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RAAF picks Sidewinder successor
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Matra BAe Dynamics has beaten competition from Rafael and Raytheon to have its Advanced Short Range Air to Air Missile (ASRAAM) selected by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as its successor to the AIM-9 Sidewinder. The deal secures the first export order for the ASRAAM. The Australian ...
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UAVs go to SEAD
The US Air Force has carried out flight tests of the TRW/Israel Aircraft Industries Hunter unmanned air vehicle (UAV) in the suppression of enemy air defence (SEAD) role. The UAV was used to pinpoint a simulated enemy air defence system for attack by two Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters. The USAF ...
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Modified 757 for US Air Force unveiled
First picture of Boeing's C-32A on order for the US Air Force. The first of four modified Boeing 757s made its maiden flight on 11 February from the Renton plant. The USAF needs four of the aircraft for transport work.Source: Flight International
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Eurofighter carries out first supersonic tests with decoy
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Eurofighter has carried out the first supersonic flight tests with a towed radar decoy (TRD)deployed from the EF2000: a milestone in the development of the aircraft's defensive aids subsystem (DASS). The ability to use the GEC-Marconi decoy at supersonic speeds is crucial in beyond visual range ...
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European operators work in bid to meet F-16 MLU deadline
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Lockheed Martin hopes that European F-16 operators will decide within the next few months on further upgrades to their aircraft, to meet the mid-year deadline for definition of the next software release for the F-16 mid-life update (MLU). Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway are evaluating ...
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Bonn's high risk An-70 strategy threatens UK FLA participation
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH German brinksmanship over pre-launch activities on the European Future Large Aircraft (FLA) is threatening to end UK participation in the tactical transport programme. Sources within the FLA industry partners are warning that unless pre-launch activities gets under way within the next couple of months, ...
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US GAO endorses C-5 Galaxy decision
The US General Accounting Office (GAO) says that the US Air Force made the right decision when it shifted Lockheed C-5 Galaxy depot maintenance from the closing San Antonio Air Logistics Centre, Texas, to the USAF-run Warner Robins Air Logistics Centre in Georgia. US lawmakers asked the GAO to ...
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Israel and Italy team in Turkey
Ari Egozi/TEL AVIV A venture linking Agusta of Italy with Israel Aircraft Industries has emerged as a bidder for the Turkish air force's attack helicopter programme. The team is offering an upgraded Agusta A129 Mangusta attack helicopter for the competition. Although the A129 has always been a contender for the ...
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South Korean tactical transport purchase falters
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE South Korea's planned purchase of eight Indonesia-built IPTN CN-235 tactical transport aircraft is running into problems because of the recent economic difficulties experienced by the two Asian countries. According to sources within IPTN, the South Korean Ministry of National Defence (MND) has fallen behind schedule in beginning ...
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Revived Mikoyan concentrates on upgrade of MiG-29 Fulcrum
A limited upgrade of the MIG MAPO MiG-29 Fulcrum, known internally as Object 9-17, is emerging as the near-term priority for the recently re-established Mikoyan design bureau as it struggles to secure work from a limited Russian air force budget. Mikhail Korzhuyev, MIG MAPO general director, says that Object ...
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Israeli stand-off glide bomb heads toward service entry
The Israel Military Industries (IMI) Modular Stand-off Vehicle (MSOV) glide bomb sub-munitions dispenser is scheduled to enter service later this year with an as yet unspecified air force. The MSOV has been test launched from combat aircraft, including the Lockheed Martin F-16, with a maximum glide range of 100km ...
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Messier gears CSH-2
Messier-Dowty has been picked to design and develop the landing gear for the production variant of the Denel CSH-2 attack helicopter for South Afirca. Source: Flight International
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One of the family
Peter Henley/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie views its present commercial success - 1997 was its best ever year, with 671 sales and commitments worth $44.2 billion, 15 new customers, new derivatives launched, 182 aircraft delivered and a turnover of $11.6 billion - as a resounding endorsement of its family policy. This has ...
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Singles frustration
Dave Higdon/Independence, KANSAS Cessna has acknowledged another setback in its efforts to field three piston singles and, in turn, another roadblock in its efforts to reach production levels anticipated before the company broke ground on its new light aircraft factory in early 1995. Now, frustrated by the failure of engines ...
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Preparing for production
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH French officials at the 1997 Le Bourget air show enjoyed watching the Eurofighter EF2000 flying display rather more than the aircraft's manufacturers would have liked. Dassault had presented spectacular displays from its Mirage 2000-5 and Rafale fighters and, by comparison, the EF2000 - in the middle of ...
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Pathfinder quest
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US military may have cooled to the concept of solar electric powered unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), but NASA has set new lofty goals for the emerging long endurance UAV. In 1993, the US Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) envisioned deploying Raptor (Responsive Aircraft Programme for Theatre ...
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GA sales reach record in 1997
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC US general aviation (GA) manufacturers increased aircraft deliveries by almost 40% in 1997 and saw sales value rise by almost 50%. Figures compiled by the USGeneral Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) show that in 1997 member companies delivered 1,569 aircraft valued at a record $4.7 billion. GAMA ...
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Farnborough signature
The TAG Group has signed a 99 year lease with the UK Ministry of Defence to operate Farnborough aerodrome. TAG says that it intends to develop the site as the UK's premier business aviation airport as part of a strategy of expansion which has recently seen it acquire Aviation Methods ...
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Nine killed as Pilatus PC-12 crashes in Kenya
A Pilatus PC-12 crash in Kenya on 13 February claimed the lives of all nine people on board, including Flight International contributing photographer Herman Potgieter. The aircraft, one of two being delivered to a South African safari company by the Stans, Switzerland-based manufacturer, had just been flown on an ...
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White paper aims for US airspace reform
US industry is pushing for development of a vertical flight infrastructure that will permit simultaneous non-interfering operations by fixed and rotary wing aircraft. A white paper drafted jointly by the American Helicopter Society (AHS) and the Helicopter Association International (HAI) was discussed at the HAI show in mid-February and will ...