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BAe and Dassault join forces to tackle Tornado successor
British Aerospace and Dassault Aviation and are expected to announce at the Farnborough air show, which opened on 7 September, the formation of a joint company to study a follow-on to the Royal Air Force Panavia Tornado GR 4 strike aircraft. The deal will cement an existing memorandum of ...
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Poland and Hungary veer towards fighter lease
Poland and Hungary are leaning towards leasing new aircraft to fulfil their requirements for a new fighter, rather than making a straight purchase, which is seen as unaffordable. US officials from the Department of Defense, Air Force and Navy briefed Polish defence and industry officials in Warsaw at the ...
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Alcatel president to leave Aerospatiale board
In the latest twist to the French aerospace industry's lengthy reorganisation, Alcatel president Serge Tchuruk has resigned from the board of state-owned Aerospatiale, citing a conflict of interest between his senior positions on the two recently reformed defence electronics and aerospace groupings. Tchuruk had been on the board of ...
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Sextant, Lockheed pact opens new doors
Sextant Avionique and Lockheed Martin have announced an agreement that could give the French company a foothold in the important US military avionics and flight systems market. Sextant is one of only three major international companies capable of delivering complete avionics solutions, and already supplies systems for the C-160, ...
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Osprey basks in the glow of attention
Paul Derby As Bell Boeing's V-22 Osprey tiltrotor gears up for the battle to meet the UK's Future Amphibious Support Helicopter (FASH) requirement, US military "big guns" were out in force yesterday to give the V-22 their undivided support. A briefing given by Brig Gen Ed Langston of ...
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Shrinking defence spending is 'new challenge' to industry
Tim Ripley Squeezing that extra pound, dollar or franc of profit from static or declining defence businesses is the new challenge for the aerospace industry, say senior Lockheed Martin executives at Farnborough. With new aircraft projects thin on the ground and the pool of potential merger partners getting ...
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Chilean air force takes first Black Hawk delivery
Paul Derby Sikorsky reports that the Chilean air force has taken delivery of its first S-70A Black Hawk helicopter, paving the way for a larger programme to replace its fleet of Bell UH-1 Hueys with Black Hawks. Chile has plans to acquire an unspecified number of new S-70A-39 ...
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Export Gripen to undergo UK air refuelling trials
Tim Ripley Sweden's Gripen is to be refuelled in flight for the first time in the autumn when the fourth generation combat aircraft undergoes trials from the UK's Boscombe Down aviation test centre. The trials are part of the ongoing effort by Saab and British Aerospace to field ...
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Earth-bound demo gives Hawkeye a lift
Geoff Thomas Northrop Grumman is hoping to woo customers for its E-2C Hawkeye 2000 airborne early earning and control (AEW&C) system - particularly Greece - by entertaining them in a caravan. An unlikely scenario maybe, but this is not just any old caravan. It's a huge trailer which ...
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Ericsson seeks international customers for Erieye system
Geoff Thomas Swedish company Ericsson Microwave Systems has two of its Erieye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) systems at Farnborough '98, one on view in the static park and one in the flying display. The company hopes to attract customers from around the world, primarily those who ...
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Soim trainer programme gets funding boost
The Romanian air force's IAR-99 Soim trainer programme has received further government funding of $21 million. A joint project between the aircraft's original maker, Avioane Craiova, and Israeli company Elbit Systems, will see them working together to upgrade the Soim to become a lead-in trainer for the air force's ...
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Leach International power assemblies for tiltrotor
Paul Derby Bell Helicopter Textron has selected Leach International to provide seven electrical power distribution assemblies (EDPAs) for the 609 civil tiltrotor. Leach has also been handed a second boost for its European arm with another EDPA order, this time from Saab. The assemblies will be used on ...
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Majestic sights
Geoff Thomas Yesterday morning, with horizontal rain and clouds, did not bode well for Tuesday's flying display, but by lunchtime things had brightened up considerably. Despite high humidity and a brisk breeze, the pilots put on a great show for the crowds thronging Farnborough '98. As always, the ...
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Thiokol develops case rocket motor
A low-cost 6.7cm (2.75in) rocket motor has been developed by Thiokol Propulsion, a division of Cordant Technologies. This is the first rocket motor to feature a composite case and it is now under contract to the US Army to be tested and qualified for airworthiness on the Boeing AH-64 ...
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Upgrade programme aims to add years to C-5 Galaxy life
Tim Ripley America's global airlift capability could be enhanced, thanks to a major upgrade programme being proposed by Lockheed Martin, Honeywell and General Electric. "The C-5 Galaxy upgrade will preserve a unique airlift capability into the new millennium," says Micky Blackwell, president of Lockheed Martin's Aeronautics Sector. ...
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Raptor races to meet test deadline
Graham Warwick Flight testing of the F-22 Raptor is "on track" to meet a December deadline set by US Congress. The legislators want to be convinced that the stealthy air superiority fighter is meeting its performance goals before releasing money for production. Paul Metz, Lockheed Martin's F-22 ...
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Typhoon is the ultimate, says test pilot
Geoff Thomas It was a visit to an air display at RAF Wattisham in the late Fifties that whetted Eurofighter Typhoon test pilot John Turner's appetite for aviation. "I was only five or six, but Triple One Squadron's famous Royal Air Force display team - the Black Arrows ...
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New kids set pace in display
For all the hype about multi-million-dollar sales and new technology, an international air show is still most often remembered by its flying display. Judging by popular reaction to yesterday's display, Farnborough '98 is shaping up nicely to take its place in the "do you remember?" books. Healthy ...
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Detailed talks on UAE F-16 order planned
Tim Ripley Lockheed Martin is to start negotiations with the United Arab Emirates this month to finalise their $8 billion order for 80 advanced F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft. Senior US Senators have indicated that they will give the deal the go-ahead, opening the way for the aerospace ...
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Rockwell Collins- US Military deal
Steve Nichols Rockwell Collins has been selected to install its avionics in a range of US military aircraft in a deal saving the US Department of Defence an estimated $90 million. The savings come as the military choose off-the-shelf products, adapted for military use, rather than going for ...