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Canada spotlights SAR capability for maritime patrol
Canada's Department of National Defence and National Research Council (NRC) claim to have developed a "unique" capability to modify maritime-surveillance radars to provide high-resolution imagery. The spotlight synthetic-aperture-radar (SAR) system has been developed to upgrade the Texas Instruments radar in the Canadian Forces' Lockheed CP-140 Aurora maritime-patrol aircraft. ...
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Bombardier plans to establish Malaysian centre
Bombardier is planning to establish a new Malaysian-based regional service centre to support the growing number of Challenger, Global Express and Learjet business aircraft which are entering service or are on order for Asian customers. In the longer term, it is also exploring the possibility of a regional fractional-ownership scheme. ...
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Domination fears stir Eurofighter
Award of contracts to begin designing training devices for the Eurofighter EF2000 has been delayed by concerns that the European "superteam" assembled by Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS) will dominate the competition. TTS confirms that Eurofighter is trying to force the break-up of its team in a bid to ...
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USAF could contract out F-22 training in bid to reduce costs
The US Air Force is considering handing over training for the Lockheed Martin/ Boeing F-22 to industry in a bid to reduce costs. A decision on whether to "contractorise totally" F-22 training will be taken during 1998, says Leo Rickmers, Boeing's manager for F-22 training devices. Boeing, which is ...
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Eurofighter aims for Singapore sale
Eurofighter is scheduled shortly to begin making formal presentations on the EF2000 to the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), to meet the service's requirement for a Northrop F-5E/F replacement. Singapore is understood to have requested an EF2000 briefing as part of its preliminary evaluation of candidate next-generation fighters. ...
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Reflectone wins UKHawk school deal
Reflectone UK hopes to sign a contract by mid-December to build and operate a training school for the Royal Air Force's British Aerospace Hawk T1 trainers. The company has been selected as the preferred bidder for the contract, to be awarded under the UK Ministry of Defence's private-finance initiative. ...
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Westland closes in on Malaysian Lynx
GKN Westland is close to concluding a contract with the Royal Malaysian Navy for the first LHTEC T800 turboshaft-powered version of the upgraded Super Lynx 300 naval helicopter. The Malaysian treasury is understood to be finalising an order with the UK helicopter manufacturer for a small batch of machines. ...
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Slow Dash
Pelangi Air has put on indefinite hold the delivery of three completed Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-300s until operational and shareholding issues are resolved. The 50-seat turboprops, ordered in 1995, had been due for delivery in June and July, but have been delayed by Malaysia Airline moves to acquire a ...
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E&S backs Atlas
STN Atlas Electronik is to base its DISI-6 visual system on Evans & Sutherland's Harmony image generator. Source: Flight International
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Malaysia reconsiders Rooivalk as Singapore seeks Apaches
Malaysia is indicating that it might revise an earlier decision to postpone ordering the Denel CSH-2 Rooivalk, as neighbouring Singapore moves towards finalising its own attack-helicopter selection by mid-1998. According to senior defence sources in Malaysia, the Government is once again showing interest in the South African helicopter after ...
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Currency crisis delays Saeaga's launch plans and A320 purchase
Malaysia's Saeaga Airlines is postponing plans to order new Airbus Industrie A320s, and the launch of its first scheduled international services, in the face of the recent Asian currency crisis and economic downturn. "We're looking to buy five A320s, but this has now been deferred," says Ting Pek Khiing, ...
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Singapore seeks fighter trainers
Singapore has requested proposals for a fighter-training system which will include simulators for the Lockheed Martin F-16, McDonnell Douglas A-4S and Northrop F-5E. Bids are due in by mid-December. Bidders could include CAE Electronics, Hughes Training, and Lockheed Martin with Thomson Training &Simulation. The Integrated Fighter Training (IFT) contract ...
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Mars Express plan gathers support
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Science Programme Committee has endorsed the preliminary stage in the development of the Mars Express mission. The craft will enter orbit around the Red Planet and deposit up to four landers on the surface after launch on a Russian Soyuz U booster scheduled for 2003 ...
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UK confirms funding for Metop project
UK confirms funding for Metop project The UK IS to invest $45 million in the European Space Agency's (ESA) Metop meteorological polar-orbiting-satellite programme. The proposed $2.5 billion Metop system, to be operated from 2003 by Eumetsat, the European meteorological-satellite organisation, has been stalled by political and budgetary difficulties. ...
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India buys Arabsat
India, which lost its Insat 2D satellite in orbit in July, has purchased the Arabsat 1C satellite in orbit for $40 million from the Arab consortium which had operated the craft since 1992. The Arabsat 1C will be moved into the assigned Insat 2D position in geostationary orbit. Source: ...
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Arianespace confirms Ariane 4 order
More Ariane 4s are now available Arianespace, the European commercial-launcher organisation, has ordered a further 20 Ariane 4 boosters from Aerospatiale (Flight International, 22-28 October), bringing to 43 the number of Ariane 4s available to customers for launches to about 2003. The new order will enable Arianespace to meet increasing ...
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ASTOR BAFO
The UK Ministry of Defence released its request for best and final offers (BAFO) for the Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR) project at the end of November. Invitations were issued to the two project-definition teams, led by Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. As a third, and contentious, option the MoD is also ...
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P&W A330-200 flies
Airbus Industrie flew a Pratt &Whitney-powered A330-200 for the first time on 4 December from Toulouse. The aircraft is fitted with the PW4168, one of three engine types to be offered on the A330-200. A General Electric CF-6-80E1-powered aircraft has been flown, while a Rolls-Royce Trent-powered version will be ...
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South Korean CN-235S
South Korea has ordered eight IPTN CN-235-220 military-transport aircraft for the South Korean air force. The contract is worth $143 million. Source: Flight International
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Bell assembly
The Philippines has signed a memorandum of understanding with Bell Helicopter Textron to assemble the twin-engined 412 and smaller 206 at a planned new site in Alaminos. Bell is stressing that the deal depends on the two types being ordered in sufficient numbers. Source: Flight International