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First things first
France's recently appointed air force Chief of Staff,Gen Jean Rannou, is sorting out his priorities. Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS FOR A MAN WHO has just seen procurement of his air force's fourth-generation fighter delayed for five years, and its next-generation pre-production transport teeter on the brink of collapse, Gen ...
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Australian courseware
Australia's Stanilite Pacific is to develop courseware for aircrew and maintenance training on computer systems in Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules 2s on order for the Royal Australian Air Force. . Source: Flight International
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Saab/BAe, Lockheed vie for Hungary business
HUNGARY WILL ISSUE a request for proposals (RFP) in July for up to 36 fighters to replace its obsolete Mikoyan MiG-21s. Leading candidates for the procurement include the Saab/ British Aerospace JAS39 Gripen, and the Lockheed Martin F-16. Peter Anstiss, director of sales and marketing support at ...
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Sweden joins talks to extend X-31 demonstrator project
US, GERMAN AND Swedish Government and industry officials met at ILA to discuss a follow-on to the German/US X-31 Enhanced Fighter Manoeuvrability technology-demonstration project. US Navy X-31 programme manager Charles Johnson says that the discussions focused on a programme called the ADVENT, which will investigate advanced air-data ...
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Eurocopter studies new twin
EUROCOPTER IS studying an advanced medium-twin helicopter in the 5.5-6t class to succeed the Dauphin. The helicopter, known as the EC165, is planned to become available as the worldwide fleet of some 520 AS365s/565s reaches the end of its life over the next 20 years. It will incorporate ...
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Germany divides Sea Lynx order contract
THE GERMAN NAVY is expected to place an order for seven new Westland Sea Lynx helicopters by the end of June, delaying a decision on upgrading its current 17 aircraft at least until early 1997. GKN Westland Helicopters says that the upgrade will bring the navy's older ...
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GE YF120 wins the vote as Joint Strike Fighter competitive engine
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA GENERAL ELECTRIC'S YF120 has been selected by the US/UK Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme office as the alternative engine to the Pratt & Whitney F119 already chosen. The JSF programme office has been studying derivatives of the GE F110 and YF120 as an ...
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Israel offers India active AAM
Douglas Barrie/LONDON ISRAEL IS OFFERING India access to an active-radar beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missile (AAM) as part of an upgrade being proposed for the Indian navy's British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS51s. The active-radar-guided missile is being developed by Rafael, although the company refuses to acknowledge ...
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US low-observable nozzle revealed
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA A LOW-OBSERVABLE nozzle under development by General Electric for its F110 engine is being installed on a US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16 for ground runs in June. Changes include triangular trailing-edges added to the petals of the variable-area convergent/divergent nozzle. Tests to measure the signature ...
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Airbus confronted by defeat on FLA
Julian Moxon and Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS AIRBUS Military Company has admitted that the European Future Large Aircraft (FLA) faces collapse because of France's decision not to fund development of the programme. The Airbus Industrie unit, yet to be formally established, reacted angrily to the French Government's ...
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BAe plans TIALD vibration tests on Harrier GR7
BRITISH AEROSPACE is to carry out flight trials of a GEC-Marconi thermal-imaging airborne laser-designator (TIALD) pod, fitted with telemetry equipment, on a BAe Harrier GR7 fuselage station, to ensure that it can withstand the hostile vibration environment. The company has a contract from the UK Ministry of Defence ...
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B-2 Stealth Bombers Grounded
THE US AIR FORCE HAS suspended training flights of the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber after discovering a cracked engine clamp during an inspection. The grounding began on 10 May, but it was not announced until the USAF began receiving enquiries. The ten B-2s operated by the ...
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Trade demands delay Thai F-18 purchase
THAILAND'S planned purchase of eight McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-18C/D fighters is being held up by finance ministry demands for counter-trade to underwrite part of the deal. The Thai Government is in receipt of a US letter of offer and acceptance (LoA) for the aircraft, but has not yet signed it. ...
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Russia finds money for Ukrainian ICBMs
THE RUSSIAN Government has issued a decree allocating roubles 17.76 billion ($3.55 million) to finance an agreement reached with Ukraine to acquire ten RS-18 (SS-19 Stilleto) liquid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missiles from Ukrainian arsenals. In 1994, Russia received 14 "dry" (not filled with fuel) RS-18 missiles from an arsenal ...
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Manufacturers must compare
Sir - Comparing notes is certainly a good idea (Letters, Flight International, 10-16 April, P41) - and not just between military and civilian organisations. Manufacturers should surely do the same, especially in matters relating to aircraft structure and integrity. The industry appears not to have learned the lesson ...
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Spritely contender
Peter Gray/BLOOMFIELD, CONNECTICUT Shortlisted for selection by the Australian and New Zealand navies, the "Super" version of Kaman's Seasprite has come a long way from the original launch model. THE KAMAN SEASPRITE was first flown in 1959 and was developed and sold to the US Navy as a single-engined ...
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Fighting gear
McDonnell Douglas has selected BFGoodrich Aerospace's Cleveland, Ohio, Landing Gear division to supply the nose and main landing-gear for its Joint Strike Fighter (formerly Joint Advanced Strike Technology) design. Source: Flight International
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Flat panels tested in A319
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has tested flat-panel liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) in the cockpit of an A319, but has no plans to introduce the screens on production aircraft. The screens were developed by France's Sextant Avionique for use on the Dassault Rafale fighter and the Eurocopter Tiger helicopter. Jean Marc ...
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US Air Force will upgrade E-4B command posts
US AIR FORCE Boeing E-4B national command-and-control aircraft are to be upgraded to act as airborne operations centres for the US Secretary of Defense. The four modified 747s are to be equipped with a fibre-optic communications "backbone", or local-area network, and UHF and commercial satellite-communications (satcom) capability. The ...