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Russian Mil Mi-8s bound for Rwanda
Kazan Helicopter Plant has shipped several Mil Mi-8MTV-5 transport helicopters to Rwanda. Also known as the Mi-17MD, the variant is the latest incarnation of the Mi-8 Hip. The helicopter is fitted with a hydraulic ramp and wide doors on both sides of the cabin, a configuration developed using combat ...
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India to build Su-30MKI next year, get MiG-29Ks
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW India is to start licence production of the Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole fighter next year. The agreement was finalised in early November during a visit to New Delhi by Ilya Klebanov, Russia's deputy prime minister, who has responsibility for the defence industry. A contract will be signed later this ...
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USN tests anti-missile laser
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON The US Navy has conducted the first live-fire test of laser missile jamming systems suitable for installation on fast-jet combat aircraft. The UK observed the trials, conducted under the Navy's Tactical Aircraft Directed Infrared Countermeasures (TADIRCM) advanced technology demonstrator programme. Prototype systems developed by Lockheed Martin Sanders ...
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Boeing looks at 757 slowdown
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Falling order backlogs are forcing Boeing to study a production slowdown of the 757 earlier than expected next year. Boeing plans to deliver 53 757s next year, and has been preparing to cut the rate from the present five per month to around 4.5. But now ...
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Italian order launches C-27J
Andy Nativi/TURINThe Italian air force has ordered 12 Lockheed Martin Alenia Tactical Transport Systems (LMATTS) C-27J Spartans, becoming launch customer for the upgraded G222. Deliveries are to start in 2001 and last until 2004. LMATTS has not finalised the deal with the Italian air force but it will include an ...
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UK set to outsource RAF Eurofighter support with 'power by the hour'
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH The UK Government is expected to approve by the end of the year plans to hand the Eurofighter industrial consortium responsibility for long-term maintenance support of the Eurofighter being acquired by the Royal Air Force (RAF). The deal could be worth more than £10 billion to British Aerospace ...
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Swissair replaces MD-11 insulation
Swissair is to replace Mylar insulation on the cockpit and some cabin sections of its Boeing MD-11s with a more fire-resistant material called Tedlar. "This task is being undertaken at Swissair's initiative based on information gathered in the investigation into the cause of last year's SR 111 accident," says ...
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USA tries to block AEW sales to China
The USA is trying to block the sale of additional Israeli developed airborne early warning (AEW) systems to China. The move follows the arrival in Tel Aviv of the first Beriev A-50 to be fitted with the Elbit Phalcon phased-array radar for China. The USA is applying pressure on ...
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Israel to rely on Apaches
Israeli air force Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters will protect northern Israel when the Israeli defence forces (IDF) withdraw from the security zone in southern Lebanon in July. The move comes as the Israeli air force has decided to acquire 12 AH-64DApache Longbow helicopters to bolster its fleet of ...
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USAF studies C-130J reduced price deal
Lockheed Martin's offer of lower prices in return for an accelerated US Air Force order for C-130Js is aimed at securing an economically viable production rate on which to base bids to overseas air forces. In return, the USAF will receive lower prices if the company wins overseas ...
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Bell drives stake through heart of Romanian deal
Bell Helicopter Textron has dropped plans to take over Romanian aerospace manufacturer IAR Brasov and set up an AH-1W SuperCobra licenses production line after failing to get a government response to its latest proposals. Bell presented its proposals to the Romanian Government in late June and was expecting to receive ...
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Teamings shrink tanker field
Teaming agreements have cut the number of responses to a UK Ministry of Defence request for outline proposals for the Royal Air Force Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) requirement. Potentially worth £9 billion, the FSTA deal will last for 20 years and be funded using a Private Finance Initiative. In ...
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Royal Saudi Air Force tips cap to success of Dubai 2000
Salute the Royal Saudi Air Force, making its first-ever foreign visit to an air show. Dubai 2000 has pulled off a master stroke in attracting representatives of the Gulf's leading air force. The show is playing host to the RSAF, in the shape of a Panavia Tornado IDS ...
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Dundridge to offer electronic warfare training
Tim Ripley/DUBAI Middle Eastern students will be able to participate in a unique electronic warfare training course when Dundridge Training College, Alenia Marconi Systems' (AMS) world-renowned training establishment moves to a new location in Wales next year. "Dundridge is well known throughout the Gulf region - we have trained ...
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Alenia Marconi signs FMT deal
Alenia Marconi Systems has signed a £7 million-plus ($11 million) deal to supply a Full Mission Trainer (FMT) to Racal Defence Electronics. It will be used to provide AEW Observer training to the Royal Navy, which is upgrading its fleet of Westland Sea King AEW Mk2 helicopters with a ...
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AGS radar system offer to Middle East clients
Tim Ripley/DUBAI Northrop Grumman is offering Middle East customers a business jet-mounted version of its Joint STARS airborne ground surveillance (AGS) radar system. The US defence electronics giant says the system can be available by the middle of the next decade at a "competitive" price. The company ...
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Florida shines in more ways than one
They say small is beautiful, and they don't come much smaller than Enterprise Florida's stand (E703). But as director Ken Cooksey points out: "We may be just one state, but we have a lot to offer. The organisation represents 1,400 companies with 90,000 employees, generating $15 billion of revenue - ...
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Smiths inks contracts
Smiths Industries has announced at the show the inking of service deals worth more than £70 million ($110 million). British Aerospace has awarded the Product Support division of Smiths Industries a contract covering its avionics systems on the Hawk lead-in fighter aircraft ordered by the Royal Australian Air Force. ...
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Smiths system choice
Boeing has selected Smiths Industries to supply an improved power management system for the US Army's AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter fleet. Development of the integrated electrical power management system (IEPMS) came in response to Boeing efforts to drive down production costs and the issue of parts becoming obsolete. ...
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Military manoeuvre
A J Walter Aviation, the UK component supply and management business, has announced its entry into the military market with the acquisition of spare parts for the British Aerospace Harrier and Sea Harrier. The $48 million purchase consists of 16,000 lines from the UK Ministry of Defence. The move ...