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Israel and Italy team in Turkey
Ari Egozi/TEL AVIV A venture linking Agusta of Italy with Israel Aircraft Industries has emerged as a bidder for the Turkish air force's attack helicopter programme. The team is offering an upgraded Agusta A129 Mangusta attack helicopter for the competition. Although the A129 has always been a contender for the ...
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South Korean tactical transport purchase falters
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE South Korea's planned purchase of eight Indonesia-built IPTN CN-235 tactical transport aircraft is running into problems because of the recent economic difficulties experienced by the two Asian countries. According to sources within IPTN, the South Korean Ministry of National Defence (MND) has fallen behind schedule in beginning ...
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Israeli stand-off glide bomb heads toward service entry
The Israel Military Industries (IMI) Modular Stand-off Vehicle (MSOV) glide bomb sub-munitions dispenser is scheduled to enter service later this year with an as yet unspecified air force. The MSOV has been test launched from combat aircraft, including the Lockheed Martin F-16, with a maximum glide range of 100km ...
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One of the family
Peter Henley/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie views its present commercial success - 1997 was its best ever year, with 671 sales and commitments worth $44.2 billion, 15 new customers, new derivatives launched, 182 aircraft delivered and a turnover of $11.6 billion - as a resounding endorsement of its family policy. This has ...
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Preparing for production
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH French officials at the 1997 Le Bourget air show enjoyed watching the Eurofighter EF2000 flying display rather more than the aircraft's manufacturers would have liked. Dassault had presented spectacular displays from its Mirage 2000-5 and Rafale fighters and, by comparison, the EF2000 - in the middle of ...
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Pathfinder quest
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US military may have cooled to the concept of solar electric powered unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), but NASA has set new lofty goals for the emerging long endurance UAV. In 1993, the US Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) envisioned deploying Raptor (Responsive Aircraft Programme for Theatre ...
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LHTEC stays on schedule to produce T800 for US Army
LHTEC is on schedule to start T800 turboshaft production in 2000 to support the US Army's UH-1H re-engine programme. The first two engines are "on contract and in production" for the initial qualification phase at Fort Rucker, Alabama, says Fred Dickens, T800 business development director for the AlliedSignal/ Allison ...
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USA blocks Gripen sale to South Africa
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Efforts by Saab and British Aerospace to sell the JAS39 Gripen combat aircraft to South Africa have been blocked by the USA. The companies remain optimistic that continuing negotiations on the resolution of a wider weapons dispute between the USA and South Africa will result in lifting ...
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Finance remains last hurdle for Rooivalk in Malaysia
Paul Derby Denel is optimistic that negotiations with the Malaysian government over the provision of eight Rooivalk attack helicopters will re-open by mid-year. The potential deal is on hold because of Malaysia's current economic problems, but both parties say that the decision to buy has been made and that it ...
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Gripen offer to South Africa expected to proceed
Tim Ripley British Aerospace and Saab expect a joint bid to offer Gripen fighters to South Africa to go ahead despite a US government ban on the export of the aircraft's American-designed engines. A BAe spokesman says the companies have "absolute confidence" that the problem can be worked through. ...
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ILA '98 will be 'bigger than ever'
German president Prof Dr Roman Herzog will officially inaugurate the ILA '98 Berlin-Brandenburg airshow on 18 May. Organisers promise the show will be bigger than ever, thanks to the addition of a ninth hall, which will add 3,000 sq m of display space for a total of 33,000 sq ...
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R-R moves to set up Trent overhaul ventures in asia
New joint ventures are an integral part of Rolls-Royce's strategy to double the size of the company's overhaul business over the next five years acording to Sir Ralph Robins Andrew Mollet Rolls-Royce has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Singapore Airlines subsidiary Singapore Airlines Engineering (SIAEC) and Hong Kong ...
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Pragmatism, not hawks, drives UK defence review
Geoff Thomas The current British strategic defence review (SDR), due to be completed before the end of June, is operationally and strategically driven, not led by Treasury hawks. This was the comment of John Spellar, UK undersecretary of state for defence, who was speaking on the Society of British Aerospace ...
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US-Israeli partners target jet fighter training systems
Sarah Lazenby US-based Flight Visions (D243) has joined forces with BVR Technologies of Israel in a partnership to develop jet fighter training systems. Flight Visions, which manufactures and markets commercial and military head-up display (HUD) systems, will merge its expertise with BVR, a company which has developed a line of ...
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Westland inks innovative $32m Lynx upgrade deal
Paul Derby The Royal Danish Air Force has awarded a £20-million ($32-million) contract to GKN Westland to upgrade its fleet of eight Lynx helicopters to Super Lynx standard. The deal marks the first time that a Lynx upgrade and life extension programme will include the supply of new ...
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Israelis arrow in on a new image for uavs
Israeli manufacturers Silver Arrow and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) are displaying new and improved-performance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) at the show. Silver Arrow has unveiled the medium-altitude endurance (MAE) Hermes 1500 UAV, and the Sniper advanced close range UAV System. From IAI comes the upgraded Searcher II UAV. The Hermes ...
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British ASRAAM for Australian F/A18s
Mike Martin The Matra BAe Dynamics team at Asian Aerospace '98 is in jubilant mood with the news that it has been chosen by the Australian government to supply its Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM). Numbers and contract value will be determined in further negotiations. ASRAAM beat its ...
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RSAF helicopter contenders bring rivalry to Changi
Paul Derby The rotary-wing industry will be keeping a close watch on Asian Aerospace '98 this week as the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) continues to weigh up the options for its future attack helicopter needs. Four contenders are vying for the contract, with the RSAF conducting an on-going ...
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Teal slams fledgling aviation programmes
Alan DronLong-term links between Lockheed Martin and European manufacturers in both military and civil fields to provide credible opposition to Boeing are predicted in a new survey of the world's aviation manufacturers released today at Asian Aerospace. The survey also has harsh words for some of the world's newer aviation ...
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New buyers on horizon for Thai Hornets
Geoff Thomas Chile and Australia are emerging as possible buyers of the eight Boeing F/A-18C/D fighters which the cash-strapped Royal Thai Air Force now looks unlikely to be able to finance. None of the aircraft has been delivered so far. Speaking at a press conference in Singapore yesterday, Joel ...