MADE IN JORDAN

[BLACKEAGLE]

- Desert Iris KADDB light wheeled utility vehicle:

General information:

The Desert Iris (4x4) is a light special forces vehicles, developed by the King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) working in association with SHP Motorsports of the United Kingdom. Extensive prototype field trials were conducted in Jordan and South Africa from mid-1999 to mid-2001. Desert Iris was initiated to meet an operational requirement identified by the Jordan Armed Forces for a cost-effective, lightweight and affordable utility vehicle. The Desert Iris is an off-road 4x4 non-armored vehicle with excellent heavy-duty specifications.


- Variants :

- Desert Iris TOW : with anti-tank TWO launcher mounted to the back side of the vehicle
- Desert Iris MRLS: a rocket launcher system is mounted to the back side of the vehicle
- Desert Iris 12.7 mm: A 12.7 mm machine gun is mounted to the back side of the vehicle
- Desert Iris UAV: a UAV launcher platform is mounted to the back side of the vehicle

--Technical data:


- Armament:

The vehicle includes a weapon frame and ring mount directly behind the driver/commander seats that permits the vehicle to carry a variety of weapons based on the mission profile. Some include a basic 12.7 mm machine gun up to and including a TOW launcher.

- Protection:

The Desert Iris is based on a space frame chassis with the engine located at the front under a bonnet. The driver and passenger are seated centrally under roll-bar protection while a weapon mounting is located to the rear over a limited capacity cargo area.

- Propulsion:

Built around Toyota automotive components and a 2.8 liter four-cylinder Toyota engine, the Desert Iris is a low profile fast attack platform capable of an operational range of 600 km on paved surfaces and 400 km off-road. The engine develops 100 Bhp/ 75 KW at 4200 rpm. The independent double wishbone with coil-over-shock suspension in the front and independent training arms in the rear give the Desert Iris tremendous stability and off-road mobility.

- Accessories

Desert Iris is a low cost vehicle, with very easy to maintain mechanicals to provide low life cycle costs. The vehicle is small and compact and is air-transportable by a wide range of helicopters. The Desert Iris is a has outstanding off-road capability.

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

 

[alnaseh]

Some lights on Kamov Ka-226 which will be assembled in Jordan?

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

Some lights on Kamov Ka-226 which will be assembled in Jordan?

The plant was established and it's being assembled in Jordan according to the news, but no pics nor company website:

JORDAN TO ASSEMBLE 15-20 Ka-226s ANNUALLY | Oboronprom

 

[Mian H Amin.]

this all looks so old version ... :/

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

this all looks so old version ... :/

What is the thing that looks old version?

 

[Mian H Amin.]

i mean if you look american patton tanks and old russian tanks. they looks like these tanks.

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

i mean if you look american patton tanks and old russian tanks. they looks like these tanks.

Actually, those are American and British made tanks but with radical Jordanian upgrade. But I don't think they are alike:

M-60 A3

M60 Phoenix

 

[Zarvan]

@BLACKEAGLE Please explain the system in first picture ?

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

@BLACKEAGLE Please explain the system in first picture ?

It's a Jordanian 107 mm (12-round) multiple rocket system, AB-19

- AB-19:

 

[Sam1980]

"production under licence in Jordan" suited the thread better.

Yah they are fake...
Conventional arms exports (most recent) by country
# 17 Jordan:$72,000,000.00
Conventional arms exports statistics - countries compared - Nationmaster

That's equivalent of 72,000, AK-47 assault rifles! (or almost 12 M1A2 Abrams) $72mn market share in arms industry is literally nothing.

JORDAN ADVANCED MACHINING COMPANY (JORDAN AMCO), a member of the Automotive and Industrial Cluster of the KADDB Investment Group, has been established to provide highly developed precision manufacturing services.


Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/arab-defence/164712-made-jordan-8.html#ixzz2OErCC08r

This is good.

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

"production under licence in Jordan" suited the thread better.

Actually, there is nothing wrong with licence producing them, in fact, a developing nation have to go first through licence production to move upto developing brand new sophisticated arms. Jordan went through the following stages, and it would hopefully reach stage num 10 soon:

The steps in defense production for a developing nation:

1 Capability of performing simple maintenance
2 Overhaul, refurbishment and rudimentary modification capabilities
3 Assembly of imported components, simple licensed production
4 Local production of components or raw materials
5 Final assembly of less sophisticated weapons; some local component
production.
6 Co-production or complete licensed production of less sophisticated weapons
7 Limited R&D improvements to local license-produced arms
8 Limited independent production of less sophisticated weapons; limited
production of more advanced weapons
9 Independent R&D and production of less sophisticated weapons
10 Independent R&D and production of advanced arms with foreign components
11 Completely independent R&D production

That's equivalent of 72,000, AK-47 assault rifles! (or almost 12 M1A2 Abrams) $72mn market share in arms industry is literally nothing.

It's a good start for Jordan to be ranked 17th in exporting arms.

 

[Sam1980]

@BLACKEAGLE True, but if you start trusting your own scientists and engineers and invest money in the local companies instead of buying foreign products you can achieve better result. This is a tricky business, even for weapon manufacturing because if you create unintentional monopoly not only the local industry will become lazy you also won't be able to compete with the foreign products.
@BLACKEAGLE True, but if you start trusting your own scientists and engineers and invest money in the local companies instead of buying foreign products you can achieve better result. This is a tricky business, even for weapon manufacturing because if you create unintentional monopoly not only the local industry will become lazy you also won't be able to compete with the foreign products.

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

@BLACKEAGLE True, but if you start trusting your own scientists and engineers and invest money in the local companies instead of buying foreign products you can achieve better result. This is a tricky business, even for weapon manufacturing because if you create unintentional monopoly not only the local industry will become lazy you also won't be able to compete with the foreign products.

King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

MDFS

MFDS is an effective system for controlling the artillery fire targets, fire adjustment, sending data, and ballistic calculations; it meets the needs of the artillery corps through improvement the target acquisition, and ballistic calculations.

MFDS save time and efforts, secure and fast data sending, it meets almost all the needs of land warfare by applying the concepts of artillery training through imposing all kinds of firing condition.

MFDS consist of two units

1) The Position Unit: serves as the “brain” of the system. It receives the command fire from the Observer by radio as a data and do the following:
Setup working unit data
Determine firing data from initial data and the adjustments
Determine the amount and type of ammunition to use, number of guns to fire, number of round in fire of effect, priority, whether surprise fire is possible
Checking the location relative to friendly forces, fire support coordinating measures, and zones of responsibility
Registering the Target data after end of fire

2) The observer Unit: It sends the fire request from the Observer to the commander by radio as a data and does the following:
Enter observer location
Determine the observer grids using (GPS) system
Locate targets.(using LRF)
Enter target lists
Enter known points list
Enter safety zones list
Implement some survey
Sending and receiving messages

The above two units will be connected with wireless radio system (VHF military radio system). MFDS system is based on the artillery mathematical calculations and observation methods, so all the results have to be accurate and agreed with the artillery fundamentals.Menus are completely user friendly and with Arabic interface.