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Hawk reputation spreads worldwide
The British Aerospace Hawk, the Red Arrows' display aircraft, has been in service with the RAF since 1976. It has established a reputation as a fast jet trainer and its success is reflected in sales to 16 customers worldwide. Most recently, in November 1996, Australia and Qatar selected the ...
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Abu Dhabi to get hi-tech training institute
Steve Nichols/DUBAI A multi-million-dollar agreement for a new hi-tech training institute in Abu Dhabi was signed at the show yesterday. The deal, between France's Thomson CSF and the UAE's Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training (CERT), creates a new joint venture company, the CERT Thomson Institute (CTI). ...
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Typhoon in running for European sales
Tim Ripley/DUBAI Eurofighter Typhoon is still firmly in the running in the Greek and Norwegian fighter contests, according to leading executives of the four-nation consortium that produces the hi-tech combat aircraft. Press reports that the Greeks had re-opened their fighter contest, after deciding last February to select the ...
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Rolls-Royce aims to build on Trent success
Geoff Thomas/DUBAI Rolls-Royce and its international partners, which have a major presence in the Middle East in both civil aerospace and defence markets, are demonstrating the group's broad product range at Dubai 2000. The Trent is winning customers throughout the region and Rolls-Royce has nearly 1,000 military engines in service, ...
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P&W claims engine is best in the world
Geoff Thomas/DUBAI Talk to Pratt & Whitney's Rick Moran about his baby, the F119-PW-100 turbofan engine, and you'll quickly want to buy one of your own. Moran is one of this world's true enthusiasts and his eloquence on the 35,000lb vectored-thrust engine - two of which power the Lockheed ...
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'Never say die' Rafale has UAE ambitions
Mike Martin/DUBAI The expression "never say die" could well be French judging from comments at the Gifas press conference yesterday. Despite Lockheed Martin closing on its long-awaited signing of the deal to sell Block 60 F-16s, the delegation have not given up hope of a switch to the Dassault Rafale. ...
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UAE/SA deal
The UAE is likely to announce today that it is to sign an agreement with South Africa covering a range of military activities. South African defence minister Mosiua Lekota is expected to be at Dubai 2000 today. The agreement will probably be signed this week with the head of ...
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Eurocopter wins Kuwait business
Eurocopter comes to Dubai 2000 buoyed by a recent Middle East success. The company has finalised the sale of two EC135 light helicopters to Kuwait, for use with the government's Air Transport department and is looking for more sales in the region. Meanwhile, the Franco-German group has also won a ...
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BAe keeps UAE Hawk trainer sale hopes alive
Tim Ripley/DUBAI British Aerospace is still hoping to sell more Hawk trainers to the United Arab Emirates in spite of speculation that the Germans have swung a deal to provide the Gulf country with Dassault Alpha Jets. Jerry Wooding, BAe's managing director for Middle East and Latin America, says ...
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Rolls-Royce marches on US acquisition trail
Geoff Thomas/DUBAI Rolls-Royce announced at the show yesterday that it has bought National Airmotive of Oakland, California, a major servicing, repair and overhaul company, in a deal worth $73 million. The new acquisition will be known as Rolls-Royce Engine Services - Oakland. Speaking at Dubai 2000, Martin Wilson, Rolls-Royce's senior ...
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No sign of end to UAE F-16 order stalemate
Tim Ripley/DUBAI A $7 billion deal to supply the United Arab Emirates air force with 80 Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft and hi-tech missiles is still in the balance almost 18 months after being announced. Lockheed Martin spokesman Joe Stout confirms that the contract has not yet ...
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European neglect hits demand for military transport
Around 630 military transport aircraft valued at $38.1 billion are expected to be built throughout the world over the next nine years. The prediction was made at Dubai 2000 by Teal Group analysts in their latest military transport forecast. The new forecast notes that international demand for military aircraft continues ...
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ST Aero bids for Middle East
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aero) has sent a top-level delegation to Dubai as part of its Middle East market expansion plans. The Singapore team, headed by ST Aero president Wu Siew Kim and Ho Yuen Sang, executive vice-president Military Business Group, will reveal future developments in its maintenance, modification ...
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Norway holds the key to Nordic helicopter alliance
Paul Derby/DUBAI Norway might commit itself to the Nordic Standard Helicopter Programme but delay a firm purchase to ensure that the four-nation collaboration stays on track, it emerged at the show. Analysts had speculated that the Norwegians planned to pull out of the joint agreement with Sweden, Denmark and Finland ...
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Savings claimed for cold gas ejection system
Significant savings are on offer to air forces if they adopt Flight Refuelling's new ejection system on their practice bomb racks. The Cold Gas Cartridge (CGC) is the central feature of the British company's new CBLS 2000 practice bomb carrier, which is being launched at Dubai 2000. ...
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Voice recorder may help solve crash mystery
US Navy searchers have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from EgyptAir flight 990 raising investigators' hopes of learning why the Boeing 767-300ER plunged into the Atlantic off the American coast two weeks ago, killing all 217 on board. The discovery came four days after the flight data recorder was found, ...
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UK defence giants await US government nod for merger
Tim Ripley/DUBAI British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems executives will be holding their breath over the next two weeks as their "mega merger" awaits US government approval. Marconi chief Sir Charles Masefield says in Dubai that there is still no news from the US on the approval in spite of ...
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Bahrain deal signals missile push in Gulf
Tim Ripley/DUBAI Sales of hi-tech missiles in the Middle East look set to take off after Bahrain signed a contract to buy the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) on Saturday. The government-to-government contract, which is believed to involve 26 missiles and is worth in excess of $100 million, makes ...
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Boeing sees good Apache market in the Middle East
Paul Derby/DUBAI Boeing is set to capitalise on an emerging Middle East market for the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. Among other countries, Boeing is talking to the United Arab Emirates about upgrading its 30-strong fleet. The UAE currently operates the original -A model Apache but is considering a remanufacturing programme ...
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Blimp maker finds plenty to celebrate
Mark Hannant/DUBAI Henri Giffard would have been delighted: 147 years after the French steam engineer first demonstrated powered flight, the American Blimp Corporation is keeping his spirit alive at 3,000m in its manned airships. The fourth production airship designed and constructed by Maryland-based American Blimp, A-60+ number -05, this ...