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MAJORs take first steps for Asian LINK
Aerospatiale Matra and Lockheed Martin have signed a memorandum of agreement to pursue a joint investment in the new Korean Aircraft Industries (KAI). This is the first step towards possible greater co-operation between the US defence and aerospace giant and Airbus Industrie. The agreement follows the South ...
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Landmark delivery for Eurocopter EC135
Paul Derby Eurocopter's EC135 twin-engined helicopter programme reached a landmark at Paris yesterday. The manufacturer delivered the 100th EC135 to the helicopter unit of the Bavarian police force at the show and says that confirmed sales now stand at 160. The force has now received eight of the ...
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Phantom Works tackles advanced commercial design
Boeing's Phantom Works, which started life in secrecy as part of fighter builder McDonnell Douglas, has begun to get involved in advanced development work for Boeing's commercial airliner group. The Phantom Works is now a "virtual" operation, headquartered in St Louis, but with outposts at all of Boeing's major ...
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Boeing promotes 737NG for AEW role
Up to 10 nations have shown "strong interest" in the planned Boeing 737 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C), says Boeing at the show. The platform is based on the Next-Generation 737-700. The critical sensor aboard the 737 AEW&C is a multi-role electronically scanned array (MESA) radar. The ...
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DIRCM system passes flight test programme
Northrop Grumman announced at the show that its 15-week flight test programme to check the effectiveness of its AN/AAQ-24(V) directional infrared countermeasures system (DIRCM) has been completed successfully. Northrop Grumman's Electronic Sensors and Systems Sector has been working with the UK Ministry of Defence and the US Special Operations ...
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Thomson contract for NATO helicopters
Thomson has strengthened its ties with the European NH90 military transport helicopter and announced new contracts at the show. The NATO frigate helicopter (NFH) version of the NH90 is to feature the Thomson-CSF identification friend or foe (IFF) interrogators following the signing of contracts between Thomson-CSF and Italian ...
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Germans sign 'no fly, no fee' support deal
Alan Dron Germany is about to hand over part of the maintenance of its Tornado combat aircraft fleet to a private Anglo-German company following a successful 'no fly, no fee' trial project in the UK. A joint venture company to be called OTIV has been set up in ...
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Europeans moot rival to Tomahawk cruise missile
Tim Ripley European missile manufacturer Matra BAe Dynamics is looking at launching a rival to the US Tomahawk land attack cruise missile. The company revealed at the show yesterday that it has received French government funding to look at modifying the Apache/Storm Shadow/Scalp-EG family of precision guided weapons ...
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Building for the future
Lockheed Martin is building its future business on a foundation made from partnership deals with the best companies throughout the world, says Aeronautics sector president Micky Blackwell. At a press briefing here yesterday, he also gave an update briefing on the company's current programmes, the key points of which ...
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Getting head-ups
Flight Visions of the USA, the aircraft cockpit display specialist, is to team up with UK-based Pilkington Optronics to offer an advanced head-up display (HUD) for the planned upgrade of US Air Force C-130s. The US company has also announced this week that it is teaming up with BVR ...
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Sensor fusion
Advanced man-machine interface techniques such as combined HMD and voice control promise to ease the pilot's workload Substantially more effort has been expended in the development of the Typhoon's "man-machine interface" than Eurofighter had originally estimated. But the result is a cockpit that is highly automated and easy to use. ...
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Taking control
European collaborative programmes too often resemble public works projects, more suited to creating jobs than delivering products. The Eurofighter Typhoon programme stands poised to break that mould. Less than a decade ago, the programme was "meandering", officials acknowledge. Today, a sense of purpose pervades the four-nation effort, generated by the ...
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Customer care
To ensure fewer will go further, reliability, maintainability and testability have been given the same priority as performance, cost and safety Product support considerations have influenced the design of the Eurofighter Typhoon from the outset, as the consortium works to deliver on its promise of unprecedented reliability. Reliability has ...
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Global fighter
Encouraged by partner nations keen to export the aircraft, Eurofighter has embarked on worldwide marketing of the Typhoon With the resources of four companies and the backing of four countries behind it, and a competitive specification, the Typhoon has stronger export prospects than any previous collaboratively developed European combat aircraft. ...
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Concept confirmed
The highly agile, multirole Typhoon has been judged the best answer to the unpredictable threats now faced by the Eurofighter partner nations Although work on a follow-on to the Panavia Tornado began more than two decades ago, today's Eurofighter programme is considered to be little more than five years ...
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Coming together
The extreme weight constraint established by the Turin Agreement was among factors that drove trade-off studies leading up to the Eurofighter configuration freeze Had history turned out a little differently, then consolidation of Europe's fighter manufacturers might today be a reality - or an impossibility. At various points, the ...
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F/A-18E/F set for quick export okay
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Andrew Doyle/BRATISLAVA The US Navy has indicated that it will make the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet available for foreign military sales once the fighter has completed its operational test and evaluation (Opeval). Release of the new fighter for export is becoming increasingly urgent for Boeing ...
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Lockheed Martin slips further into mire
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Chris Jasper/London Lockheed Martin's financial position is set to worsen, with the manufacturer predicting a loss for the second quarter of this year and significantly reduced earnings for 1999 and 2000. It blames spiralling costs, delays in C-130J production and delivery, and launch vehicle failures and ...
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Thomson-CSF unveils RC400 airborne radar
Thomson-CSF Detexis is demonstrating its RC400 airborne radar to potential export customers during the show at a military airbase near Paris. The French company is holding talks to undertake a test programme in a Mikoyan MiG-29. The RC400 is aimed at the retrofit market in the hope of boosting ...
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Israeli F-16s are targeted for upgrades
Elisra Electronic Systems and Lockheed Martin have signed a co-operation agreement to market previously competing electronic warfare (EW) suites for the F-16. Under the deal, EW systems from Elisra and Lockheed Martin's Sanders subsidiary will be offered as baseline systems on the F-16. The agreement, which covers the sale of ...