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MDC prepares T-45 Goshawk for F124 ground runs
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) was planning to begin ground runs of a T-45A Goshawk trainer re-engined with the AlliedSignal F124 turbofan as Flight International went to press. Its first flight is due on 16 September. The F124-powered T-45 is being offered to meet the Royal Australian Air Force's ...
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Northrop Grumman protests to GAO over Raytheon radar win
NORTHROP GRUMMAN has challenged the selection of Raytheon Electronic Systems to develop and produce the next-generation airport surveillance radar for the US Federal Aviation Administration and the US military. On 9 August, the US Air Force, which is managing the radar procurement, awarded Raytheon a $620 million contract ...
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Three UK services consider their needs
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE UK MINISTRY of Defence is looking at possible future unmanned-air-vehicle (UAV) roles under a tri-service study being coordinated by a Royal Air Force operational-requirements department. The move comes as the MoD prepares to announce that GEC-Marconi has finally resolved the long-running problems with ...
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Mi-28N roll-out
Mil has rolled out the first prototype of the Mi-28N all-weather night-attack derivative of its Mi-28 Havoc attack helicopter. The helicopter is fitted with a mast-mounted radar, which operates in the millimetre and centimetre wavebands. An imaging-infra-red system is mounted in the nose. The helicopter has also been fitted with ...
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Wright Leads The Way In Eletric Technology
THE WRIGHT Laboratory, at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, in the USA, is carrying out a range of studies into more-electric aircraft technology. Its Aerospace Power division is charged with developing high-performance, cost-effective aerospace power systems for existing and future aircraft. A major project involves flight tests of ...
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JSF: More electric power
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA EARLY IN THE US Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme, key technologies were identified which offered high pay-offs, but involved high risks, for all the teams competing. The result was a programme to mature critical technologies and reduce associated risks, while sharing the results between the ...
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Martin-Baker
Martin-Baker is displaying its pilot and passenger crashworthy helicopter seats which were recently selected by Sikorsky for civil and military versions of its S-92 Helibus. Deliveries of the seats, which are designed to meet latest crash impact attenuation standards, will begin in 1997, says the company. Although best known for ...
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Siemens Plessey Systems
Siemens Plessey Systems is showing key components which will make up its future active array radars - a 12-bit receiver and an optical rotating joint. The active-array antenna is typically divided into several sub-arrays, says the company, each of which uses the 12-bit receiver. Signals received, pass through analogue-to-digital converters, ...
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E&S wins visuals bid
Evans & Sutherland (E&S) has won a US Air Force contract, potentially worth $70 million, to replace the visual systems on up to 25 transport-aircraft flight-simulators. Under the $13 million initial phase of the five-year Air Mobility Command Visual Upgrade Effort (AMC VUE) contract, E&S will upgrade the visuals on ...
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Stowaway fatality
Two boys died after they had stowed away in the nose-wheel bay of a US Air Force Lockheed C-141 which made a 5h flight from Ulan Bator, Mongolia, to Kadena AB in Japan. Source: Flight International
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Inspections ordered
The 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein AB, Germany, has ordered the inspection of nose landing-gear actuators on all 19 Lock- heed Martin C-130 transports assigned there. The probe was sparked by the discovery of corrosion on one aircraft. The US Air Force says that there is no indication of a ...
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IAI order
The US Navy has awarded Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) a contract worth $600,000 for an initial batch of crashworthy troop seats for the Sikorsky Aircraft CH-53D heavy-lift helicopter. Options in the contract call for procurement of a large number of the energy-absorbing seats made by IAI's Mata Division. The US ...
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MDC
Stuart Thomson has been named vice-president of business development at McDonnell Douglas' (MDC) Military Transport Aircraft unit at Long Beach, California. Thomson formerly director of business development for the C-17 programme replaces Gary Mears who has resigned. Source: Flight International
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-and wins C-141 contract
FLIGHTSAFETY International (FSI) has won a five-year, $65 million contract to operate the US Air Force's Lockheed C-141 transport aircrew-training system. C-141 simulators are now operated by Hughes Training. FSI will take over by 1 October. FSI operates the USAF's Boeing KC-135 tanker and Lockheed C-5 transport aircrew-training ...
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Gunships for hire
An air force of mercenaries has turned the tide of battle against insurgent rebels in Angola and West Africa. Al Venter/SIERRA LEONE A GROUP OF South African mercenaries, all veterans of their country's long-lasting war against the Marxist regime in Angola during the 1980s, has established the ...
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RMAF chief attacks safety record
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE ROYAL MALAYSIAN Air Force's (RMAF) outgoing chief of staff has blamed inadequate logistical support and a lack of pilot training for its high attrition rate and poor operational readiness. Lt Gen Abdul Ghani cites component failure, compounded by aircrew inexperience, as the ...
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DASA revises Greek F-4 Phantom upgrade bid
The competition for the Greek air force McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom upgrade is heating up, with Daim- ler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) revising its bid after Rockwell Inter- national offered a package believed to be 35% cheaper than that of its German rival. Sources close to the programme confirm that ...
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MDC deselects Raytheon for C-17 winglet manufacturer
RAYTHEON HAS lost a contract to build components for the McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III, following a bout of competitive bidding, and is to be replaced by Marion Composites. The contract, covering winglets and landing-gear doors for the military transport-aircraft, is one of several on which MDC ...
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-and teams with Lockheed on KTX-II advanced trainer
Paul Lewis/SEOUL LOCKHEED MARTIN has signed a teaming agreement with Samsung Aerospace to develop the new KTX-II advanced trainer/light combat aircraft for the South Korean air force. The industrial collaboration deal is still subject to refinement and a final go-ahead from the US and South ...
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F-16 JSOW TRIAL
The Texas Instruments AGM-154 Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW) recently had its first launch from the Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter aircraft. The successful test launch was conducted at Eglin AFB, Florida. The F-16 fired a JSOW which flew via pre-planned way-points to a target, where it dispensed its sub-munitions, 145 BLU-97 ...