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Two finalists selected in EELV competition
Competition for the $1.4 billion contract to build the US Air Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) fleet has been reduced to two companies, with Lockheed Martin and McDonnell Douglas each being awarded $60 million contracts on 20 December to produce final design proposals. The EELV programme will ...
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Caught on camera
There may be more than a safety aspect to the use of external video-cameras on aircraft. David Learmount/LONDON The CIRCUMSTANCES of the" British Airtours disaster at Manchester in August 1985 led the UK Civil Aviation Authority to investigate the installation of external aircraft-surveillance video cameras. About a decade ...
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GKN Westland floats compound EH101
GKN Westland is pursuing an advanced compound-helicopter design which could potentially be "retrofitted" to the Westland/Agusta EH101 military utility helicopter. The company is working on a concept using a fuselage-mounted wing to provide additional lift and control. Westland says that the work is continuing. Previous research ...
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Taiwanese avenger
The US Department of Defense has awarded Boeing a $63 million contract to supply 74 vehicle-mounted Avenger fire units to Taiwan. The Foreign Military Sale also includes Raytheon Stinger surface-to-air missiles to be used with the Avenger system. Source: Flight International
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Bell Boeing considers civil tilt-rotor as V-22 trainer
BELL BOEING PLANS to offer its Model 609 civil tilt-rotor to the US military as a trainer for crews destined to fly the V-22 tilt-rotor transport. Development of the nine-passenger 609 was launched in November, with a first flight planned for mid-1999 (Flight International, 27 November-3 December, ...
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Time to convert?
"Build it and they will come" is Bell Boeing's hope for sales for the world's first civil tilt-rotor. Offshore support will be a key market for the Bell Boeing 609 nine-passenger civil tilt-rotor Graham Warwick/ORLANDO WHENBELL BOEING unveiled the Model 609 civil tilt-rotor in Washington ...
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A Whimper, Not a Bang
There is no doubt, even among French commentators, that the privatisation of Thomson SA has been bungled, leaving the restructuring of the European aerospace industry little further than the launch pad. The latest failure to agree will undoubtedly prove to be a temporary setback, but it still means that, as ...
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Germany sets up RMPA study to identify Atlantic successor
Germany is to phase out its Atlantics from 2005 Andrzej Jezorski/MUNICH German system-development house ESG has been given a Government contract to carry out a feasibility study to look at potential airframes and systems for a new German maritime-patrol aircraft (MPA). The German ...
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Reflectone wins USMC V-22 deal
Reflectone has won the contract to supply a suite of maintenance trainers for the US Marine Corps Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport. The company also plans to bid to supply V-22 flight simulators, the request for proposals for which is expected to be issued in January 1997. ...
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South Korea may bring forward its AEW plans
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE South Korea could advance its planned airborne early warning (AEW) programme by 12 months, in response to criticism of the military's surveillance capability and its failure to detect recent North Korean incursions. According to local industry sources, initial funding for an AEW procurement may ...
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Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems
L-100 Hercules The L-100-30 is the civil version of the C-130 Hercules military transport. It is certificated under US Federal Aviation Rules Part 25 to carry 97 passengers when appropriately modified or manufactured. The passenger version has structural re-inforcement, windows, additional doors and cabin amenities, plus ...
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McDonnell Douglas loses JSF contest
The role MDC and partners Northrop Grumman and British Aerospace will play in JSF in the future is unclear- Stonecipher contemplates loss What next for the USA's former first fighter house Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON To Harry Stonecipher, president and chief executive of ...
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Indonesia is poised to buy GAF Nomads
Indonesia is to purchase the Australian Defence Force's 20 remaining GAF Nomad utility aircraft. It will also start to take delivery of five de Havilland DHC-5D Buffalo's from the United Arab Emirates. The Australian Army declared the Nomad unsuitable for its requirements when operational restrictions, including the barring ...
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Business sense
European nations use Hughes' unit-level training devices The military-aircraft simulation industry worldwide continues to rely on international business as domestic programmes face yet more delays. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA International business continues to be vital to the military-aircraft simulation industry, as domestic programmes face further delays. ...
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Bell Boeing takes the wraps off the BB609 civil tilt-rotor
Bell Boeing are aiming for a mid-1999 first flight of the civil tilt-rotor The six- to nine-passenger civil tilt-rotor (CTR) aircraft which Bell Helicopter Textron (BHT) and Boeing Helicopters have agreed to produce jointly is set to have its maiden flight in mid-1999, says the joint-venture company. ...
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E-8 JSTARS price tag soars by $350 million
The cost of the Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) project has risen by $350 million because of higher-than-expected modification and refurbishment costs. This is the single largest contributor to a $600 million rise in the cost of US Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition programmes. ...
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767 AWACS tests
The first Boeing 767 AWACS (airborne-warning and control system) has performed "as good, or better than expected", during maximum gross take-off weight certification and low-energy refused take-off tests at Edwards AFB, California. Tests are understood to have been performed at, or near, the 171,255kg maximum take-off weight earmarked ...
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Eurocopter signs training helicopter contract with FBS
EUROCOPTER has signed a contract with joint-venture company FBS to supply 38 single-turbine AS350 Squirrel helicopters for use by the Defence Helicopter Flying School in the UK. The helicopters will be used to train Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force helicopter pilots. The school will have 76 ...
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Cautious optimism
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Business aviation's annual convention in the USA takes place this year in the "Sunshine State" - Florida. This would be appropriate for the outlook of the industry, at least in the home market, were it not for the threatening clouds reflecting concerns about regulation and taxation. ...
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Israel operates 707 in AEW role
THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE is operating several converted Boeing 707s in the airborne early- warning (AEW) role. The aircraft are fitted with Elta-developed, side-mounted antenna arrays in a configuration similar to those of the Israel Aircraft Industries/Elta Phalcon AEWs offered for export. The converted 707s are now the ...