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Panavia Aircraft
TORNADO The RAF Tornado GR4 upgrade project began in 1996. The mid-life update (MLU) is intended to improve the aircraft's covert operational capability and includes a GPS, FLIR and night-vision-compatible cockpit. With the completion of the 35 electronic combat and reconnaissance aircraft for the German air force in ...
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Saab Scania
JAS39 GRIPEN An initial batch of 30 production JAS39As for the Swedish air force was ordered in 1982, followed by a second batch of 110, including 14 JAS 39B two-seaters in 1992. Batch 1 deliveries began in 1993 and the last Batch 2 aircraft will be delivered in ...
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WSK PZL
I-22 The Polish air force grounded its I-22s in early 1996 following a fatal crash in January. In the wake of the incident, some design modifications, including reducing the aircraft's landing-approach speed, are being implemented. The air force has also placed an order for an additional six aircraft. ...
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Trimble GPS deal
Trimble Navigation will provide the US Army with global-positioning-system (GPS) receivers to equip light-utility helicopters under a $13.4 million contract. The GPS maker will build 785 so-called Cargo Utility GPS Receivers (CUGR). The self-contained, lightweight stand-alone GPS units will be installed in the Army's Bell Helicopter Textron UH-1 transport helicopters. ...
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Military aircraft of the world
The FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL'S 1996 Military Aircraft Directory provides details on the major military fixed-wing aircraft now in service or under development. As usual, turbine-powered military trainers have been included in the directory, as many advanced trainer aircraft are now also being promoted as light-to-medium strike fighters. ...
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Greek air force issues RFP for Phantom F-4 laser-designator
Andrzej Jeziorski/Munich THE GREEK AIR FORCE has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for laser-designator pods to equip its McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom fleet, due to be upgraded shortly. The candidates under consideration are the GEC-Marconi Defence Systems TIALD pod, Lockheed Martin's LANTIRN and Rafael's ...
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Racal-Thorn wins Sea King AEW upgrade
THE UK Ministry of Defence has selected Racal-Thorn Defence to act as prime contractor for the radar and mission-system upgrade (MSU) on the Royal Navy's fleet of Sea King AEW Mk.2A airborne-early-warning (AEW) helicopters. At the heart of the upgrade is the company's Searchwater 2000 radar, already selected ...
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Iranian missile deal with N Korea falters
NORTH KOREA'S contract to supply Nodong-1 ballistic missiles to Iran has been shelved, following attempts by the USA to block the deal and Tehran's failure to make payments, according to a senior US Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) official. Negotiations to supply Iran with up to 150 of ...
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Elta and Raytheon team for RAAF AEW bid
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS ISRAEL'S ELTA is to team with Raytheon E-Systems to offer a derivative of its Phalcon airborne-early-warning (AEW) system to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), with the preferred aircraft believed to be an Airbus. The Australian Government selected four US contractors: Boeing, Lockheed Martin, ...
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Congress supports Chinook upgrade
US ARMY PLANS to upgrade its ageing Boeing Chinook CH-47D fleet have received a fillip from Congressional supporters, with funding being made available to begin the programme earlier than expected. The improved-cargo-helicopter (ICH) refurbishment project also recently won the endorsement of the US Army leadership, which approved the ...
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China receives Su-27 batch and discusses third order
Paul Lewis/BEIJING CHINA'S AIR FORCE has finished taking delivery of a second batch of Sukhoi Su-27 fighters and is now believed to be discussing a third follow-on purchase with the Russian company. According to local defence sources, a further 24 fighters have now entered service with ...
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Swedish SH37 Viggen crashes photographing...
Swedish SH37 Viggen crashes photographing new Russian cruiser IN AN EPISODE reminiscent of the Cold War, a Swedish air force reconnaissance aircraft crashed on 16 October while on a low-level pass over a new Russian cruiser at sea for the first time. The Saab SH37 Viggen ...
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Upgrade components
THE CORE OF THE INTEGRATED vehicle and mission management system (IVMMS) is made up of two commercial systems processors (SPs), with "militarised" software. The SP's hardware is based on that of the Lockheed Martin C-130J, with 85% software commonality. The SPs dual-redundant Mil-Std - 1553B data buses ...
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Raytheon maintenance
Raytheon Aerospace, a unit of Raytheon Aircraft, has won a $21 million US Air Force contract to continue maintenance of USAF trainers at Columbus AFB, Mississippi. The award is the third-year option of a potential five-year deal. This option, which covers fiscal year 1997, brings the value of the contract ...
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One F-22 dropped
One of four Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 pre-production verification (PPV) air- craft will not now be built, to save money. The ninth development F-22 will be used with three PPV aircraft for US Air Force initial operational test and evaluation. Source: Flight International
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High-profile Hercules
A multi-national C-130 squadron has been supporting NATO in Bosnia for almost a year. Tim Ripley/RIMINI NORWEGIAN AIR FORCE Col Lasse Hobber, commander of NATO's multi-national Lockheed-Martin C-130 Hercules squadron in Bosnia, says: "When our capability became known around the theatre, we started to be asked ...
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Safety circles
Immovable human-factors obstacles are a major concern in helicopter safety. David Learmount/LONDON THE LIST OF HELICOPTER accidents which, occurred in 1995 (see P43) contains 209 accidents, compared with 272 for the previous year (Flight International, 20-26 September, 1995, P36). As promising as this may sound, ...
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Digital-flight-control F-14 due for sea trials
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES SEA TRIALS of the first US Navy Northrop Grumman F-14 equipped with a digital flight-control system (DFCS) are due to begin at the end of this month. The sea-trial phase is the last major test of the DFCS, which is expected to ...
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US Congress increases C-130J purchase
ORDERS FOR 13 C-130J Hercules 2s from the US services are expected by Lockheed Martin following Congressional approval of the fiscal year 1997 defence budget. The Congress also added 12 aircraft to the Department of Defense's request for just one next-generation Hercules. While budget adjustments could affect the ...