舰载无人机与舰载预警直升机协同对海搜索?

针对舰载预警直升机对海搜索存在的问题，以提高舰载预警直升机对海搜索的隐蔽性与安全性为目标，结合舰载无人机被动探测区的特点，提出了舰载预警直升机机载雷达断续主动搜索与舰载无人机“Z”字形航线被动搜索相结合的协同对海搜索方式与策略，并给出了舰载预警直升机断续搜索周期计算模型及舰载无人机“Z”字形航线要素计算模型，通过仿真计算，验证了该协同方式的有效性，为舰载无人机与舰载预警直升机协同对海搜索提供了方法和依据。     

舰载直升机在舰艇编队对低空目标预警中的使用研究

结合水面舰艇编队对低空目标预警目前存在的问题 ,指出了使用舰载直升机对低空目标预警的必要性和可行性 ,论述了舰载直升机用于编队低空预警的优点以及配置方法 ,最后指出了舰载直升机用于低空预警时的几点注意事项     

直升机专用检测设备计量保障

直升机专用检测设备直接应用于直升机机载设备的性能校验,关系直升机的飞行安全和任务完成。基于直升机专用检测设备及其计量保障现状分析,对做好直升机专用检测设备的计量技术保障工作进行了探索和实践,为军用装备计量覆盖率和计量受检率的提升提供了借鉴和参考。     

Transforming the Spanish military

The article analyses the Spanish military transformation. This process started in 2004 as a means to adapt the force structure, organization and capabilities of the Spanish military to meet present and future threats in compliance with NATO’s initiatives, thus ensuring the continuity of the equipment modernization, professionalization and the adjustment of the country’s defence architecture to the post-cold war environment. A decade later, although transformation is still a priority for the Ministry of Defence, limited political will, a lack of strategic guidance, poor resource management and the effects of the economic crisis are compromising its development. This article describes the Spanish military transformation and assesses its value in adapting the country’s armed forces to the current and prospective security environment.     

EU armed forces and social media: convergence or divergence?

This article explores how armed forces in EU member states work with and view social media in national and international settings, and what the patterns of convergence/divergence are on these issues. To that end, a questionnaire targeted at EU armed forces was constructed. An index of qualitative variation was calculated to explore the relative convergence among respondents (n = 25) on issues of risks and opportunities with using social media nationally and internationally. Consistent with previous research on European armed forces, we found higher levels of divergence than convergence. Contrary to our expectations that similar challenges, joint international standards, and membership in international organizations would foster convergence with regard to social media use in areas of deployment, we found that convergence appeared foremost pertaining to the domestic level. Policy divergence was strongest in areas of deployment.