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C-17 TAWS order
US Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemasters are to be fitted with a terrain awareness warning system (TAWS) developed by British Aerospace Systems and Equipment. The UK company has teamed with Lockheed Martin Control Systems to provide TAWS functionality in the company's video integrated processor (VIP) being developed under contract to ...
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NATO flying
Italy has become the third NATO customer for the NATO Flying Training in Canada programme offered by a Bombardier-led consortium. Denmark and the UK have also signed for the fast jet pilot training. Source: Flight International
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Enaer link
Chilean aerospace company Enaer is to build parts for the Dassault 2000 and 900 business jets. Chile is shortly to decide the winner of a fighter competition in which Dassault Aviation is offering its Mirage 2000. Source: Flight International
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Heavy burden
Skopje Airport in Macedonia has been stretched to the limit by Kosovan refugee flights David Arminas/SKOPJE In less than a decade, Skopje Airport has changed from military airstrip to international airport to NATO air-movement centre - and in the past three months it has been stretched to the ...
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Combat ready
Flight International puts the Rafale BO1 two-seat prototype to the test in its heavy configuration Chris Yeo/ISTRES FLIGHT TEST CENTRE Prototype fighters are usually first seen by the public at air shows. They are presented in an optimum configuration without large, heavy, drag-producing external stores and with a reduced ...
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Rafale - the quest for performance
Aircraft such as the Rafale, the Eurofighter Typhoon, the Saab/BAe Gripen and the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor are well ahead of the previous generation of fighters, both in terms of performance and as weapons-carrying and deploying systems. This improvement has come from advances in the technology of control systems ...
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Alenia and Lockheed Martin roll out first C-27J Spartan
Alenia and Lockheed Martin rolled out the first C-27J Spartan light tactical transport aircraft at Alenia's Turin Caselle plant on 14 June. The aircraft is a former Alenia/Aeritalia G222 demonstrator rebuilt to the new C-27J configuration, but the second prototype will be a new aircraft and the third a G222 ...
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RAAF dummy ASRAAMs
Matra BAe Dynamics has delivered two dummy ASRAAM advanced short-range air-to-air missiles to the Royal Australian Air Force to support flight qualification testing aboard Boeing F/A-18 Hornet fighters. Source: Flight International
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Marconi abandons FC-1 fighter bid
Marconi Electronic Systems has dropped out of the bidding to supply the radar and avionics for the Chengdu FC1/ Super 7, just days ahead of the expected signing by China and Pakistan of a deal to develop the new fighter jointly. The UK company confirms that it has not ...
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RAAF will retain C-130Es in operational service
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA The Royal Australian Air Force is to retain its 12 C-130Es in operational service for at least another year, following the Australian Government's decision to double the size of forces held at short-term readiness. The RAAF had planned to withdraw the aircraft from service this year, ...
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UAE will repeat F-16 EW system contest
The united Arab Emirates (UAE) will delay signing an order for 80 advanced Lockheed Martin F-16s until December because of a decision to re-run the competition for the electronic warfare (EW) system. A request for proposals is expected to be issued later this month to ITT/Litton, Lockheed Martin Sanders, Northrop ...
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Accident delays vertical take-off SEAMOS tests
Ramon Lopez/PARIS Critical land-based flight trials of the DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) SEAMOS vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle (UAV), due this September, have been delayed by at least four months because of a crash that severely damaged the only flight demonstrator. The flight demonstration, at the Meldorf North ...
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UK to reveal tactical UAV requirements
The UK Ministry of Defence will issue its tactical unmanned air vehicle (UAV) requirements to support land operations at an industry briefing this month. "The programme is aimed at companies that will have an interest in participating as prime or major subcontractors in any future competitive tendering exercises for ...
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Dasa considers options following CASA buy-out
Chris Jasper/PARIS DaimlerChrysler is considering the options for its subsidiary DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) - including partial flotation and a transatlantic deal - following the announcement of Dasa's merger with Spanish manufacturer CASA, say sources close to the company. Dasa chief executive Manfred Bischoff was called away from the Paris air ...
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Dowty joins JSF team
The Boeing Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) 'One Team' has added UK-based Dowty Aerospace Wolverhampton (DAW) to its members, it was announced at the show yesterday. In 1996, Boeing awarded DAW the contract to design and manufacture the inboard flaperon flight control actuator for its X-32 concept demonstrator aircraft entry ...
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Litton showcases laser gyro
Litton Aero products is exhibiting its LTN-92 Inertial Navigation System (INS) - a laser gyro replacement system for mechanical INSs used in military transport and commercial aircraft, including B747s , DC10s and L011s. The company is also showing the LTR-97 Fiber Optic Gyro system which replaces antiquated mechanical vertical ...
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Spar is Hercules ally
Protecting the C-130 Hercules in the skies and maintaining it in the hangar is a key part of Spar Aviation Services' work. The company, is showing its state-of-the-art electronic Defence systems. Its electronic warfare self-protection suite (EWSPS), as installed in the Hercules, features an advanced radar warning receiver and ...
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Glut makes titanium a bargain
Steve Nichols Now seems to be a good time to buy aircraft-grade titanium. So say exhibitors Airport Metals and Vulcanium (Hall 6/B2). They both agree that prices have stabilised after their dizzy heights of a year ago. Jerry St Clair of Vulcanium says the worldwide price of ...
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Attack tiger gets european go-ahead
Paul Derby French and German defence ministers will today give the long-awaited go-ahead for production of the Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter, with both nations signing up for initial batches of 80 aircraft each at the show. The move will kick-start the production phase of Europe's largest military helicopter ...
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Team forms for UK MoD refuelling tanker contract
Karen Walker Lockheed Martin and Aerospatiale Matra have teamed in a bid for the UK Ministry of Defence's programme to provide privately-financed aerial refuelling services to the Royal Air Force. The companies plan to team with one of the seven potential prime contracts for the UK future strategic ...