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Italy pushes ahead with work on integrated air defence network
The Italian air force is aiming to have its integrated air defence radar network in place, and operational, by the end of 1999, with a new command centre at Poggio Renatico. The air defence network is being modernised with 16 improved radars: four Lockheed Martin FPS-177s and two Hughes ...
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JDA seeks cash to fund future attack helicopter programme
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The Japan Defence Agency (JDA) is seeking initial funding in its next budget to begin a formal study of future attack helicopter requirements. Interested local and foreign suppliers are already formulating a range of options with which to respond. Full-scale funding for the AH-X programme is expected ...
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Daewoo tools up for KTX-1
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Daewoo Heavy Industries of South Korea plans to complete development and operational flight testing of the KTX-1 turboprop basic trainer by September. It is already preparing tooling, in advance of an anticipated final government go-ahead to begin production in 1999. A fifth and final prototype was ...
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UK discusses participation in US decoy project
Ramon Lopez/ORLANDO The UK and US Governments are in discussions over a potential memorandum of understanding for UK participation in the Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD) programme. US industry officials say that the UK is expected to join the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) programme by mid-1998. ...
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Asian missile
Taiwan is emerging as the most likely recipient of the Russian Igla (SA-16/SA-18) shoulder launched surface to air missiles purchased by Singapore. While the infra-red guided missiles are being bought initially by Singapore, sources claim that the island state is not the end user. Taiwan had been seeking to procure ...
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Raptor reduction
Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems says that the man hours required to produce mid-fuselage sections for the Lockheed Martin/ Boeing F-22 Raptor have been reduced by about 60%, beating cost-reduction projections. The company has delivered two mid-fuselages so far and will ship four more this year. Source: Flight International
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Romania plans to update Pumas with Israeli sensors and weapons
Romania is to upgrade 24 of its licence-manufactured Eurocopter Pumas with Israeli sensors and anti-tank missiles. The helicopters are to be equipped with the Rafael NT-D fibre-optic guided anti-tank missile along with a version of the Litening targeting and designation pod. The programme is being implemented as part of ...
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Kentron aims Raptor at export market
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Kentron, South Africa's leading missile manufacturer, is offering unpowered and powered versions of its still classified Raptor precision guided weapon for export. Details have been seen by Flight International. Development of the stand-off weapons family, the export of which remains a sensitive issue in South Africa, ...
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SAIC No-Show
The US Navy's vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) demonstration to test three unmanned air vehicle (UAV) designs has got under way, but one of three contractors missed the 11 March delivery deadline. Bell Helicopter's Eagle Eye and Bombardier's improved CL-327 Guardian UAV both beat the deadline, and testing of these ...
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Russian air force orders limited number of Sukhoi Su-25TMs
The Russian air force has placed orders for the Sukhoi Su-25TM Frogfoot in limited numbers, with deliveries of aircraft expected this year and next, according to its chief designer, Vladimir Babak. Babak says that the air force would resume Su-25TM deliveries at an affordable fly-away price of 50 million ...
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Trade links increase
Almost every week, it appears, a US airline announces a new service to Latin America. Almost every month, it seems, a new codeshare agreement is forged between carriers in North and South America. Every year, it is evident, traffic between the two regions continues to grow. Increasing trade is the ...
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Latin benefits
Latin America's aerospace industry is expected to benefit from both increased defence spending and burgeoning commercial opportunities. Industrial offsets are expected to be part of any fighter sales to Chile, Brazil and Argentina, and aircraft purchases by the region's airliners could bring subcontract work into local factories. It is ...
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Military rein loosens
Latin American armed forces, some held under tight budgetary control in punishment for past excesses, are seeing purse strings being loosened. Re-equipment plans long held in abeyance are being dusted off, and, as a result, defence contractors are gearing up their marketing machines. Brazil is leading the charge, with a ...
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Chile tastes US thaw
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Chile's 10th international aerospace exhibition, FIDAE '98, comes at a time when the prospects for sales to Latin America are better than ever before. Real business will be on the agenda when exhibitors from some 30 countries meet at Santiago's Los Cerillos Airport on 23-29 March, fostered ...
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Galaxy on schedule, says IAI
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) has cleared the thrust reversers, ice protection system, autopilot and yaw damper for operation during flight testing of the Galaxy business jet. The aircraft accumulated 23h in the first 10 flights, reaching 25,000ft (7,600m) and 250kt (460km/h), and the programme is on schedule for certification by ...
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Macau's Jet Asia buys Hawker 800XPs
Macau-based Jet Asia has ordered a Raytheon Hawker 800XP for executive charter services throughout China and South EastAsia. The mid-sized business jet will be delivered in the third quarter, joining a larger Bombardier Challenger already used on charters in the region. Jet Asia is a partnership between private investor ...
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Lancair puts back Columbia certification plans
Lancair has revised certification plans for the Columbia 300 piston single, in a bid to keep first deliveries on schedule for year end. The company received a provisional type certificate for the all-composite four seater in July last year, and had planned for full instrument flight-rules (IFR) certification in April. ...
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Kuwait buys GVs
Kuwait Airways has purchased three Gulfstream V ultra long range business jets to provide VIP transport and medical evacuation services for senior Kuwaiti Government officials. The order is valued at around $115 million, with the aircraft scheduled to be delivered by the end of 1999. The airline has previously purchased ...
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VisionAire considers fractional ownership scheme for Vantage
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON VisionAire is evaluating a fractional ownership programme for its six seat Vantage single engined business jet, which will be aimed at small to medium sized companies with an annual turnover of $5-$500 million. "Our programme will be unique. We will make it closer to owning your ...
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Boeing 717 price emerges but fails to meet early hopes
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Kevin O'Toole/LONDON As Boeing prepares to reveal an official price for the 717, there are already indications that the 100-seat aircraft will sell for closer to $25 million, deflating hopes among airlines that it could be offered below $20 million. When the aircraft was ...