Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft

fighter aircraft [ combat aircraft | combat plane | fighter plane ]

Director, Strategic, Tactical, Airlift, FWSAR & MMA Project

Joint Strike Fighter [ JSF | Joint Strike Fighter Program ]

strategic transport aircraft

strategic transport aircraft

multi-role combat aircraft | MRCA [Abbr.]

light combat aircraft | LCA

R. whereas EU Member States, in particular the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Belgium, have continued to authorise transfers of weapons and related items to Saudi Arabia since the war started; whereas France signed a series of high-volume strategic contracts with Saudi Arabia during autumn 2015; whereas since 2015 the UK has issued over 100 licences for arms exports to Riyadh, the vast majority of which by value are for combat aircraft and bombs for the Royal Saudi Air Force, with latest government reports showing the value of UK li ...[+++]cences to Saudi Arabia to have reached an astoundingly high level of more than GBP 1 billion in bombs, missiles and rockets in the three months from July to September 2015;

7. Notes with concern that Russia has bolstered its air and naval defences in the Black Sea Basin considerably, deploying new naval defence (anti-ship) missiles (with a range of 600 km, able to reach the Bosphorus) and ensuring that Russian fighter planes control about three quarters of the Black Sea Basin airspace (by practically tripling the number of airports in Crimea); notes, in this regard, that Russia has bolstered its capabilities in both strategic and tactical terms: strategically, long-range bombers, capable of carrying cruise missiles, and reconnaissance aviation operating ...[+++] close to the western shores of the Black Sea, have the potential to penetrate deep into Central Europe; tactically, two naval infantry brigades – potentially supported by Mistral-type helicopter carriers – pose a significant potential landing threat; welcomes France's decision to reconsider the delivery of the Mistral amphibious assault ships to Russia and salutes France's negotiations to unequivocally and finally cancel this deal;

26. Fourth, concerning ‘role and task sharing’, considers that positive examples exist in initiatives such as the French-Belgian cooperation in fighter pilot training, the UK-French agreement on the sharing of aircraft carriers, the French-German initiative on helicopter pilot training, or the Belgian-Dutch navy cooperation, where a number of national support structures are shared with the partner; highlights especially the opportunities in the area of education, training and exercises, and especially in sharing military academies, test and evaluation facilities and facilities for pilot training; in the case of some niche capabilities, ...[+++] considers role- and task-sharing the only viable way for most Member States to ensure access to some rare capabilities such as CBRN units or hospital aircraft;

26. Fourth, concerning ‘role and task sharing’, considers that positive examples exist in initiatives such as the French-Belgian cooperation in fighter pilot training, the UK-French agreement on the sharing of aircraft carriers, the French-German initiative on helicopter pilot training, or the Belgian-Dutch navy cooperation, where a number of national support structures are shared with the partner; highlights especially the opportunities in the area of education, training and exercises, and especially in sharing military academies, test and evaluation facilities and facilities for pilot training; in the case of some niche capabilities, ...[+++] considers role- and task-sharing the only viable way for most Member States to ensure access to some rare capabilities such as CBRN units or hospital aircraft;