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Officers lose jobs after C-130 crash
THE CRASH OF A Belgian air force Lockheed Martin C-130H, returning to the Netherlands from Italy with members of a Dutch army band, has resulted in three Dutch officers being removed from duty. The crash, on 15 July, resulted in the death of 34 people, including the crew. ...
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IAI/Matra discuss Mica
Douglas Barrie/LONDON ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries (IAI) and French missile manufacturer Matra have held detailed discussions about IAI offering the latter's active radar-guided Mica medium-range air-to-air missile as part of fighter upgrades. Officials of the Israeli company confirm that talks have been held, aimed at offering the ...
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R-R invites Bristol division bids
Brian Dunn/MONTREAL ROLLS-ROYCE Industries Canada is selling its Bristol Aerospace division, saying that the Winnipeg-based company no longer fits its long-term plans. The 30-year-old relationship with Bristol is being cut to allow Montreal-based R-R Canada to concentrate on its main businesses of manufacturing aircraft and industrial ...
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Helicap buys EC135 for JAR compliance
PARIS-BASED Helicap has ordered six Eurocopter EC135 light twin-engined helicopters, equipped for emergency medical services (EMS), in a move to meet new European regulations. According to Eurocopter, the helicopters will allow the company to meet the new European Joint Aviation Authorities JAR OPS3 rules, which ban single-engine operations ...
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Lockheed wins USAF reconnaissance deal
LOCKHEED MARTIN Tactical Systems has been selected by the US Air Force to build 16 Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System (TARS) pods for use on Lockheed Martin F-16Cs operated by the Air National Guard. Five ANG squadrons are due to receive the TARS. The 192nd Fighter Group operated four ...
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Belgian army modifies reconnaissance A109s
THE BELGIAN ARMY is re-equipping a limited number of its 18 Agusta A109BA observation helicopters for quick-reaction out-of-area deployment. Current plans are for five A109BA observation helicopters to be equipped with rocket-launcher and machine-gun pods. The launcher pods are from existing air-force stocks. The machine-gun pods are the ...
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South Korea aims to land Apaches
THE SOUTH KOREAN army is once again reviving its interest in acquiring the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) AH-64 Apache, but is facing pressure to hold a competition before ordering a new attack helicopter. An initial $12 million provision for an attack-helicopter programme is understood to have been included in ...
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German budget-juggling delays Tiger production
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH GERMAN DEFENCE minister Volker Rühe has delayed by 12 months production of the Eurocopter Tiger helicopter. The move is an attempt to ease pressure on an overloaded and heavily cut German defence budget. Tough negotiations with industry over funding for production of the Eurofighter ...
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Brunei finalises MPA configuration
The Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) has finalised its choice of avionic sensors for a planned fleet of Indonesian-built Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) CN-235MPA maritime patrol aircraft. Its long-awaited selection of a search radar, forward-looking infra-red imager (FLIR), electronic support measures (ESM) and identification-friend-or-foe (IFF) interrogator, ...
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Greenwich contracts
Greenwich Air Services has won engine-overhaul contracts worth almost $60 million from Federal Express (Pratt & Whitney JT8Ds); Qatar Airways (General Electric CF6s); Alfa Romeo, for Alitalia (JT8D-200s); the Royal Moroccan Air Force (P&W JT3D-3Bs); McDonnell Douglas Lease Finance (CF6-50s); US Turbine Engine (P&W JT9Ds); Midway Airlines (International Aero Engines ...
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Singapore basing
Singapore has asked to base two of its four planned refurbished Boeing KC-135R tanker aircraft at March AB, California, for crew training. Singapore, which is short of airspace, already keeps nine leased Lockheed Martin F-16s at AFB Luke, Arizona, and is now training crews for its six new Boeing CH-47D ...
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Bosnia bound
Belgium is to put a limited number of Lockheed Martin F-16s at NATO's disposal for participation in the alliance's policing of airspace over Bosnia. Initially, up to five aircraft will be sent to the NATO airbase at Vicenza in Italy, where they will be integrated in the Dutch squadron already ...
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Broderick replaced
Guy Gardner, head of the US Federal Aviation Administration's Atlantic City research centre, will become the aviation agency's associate administrator for regulation and certification. He succeeds Anthony Broderick, who left the job under pressure in the wake of the ValuJet DC-9-30 crash into the Florida Everglades on 11 May. Gardner, ...
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Programme for a light fighter
Sir - Could an advanced trainer programme such as DASA's AT2000 proposal (Flight International, 25 September -1 October, P6) provide a short take-off (STOVL)/vertical-landing light fighter variant? Such a programme could be very similar to that of the Euro-fighter, providing replacements for British Aerospace Harriers in Italian, Spanish ...
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Eurojet
The second Euro-fighter 2000 to be fitted with Euro-jet EJ200 engines, the Spanish CASA-assembled prototype DA6, had its maiden flight in late August. The first EJ200-powered aircraft, DA3, assembled by Alenia in Italy, first flew in 1995. The DA3 logged 40 flights before its original 01A-standard engines were ...
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LHTEC Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company
LHTEC, a joint venture between Allison Engines and AlliedSignal Engines, is developing three derivatives of the T800 turboshaft engine. The first, a 17% growth version which is destined to power the Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche helicopter, is on schedule and has completed over 3,000 of the planned 5,000 test hours, says ...
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MTR (MTU/Turbomeca/Rolls-Royce)
MTU/Turboméca/Rolls-Royce (MTR) is a consortium formed to develop the MTR390 turbo-shaft which will power some 427 Franco-German Euro-copter Tiger anti-tank and Gerfaut escort/support helicopters. The MTR390 delivers 875kW of maximum continuous power and 960kW at take-off. The engine received military certification in May, and civil certification is expected in December. ...
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Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines
First flight of the PW4090-powered version of the Boeing 777-200IGW is expected to take place by the end of October. The PW4090 is the first growth version of the baseline PW4084, and was certificated by the US Federal Aviation Administration in June 1996, rated at 400kN. Initial deliveries of PW4090-powered ...
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Pratt & Whitney Canada
Two new applications for Pratt & Whitney Canada's (P&WC) best-selling PT6 turboprop/turbo shaft engine have been announced in 1996. The PT6B-37 turbo shaft has been selected by Agusta for its A119 Koala single-engined helicopter. Certification of the PT6B-37 is scheduled for late-1996, with production engine deliveries beginning during early 1997. ...
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Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce launched the Trent 900, its latest large turbofan, at September's Farnborough air show. The 356kN-thrust engine, a derivative of the Trent 800, which powers the Boeing 777, is being developed to power the proposed Boeing 747-500X/600X and Airbus A3XX ultra-high-capacity airliners. The Trent 900 uses the same ...