Defenceintegration.org debuted at the 47th International Paris Air Show in 2007, in the north of Paris at Le Bourget. Back again this year to follow up on the presentations in civil aviation by Airbus A380, Lear jet and regional aircraft (Embraer and Bombardier). The Boeing A380 towered across the runway and the other exhibitors, located adjacent to
other exhibitors, located adjacent to the Lockhead Martin building. Military jets included the F35 Joint-Strike Fighter, Eurofighter and a fully perational BAe Hawk, SAE-UK.org gained access to all of the above and Anika Patel from our Events Team is pictured below receiving pilot training on the BAe Hawk. We also gained access to the Raytheon pavilion which featured land, air and civil defence projects. DefenceIntegration.org were invited to train on the Raytheon Javelin Close Combat/Anti-Armor Weapon System, described as 'fire and forget infra red technology'. The Javelin has proved itself in service in special operations in Afghanistan and is currently been made use of by the armed forces of ten allied nations. Demonstrations were also given of the civilian microwave defence project, called the 'Vigilant Eagle' which can combat against surface-to-air missiles fired at passenger aircraft departing from civilian airports. Just four of these units would be sufficient to protect the city of London, its holding pattern and some of the outlying areas. The system senses a launching missile and activates a microwave emitter which causes the projectile to deviate massively from its intended path. The microwave emissions are sufficient to deflect the navigational capability of the incoming missile whilst
doing no harm to the passengers of the plane. The system has been enhanced by the use of a Rafael ADT subsystem to eliminate sources of false alarms which may otherwise disrupt pilots or airport operations. This is best shown by the optics equipment pictured on the right above alongside. SAE-UK's Anika and Elena Babichenko from the Raytheon Pavillion. It might take as little as three years to fully implement the civilian defence strategy. Other Raytheon initiatives include a high band width radar communication systemwhich has myriad other applications currently under development, the principle advantage of instantaneous communication of large amounts of radar data especially from UAV vehicles is that that data can be retrieved in flight rather than at the end of the mission. This constitutes a step-wise increase in signals intelligence. Finally, a land based Asraam missile system has been developed by Raytheon based on a military High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle platform. The land based platform and the instantaneous radar communication system can be integrated into a single solution.
DefenceIntegration.org met with Cobham to discuss that year's progress in the field of Air Weapons systems integration. Following on from Chairing 2009's Air Weapons Conference again (read
