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AS-15B Kent spotted at Engels AFB
WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST unclassified picture of the Russian RKV-500B (AS-15B Kent) strategic cruise missile shows the weapon close to the wing of the Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack long-range bomber, for which it forms the primary offensive armament. The missile pictured at Engels AFB, differs from the AS-15 ...
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Hunter under siege by US Navy opponents
THE TRW/ISRAEL Aircraft Industries (IAI) Hunter joint tactical unmanned air vehicle (JT-UAV) is coming under fire from US Navy opponents who favour deployment of the General Atomics Predator UAV on USN warships. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has tentatively scheduled October for a fly-off between the two UAVs, in which ...
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China provides cash for Israeli cruise missile work
Douglas Barrie/LONDON CHINA IS FUNDING development of an air-launched conventional cruise missile in Israel, with a range of over 400km (220nm). The weapon is a derivative of an existing Israeli unmanned air vehicle (UAV). The missile work is being carried out by TAAS, formerly Israel ...
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Matra to decide on F-16 Mica bid
NORWAY AND THE Netherlands are waiting to find out whether Matra will offer the Mica medium-range air-to-air missile to meet the countries' requirements for a beyond-visual-range weapon to arm updated Lockheed Martin F-16s. Senior air-force officials from the two countries have expressed doubts that the French missile ...
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DC-X: the third element
The third element of NASA's re-usable-launch-vehicle initiative is the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) Delta Clipper - Experimental (DC-X), a single-stage vertical take-off and landing rocket. Flight testing of the DC-X was scheduled to resume in May following repairs to damage caused by a fuel-vapour explosion on the fifth flight, in June ...
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CAE Profits Rise
Canada's CAE reports that profits were up by one-third for its financial year to the end of March, helped by military-simulator sales which offset flat commercial markets. Profits grew to C$47 million ($33 million) as revenues climbed by 11% to the C$658 million mark. The CAE Aviation unit benefited from ...
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Indian Trainer Progress
The Indian air force has finally sanctioned the release of $100 million covering the purchase of an advanced jet trainer. The service has short-listed two trainers, the British Aerospace Hawk and the Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet. The Indian parliamentary defence committee has recommended to the Government that a low-cost Russian trainer ...
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Airmanship is flairmanship
Sir - According to a press report from Bucharest, Romania, initial findings by a commission of inquiry into the crash of a Tarom Airbus A310-300 attributed the accident to a fault in the automatic-throttle system. This caused one engine to deliver substantially more power than the other, resulting ...
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Preparing for Paris
There are many signs that the recession in aerospace is over, and the organisers of the 41st Salon International de l'Aeronautique et de l'Espace will be hoping that their show at Le Bourget, north of Paris, in June will finally prove the point. Last time round, in 1993, ...
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Boeing/Lockheed Martin halt JAST talks
LOCKHEED MARTIN and Boeing have suspended talks over teaming on the US Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) programme at least until contracts are awarded in mid-1996. The two companies began talks earlier this year, when it became clear that the JAST project was going to absorb the advanced ...
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MDA offers dent remover
An electromagnetic dent-removal (EDR) process used by McDonnell Douglas Aerospace (MDA) is being offered to outside users following its formal certification as an approved repair process for the MD-90. EDR has been under development at MDA since 1986, and used on commercial and military production lines to undertake ...
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Fit for survival
Only a few years ago, it seemed that the large passenger-carrying hovercraft was doomed to extinction. It had only ever achieved a foothold in one major market - across the Channel between England and France, and even then only a few of the biggest Westland/British Hovercraft SR-N4 craft ever entered ...
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Hughes in valve race
Hughes Training (HTI) has launched an urgent programme to develop a replacement for light-valve projectors used in its McDonnell Douglas F-18 dome simulators. General Electric ceased production of Talaria light-valves in 1994. GE light-valve projectors are widely used in dome simulators and no off-the-shelf replacement exists, HTI says. ...
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US National Guard seeks reconnaissance pods
THE US AIR NATIONAL Guard has issued a requirement for 26 reconnaissance pods to be carried by Lockheed F-16s or McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-15s. The pods are to be available in 1996, when the US Air Force's last MDC RF-4C reconnaissance aircraft are retired. The ...
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FedEx opens Philippines cargo hub
FedEx has established its new Asia-Pacific cargo hub with the opening of the revamped Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA) in the Philippines. FedEx's intra-Asia network will connect nine regional cities, including Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo. Its overnight express freight service will operate five ...
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S Korea courts Europeans for KTX-II participation
SOUTH KOREA HAS asked British Aerospace, Daimler-Benz Aerospace of Germany and Dassault Aviation of France, to submit proposals for the joint development of its planned KTX-II advanced jet trainer/ light-combat aircraft. South Korea is looking for an overseas risk-sharing partner to assist Samsung with the design and engineering ...
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Sukhoi tests ECM system on Su-34 strike aircraft
SUKHOI HAS begun testing the Sorbtsiya-S electronic- countermeasures (ECM) system on board the first prototype of its next-generation Su-34 long-range strike aircraft. The aircraft, previously known as the Su-27IB, is being flown from the Zhukovsky flight-test research centre, near Moscow, with the Sorbtsiya-S fitted in wing-tip pods. ...
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The judges
Bill Bedford flew as a Royal Air Force fighter pilot, in the second world war, before becoming a test pilot. He carried out pioneering work as chief test pilot at Hawker Aircraft in the 1960s test flying what was to become the Harrier jump jet. He is retained by British ...
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Sweden receives Trigat LR anti-tank missile briefing
A EUROMISSILE Dynamic Group (EMDG) team briefed Swedish defence officials at the end of April on its Trigat Long Range (LR) imaging-infra-red-guided anti-tank missile. Sweden has a requirement for an attack helicopter, with the Eurocopter Tiger one of the contenders. The Trigat LR is the primary anti-armour weapon ...
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RAF uses radar decoys on Tornados in Bosnia
THE UK MINISTRY of Defence (MoD) has revealed that the Royal Air Force is deploying radar decoys on board Panavia Tornado F3 interceptor aircraft operating over Bosnia. The decoys, developed by Marconi Defence Systems, are believed to be housed in modified Boz chaff/flare pods. The MoD also intends ...