Third battery of Tor-M2 air defense missile system enters in service with the Belarus army

The third battery of air defense missile systems Tor-M2 was put into service by the 120th air defense missile brigade of the Western Operative and Tactical Command of the Air Defense and Air Force of Belarus on January 4, 2013.

Turkey to receive 600 million USD penalty from Boeing

U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing will pay nearly $600 million in compensation to Turkey for a much-delayed multibillion-dollar airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) program that is anticipated to be used initially at the country’s Syrian border.

Under a July 23, 2003 contract, priced at over $1.6 billion, Boeing was to develop and deliver four AEW&C aircraft to the Turkish Air Force (TSK) in 2008.

After years of postponement the aircrafts are expected to be included in TSK’s inventory in the first months of 2014.

However, Boeing will pay around $600 million Turkey in penalty, to compensate around $637 million the country has reportedly paid since the beginning of the project.

The program involved 737-700 aircraft, ground radar and control systems, plus ground control segments for mission crew training, mission support and maintenance support.

Tight security as INS Vikramaditya (R33) crosses the Suez Canal thru trouble spots towards Arabian Sea

INS Vikramaditya (R33) to reach home base before mid-January 2014.

Indian Navy sources said that the carrier was joined at the Arabian Sea by around 10 warships from Navy’s Western Fleet, led by its commander Rear Admiral Anil Chawla.

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South Korea to Field Hybrid Version of the BiHO VSHORAD Vehicle in 2015

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced Friday, December 27, 2013, that it has completed development of a hybrid variant of the self propelled air defense gun carrier K30 Bi-Ho (flying tiger in Korean) integrated with indigenously developed Shingung guided missiles. Both elements are based on indigenous technology.

The new hybrid system uses the vehicle’s target acquisition systems and Shingung surface-to-air missile to extend the system’s effective range from less than 3 km (guns only) to 7 km (missiles). As a ‘Very Short Range Air Defense System’ (VSHORAD), the hybrid Bi-HO will be able to effectively engage targets flying at very low altitude, such as helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The system mounts two missile pods, each containing two missiles. Each pod can engage a different target, DAPA said. Over 300 K30 have been deployed with the Korean Army since 1999. According to the agency the hyprid variant entered development in 2010 and is expected to enter production in 2014 and be ready for fielding as new systems or an upgrade by 2015.

K30 Bi-HO integrates specific modules from a number of local manufacturers, including Doosan Defense Systems & Technology contributing the K200 armored personnel carrier chassis and and system integration, LIG Nex1 delivering the TPS-830K low-level target acquisition radar and Shingung missiles. Samsung Thales is providing the EO sensors comprising the FLIR system and laser rangefinder acting as a secondary target acquisition system, supplementing the radar to provide a passive target acquisition mode, where the air defense system remains passive until the missile is launched.

The modification includes mounting two Shingung missile pods on each side of the turret, to accomodate the heavier load the turret drive and power supply are uprated, and modifications to the existing fire control system are installed to handle target acquisition for the ‘fire and forget’ Shingung missile.

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