Preserving capacity, General Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff, Keys to Canadian SAR
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I inside industry BAE Systems and United Technologies completed a successful guided flight test of the Multi-Service Standard Guided Projectile (MS-SGP) from a five-inch 62-caliber Mk 45 Mod 4 naval gun system. The flight test demonstrated the tactical capability to a range of 38 kilometers. The MS-SGP's maximum range is nearly 100 kilometers. Of significance to Canada, the MS-SGP, which is less expensive than many other fire support solutions, will be fired from an M777 towed howitzer later this summer. Fleet Canada of Fort Erie, Ont., has received a contract from Boeing to supply subassemblies for the United States KC-46A tanker program, which will replace the aging KC-135 Stratotankers. The KC-46A will provide aerial refueling support to the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and to coalition aircraft. The contract is part of Boeing's IRB obligations under four active programs: the CC177 airlifter; the Scan Eagle unmanned system; the CH-147 Chinook helicopter; and the Mercury Global program. Kelowna Flightcraft received a $15 million contract from the government for third-level maintenance of the RCAF's CC-115 Buffalo and CC-138 Twin Otter search and rescue aircraft. The company will provide depot-level in-depth inspection and major repair, component repair and overhaul, technical investigations, modification designs, manufacture and assembly of prototypes, and engineering support for the West Coast-based fleet. 10 AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2013 www.vanguardcanada.com CAE has inked $100 million in military contracts from customers in more than 15 countries, notably in the Asia-Pacific region involving Japan, Korea, Singapore and India. Among the deals was an award from the U.S. Navy to provide the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force with KC-130R aircrew and maintenance training services. Other deals included a contract with Coptersafety to design and manufacture a CAE 3000 Series AW139 helicopter fullflight simulator to be delivered in late 2014 to the Finnair Flight Academy, and an award from Havelsan in Turkey to provide its CAE Medallion-6000 image generator for one T-129 helicopter full-mission simulator and one T-129 helicopter partial-mission simulator that Havelsan is developing for the Turkish Army. Germany's Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles will supply the Australian Defence Force with an extensive fleet of advanced logistical vehicles worth €1.1 billion. The joint venture between Rheinmetall AG and MAN Truck & Bus AG will also be a strong contender for the Canadian Medium Support Vehicle System-Standard Military Pattern project. The vehicles are part of Australia's Land 121 modernization program. Deliveries will begin in 2016 and should be completed in 2020. The 100th Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II will roll off the production line at Fort Worth, Texas this month. Following checkout flight and acceptance by the USAF, the conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) model, known as AF-41, will be the first aircraft to arrive at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona next year. The first pre-production Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) has been shipped for testing in the United States. In early July, manufacturer Textron Marine & Land Systems (TM&LS) sent the newest vehicle in the Canadian Army fleet to the Aberdeen Test Center in Maryland for qualification testing. TM&LS has also shipped three vehicles to Rheinmetall Canada in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu for Land Communication Information System training, electro-optical technical training performed by Kongsberg Protech Systems Canada and vehicle technician training by TM&LS. Textron expects to finish work on two additional pre-production TAPVs by late August, at which point five of the six will be sent to CFB Valcartier for two weeks of Operator and Gunner Operator Training, followed by Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Durability testing. Textron Systems Canada, which won the $700 million TAPV competition in June 2012 to manufacture 500 vehicles, with options for up to 100 more, says full-rate production will begin in January of 2014. 9.5 in. Live Vancouver's MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has signed two multi-million dollar contracts for satellite ground stations. The first, with Collecte Localisation Satellites of France, will involve a RADARSAT-2 ground station in Bali, Indonesia and three years of RADARSAT maritime information to support the detection of illegal fishing activity and marine pollution. The second, with DigitalGlobe, involves a new international Direct Access Facility ground station for an unspecified customer to task, collect and process imagery from the WorldView-1 and WorldView-2 satellites. The company also signed a multi-million dollar contract with Boeing for four advanced technology solutions for a 702HP communication satellite. Shark Marine of St.Catharines, Ont., has been slected by the Swedish Defence Material Administration to provide its Navigator, a diver-held sonar and navigation system, as the Diver Documentation and Sensor System. The Navigators will be used by Navy Clearance Divers during search and clearance operations for underwater sea mines, ordnance or other objects. 10-7/8 in. Trim The federal government exercised a five-year extension with Babcock Canada to refit and maintain Canada's four Victoriaclass submarines. The $531 million extension is the first of potentially three five-year options for the submarine in-service support contract originally awarded in 2008 to Canadian Submarine Management Group, a joint venture between Babcock International Group and Weir Canada that became known as Babcock Canada in 2011. The company began performing the first extended docking work period on HMCS Chicoutimi in 2010 and expects to complete the work this year. Work on HMCS Corner Brook is expected to begin in 2014. Both HMCS Victoria and Windsor are considered operational. 11-1/8 in. Bleed inBrief Dartmouth-based Atlantis Systems has been awarded a contract to create a performance support tool that will help technicians perform first and second line maintenance on the Bristol Snow Skis of the CC-138 Twin Otter aircraft.