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Combat SAR, French style
Gert Kromhout/CAZAUX AB, FRANCE While The USA has been convinced of the value of combat search and rescue (CSAR) for years, European countries have only shown serious interest since the war in the former Yugoslavia. The French air force has now established a CSAR capability with modified Eurocopter Pumas and ...
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Douglas vanishes but gets 737 work
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing has confirmed that it will open a new Next Generation 737 production line at the former Douglas Aircraft plant in Long Beach. The move comes as part of a major re-organisation within the group which could see up to 28,000 job losses. Despite the opening of ...
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Single company may emerge in South Korean restructure
Paul Lewis/SEOUL The South Korean aerospace industry is poised for a massive shake-up, possibly involving the creation of a single merged company, as the Government steps in to re-organise a sector which is struggling under mounting debts, shrinking work levels and growing overcapacity. In the wake of the ...
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Hyundai seeks KTX-2 wing
Paul Lewis/SEOUL Hyundai is signalling its intent to produce the wing for the planned Samsung KTX-2 advanced trainer/light combat aircraft, putting it on a collision course with the programme's principal subcontractor, Lockheed Martin. The US company has already been contracted to design and develop the wing for the ...
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US services select Israeli pods to equip F-16s
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV The US Air National Guard (ANG) and Reserve Command have selected Israel's Rafael Litening targeting and navigation pod for their Lockheed Martin F-16s, in an order potentially worth more than $300 million. Rafael and US partner Northrop Grumman will supply the systems early in 1999. ...
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Titan 4A is destroyed only 40s after blast-off
A Lockheed Martin Titan 4A launcher carrying a classified US military satellite, rumoured to be worth some $1 billion, had to be destroyed only 40s after lift-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 12 August. The US Air Force launch ended in a spectacular explosion as the Titan appeared to ...
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Boeing uses F-15E to prove
Boeing has demonstrated the use of commercial computing technology in an F-15E combat aircraft. Flight testing of an advanced display core processor (ADCP) using PowerPC hardware began in late July. The ADCP replaces both the central computer and the multi-purpose display processor in the F-15E testbed. Boeing says that ...
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USAF streamlines training bids
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC The US Air Force is preparing to make the first award under a contracting vehicle designed to streamline the acquisition of training systems. The air force has qualified five companies to bid for contracts worth up to a total of $486 million to be let ...
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Lockheed Martin to test missile warning systems in laboratory
Lockheed Martin is to modify the USAir Force's Electronic Warfare Evaluation Simulator (AFEWES) to allow laboratory testing of missile warning systems. The AFEWES is a "hardware-in-the-loop" simulator which is used to evaluate the effectiveness of aircraft self-protection systems and techniques. The modified simulator will be used for dynamic testing ...
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Financial crisis prevents GTK Rossiya carrying out overhaul work
Russia's presidential carrier, GTK Rossiya, is reported to have run out of cash to pay for the engine maintenance necessary to keep much of its fleet airborne. Rossiya, the corporatised carrier which handles Government transport, has eight of its 13 Ilyushin Il-62s and four out of 11 Tupolev Tu-154Ms ...
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US aerospace hits turbulence
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON With further mega-mergers apparently ruled out in the wake of Northrop Grumman's abandoned amalgamation with Lockheed Martin, the top of the US aerospace league began to look more settled at the half-year mark. Yet aerospace stocks were on the slide by mid-year as first-half results largely ...
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New Zealand air force defines A-4 Skyhawk replacement
Paul Phelan/AUCKLAND The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has defined a future requirement for about 25 aircraft "in the F-16 or F/A-18 category" as a replacement for its fleet of nine McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawks in the wake of a Government decision to stabilise defence expenditure. Chief of Air ...
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Boeing/Westland team up for UK Apache training
Aviation Training International, a joint team of GKN Westland and Boeing, has won a £650 million ($1 million) contract from the UK Ministry of Defence to train flight and maintenance crews for the British Army's WAH-64 Apache attack helicopters. The 30-year Apache Training Service contract covers the establishment of dedicated ...
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USA aims to tie UK to radar programme
The US Department of Defense has warned the UK that it will not be allowed to purchase a new battlefield surveillance radar unless it participates in the development stage of the next generation programme. The UK Ministry of Defence is in the final stages of selecting a contractor for ...
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F-22 cost cutting advances
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Producibility initiatives are driving down the estimated production costs for the F-22, says the Lockheed Martin/Boeing/-Pratt & Whitney design team. Now similar programmes have been launched to reduce development and support costs for the USAir Force's next generation air-superiority fighter. The three companies have together invested $150 ...
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Polish recommendation opens Huzar's avionics door for Boeing
The Polish Council of Ministers has recommended the launch of a new tender for an avionics and weapons systems integrator for the planned Huzar battlefield helicopter, based on the PZL Swidnik W-3 Sokol airframe. The recommendation has been made following the results of the Supreme Chamber of Control investigation ...
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MIG MAPO to unveil MiG-29UBT at Farnborough
MIG MAPO will unveil a two-seat MiG-29UBT multirole fighter at the Farnborough air show in September, says Mikoyan general director Mikhail Korzhuyev in Russian newspaper Nezavisimoye Voyennoe Obozreniye. The aircraft is a derivative of the MiG-29UB two-seat conversion trainer. Unlike the UB, it will have a fully combat-capable weapon ...
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IAI and Mil hold joint venture discussions
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and Mil are discussing the formation of a joint venture to upgrade the Russian design bureau's helicopters worldwide. The initiative came from the Israeli company and talks between the two sides have been held in recent weeks in an attempt to work out a joint ...
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Modified Russian ejection seat undergoes tests for US needs
Tests of a Russian ejection seat modified to meet US requirements have begun, but question marks remain over Russian industry's ability to produce the seat if it was selected for use in a US fighter. The K-36D-3.5A is a lighter version of the seat produced by the Zvezda design ...
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EC135 receives first combined recorder
The first prototype of a new combined solid state flight data (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) has been delivered by AlliedSignal to Eurocopter for installation on the company's EC135 helicopter. The combined recorder has been developed for general aviation aircraft and helicopters where weight and space is critical. ...