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European knots
After a long wait, France has finally resolved its internal defence and aerospace industry consolidation headaches. But in merging state-owned Aerospatiale with Matra Hautes Technologies to create Europe's second largest aerospace and defence group, making it fifth largest in the world, bets now appear to be off for the bigger ...
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Dasa study finds An-70 could meet European airlifter requirement
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) has revealed details of its technical evaluation of the Antonov An-70 medium transport, which is being studied as an alternative to the Airbus Military Company's A400M (formerly Future Large Aircraft) by Germany, France, Italy and Spain. The manufacturer concluded it would be technically ...
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Air defence centres are commissioned
The Czech Republic and Hungary have commissioned two Lockheed Martin-built Air Sovereignty Operations Centres (ASOC), the centrepiece of a multi-national air defence system upgrade and the first of seven such centres to be established in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Romania in the next two years. The Hungarian ...
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Cyprus in final talks on S-300 deployment
Talks aimed at finalising details of a plan to deploy a Russian-built S-300 long-range air defence missile system on the Greek island of Crete were undertaken by Cypriot defence minister Yanniakis Chrysostomis during a visit to Moscow on 15 February. "My visit to Moscow has to do with the ...
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Israel to upgrade Croatian MiGs
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI) Lahav division and Elbit Systems are to upgrade 30 Croatian air force Mikoyan MiG-21bis aircraft, following the signing of a framework deal on 15 February in Tel Aviv by the Israeli and Croatian defence ministers. The two Israeli companies will negotiate ...
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Merlin heads for amphibious support role
GKN Westland has proposed an upgrade of the EH101 Merlin helicopter to carry higher weight, as part of a growth plan partly devised to meet the UK requirement for a Future Amphibious Support Helicopter (FASH) replacement for the Royal Navy Commando force's Sea King HC4. The FASH requirement is likely ...
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Greek attention turns to attrition
Lockheed Martin and Dassault are to submit revised proposals for a smaller attrition sale of F-16C/D or Mirage 2000-5 fighters to the Greek Government, following its announced long term intention to join the Eurofighter consortium and order the EF2000 Typhoon. Greece made a verbal commitment to ordering the Typhoon on ...
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Longbow hums
GKN Westland Helicopters has selected Strategic Technology Systems as the preferred Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) supplier for the UK's WAH-64 Apache helicopter. A formal contract award is expected by May. The WAH-64 HUMS is based on Strategic Technology's Maintenance Data Recorder. Source: Flight International
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JASSM prepared for initial flight testing
Ramon Lopez/ORLANDO Lockheed Martin officials are preparing for the first flight test of the stealthy Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile (JASSM), planned for early March. The evaluation of the JASSM, which bears the US military designation AGM-158, will take place at an undisclosed US military test range, say project ...
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USA mounts new bid for NATO JSTARS
Northrop Grumman has supplied data on Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) derivatives to the USAir Force programme office as part of a revised proposal to sell the system to NATO for the Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) project. The next NATO Conference of National Armament Directors, scheduled ...
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Mil begins upgraded Mi-24M flight tests
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW The Russian army has embarked on a trial upgrade programme for its Mi-24 attack helicopters, in apparent recognition that it is unlikely to ever acquire meaningful numbers of the advanced Mi-28 or Ka-50 attack helicopters. The first Mil Mi-24M modernised combat helicopter made its first two test ...
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News in Brief
Patriot tie-up Lockheed Martin Vought Systems and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) have established a joint venture, to be called Air Defense Systems, to manufacture missile components, as part of the offset deal tied to Germany's purchase of the US firm's Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) system. The venture will carry out ...
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Sukhoi to modernise Polish Su-22s
Poland has signed an agreement with Russian arms export agency Rusvooruzhenie and Sukhoi to upgrade 15 of the air force's Su-22 attack aircraft. Upgrade of a further 50-60 of the Polish air force's 100-strong fleet is also possible. The agreement has been signed by Sukhoi and the Polish Bydgoszcz ...
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News in Brief
Swiss rapier Matra BAe Dynamics has signed a £50 million ($83 million)deal with Switzerland for a mid-life upgrade of the Swiss air force's Rapier short-range surface-to-air missile. The upgrade includes improvements to the acquisition and tracking radar and software enhancements. Warning win Tenix Defence Systems has awarded ...
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Denel offers Pakistan missile deal
Denel of South Africa is offering Pakistan a package of air-to-air weaponry for its planned Chengdu Super 7 fighter being jointly developed with China. It includes a proposed joint development of a datalink-equipped radar-guided beyond visual range (BVR) missile. The Pakistan air force confirms it is evaluating a range ...
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New power source explored for Freewing Scorpion
Freewing Aerial Robotics and DCH Technology of the USA have launched an exploratory development programme to integrate DCH Technology's hydrogen fuel cells into the Freewing Scorpion Tilt-Body Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV). The multiphase project will begin with substitution of existing lead-acid batteries needed to operate sensor payloads. The research ...
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Argos to test military systems
Tim Furniss/LONDON The US Air Force's latest satellite is a technology demonstrator for future space systems The US Air Force's Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite (Argos), to be launched no earlier than 22 February, is a space version of the Swiss army knife. It carries an array ...
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Improvise and modernise
Paul Lewis/ISLAMABAD Resolving the deadlock with the USA over embargoed F-16 has left Pakistan's air force without new fighters The news that Washington had agreed to refund Islamabad $464 million for 28 undelivered Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs was greeted with mixed reactions by the Pakistan air force. The settlement brings to ...
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Changing times
Paul Lewis/KARACHI Pakistan's national carrier must reform radically to survive Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has embarked on an ambitious programme of reform to revitalise its finances, its fleet and its services in the face of mounting competition from rival carriers in the domestic and international markets. It is the most ...
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Scramjet progress
Julian Moxon/PARIS Scramjet revival has re-awakened the dream of the SSTO concept for the millennium The dream of a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) vehicle first came into the public eye with US President Ronald Reagan's vaunted National Aerospaceplane (NASP) programme. That dream faded as funding dried up and it became ...