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Gulf state to sign F-16 deal
Tim Ripley Lockheed Martin is still hopeful that the United Arab Emirates will "soon" sign up for the multi-billion dollar deal to supply 80 F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. Bill Anderson, vice-president of the US giant's newly formed F-16 business group, says the company "...continues to be actively engaged ...
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Regional recovery raises Kaman's hopes for sales
Paul Derby US helicopter manufacturer Kaman believes the improving economic climate in Asia-Pacific will open up a number of sales opportunities in the next 12 months and is looking to use show week to lay the foundations. With programmes to supply Australia and New Zealand with the SH-2G ...
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Lockheed Martin leads bid for stake in Korean sector
Lockheed Martin has come out fighting in the battle to win a prized stake in the South Korean aerospace industry. "We are bullish on South Korea," Robert Young, Lockheed Martin's Asia regional president, declared at the show . The American giant is bidding with Aerospatiale Matra of ...
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Lureau sees plenty to learn from US merger pains
Mike Martin The Europeans will be able to learn from the mistakes made by major US companies over mergers, but it will still be a difficult process, said Sextant chairman and chief executive Francois Lureau at the show yesterday. And he believes that the major part of the ...
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Gulfstream V cleared for RVSM flight rules
The first customer Gulfstream V has received FAA approval to operate under Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM) flight rules. Four other GV operators who completed the required flight monitoring are awaiting formal RVSM approval. Gulfstream V is the world's only ultra-long range business aircraft to receive RVSM approval. ...
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Turnkey outsourcing appeals to BAE Systems
Tim Ripley BAE Systems is aiming to generate billions of dollars worth of business by winning five major contracts to "outsource" fully the logistic, maintenance and training support for armed forces around the world. Robin Southwell, group managing director of the company's newly formed Customer Support and Solutions ...
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Goh foresees Singapore's role as aerospace outsourcing hub
Andrew Douse A burst of indoor fireworks added an extra touch of sparkle to the official opening of Asian Aerospace 2000. The glittering display proved to be a fitting finale to a trio of keynote speeches given by Goh Chok Tong, Singapore's prime minister, Lim Chin Beng, chairman ...
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DERA Harrier to undertake shipboard STOVL tests
Tim Ripley Britain's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) has been selected to conduct further trials in advanced Short Take Off Vertical Landing (STOVL) control law development for shipboard operations. The $2.5-million year-long contract was finalised in early February and is collaboratively funded by the the American/UK Joint ...
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New weapons make technology obsolete
Mike Martin Many of today's battlefield systems will be rendered obsolete by 2020 by new weapons systems being developed now, says a report released at the show. The developments pose questions for governments funding systems such as the Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche attack helicopter, the Boeing F-22 Raptor ...
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Northrop Grumman showcases Hawkeye 2000
Northrop Grumman is showing its airborne early warning and electronic warfare (AEW&EW) expertise to the Asia-Pacific market by demonstrating the Hawkeye 2000 system now in production. Asian Aerospace will mark the first exhibition of the airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system in Singapore. The US company will be ...
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CTT Zonal Drying System wins Danish charter launch
CTT Systems has won its launch contract for supplying a Zonal Drying System for a Boeing B737-800 (Next Generation) aircraft. The Danish-based charter operator Sterling European Airlines has ordered the system with an option to equip its remaining B737-800 fleet. Sterling, one of the leading Scandinavian charter carriers, operates ...
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HUD benefits for military, civil pilots
Flight Vision is displaying what has been dubbed "Top Gun" cockpit technology at the show (Stand D430). The Flight Vision Sparrow Hawk head-up display (HUD) and FV-3000 modular mission display processor system are being used to retrofit US Navy Grumman F-14B Tomcats. The FV-3000 is also deployed in ...
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Software offers rapid data translation for 'black box'
Tim Ripley Aircrash investigators will have their job made easier thanks to a new software package which rapidly translates the data from "black box" flight recorders of crashed aircraft into three-dimensional computer imagery. The data replay software expertise of software engineers Tenet has been combined with the UK ...
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Elbit supplies Hermes UAV to Israeli forces
Elbit Systems and Silver Arrow are supplying the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) with new Hermes Unmanned Airborne Vehicles (UAVs). The Hermes 450S has an advanced avionics system with GPS navigation, plus features a gimballed electro-optical payload for target detection and recognition. The mobile ground control station (GCS) features ...
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EW supplier claims strong regional penetration
Elisra is a major supplier of sophisticated electronic warfare (EW) systems, even if it can't always tell you the names of its clients. Menahem Oren, of Elisra's Defence Systems Division, says: "We are a major supplier to the Australian navy and air force, but many of other customers in ...
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IAI converts technological advantages to record profit
Steve Nichols Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) saw a 26% increase in sales last year which was "unprecedented in IAI's history", says Moshe Keret, the company's president and chief executive. Shimon Eckhaus, vice-president of Marketing at IAI, says these results are the product of steps taken by IAI to ...
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Derco signs with Honeywell
Derco Aerospace has been appointed distributor for Honeywell Hardware Products Group (HPG) range of military aerospace parts and expendable supplies. Under the agreement, Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based Derco says it will use Honeywell HPG inventories and buying power to supply products from more than 150 hardware and expendables manufacturers. Paul McBride, ...
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Face the Facts with...Cesare Gianni
Eurofighter International president Cesare Gianni talks to Tim Ripley about the company's plans to sell its 4th generation combat aircraft Q: Why was Eurofighter International formed last November? So the partner companies decided they needed a more focused effort and regional attention in the countries where the consortium had ...
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RAF Chinook training due to start after six-month delay
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DCCAE's Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility (MSHATF) is expected to start training UK Royal Air Force Boeing CH-47 pilots in mid-March, more than six months later than planned. Visual system problems and difficulties tuning the flight characteristics of the CAE-built Chinook and Aerospatiale Puma simulators delayed the ...
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Ilyushin gauges interest in turboprop to replace An-2
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW The Ilyushin design bureau is completing detailed design of its proposed new regional turboprop, the Il-100, which is to be built by MAPO. The twin-engined 12-seater was announced this month at a convention of polar airlines in Archangelsk in north-west Russia (Flight International, 8-14 February). During the gathering, ...