I am trying hard to remember the name of an ATV that sounds something like "Auckland"! Anyone knows or remembers this name? There is a Janes article from around 2000 that Zimbabwe had acquired some of those. I just cannot recall the name correctly. I even believe I have the article saved.

Henry240:


No offence, but the person who you copied that stuff from is ignorant.



The JF-17 is a damn good state-of-the-art aircraft. It isn't an F-16 and never intended to be an aircraft of that class. It's a 4th Gen aircraft designed to replace aircrafts such as legacy MIG-29s, F-7s, F-5s, F-4s et al.


PESA and AESA are meant for higher end aircrafts. The JF-17 is not a high-end fighter, it's a light multi-role fighter in the class of the Gripen C/D, J-10A and LCA. The JF-17s radar is able to track 10 aircrafts at a time and engage 2 of the 10 tracked aircrafts at a time.


The J-10B is a 4+ Gen aircraft.


The JF-17 would be used primarily as a ground attack aircraft in NAF service and for that role it is good as any other in the market. My only issue with the JF-17 is, it's has a legacy design similar to the F/A-18 Hornet and F-16. Unlike the J-10, Gripen, Eurofighter, Rafale who use more mordern designs.

The Tejas Mark IA will equipped with an improved version of the EL/M-2052 AESA radar being developed jointly by Elta and HAL.if nigeria air force wants its could order the customization of its JF-17 with EL/M-2052 AESA radar .AESA radar technology is maturing and the cost reducing with increasing number of companies offering AESA radars in the defence market

africaken254:
The Tejas Mark IA will equipped with an improved version of the EL/M-2052 AESA radar being developed jointly by Elta and HAL.if nigeria air force wants its could order the customization of its JF-17 with EL/M-2052 AESA radar .AESA radar technology is maturing and the cost reducing with increasing number of companies offering AESA radars in the defence market

I thought Elta was already offering the 2052 AESA via some chinese middleman and I assume targeting JF-17 and J-10 customers. ?

http://www.defensenews.com/story/breaking-news/2015/08/17/chinese-firm-claims--offer-israeli-aesa-radar/31853981/

Chinese Firm Claims To Offer Israeli AESA Radar


By Wendell Minnick and Barbara Opall-Rome 2:48 p.m. EDT August 17, 2015

TAIPEI and TEL AVIV — A People's Liberation Army (PLA)-accredited, publicly traded firm is marketing an advanced airborne fire-control radar believed to be from Elta Systems, the same Israeli state-owned subsidiary at the heart of an incendiary chapter in US-Israel relations that continues to reverberate 15 years after Washington forced Israel to cancel a controversial contract with Beijing.

According to a product catalogue by NAV Technology Company, the Beijing-based firm claims its active electronic scanned array (AESA) radar "incorporates Elta's decades of field-proven experience with real operational feedback from Israel Air Force combat pilots."

While the catalogue — distributed at Airshow China in Zhuhai last November — does not directly identify Elta's ELM-2052 radar by name, its two-page description is nearly identical to publicly available marketing data by Elta, a subsidiary of state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), whose Phalcon aerial warning and control radar deal with Beijing was terminated in mid-2000 due to fierce opposition from executive and legislative branches of the US government.

The NAV-purported product boasts advanced multimode capabilities for precision, long-range attack of multiple air, sea and moving ground targets.

If indeed the radar is part of NAV's product portfolio, it could provide Chinese-made fighters — including those planned for export to Iran and other nations hostile to both Israel and the United States — with the ability to track and attack dozens of targets simultaneously.

Israel's Ministry of Defence on Monday said it has no knowledge of NAV and its claimed association with Elta. Yet when asked if the MoD had ever granted IAI a license to market the Elta airborne AESA radar in China or to a Chinese subsidiary, spokeswoman Orna Simhoni-Ofer declined to answer and referred Defense News to IAI.

In a written reply, IAI spokeswoman Eliana Fishler denied any association between Elta and NAV "or any other Chinese firm."

According to Fishler, "We don't have a clue as to why they wrote this in their brochure, but it is completely not true."

Fishler declined, however, to state what, if any, steps the firm intended to take against NAV for what it insists is a blatant forgery of IAI/Elta marketing information.

Yang Yunchun, NAV Technology chairman and president, did not respond to repeated requests for comment. The Chinese-language website for the company does not list an AESA radar as a product. According to public information, Yang is the founder and principal stockholder (55 percent) of the company traded on the Chinese stock exchange.

But in an apparent boost to IAI claims of forgery, NAV's 55-page product catalogue indicates the firm is willing to "reverse engineer" a US-made inertial navigation system that the Pakistani Air Force is having problems with. NAV would provide "a detailed solution," according to company marketing material.

The NAV catalogue also lists a "NAV-SDB Small Diameter Bomb" that appears identical to the Boeing GBU-39 precision-guided glide bomb, including photograph and specs.

In 2010, the company received Chinese government approval to manufacture equipment for the PLA, similar to ISO 9000 certification. The NAV website includes a copy of the quality control accreditation certificate issued by the China New Time Quality System Accreditation Center on behalf of the China Military Industry Product Quality Accreditation Committee.

angola SU-27

nganduh:


I thought Elta was already offering the 2052 AESA via some chinese middleman and I assume targeting JF-17 and J-10 customers. ?

http://www.defensenews.com/story/breaking-news/2015/08/17/chinese-firm-claims--offer-israeli-aesa-radar/31853981/

its report the US government pressured israel to cancel the deal and nothing has being heard about the deal from then

nganduh:


Not too sure but seems it is at the advanced stages/levels of flying F-7s.

Ouk,Any pics from the joint AFZ/NAF exercises i.e. Savannah thunderbolt 1?

Namibian police training with French police

africaken254:
The Tejas Mark IA will equipped with an improved version of the EL/M-2052 AESA radar being developed jointly by Elta and HAL.if nigeria air force wants its could order the customization of its JF-17 with EL/M-2052 AESA radar .AESA radar technology is maturing and the cost reducing with increasing number of companies offering AESA radars in the defence market

"An Indian system in a Pakistani co-produced fighter jet?" ........ I don't think the Indians would agree to such a sale.

africaken254:
seen a couple during the capture of kismayo,but i have love to have seen them utilised in insertions behind enemy line when conducting raids as how america special ops use them.transporting them using Chinooks,we could use our MI-17 LINK to the video of the kenya ATV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFMWa0HRL_4

They are an important recon vehicle. The Australians and French use them in very good numbers.

Nigerian Air Force

Henry240:


"An Indian system in a Pakistani co-produced fighter jet?" ........ I don't think the Indians would agree to such a sale.

EL/M-2052 AESA radar isn't a indian system but is produced by israel ELta .what indian and israel companies ELta and HAL want is to co-produce is an improved EL/M-2052 AESA radar for the Tejas Mark IA jet

jteku:
Nigerian Army Dog unit

ViceAdmiral:


Ouk,Any pics from the joint AFZ/NAF exercises i.e. Savannah thunderbolt 1?

Namibian police training with French police

Sorry. Nothing. Would love to see some.

NA SF

jteku:
Nigerian Army Dog unit

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

Henry240:
Nigerian Air Force

is this deployment due to the recent attacks in niger by boko haram or niger delta ?

africaken254:
is this deployment due to the recent attacks in niger by boko haram or niger delta ?

This is Maiduguri FOB. The deployment has to do with the recent spike in attacks in Niger republic, if you watched the videos posted here in this thread, you would have heard the Air chief state the Air Force was also carrying out operations in Southern Niger.

DICON Bullet-Proof vest


DICON vests are now back in active service after 2 years leave due to quality control issues.

Henry240:



This is Maiduguri FOB. The deployment has to do with the recent spike in attacks in Niger republic, if you watched the videos posted here in this thread, you would have heard the Air chief state the Air Force was also carrying out operations in Southern Niger.

i am astounded by Facilities in nigerian air force FOB .most of kenya air force FOB lack hangers even temporary hangars to shelter air crafts

the alshabaab leader of kenyan origin Mohamed Kuno ,who planned the garrisa university terror massacre and several other mass terror killings is killed by somalia special ops . good riddance

africaken254:
i am astounded by Facilities in nigerian air force FOB .most of kenya air force FOB lack hangers even temporary hangars to shelter air crafts

Nigeria has a properly equipped military. We have our well documented problems and like every other military we require a lot of improvements, however anybody who says we are ill-equipped is ignorant and ill-informed.

Nigerian Air Force Port-Harcourt base fitness facilities

For our female fans


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHTyrCSB9IM

Gendarmery SF DSI "Intervention Special Detachment" Algeria


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvH2cr9aluw

I bet this is a better packaged report on the recent deployment


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2lH7V2TKjU

Fynline:
I bet this is a better packaged report on the recent deployment


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2lH7V2TKjU

There's an NTA report on the Navy, i only caught a glimpse of it this afternoon. I think it's about the Navy's communication center.

Some good news from the Navy

Here you have it


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncUPIQwG14A

Fynline:
Some good news from the Navy

Here you have it


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncUPIQwG14A

State-of-the-art....... I mean completely awesome and STATE-OF-THE-ART!

Fynline:
Some good news from the Navy

Here you have it


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncUPIQwG14A

Just downloaded and watched the video.

I must commend the navy on such land mark and state of the art facility :" FALCON EYE". And from the video I heard 1 out of 4 housing such facility. These is a good development for the naval/maritime sector.

Snapshots from 1 of 4 State-of-the-art command centers of Nigeria's Falcon Eye system.

Mid-life upgrades for SA Navy Valour Class frigates

"self-protection systems of the embarked Super Lynx maritime helicopters, operated by the SA Air Force’s 22 Squadron will also be improved."

"Anti-surface warfare is the primary role for the frigates, and we'll update or replace the current Exocet (Block 2) anti-ship missile system," Girsa told the conference"

"Denel Umkhonto surface-to-air missile system will also be enhanced, maintaining its air defence capability against evolving threats. The ships have a limited anti-submarine warfare role, so the existing Thales Kingclip sonar is expected to be retained."

"the Thales MRR G-band air/surface search radar, and the electronic warfare suite comprising the Grintek EWASION system, for communications electronic support measures (CESM), and a Saab Avitronics radar electronic support measures system, will be replaced."


"The existing Reutech RTS 6400 optical radar tracker (ORT), sited forward, is to be retained but the electro-optical tracker (EOT), sited aft, is to be replaced with a new system. The existing combat management system, originally developed and supplied by African Defence Systems (ADS), is also set to be upgraded or replaced."

"The existing gun systems, including the Oto Melara 76/62 compact guns forward and the Denel 35 mm gun systems aft, are to be upgraded to enhance both fire-support and self-defence capabilities."

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43963:mid-life-upgrades-for-sa-navy-valour-class-frigates&catid=111:sa-defence&Itemid=242

nigeria soldiers Repel Attack On Their outpost ,which even a SVIED was used ,Marked un-exploded 155mm shells