Euro Hawk : Papier erschüttert de Maizières Glaubwürdigkeit - Politik

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  • Vers un scandale RQ-4 EuroHawk en Allemagne ?

    En mai, le ministre de la défense allemand annule le programme de #drone de reconnaissance. Raison invoquée : difficulté d’obtenir la certification de l’engin due à la coexistence problématique entre avions et engins non pilotés…
    (de fait, il ne devrait donc y avoir aucun drone dans l’espace européen ?…)

    Germany axes Euro Hawk drone program | Defense News | defensenews.com
    http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130514/DEFREG01/305140015/Germany-axes-Euro-Hawk-drone-program

    BERLIN — Germany has canceled a planned “Euro Hawk” drone program over fears that European authorities will not certify them, a defense ministry source said Tuesday after reported European safety concerns.

    Germany had “no hope” of seeing the unmanned aircraft, part of a program that would have cost more than €1 billion (US $1.3 billion), approved for use, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity.

    The European Aviation Safety Agency has said it would certify the drones only to fly over unpopulated areas because of a lack of an anti-collision system to protect airliners, according to German press reports.

    En juin, des documents révèle que le problème avait été identifié une bonne année auparavant (au moins début 2012), mais s’il a attendu pour annuler le programme, c’est parce que le poursuivre permettait d’économiser de l’argent…

    German minister defends ditching of drone deal - FT.com
    http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ed2a198e-cde8-11e2-8313-00144feab7de.html

    Mr de Maizière is one of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s closest allies in the present centre-right government, and his resignation would be a severe blow for her Christian Democratic Union, facing a general election on September 22.
    Until Wednesday, he had refused to answer opposition criticism that he had known about the problems with the Euro Hawk since early 2012, and should have cancelled the project much sooner.
    Speaking behind closed doors to the Bundestag defence committee and budget committee, he said it would have been more expensive to cancel the project sooner, because the ISIS reconnaissance system could not have been properly tested. The government would now choose a new aircraft “platform” to carry the reconnaissance system.
    “The Bundeswehr urgently needs the capacity for an airborne reconnaissance system” to monitor radio and radar signals, he added. “By the end of 2013, all suitable options will be investigated.” The money spent on developing the ISIS system would not be wasted, and unspent money in the Euro Hawk contract could be used to buy alternative aircraft.

    La Süddeutsche Zeitung sort des documents pour montrer que de Maizières était au courant avant mai 2013 ; en mars 2013 et en décembre 2012.
    http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/affaere-um-drohne-euro-hawk-dokument-erschuettert-de-maizires-glaubwuer