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Dasa attacks audit on Eurofighter
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) and the German defence ministry have rejected sharply a report from the federal audit office criticising the Eurofighter programme. The ministry describes the study as "-groundless, contradictory in content, as well as out of touch with reality". It adds ...
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UK Broach team holds Boeing missile discussions
UK warhead designers are in discussions with Boeing over fitting the Broach hard target attack/penetrator warhead to its Harpoon and Stand-off Land Attack Missile (SLAM). Fitting the Harpoon or the SLAM with the Broach would provide them with the capability to be used against hardened or buried targets. ...
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Combatants line up for special-operations C-130 support work
At least five US defence companies are competing for the right to provide the US Air Force with long-term contractor support for five special-operations variants of the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules. The Integrated Weapon System Support Programme (IWSSP), worth $1 billion, is intended to cover single-source maintenance and ...
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Bidders prepare for C-5 upgrade
Graham Warwick and Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC A programme to upgrade the avionics in over 120 US Air Force Lockheed C-5 transports is due to get under way in mid-November with release of a draft request for proposals (RFP), according to officials at the 1997 Air Force Association annual ...
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F-15 network trainer award is imminent
Award of a contract to supply and operate networked simulators at US Air Force Boeing F-15C bases is expected in late September. Boeing and Lockheed Martin are the only bidders for the Distributed Mission Training (DMT) programme, after Hughes elected not to compete. The deployable simulators will be used for ...
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Israeli Thunders fly
Boeing has flown the first of 25 F-15I Thunder strike aircraft for Israel. The F-15I has avionics and weapons unique to Israel, including an Elbit helmet-mounted display. The first aircraft will be handed over on 6 November. The Israeli defence ministry issued the formal request for information (RFI) for its ...
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Russia and Sweden combine on imaging IR
Uralsky Optical-Mechanical Plant (UOMZ) of Yekaterinburg in Russia is actively marketing an imaging infra-red system (IIR) for helicopter and naval platforms developed in co-operation with Swedish company AGEMA. AGEMA supplies sensor arrays, and UOMZ is responsible for integrating the system in a gyro-stabilised ball mounting. The system is ...
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Boeing teams with Mauser for JSF gun
Boeing's ordnance operation in Mesa, Arizona, has teamed with German gun manufacturer Mauser to propose using an advanced 27mm weapon for the US Department of Defense's Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Development of a gun capable of attacking an aircraft head-on within missile minimum launch-range has been proposed for ...
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European navies worry about Harrier arms
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA Italian and Spanish navies are voicing increasing concern over the weapons for their Boeing AV-8B Harrier II Plus aircraft. Friction with the US Marine Corps is starting to rise as differing priorities between the programme partners are becoming increasingly apparent. Overtures from ...
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Japan details 1998 aircraft-procurement plans
Andrew Mollet/TOKYO The Japan Defence Agency (JDA) has submitted its aircraft-procurement request for fiscal year 1998 to the finance ministry's budgetary appropriations committee before it is incorporated in the Government's April 1998 budget. The JDA request, which is relatively modest compared with previous years, calls for ...
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Airborne laser scores in risk-reduction testing
Boeing has completed a key risk-reduction task in its continuing development of an airborne laser anti-ballistic-missile weapon for the US Air Force. The airborne laser (ABL) prime contractor recently demonstrated that the most critical component, the single oxygen generator (SOG), can meet its ABL mission requirement. The SOG ...
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First F-22 tests end
Initial flight testing of the first Lockheed Martin/ Boeing F-22 fighter has been completed after just two flights, one of which was cut short by telemetry problems. Lockheed Martin decided against a planned third flight in a bid to avoid further delays in delivering the aircraft to the USAir Force's ...
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Russia and Israel prepare for dogfight over Chinese missile
Douglas Barrie/LONDON The Chinese air force is discussing with Israel and Russia the acquisition of an advanced dogfight air-to-air missile (AAM), with Rafael's Python-4 and an advanced variant of the Vympel R-73 (A-11 Archer) both being considered. Rafael has already provided many Python-3 AAMs to the ...
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Balance of power
Ian Sheppard/LONDONDATA TABLES/Air Transport Intelligence Demand for aero-engines is being boosted by soaring sales of commercial aircraft - from business jets to airliners. As manufacturers strive to meet demand, they are increasingly resisting pressure from customers to offer new products, preferring to recoup the investments made in the ...
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Expanded Helitech
Opening times Helitech '97 will be open on Tuesday, 30 September-Thursday, 2 October: 09.30-18.00; and Friday, 3 October: Kate Sarsfield/London The 7th International Helicopter Technology and Operations Exhibition (Helitech) will host a helicopter industry leaner and more optimistic than it has been in recent ...
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Beating the weather
Graham Warwick/Atlanta In late August, NASA's Boeing 757 testbed was to be seen taxiing around Atlanta, Georgia's, Hartsfield Airport, occasionally taking off, only to land a few minutes later. Despite the excellent weather, NASA was testing technology which comes into its own when visibility deteriorates. The Low Visibility ...
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Little big fan
AlliedSignal's new version of TFE731 updates an engine which has been around since 1969 Guy Norris/PHOENIX In 1969, Garrett-AirResearch began development of a purpose-designed business-jet engine, the TFE731. Twenty-eight years later, with almost 30 million operating hours accumulated and nearly 8,000 engines produced, Garrett's successor, ...
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AOPA demands free databases for GPS
Free or low-cost updates of navigation databases may be provided by the US Federal Aviation Administration in a bid to promote general-aviation use of the global-positioning system (GPS). The US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) says that update costs of up to $700 a year associated with ...
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Fourth Global Express is ready to enter testing programme
Bombardier has flown the fourth Global Express long-range business jet, the first to be fitted with an interior. Aircraft 9004 will by displayed at the US National Business Aviation Association show in Dallas, Texas, on 23-25 September. It will then join the certification programme at the company's Wichita, Kansas, flight-test ...
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Late design change delays HUD project for small business jets
A development programme being undertaken by GEC-Marconi Avionics and Honeywell to produce a head-up-display (HUD) for small and medium-sized business jets, based on its recently certificated HUD 2020, has been delayed following a last-minute revision to the design. The HUD 2022 effort began in January with delivery of ...