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South Korea's air force may revive plans to upgrade F-5s
Paul Lewis /SEOUL THE SOUTH KOREAN air force is considering reviving longstanding plans for an avionics and structural upgrade of its Northrop F-5E/F fighters. South Korean industry sources expect the air force to issue a new request for proposals (RFP) before the end of the ...
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Chile asks for Gripen data
SAAB SAYS THAT CHILE has requested information on the JAS39 Gripen fighter as a prelude to a possible competition. The Swedish manufacturer says that Chile is expected to decide in 1998 whether to buy new fighters, with an initial requirement for around 15 aircraft. The company expects Dassault ...
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MDC prepares T-45 Goshawk for F124 ground runs
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) was planning to begin ground runs of a T-45A Goshawk trainer re-engined with the AlliedSignal F124 turbofan as Flight International went to press. Its first flight is due on 16 September. The F124-powered T-45 is being offered to meet the Royal Australian Air Force's ...
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Northrop Grumman protests to GAO over Raytheon radar win
NORTHROP GRUMMAN has challenged the selection of Raytheon Electronic Systems to develop and produce the next-generation airport surveillance radar for the US Federal Aviation Administration and the US military. On 9 August, the US Air Force, which is managing the radar procurement, awarded Raytheon a $620 million contract ...
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Three UK services consider their needs
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE UK MINISTRY of Defence is looking at possible future unmanned-air-vehicle (UAV) roles under a tri-service study being coordinated by a Royal Air Force operational-requirements department. The move comes as the MoD prepares to announce that GEC-Marconi has finally resolved the long-running problems with ...
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Mi-28N roll-out
Mil has rolled out the first prototype of the Mi-28N all-weather night-attack derivative of its Mi-28 Havoc attack helicopter. The helicopter is fitted with a mast-mounted radar, which operates in the millimetre and centimetre wavebands. An imaging-infra-red system is mounted in the nose. The helicopter has also been fitted with ...
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Wright Leads The Way In Eletric Technology
THE WRIGHT Laboratory, at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, in the USA, is carrying out a range of studies into more-electric aircraft technology. Its Aerospace Power division is charged with developing high-performance, cost-effective aerospace power systems for existing and future aircraft. A major project involves flight tests of ...
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JSF: More electric power
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA EARLY IN THE US Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme, key technologies were identified which offered high pay-offs, but involved high risks, for all the teams competing. The result was a programme to mature critical technologies and reduce associated risks, while sharing the results between the ...
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Martin-Baker
Martin-Baker is displaying its pilot and passenger crashworthy helicopter seats which were recently selected by Sikorsky for civil and military versions of its S-92 Helibus. Deliveries of the seats, which are designed to meet latest crash impact attenuation standards, will begin in 1997, says the company. Although best known for ...
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Siemens Plessey Systems
Siemens Plessey Systems is showing key components which will make up its future active array radars - a 12-bit receiver and an optical rotating joint. The active-array antenna is typically divided into several sub-arrays, says the company, each of which uses the 12-bit receiver. Signals received, pass through analogue-to-digital converters, ...
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E&S wins visuals bid
Evans & Sutherland (E&S) has won a US Air Force contract, potentially worth $70 million, to replace the visual systems on up to 25 transport-aircraft flight-simulators. Under the $13 million initial phase of the five-year Air Mobility Command Visual Upgrade Effort (AMC VUE) contract, E&S will upgrade the visuals on ...
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Stowaway fatality
Two boys died after they had stowed away in the nose-wheel bay of a US Air Force Lockheed C-141 which made a 5h flight from Ulan Bator, Mongolia, to Kadena AB in Japan. Source: Flight International
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Inspections ordered
The 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein AB, Germany, has ordered the inspection of nose landing-gear actuators on all 19 Lock- heed Martin C-130 transports assigned there. The probe was sparked by the discovery of corrosion on one aircraft. The US Air Force says that there is no indication of a ...
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IAI order
The US Navy has awarded Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) a contract worth $600,000 for an initial batch of crashworthy troop seats for the Sikorsky Aircraft CH-53D heavy-lift helicopter. Options in the contract call for procurement of a large number of the energy-absorbing seats made by IAI's Mata Division. The US ...
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MDC
Stuart Thomson has been named vice-president of business development at McDonnell Douglas' (MDC) Military Transport Aircraft unit at Long Beach, California. Thomson formerly director of business development for the C-17 programme replaces Gary Mears who has resigned. Source: Flight International
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-and wins C-141 contract
FLIGHTSAFETY International (FSI) has won a five-year, $65 million contract to operate the US Air Force's Lockheed C-141 transport aircrew-training system. C-141 simulators are now operated by Hughes Training. FSI will take over by 1 October. FSI operates the USAF's Boeing KC-135 tanker and Lockheed C-5 transport aircrew-training ...
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Gunships for hire
An air force of mercenaries has turned the tide of battle against insurgent rebels in Angola and West Africa. Al Venter/SIERRA LEONE A GROUP OF South African mercenaries, all veterans of their country's long-lasting war against the Marxist regime in Angola during the 1980s, has established the ...
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RMAF chief attacks safety record
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE ROYAL MALAYSIAN Air Force's (RMAF) outgoing chief of staff has blamed inadequate logistical support and a lack of pilot training for its high attrition rate and poor operational readiness. Lt Gen Abdul Ghani cites component failure, compounded by aircrew inexperience, as the ...
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DASA revises Greek F-4 Phantom upgrade bid
The competition for the Greek air force McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom upgrade is heating up, with Daim- ler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) revising its bid after Rockwell Inter- national offered a package believed to be 35% cheaper than that of its German rival. Sources close to the programme confirm that ...
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MDC deselects Raytheon for C-17 winglet manufacturer
RAYTHEON HAS lost a contract to build components for the McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III, following a bout of competitive bidding, and is to be replaced by Marion Composites. The contract, covering winglets and landing-gear doors for the military transport-aircraft, is one of several on which MDC ...