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Six DHC-6-400 will be the first aircraft to patrol the West produced for the Army in Vietnam and was put on the payroll Brigade Naval Aviation 954
May 4/2010: Contract signed for 6 planes, 3 of which will be the Guardian maritime patrol variant.
Deliveries will take place from 2012 – 2014. All technical and flight training, from initial pilot qualification through to DHC-6 amphibious float operating experience, will be provided by Viking’s Pacific Sky Aviation, based at Victoria International Airport. In addition to Viking Air as a spares supplier, Team JAS in Jacksonville, FL and Universal Avionique Inc. in Miami, FL have become the first factory-endorsed component centers for Viking’s aircraft
Nov 23/2011: Training. Viking Air says that flight training has now begun in Victoria, B.C. for the first contingent of Vietnam Navy pilot delegates. It’s part of a 17-month course that includes English as a Second Language training at Camosun College, followed by flight and technical training at Viking’s sister organization, Pacific Sky Aviation.
If they run into any problems, Canada has a large Vietnamese community, especially on the west coast, so help is close at hand. Sources: Viking Air, Nov 23/11 release
July 10/2013: Training. The 1st contingent of Vietnam Navy pilot delegates graduate flight and maintenance training for the Viking Guardian 400. They represent 8 of 37 total Vietnam People’s Navy students enrolled in the program.
The program clocked about 500 flight hours and 350 cycles on runway, soft field, and water-based operations, with 6 weeks of mechanical training for the technicians. Viking Air Field Support Representatives will be based in Vietnam as a supplement. Sources: Viking Air, June 18/13 and July 10/13 releases.
Sept 5/2013: Vietnamese Navy chief of staff Vice Admiral Pham Ngoc Minh leads a ceremony in the northern city of Haiphong, forming the VPN’s DHC-6 seaplane squadron.
July 14/2014: 1st Guardian MPA. Ikhana Aircraft Services in Murrieta, CA congratulates Viking Air Ltd. and Israel’s IAI and ELTA Systems Ltd. on the delivery of Vietnam’s 1st DHC-6-400 “Guardian 400″ Twin Otter maritime patrol aircraft. Ikhana handled the conversion from DHC-6-400, using expertise from their RWMI DHC-6-300RG/-400RG™ Supplemental Type Certificate to increase maximum take-off weight, and adding internal systems along with IAI ELTA’s ELM-2022A maritime radar and day/night sensors.
When asked, Ikhana said that the other 2 Guardian 400s would be delivered by the end of the summer. Sources: Ikhana, “IKHANA Aircraft Services Congratulates Viking Air Ltd, ELTA, and the Vietnam People’s Navy for DHC-6-400 Twin Otter Guardian Delivery”.
4:28 PM - 22 Sep 2014
David C. Curtis @DHC6Otter Sep 24
@vikingtwinotter Fantastic news regarding the second group of Vietnam Navy Twin Otter pilots! Congratulations!
IKHANA Aircraft @IKHANAaircraft Sep 25 2014
Congrats to the team at @vikingtwinotter and the Vietnam Navy
The CN-295 case:
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This is the subject of General Correspondence 2821-09 from November 2009
The 20 categories of articles on the USML are:
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- Firearms, Close Assault Weapons and Combat Shotguns
- Guns and Armament
- Ammunition/Ordnance
- Launch Vehicles, Guided Missiles, Ballistic Missiles, Rockets, Torpedoes, Bombs, and Mines
- Explosives and Energetic Materials, Propellants, Incendiary Agents, and their Constituents
- Vessels of War and Special Naval Equipment
- Tanks and Military Vehicles
- Aircraft and Associated Equipment
- Military Training Equipment
- Personal protective equipment
- Military Electronics
- Fire Control, Range Finder, Optical and Guidance and Control Equipment
- Auxiliary Military Equipment
- Toxicological Agents, Including Chemical Agents, Biological Agents, and Associated Equipment
- Spacecraft Systems and Associated Equipment
- Nuclear Weapons, Design and Testing Related Items
- Classified Articles, Technical Data and Defense Services Not Otherwise Enumerated
- Directed Energy Weapons
- [Reserved]
- Submersible Vessels, Oceanographic and Associated Equipment
- Miscellaneous Articles
So this one could be in the list, even after the lifting of arm sale ban last year:
MBDA Exocet MM40 Block 3
MBDA is a missile developer and manufacturer with operations in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States
It would be much better to integrate the KH35 in the Sigma and also other air defense missiles such as Barak 8, problem solved and its much cheaper too.
kh35 yes, but not sure for barak8 if the US continues keeping arms embargo.It would be much better to integrate the KH35 in the Sigma and also other air defense missiles such as Barak 8, problem solved and its much cheaper too.
kh35 yes, but not sure for barak8 if the US continues keeping arms embargo.
american companies produce, hold patents of many critical components in warships and aircraft such as chips in fire control and guidance systems, not to mention the encryption technology for secure communications between warships, aircraft and central command. the US government can encourage or demand its allies to stop arms export to undesired countries.
kh35 yes, but not sure for barak8 if the US continues keeping arms embargo.
american companies produce, hold patents of many critical components in warships and aircraft such as chips in fire control and guidance systems, not to mention the encryption technology for secure communications between warships, aircraft and central command. the US government can encourage or demand its allies to stop arms export to undesired countries.
i dream of the day when our navy will be capable of mouting this guy on a ship
Actually Its not that big , the MAZ-543 which is used to carrying it only about 11 meters long and 2.4 meters wide , we can put 2 of them on a open top ship (like a barge or a flat transport ship) BOOM we have a moving Scud batteries on the sea , the smoke and fire will be minimum by some blast shield and ventilation systems......but well put that in to praticce will be surely more difficultI think you'll dream for eternity, too big for a ship, plus all the exhaust gas / fire is too much for ship I think.
Actually Its not that big , the MAZ-543 which is used to carrying it only about 11 meters long and 2.4 meters wide , we can put 2 of them on a open top ship (like a barge or a flat transport ship) BOOM we have a moving Scud batteries on the sea , the smoke and fire will be minimum by some blast shield and ventilation systems......but well put that in to praticce will be surely more difficult