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Boeing selects Raytheon to develop Super Hornet radar
Boeing has selected Raytheon to develop an active-array radar for the F/A-18E/F. The companies will begin development at their own risk, as the US Navy is not expected to secure funding for the active electronically scanned array (ASEA) upgrade until 2001. The "advance agreement" to begin development of the ...
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JDAM export
The USA has approved the sale of Boeing's Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) to Israel. The $50 million deal will involve delivery of 600-700 kits, allowing the Israeli Air Force to convert dumb bombs into accurate global positioning system directed weapons, plus support. Source: Flight International
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MEADS money unleashed for risk-reduction programme
Lockheed Martin and its team members on the Medium Extended Air Defence System (MEADS) programme, Alenia Marconi Systems and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace, have received $10 million to fund six months of work as a prelude to a three-year risk reduction programme. The money was delayed as Congress debated the need ...
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Nordic four start helicopter hunt
Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden will issue a request for quotation (RFQ) for the Nordic Standard Helicopter Programme (NSHP) on 29 November. The four countries seek a common procurement of a 9-15t helicopter for use in search and rescue, anti-submarine warfare and tactical transport roles. Programme manager Col Mats ...
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Swiss spend
A Raytheon/Thomson-CSF joint venture has won a $101 million deal to provide Phase IV/V of the Swiss FLORAKO air defence system. The deal includes multifunction military radar and monopulse secondary surveillance radars supplied by Thomson-CSF, as well as the modification of military radar sites and integration of the new systems ...
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France paves way for munitions project
France has ordered Raytheon Paveway II and Paveway III guidance kits, allowing it to create laser-guided munitions in conjunction with locally built Mk82/83/84 unguided bombs and BLU-109 penetrator warheads. With test equipment, spares and training, Raytheon says the deal is worth around $100 million. Deliveries are expected to be ...
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Future Rafale studies are unveiled
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRADassault Aviation is exploring enhancements to the low observable features of the Rafale fighter, and a possible future role for the aircraft as an in-flight controller for unmanned aerial combat vehicles. According to Dassault military adviser Paul Marty, studies are also to be carried out to assess a ...
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Prométhée goes to second phase
Julian Moxon/PARIS The French defence ministry and Aerospatiale Matra are discussing the funding of a second phase of the Prométhée research effort to explore the feasibility of a hypersonic air-to-ground missile. The work could include flight testing an experimental vehicle by 2004. The first phase of the three-year programme ...
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Uganda buys MiG-21s: IAI to upgrade
Uganda has purchase several Mikoyan MiG-21s from Poland in a deal that includes an upgrade package being undertaken by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI). The ex-Polish Air Force fighters have been transferred to the facilities of IAI's Lahav division, in Tel Aviv, where they will be upgraded. IAI helped ...
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Northrop Grumman/Schweizer team reveals vertical take-off navy UAV
The US Navy's vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle (VTOL UAV) competition includes a bid from a Northrop Grumman Ryan Aeronautical Centre-led team which utilises a modified Schweizer Aircraft Model 330turbine-powered light helicopter. The modified rotorcraft, which has successfully completed a 41-mission, 38h manned flight test programme at ...
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Satellite imagery
Space Imaging Middle East will be selling 1m-resolution satellite imagery of the Gulf region supplied by the Ikonos satellite by the end of this year. The Dubai-based company has the rights to produce and distribute satellite imagery from the Ikonos, which was launched in September, throughout the region. Source: Flight ...
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LHT Middle East
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) is aiming to announce a maintenance, repair and overhaul operation in the Middle East in conjunction with a local airline by the end of the year. The operation would be similar to AMECO Beijing in China, which is a joint venture with Air China. Source: Flight International
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Saudi radar
Alenia Marconi Systems has been awarded a contract to supply radar systems for the Saudi Arabian airports King Abdul Aziz in Jeddah and King Khalid, Riyadh. The £7 million ($11.6 million) contract involves an ATCR 33/S solid state primary radar integrated with an SIR-M secondary radar for Jeddah and an ...
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Stapp dies
John Stapp, the aerospace research pioneer who became his own test subject during high g rocket-sled experiments in the 1950s, has died aged 89. His work led to the development of safer aircraft ejector seats. Source: Flight International
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AB609 trainer
Bell is proposing a wet lease of Bell Agusta 609 tiltrotors as part of its proposal to the US Marine Corps to use the nine-seat tiltrotor as a trainer for the Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey. Bell's proposal would allow the USMC to operate AB609s without straining tight US acquisition budgets, ...
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Kenyan Cessna
A Cessna Citation Bravo air ambulance has entered service with Nairobi, Kenya-based Phoenix Aviation. The aircraft is equipped with dual stretchers, but can be converted to a corporate interior for charter operations. Source: Flight International
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Indigo charter
Scheduled charter operator Indigo is to offer a weekday service from its Chicago Midway Airport base to Teterboro, New Jersey, early next year, using three nine-seat Dassault Falcon 20s. Source: Flight International
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Marconi contract
Canadian Marconi has won a $4 million order from MD Helicopters for its integrated display system for the MD Explorer helicopter. Deliveries are to begin in October next year and continue until June 2003. Source: Flight International
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Autopilot approval
Century Flight Systems has won US approval for its Century 2000 altitude-based, single-axis autopilot. It will be aimed at Cessna's 172R Skyhawk operators, who, until now have been limited to AlliedSignal's Bendix King KAP140 autopilot as an option on their piston singles. Source: Flight International
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Emergency Bond
Bond Air Services began helicopter support operations for the East Midlands, UK-based, County Air Ambulance charity in Derbyshire and Leicestershire on 8 November. The self-proclaimed pioneer for helicopter air ambulance support in the UK will deploy modified twin engine Eurocopter BO105DBs, as well as pilots and engineers, from East Midlands ...