The Dragon 8x8 VCR is one of the Army’s programmes in which the industry has been most involved acquired four simulators. Two of them are operational in Agoncillo, headquarters of the Manoeuvre III Helicopter Battalion. Airbus also presented the maritime surveillance version of the C-295 as a possible alternative to the old CN-235. In order to save maintenance costs for this type of aircraft, the Air Force and Airbus signed a Research and Development agreement at IFEMA for the external inspection of their military aircraft through the use of drones equipped with high-definition cameras and sensors. SECURITY AND TRAINING AREAS The Air Force also needs to refurbish the basic training aircraft of its combat pilots. As an alternative to the old C-101s, the Italian company Leonardo presented the model of its Aermacchi M-345 Jet Trainer at the event. Another novelty of the first edition of FEINDEF was the presentation by Tecnobit Grupo Oesía of the new generation of Visiónica aeronautical displays, which will be installed in the F-18s, offering greater performance and information processing capability and control of critical mission instruments, such as holographic images, thereby reducing pilots’ workload. Visiónica also has a land dimension through the Comte family, whose displays may be installed in the future 8x8, and a naval dimension, currently being developed, in order to implement a passive Infrared Search and Track (IRST) System. Indra presented the Vuelo-Hipoxia Normobárica Controlada (EV-NHC) flight simulator, of great interest to visitors, which is already in service in the Medical Aerospace Training Centre (CIMA) of the Air Force. This trainer enables pilots to improve their resistance capacity in extreme situations. In the space domain, Airbus also showcased its participation as a main contractor in the Spanish programmes of the Earth observation satellites Paz and Ingenio and the future Spain NG I and II, while Indra offered the Armed Forces its S3T radar, considered to be one of the most powerful in the world in the field of space surveillance —detecting objects up to 1,000 kilometres high— and which is currently being tested at the Morón air base in Seville. Leonardo presented its Unmanned Anti-Aircraft Systems technologies for the DGAM Cóndor programme to FEINDEF. Another proposal in this area was put forward by Indra with its Anti RPAS Multisensor System anti drone shield, capable of operating The USV Victoria remote control naval platform by Ferry configured with the Sentinel 12.7 mm remote control tower and the OTEOS camera, both by Escribano. autonomously and independently, or in an integrated manner, with defence anti-aircraft systems. Thales is also working on the Cóndor project. Its Horus Captor system covers all phases of the anti-drone mission: detection, identification, tracking and neutralisation. AERTEC showcased its two Tarsis 25 and 75 remotely manned fixed-wing aircraft models and its innovations in drone guidance, navigation and control systems. Several technological and service proposals were made at FEINDEF in connection with cybersecurity. Tecnobit has offered the Armed Forces a Security Operations Centre, whose technicians and specialists will take part in exercises of EMAD’s Cyber Defence Joint Command after the summer to recognise attack patterns, identifying weaknesses and analysing communications, networks and systems for defence against any threats and even anticipating such threats. In the field of military equipment, among the products on show at the Exhibition were the new women’s jackets from FECSA and its storm suits made of recycled polyester; the combat backpack with back ergonomics for women and another with an incorporated airbag, especially designed for the mountain units as a protection measure against avalanches, both from Yuma-Altos; or the Quad night vision glasses with four 4G tubes from Nightvision Lasers Spain, conceived, above all, for the special operation units. J.L. Expósito/ Santiago F. del Vado/ Víctor Hernández Photos: Hélène Gicquel/ Pepe Díaz July/August 2019 Revista Española de Defensa 29
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