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Daewoo receives the first of Sokols
Daewoo Heavy Industries (DHI) has taken delivery of its first Sokol W-3A helicopter and is due to receive another two by the end of the year. Two of the Polish machines will be added to the company's own helicopter fleet, and the third sold to a local buyer. ...
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Rallying call for more R&D investment
Meggitt chief executive Mike Stacey sounded an optimistic note on the state of the industry at a breakfast briefing yesterday but added a cautionary caveat on the state of research and development by UK aerospace companies. Stacey pointed out that the £10 million ($15.6 million) investment which his company ...
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Aero Tec laroratories
Aero Tec Laboratories (ATL) Europe's new Unmanned Vehicle Fuel Cell division is displaying its ultra-lightweight, bladder-type fuel tanks for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). ATL says that it is focusing on development of low-cost, non-exploding fuel cells, and can make complex fuel-cell shapes and sophisticated scavenging devices to optimise available space ...
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Darkstar UAV software bugs mean 12-month flight hiatus
THE LOCKHEED Martin/ Boeing Darkstar long-endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV) will not be flown before May 1997, to enable the US team to conduct an in-depth audit of all hardware and software. Repairs made since the April crash will be verified in an informal critical-design review due ...
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Predator crash
A US General Atomics Predator unmanned air vehicle crashed on 24 July in north-eastern Bosnia, near Brka in Moslem-Croat Federation territory, while on a reconnaissance mission. Source: Flight International
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Sagem signs deal to make Predator
FRENCH SYSTEMS specialist Sagem has signed a deal with California, USA-based General Atomics to develop and market a European version of the US company's Predator long-range unmanned air vehicle (UAV). The new UAV, called Horus, will complete the range of vehicles offered by Sagem, which markets the short-/medium-range ...
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Alliant Systems picks up TUAV
ALLIANT SYSTEMS has beaten eight other competitors to the contract to produce the Pentagon's Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV). The UAV Joint Project Office on 2 May awarded prime contractor Alliant Techsystems a $52.6 million contract to provide TUAV systems for a two-year advanced concept-technology demonstration. ...
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UAV promises satellite shake-up
AN ISRAELI COMPANY is developing a unique high-altitude long-endurance hovering platform designed to act as a low-cost substitute for a communications or surveillance satellite. The Rotostar, is being developed by Silver Arrow, one of Israel's leading unmanned-air-vehicle (UAV) manufacturers. The Israeli Government, is funding part of the ...
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Westinghouse deal
The Pentagon's Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Westinghouse a $7 million contract to expedite the development of the tools needed to process the large amounts of imagery being generated by sensors installed on some unmanned aerial vehicles and the Lockheed Martin U-2R. Source: Flight International
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Dark Star first flight delayed
THE FIRST FLIGHT OF the Lockheed Martin/Boeing Tier III Minus Dark Star stealthy unmanned air-vehicle (UAV), originally scheduled for late 1995, has been delayed by software- and hardware-integration problems. Taxi tests are now expected to begin before the end of the month. Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical's Tier II Plus ...
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Chinese drone
China has test-flown its first remotely piloted helicopter developed by the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The unmanned Seagull is similar to the Russian Kamov Ka-32, with contra-rotating blades and twin tail fin. The 300kg machine is powered by an (60kW) 80shp engine. ...
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IAI flies Eye View
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES (IAI) unmanned-air-vehicle (UAV) division, Malat, has flown its Eye View lightweight UAV for the first time. The flight, which took place in early January, lasted 15min. The UAV will be equipped with a day/night plug-in optronic payload weighing 15kg. The Eye View is 2.9m long, has a ...
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Williams supersedes Lockheed Martin on Hunter UAV engine
WILLIAMS International is replacing a Lockheed Martin/RPI team in the effort to develop and field a heavy fuel engine for the TRW/Israel Aircraft Industries Hunter unmanned air vehicle (UAV). The Lockheed Martin/RPI work to qualify a rotary engine for the short-range UAV was suspended because of weight problems ...
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UAV survey predicts doubling of market
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC NEARLY 8,000 unmanned air-vehicles (UAVs), worth $3.9 billion, will be produced worldwide between 1994 and 2003. The reconnaissance market is expected to double in size over the ten-year period, according to the Teal Group's UAV annual forecast. The forecast, released at the 1995 ...
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Alvis Acquired
Silver Arrow, the Israeli manufacturer of unmanned air vehicles (UAV), has purchased 80% of Alvis UAV Engines, its UK-based engine supplier. The Alvis 741 engine already powers the Hermes long-endurance UAV and the new Darter, to be unveiled at the Paris air show. Alvis will now become UEL, says Silver ...
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Heliwing flies
Boeing's Heliwing aerial vehicle (UAV) had its first flight on 26 April, lifting off and hovering for several minutes at 10 ft (3m) at Boeing's test site in Moses Lake, Washington. The tail-sitter air vehicle has a fixed-wing and a pair of 2m-diameter counter-rotating propellers coupled to a 30kW (40shp) ...
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TRW
Bob Mason has become managing director for TRW Avionics & Surveillance Group's unmanned air vehicle (UAV) business, directing the US Joint Tactical UAV programme, based in San Diego, California. Mason, with TRW since 1961, was formerly director of engineering integration. Source: Flight International
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Swiss Buy Ranger
The Swiss Government is to buy 28 unmanned aerial vehicles from Oerlikon Contraves in a deal worth SFr 280 million ($240 million). Delivery is due in 1998/9. They will be used for reconnaissance and artillery fire control, and are part of a recently approved arms-procurement programme. Source: Flight ...
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Heron High Flier
The Heron long-endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV) developed by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) reached an altitude of 32,000ft (9,750m) during a test flight on 20 February. The Heron is 8.5m long and has a wingspan of 16.6m. The eventual maximum altitude of the UAV will be 35,000ft, with a maximum ...