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Sikorsky H-60 series in robust good health
Paul Derby With so much focus trained on development of the Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche armed scout helicopter here at Paris, Sikorsky's H-60 series has taken something of a back-seat - but only in the publicity stakes. Sikorsky executives say continuing manufacture of both the UH-60 Black ...
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IAI buoyed by foreign upgrade contract
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) comes to Paris buoyed by winning a contract to upgrade the Mil Mi-24/35 helicopter for night operation. The award was made by a foreign customer, believed to be India. Designated the 'Mission 24' improvement programme, the work is being handled by IAI's Tanam division. It ...
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Life in a tank for Barco display
Visitors interested in fishing for the latest in display systems will find them on the Barco stand. The Belgium-based company has its latest display, the RFD246, dangling in a fish tank, to show just how good the seal is. "Once visitors are hooked onto our novel display, we tell ...
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Consortium typifies pan-European cooperation
This year's show marks the 30th anniversary of tri-national consortium Panavia, founded in 1969 as prime industrial contractor for the MRCA - later Tornado - programme. The three partners of today, Alenia, British Aerospace and DaimlerChrysler, and the Tornado industry have in many ways become a model of pan-European ...
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New uniform meets modern needs of helicopter crew
Tamzin Hindmarch A new-look uniform for US military helicopter crews has been unveiled this week. The Air Warrior programme, set up by the US Project Manager Air Crew Integrated Systems (PM-ACIS), was charged with developing an integrated modular ensemble of personal life support equipment which could be introduced ...
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Fighter rivals square off for Israeli contest
Tim Ripley A battle royal is developing between US giants Boeing and Lockheed Martin to win a $2.5-billion Israeli fighter order - lilaly the last big fighter contest of the century. Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak has put back until August the decision on buying more than 50 ...
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Elisra looks overseas for expansion
Steve Nichols Elisra Electronic Systems from Israel is a major supplier of electronic warfare (EW) systems to all branches of Israel's defence forces. Now the company, displaying at Exterior 22, is building a strong reputation with other worldwide customers too. Forces operating in areas where radar-guided surface-to-air ...
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Fighting to be first
Both Boeing and Lockheed Martin proved yesterday just how well their respective Joint Strike Fighter concept demonstrators are coming together in locations mere minutes apart at Palmdale, California. Boeing JSF programme manager Frank Statkus produced a picture of a very complete-looking X-32A and said the demonstrator, the first of ...
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JSF engine development passes milestone
Pratt & Whitney and Fokker Elmo have reached a milestone in work on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme. The two companies have completed a critical design review of Fokker's design for electrical harnesses for P&W's F119 JSF demonstrator engines. Fokker has delivered one set of three harnesses ...
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Close shave
The Kosovo crisis could have meant that there was no Block 50 F-16 in the flying display at Le Bourget. Until last week there was considerable doubt about whether a European-based US Air Force aircraft would be available and Lockheed Martin was negotiating to lease an earlier model from ...
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This Hercules gets around
If the RAF-liveried C-130J-30 on static display outside the Lockheed Martin chalet looks familiar to show-goers, it should. ZH873 is the same aircraft which was on view at Farnborough last September. It's scheduled to be delivered to the RAF in a few months' time. For the time ...
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Military Aviation
Winner of the Military Aviation award was Bell Helicopter Textron and Boeing. Together, they completed the engineering and manufacturing development of the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor in the face of considerable technical and funding difficulties. The awards' panel felt that Bell and Boeing had displayed an outstanding achievement in ...
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Avionics
AlliedSignal Aerospace's continued improvements of the Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) - including the addition of new obstacle alerting, peaks display and geometric altitude capabilities - were recognised by judges at the awards. They named it the winner of the Avionics category. The EGPWS system is not new, ...
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Training and Safety
The UK Royal Air Force won the Training and Safety award for its Inspectorate of Flight Safety's human factor reporting system. The system allows air and ground crew to report instances of human error without fear of comeback. The 'no blame' culture system was introduced in 1997, but it ...
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Maintenance and Modification
Boeing was given the top award for Maintenance and Modification for establishing the Boeing Aerospace Support Center as a world class large aircraft maintenance and modification centre. The centre, at San Antonio, Texas, has been opened with the intention of providing affordable, high-quality, short cycle time maintenance and modification ...
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Face the facts with Dean Borgman
Dean Borgman is the man charged with leading Sikorsky into the 21st century. He comes to the post of president and chief operating officer as the former head of Boeing's helicopter plant in Mesa, Arizona and as president of the American Helicopter Society. Nine months into the role, he shares ...
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Kaman sees potential in energy sector
Kaman Aerospace is looking to the energy production sector to boost business for its K-Max heavy lift helicopter. Kaman says K-Max lifted well-testing equipment and pipelines weighing up to 2,700kg (6,000lb) during a demonstration to the oil industry at OTC in Texas. "K-Max has been used in ...
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Kamov team puts hat in ring for Turkish contract
Kamov and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), teamed in a bid to win Turkey's $3 billion contest for 145 attack helicopters, say they will demonstrate the Ka-50-2 in Turkey within two months. The aircraft has completed an extensive flight test programme in Russia and the companies say they are competing ...
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Italian/Russian fighter trainer prototype on display
Paul Derby A demonstrator prototype of the Italian/Russian joint venture fighter trainer, the Yak/AEM-130, is being displayed at Paris by partner companies Aermacchi, Yakovlev and Sokol. Development of the aircraft is continuing, says Aermacchi, with flight testing of four pre-production prototypes due to begin in 2001 and delivery ...
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MiG display pilot enjoys rich irony of his role
Geoff Thomas While waiting to take-off and display the Aerostar MiG-21bis Lancer III, Israeli pilot Yehuda Shafir sometimes finds time for a few moments quiet contemplation. His thoughts invariably turn to the irony of his current position. Shafir is a US-trained fighter pilot who spent his active ...