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Toju200:
Nigeria deep blue Hardware getting set for deployment

Looks like the ones ordered from Paramount?

I suppose Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and South Africa are not African countries?

Now I've heard it all. Long distance RPGs.
SMH

Paramount continues to soar!

Paramount launches N-Raven long range swarming UAV system

Written by defenceWeb -22nd Feb 2021

Paramount Advanced Technologies (PAT) has launched a long-range precision strike swarming unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system called N-Raven.

Announced during the IDEX trade show in the United Arab Emirates on 22 February, Paramount said the N-Raven family of autonomous, multi-mission aerial vehicles featuring next generation ‘swarm’ technologies to accomplish numerous missions with pinpoint precision.

The N-Raven family has been designed for technology transfer and portable manufacture from within partner countries, the company said. “In doing so, the N-Raven addresses a myriad of mission requirements, including ‘future warfighter engagements’ where intelligent ‘swarming technologies’ combined with multiple munition loitering and attack operations have been proven to ensure mission survivability.”

Operational units can launch the N-Raven UAV from multiple land-based, naval, and airborne platforms. The UAVs can strike both static and moving targets.

The 41 kg N-Raven has a cruise speed of approximately 180 km/hr and a loitering endurance time of approximately two hours. N-Raven swarm loitering munitions offer a variety of sensors with each being capable of carrying a 10–15 kg payloads up to a range of 250 km.

The system provides detection, identification, location, and reportage (DILR) against various targets.

“Equivalent to positioning multiple personnel on the ground in often austere, high-risk environments, the N-Raven is designed to saturate an area with Electro-Optical/Infra-Red (EO/IR), Semi-Active Laser sensor-driven target identification and tracking technologies to provide a rapid, data-rich picture of activity,” Paramount said.

A field simulator is optionally available which connects to the system’s control unit, allowing the N-Raven crew to rehearse each mission before launch. The UAV’s recording capabilities allow for a full debrief and ensure a positive learning curve for the end-user’s personnel.

Paramount said it developed the N-Raven as a robust yet cost-effective technology solution, utilising proven commercial components and experience gained from the company’s long legacy in the development of UAV systems, including the Meteorite.

Lee Connelly, CEO of Paramount Advanced technologies, stated, “We continue to research, design and innovate new technologies that remove military personnel from the front lines, minimise collateral damage and exposure of friendly forces. At the same time providing surveillance and engagement support, and helping armed forces around the world garner greater intelligence and mission success.


“We are accordingly very excited to launch the N-Raven unmanned aerial vehicle at IDEX, and showcase its diverse capabilities in addressing the battlefield challenges of 2021 and beyond”.

Paramount continues to soar!

Paramount launches N-Raven long range swarming UAV system

Written by defenceWeb -22nd Feb 2021

Paramount Advanced Technologies (PAT) has launched a long-range precision strike swarming unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system called N-Raven.

Announced during the IDEX trade show in the United Arab Emirates on 22 February, Paramount said the N-Raven family of autonomous, multi-mission aerial vehicles featuring next generation ‘swarm’ technologies to accomplish numerous missions with pinpoint precision.

The N-Raven family has been designed for technology transfer and portable manufacture from within partner countries, the company said. “In doing so, the N-Raven addresses a myriad of mission requirements, including ‘future warfighter engagements’ where intelligent ‘swarming technologies’ combined with multiple munition loitering and attack operations have been proven to ensure mission survivability.”

Operational units can launch the N-Raven UAV from multiple land-based, naval, and airborne platforms. The UAVs can strike both static and moving targets.

The 41 kg N-Raven has a cruise speed of approximately 180 km/hr and a loitering endurance time of approximately two hours. N-Raven swarm loitering munitions offer a variety of sensors with each being capable of carrying a 10–15 kg payloads up to a range of 250 km.

The system provides detection, identification, location, and reportage (DILR) against various targets.

“Equivalent to positioning multiple personnel on the ground in often austere, high-risk environments, the N-Raven is designed to saturate an area with Electro-Optical/Infra-Red (EO/IR), Semi-Active Laser sensor-driven target identification and tracking technologies to provide a rapid, data-rich picture of activity,” Paramount said.

A field simulator is optionally available which connects to the system’s control unit, allowing the N-Raven crew to rehearse each mission before launch. The UAV’s recording capabilities allow for a full debrief and ensure a positive learning curve for the end-user’s personnel.

Paramount said it developed the N-Raven as a robust yet cost-effective technology solution, utilising proven commercial components and experience gained from the company’s long legacy in the development of UAV systems, including the Meteorite.

Lee Connelly, CEO of Paramount Advanced technologies, stated, “We continue to research, design and innovate new technologies that remove military personnel from the front lines, minimise collateral damage and exposure of friendly forces. At the same time providing surveillance and engagement support, and helping armed forces around the world garner greater intelligence and mission success.


“We are accordingly very excited to launch the N-Raven unmanned aerial vehicle at IDEX, and showcase its diverse capabilities in addressing the battlefield challenges of 2021 and beyond”.

USS Hershel "Woody" Williams, a Lewis B Puller-class Expeditionary Mobile Base of the US Navy, arriving in Cape Town, yesterday, 21 February 2021.

"With less than a year of service in the US Navy, the latest variant of the Lewis B Puller-class Expeditionary Mobile Base (ESB) was commissioned on 7 March 2020. It is designed to support special forces missions, counter-piracy/smuggling operations, maritime security operations and mine clearance, as well as humanitarian aid and disaster relief missions."

KingAzubuike:
That plane crash sums up the Nigerian military

You've done the investigation that leads you to this conclusion?

tutudesz:
Battalion 400-500 man(Officers included)
Brigades 1000-3000(Officer included)
Depending on corps

If those battalion numbers are correct, then your lieutenants are commanding really small platoons. Equivalent to sections in other Commonwealth armies.

Can someone help me out here: how many soldiers are in a Nigerian battalion? I keep reading of brigades of 2000 men. That translates to 3 battalions of 666 men per battalion.
I know each country has its own system, for example, here in South Africa a battalion is 1000 men.

Odunayaw:
Impostors and cock and bull story

I see you Henry!

EDIT: Oops, wrong Henry. As you were...

More success for Paramount as Indian Army orders 200 x Mbombe 4.
To be manufactured under licence in India as the Kalyani M4.

https://defenceview.in/indian-army-order-200-kalyani-m4-armoured-vehicle/

More success for Paramount as Indian Army orders 200 x Mbombe 4.
To be manufactured under licence in India as the Kalyani M4.

https://defenceview.in/indian-army-order-200-kalyani-m4-armoured-vehicle/

Paratroopers in the DRC.

1 Tactical Intelligence Regiment, SA Army.

For the sanity of this pictures thread, can we all just agree that any item procured by Nigeria is the best of its class and best in Africa?

Now can we move on? FFS!

Nemesis2you:
Bio mimic robotic fish hybrid vehicle

Endurance 6 hours

Some engineer friends swear bio-mimicry is poised to break out big time. They're working on at least 20 patents across various applications.

The 2nd of Paramount's Sentinel leaving Cape Town for it's new home in Nigeria.

Kudos to the team at Nautic Africa for successfully completing this despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 lockdown.

"The multi-purpose vessel is destined for the GoG where it will be utilised for (IOC)-related assignments, as well as escourt patrols for larger vessels.

News: Larger naval versions (40m & 47m ) have been been made available due to rising interest from navies, and will be offered globally to bolster military and fishing patrol operations across EEZ waters."

The 2nd of Paramount's Sentinel leaving Cape Town for it's new home in Nigeria.

Kudos to the team at Nautic Africa for successfully completing this despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 lockdown.

"The multi-purpose vessel is destined for the GoG where it will be utilised for (IOC)-related assignments, as well as escourt patrols for larger vessels.

News: Larger naval versions (40m & 47m ) have been been made available due to rising interest from navies, and will be offered globally to bolster military and fishing patrol operations across EEZ waters."

Odunayaw:
Wow!!

As a reading man - I fail to understand military enthusiasts who do not read - what do you think of an updated FireForce for Nigeria's current travails?

FireForce 3.0 - the Rhodies had the original, we had 2.0, Nigeria updates the concept to 3.0 for the 21st century.

No Daks, no jumpers. Lots of QRF sticks conveyed by a decent fleet of MI-17 to act as stopper groups.
Drones for observation when the situation demands in a particular sector.
A command Bell with door-mount MGs allocated to every sector.

Of course, all of this presupposes everything being done properly: proper training, proper rotation, proper acquisition of requisite assets, proper logistics etc.

Quod erat demonstrandum!

Pages and pages of primitive tribal nonsense! It's the 21st century and some still revel in a primary "tribal" identity!
Giant of Africa, my arse!

Seeing as the Gripen has so many fans here !

The Gripen Aims to Be the iPhone of Fighter Aircraft
In an era when software upgrades are critical, the Swedish jet leads the way.

https://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/smart-fighter-180976751/

Rheinmetall Denel Munitions continues to outperform the other Denel companies!

RDM receives aircraft bomb order from Asia as it expands bomb lineup

Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has secured an additional R40 million contract for the supply of aircraft bombs to an Asia-Pacific customer, after receiving a number of contracts over the last several years.

RDM said it will be making the first deliveries of its recently developed 110 lb/50 kg aircraft bombs (RDM HFB 110) by the first quarter of 2021. It is also supplying high fragmentation variants of its Mk 80 series warheads, including accessories and fuzes.

The HFB 110 is a high fragmentation bomb purposely designed for a light ground attack aircraft and larger unmanned aerial systems. The warhead provides high lethality and predictable fragmentation to provide maximum effectiveness against personnel and light vehicles. The smaller size and standard interfaces are ideal for smaller aircrafts and to enable a larger number of warheads to be carried to provide for greater mission flexibility and to engage a greater number of targets during a single sortie. This smaller compact variant is also known as the ‘baby bomb’, RDM said.

In addition to the 110 lb bomb, RDM is further expanding the portfolio by way of its new high performance ‘penetrator bomb’ or penetration Mk 82 warhead (HPW). The Mk 82 HPW warhead is a high penetration warhead that conforms to standard Mk 82 geometry and mass requirements, minimizing integration and certification requirements and is purposely designed for precision strike missions against hardened structures and targets.

“With its standard geometry and mass properties, the Mk 82 HPW is fully compatible with existing precision guidance kits and enables an easier and more affordable integration with existing guidance systems and combat platforms,” RDM said.

Standard General Purpose Mk 82 warheads have a limited penetration capability of as little as 0.3 metres against 14 MPa (megapascal) concrete. “With its propriety penetrator design, the RDM Mk 82 HPW is capable of achieving increased levels of penetration, penetrating up to 1.8 metres in concrete which exceeds that of far larger warheads, such as the standard Mk 83 and Mk 84, with the penetration performance of RDM’s Mk 82 HPW comparing to that of the BLU-109, which has approximately four times the mass of the Mk 82 HPW and comes at a far greater price,” RDM explained.

This provides the RDM Mk82 HPW with the additional advantages of improved mission flexibility (fewer sorties, a greater amount of targets that can be engaged per sortie), lower cost per target and reduced logistic footprint.

RDM has for years manufactured Mk 80 series bombs, available in Mk 81 (265 lb/120 kg), Mk 82 (550 lb/250 kg), Mk 83 (970 lb/440 kg) and Mk 84 (1 940 lb/880 kg) weights, using TNT, Tritonal, RX/TNT or PBXN fillings. These are available with forged steel (full range), cast iron (Mk 81 and Mk 82) and pre-fragmented castings. A delayed action fuse and can be used for penetrating bunkers. The company also makes 27lb (12.5kg) practice bombs, which are available in smoke and flash fillings.

https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/rdm-receives-aircraft-bomb-order-from-asia-as-it-expands-bomb-lineup/

Odunayaw:
Wow!!

It is really bad, though my numbers are out slightly:
"This, according to a research paper prepared for the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV), in essence translates into one general, admiral or equivalent official for every 184 people in the DoD/SANDF."

https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/sandf-is-top-heavy-with-generals-parliamentary-research-report/

Odunayaw:
Babaowen

It's not style or any such thing. A simple explanation is the way you're promoted with you classmates every 3rd term till you reach ss3. In ss3, some of your colleagues become Prefects while others remain senior students.

However after graduation, the prefectship is given to the next set (your juniors) no?. And then both prefects (outgoing) and ss3 students pass out. Won't it be an anomaly if your mates who were prefects pass out and you're still in school uniform?


I hope this explanation helps. The outgoing chiefs along with their coursemates have reached the end of the service years. The next set of chiefs are automatically juniors of the outgoing set. You want your junior to come and command you?

If there's one thing I wish the SANDF could copy from the Nigerian military, it is this. It keeps the service from becoming too top heavy and clears career pathways for junior ranks.
We have very good Colonels who reach retirement age before accruing 1-star because there are no rank openings. Brig Gens in HR with full staff commanding less than 100 people.

A general for every 150 people in a force structure of less than 70 000.
No wonder our National Treasury refuses any increase in the Defence budget unless they sort out personnel staffing and costs in the higher ranks.

ariesbull:
Rwanda is channging that narrative... They don't suffer dutch disease like other afrycam nations ... Africa so much depend on naatural resources which they don't even add value to ....

Tiny Rwanda, whose budget is more than 40% supported by direct foreign donors, is changing the narrative?
Sure thing man!
You made some evidence-absent statement about a whole continent of 54 countries - if I argued like you I'd infer some colonial inferiority complex, but I won't - and should probably learn more what ails the continent on whose behalf you make sweeping statements.

Stargate254:
Slightly related ... Turkey (the drone manufacturing company TAI) provided Kenya with the technical knowhow and helped us custom build this drone which we would own under license. So this is probably the beginning of something long-term ...
Add that to the fact that they are basically rebuilding the Somali National Army, they could become a big supplier in E.A in the next decade.

Fvck I hope not! Kenya as a potential regional power - rivalling Ethiopia - should not be genuflecting to Turkey. You don't need me to point out the geo-strategic implications of such subservience.

ariesbull:
Why do Africans think of natural resources ... To develop a nation...

Why

What develops a nation isn't naatural resources but the human capacity ask koreas, japan etc


We must grow up ....


But if the majority of Igbo want out ... There is nothing we can do about it

Nigeria with the whole naatural resources has it grown ?

Is the bolded true of the 54 countries on the continent?