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Lockheed/Boeing
Tom Burbage has become vice-president and general manager for the Lockheed Martin-Boeing F-22 programme, where he will direct all aspects of the fighter aircraft, which is being manufactured at Aeronautical Systems in Marietta, Georgia, Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems in Fort Worth, Texas, and Boeing Military Airplanes in Seattle, Washington. ...
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Malaysia offered Rooivalk options
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ATLAS AVIATION of South Africa is discussing with Malaysia a series of industrial co-production options for the CSH-2 Rooivalk, to meet the country's pending requirement for a new attack helicopter. The South African company faces strong competition from McDonnell Douglas with its AH-64D Apache ...
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Northrop/Rafael in Litening move
Guy Norris/SAN ANTONIO NORTHROP GRUMMAN and Rafael of Israel have teamed for the production, sales and future product improvement of the Litening airborne laser-designator and navigation pod. Under the terms of the agreement, signed in early September but not officially announced until 28 November, Northrop Grumman ...
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IPTN suspended from Bell 412 production
Paul Lewis/JAKARTA INDONESIA'S Directorate General of Air Communications (DGAC) has ordered IPTN to stop licence production of the Bell 412 until it conforms with US Federal Aviation Administration regulations. Production halted in September after a joint audit of IPTN's Bandung plant by the FAA and the ...
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Precision sees an end to its losses
PRECISION STANDARD continues to be affected by the late delivery of customer-supplied parts required for its US Air Force Boeing KC-135 depot-maintenance contract, but expects the problem to be resolved by mid-1996. Late deliveries and "an unprecedented number of aircraft requiring major structural repairs" contributed to Precision's $1.4 ...
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Japanese to make military cuts
JAPAN'S GOVERNMENT has announced cuts in the size of its military forces as part of its long-awaited post-Cold War defence-policy review. The National Defence Programme Outline, or White Paper, is the first to be published since 1976. It calls for reductions to be made by all three services. ...
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US Air Force 'must improve availability' of C-5 Galaxy
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US AIR FORCE should stockpile more spare parts for the Lockheed Martin C-5 Galaxy military transport and give priority to increasing its availability rate, according to a new report from the US General Accounting Office (GAO). The USAF operates about 100 C-5As ...
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India considers Hind purchase
INDIA IS IN negotiations with Belarus and Russia for the possible acquisition of Mil Mi-24 combat helicopters for the Army Aviation Corps. A high-level Army delegation visited Belarus in October to evaluate the Russian-built Mi-24s, and a Belarus delegation also visited New Delhi in mid-November in an attempt ...
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Burning ambition
A towering inferno and pending Pentagon funding decisions place airship production on an uncertain course. Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC OFFICIALS AT US lighter-than-air-dirigible manufacturer Westinghouse Airships hope to establish before the end of the year a firm flight-plan for future airship production. The previous business strategy ...
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In the balance
Can India's Advanced Light Helicopter, survive in the international marketplace? Veena Singh/BANGALORE NOVEMBER WAS an important month for Indian aerospace. According to industry officials, one of the most significant projects for the Indian Government - the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) - finally showed signs of ...
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Price drop
Northrop Grumman has signed a $2.4 billion agreement with McDonnell Douglas, guaranteeing a 35% reduction in the cost of components produced by its Vought operation for the next 80 C-17 military air transports. The company produces the engine nacelles, tail sections and aerial-refueling panels. Source: Flight ...
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Kaman names SH-2 Team
Kaman Aerospace International has formed an Australian team to offer the SH-2G helicopter to the Royal Australian Navy. The Kaman team consists of CSC Australia (simulators and software support); GE Aircraft Engines (T700-401 turbo-shafts); Litton Guidance & Control (integrated tactical-avionics management system); Safe Air (final assembly and overhaul); Scientific Management ...
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Italy to buy early-warning aircraft
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA The Italian air force is to procure at least two airborne early-warning (AEW) aircraft by 2007, according to the defence ministry's so-called White Book which spells out projected defence procurement and expenditure over the next decade. The paper, Il Modello di difesa, was prepared ...
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Vega awarded UK training deal
UK SOFTWARE Company Vega has been awarded a £1 million ($1.55 million) contract from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the development of a computerised air- craft-training system (CATS) for the Royal Navy. The Welwyn Garden City, UK-based firm will deliver 63 computer workstations and associated software ...
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A310 finds favour in Israel
Airbus Industrie's A310 has emerged as the preferred non-US platform for future Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) airborne early-warning (AEW) and aerial-refueling aircraft. The Bedek division of IAI is already negotiating with Airbus about the transfer of engineering data required for the conversion of the wide body civil aircraft ...
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Projects face guillotine in French revolution
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE NEW HEAD OF the French armed forces has warned industry that forthcoming cuts in the defence budget will entail the cancellation of several major programmes. Gen. Jean-Philippe Douin admits that "painful choices" will have to be made by French president Jacques Chirac, ...
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CAE simulates updated P-3
CANADA'S CAE Electronics has been awarded a C$13.5 million ($10 million) contract to supply simulation systems for the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) Lockheed Martin AP-3C Orion update programme. The contract is for three integrated subsystems (ISS) which simulate the AP-3C's updated mission systems, including electronic-surveillance, radar and ...
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Netherlands research simulator operational
THE NETHERLANDS National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) has inaugurated the National Simulation Facility (NSF), a research flight-simulator which initially simulates the Lockheed Martin F-16A fighter in mid-life-update (MLU) configuration. The Amsterdam-based NSF includes a 5m-diameter dome visual-display system mounted on a six-axis motion system. The dome is removable, to ...
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Israel adds Eagles
Israel has exercised its option for four additional McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle strike fighters, taking the total order to 25 aircraft to be delivered between 1997 and the end of 1998. Source: Flight International