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France urged to delay Rafale
THE INITIAL version of the Dassault Rafale fighter should be abandoned in favour of an advanced variant to be deployed a decade later than originally planned, according to French air force chief of staff, Gen Jean Rannou. With the defence budget under extreme pressure, Rannou has told the ...
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Kamov fits Zvezda anti-radiation missile to single-seat Hokum
RUSSIAN HELICOPTER manufacturer Kamov is carrying out integration of the Zvezda Kh-25MP (AS-12 Kegler) anti-radiation missile (ARM) with its Ka-50 Hokum single-seat attack helicopter. A Ka-50 displayed during the MosAero show in August had its port inboard stub-wing pylon converted to carry the Kh-25MP, with the missile on ...
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Keep Eagle clears F-15E for higher plane
THE US AIR FORCE has lifted the 20¡ angle-of-attack (AoA) limit which was placed on McDonnell Douglas F-15Es with conformal fuel tanks after an Edwards AFB, California-based team successfully evaluated performance-handling improvements tested in the "Keep Eagle" programme. The USAF test team says that the improved F-15E ...
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B-1 conventional weapons plan remains on service target
THE US AIR FORCE Rockwell B-1B bomber is on schedule for clearance to carry cluster weapons from mid-1996 onwards, as the 419th flight-test squadron moves to complete Phase 1 of the three-part conventional mission upgrade programme. Two dedicated B-1Bs are operated from Edwards AFB, California, as part ...
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Northrop Grumman enters DoD UAV battle Pentagon contest
Northrop Grumman is to take part in the Pentagon's competition for a joint tactical manoeuvre unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The Maneuver UAV will provide an intelligence-gathering capability at up to 32km (17nm) range with electro-optical and forward-looking infra-red sensors. The Pentagon could buy as many as 100 ...
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Slovakia in MiG-29 deal
RUSSIA AND SLOVAKIA have concluded an agreement covering the delivery of a further seven Mikoyan MiG-29 single-seat fighters and one MiG-29UB two-seat trainer as part of a debt write-off package. The aircraft will be ferried to Slovakian airfields by December. The Slovakian air force took delivery of five ...
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First flight of NH90 nears
NH INDUSTRIES plans to fly the first prototype NH90 before the end of 1995. The aircraft is the first of five test helicopters in the four-nation programme for a miltary-utility helicopter. The PT1 was assembled in Marignane, in southern France. Source: Flight International
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BAe aims Gripen at Saudi Arabia
Douglas Barrie/LINKOPING SAUDI ARABIA HAS emerged as a key target of the British Aerospace/Saab joint venture marketing the JAS-39 Gripen fighter. BAe has briefed Saudi Arabia on an export derivative of the Gripen to meet its Northrop F-5 replacement programme. BAe has teamed ...
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Pemco KC-135 order
The US Air Force has exercised its option to continue with the second year of its seven-year contract with Pemco Aeroplex for the Programmed Depot Maintenance of its Boeing KC-135. Source: Flight International
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RAF thinks again on Jaguar upgrade
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IS re-examining an engine upgrade programme for its Sepecat Jaguar GR1A/1B strike aircraft, in response to continued delays to the Eurofighter 2000 programme.The Jaguar is destined to be replaced by the Eurofighter. The RAF had previously studied a Jaguar re-engining programme in 1992, under ...
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NH90 rolled out amid support speculation
NH INDUSTRIES HAS rolled out the first prototype of the four-nation NH90 medium-lift transport helicopter, at Marignanne, France. The event took place on schedule, but against a background of increasing doubt about the programme's future. France, with a 42.4% share, Germany (24%), Italy (26.9%) and the Netherlands (6.7%) ...
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Panavia
Anglo-German-Italian consortium Panavia, industrial prime contractor for the Tornado combat aircraft, has appointed Reinhold Faltlhauser managing director. He was formerly vice-president for finance and control of the military-aircraft division of Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA). He takes over from Oskar Friedrich, who leaves Panavia to become advisor to the managing director of ...
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Litton inertial purchase
Litton Industries intends to buy the inertial-systems business unit of Hughes Electronics. With operations in California and Wisconsin, the unit expects sales to total $70 million this year. The business includes maintenance and upgrade of aircraft avionics for commercial and military customers. Terms of the deal, which is ...
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Air Foyle
Capt. John Mayes has been appointed to the newly created position of operations director at UK passenger and cargo carrier Air Foyle, of London Luton Airport, Bedfordshire. Mayes, who was a commercial pilot for UK airline Dan-Air, served 16 years with the Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot, flight ...
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Teams aim for the stars
AT LEAST THREE US industry teams will bid for a multi-million-dollar contract to modernise the US Federal Aviation Administration's terminal radar-approach-control (TRACON) system, which handles aircraft within 80km (45nm ) of US airports. The aviation agency's upcoming standard terminal-automation-replacement system (STARS) competition involves the upgrade of more ...
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New broom sweeps Nigeria Airways
Gunter Endres/LONDON THE NIGERIAN Government has sacked the entire management team, at loss making Nigeria Airways and dismissed the chief executives and other senior managers at the Federal Civil Aviation Authority and the Nigeria Airports Authority. Aviation minister Air Cdre Nsisak Eduok has announced that the ...
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3-D model used for F-22 testing
A THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) computer-generated "ballistic vulnerability analysis model" of the Lockheed/ Boeing F-22 next-generation air-superiority fighter is being used to determine the aircraft's ability to withstand weapons damage. The model was developed by the Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems Vulnerability Team to show which sections of the aircraft are vulnerable ...
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Russia tests new cruise missile
RUSSIA IS TESTING a next-generation air-launched long-range cruise missile at the air force's Ahktubinsk air-weapons evaluation centre. The development, thought to have been initiated in the late 1980s, is probably the recently, reported Raduga Kh-101 subsonic-cruise-missile programme. The missile is being tested from a modified ...
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UAE rejects F-16U proposal
LOCKHEED MARTIN'S plans to produce advanced derivatives of the F-16 combat aircraft have been dealt a blow with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) deciding to drop the F-16U from its strike-fighter competition. The UAE's decision to reject the Lockheed Martin offer was because of the associated $2-3 ...