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Teal predicts market for 3,000 fighters over the next 10 years
Almost 3,000 fighters worth $136.1 billion at today's prices will be procured over the next 10 years, according to the latest world military aircraft forecast from US consultancy the Teal Group. Teal's study, released at the show, reviews the market for Western- and Russian-built fighters with a maximum take-off weight ...
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Tiltrotor lines up against helicopters for foreign sales
Paul Derby The Bell Boeing V-22 military tiltrotor will officially be in the running for foreign sales by year-end when the programme reaches another key milestone, executives said at the show. 'Milestone 3' will rubber stamp the long-held vision of the technology being offered to selected overseas customers ...
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Embraer sees AEW & C market potential
Alan Dron One of the most challenging problems facing the Embraer team developing the EMB-145 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft is trying to determine the true size of the potential market available to it. This, says Anastcio Katsanos, Embraer's defence market strategy senior manager, is because ...
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Megitt displays a new milestone achievement
Meggitt (Stand A436 in the UK Pavilion) is celebrating the production of its 1,000th market-leading Secondary Flight Display System (SFDS). The first production unit was sold in March 1996 and the SFDS has been specified on 22 aircraft programmes worldwide. It is now flying on all types of ...
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Radar homes in on new international customer
Singapore is set to be only the second international customer to receive the Longbow millimetric wave radar for the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter. In a $25.9-million contract, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are to outfit the Republic of Singapore's AH-64Ds as they are delivered from 2002 onwards. ...
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Quick decisions crucial in UK procurement contests
Tim Ripley As British government ministers make their final assessment of the bids in the United Kingdom's beyond visual range air-to-air missile and future strategic airlift contest, the senior RAF officer attending Asian Aerospace has stressed that a quick decision is "crucial". Air Vice Marshal Jock Stirrup, assistant ...
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New technologies aim to keep Apache battle-ready
Paul Derby Boeing has revealed a series of technological advances and research programmes designed to keep the AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter effective on the battlefield over the next decade and beyond. The manufacturer says the enhancements could be integrated either individually or as a package and they ...
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Agusta hopes to boost bid with new Australia office
Italian manufacturer Agusta has boosted its bid to supply Australia with a next-generation armed reconnaissance helicopter by setting up new headquarters in the country. Agusta will use its Canberra base to press the claims of the A129 Scorpion in competition for a 26-aircraft contract through Australia's Air 87 programme. ...
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CASA promotes C-295 as Hercules complement
Mike Martin Money saved by not operating "expensive to run" Lockheed Martin C-130s could be invested in the CASA C-295 military transport for use in some operations, Juan de Ariarte, vice-president sales and marketing for CASA, said at the show. The aircraft is here - for the first ...
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Python poised to strike at Raytheon monopoly
Lockheed Martin has its sights set on breaking Raytheon's current monopoly on the US air-to-air missile market with their bid to sell the hi-tech Israeli-designed Python-4 missile to the US Air National Guard. 'TJ' Klungseth, international business development manager for Lockheed Martin's Missile and Fire Control division, says the ...
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New weapons make technology obsolete
Mike Martin Many of today's battlefield systems will be rendered obsolete by 2020 by new weapons systems being developed now, says a report released at the show. The developments pose questions for governments funding systems such as the Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche attack helicopter, the Boeing F-22 Raptor ...
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Missile makers play for high stakes in BVRAAM contest
Tim Ripley European and American missile makers are still trading punches as the United Kingdom beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) contest enters its final lap. With key decision makers in the UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) meeting yesterday to make technical recommendations to Prime Minister Tony Blair, ...
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P&W forms small military engines business unit
Geoff Thomas American engines giant Pratt & Whitney has formed a business unit providing gas turbine engine research and development, manufacturing and after-market support of small military engines for the US military. The new business will work closely with P&W Military Engines, a leader in the US large ...
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Northrop Grumman showcases Hawkeye 2000
Northrop Grumman is showing its airborne early warning and electronic warfare (AEW&EW) expertise to the Asia-Pacific market by demonstrating the Hawkeye 2000 system now in production. Asian Aerospace will mark the first exhibition of the airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system in Singapore. The US company will be ...
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Quality in the sky
Geoff Thomas What today's air display lacks in quantity it looks likely to make up for in quality. Lasting for 90min between 12.30 and 14.00, the display features three major international aerobatic teams as well as the added bonus of some fast jet crowd-pleasers for good measure. ...
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Netherlands Orion upgrade progresses
Plans have moved forward to upgrade Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN)Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, with the US Congress being notified of the $200 million programme. The P-3 upgrade was proposed as part of the Netherlands' Defence White Paper 2000 published late last year (Flight International, 8-14 December). ...
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Just the job
If there is one thing at which the aerospace industry excels, it is devising elaborate job creation schemes. The same goes for many of the customers it serves. There is nothing wrong with the principle of job creation as an economic driver, so long as it is the product ...
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GKN Westland offers UK Ministry of Defence upgrade for Lynx
Paul Derby GKN Westland has held informal discussions with the UK Ministry of Defence aimed at resolving the future role of the Lynx helicopter within Britain's armed forces. Analysts had believed that the MoD's long-term plan was a gradual phase out of the small ship helicopter in favour ...
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Consolidation predicted for rotary sector
Paul Derby Sikorsky president Dean Borgman believes another round of consolidation in the helicopter industry is inevitable. And he refuses to rule out a future bid for a rival manufacturer. "Somewhere down the line there will be movement," says Borgman, speaking on the eve of the show. "But ...
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Strong demand buoys Dubai show organisers
Dubai airshow organisers are using Asian Aerospace 2000 to give feedback to their exhibitors - and to sell space for next year's show. Dubai 2001 has received its strongest global industry support in the Dubai airshow's 11-year history with almost 60% of the available space reserved some 22 months ...