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Ariane launch
Arianespace scored another success with the launch of an Ariane 4 booster from Kourou, French Guiana, on 18 February, carrying the Hughes Superbird 4, equipped with 23 Ku-band and six Ka-band transponders. Source: Flight International
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White House calls for range efficiency
Commercial users should have a greater say in running US space launch ranges, concludes a White House-led interagency review of the future management and use of these government-owned facilities. The review was launched last March in response to issues raised by the growth of US commercial launch activity and ...
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Indonesian air force calls for space weapons ban
The Indonesian air force wants a global ban on space-based weapons systems. Speaking at the Millennium Air Power Conference, held in conjunction with the Asian Aerospace show, deputy chief of air staff Air Vice Marshal Zeky Ambadar told international air force and industry chiefs: "Before space becomes an arena ...
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South Korea begins missile project study
South Korea has launched a project-definition study for a medium-range surface-to-air missile system which it intends to develop indigenously as part of the country's modernisation of its air-defence network. The study, known as K-MSAM, is a follow-on programme to the K-SAM Pegasus (or Shunma) short-range air-defence system, entering production ...
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Singapore signs up
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has joined the NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC) scheme, signing up to the advanced and lead-in fighter training phases. Six pilots and two flying instructors will be sent to the NFTC every year for Phase III Advanced Training at Moose Jaw, ...
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German EC155s
The interior ministry of German state Baden-Wuerttemberg has ordered two Eurocopter EC155Bs for police duties. Equipment to be fitted to the pair includes a searchlight, weather radar, night vision goggle capable glass cockpit instrumentation. Delivery is due in March next year. Source: Flight International
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Lido enters Asia
Lido is setting up an aeronautical services centre in Singapore and has signed an eight-year contract to supply its Operation Centre flight planning system to Singapore Airlines. Source: Flight International
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BAE considers Nimrod revival
Continuing delays over Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) plans to replace its Lockheed Martin P-3 Orions have led BAE Systems to consider re-opening its Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) assembly line if it mounts a successful bid for the programme. As a result, the UK's Defence Export Services Agency (DESO) ...
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Dassault reveals future Rafale developments
Dassault Aviation has revealed a model of the Rafale fighter equipped with conformal fuel tanks (CFT) on top of the fuselage in a design similar to that projected for the Lockheed Martin F-16 and Eurofighter Typhoon. The company is also looking at the potential of the aircraft as a flight ...
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Vertical launch Mica variant revealed
Matra BAe Dynamics has launched a short-range air-defence (SHORAD) system based on its Mica air-to-air missile. Pitched as a cheap, low-risk system, the vertical launch (VL) Mica uses a Seawolf missile launcher, in service with the UK's Royal Navy. Launchers can be supplied in eight or 16 round blocks. ...
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Taiwan speeds up military transport aircraft plans
Taiwan is accelerating plans to procure a light military transport aircraft. The programme suffered the latest of several delays last year as funding difficulties pushed the start of the procurement back to at least 2002. Among the contenders, Lockheed Martin, with partner Alenia, is offering the C-27J upgrade of the ...
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Teal predicts market for 3,000 fighters over the next 10 years
Almost 3,000 fighters worth $136.1 billion at today's prices will be procured over the next 10 years, according to the latest world military aircraft forecast from US consultancy the Teal Group. Teal's study, released at the show, reviews the market for Western- and Russian-built fighters with a maximum take-off weight ...
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ST Aviation
ST Aviation Services, a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Aerospace, has signed an agreement with Boeing to perform passenger-to-freighter conversions on MD-11 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 tri-jets. Source: Flight International
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Standard contract
Standard Aero has won contracts for work on Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules. The first, from Lockheed Martin and worth around $45 million, is for the overhaul of Rolls-Royce AE2100 turboprops fitted to Lockheed Martin C-130Js operated by the Royal Australian Air Force and US Air Force. The second, from the ...
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Transall retrofit
Sextant has won a French air force order to replace global positioning systems on 65 Transall C-160Rs with the Topstar 100-2 GPS system. Deliveries start next year. Source: Flight International
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Air Gulf Falcon's 747 fleet expands with secondhand acquisitions
New United Arab Emirates wet-lease specialist Air Gulf Falcon has assembled a fleet of five secondhand Boeing 747s at its Sharjah base. They include two ex-British Airways 747-100s, an ex-Japan Airlines -200B and two ex-China Airlines SPs. The 747s are offered with three Boeing 707s on aircraft, crew, maintenance and ...
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Spanish EC120s
The Spanish air force has ordered 15 Eurocopter EC120s in a deal worth Fr100 million ($15 million). Deliveries start in July and will be completed by June next year. Source: Flight International
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Transport support
Raytheon Aerospace has received a contract, potentially worth $475 million over six years, to provide total logistics support for 52 US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas C-9 transports. Source: Flight International
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SJ30-2 airframe
Spain's Gamesa Aeronautica will complete delayed delivery of the major airframe sections for the first conforming prototype SJ30-2 business jet in March, with wing halves arriving at Sino Swearingen Aircraft's Texas plant. Source: Flight International
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Firing aborted
The recent test firing of India's cryogenic engine for the second stage of its Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) was aborted 15s into a 30s duration burn at the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centreat Mahendragiri. The engine will be used on later models of the GSLV. Its first flights will have ...