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Omani Hercules deal
Companies from around the world are competing for a maintenance contract for the Omani air force's Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules. The bidders include Malaysia's Airod, Hellenic Aerospace Industries of Greece, the UK's Marshall Aerospace, and Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aero). The competition is for a three-year contract involving three aircraft. ...
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South Africa's Denel reveals SAAF's Torgos long-range guided weapon
South African aerospace and defence company Denel has displayed its Torgos long-range stand-off precision guided munition for the first time. The weapon is one of a variety of South African weapons in development by Kentron to equip the South African Air Force's (SAAF) recently ordered Saab/British Aerospace Gripens. Denel's ...
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Mergers
Northrop Grumman has agreed to buy Oslo-based Navia Aviation, an instrument landing systems, digital voice switching systems and air traffic control systems supplier, for $35 million from Norway's Navia. The business will report to UK-based Park Air Electronics, a unit of Northrop Grumman's Electronic Sensors and Systems division. Cordant Technologies ...
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Greece is offered Eurofighter assembly
Greece has been offered final assembly of the Eurofighter Typhoon as part of the industrial package being proposed for the 60-90 aircraft deal. Athens became the first export customer for the Typhoon when it selected the fighter earlier this year. Negotiations to complete the deal are expected to be ...
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Aerostar teams with Dasa on MiG-29
Andrzej Jeziorski/DUBAI Romanian upgrade specialist Aerostar has teamed with Germany's Daimler- Chrysler Aerospace (Dasa) to offer its MiG-29 Sniper upgrade to the Romanian air force. Aerostar's established Israeli partner Elbit is also involved, supplying a similar avionics package to that found in Aerostar's MiG-21 Lancer upgrade. "This upgrade will give ...
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AIDC begins design of IDF trainer
Taiwanese manufacturer Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) has begun preliminary design work on a "downgraded", advanced jet trainer version of its Ching-Kuo Indigenous Defence Fighter (IDF). The programme, known as Derivative IDF, involves removing the cannon to make room for 770kg (1,700lb) of extra fuel, and modifying the belly ...
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Raytheon wins US Army's tactical trainer contest
Raytheon has won the US army's long-delayed Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (AVCATT) competition - a follow-on to the Close Combat Tactical Trainer (CCTT) programme awarded to Lockheed Martin several years ago. AVCATT and CCTT come under the army's Combined Arms Tactical Trainer programme, which merges manned simulators with ...
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Boeing selects Raytheon to develop Super Hornet radar
Boeing has selected Raytheon to develop an active-array radar for the F/A-18E/F. The companies will begin development at their own risk, as the US Navy is not expected to secure funding for the active electronically scanned array (ASEA) upgrade until 2001. The "advance agreement" to begin development of the ...
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France paves way for munitions project
France has ordered Raytheon Paveway II and Paveway III guidance kits, allowing it to create laser-guided munitions in conjunction with locally built Mk82/83/84 unguided bombs and BLU-109 penetrator warheads. With test equipment, spares and training, Raytheon says the deal is worth around $100 million. Deliveries are expected to be ...
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Future Rafale studies are unveiled
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRADassault Aviation is exploring enhancements to the low observable features of the Rafale fighter, and a possible future role for the aircraft as an in-flight controller for unmanned aerial combat vehicles. According to Dassault military adviser Paul Marty, studies are also to be carried out to assess a ...
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Uganda buys MiG-21s: IAI to upgrade
Uganda has purchase several Mikoyan MiG-21s from Poland in a deal that includes an upgrade package being undertaken by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI). The ex-Polish Air Force fighters have been transferred to the facilities of IAI's Lahav division, in Tel Aviv, where they will be upgraded. IAI helped ...
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Northrop Grumman/Schweizer team reveals vertical take-off navy UAV
The US Navy's vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle (VTOL UAV) competition includes a bid from a Northrop Grumman Ryan Aeronautical Centre-led team which utilises a modified Schweizer Aircraft Model 330turbine-powered light helicopter. The modified rotorcraft, which has successfully completed a 41-mission, 38h manned flight test programme at ...
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Glare trials begin on a modified Airbus A310
An Airbus A310 has been modified to operate with a fuselage panel made from the hybrid material Glare. It will test the in-service performance of the lightweight composite as a primary structure. Glare is one of the key materials that being considered by Airbus for use on the A3XX. ...
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KAI freezes KTX-2 configuration
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has frozen the configuration of the Samsung KTX-2 trainer, now under development for the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF). Alex Jun, KAI's general manager, says: "We have just passed an important milestone, in freezing the aircraft's outer mould line." This means the aerodynamic design is ...