Germany Modernizing its Cruise Missile Taurus
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This extension of life program not only provides for the replacement of perishable components (pyrotechnics, fuel ...) but also the integration of a new GPS architecture and the "modernization of the software development environment", according to our information . The construction of this "major overhaul" will be conducted on the MBDA Germany Schrobenhausen site at a rate of about 75 copies per year until 2020.
In France, renovation projects at mid-life Scalp-EG carried by the Rafale and Mirage 2000D are blurred. The principle is intended to secure a joint program with the United Kingdom (which uses this weapon under the appellation GR4 Tornado Storm Shadow) under a project called SSCEP for Scalp / Storm Shadow Common Enhancement Program. The joint statement after the Franco-British summit held in late January provides that both countries agree on a "Memorandum of Understanding" at the beginning of this summer. [via]
