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767-400ER schedule set back
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing faces a delay to its 767-400ER certification and delivery schedule in the wake of its recently resolved engineering employees' strike. Before the 40-day strike by Society for Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace members, Boeing was on target to certificate the -400ER in April and deliver ...
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Contracts
The Royal Danish Air Force has awarded Raytheon Systems in the UK a contract for three Condor monopulse secondary surveillance radars. Northrop Grumman has received a US Navy contract, potentially worth $18 million, to provide structural spares for the F/A-18 on demand, at predetermined prices and lead times. Raytheon has ...
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US Army embraces smart cockpit
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Army is to fit the Rotorcraft Pilot's Associate (RPA) cockpit management system in Boeing AH-64D Apaches being upgraded to Longbow standard. The system is also being considered for a command and control version of the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk and a variant has found a ...
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Allied Force prompts Joint STARS upgrade
Last year's NATO air war against Yugoslavia has resulted in "quick reaction" modifications to the US Air Force's Northrop Grumman E-8C Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS). Meanwhile, Northrop Grumman expects to be under contract next month to begin engineering and manufacturing (EMD) of the Radar Technology ...
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British Army Air Corps takes its first Apache Longbow
Stewart Penney/LONDONGKN Westland handed over the first WAH-64 Apache Longbow attack helicopter to the British Army Air Corps (AAC) on 15 March. The AAC has 67 Apaches on order, all equipped with the Northrop Grumman Longbow radar. AAC machines are powered by Rolls-Royce Turboméca RTM322s instead of the General Electric ...
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Chile offered Advanced F-16s
Paul Lewis and Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Lockheed Martin has revealed that its recently submitted F-16C/D proposal to Chile includes elements of the new advanced-capability version. The Chilean air force (FACh) has moved quickly to press the newly inaugurated government in Santiago for a decision on the fighter programme. ...
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A129 gets Stinger as helicopter...
A129 gets Stinger as helicopter anti-air missile moves on Raytheon has been awarded a contract by Italy to integrate the Stinger Block I air-to-air missile (AAM) with the Agusta A129 Mangusta attack helicopter, as the US company prepares to meet the Shorts Missile Systems (SMS) Starstreak in a competitive shoot-out ...
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New Europeans
The last fortnight marked the end of an era in the European aviation industry, with British Aerospace, Aerospatiale Matra and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace publishing their last sets of results as independent entities. True, the UK manufacturer reported as BAE Systems, but the result was essentially that of the old BAe. ...
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Changing priorities
Growing regional threats meant Japan's defence procurement plans were relatively unaffected by economic downturn Andrzej Jeziorski/TOKYO The need to control defence spending in Japan has been offset by the evident anxiety caused by North Korea's recent testing of Taepo Dong ballistic missiles, one of which overflew Japan in what ...
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Bids in for RAAF stand-off weapons needs
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA Israeli Military Industries (IMI), teamed with BAE Systems Australia, has offered the Delilah II missile and the Modular Stand-Off Vehicle (MSOV) gliding dispenser weapon as a solution to the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) Project Air 5418 Follow On Stand Off Weapon. The MSOV, competing as ...
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China converts Y-8 for AEW role
China's navy has completed the conversion of a Shaanxi Y-8 transport for airborne early warning (AEW), with radar supplied by the UK's Racal. It also carried out initial naval exercises with the aircraft. The conversion, a major upgrade in the navy's capabilities, is the culmination of more than four years ...
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Joint STARS set for lift with leased powerplant refit
Ramon Lopez/MELBOURNE, FLORIDA Northrop Grumman and the US Air Force plan to replace the ageing powerplants of the E-8C Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft with modern leased engines from 2002. USAF deputy system programme director Ron Mason says Congress has designated Joint STARS "a pilot ...
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Canadian military to get more
Canada's armed forces are to get an extra C$1.9 billion ($1.3 billion) over the next three years as part of the budget for this year unveiled on 28 February. The extra money will enable the Canadians to start a long-awaited competition to acquire 28 maritime helicopters to replace ageing ...
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Air-launched booster under study by USA
Boeing is studying the feasibility of developing an air-launched booster capable of launching military and commercial payloads on demand. The AirLaunch booster is being designed by Boeing and Thiokol Propulsion as a possible launch system for the USAir Force's planned Space Manoeuvre Vehicle (SMV), a reusable, unmanned spaceplane. ...
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US Air Force begs for Airborne Laser funds
At the request of US lawmakers, the USAir Force has listed weapons programmes that could benefit from extra funding in the fiscal year 2001 US military budget request. Principal among the projects is the Airborne Laser - a directed energy weapon mounted in a converted Boeing 747 - which ...
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Government change adds to Chilean fighter delays
Paul Lewis/SANTIAGO Chile's protracted competition for a new multirole fighter faces possible further delay. The final decision is being passed to an incoming government that faces growing pressure to overhaul the country's military-procurement system. "We've already finished the technical evaluation-the final report has gone to the government," says ...
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USAF weapons to get GPS jamming update
The first production units of a system designed to improve the jamming resistance of global positioning system (GPS)-guided weapons will be available for incorporation in the Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) early next year, say industry officials. GPS-guided weapons, such as JASSM and the Boeing Joint Direct ...
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USAF revamps GPS deployment plans
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Anew US Air Force acquisition strategy for global positioning system (GPS) navigation satellites will accelerate the deployment of improved anti-jamming for military use and increased integrity for civil use. As a result, the USAF will cut back Boeing's contract to produce GPSIIF follow-on satellites and ...
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Taiwan speeds up military transport aircraft plans
Taiwan is accelerating plans to procure a light military transport aircraft. The programme suffered the latest of several delays last year as funding difficulties pushed the start of the procurement back to at least 2002. Among the contenders, Lockheed Martin, with partner Alenia, is offering the C-27J upgrade of the ...
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Turkey expands AEW&C requirement
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Turkey has expanded its airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) requirement to seven aircraft. It is expected make a final selection shortly after the recent submissions of best-and-final offers by competing teams Boeing/Northrop Grumman and Raytheon/Elta. Ankara is to decide by the end of March between ...