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U-2 offer revived for RAF
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES LOCKHEED MARTIN is to hold exploratory talks with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) later this month over the possible sale of the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft to the Royal Air Force. The talks are thought to be unrelated to briefings which Lockheed Martin ...
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CAE will supply MiG-29 trainers to Malaysia
CAE ELECTRONICS has been awarded a C$48 million ($35 million) contract to supply two Mikoyan MiG-29 simulators to Malaysia. The contract, placed by Malaysian prime contractor Sapura Holdings, is for one operational flight-trainer and one full-mission simulator for the Malaysian air force's MiG-29M fighters. Each trainer will have ...
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F-22 derivatives study under way
LOCKHEED MARTIN AND BOEING have begun studying derivatives of the F-22 air-superiority fighter under a 24-month, $9.5 million, US Air Force contract (Flight International, 15-21 March). Missions under study are strategic attack/interdiction; lethal and non-lethal suppression of enemy air-defences; reconnaissance; and surveillance. The study is in two phases. The first, ...
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JAST avionics competition to be launched in August
A REQUEST FOR proposals covering the first avionics for the US Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) aircraft programme is expected to be issued around mid-August. The JAST programme office says that the design, research and technology maturation contracts will probably be awarded on 10 November. The effort covers ...
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Thailand poll jeopardisesair force's fighter plans
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE ROYAL THAI Air Force's (RTAF) plans to purchase new fighter aircraft are under threat with the election of a new coalition civilian Government, and a possible shake-up of Thailand's military leadership. Thailand's main opposition party, Chart Thai, defeated the Democrat Government of ...
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Matra stealth missile unveiled
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS MATRA HAS BEGUN design and development work on a stealthy next-generation hypersonic attack missile, with wind tunnel models of the design having already been tested. The ramjet-powered missile has a highly chinned fore-section, with the nose section blending into a ...
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USN wants jammer in Bosnian F-18s
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA THE US NAVY IS seeking approval to install the cancelled ITT/Westinghouse ALQ-165 airborne self-protection jammer (ASPJ) in 12 US Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-18s in operation over Bosnia. The move follows the shooting down on 2 June of a US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16 ...
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French firms face fight over defence cuts
FRANCE'S DEFENCE aerospace industry is bracing itself for a bruising battle with the new government over what may amount to swingeing cuts in defence expenditure over the next five years. Programmes in the firing line include the multi-national Future Large Aircraft, the NH90 military utility helicopter, the M5 ...
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Taking over
As the US military moves out of the Philippines, so FedEx moves in. Paul Lewis/SUBIC BAY WHEN THE US NAVY pulled out of the Subic Bay naval base in the Philippines in November 1992, the local Olongapo City authorities inherited an $8 billion military base ...
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Taking over
As the US military moves out of the Philippines, so FedEx moves in. Paul Lewis/SUBIC BAY WHEN THE US NAVY pulled out of the Subic Bay naval base in the Philippines in November 1992, the local Olongapo City authorities inherited an $8 billion military base ...
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Sokol flight-tests export Foxhound
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW AN EXPORT VARIANT OF the Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound heavy fighter, dubbed the MiG-31E, is undergoing flight trials, according to Vladimir Pomolov, general manager of Russia's Sokol plant, which builds the aircraft. Confirming that the export version is being flight-tested, Pomolov ...
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Hungary forced to ground MiG-29As
THE HUNGARIAN air force has been forced to ground its Mikoyan MiG-29A Fulcrum fighter aircraft following the discovery of a design fault which was leading to foreign-object damage (FOD). Initial problems with the aircraft began to emerge shortly after the first Hungarian unit of Fulcrums was declared operational ...
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Weight-lifter
Peter Gray/KUSSNACHT, SWITZERLAND KAMAN AEROSPACE HAS handed over the first K-MAX external-lift helicopter to be delivered to a European customer. The delivery, to Helog of Switzerland, provided an opportunity for a closer look at an unusual aircraft with a growing international presence. The K-MAX is in service ...
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Israel and Turkey near completion of Phantom talks
ISRAEL AND TURKEY are in the final stages of negotiations covering the $580 million upgrade of 54 Turkish air force McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantoms. The conclusion of the deal had been hampered by a downturn in the Turkish economy and by prolonged discussions over the amount of upgrade ...
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Singapore Super Pumas get HUMS
The Singapore Air Force is retrofitting its fleet of Eurocopter Super Puma 1 helicopters with a health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) package, supplied by Eurocopter. Called EuroHUMS 1, the system monitors dynamic systems and analyses performance data to allow diagnostic action. It consists of a data-acquisition unit, ...
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CAE Tests CC-130 EW Kit
CAE Aviation has flight-tested an electronic-warfare self-protection suite on the first of two Canadian Forces Lockheed Martin CC-130 Hercules, modified under a C$3.3 million ($2.4 million) contract. The suite consists of an ALR-56M radar-warning receiver, AAR-47 missile approach-warning system and ALE-47 countermeasures dispenser. ...
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USAF GEN Pays Fares
US Air Force Gen Joseph Ashy, head of US Space Command, has reimbursed the Pentagon $5,020 for a C-21 flight, he and his wife took between Colorado and Washington. The payment was made as the Pentagon's inspector general issued a critical report about Ashy's travel aboard USAF transports in 1994. ...
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First F-5E Tiger IV avionics upgrade tests completed
NORTHROP GRUMMAN has completed the first phase of flight-testing of the F-5E Tiger IV avionics upgrade. The initial 12 flights concentrated on evaluating the air-to-air modes of the Westinghouse APG-66 pulse-Doppler radar, says F-5 demonstration project engineer Tom Cooke. The upgraded aircraft was used to demonstrate a doubling ...
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Bidders line up vertrep deal
KAMAN AEROSPACE, Sikorsky Aircraft and a McDonnell Douglas/Westland team are among those bidding for the US Navy's two-month demonstration of commercially operated helicopters for vertical replenishment (vertrep) of naval vessels. A request for proposals (RFP) was issued by the US Military Sealift Command in May. The USN is ...