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Sikorsky H-60 series in robust good health
Paul Derby With so much focus trained on development of the Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche armed scout helicopter here at Paris, Sikorsky's H-60 series has taken something of a back-seat - but only in the publicity stakes. Sikorsky executives say continuing manufacture of both the UH-60 Black ...
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Westland ramps up for Super Lynx production
The Super Lynx production line at GKN Westland's UK manufacturing base took another step forward in the run-up to Paris with the first flight of the second of seven new Super Lynx being built for the German navy. With a total of 45 airframes on order, 13 Super Lynx ...
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IAI buoyed by foreign upgrade contract
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) comes to Paris buoyed by winning a contract to upgrade the Mil Mi-24/35 helicopter for night operation. The award was made by a foreign customer, believed to be India. Designated the 'Mission 24' improvement programme, the work is being handled by IAI's Tanam division. It ...
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Life in a tank for Barco display
Visitors interested in fishing for the latest in display systems will find them on the Barco stand. The Belgium-based company has its latest display, the RFD246, dangling in a fish tank, to show just how good the seal is. "Once visitors are hooked onto our novel display, we tell ...
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Long-life ballscrews
Umbra's bid to attract customers outside the US and Europe has brought the ballscrew manufacturer back to Paris where it can be found in Hall 4/E4. The company manufactures ballscrews for aeronautic and industrial use. Very few changes have been necessary since the original design 50 years ago; Umbra ...
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No smoke problems with CSE Engineering
Steve Nichols Smoke in the cockpit is a pilot's nightmare and one of the biggest causes of air crashes according to official data. Recent incidents involving a Swissair Flight 111 and ValuJet Flight 592 prove just how difficult it is for pilots to see what they are doing ...
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Consortium typifies pan-European cooperation
This year's show marks the 30th anniversary of tri-national consortium Panavia, founded in 1969 as prime industrial contractor for the MRCA - later Tornado - programme. The three partners of today, Alenia, British Aerospace and DaimlerChrysler, and the Tornado industry have in many ways become a model of pan-European ...
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Cargo airship fleet on the drawing boards
Tony Stephenson An old idea has been reborn and is set to transform the way that heavy freight - such as offshore drilling rigs and saw mills - is transported across the continents. Using principles first developed in the 1930s, German company Cargolifter is set to launch a ...
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New uniform meets modern needs of helicopter crew
Tamzin Hindmarch A new-look uniform for US military helicopter crews has been unveiled this week. The Air Warrior programme, set up by the US Project Manager Air Crew Integrated Systems (PM-ACIS), was charged with developing an integrated modular ensemble of personal life support equipment which could be introduced ...
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Matra asks for confirmation of more Euro support
European missile giant Matra BAe Dynamics has called on the Dutch and Belgian governments to confirm participation in the Trigat medium range anti-tank missile after Britain signalled it was to buy into the $1.6 billion programme. Germany and France have already committed to the programme, which will involve the ...
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Fighter rivals square off for Israeli contest
Tim Ripley A battle royal is developing between US giants Boeing and Lockheed Martin to win a $2.5-billion Israeli fighter order - lilaly the last big fighter contest of the century. Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak has put back until August the decision on buying more than 50 ...
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Marconi signs to produce Eurofighter radar
Tim Ripley Marconi Electronic Systems (MES) has signed a contract with British Aerospace for production of the ECR90 radar that will equip the Eurofighter Typhoon. ECR90 is a next generation high performance pulse Doppler, multi-mode radar, and is the primary sensor for the aircraft. The contract covers ...
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Elisra looks overseas for expansion
Steve Nichols Elisra Electronic Systems from Israel is a major supplier of electronic warfare (EW) systems to all branches of Israel's defence forces. Now the company, displaying at Exterior 22, is building a strong reputation with other worldwide customers too. Forces operating in areas where radar-guided surface-to-air ...
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Rockwell Collins systems for RAF AWACS
Steve Nichols The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded Rockwell Collins (UK) a firm price contract of approximately £10 million for the Replacement HF Radio System for the RAF E-3D Sentry AWACS aircraft. The contract requires the replacement of existing HF radio systems in seven RAF E-3D AWACS, ...
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Space Station award for Hamilton Sundstrand
Tim Furniss Hamilton Sundstrand has won a $115 million contract from NASA to design, develop and qualify water and oxygen generator assemblies for the International Space Station. It will be one of the "largest development programmes undertaken by the company", which will shortly be renamed Hamilton Sundstrand Space ...
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Launch for space mirror planned in 2001
A space mirror orbiting the Earth that could be seen in the night sky by six billion people as a bright star-like object, as bright as the planet Venus, may be launched in 2001. Called the Star of Tolerance, the mirror is a "solar sail" which uses the ...
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Food for thought with astronauts
Three European astronauts hosted a space lunch for children in the ESA pavillion on Sunday. Some youngsters visiting the exhibition were selected to join the spacemen for a meal, while others were children of members of space staff. Astronauts Jean Francois Clervoy, a two-flight Shuttle veteran from France, and ...
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China buoyed by Iridium satellite launch success
Tim Furniss China Great Wall Industry (CGWIC) has successfully launched its sixth mission for Motorola's Iridium mobile satellite system, while it struggles with the effects of the US ban on exports of other satellites for delivery into orbit. A Long March 2C was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite ...
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Fighting to be first
Both Boeing and Lockheed Martin proved yesterday just how well their respective Joint Strike Fighter concept demonstrators are coming together in locations mere minutes apart at Palmdale, California. Boeing JSF programme manager Frank Statkus produced a picture of a very complete-looking X-32A and said the demonstrator, the first of ...
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Grenade attack in Guyana
A rocket-propelled grenade rocked a shop owned by a supporter of Guyana's leader Janet Jagan, whose presidency has been shaken by seven weeks of labour unrest. Another grenade was hurled at a newspaper office. Police and army troops blocked main coastal roads in Georgetown, Guyana's capital, for several hours ...