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  • Dubai Air Show 2013, l'Algérie s'intéresse au drone MALE Emirati

    Selon Jane's, la délégation Algérienne conduite par le Vice-Ministre de la Défense Nationale et Chef d'Etat-Major, le Général de Corps Ahmed Gaid Salah, s'est longuement attardée sur le stand de la société Emiratie ADCOM, qui développe une large gamme de drones destinés aux marchés export.
    Se référant aux propos d'Ali Al Daheri, CEO d'ADCOM, la délégation a exprimé le souhait de commander quelques unités de drones de cette société, en précisant que l'intéret de Gaid Salah se portait sur le Yabhon United 40 Block 5, la version la plus endurante de la gamme.
    Cet avion sans pilote aux caractéristiques impressionnantes: 10 m d'envergure, une charge utile de 400 kilos, 120h d'autonomie et la capacité d'emporter des systèmes de surveillance spécifiques (Radars, optronique, systèmes d'écoute ...) ou d'armes, représenterait un véritable saut qualitatif s'il venait à être choisi par l'Armée Algérienne.
    Etant parfaitement complémentaire des YiLong chinois en commande par l'Algérie, il permettra de maintenir une capacité de surveillance accrue sur de larges zones du pays et pendant de longue périodes.
    Il est rappelé que cet avion sans pilote est actuellement en cours de commande par les forces armées Russes.
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    Dubai Air Show 2013: Algeria shows interest in MALE UAV from UAE

    Gareth Jennings, Dubai - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
    17 November 2013

    The Adcom Systems Yabhon United 40 Block 5 MALE UAV being exhibited at the Dubai Air Show 2013. Source: IHS/Gareth Jennings
    Algeria is considering the Adcom Systems Yabhon United 40 Block 5 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to fulfill its medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) requirement, a company official said at the Dubai Air Show 2013.

    Speaking to IHS Jane's on 17 November, CEO and general designer Ali Al Dhaheri said an Algerian delegation had been to view the aircraft in the static display area with a view to procuring it.

    The North African country is looking for an unmanned platform to track militants and traffickers in its vast southern desert regions, and while Algerian media has previously revealed that the air force is interested in the US-made General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GAASI) Predator/Reaper platform, this is the first time the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-developed Yabhon United 40 Block 5 has been touted as a possible candidate. The Algerian Air Force does currently operate the Denel Dynamics Seeker UAV, and the Denel Seeker 400 and Selex Falco have also been touted as potential candidates.

    First revealed in scale model form in 2007, the Yabhon United 40 Block 5 UAV features Adcom's distinctive double fore and aft main-wing configuration. The twin-turboprop platform has a 17.53 m wingspan (giving a 24.3 m squared lifting area across the two wing sets), is 11.3 m in length, and stands 4.38 m tall.

    Performance specifications released at the Dubai Air Show give the Yabhon United 40 Block 5 a cruise speed of 120-200 kph, an endurance of over 100 hours, and a service ceiling of 26,000 ft. In terms of payload, the aircraft is fitted with synthetic aperture radar (SAR), terrain avoidance systems and a gimbaled camera. It can carry 1,050 kg on its four underwing hardpoints and has a 6-unit rotating dispenser mounted in the fuselage.

    The two Yabhon United 40 Block 5 UAVs displayed at the show (both of which have been built for unspecified customers) were shown fitted with four Adcom Systems Namrod stand-off missiles (two under each wing), and two torpedoes on the centreline hardpoints (which can be equipped with a company-made wing-kit for enhanced stand-off capabilities). The internal rotating dispenser can drop munitions or 24 sonobouys.

    Al Dhaheri told IHS Jane's that test firings of the Namrod had already taken place from the Yabhon United 40 Block 5 UAV.

    Al Dhaheri declined to comment on whether the Algerians were looking at an armed option, or what their specific mission requirements were. According to Al Dhaheri, the Yabhon United 40 Block 5 is designed primarily for ISR. If Algeria does sign up, it will join Russia, which signalled its intention to acquire the UAE-developed platform earlier this year.
    The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is.” Winston Churchill

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