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Government clears Italian navy's contract for EH101s
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA The Italian navy's order for 16 EHIndustries EH101 maritime helicopters has finally been cleared by the Government's accounting office (Corte dei Conti) following almost two years of deliberations. The decision will allow Agusta, partner with GKNWestland in EHIndustries, to begin manufacturing the 16 aircraft. ...
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IMI stand-off dispenser weapon shown
Israel Military Industries (IMI) has revealed a new modular stand-off submunitions dispenser with a range of up to 100km (55nm). The Modular Stand-Off Vehicle (MSOV) may form the basis of a family of unpowered and powered stand-off missiles. The MSOV airframe builds upon the experience IMI gained with ...
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Sukhoi flies first canard-equipped Su-30
AVPK Sukhoi has flown the first Su-30 Flanker modified with canards as part of its programme to develop the Su-30MKI for the Indian air force. The aircraft was flown for the first time earlier this month. Sukhoi has modified a basic Su-30, which has previously been displayed at ...
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German stand-off weapon will go ahead
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH The German parliamentary defence committee has decided to back the air force's modular-stand-off weapon (MAW) requirement. The project will now go ahead, based around the Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa)/ Bofors Taurus KEPD 350 weapon. The defence ministry confirms that the programme-definition phase will be completed ...
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Facing the future
Declining defence budgets has forced some rethinking at Japan's Kawasaki Paul Lewis/TOKYO Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) boasts a long and distinguished aerospace lineage, dating back to 1918 and Japan's first home-grown biplane. After having produced some of the country's best fighter and bomber types of ...
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GEC and Finmeccanica tie up strategic alliance
Julian Moxon/PARIS Andrea Spinelli/GENOA GEC-Marconi and Italy's state-owned Finmeccanica have sealed a wide-ranging strategic alliance covering the bulk of their respective defence activities. The deal follows months of negotiations and is thought likely to boost stalled European attempts to consolidate the defence sector. The agreement, exclusively ...
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Russia combines military-aviation units
In the most radical shake-up yet of Russia's military aviation, its air-defence forces (PVO) are to be merged with the air force (VVS) in 1998, while elements of the PVO missile-defence units will be allocated to Russia's strategic missile forces. The move, announced by Gen Igor Sergeyev, will ...
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What's on
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Augustine's vision
Northrop Grumman has traded its independence to follow one man's vision of Lockheed Martin playing on the world stage Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC NEARLY A CENTURY ago, a handful of men created what became the US aviation industry; names such as Glenn Martin, William Boeing, the Loughead ...
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Dasa prepares for AT-2000 definition go-ahead
AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) is completing the concept phase of its proposed AT-2000 supersonic jet-trainer project, and expects a decision on whether to proceed with the project-definition phase by the end of this month. The aircraft is being planned in partnership with South Africa's Denel and ...
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Bell markets UH-1N upgrade to US Army
BELL IS PROPOSING to modify US Air Force UH-1Ns with the four-blade-rotor upgrade under development for US Marine Corps helicopters. New engines, transmissions and rotors, plus structural and avionics upgrades, will almost double the UH-1N's payload and range. Under the Marine Corps' H-1 upgrade programme, 180 Bell AH-1WSuperCobras ...
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Myanmar and Israel discuss F-7M upgrade
Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) is in negotiations with Israel over the upgrading of its three squadrons of Chengdu F-7M fighters. Elbit is proposing to upgrade the 36 Myanmar aircraft along broadly similar lines to its update of the Romanian air force's Mikoyan MiG-21 Fishbeds, dubbed the MiG-21MFLancer. ...
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RAAF narrows shortlist for DHC-4 Caribou successor
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CASA, IPTN and Lockheed Martin Alenia Tactical Transport Systems (LMATTS) have been shortlisted to supply the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) de Havilland DHC-4 Caribou replacement. The Light Transport Aircraft will be a fixed-wing type in the 15-30t maximum-take-off-weight range, capable of continuous operations ...
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Kamov's Alligator gets airborne
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW The Kamov Ka-52 Alligator, a twin-seat, side-by-side derivative of the Ka-50 Hokum attack helicopter, was flown for the first time on 25 June at Kamov's flight-test base in Lyubertsy, near Moscow. Sergei Mikheyev, Kamov's general designer, says that the helicopter will be part of ...
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South Korea backs KTX-II
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The South Korean Government has agreed to support development of the Samsung KTX-II advanced-trainer/light-combat aircraft, in response to strong industry lobbying and in the absence of any other national aerospace programme. Project officials within the South Korean air force confirm that the Government has ...
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NH90 project hits industrial snag
A meeting to decide on industrialisation of the European NH Industries (NHI) NH90 transport helicopter has been postponed while major issues of production offtake and investment return are resolved. Talks between NHI and the armaments directors of the four partner countries (France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands) were ...
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Dasa develops reconnaissance-pod family
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) is planning to develop a family of reconnaissance pods to enhance the capabilities of the Panavia Tornado. The pods will be based on the mechanical structure of Dasa's current German air force Tornado reconnaissance pod, now being flight tested. Further developments ...
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Thomson-CSF reveals new multi-mode radar
Thomson-CSF'S Radar and Countermeasures (RCM)division has launched a new multi-mode airborne radar aimed at the growing retrofit and new light-fighter market. Based on the RDY radar developed for the Dassault Mirage 2000, the RC400 will be "the most modern light radar available", says RCM director general Patrick Helin. ...
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Raring to go
The next millennium will herald a new age for French maritime power Julian Moxon/PARIS The service entry of France's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle at the end of 1999 will usher in a new era for French maritime power. It will also mark the ...