Today Wednesday, November 6, 2013 The Official Show Daily Issue #3 Visit ADJ Booth A7-8. For the online E-Show Daily, visit www.adj.com.my Denel, which is making a strong presence at the Defense & Security exhibition in Thai- land, will be expanding its marketing efforts in Southeast Asia. “Southeast Asia is one of our primary target markets – together with Africa and the Middle East – and we will provide the visitors with a broad insight of the products Denel is developing and manu- facturing,” says Riaz Saloojee, Group Chief Executive Officer of Denel. Saloojee added that Denel wants to build on the strong dip- lomatic and trade ties between South Africa and ASEAN countries. Both China and India are part of the BRICS group of nations while South Africa has strong bilateral relations with countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Korea and Indonesia. Denel Targeting ASEAN Decision-Makers at Bangkok Exhibition Nexter Munitions is one of the rare Euro- pean companies in its sector capable of playing the dual role of supplier of ammuni- tion to the French state and foreign armies and developer of future solutions. A consid- erable share of its budget (roughly 20% of revenues) is dedicated to research, prelimi- nary designs and the development of new products. High performance, versatile and extremely precise production tools also con- tribute to its success. The quality and ad- vanced technologies of its products enable Nexter Munitions to participate in numerous international projects: 155 Bonus and 40 mm CTA with BAE Systems and Spacido trajec- tory correction system with Junghans T2M. Nexter Munitions at Defense & Security 2013 Show continued on page 4 continued on page 11 Ministers and Top Brass Calls on Prime Minister Yingluck BANGKOK: Visiting military top brass took time off from the busy schedule of proceed- ings at the Defense & Security 2013 exhibi- tion to pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at Government House here. Yingluck is also defence minister. Among those who made the courtesy call were Gen Sir Nicholas Houghton, Chief of the Defence Staff, UK Armed Forces, Datuk Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor, Malaysian Chief of Army, Lt Gen Wai Lwin of Myanmar, Lt Gen Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Vietnam People’s Army as well as Rear Admiral Pas- cal Ausseur from the French Navy. ASEAN defence and security ministers including Malaysian Defence Minister Dato’ Seri His- hammuddin Tun Hussein and Singapore’s Minister of State for Defence Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman also made courtesy calls on the Prime Minister on the first day of the show. Also present were Gen Nipat Thonglek, Permanent Secretary for Defence and Chairman of the Defense & Security 2013 Organising Committee and GML Exhibition Managing Director M Gandhi.by ADJ Team
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TodayWednesday, November 6, 2013 The Official Show Daily
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Visit ADJ Booth A7-8. For the online E-Show Daily, visit www.adj.com.my
Denel, which is making a strong presence at the Defense & Security exhibition in Thai-land, will be expanding its marketing efforts in Southeast Asia. “Southeast Asia is one of our primary target markets – together with Africa and the Middle East – and we will provide the visitors with a broad insight of the products Denel is developing and manu-facturing,” says Riaz Saloojee, Group Chief
Executive Officer of Denel. Saloojee added that Denel wants to build on the strong dip-lomatic and trade ties between South Africa and ASEAN countries. Both China and India are part of the BRICS group of nations while South Africa has strong bilateral relations with countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Korea and Indonesia.
Denel Targeting ASEAN Decision-Makers at Bangkok Exhibition
Nexter Munitions is one of the rare Euro-pean companies in its sector capable of playing the dual role of supplier of ammuni-tion to the French state and foreign armies and developer of future solutions. A consid-erable share of its budget (roughly 20% of revenues) is dedicated to research, prelimi-nary designs and the development of new products. High performance, versatile and extremely precise production tools also con-tribute to its success. The quality and ad-vanced technologies of its products enable Nexter Munitions to participate in numerous international projects: 155 Bonus and 40 mm CTA with BAE Systems and Spacido trajec-tory correction system with Junghans T2M.
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Ministers and Top Brass Calls on Prime Minister Yingluck
BANGKOK: Visiting military top brass took time off from the busy schedule of proceed-ings at the Defense & Security 2013 exhibi-tion to pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at Government House here. Yingluck is also defence minister. Among those who made the courtesy call were Gen Sir Nicholas Houghton, Chief of the Defence Staff, UK Armed Forces, Datuk Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor, Malaysian Chief of Army, Lt Gen Wai Lwin of Myanmar, Lt Gen Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Vietnam People’s Army as well as Rear Admiral Pas-cal Ausseur from the French Navy. ASEAN defence and security ministers including Malaysian Defence Minister Dato’ Seri His-hammuddin Tun Hussein and Singapore’s Minister of State for Defence Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman also made courtesy calls on the Prime Minister on the first day of the show.
Also present were Gen Nipat Thonglek, Permanent Secretary for Defence and Chairman of the Defense & Security 2013 Organising Committee and GML Exhibition Managing Director M Gandhi.
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Ultra Electronics Command and Con-trol Systems has been contracted by the Republic of Indonesia’s Ministry of Defence for the mid-life moderni-sation of the first of the Fatahillah Class corvettes.
Terma’s SCANTER 4100 radar has been selected by Ultra for integration as part of the new Combat System. Terma and Ultra expect to finalize negotiations this fall, a statement re-leased by Terma said.
The SCANTER 4100 systems are considered technologically state-of-the-art and equipped with the newest software and electronics resulting in significant improved performance shared with the SCANTER 6000 radars.
The radar supports operation of both UAVs and helicopters and provides unsur-passed small target detection – in close range and up until the radar horizon in all weather conditions. Air targets are detected to 96 nm and sea skimming missiles as they meet the radar horizon. The SCANTER 4100’s high resolution pictures offer unique situational awareness for all missions from Search and Rescue to missile detection.
Scanter 4100 Selected for Mid-Life Modernisation of Indonesian Navy Ship
Terma develops products and systems for defence, non-defence, and security ap-plications, including command and control systems, radar systems, self-protection systems for ships and aircraft, space tech-nology, and advanced aerostructures for the international aircraft industry. The com-pany has a total staff of 1,050 and realized 2012/13 revenues of USD 210 million.
The parent company Terma A/S is headquartered at Aarhus, Denmark, and maintains international subsidiaries and operations in The Netherlands, Germany, Singapore, India, and the wholly owned US subsidiary Terma North America Inc. head-quartered in Arlington, VA.
Denel recently concluded a $345 million (R3.5 billion) contract with Malaysia to sup-ply a range of turrets and integrated weap-on systems to be fitted onto infantry com-bat vehicles. “This has raised our profile in the region and emphasised the quality and versatility of our products and systems,” says Saloojee.
“We are widely acknowledged as global leaders in artillery systems and unmanned aerial vehicles and are contributing to some of the most advanced missile development programmes currently in progress,” he says.
Among the Denel products that will either be on display or demonstrated are:●The GA-1 20 X 80mm multi-purpose au-tomatic cannon, manufactured by Denel Land Systems. The rapid-fire weapon has proven its effectiveness in the landward defence arena and on helicopters and its naval-mounted version can be a valuable deterrent in the efforts to combat piracy in the Indian Ocean.
The GA-1 can be effectively deployed alongside the company’s well-known NTW-20 anti-materiel weapon which has the abil-
ity to destroy h i g h - v a l u e targets such as vessels, re-fineries, bun-kers and radar ins ta l la t ions with pin-point accuracy over a distance of more than 2 000 metres.●Denel Land Systems will also market the latest version of its CASSPIR mine-protect-ed vehicle which sets new standards in protection, power, manoeuvrability and comfort for crew and passengers.●Global attention is also focused on the Umkhonto surface-to-air-missile, with an extended range, developed by Denel Dy-namics. The new version of the Umkhonto recently destroyed targets at a record range of 20 kilometres during a series of tests ob-served by local and international experts.
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Saloojee says Denel is using opportuni-ties provided by international defence ex-hibitions to highlight the high-technology capabilities of the South African industry.
“Denel is an important national asset that all South Africans can be proud of. We are actively marketing our products and sys-tems through which we can earn valuable foreign exchange and create more eco-nomic opportunities within South Africa,” he says.
Victorinox plans to incorporate pocket knives designed by its subsidiary Wenger, into its range of modern pocket tools to be marketed worldwide beginning next year. With this, the Wenger brand will no longer be in the pocket knife business.
“Some commercially viable Wenger designs such as the ranger series will be incorporated into the victorinox catelogue. The others will be discontinued,” Victo-rinox’s international sales manager Paul Camenzind said. However, the Wenger brand will still be used in the other busi-nesses such as travel gear, he added. Wenger, the other Swiss army pocket knife maker, was bought over by Victorinox in 2005 and since then has operated as com-pany within Victorinox. Victorinox knives are well received by the security forces in the region and many had ordered our products in various popular models and in substantial numbers in the past years and they are still in service with them. This new move will boost Victorinox portfolio of prod-ucts for both military, security and commer-cial applications.
The military versions of the various Swiss tools and knives had already attracted the interest of the armed forces of Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia and many other countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
Sharing the booth with Victorinox at the Swiss pavillion is Katadyn, which makes a range of portable water purifying systems. It is aiming at supplying the Thai military with the Katadyn Combi which is already in service with several security forces in the region.
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application, making of it a total capability solution.
The large, unobstructed cabin and bag-gage compartment provides the capabil-ity to accommodate up to 18 troops. With the external cargo hook, up to 2,720kg/ 6,000lb of heavy equipment can be trans-ported to the battlefield. Two large sliding cabin doors and 12.4 m³ of internal cargo space offer exceptional transport capabil-ity as well as giving the command staff an unprecedented workspace for C3 dedicat-ed equipment and for 2 workstations. The 3m long by 2.26 wide and 1.45 high cabin provides the capability to accommodate two to six stretchers leaving enough space for four attendants and in-flight medical care equipment. For Combat Search And Rescue (CSAR) missions, a rescue hoist and other specific mission equipment and armaments can be provided. CSAR crew concept envisages two pilots plus two to four crew members.
AgustaWestland places great emphasis on customer satisfaction. The AW149 ben-efits from an extensive customer support network. Training solutions are tailored to each customer’s specific requirements.
The AW149 is the only new generation multirole military medium twin engine heli-copter setting new standards in the global market. The AW149 is designed to meet the challenges of 21st century multi-mis-sion demands of expeditionary warfare and homeland security, offering excep-tional tactical superiority, and is set to stay in service for the next 30 to 40 years. The AW149 is designed for the market taking into account all aspects of the evolving global operational scenario and operators’ demanding needs.
The AW149 features the very latest tech-nologies and approach for airframe, rotors and blades (with a large use of compos-ite and advanced/efficient aerodynamics), powerplant (powerful and efficient engines with FADEC ensuring outstanding perfor-mance in the most extreme conditions), avionics (new generation digital integrated open architecture avionics maximizing mission effectiveness whilst reducing crew workload), real multi-role capabilities with modular solutions, quick reconfiguration, comprehensive range of dedicated equip-ment, modern approach to support for both maintenance and training to maximise
availability rate and exploitation of aircraft capabilities.
Range of MissionsFirst and foremost, its technical and op-erational features and capabilities allow it to satisfy the wide range of missions of a number of armed forces. Its inher-ent flexibility and multi-role design ensure the AW149 will perform all required mis-sion (namely troop and material transport, special operations, command and control, medevac/casevac, SAR/CSAR, combat support operations) with equal high level of effectiveness and swing role capability with unparalleled cost/effectiveness. The AW149 offers more with less, meaning for example, it ensures high levels of cabin space and payload whilst keeping size and weight lower than same class existing mod-els, so reducing costs and aircraft footprint while offering a better power-to-weight ra-tio with great overall tactical advantages. Any parameter or field (structural, dynam-ics, avionics, equipment, supportability) has been conceived to allow the AW149 to match and even exceed the most strin-gent and demanding exigencies for each
Group photo of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra with ministers, military top brass and senior officials at Government House.
Firearms maker Beretta is aiming at sup-plying some 50,000 assault rifles to the Royal Thai Army. “The rifle replacement programme is still under negotiation with initial testing and evaluation to be carried out within this two to six months”, said Car-lo Ferlito, Vice President of BDT here at the show. Eventhough still competiting against other top guns maker, he is confident that the ARX-160A3 assault rifle will have the advantage because of its multi modular configuration to suit RTA requirements.
Beretta Defense Technologies is an al-liance of four market leading companies: Beretta, Benelli, Sako and Steiner. These founding companies of Beretta Defense Technologies, globally well-known through decades of leadership, innovation and in-vestment, have joined their respective deep know how to form a single source contact for the high-tech military & law enforcement hardware they are renowned for. Masters of excellence, these firms are owned by the Beretta Holding Group, who have fo-cused their combined technical prowess to form now a single source contact, supply-ing the operational needs of military & law enforcement personnel worldwide.
Some of the newest products launched recently by the Beretta Defense Technolo-gies include the Sako TRG M10 sniper
weapon system. ARX 160 automatic rifle, GLX 160 grenade launcher and, the 92FS and PX4Storm pistols.
Beretta Defense Technology is a con-cept that has grown from the needs of governments and agencies to cover a wide range of complicated scenarios, by providing with the unique combination of services, weaponry and equipment, rang-ing from firearms, ammunition, optronics to tactical clothing, in order to match every operational needs.
Thanks to their eminent expertise in mili-tary and law enforcement fields, Beretta Group provides modern soldiers and law enforcement officers with the vital and spe-cific needs required to complete the tasks assigned to them.
In addition to their individual specialism, all the companies have their own subsidiary networks and close ties with allied product makers, who have in depth knowledge as to how they augment their ranges. Bring-ing its own specific expertise with a unified focus, each company is able to provide the best possible solution for any given situ-ational demand.
Each company, which is part of Beretta Defense Technologies, represents a real centre of excellence, thanks largely to a continuous investment in personnel and
the purchase of state-of-the-art machinery and technology. In addition, thousands of working hours and an important financial investment are dedicated every year to courses for quality, work, safety and the environment. Fabbrica d’Armi Pietro Beretta Founded in 1526 and based in Gardone Valtrompia, Italy, is the world’s oldest and largest manufacturer of small firearms and partner of many international defence and law enforcement agencies.Benelli Founded in 1967 and based in Urbino, Italy, Benelli has been part of the Beretta Hold-ing Group since 1983. Nowadays, Benelli is a world renowned producer of tactical semi-automatics, rifles and pump action shotguns. Sako Sako Ltd is located in Riihimäki, Finland and was established in 1921. As a world re-nowned sniper rifle and ammunition maker, Sako is globally recognised as one of the pioneers of sniper rifles and high quality ammunition. Steiner
A German company based in Bayreuth, Steiner was established in 1947 and joined the Beretta group in 2009. Steiner is the leading German manufacturer of military binoculars and riflescopes.
Beretta Defense Technologies: The First Line of Defence for Thailand
Today: What is the status of BAE Sys-tems’ operations in Southeast Asia?Ives: We’ve been established in the region for many years and we have an installed base of equipment along with opportunities for future business in just about every ASE-AN market. Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Brunei are all currently seek-ing a range of defence, aerospace and se-curity solutions and so these are the markets where we currently remain most active. Today: So you see Asia as a market for the future compared to traditional mar-kets in the West?Ives: Compared to the economic situation in Europe and the US, Asia’s economic outlook is distinctly more positive. That’s why you see so many new ‘global’ brands taking a position in the region over recent years. BAE Systems have been active for a long time here so we believe we are well positioned to help our customers develop their capabilities as part of their respective growth and development strategies. Today: What are BAE Systems’ activi-ties in other parts of Asia, such as Ja-pan, South Korea, India, China, and even Australia)?Ives: We have business development and customer support teams resident and ac-tive in Japan, South Korea and India. In
fact BAE Systems Australia is the largest defence contractor in that country with circa 6,000 people so our brand presence across the region is significant. We are also keep-ing a close eye on China for commercial business development opportunities only. The benefit of having global, and extensive regional reach is that the customer ben-efits manifest themselves across markets. We are able to link like-minded industries and partners to share opportunities and solutions. Today: What are the regional defence and security programmes that have at-tracted your company in recent years?Ives: With a range of products and services as diverse as ours we are confident that we can deliver solutions for most defence and security needs that may arise. The headline programmes are often related to major platform procurements across land, sea and air, but so much of our business is about supporting equipment, developing capabilities and delivering broader ‘integrat-ed’ solutions that deliver the best possible value for our customers. If you can align the delivery of those solutions to the devel-opment long-term industrial partnerships–then your chances of success increase accordingly. We’ve demonstrated that time and again inMalaysia and Thailand and in sundry other markets worldwide.
Interview with Ryan Ives, Regional Director Thailand BAE Systems
Today: What is your view and forecast on the defence and security market, both defence and commercial, in the Asia-Pacific region?Ives: The changing face of perceived threats across the region is leading nations to review priorities in terms of how they protect national and regional assets. While the need for ‘front end’ defence products for armed forces, such as land, sea and air systems platforms remains, there is a shift-ing focus towards the defence of informa-tion; intellectual assets and financial and economic systems; ‘Cyber-security’ if you will.
Lockheed Martin has recently been awarded a $113 million contract from the US Air Force (USAF) to design, develop, field and sustain aircrew training devices for HH-60G Pave Hawk search and rescue helicopters.
Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will deliver eight HH-60G training simulators, spares and logistics support to the USAF as part of the Pave Hawk Equivalent Dis-tributive Repeatable Operative Simulators (PEDROS) trainer programme. The simu-lators will be used to prepare aircrews for the full spectrum of personnel recovery, including combat search and rescue mis-sions in multiple environments.
“PEDROS brings a unique deployable training and simulation capability directly to the aviation warfighter,” said Monty Wat-son, director of aviation programmes at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control.
“We are leveraging manufacturing and lo-gistics support from our Missiles and Fire Control business, as well as design exper-tise from our Mission Systems and Training business, to support the PEDROS training programme.”
The HH-60G PEDROS simulator will be embedded with aircrew squadrons, giving them increased access to training and sim-ulation scenarios, improving aircrew readi-ness and eliminating the need to travel to training facilities. The simulator reduces aircraft maintenance costs, saves flight hours and includes software upgrades and enhancements that increase speed and capability. It is also re-locatable to support long-term deployments.
“Lockheed Martin has a legacy of deliver-ing mission simulation and training systems for H-60 aircraft, including US Army and US Air Force special operations helicopters
and Air Force combat rescue helicopters,” said Vic Torla, business development direc-tor for training solutions at Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training. “The new HH-60G PEDROS simulators will provide affordable, on-site training options to keep aircrews certified and aircraft available for missions.”
Lockheed Martin Gets $113 Million Contract for USAF Helicopter SAR Training Simulators
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Nexter Munitions is first and foremost the manufacturer of ammunition associated with systems developed by Nexter Sys-tems. Ammunition are designed and quali-fied at the same time as systems, which guarantees efficiency, reliability and safety for users. The product family includes 155 mm and 105 mm ammunition (and 100 mm naval) for artillery systems, 120 mm and 105 mm ammunition for battle tanks, 90 mm ammunition for armoured vehicles and 40 mm, 30 mm, 25 mm and 20 mm ammu-nition for lightweight vehicles and guns on-board aircraft, helicopters and ships. The greater part of this product family complies with NATO standards. Finally, Nexter Muni-tions is a partner recognised by European missile manufacturers in the fields of war-head, safety and arming devices, pyrotech-nic components, and IM (Insensitive Muni-tion) technologies and related charges. Its most advanced products include:●The LU211, one of the few 155 mm 52-caliber ammunition qualified both in a con-ventional version and insensitive munition (IM) version●The new 120 HE explosive ammunition that is fitted on tanks equipped with a 120 mm gun, effective in open combat and in urban combat, with a metric precision at 3 km and also the 120 mm practice armour piercing ammunition.
●The 40 mm CTA ammu-nition (Cased Telescoped Ammunition developed by CTAI) has been introduced in the medium calibre product portfolio of Nexter Munitions. In addition to the “conventional rounds” (HE, APFSDS, TP), Nexter Munitions proposes an air-busting ammunition based on its developed fuze tech-nologies now available from 25 mm to 40 mm calibres and also a 40 TPRR (Target Practice Reduced Range), then meeting the customer requests in term of training range restrictions.
After the multi-year con-tract awarded in December 2009 for me-dium calibre ammunition for the French Armed Forces, (production of 1,880,000 cartridges to 2016), the French Defence Procurement Agency once again awarded a multi-year contract in 2011 this time cov-ering the needs of the Armed Forces for large calibre practice and combat ammuni-tion for tanks (120
mm and 105 mm) and for CAESAR 155/52cal artilleries (extended range and insensitive version). This contract takes over from the first multi-year contract signed
in 2007 and the recovery plan contract of 2009. Deliveries are planned until 2018. The second and final stage of this contract has been awarded to Nexter Munitions in June 2013 which confirms the confidence of the French State, both the French De-fence Procurement Agency and the Armed Forces, in the capabilities of NEXTER Mu-nitions. Particularly, this second stage will be a production kick-off for renewed artil-lery round family including illuminating and smoke rounds fully compliant with the 155 mm 52 calibre international standard.
CZ-805 is a Czech assault rifle created in 2009 to replace the Sa vz. 58 in the Czech Republic armed forces. In 2010, the CZ 805 was selected as the next standard military rifle for the Czech armed forces, with production contract issued to the fa-mous Czech arms factory CZ-UB in the city of Uherský Brod. The CZ-805 Bren has a weight of 910-855 mm when the butt is extended and 670mm when the butt is folded. It could accommodate 10,20 or 100 round box magazine. The gun uses 5.56x45mm NATO and 7.62x39mm car-tridges. In the near future, 6.8mm Rem-ington SPC cartridge will be used.
The CZ 805 assault rifle is a modular, multi-calibre design, with an aluminum alloy upper receiver and polymer lower receiver / fire control unit. The magazine housing is a separate detachable unit, which can be replaced in the field as part of a calibre change. The weapon is gas-operated and
features a rotating bolt and a manual gas regulator. The CZ 805 also features quick-change barrels, allowing users to change calibres and barrel lengths according to the mission profile. There are short “carbine”, intermediate “standard”, long “marksman” and heavy “squad automatic” barrels avail-able in each calibre. The fire control unit includes ambidextrous safety/fire selector switch, which permits single shots, 2-round bursts and full automatic fire. Charging handle can also be installed on either side of the weapon, depending on user prefer-ences. In standard configuration, the CZ 805 will use proprietary 5.56x45 calibre 30-round magazines made of translucent polymer. Other magazine housings will al-low use of STANAG or HK G36 5.56mm magazines, as well as various 7.62x39mm and 6.8x43mm magazines.
The CZ 805 BREN utilises a well-prov-en locked breech principle with rotating
breech block and its automatic function is driven by combustion gases tapped from the barrel with option of two-stage regu-lation of piston mechanism. Interchange-able magazine housing secures, besides the use of the original transparent maga-zine made by CZ and the possibility to use all standard magazines for the M4/M16 weapons. The weapon enables the fire to be conducted in single shots, two round bursts, and full automatic fire. The receiv-er is fitted as standard with four accessory rails according to MIL -STD -1913. Fully ambidextrous controls together with easily reversible bolt operating handle allow this weapon to be used by left-handed shoot-ers. The chrome-lined barrel ensures very high accuracy and durability.
Other than the Czech republic armed forces, the CZ-805 Bren is also bought by the Egyptian and Moldovan governments.
Ceska Awarded in the Entrepreneurial Project of the YearČeská zbrojovka bagged third prize in a prestigious national competition Entrepre-neurial Project of the Year 2012. Winners of the competition were announced by CzechInvest and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic on Oct 3, 2013 in the premises of the New Town Hall, Prague.
The Entrepreneurial Project awards the best investment projects of Czech entre-preneurs, supported by the Structural
Funds of the European Union and the state budget, which were carried out in the previous year.
Eleven categories were up for grabs in the competition. Česká Zbrojovka won in the Energy Savings category with its project of optimising power consumption and reduction of energy demands in the production of Česká Zbrojovka’s Uher-ský Brod.
Česká Zbrojovka’s project focused on
the reconstruction and modernisation of equipment with the aim of reducing power consumption and transfer losses. Resid-ual energy will be used again in produc-tion, which will decrease consumption of input energy sources.
Representatives from the government, regions and municipalities as well as prominent personalities from the Czech business community attended the award ceremony.
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Caracal International has proven itself be one of the must-watched defence company as it introduces its latest assault rifle, the CAR 816 at the Bangkok Show. The weapon uses gas-operated piston system with 5.56 x 45mm calibre, accord-ing to NATO specifications.
The rifle comes with an option of 10”, 14.5” and 16” of barrel lengths to cater for the end users’ needs. The barrel is made with high quality Cr-Mo steel. It also
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has the lengths of 10”, 14.5” and 16” with fully extracted butt stock, height of 228 mm with magazine and height of 68 mm and can accommodate up to 30 rounds of magazine. The weapon’s magazine catch is located on the right side.
For comfort and ease of use, the weap-on is also manufactured with standard rub-
ber grip of M16/M4 interface. It has adjust-able 4 position butt stock, interchangeable also using the standard M16/M4 interface. Its muzzle is compatible with M16 Flash suppressor. Other nice touches include an in-house free-floating heavily-vented quad rail with a somewhat teardrop con-tour to it, putting the side and bottom rails close to the barrel and pushing the top rail up to match the receiver. The rest of the furniture is standard M4 with options for other configurations. Underneath the top rail is an adjustable 2-position gas piston that can be set for standard or suppressed use.
The product is arising fast in the Asia, Middle East and some countries in the Af-rican region. The CAR 816 is now making its way in the Southeast Asia, presented for the first time BY Caracal International in Defense & Security 2013. Other than the CAR 816, Caracal International is also the leading manufacturer for a wide va-riety of pistols and rifles for military and defence purposes. Founded in 2007, Ca-racal International is a subsidiary of Tawa-zun Holdings.
Today: What is Saab’s ambition in Asia-Pacific and what are the focus areas?Enstedt: The Asia-Pacific market is among the largest today. The defence market in the region is evolving from dependence on a small group of suppliers based on stra-tegic relationships, to an interest in cutting edge solutions that are customised to the requirements of the country’s forces.
We are in one of the few places in the world where the market is on the increase with all the countries in the region having an underlying economic growth.
Saab has identified Asia-Pacific as a fo-cus market area where the company will significantly enhance its presence in or-der to participate in opportunities across the region. For Saab, Asia-Pacific is a key market with large growth and partnership potential. Saab is committed to long term engagement in Asia-Pacific to serve and deliver the needs of various countries in the region.
Saab products are in use in a number of countries in the region, for example Korea, Japan, China (AIS), Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand.
Currently Saab is engaged in delivering on a number of programmes in Thailand as well as pursuing many individual opportuni-ties in many other countries in the region.
All of Saab’s business areas are active in Asia-Pacific, offering high-tech solutions and products such as the Gripen, Skeldar, Remote Towers, C4I, EW (Self Protection Systems), Signature Management, Aero-nautical Platforms, Communication Sys-tems, Surveillance systems, Fire Control and Radar Systems.
Today: How does Saab expect to differ-entiate itself in the market? What are the aspirations of the countries in the Asia-Pacific do Saab seek to address?Enstedt: Saab’s focus will be on building partnerships with the national industry, en-couraging co-development, undertaking
transfer of know-how and capacity building to take advantage of the transferred tech-nology. For example, in Thailand, Saab en-tered into a strategic partnership with AVIA Satcom by acquiring 37% ownership of the company. The cooperation with AVIA Sat-com is in full operation since 2011.
This is in harmony with the goals of national governments and armed forces which today seek greater value and give greater emphasis on acquiring defence solutions that are customised to their re-quirements rather than simply taking prod-ucts off the shelf. This is driving the pro-cess of indigenisation and localisation as industrial cooperation programmes are given greater national support. These meet Saab’s approach of building partnerships in each country and teaming up with national industry.
We see ourselves playing a key role in enabling creation of a strong domestic de-fence industry. This not only helps address national requirements, but companies in the region can tomorrow become partners in global programmes since they are build-ing on user experience of their own armed forces.
Interview with Dan Enstedt, President & CEO, Saab Asia-Pacific
Saab brings to Asia-Pacific world lead-ing products, services and solutions rang-ing from military defence to civil security. Asia-Pacific sits at the heart of the world’s commerce, linking the developed world with the dynamic economies of Southeast Asia, Australia, Japan, Korea and China. In providing for the defence of this fulcrum of the global economy, countries in the region look for affordable, scalable technologies that are reliable and provided by partners which can deliver support solutions over an extended period of time.
Saab is not only a provider of reliable, world-leading technologies; it brings itself as a supplier to the Asia-Pacific, an ethos of trust, reliability and long term relation-ships. The success of the fighter aircraft, airborne surveillance, military aerospace combat and control systems and naval programmes with countries like Thailand is testimony to the technology, compatibility and service ethos that Saab and Sweden bring to the region.
Thailand has also been among the top 10 markets for Saab over an extended pe-riod of time.
