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Israel has signed a letter of offer and acceptance for the remanufacture of 12 Boeing AH-64A attack helicopters to radar-equipped AH-64D Apache Longbows. A contract should be signed by April, with deliveries due in 2003. Derco Aerospace has won a contract from the Botswana Defence Force to recover a Lockheed ...
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Australia-USA to expand link with EW threat data transfer
Australia and the USA are to develop a framework allowing the transfer of electronic-warfare (EW) threat data as part of a proposed expansion of interoperability arrangements between the two countries. The proposed arrangement follows Australian criticism of US State Department restrictions imposed last year on access to EW technologies ...
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India aims for large budget increase
India plans to increase its defence budget by Rs130 billion ($2.98 billion) as it struggles to pay for desperately needed new equipment and for operations in the disputed Kashmir region. India and Pakistan fought a short conflict in Kashmir last year. The 28.9% increase over the 1999 defence budget ...
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Dutch join RTM322
VGT, the Netherlands Gas Turbine Association, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Rolls- Royce Turboméca on RTM322 workshare. The turboshaft powers the NH Industries NH90, on order for the navy. Eldim, Jamo Precision Industries, Standard Aero, and Stork RMO will benefit. Source: Flight International
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Spain and Eurofighter search for pods
Spain is searching for a new targeting and navigation pod to equip its Boeing F/A-18A/Bs, while Eurofighter is considering its pod options for the Typhoon. The Spanish air force is expected to issue a request for tenders for 24 new pods after budget cuts forced it to abandon plans ...
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Canadian military to get more
Canada's armed forces are to get an extra C$1.9 billion ($1.3 billion) over the next three years as part of the budget for this year unveiled on 28 February. The extra money will enable the Canadians to start a long-awaited competition to acquire 28 maritime helicopters to replace ageing ...
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Government change adds to Chilean fighter delays
Paul Lewis/SANTIAGO Chile's protracted competition for a new multirole fighter faces possible further delay. The final decision is being passed to an incoming government that faces growing pressure to overhaul the country's military-procurement system. "We've already finished the technical evaluation-the final report has gone to the government," says ...
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New investment deal points Britten-Norman eastwards
Chris Jasper/LONDON Dubai-based investment group HSPD is to take a 15% stake in UK utility aircraft specialist Britten-Norman with the aim of marketing its products in the Middle East. One type that could be offered is a factory-built version of Europa's XS kit aircraft. UK-based Europa is understood to ...
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American Airlines has named David Cush as vice president (VP), international planning and alliances. Cush returns to American from Aerolineas Argentinas, where he has been chief operating officer (COO) since November 1998, after the termination of the US major's management contract there. Airbus Industrie of North America (AINA) says retiring ...
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Joint STARS set for lift with leased powerplant refit
Ramon Lopez/MELBOURNE, FLORIDA Northrop Grumman and the US Air Force plan to replace the ageing powerplants of the E-8C Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft with modern leased engines from 2002. USAF deputy system programme director Ron Mason says Congress has designated Joint STARS "a pilot ...
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USAF takes datalink option for KC-135
The US Air Force has exercised options to demonstrate commercial datalink operations as part of Rockwell Collins' contract for the Boeing KC-135 global air traffic management (GATM) upgrade. The demonstrations will evaluate the military utility of the airline operational-control datalink and VHF datalink (VDL) capabilities inherent in the GATM ...
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Sikorsky creates heavier Seahawk for Asia-Pacific
Sikorsky is adapting the S-70/SH-60 Seahawk to use the external stores support system (ESSS) normally employed on UH-60 utility machines. At last month's Asian Aerospace show, a model was displayed of a helicopter with the additional fuselage stores pylons as well as the US Navy's SH-60R sensor suite, including a ...
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UK MoD brings forward meeting to decide on key RAF competitions
Stewart Penney/LONDON The key government committee meeting destined to decide the outcome of three critical UK Royal Air Force competitions - Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM), Short Term Tactical Airlifter (STSA) and Future Tactical Airlifter(FTA) - has been moved forward a week to 8 March. Industry sources say the ...
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Netherlands hunts for Apache training site
Stewart Penney/GILZE RIJEN AB The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has begun a search for European training sites for its Boeing NAH-64D Apache attack helicopters as the first operational flight concludes training. The RNLAF ordered 30 Apaches in 1995 and received the first example last year. Four senior staff from ...
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'Technical challenges' delay Boeing JSF demonstrator
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC First flight of Boeing's X-32B short take-off and vertical-landing (STOVL) Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept demonstrator has been delayed by "technical challenges" in the integration of the propulsion system with the flight-control software. The first flight, due in the third quarter, has slipped to later in the ...
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Belgium WEU offer
Belgium is to contribute a squadron of 12 Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter-bombers and 11 Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules transports to the European Rapid Intervention Force. Defence ministers from the 15-nation Western European Union (WEU) decided to form the force at a meeting in Lisbon on 28 February. A 60,000-strong force ...
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Canada ponders CC-130 future
Canada has begun a study to consider alternatives for replacing its Lockheed Martin CC-130 Hercules, or extending the life of the aircraft, some of which are among the highest time C-130s operating. An industry source says the Canadian Forces has had to rethink the future of the aircraft sooner ...
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MiG 1.44 undergoes high-speed runs as MAPO prepares for maiden flight
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW MAPO's experimental MiG 1.44 advanced fighter is closer to achieving its first flight. The aircraft was airborne for several seconds as it underwent high-speed runs on the runway of LII Gromov Flight Research Institute at Zhukovsky, near Moscow, this month. In line with standard pre-maiden ...
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JSF engine thrust beats expectations
Pratt & Whitney's JSF119-611 engine has exceeded the thrust requirements of Lockheed Martin's X-35 short take-off and landing (STOVL) Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept demonstrator in ground testing at the company's test site at West Palm Beach, Florida. The engine demonstrated thrust above requirements for short take-off and vertical ...
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New company aims to power A400M
Snecma, MTU, FiatAvio and ITP have established a joint company to produce the M138 engine on offer to power the Airbus A400M military transport aircraft. Turboprop International (TIP) is competing against Rolls-Royce's German subsidiary, proposing the BR700-TP as a development based on the common core of the BR700 turbofan ...