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Archives by date > 2012 > December > 19th

Switzerland’s Hornet Upgrade 25 Program

Dec 19, 2012 14:38 UTC

Latest updates[?]: 2011- 2012 events.
F-18Cs Swiss

Swiss F/A-18Cs

Until and unless new fighters arrive, Switzerland is depending more and more heavily on its 33 Swiss Luftwaffe F/A-18C/D fighters (26 F/A-18Cs, 7 F/A-18D 2-seat), in order to handle air sovereignty and policing over the nation.

In order to keep them up to date, programs like “Upgrade 21” and “Upgrade 25” continue to add to their capabilities. Upgrade 21 included a successful trip to the USA, which allowed them to use American weapon ranges to test the integration of their new AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles with their existing Hornet fleet. Those will go well with Switzerland’s JHMCS helmet-mounted sights, which were also part of Upgrade 21. A December 2007 request to the US DSCA placed the total potential cost of Upgrade 25 Phase 1 at over $500 million. The Upgrade 25 request, subsequent political developments, and follow-on contracts include:

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Pakistan’s P-3 Orion Maritime Aircraft – and their Harpoons

Dec 19, 2012 12:50 UTC

Latest updates[?]: USA willing to provide more?
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Pakistani P-3

Pakistan’s location on the Indian Ocean next to the Persian Gulf, and its rivalry with India, ensure that its maritime patrol and strike capabilities will need to operate across a wide expanse of ocean. Maritime patrol aircraft are critical to that effort, because of the surveillance area that a single plane can cover. Like India, Pakistan relies on a mix. In its case, that mix includes converted Fokker F27 twin-turboprops, a couple of early-model Dassault Atlantiques, and a high-end force of 2 P-3C Orion aircraft, reactivated in 2006. The 4-engine Orions have much better range than Pakistan’s other maritime patrol aircraft, which widens that country’s sphere of naval influence.

Subsequent orders have served to detail the modernization work for Pakistan’s Orion fleet, via a deal for 8 more P-3 aircraft, refurbishment orders, and the accompanying orders for AGM-84 Harpoon missiles that can attack naval or land targets.

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Rapid Fire Dec. 19, 2012: British Reform, Nuclear Deterrent

Dec 19, 2012 10:20 UTC

  • The British government submitted its 2012 report [PDF] to parliament on the future nuclear deterrent, noting the ramp up in public and private resources via an Integrated Programme Management Team (IPMT).

  • Lord Levene, a former chief of defence procurement now at the UK’s House of Lords and Chairman of General Dynamics UK, submitted a report [PDF] that notes strong progress from the Ministry of Defence against recommendations [PDF] made in favor of defense reform 18 months ago.

  • General David Richards, Chief of the Defence Staff [UK MoD] in a speech at the Royal United Services Institute:

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