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The test flights must go on for IPTN
Despite an acknowledged slow down in the programme, Indonesian manufacturer IPTN insists it is continuing with test flights of the N250 regional commuter aircraft and that certification will take place "by early 2002, at the latest." Two prototypes are currently flying and require a further 800 flying hours for ...
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Fighter engine boasts P&W engineering
The latest version of Pratt & Whitney's engine for the F-15 and F-16 fighter - the F100-PW-232 - benefits from engineering advances made in the F119 development programme for the USAF's F-22 Raptor as well as extensive operational experience with the F100-PW-229 which is statistically the safest engine in USAF ...
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Strategic deal for Westland
Strategic Technology Systems has signed a deal with GKN Westland Helicopters to provide the health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) for the WAH-64 Apache Longbow attack helicopter. The contract with the Smiths Industries company is for an initial 68 sets of equipment, with deliveries between 2001 and 2003. ...
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DERA puts Typhoon through stringent testing
Tim Ripley The Eurofighter Typhoon is currently getting a 'sun tan' at the United Kingdom's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) airfield at Boscombe Down as part of the aircraft's demanding test programme. Spain's protoype aircraft, DA6, is having its operational capabilities tested in the extremes of temperature and ...
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RAF refutes jab at Tornado system upgrade
Senior Royal Air Force officers at Asian Aerospace have hit back at reports that the recently upgraded Panavia Tornado GR4 strike aircraft's bombing system doesn't work. The BBC reports that the $1.6-billion upgrade being run by BAE Systems is behind schedule and its TIALD laser designating pod is unable ...
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Tiltrotor lines up against helicopters for foreign sales
Paul Derby The Bell Boeing V-22 military tiltrotor will officially be in the running for foreign sales by year-end when the programme reaches another key milestone, executives said at the show. 'Milestone 3' will rubber stamp the long-held vision of the technology being offered to selected overseas customers ...
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Embraer sees AEW & C market potential
Alan Dron One of the most challenging problems facing the Embraer team developing the EMB-145 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft is trying to determine the true size of the potential market available to it. This, says Anastcio Katsanos, Embraer's defence market strategy senior manager, is because ...
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Contract gives Standard a maintenance foothold
Standard Aero has signed two new contracts with Lockheed Martin for the maintenance of Rolls-Royce AE2100 engines in support of the C-130J Hercules programme. The two-year contracts cover maintenance for both the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the US Air Force. Valued at around $45 million, the contracts ...
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New technologies aim to keep Apache battle-ready
Paul Derby Boeing has revealed a series of technological advances and research programmes designed to keep the AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter effective on the battlefield over the next decade and beyond. The manufacturer says the enhancements could be integrated either individually or as a package and they ...
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Top of the class
High fliers of the industry got the ultimate accolade last evening at a gala celebration in the Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore. Eleven trophies were presented at Flight International's Aerospace Industry Awards 2000, including the prestigious Aerospace Personality of the Year Award. The annual awards, launched at Asian Aerospace six years ago, ...
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CASA promotes C-295 as Hercules complement
Mike Martin Money saved by not operating "expensive to run" Lockheed Martin C-130s could be invested in the CASA C-295 military transport for use in some operations, Juan de Ariarte, vice-president sales and marketing for CASA, said at the show. The aircraft is here - for the first ...
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Quick decisions crucial in UK procurement contests
Tim Ripley As British government ministers make their final assessment of the bids in the United Kingdom's beyond visual range air-to-air missile and future strategic airlift contest, the senior RAF officer attending Asian Aerospace has stressed that a quick decision is "crucial". Air Vice Marshal Jock Stirrup, assistant ...
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Golden Eagle team persists in bid for sales to USAF
Tim Ripley Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) have not given up their efforts to persuade the US Air Force to adopt their T-50 Golden Eagle supersonic lead-in fighter trainer. The US-South Korean team announced the re-branding of their former KTX-T programme as the T-50 or A-50 ...
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Agusta hopes to boost bid with new Australia office
Italian manufacturer Agusta has boosted its bid to supply Australia with a next-generation armed reconnaissance helicopter by setting up new headquarters in the country. Agusta will use its Canberra base to press the claims of the A129 Scorpion in competition for a 26-aircraft contract through Australia's Air 87 programme. ...
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Face the Facts with...Dain Hancock
In January, in a bid to improve its flagging financial performance, Lockheed Martin restructured its aircraft manufacturing business, creating a single company producing the F-16 fighter and C-130J airlifter, co-developing the F-22 and C-27J light tactical transport and competing for the Joint Strike Fighter programme. Dain Hancock, Lockheed Martin executive ...
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Litening passes operational testing and evaluation
Alan Peaford Northrop Grumman's Electronic Sensors and Systems Sector (ES3) has successfully completed operational testing and evaluation of its Litening II production pods at the Air National Guard (ANG) and Air Force Reserve Test Center in Tucson, Arizona. The Test Center received the Litening II Precision Attack Targeting ...
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Radar homes in on new international customer
Singapore is set to be only the second international customer to receive the Longbow millimetric wave radar for the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter. In a $25.9-million contract, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are to outfit the Republic of Singapore's AH-64Ds as they are delivered from 2002 onwards. ...
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D-day as Boeing lands massive Apache contract
Paul Derby Boeing got show week off to a flying start yesterday by agreeing a deal with Israel to remanufacture 12 AH-64A Apache attack helicopters to the improved -D standard. The contract also includes 12 options and is worth up to $800 million. Included in the package is ...
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AB139 is set for military use
Bell/Agusta Aerospace says it will unveil a mock-up military version of the AB139 medium twin helicopter at this summer's Farnborough airshow. The military variant is aimed at the troop transport and med-evac markets, with a proposed in-service date of 2004. The commercial version of the aircraft is scheduled to ...
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Flying brightens grey skies
Geoff Thomas Although the skies were scarcely clear, the cloud-base for yesterday's flying display at Asian Aerospace was more than adequate for the aerobatic pilots' skills to be ably demonstrated. Following the opening sequence by the 'home team' - the Black Knights from the RSAF - the interesting ...