered to the Pakistan Air Force in April 2019.

In 2014, Saudi Arabia took delivery of two Saab 2000 Erieyes modified from secondhand Swedish transport aircraft. 

https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/air-warfare/saab-provide-more-erieye-aewc-aircraft/

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UAE takes delivery of first Saab GlobalEye

By Craig Hoyle | 29 April 2020

The United Arab Emirates' first of potentially five GlobalEye swing-role surveillance aircraft has touched down in Abu Dhabi following a delivery flight from Linkoping, Sweden.

Arriving on 29 April, the aircraft was the second of three GlobalEyes prepared for the UAE, and first flown as SE-RMZ in January 2019. This asset had been used primarily for system-level testing, including of its data links, and command and control trials in support of the development activity.

Acceptance testing will now be conducted by UAE air force personnel, with this process supported by Saab's in-country team. It has already delivered training for the customer's pilots and ground-system operators.

A schedule for subsequent deliveries has not been disclosed, but Saab chief executive Micael Johansson notes that the company has a "rather tight schedule".

Once operational, GlobalEye will provide the UAE with the capability to simultaneously perform surveillance of airborne, land and maritime threats. Its sensor suite includes Saab Erieye ER airborne early warning and Leonardo Seaspray 7500E maritime search radars.

Saab launched the Bombardier Global 6000 long-range business jet-based GlobalEye with a two-aircraft order at the Dubai air show in November 2015. The UAE subsequently signed for a third unit, before Saab last November announced that it was in negotiations to deliver a further two.

Johansson says discussions are continuing with the UAE over the follow-on deal, which the company has previously valued at around $1 billion.

"We are still in negotiations, according to the plan," he says, adding: "I look forward to concluding that [process] as quickly as possible."

While Bombardier has progressed production to the Global 6500 airframe, Johansson says Saab has options to acquire two more green examples in the 6000 configuration to meet UAE requirements.

Johansson says Saab is confident of securing further orders for GlobalEye, with Finland, South Korea and Sweden viewed as potential future users. He describes adapting the system for Bombardier's Global 6500 as "not a major effort", but rather "an incremental work package".


Source: Saab

https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/uae-takes-delivery-of-first-saab-globaleye/138137.article
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

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Secretary General marks $1 billion contract to modernise NATO's fleet of AWACS aircraft

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_171307.htm

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Sparkplug

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Sparkplug

​PICTURES: UAE GlobalEye makes Dubai debut

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/pictures-uae-globaleye-makes-dubai-debut-462283/


Max Kingsley-Jones/FlightGlobal


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A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Sparkplug

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Sparkplug

Northrop Grumman to build nine more E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft for JASDF

https://www.janes.com/article/91596/northrop-grumman-to-build-nine-more-e-2d-advanced-hawkeye-aircraft-for-jasdf


Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract modification for the production of nine more E-2D aircraft for Japan. Source: Northrop Grumman
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

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French Navy firms up plans to buy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye

https://www.janes.com/article/91573/french-navy-firms-up-plans-to-buy-e-2d-advanced-hawkeye


A French Navy Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye AEW&C aircraft. The service is looking to replace the three aircraft it fields with the same number of the latest-variant E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. (Henri-Pierre Grolleau)
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Sparkplug

#31
U.S. Navy receives first E-2D Hawkeye with aerial refueling capability

https://defence-blog.com/news/u-s-navy-receives-first-e-2d-hawkeye-with-aerial-refueling-capability.html


The first aerial refuelling-capable E-2D Advanced Hawkeye carrier-borne airborne early warning and control aircraft was delivered to VAW 120 on 9 September. Source: US Navy
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Sparkplug

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.