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Chinese drone
China has test-flown its first remotely piloted helicopter developed by the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The unmanned Seagull is similar to the Russian Kamov Ka-32, with contra-rotating blades and twin tail fin. The 300kg machine is powered by an (60kW) 80shp engine. ...
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Nighthawk upgrade
Loral has won a Lockheed Martin contract, potentially exceeding $10 million, to upgrade its AP-102A computer in the F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter, to enhance memory and performance, reduce weight and power and improve reliability and maintainability. Source: Flight International
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A different guard
Tony Newton/LONDON THE SCENE, IS THE flight deck of a scheduled flight into Jersey, in the UK's Channel Islands. The main wheels touch down, but the nose-wheel stays high and finally hits the tarmac with the sort of thud, which passengers feel and engineers worry about. As the ...
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3X Jet patents dissimilar-engine twinjet concept
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA A US patent HAS been granted to 3X Jet for an unconventional propulsion-system concept for twin-engine aircraft. The configuration uses two different-sized jet engines mounted on the aircraft centreline and is claimed to offer reduced operating cost, improved climb performance and range, and increased cruise-altitude ...
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T-38's sonic boom caught by NASA's movie camera
SCIENTISTS HAVE succeeded in taking what is claimed to be the first clear picture of a sonic boom made by an aircraft in flight. The technique, pioneered at NASA's Langley Research Center, Virginia, could be a vital tool in the development of a future supersonic high-speed civil transport. ...
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Talk this way
A Swedish-led technology could provide a key element of the Future Air Navigation System. Kieran Daly/LONDON THE GLOBAL-NAVIGATION satellite-system-synchronised, self-organising, time-division, multiple-access (STDMA) data- link really needs a much better name. It is one thing for the dedicated souls serving on the International Civil Aviation ...
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DASA hopes to salvage Ranger with KTX-II deal
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) is hoping to use a possible partnership with South Korea on the KTX-II advanced-trainer/light-combat-aircraft programme to breathe new life into its Ranger 2000 programme. If partnership talks with Korea's Agency for Defence Development and Samsung Aerospace are successful, the German ...
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Aermacchi plans to revive Redigo trainer production
AERMACCHI IS TO buy the abandoned L-90TP Redigo turboprop military-trainer programme from Valmet Aviation Industries of Finland, and transfer production to Italy. The Redigo, a basic trainer, will be re-designated the M-290TP and offered to potential customers alongside Aermacchi's MB.339FD advanced lead-in trainer as a package, says commercial ...
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JSIPS turned on
E-Systems' joint-service imagery-processing system (JSIPS) is operational with the US Marine Corps. The deployable ground-station provides US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps commanders with reconnaissance intelligence from a variety of sensors. USAF deliveries begin in the second quarter. Source: Flight International
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UK's Britannia to pioneer Contran to guard against confusion in communications
THE WORLD'S LEADING charter operator, Britannia Airways, is to be the first airline to equip its fleet with the Contran system designed to prevent simultaneous radio transmissions. The UK carrier will fit its 32-strong Boeing 757/767 fleet during the northern winter of 1996/7. At the same time, British ...
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Crash leads to Tu-154B groundings
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW THE CIS INTERSTATE Aviation Committee has grounded 15 Russian-operated Tupolev Tu-154Bs because of information emerging about the 7 December 1995, Khabarovsk Air Tu-154B crash in the Russian far east (Flight International, 20 December, 1995-2 January). The aircraft are to remain grounded until the investigation is complete. ...
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Spain picks Cougar for army requirement
THE SPANISH defence ministry has selected the Eurocopter Cougar for its army transport-helicopter requirement. The order, for 15 machines, has yet to be approved by the Government, however. Spain's air force, already operates 15 Super Pumas, (from which the Cougar is derived) but the army deal was, nevertheless, ...
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France includes satellite imagery in Apache offer
FRANCE HAS guaranteed the UK, access to satellite imagery for targeting purposes, if it procures a derivative of the Matra Apache, to meet the Royal Air Force's requirement for a standoff missile. The Apache variant, which is known as the Storm Shadow, is being offered by British ...
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BA set to buy FANS-1 for 747-400s
BRITISH AIRWAYS IS expected to order Future Air Navigation System-1 (FANS-1) avionics for its Boeing 747-400 fleet, following an agreement with Russia over the opening up of new over-flight routes. A board-level decision by BA is due this month. The first two new routes over Russia will enable ...
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HAL gets green light for Saras light transport
THE THREE-YEAR old Saras light-transport aircraft project of India's state-owned Bangalore-based National Aerospace Laboratories is finally to go ahead, following Government agreement on financing. The $40 million joint project with the Russian Myasischev Design Bureau is to be funded by (in addition to the main partners) India's Reliance ...
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An-140 to be produced in Iran
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW IRAN HAS SIGNED A DEAL with Ukraine for the licence production of the Antonov An-140 twin-turboprop, the Ukrainian Ministry of Machine Building has confirmed. Production is to be undertaken in Isfahan, Iran, where an aircraft-manufacturing plant will be completed with Ukrainian assistance. Two ...
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AMRAAM work
The US Air Force has divided the $300 million in advanced medium-range air- to-air missile (AMRAAM) production contracts between Raytheon and Hughes Missile Systems. Raytheon was awarded $141 million to build 623 missiles, while Hughes received $160 million for production of 674 missiles. The majority of both firms' production will ...
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Kiss-seal tear forces BA to ground 777s
BRITISH AIRWAYS grounded two of its three Boeing 777s on 31 January, after tears were discovered in kiss seals on their engine thrust-reversers. The affected seals are between the thrust-reverser cowl and the pre-cooler inlet. The grounding comes as General Electric and Boeing received clearance from the US ...
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JSX drives down prices as it learns from AMO
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON JSX, THE UNIT which manages the British Aerospace fleet of leased Jetstream turboprops, has warned competitors that it plans an aggressive price drive to get idle 19-seat J31s back in the air. JSX is preparing to take on manufacturers of new 19-seaters through ...
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Germany reprieves Strato 2C
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE GERMAN parliamentary budget committee has conditionally voted to continue funding the Grob Strato 2C high-altitude research aircraft, rejecting research and technology minister Jurgen Ruttgers recommendation that the programme be scrapped and DM72 million ($50 million) of Government funding be returned (Flight International, 24-30 January). ...