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BAeA contract
BAeA contract British Aerospace Australia (BAeA) has won a A$7million ($4.6 million) deal from the Australian Department of Defence for full scale engineering development of a rotary wing aircraft variant of the Australian ALR-2002 radar warning receiver. The company holds contracts to develop variants for the Royal Australian Air ...
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Marconi aims to crack Brazilian deal
Marconi Electronic Systems and partner Lockheed Martin are seeking to take advantage of Elbit's troubled Northrop F-5E/F upgrade negotiations by offering Brazil a revived proposal that includes the option for a future beyond visual range (BVR) missile capability. Negotiations between Brazil, local F-5 upgrade prime contractor Embraer and Elbit ...
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Israel is key to F-15 production
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON Boeing's hopes of keeping the F-15 fighter production line open beyond early next year rests on an order from Israel, following its failure to dissuade Greece from purchasing additional Lockheed Martin F-16C/Ds and Dassault Mirage 2000-5s. The company's St Louis plant is to deliver its final outstanding ...
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F-22 concerns US Congress
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC US Congressional concern over progress with development of software for the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 prompted Boeing to bring its flying testbed (FTB) to Washington DC in late April. Programme officials say the757-based FTB is a key "risk reducer" in development of the sensor-fused, integrated avionics for the ...
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Greece plumps for F-16s and Mirages
Stewart Penney/LONDONGreece's decision to split its interim fighter order between the Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 50-plus and the Dassault Mirage 2000-5MkII will provide a rapid boost in capability for its air force. Both manufacturers are supplying aircraft with improved capability over versions of the types in service with Greece. Block ...
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Combat debut for Have Nap missile
US Air Force (USAF) Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers based in the UK have employed the AGM-142 Have Nap air-launched stand-off missile for the first time as part of NATO Operation Allied Force against Yugoslavia. Developed by Israel's Rafael and co-produced by Lockheed Martin in the USA, the AGM-142 is ...
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USN to start Super Hornet evaluation
The US Navy is poised to start a six-month, 800 flight operational evaluation (Opeval) of the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet following the successful conclusion of engineering management and development on 30 April. US Navy air test and evaluation squadron VX-9 will conduct Opeval with seven aircraft stationed at China ...
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India considers SAR pod for MiG-27 Floggers
The Indian air force is considering equipping its Mikoyan MiG-27 Floggers with an Elta synthetic aperture radar (SAR) pod, and with an electronic warfare suite also developed by the Israeli company. Elta, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), has signed major deals with India in recent months, ...
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USAF seeks to block Boeing/Elta AEW
The US Air Force has raised objections to Boeing and Elta teaming up to meet an Israeli air force requirement for advanced airborne warning and command aircraft. The pair will install an Elta Phalcon-based phased-array radar as the main sensor on a Boeing 767, or similar platform. Boeing was ...
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JSF programme office trims work plan
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The US Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme office has agreed to trim design refinement efforts to keep Boeing and Lockheed Martin's concept demonstrations efforts within budget and on time. Revised proposals from the companies in response to programme office concerns about budget overruns and delays have ...
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Hitches hold up joint US/Israeli weapon
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC A laser air defence weapon being developed by the USA and Israel has been delayed by at least seven months by technical problems with the laser device and the tracking system. The TRW Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL) - previously known as Nautilus - would ...
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NASA flies 'intelligent' flight control system at Dryden
NASA is refining an on-line, self learning "intelligent" flight control system (IFCS), following flight tests of a preliminary version at Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, California, on the agency's Boeing F-15 Eagle testbed. The smart software is being developed to enable pilots to land safely damaged aircraft that would ...
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Apache tests
The US Army has begun flight testing the ITT Avionics ALQ-211 integrated radio-frequency countermeasures in a Boeing AH-64D Longbow Apache. Tests have included checking electromagnetic compatibility with the fire-control radar and RF Hellfire missiles. Source: Flight International
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USN eyes role change for CH-60S utility helicopter
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Sikorsky is designing an airborne mine countermeasures (AMCM) version of the US Navy's new CH-60S utility helicopter and has begun modifying a prototype machine to conduct aerial towing demonstrations. The Navy's prototype YCH-60 helicopter is being fitted with a swivel-tow coupling, mounted to the aft underside ...
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US Army delays release of Tactical UAV RFP
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC A delay in releasing the final request for proposals (RFP) for the US Army's Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) fly-off and acquisition has caused a fast-track competition for off-the-shelf close-range systems to slip by several months. The US Army requires an electro-optical infrared payload-equipped TUAV ...
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Putting the family to work
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Max Kingsley-Jones/STOCKHOLM Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Guy Norris/LOS ANGELESWhen Boeing began to study a replacement for its successful 737-300/400/500 "Classic" family of narrowbody twinjets in the early 1990s, it faced difficult decisions. Airbus Industrie was on the scene with its technologically advanced fly-by-wire A320 family, but many of Boeing's ...
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Paris 99 preview
The Paris show will focus on providing the industry with business opportunities Julian Moxon/PARIS Perestroika ruled 10 years ago - the new openness, which dictated the commercial relationship between the West and the Soviet Union. The Berlin wall was about to come tumbling down. The changing climate of communication was ...
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AeroTiga production heads for Florida
SME AERO will transfer production of its Swiss-designed AeroTiga two-seat sports aircraft from Malaysia to the USA in 2000, once it has fulfilled a pending order for the Malaysian military. The company has selected a base in Tallahassee, Florida. In the meantime, SME plans to deliver six aircraft to ...
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Beriev Be-200 amphibian heads for international debut at Paris show
The Beriev Be-200 twin turbofan amphibian will make its international debut at the Paris air show in June. The prototype continues certification testing and has completed 19 flights, totalling 27h, since its first flight on 24 September. The Be-200 was ferried in late April from the Irkutsk Aviation Production ...
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UK police forces line up for Eurocopter EC135
McAlpine Helicopters has delivered a Eurocopter EC135 to the Chiltern air support unit (ASU), which combines the Thames Valley, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire police forces. This marks the fourth delivery of the twin-engined helicopter by McAlpine to UK police in the last six months. The Oxford Airport-based Eurocopter distributor and completion ...