00:00You want to throw your kids a proper birthday party?
00:02Get the bouncy plastic iMars, that way it's always really fun.
00:07And no, seriously, of course, we make plastic decoys and they're here too.
00:12That way the enemies will use their real expensive ammunition to hit pieces of plastic.
00:17Here we're at Eurosam with the Mamba Santé, the best interception system in the world,
00:22which is now, watch out, becoming multilayered.
00:24That means we still have, of course, the Mamba Santé that carries Aster 30 missiles.
00:28The Aster 30 missiles have a range of 150 km with the new B1MT version,
00:33which goes very high, very far, and can also intercept ballistic missiles that travel super fast.
00:39But now, in addition, there's also the Mika VL, which is the Mika missile,
00:43the same one we have on fighter jets, that can hit at 40 km,
00:47and the NG, which also goes up to 40 km.
00:49That means we go from 20 km up to 150 km.
00:52And then, obviously, these are theoretical ranges.
00:55That means theoretical range is what they wrote at the bottom of the manual.
00:58But in reality, it goes further than that.
01:00We won't have the actual numbers, official numbers,
01:03but we know from Ukraine that it hits much, much farther than what was expected.
01:06And that's actually one of the small differences with the Russians.
01:09When the Russians say 200 km, it's more like 100.
01:12When the French say 200 km, it's more like 350 or 400.
01:16So that's actually a big advantage.
01:19Always the combination of Thales superradars, or Leonardos for that matter, and MBDA missiles.
01:25This way, we achieve complementarity at the European level,
01:28integrating pretty much everything with the Link 16.
01:31Integrating other layers also gives us efficient, deployable, integrated command systems.
01:36Feedback from Ukraine is that now there's some armor inside.
01:40And the big surprise, because honestly, when we deployed this in Ukraine,
01:44we still thought we would have some losses.
01:46They're all working at full capacity.
01:48And there is better feedback than on the Patriot,
01:50especially regarding the aeroballistic missiles that change trajectory as they come down.
01:55The Patriot goes to the place where there was a ballistic trajectory,
01:58so it thought it would hit its target.
02:00The Aster 30 is able to adjust to moving targets,
02:04and that's really a strength for Eurosam, MBDA plus Thales.
02:09We're arriving at John Cockrell's booth, and what do you recognize behind me?
02:13Look at the logo, it says Arcus. Why Arcus?
02:16Simply because it's based on a Jaguar chassis, the Magnificent Jaguar,
02:21on which they've mounted a 105mm cannon that makes it much lighter than with a 120mm gun.
02:27The new ammunition gives us much greater destructive power,
02:31a power that's almost equivalent to what we have with classic 220 tanks,
02:35except we're much lighter, much more mobile, and much more efficient than what we had in the past.
02:39So potentially this combination, the Belgian cannon with a nice French chassis,
02:44might be an evolution we'll see.
02:46And it's one of the big announcements in armored vehicles here at the Eurosatry exhibition.
02:51We're at Airbus, lots of new things at Airbus,
02:53but especially with the A400M Airbus' do-it-all plane,
02:56which keeps doing more and more things.
02:58Aerial refueling probe, it carries lots of cargo in its hold,
03:01it does drops, airdrops, and on top of that they're turning it into a real C2.
03:06The C2 is the command center, they're going to add communication kits to it.
03:10So the strategic C2 is more like the A330 MRTD,
03:15and the tactical C2 will be the A400M,
03:18that means it will be able to have consoles inside, completely modular, as usual.
03:22We take it out, we put things back in, we can reconfigure it depending on the missions we have ahead
03:26of us.
03:26It is capable of releasing airborne drones while it is in flight, so that allows for a lot of potential,
03:33including on strike aircraft, electronic warfare, radar, and so on.
03:37With drones to carry out many different missions, each drone has a particular capability,
03:42with racks of drones that will be released from the rear.
03:45And also there's now an optical sensor turret, a camera that will be placed underneath,
03:50which will come out so it can also be used as an intelligence gathering device.
03:53For example, before landing on a runway, you can still check if the area is clear.
03:58That's it, we're stepping out of science fiction movies with swarm biotactics.
04:02What do they do? They take cockroaches, giant bugs of considerable size.
04:06I didn't know a cockroach could live for six years.
04:08Well, they create a neural interaction to be able to control the cockroaches remotely,
04:12and in this way they can guide them exactly to do whatever they want.
04:16And here we see on the cockroach you have the payload directly attached with the GPS and
04:21cameras that are visible in the front. And in this way you can control a sensor over a long distance,
04:26and then you can put any type of sensor you want on it. A war sensor, you can put sound
04:31sensors,
04:31you can put detection sensors, you can put visual sensors, obviously.
04:35And why not NBC as well, to be able to visually test and confirm that a place is not contaminated.
04:40Here they are, the Germans from Swarm Biotactics. It's awesome.
04:44We're arriving at the CEA booth with NeuroCorgi. It's the smallest chip that can exist.
04:50Now this is neural network tech, it's something made of silicon as usual.
04:54Here we'll use a thousand times less power than traditional chips,
04:58allowing operation for months on just a button cell battery.
05:03Ideally, it's designed for image processing. That means we'll be able to detect weeds,
05:08we'll be able to detect targets, track passengers when we're in a car.
05:12So for example, as a first application, you remember at Euronavog I told you about Alcimar.
05:17They make super-efficient micro-submarines that consume very little power.
05:21Well, they use this to be able to track marine mammals and that way operate for months and
05:26months with very low power consumption. So here the goal is to replace all Raspberry Pi-based
05:32systems to be integrated on all aerial drones, and all systems where we need to have an onboard camera.
05:39So we congratulate the CEA, we have geniuses in France. We're arriving at the Ministry of the
05:44Armed Forces booth, and behind me you can see the naval cruise missile. So it has been in service since
05:502015, but they've made a new version that will be deployed in three or four years. That's why it's
05:55now called the Mark II. The Mark II, what's different? It's more stealthy. So we fire from over 1,000
06:01kilometers away. There's terminal guidance here using infrared, inertial navigation. We set waypoints,
06:07we reach the destination, we identify the target, and that way we have an almost guaranteed direct
06:12hit. Then they're developing a ground version that can fire from long distances using trucks,
06:18eliminating the need to launch cruise missiles from planes. Those are lessons learned to keep
06:22it simple, effective, and inexpensive. And systems that are integrated into the Navy and the Army,
06:27that's awesome. In terms of connectivity, behind us we have the direct adaptation of what we've seen in
06:33Ukraine, meaning there needs to be real-time connectivity everywhere on the field.
06:36That's convenient. We also have a Franco-British constellation, but mainly French with Utelsat
06:41OneWeb. Behind me are the first modems we used for real-time connections. Here it's for connecting
06:474G, 5G, and you have the small holes that will fit directly onto the holes that already exist. So it's
06:53compatible with all Army vehicles. It's the second generation. And then we directly installed satellite
06:59modems that can also work while in motion. And why do you have a small grid on the side? It's
07:05to prevent
07:05electromagnetic radiation on the edges, which means you could be detected by a drone passing through
07:10the area. Compared with the first versions of the systems, the latest generation, we can clearly see
07:16how much more effective it is. So you put this on vehicles, especially command vehicles. And overall,
07:22if necessary, you could set it on the ground and run a cable. That way the modem isn't in the
07:26same place
07:26as the people and there's no risk. One last little update. It's not really very innovative,
07:31but when you finally have electric motorcycles on the front line, that's going to be super useful.
07:35That's what we see everywhere in Ukraine. Why electric? It's quieter, doesn't generate heat,
07:41and helps avoid detection when entering areas with many acoustic sensors. There you go. Plus,
07:47it looks great. It's called the Spectre. Innovation is happening everywhere,
07:52from the Ministry of the Armed Forces to all manufacturers. There was far too much to show
07:57at this exhibition. For instance, behind us is the Mepak. This is the famous Griffin,
08:02which has a built-in howitzer. He's opening the door. You can see it sticking out here. There you go.
08:08There are drones everywhere. There are a lot of drones. Ukrainians have achieved amazing results,
08:12while others are just making PowerPoints. We used to make PowerPoints too, saying,
08:17in four years, you'll have the same thing. It's getting closer, and it's great to see progress.
08:22I hope you enjoyed it, and I'll see you soon.
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