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...as Russia shakes up defence sector
Russia's Ministry for the defence industries is pushing for a restructuring of the country's ailing defence manufacturing base to try and avert a total collapse. The ministry aims to bundle together 320 companies still under state control into around 30 large corporate groups, from this year. Around 1,300 ...
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USAF seeks prime for A-10 integration
The US Air Force plans to contract out system-integration work for the Fairchild A-10, which is to be used as a close-air-support/forward-air-control aircraft until at least 2018. A draft request for proposal has already been issued for a prime contractor, and a final document is expected to be ...
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USAF despatches 30-strong force to Qatar
A US Air Force detachment of 12 McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-15Es and 18 Lockheed Martin F-16s was due to be deployed to Qatar in mid-February to support Operation Southern Watch, the US-led effort to enforce the no-fly-zone over Iraq. The USAF's 4th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) includes Strike ...
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Netherlands deploys interim F-16 reconnaissance system
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNAF) has begun evaluation tests of the medium-altitude reconnaissance system (MARS), which it intends to deploy with its dedicated Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon reconnaissance squadron. The MARS pod is intended to provide an interim medium-level reconnaissance capability, supplanting the ageing Orpheus pod, ...
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Key RAF projects confronted by delays
A high-level UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) committee is expected to make re- commendations on two key Royal Air force procurement projects in March, although both programmes could face being delayed. The ú500-600 million ($810-975 million) Airborne Stand-off Radar (ASTOR) and the ú850-900 million Future Medium Range Air-to-Air ...
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Evergreen picks up USN demonstration
The US Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) has selected operator Evergreen Helicopters, rather than Kaman Aerospace, for further civil-helicopter demonstrations of commercially operated vertical replenishment (VERTREP) of warships. Kaman's K-MAX was used successfully to demonstrate the concept over the past two years, but the MSC says that it ...
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Moving production
Italy's Alenia Aerospazio has turned satellite manufacturing on its head at its new Centro Piccoli Satelliti (Small Satellite Centre) in Tiburtina, Rome. In a conventional production centre, satellites are generally built at a central point, with teams of different engineers coming and going, adding new components as they are manufactured. ...
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Pitching forward
A McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-18E/F Super Hornet has undergone initial carrier-qualification tests on the nuclear-powered USS John Stennis, the US Navy's latest aircraft carrier. This significant milestone has been achieved in the wake of a grounding caused by an engine problem, and with political rough seas and a tactical-aircraft budget ...
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Airliner Maintenance Directory: Introduction
This Flight International Third-Party Airliner Maintenance Directory Part 1 covers companies in the Americas and is an update of the information published in the issue of 10-16 July, 1996. Part II, covering Africa, Asia, the CIS, the Middle East and Australasia/ Pacific Rim, is to be published in ...
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Fly by net
The AeroNet, SITA's latest data-communications system, could be the aviation industry's answer to the Internet. Long established as a provider of data communications for the aviation industry, SITA recently had a self-contained, high-performance data network grafted on to its support structure. Called the AeroNet, it is aimed at eradicating paper ...
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Spare a thought
Airlines in Europe are becoming increasingly reliant on third-party component support services. Maintaining a comprehensive spare-parts inventory for a modern airline is an expensive business, particularly for a small- or medium-sized operator. Many expensive components may be languishing in storage, under-used but held in case an unforeseen failure grounds an ...
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Masquito flies for European certification
BELGIUM's small Masquito aircraft company is working towards European certification of its novel two-seat lightweight helicopter, with 23h of test flying already completed at its Moorsele airfield base. Brothers Stefaan and Paul Maschelein, designers of the prototype Masquito M58, claim that this is the first real ultra-light helicopter to be ...
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US drug agency seeks new piston singles
THE US DRUG Enforcement Agency (DEA) is seeking up to 25 new piston singles to replace its fleet of light aircraft used for airborne surveillance and personnel transport. The DEA is soliciting information on the availability of new six-seat high-wing aircraft. From the DEA's "sources-sought" announcement, it appears ...
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Flight test on second Global Express starts
BOMBARDIER HAS begun flight-testing of the second Global Express long-range business jet. The 3h 7min first flight took place on 3 February, from the Canadian company's de Havilland plant in Toronto, Ontario. Flight-testing is scheduled to continue at Toronto until late February, when aircraft 9002 is to be ...
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Rockwell equips Hawk
Rockwell-Collins (UK) is to supply communications and navigation avionics equipment for British Aerospace Hawks recently selected by Australia for its lead-in fighter training requirement. Source: Flight International
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EAS invitation
The European Space Agency (ESA) has invited the first proposals from European scientists to conduct scientific, technological and applications experiments aboard the Columbus Orbital Facility on the International Space Station in about 2002. Source: Flight International
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Mars failure
The commission investigating the failure of the Russian Mars '96 mission (Flight International, 27 November-3 December, 1996) has failed to identify the cause, citing 20 possible scenarios focusing primarily on the fourth stage of the Proton launcher, which failed to fire correctly for a second time after reaching initial parking ...
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Odyssey milestone
Odyssey Telecommunications has secured its first service provider in China Telecommunications, Chinasat. The $3.2 billion mobile-communications satellite system will begin operating in 2001. Iridium, ICO and Globalstar all aim to launch rival spacecraft sooner, however. The 12-satellite Odyssey system is led by TRW. Source: Flight International
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Upgraded E-2C flown
Northrop Grumman has flown a E-2C Hawkeye airborne-early-warning aircraft fitted with an upgraded mission computer for the first time. The aircraft, which was flown on 24 January, is fitted with the Raytheon Model 940 mission computer. Fitment of the upgraded computer is the first step in a series of planned ...
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Air Canada orders
Air Canada has ordered two more Canadair Regional Jets for its regional services, increasing its contract for the type to 26 aircraft. The newly ordered examples will be delivered immediately. Source: Flight International