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Tiger signature is promised for Paris Air Show
French minister of defence Charles Millon has promised that the production-investment contract for the Franco-German Eurocopter Tiger anti- tank/support helicopter will be signed at the Paris air show in June. The agreement would clear the way for production of the first batch of Tigers, leading to delivery to ...
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Boeing submits revised bids for re-engineing B-52
Boeing has submitted a revised bid to re-engine the US Air Force's B-52 bomber fleet after its original submission was rejected as "not cost-effective" by an Office of the Secretary of Defense report on 15 April. Despite the blow, Boeing is confident that the initiative is alive, and ...
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KC/RC-135 re-engineing
CFM International, the joint venture involving General Electric Engines and Snecma, could receive as much as $1.1 billion from the US Air Force up to 2002 to provide 267 CFM56 turbofans for Boeing KC-135 tankers and RC-135 Rivet Joint-Surveillance aircraft. As part of the re-engineing work, the joint venture received ...
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JSTARS award
Greenwich Air Services has received an additional $9 million from the US Air Force to convert six Pratt & Whitney JT3Ds to the TF33-102B engine configuration for use on the Northrop Grumman E-8C Joint Surveillance, Target Attack radar system (JSTARS) aircraft. The work includes repair, overhaul and modifications necessary to ...
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MDC revives YC-15 for a technology-test role
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) is to propose the test and development of an autonomous landing system to the US Air Force, using the newly resurrected YC-15 prototype as a technology demonstrator. The autonomous landing system is expected to be one of the first technology-research efforts to be conducted with ...
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Dow-UT manufactures lighter F119 fan-case
A COMPOSITE fan-inlet case for the Pratt & Whitney F119 fighter engine has been developed by Dow-United Technologies Composite Products (Dow-UT). The one-piece component, produced by resin-transfer moulding, is lighter and cheaper than the current fabricated-titanium case, says Wallingford, Connecticut-based Dow-UT. The fan-inlet case is the structural frame ...
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Airline Navigation '96 - a...
Airline Navigation '96 - a Flight International/Air Navigation International Conference 9-11 October, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Contact: The Conference Desk, First Conferences, 5th Floor, 85 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1R 5AR, UK; tel: +44 (171)404 7722;fax: +44 (171) 404 7733;email: confdesk@1stconf.co.uk. what's on 12th Annual Seaplane Safety Seminar 26 April, Lake Hood, Alaska, ...
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UK Hawk bid follows CAE's MSH success
COMPANIEScompeting to build and operate a simulator centre for UKRoyal Air Force British Aerospace Hawk trainers submitted bids on 15 April. The programme is modelled on the RAF's MediumSupport Helicopter (MSH) training-centre contest, which was won in March by Canada's CAE Electronics. The MSH and Hawk training schools ...
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Poles are permitted to fly Gripen
Poland and Sweden have signed a new security deal which will allow Polish air force pilots to ßy the Saab JAS39 Gripen. The move comes as the various competitors for the Polish fighter requirement step up their marketing efforts. The agreement covers the protection of classified military information, ...
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Tilt-rotor arrives at initial-production hurdle
The Bell/Boeing V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft is expected to be cleared for low-rate initial production before the end of April, but a production increase is dependent on US Congress decisions. Backers of the Osprey military tilt-rotor were disappointed late in 1996, when the US Government rejected a proposal for ...
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Gradual development
By the mid -1980s, the Soviet Ministry of Aviation Industry (MAI) began to seek proposals from design bureaux for a replacement for the Antonov An-24 short-haul regional twin-turboprop, which had been in service since 1962. The idea was that the new aircraft could also serve as a replacement for the ...
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Dutch air force takes Apaches to Poland
The Royal Netherlands Air force has deployed its McDonnell Douglas A-64A Apache attack helicopters to Poland, using the Drawsko Pommerski training ground near Stettin, in working the helicopters up to a limited initial operating capability. Along with the seven Apaches, the Dutch Tactical Helicopter Group (THG) deployed four Boeing CH-47D ...
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Hughes takes HISAR on worldwide sales drive
Hughes is preparing to take its HISAR (Hughes Integrated Surveillance and Reconnaissance System) flying demonstrator on a world sales tour covering up to 20 countries over ten months. The HISAR system, mounted in a Raytheon Beech Super King Air 200, is undergoing final shake-down flights before beginning a ...
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Airbus and Boeing vie to replace RAF tanker fleet
Airbus Industrie and Boeing are competing to replace the Royal Air Force's Lockheed L-1011 TriStar and Vickers VC10 tanker/transport aircraft, with the two companies preparing private finance initiative (PFI) proposals for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). Boeing is understood to be offering a tanker/transport derivative of the ...
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Honeywell considers GPWS challenge with BASE Terprom system
Honeywell is considering launching a civil ground-proximity warning system (GPWS) based on British Aerospace (Systems & Equipment's) (BASE) military Terprom product. If the teaming goes ahead, it would provide the first serious challenge to AlliedSignal's longstanding monopoly in the GPWS market. An earlier attempt by Collins to launch ...
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F-117 could go as USAF moves to safeguard F-22 production
THE US AIR FORCE is prepared to replace its Lockheed F-117s with Lockheed Martin/ Boeing F-22s, rather than see procurement of the F-22 reduced. Gen. Richard Hawley, commander of US Air Force Air Combat Command, tells Flight International that he would consider retiring the F-117s to safeguard F-22 ...
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Georgia plans delayed
Georgia's plans to offer upgrade packages for Sukhoi Su-25 fighters to countries including Iraq are delaying secret talks over the upgrade of these fighters with Israeli avionics and weapon systems. The talks have been delayed, following revelations from Tiblisi plant managers that Su-25 operators such as Iraq and Afghanistan are ...
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B-2 arsenal grows
The Northrop Grumman B-2 bomber is now capable of delivering both conventional bombs and nuclear weapons. The nuclear-bombing capability was declared following recent flight tests. The US Air Force has received 13 of the 20 B-2s it plans to buy. The first B-2 Spirit was delivered in 1993. ...
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Pentagon discloses JSF and B-2 costs
THE US DEPARTMENT of Defense has disclosed the total cost of the Northrop Grumman B-2 stealth bomber programme and the cost estimate for research and development for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The latest Selected Acquisition Report (SAR), which helps US lawmakers track the cost of major US ...
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Ukraine closes airspace after Russian air force 'violation'
Ukraine closed its airspace to the Russian air force on 3-5 April after claims that its aircraft had violated air traffic control (ATC) procedures over the Black Sea near Odessa in March. Gen Alexander Zatynaiko, Ukrainian Chief of Staff, claims that the aircraft were flying with their transponders ...