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Paying its way
The US Army calls its Force Modernisation Plan a compass that sets the direction for army aviation. But some doubt its ability to meet the cost Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Release of the US Army's much anticipated 2000 Aviation Force Modernisation Plan has set in train the final phase of a ...
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Boeing seeks government help on Super Frog airlifter
Ramon Lopez/FORT WORTH Boeing's Phantom Works is seeking the involvement of a US Government research organisation to build a large-scale flying model of the company's Advanced Theater Transport (ATT) concept aircraft. The company reckons the aircraft could be operational by 2013-5. The Phantom Works already has research and ...
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Designed to last
The US Navy's future flat-tops will be built to stay in service until the end of the century Ramon Lopez/NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA Tomorrow's aircraft carriers are taking shape on the computer screens of US Navy and industry officials in charge of designing and building the final Nimitz-class carrier, the CVN ...
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USA aims to link NATO systems
Improved coalition operations are the focus of technology demonstrations planned by the US Department of Defense (DoD). Development of techniques to ensure the interoperability of different airborne ground-surveillance systems to be deployed by NATO nations is one of 11 advanced concept technology demonstrations (ACTDs) to be funded in fiscal ...
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General Motors man to take Lockheed Martin's wheel
Lockheed Martin has gone outside the aerospace and defence industry to appoint its new president and chief operating officer. General Motors executive Louis Hughes has been selected to succeed Peter Teets, who retired late last year due to the company's poor financial performance. Hughes, who takes up his ...
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Australia explores lasers to solve air defence problem
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA The Australian Defence Force is to explore the acquisition of a tactical laser as a "leap-ahead" solution for its longstanding Project 117 ground-based air-defence system requirement. The project is to be delayed by at least three more years, however, with acquisition funding approvals moved to 2004 ...
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GE/P&W team for US Army helicopter engine development
General Electric and Pratt & Whitney have linked to compete for a US programme to develop a new engine for growth versions of the Boeing Apache and Sikorsky Black Hawk and Seahawk helicopters. The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a business venture to pursue the ...
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JSF contest nears final phase
The CLIMATIC final stage of the US Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) competition is to begin on 15 April, with the release of a request for information (RFI) to the Boeing and Lockheed Martin teams. The RFI is expected to outline a new acquisition strategy. A US Department of Defense ...
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UK implements Defence Review with joint service Harrier force
Stewart Penney/LONDON The final elements of the UK's 1998 Strategic Defence Review have been implemented by the Ministry of Defence with the formation of a combined joint service BAE Systems Harrier force and a single organisation responsible for supply and engineering throughout the three services. Joint Force Harrier (JFH) - ...