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Germany sets up RMPA study to identify Atlantic successor
Germany is to phase out its Atlantics from 2005 Andrzej Jezorski/MUNICH German system-development house ESG has been given a Government contract to carry out a feasibility study to look at potential airframes and systems for a new German maritime-patrol aircraft (MPA). The German ...
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South Korea makes double choice of missiles for its F-4s
In a surprise conclusion to its stand-off weapon competition, South Korea is to purchase both the Rockwell AGM-130 and Lockheed Martin/Rafael AGM-142 air-to-surface missiles to equip its McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom fighter-bombers. The procurement, worth $250 million, represents South Korea's first purchase of the weapons, which will enhance the Phantom's ...
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Sukhoi presses on with fifth-generation designs
Co Gen Deinekin (left) and Mikhail Simonov met this year to discuss the S-32 The latest design iteration of the S-32? The above impression represents an early S-32 iteration Alexander Velovich/MOSCOWDouglas Barrie/LONDON Sukhoi is continuing to pursue research into advanced "fifth-generation" ...
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Airbus welcomes in Alenia
Julian Moxon/Paris Airbus Industrie and Italy's Alenia/Finmeccanica have agreed to form a company to lead European participation in the AirExpress AE-100 regional aircraft, to be built under a joint venture with China and Singapore. The Italian group is also being invited to "draw nearer" to Airbus through ...
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India looks at active phased-array AEW
India has started work on an active phased-array system for possible use in an indigenous airborne-early-warning (AEW) aircraft programme. In a paper presented to a conference held in tandem with the Indian air show, the country's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) revealed that a "-long-range AEW, based ...
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McDonnell Douglasties its civil fortunes with Boeing
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has formally agreed to pursue a "strategic collaboration" with Boeing for future development of widebody airliners, in a move seen as a possible first step towards a full-scale merger of the group's Douglas Aircraft (DAC) unit and the Seattle-based giant. The deal, signed on ...
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India signs up thrust-vectored Su-30
Andrew Chuter/BANGALORE A new version of the Sukhoi Su-30 multi-role combat aircraft with thrust-vector controls, canards and, possibly, Western avionics, is to be delivered to India as part of a $1.8 billion deal signed with Russia. The 40 aircraft involved in the agreement will all be ...
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DoD AIM-9X decision will launch US missile sector restructuring
Even closer links could develop between the MDC F-18 and Hughes' AMRAAM Douglas Barrie/LONDON An imminent decision from the US Department of Defense (DoD) over a Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missile replacement presages a radical shake-up of the US missile-manufacturing industry. The decision, due ...
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Reflectone wins USMC V-22 deal
Reflectone has won the contract to supply a suite of maintenance trainers for the US Marine Corps Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport. The company also plans to bid to supply V-22 flight simulators, the request for proposals for which is expected to be issued in January 1997. ...
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Inner Health sends crews to sleep
Forbes Mutch/ORLANDO Sleep-and-fatigue research company Inner Health is offering a commercial version of its Fatigue Reduction/Safety Enhancement Training system to airlines and other aviation-related users after completing a two-year development programme in association with the US Air Force. The system involves personnel being trained in ...
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...as ALH engine plans firm up
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) is close to signing a deal with LHTEC, the Allied Signal/Allison engine joint venture, to supply its CTS800 turboshaft to power the prototype of HAL's civil Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH). Work is expected to get under way early in 1997, in what will be ...
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Aero offers L-59
Aero Vodochody is making a late bid to break into the competition to supply an advanced jet trainer for the Indian air force. The Czech company exhibited the L-59 trainer at Bangalore in the belief that the evaluation could be re-opened. To date, only the British Aerospace Hawk, Dassault/ Dornier ...
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Aero India
Although its Light Combat Aircraft was absent, the progress which India is making on its path to becoming a major aerospace player was on display at Aero India 96. The most visible signs of this at the 3-7 December show were the Advanced Light Helicopter, along with the public debut ...
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Indian air force opts for Elta on Jaguar
The Indian air force has selected a variant of the Israeli Elta El/M 2032 pulse-Doppler radar as part of an upgrade for its maritime-strike Sepecat Jaguars. The Israeli company will supply ten radars for the upgrade programme, along with an additional radar for integration trials. The first flight ...
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India studies Mirage/Jaguar replacement
The Kaveri may power the twin-engined medium combat aircraft India has begun a conceptual study into a medium combat aircraft, intended to replace air force Dassault Mirages and SepecatJaguars from around 2010, according to Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, chief scientific advisor to the Indian defence ...
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TAAL stakes claim to corporate aircraft niche
Taneja Aerospace and Aviation (TAAL) has launched what is believed to be India's first fractional-ownership scheme aimed at the corporate-aviation market. The company, a subsidiary of engineering company Indian Seamless, has set up the Netair scheme based on three of its own P68s - built locally under licence ...
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McDonnell Douglas offers Poland F-18 assembly deal
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has offered Poland final assembly of the F-18 fighter/attack aircraft, if it is selected to meet its fighter requirement. MDC says that Poland is the only one of the three Central European countries now considering the F-18 to ask for local final assembly and that, if selected, ...
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IL-76 hits mountain
A Russian air force Ilyushin Il-76T, carrying out a commercial cargo flight, crashed into a mountain in the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia on 27 November, killing all eight crew and 21 passengers on board. The aircraft had just taken off from Abakan airport, at 20:00 local time, carrying some 30t ...
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Hercules crash I
A US Air Force Reserve Lockheed HC-130 crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the Northern California coast on 22 November. One of the 11 people on board was rescued after it went down with engine trouble during a training mission. The aircraft's home base was Portland, Oregon. Source: ...
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Hercules crash II
The 17 August crash of a US Air Force Lockheed C-130 transport near Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Airport was caused by the crew's failure to monitor the aircraft's position and flight path relative to high terrain surrounding the airfield. The military transport was operating in support of the White House. All ...