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First batch of Su-30MKIs arrives for Indian air force
First batch of Su-30MKIs arrives for Indian air force he first batch of a Sukhoi Su-30MKI multi-role combat-aircraft order for the Indian air force has been delivered by the Russian company. Eight basic Su-30PKs have now been taken to India, with the aircraft being delivered by Antonov An-124s of Volga ...
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Shorts faces penalty over C-23 delays
Short Brothers faces penalty charges because of continuing delays in delivering the C-23B variant of the Shorts Sherpa to the US Army. The company is behind schedule in delivering C-23B Plus transport aircraft to the Army, and further delays are expected because of nagging technical problems. ...
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Royal Navy begins process to replace Sea King Commando
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is considering a replacement for the Royal Navy Westland Sea King HC4 Commando assault helicopter under the auspices of the Future Amphibious Support Helicopter (FASH) project. The MoD is looking to introduce a replacement for the HC4 into service around 2008, according ...
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Training contracts
British Aerospace Flight Training Australia (BAFTA) has announced new pilot training contracts worth A$3 million ($2.3 million). The Australian Army will now contract all its basic flying training to BAFTA. The move follows criticism of the Army's recruiting and training, and a current tri-service review in the wake of a ...
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Airservices/RAAF team
Airservices Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have signed a new agreement to establish joint civil and military air-traffic-control-tower training courses. The joint courses will be conducted at the RAAF's School of Air Traffic Control at East Sale, which has an advanced visual tower-simulator. Under the new arrangement, ...
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USAF F-16c to get strike upgrade
The US Air Force is to upgrade some of its Lockheed Martin F-16Cs, to provide the aircraft with a more-capable targeting and strike capability. Aircraft based at Aviano in Italy, with the 31st Fighter Wing, are to be modified to allow the F-16's improved data modem (IDM) to ...
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FLA delays exasperate Aerospatiale
Aerospatiale is warning that a continuing delay by France and Germany over the proposed Future Large Aircraft (FLA) military transport increasingly jeopardises the project's future. A senior Aerospatiale source complains that the failure of participating governments to commit to spending up to Fr600 million ($110 million) for the ...
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BAe plans negotiations for Canadian Hawk trainer deal
British Aerospace is to begin formal negotiations to provide up to 25 Hawk 100 trainers to Canada, following the latter's decision to proceed with the NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC) programme. Canadian defence minister Douglas Young announced the approval for the NFTC on 23 April, saying that ...
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Kamov flies modified Ka-50
Russian helicopter manufacturer Kamov has begun flight testing an all-weather attack variant of the Ka-50 Hokum, the Ka-50N, fitted with a more capable sensor suite. The Ka-50N prototype has been equipped with a nose-mounted forward-looking infra-red (FLIR) sensor, understood to have been supplied by Thomson-CSF. The ...
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Lockheed Martin joins A-10 bidders
Martin has joined Northrop Grumman in a competition to provide long-term contractor support of the Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt, which is to be used as a close-air-support/forward-air-control aircraft until at least 2018. Boeing is also expected to bid on the contract for A-10 system-integration work, which could be worth $500 ...
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Evergreen has to switch VERTREP demonstrators
The US Navy's USS Saturn is due to depart at the end of April for five months at sea with different aircraft from those originally envisioned to be operated by commercial operator Evergreen Helicopters. The Military Sealift Command (MSC) sea trial marks the third in a series of ...
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Participation in JSF gathers momentum
THE Netherlands and Norway have formally joined the US Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) project, but Denmark has yet to decide on participation. On 16 April, the two countries signed a JSF requirements-validation memorandum of agreement (MoA), which commits them to the JSF. The US Department of Defense says ...
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Airbus united?
WORKING TOGETHER is a concept which has been promoted (perhaps even over-promoted) by Boeing in recent years. The concept has made its design and production processes more efficient, and could be applied equally to other companies. If the current fracas in Toulouse is anything to go by, the best new ...
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European lead
Europe's flag carriers may be leading the charge into the brave new world of liberalisation, but there are signs that the region's airports, too, are beginning to wake up to some of the new commercial realities of running as efficient businesses rather than as government arms. Airports have ...
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Direct to target
INTERNATIONAL INTEREST in the US Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is growing as flight testing continues to demonstrate an accuracy better than the 13m (40ft) requirement. McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has already proposed the JDAM to at least one foreign country. JDAMs have been dropped from the Lockheed Martin ...
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Airport role-reversal
On 1 January, 1998, the two main airports of Italy's second city will start a process of gradual role-reversal. Linate, which has always been Milan's main airport, is almost logjammed, while Milan Malpensa opens the first stage of a development which will give it more than twice Linate's capacity, both ...
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Swissair strategy advances
A year ago, when Swissair first presented Philippe Bruggisser as the incoming chief executive, he promised to take a firm hand with the group's costs and inject a touch more pragmatism to its alliance strategy. Twelve months later, Bruggisser appears to be making headway on both fronts. His ...
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Germans choose Elisra
The German army will equip its Sikorsky CH-53 helicopters with the Israeli Elisra SPS-65(V) integrated airborne self-protection system. A limited number of systems was rushed to Germany and installed on CH-53s which were flown on missions in Bosnia. The German army is now negotiating a deal to purchase the Israeli-developed ...