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Bruxelles2 Blog - Thu, 07/01/2016 - 06:53

Pour 2016, inutile de faire de grandes analyses stratégiques ou de relire Sun Tzu, il suffit de consulter l’horoscope chinois de Marie-Claire ! En 2016, année du singe, « tout peut arriver ». « On ne sait jamais s’il s’agit d’un ouistiti ou de king kong ». Ce n’est pas l’année idéale pour planifier. « L’influence du singe bouleverse tout. (…) C’est l’année de l’imprévisible et de l’irrationnel, de la surprise et du bouleversement, de la prise de risque et de l’effet boomerang, la spéculation et l’escroquerie. » Inutile d’ajouter quoi que ce soit. Tout est dit…

photo : NGV / B2 à bord du Leopold Ier en Méditerranée

NRL completes testing of cooperative soaring technology for UAV Sailplanes

Naval Technology - Thu, 07/01/2016 - 01:00
The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has completed testing of cooperative autonomous soaring algorithms aimed at keeping unmanned flights airborne for longer.

Royal Navy’s HMS Gannet handovers SAR operations to Bristow Helicopters

Naval Technology - Thu, 07/01/2016 - 01:00
HMS Gannet, a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm establishment based at RNAS Prestwick in Scotland, has handed over its search-and-rescue (SAR) operations to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency contractor, Bristow Helicopters.

Canada’s HMCS Fredericton joins Operation Reassurance in Mediterranean

Naval Technology - Thu, 07/01/2016 - 01:00
The Royal Canadian Navy's Halifax-class frigate, HMCS Fredericton, has been assigned to support Operation Reassurance in the Mediterranean Sea.

Beadwindow Pty Ltd-Warfighting Knowledge and Expertise for Naval Combat Systems and Technologies

Naval Technology - Thu, 07/01/2016 - 01:00
Beadwindow advises engineering design, project and business development teams on actual warfighting needs; something that the operator sitting in the chair and their command team really need.

UTC delivers first sonar dome rubber window to US Navy

Naval Technology - Thu, 07/01/2016 - 01:00
UTC Aerospace Systems has successfully delivered its first sonar dome rubber window under a new five-year contract with the US Navy.

US Navy to name new replenishment oiler USNS John Lewis

Naval Technology - Thu, 07/01/2016 - 01:00
US Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has announced that the navy's new replenishment oiler (T-AO 205) will be named the USNS John Lewis.

Réfugiés, Frontières, Combattants étrangers, Terrorisme. 4 dossiers pour faire le point

Bruxelles2 Blog - Wed, 06/01/2016 - 22:32

(B2) Après La crise des migrants devenue crise des réfugiés, puis crise tout court

et Garder les frontières de l’Europe. Vers un corps européen de garde-côtes et garde-frontières

B2 vient de publier ses deux derniers dossiers « net » recensant dans un fil chronologique les derniers évènements que nous avons commenté dans nos deux éditions Blog et Pro

Le phénomène des combattants étrangers en Europe

et 2015 L’Europe face à une nouvelle vague de terrorisme

A lire pour retrouver le fil de l’histoire…

H2X and Cegelec to supply six multi-mission barges to French Navy

Naval Technology - Wed, 06/01/2016 - 01:00
H2X and Cegelec Naval Defence and SouthEast have received a contract from the French Direction Générale d'Armement (DGA) to supply six chalands multi-mission (CMM) barges for the French Navy.

Northrop awarded $286m contract to produce first Japanese E-2D Advanced Hawkeye

Naval Technology - Wed, 06/01/2016 - 01:00
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a US Navy contract modification worth $285.97m to engineer and provide technical support to configure the first Japanese E-2D Advanced Hawkeye.

QinetiQ to support delivery of EMALS and AAG for US Navy's John F Kennedy

Naval Technology - Wed, 06/01/2016 - 01:00
QinetiQ North America (QNA) has received a $16m contract to engineer control hardware and software for the electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS), and the advanced arresting gear (AAG).

US Navy successfully testing APS-154 on P-8A Poseidon aircraft

Naval Technology - Wed, 06/01/2016 - 01:00
The US Navy has been successfully testing the advanced airborne sensor (AAS), on P-8A Poseidon aircraft.

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