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Rolls-Royce know-how on display
Spearheading Rolls-Royce's defence products at Asian Aerospace 2000 are the EJ200, the Adour and T800 engines. Rated at 20,000lb (89kN) thrust with reheat, the Eurojet EJ200 powers the Eurofighter Typhoon. It has been designed with the potential of a 15% thrust increase with little development cost. Flight-testing is ...
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Australia's Roulettes are straight aces
Geoff Thomas When the Royal Australian Air Force's aerobatic team, the Roulettes, performs its series of crowd-thrilling aerial manoeuvres in the skies over Changi this week, flying in the 'Roulette Six' position will be the world's first and only female military aerobatic pilot-29-year-old Joanne Mein. Flying Swiss-designed, but ...
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New Sikorsky deliveries to USN imminent
Sikorsky says the first production CH-60S helicopter will be handed over within weeks for the completion of US Navy development and operational testing. The manufacturer tied up the first of a potentially lucrative series of contracts with the USN before Christmas by completing the sale of the first two ...
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Chinese commander outlines offensive strategy
The commander of China's People's Liberation Army Air Force, Lt Gen Liu Shunyao, yesterday foreshadowed a more offensive role for his service. Speaking in Singapore at the Millennium Air Power Conference, held as part of Asian Aerospace 2000, Lt Gen Liu told an extraordinarily high-powered collection of senior officers and ...
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China to send men into space
Tim Furniss China is ready to become the world's third nation to put a man into space. The second launch of a Long March 2F booster with the Chinese Shen Zhou spacecraft from Jiuquan in the Gobi Desert is expected this year to test the craft before a ...
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Raytheon wins major US contracts
Raytheon has announced two major contracts that could be worth more than $500 million over six years. The first, worth $55.1 million, is a tri-services agreement with the US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps to provide total logistics support for McDonnell Douglas C-9 aircraft. If the six one-year ...
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Technology solution to training troubles
The burgeoning power of computer technology and how it could help the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) was address by Maj Gen Raymund Ng, Chief of the Air Force. "The RSAF is a microcosm of the city-state. Faced with the same lack of resources, we have to constantly ...
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Testing time for AI at Asian Aerospace
Airbus Industrie is using the show to talk to major regional airlines in the market testing phase of its 555-seat A3XX aircraft programme. One of the carriers involved is Cathay Pacific, which is understood to be interested in becoming a launch customer. However airlines in the region are concerned ...
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Falcons fitted with new carbon fibre tailplane
Following a successful test programme, a new carbon fibre horizontal stabiliser for Falcon 2000 and 900 series business jets is being manufactured at Dassault Aviation's plant in Biarritz and will soon be fitted to new Falcons at Dassault's main assembly plant at Bordeaux-Mérignac. Dassault expects the advanced tailplane will ...
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European training
The joint European Air Chiefs (EURAC) have met to discuss joint European pilot training for 2010 and beyond. Proposed by Belgian air force chief of Staff Lt Gen Guido Vanhecke, "Eurotraining" would use a new jet trainer - "Eurotrainer"- to replace Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jets and BAE Systems Hawks. The project ...
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Upgraded Argentine A-4ARs begin operational build-up
Guy Norris/VILLA REYNOLDS AB Argentina's air force plans to reach operational capability with its upgraded McDonnell Douglas A-4AR Fightinghawks by mid-year, pending completion of advanced training exercises which began on 7 February. Operational clearance will be a major milestone for the programme, which began in 1994. Another significant milestone will ...
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Australia searches for refuelling finance
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRAThe Australian Department of Defence is to launch a formal industry survey process this week to determine whether the Royal Australian Air Force's Project Air 5402 air-to-air refuelling requirement can be met by private financing. The survey, set for release on 18 February, will call for a minimum ...
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Contracts
The South Korean army and air force have selected Elbit Systems' ANVIS/HUD night vision system to equip Bell AH-1 Cobras, Boeing CH-47 Chinooks and Sikorsky UH-60PBlack Hawks. An initial contract is worth $6 million and includes options for 200 systems. The Mexican navy has purchased a Rotorway Exec 162F kit-built ...
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USA and UK strengthen defence ties
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The US Department of Defense has signed an outline agreement with the UK Ministry of Defence. The aim is to facilitate closer defence co-operation, ease the flow of technology and put in place a model for similar types of open arrangements with other countries allied to ...
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DoD perpetuates tactical shortfall
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The US Department of Defense (DoD) is likely to be well short of the number of replacement tactical aircraft and helicopters required to sustain force levels, even if its request for a $13.5 billion rise in its fiscal year 2001 budget is approved. The Pentagon ...
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Broader horizons
Singapore's air force is raising its international profile and cultivating relations with air forces around the world, says defence force chief Gen Bey Soo Khiang Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Former US President Theodore Roosevelt famously based his foreign policy on the principle that one should "speak softly and carry a big stick". ...
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Spirit of common security
The USA intends to maintain troops in Asia-Pacific and expand co-operation Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DCPerhaps 1998's East Asia Strategy Report issued by the US Department of Defense (DoD) best described the US military position in the region: "The story of US engagement in the Asia-Pacific region is one of continuity, but ...
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South Korea close to relaunching attack helicopter contest
South Korea is on the verge of reopening its competition for an attack helicopter to replace some of the army's Bell AH-1 Cobras. Previous attempts to launch the competition have been thwarted by the region's economic crises. Meanwhile, companies in a similar competition in Turkey expect a delay in ...
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US report on Kosovo points out NATO shortcomings
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The US Department of Defense's report to Congress on its performance in Kosovo's Operation Allied Force has identified the need for improvements in critical areas, including NATO alliance capabilities, command and control (C2), intelligence gathering, precision strike and air defence suppression. The report re-emphasises the ...
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USA may fund Philippines-NZ fighter deal
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA The USA is considering financing the sale of Royal New Zealand Air Force McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawks to the Philippines. It may also "sweeten" a controversial lease of 28 Lockheed Martin F-16A/B fighters by lowering the upfront cost, says the head of New Zealand's conservative opposition party, ...