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05 Jan 23. South Africa, Russia, China to conduct joint exercise in February. The exercise will be conducted off the South African coastal province KwaZulu-Natal in the Indian Ocean. This South African National Defense Force (SANDF) has confirmed its participation in a trilateral maritime exercise with China and Russia, Russian News Agency TASS reported.
Citing a South African online news portal ‘Defense Web’, the report said that the three navies will undertake a series of joint naval drills.
The exercise is scheduled to be held between 17 and 24 February 2023.
The eight-day long exercise will be carried out off the South African coastal province KwaZulu-Natal in the Indian Ocean.
Encompassing from Durban to Richard’s Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, the latest iteration of exercise between the SANDF, China’s People’s Liberation Army – Navy (PLAN) and the Russian Navy is expected to cover nearly 160km of area.
Around two Russian Navy warships are expected to take part in the exercise.
The activities will majorly comprise gunnery training, force protection drills as well as other air defence exercises.
The report claimed that the latest exercise has the same name, ‘Mosi’ or smoke, as that of the first naval exercise conducted by the three countries in the South African territorial waters.
It was held in November 2019, off the coast of Cape of Good Hope in the Atlantic Ocean, near Cape Town.
The new trilateral exercise announcement comes a few days after China and Russia concluded a week-long joint exercise in the East China Sea.
Held between 21 and 27 December, the bilateral exercise aimed at showcasing the joint capabilities of both the nations to counter maritime security threats, while maintaining international and regional peace and stability. In 2016, Russia and China conducted a joint naval exercise with India, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Egypt. (Source: naval-technology.com)
03 Jan 23. Elbit Systems Awarded a $107m Contract from the Israeli MOD.
to Supply Advanced Armor Training Centers. Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT and TASE: ESLT) (“Elbit Systems” or the “Company”) announced today that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $107m to provide, operate and maintain the new Main Battle Tank (MBT) simulation and training centers of the Israeli Defense Forces’ (IDF) Armored Corps. The new training centers will train commanders and soldiers of the Armored Corps and will maintain readiness of both regular and reserve units. The centers will be delivered over a three-year period and the contract includes operation and maintenance services for an additional period of fifteen years.
The future simulation and training centers will operate on the IDF’s cloud using the Elbit Systems’ cloud-native platform-agnostic OneSimTM simulation software infrastructure. The IDF’s new MBT training systems will include high fidelity platform trainer turrets and high fidelity platform trainer drivers with accurate physical models. The training systems integrate the tank’s operational sub-systems and simulate main and secondary armament weapon capabilities, all connected to an innovative common synthetic simulation environment, aiming to provide commanders and tank crews with the capability to experience a range of real-life battlefield challenges. The systems will support individual and collective training up to company level.
The new training centers will incorporate dedicated stations designed to train the crews together with operational intelligence, combat support and logistic units enabling the training of all the components of the combined arms company in a range of operational combat scenarios. Integrated advanced recording and debriefing capabilities will enable event reruns, logging and data analysis as well as trainees performance tracking, from qualification training to training during reserve duty.
Elbit Systems’ training and simulation technological solutions have been selected to-date by a range of customers among them the U.S., Israel, the UK, Greece, The Netherlands, Poland and others.
Bezhalel (Butzi) Machlis, President and CEO of Elbit Systems, said: “We are proud to support the IDF’s efforts to elevate its tank training to the next level. Armed Forces around the world are redesigning their training capabilities seeking to increase readiness while improving efficiency at the same time. This contract award underlines our leading position in this area.”
04 Jan 23. USMC’s MACG-38 hones warfighting skills during Steel Knight 23. The exercise aimed to prepare participants to undertake future maritime conflicts in Indo-Pacific region. US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel have carried out a series of training activities to hone their warfighting skills during recent exercise, Steel Knight 2023.
The participating marines and sailors in this exercise were from the Marine Air Control Group (MACG)-38 unit, positioned across California and Arizona, US.
The primary objective of the exercise was to elevate skills and tactics of participants, preparing them for the future maritime conflicts in the Indo-Pacific region.
During the exercise, MACG-38 personnel evaluated Aviation Command and Control components together with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing’s (MAW) ‘Hub, Spoke and Node’ model to prepare for the next fight.
Under this model, the MACG-38 unit acted as a ‘Hub’ and established a Tactical Air Command Centre (TACC) aboard the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego, California.
Once TACC was fully operational, MACG-38 and 3rd MAW personnel and leaders facilitated command-and-control of air assets in the battlespace.
Simultaneously, another Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field was set-up by MACG-38 representing ‘Spoke’ element of the model.
Located at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Centre, Twentynine Palms, California, the supported the requirements of Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16’s Assault Support unit.
MACG-38 installed Forward Arming and Refuelling Points for MAG-16’s MV-22B Ospreys and CH-53E Super Stallions along with MAG-13’s F-35B Lightning II aircraft.
MACG-38 also integrated 3d Low Altitude Air Defence (LAAD) Battalion marines with the 11th Marine Regiment to obtain certification for Marine Rotational Force-Darwin’s future deployment in Australia.
To acquire certifications, LAAD gunners conducted a variety of live-fire shoots during the exercise.
Steel Knight’s latest iteration further involved establishment of organic Air Control Companies under 3rd MAW. Other activities included advanced naval base training and supporting maritime campaigns.
The MACG-38 also transferred personnel and equipment from MACS-1 Air Defense Company Bravo to MASS-3 to reorganise Marine Air Support Squadron 3 into three air control companies and a headquarters company. (Source: naval-technology.com)
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