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RE:Jimme and shooter and others: French tech second edition (more readable)
french stratege
9/18/2005 8:59:46 AM
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As I'm fed up to repost all time information for some readers concerning French position in military technology , I post here a summary which is from US Army Science and Technology Master Plan concerning foreign country position (1998).As you would notice by reading everything France is second to US in overall capacities followed by UK, Japan and Germany.
France also dominate in IR technologies (absolute world leader), control theory research (absolute world leader! ! See Chapter 2 of sciences : mathematics), battlefield communications (absolute world leader! See Chapter 7 of sciences : Electronics Research), ceramic/carbon composites , photonics, armor and survivability, hypervelocity, Radio Frequency Directed-Energy Weapons, batteries, FBW etc?
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The DGA (French General Directorate for Weapons) report of 2004 confirm that and also that France as an advance of 3 years on USA , in 4% of military fields measured on 600 fields.
Technology:
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2. AEROSPACE PROPULSION AND POWER
France is a world leader in :
High-temperature structures
Rotorcraft propulsion
Bearingless rotor hub
High-temperature lubricants
Small Turbine Engines : France, Germany, and the U.K. are at or nearly at a par with the U.S. in many aspects.
One area offering special opportunities relates to the French expertise in ceramic materials for gas turbine engines. ..While the U.S., Germany, and Japan also are world leaders in ceramic technologies, France is a recognized leader in ceramic/carbon composites, which are most applicable to gas turbine engines. Existing agreements with France provide a potential vehicle for establishing a cooperative agreement in this area.
France has expertise in bearingless rotor hubs, as does Germany.
Fuels and Lubricants : France and Germany are the only countries noted as having special capabilities, both in the area of high-temperature lubricants.
3. AIR VEHICLES
In addition to the capabilities in the U.S.-Canadian industrial base, Germany, France, the U.K., Russia, and Italy are all capable of designing and producing state-of-the-art military rotorcraft.
France is a world leader in :
Rotorcraft; CFD
Adaptive controls; fly-by-light
Crash survivability; C-C matrix ceramic
Smart structures
While the U.S. is the world leader in CFD and related techniques, France, Germany, and Israel have complementary world-leading efforts to improve and develop analytical techniques and generate experimental databases that may contribute to ASTMP goals in this area.
Foreign countries leading in flight control technology include the U.K., France, and Germany. France has strong capabilities in adaptive controls and in fly-by-light technology.
Advanced composite structures and fly-by-wire/light are becoming common in international aircraft. Technologies for military systems reside primarily in the few countries that produce military helicopters. Predominant among these are France, Germany, the U.K., and Italy.
Crash survivability is an area of special interest. France has expertise and in general is on a par with the U.S. in this area.
4. CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE
The U.K., France, Germany, and Japan all have strong capabilities in sensors, with France having particular strengths in remote sensing.
France is a world leader in :
Propagation & EMP effects
Blast & thermal
CBW agent point & remote sensing
Vehicle systems
Electronics decon
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With regard to techniques for protecting military systems against EMP, the existing nuclear powers-the U.S., U.K., France, and Russia-have the most practical experience.
With regard to techniques for protecting military systems against nuclear weapon effects, the existing nuclear powers-the U.S., U.K., France, and Russia-have the most practical experience.
The U.S. and France (with whom there is an existing agreement for work in this area) are world leaders in laser technology and in CBW-related technologies, and have exchanged much information in CBW research and testing. French R&D may contribute to development of standoff biological agent detection and identification capability using laser light scattering techniques.
Individual Protection :
However only a few countries-notably the U.S., U.K., Germany, France,Russia, and Israel-have extensive capabilities in meeting the requirements demanded for operational military use. Germany has a major mask effort under way, as does France.
Decontamination of waste sites and the demilitarization of energetic materials. Japan, the U.K., Germany, France, Israel, and the Nordic group (Norway, Sweden, and Denmark) have significant capabilities in segments of this area. France is particularly strong in develop |
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