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S Korea/IPTN in CN-235 trade
SOUTH KOREA IS negotiating a barter-trade deal, with Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN), for up to 14 Indonesian-built CN-235 transports. Discussions focus on the supply of an initial eight CN-235 turboprops, with a follow-on purchase of a further six aircraft. The South Korean air force requires the first ...
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Lockheed Martin pushes Orion 2000 to US Navy
LOCKHEED MARTIN is lobbying the US Navy to commit to the Orion 2000 as its replacement for its Orion P-3Cs before the UK Ministry of Defence chooses its next-generation maritime patrol aircraft in July. The US manufacturer has teamed with GEC-Marconi and Hunting to compete with British Aerospace/Boeing ...
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Slow rise to recovery
Although the helicopter industry continues to struggle, the HAI convention booms. Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Julian Moxon/PARIS HELI-EXPO '96, THE Helicopter Association International (HAI) convention in Dallas, Texas, 22-24 February, comes as the industry continues to suffer depressed sales levels for new helicopters and is dogged by ...
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US Navy examines rotary resupply
THE FEASIBILITY OF using commercially operated helicopters for vertical replenishment (Vertrep) of warships is to be further evaluated during a follow-on at-sea cargo-movement demonstration scheduled by the US Navy for later this year. In January, the US Military Sealift Command (MSC) issued a request, for proposals for a ...
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European debutante
This year sees the start of production of the first true Eurocopter product for the civil market: the EC 135. Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Cutaway by Giuseppe Picarella ALL EUROCOPTER AIRCRAFT to date, apart from the military Tiger, have been either French, from Aerospatiale's stable, or German, of former ...
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DASA fails to cement Alenia deal
PLANS BY Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) to offer its high Deutschmark costs by placing work in Italy have been hit by delays over the failure by prospective Italian aerospace partner Alenia to produce long-term guarantees that it can offer substantial cost benefits. DASA had hoped to tie up ...
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E-3 demonstration
A non-co-operative target identification (NCTI) capability for the Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne-warning and control system is to be demonstrated by the US Air Force. A 42-month programme is planned, leading to laboratory and flight-testing of an active-radar target-identification processor. The NCTI system is intended to classify targets, whether military or ...
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Tilt at market
Bell Helicopters and Boeing are conducting design and feasibility studies into a civil tilt-rotor aircraft capable of carrying up to 11 people. The study on a vehicle known as the D600 follows work completed by the two companies on the military V-22 Osprey. The work could be completed by the ...
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Solar power
THE US ARMED FORCES ARE proposing a new generation of ultra-high-technology weapons, which would make today's best armaments, look prehistoric by comparison. The weapons they foresee, such as hypersonic aircraft and lasers, should prove to be more than a match for any foreseeable threat apart from one: the lack of ...
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USAF looks into the future
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC HYPERSONIC FIGHTERS and high-power lasers are among the futuristic next-generation weapons envisioned for use by the US armed forces in a report released by the US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). The 2,000-page study, New World Vistas, foresees the use of ...
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A different direction
A continuing trend for takeovers and mergers is changing the face of the defence industry worldwide Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC WESTINGHOUSE'S decision to sell its defence-electronics business to North- rop Grumman for $3 billion signals a new wave of US aerospace-industry mergers. "Consolidation should remain a ...
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Hunting Aviation
HUNTING AVIATION was inadvertently omitted from Part I of the Flight International Third party Maintenance Directory (24-30 January). UK Hunting Aviation - Aircraft Engineering Division, East Midlands Airport, Castle Donnington, Derby DE74 2SL, UK. Tel: +44 (1332) 813 167 or +44 (1332) 810 910; fax: +44 ...
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Competition hots up for ALH engines
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES COMPETITION TO power the Indian-built military utility Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) is intensifying between Turbomeca and LHTEC, the light helicopter turbine engine company, jointly owned by AlliedSignal and Rolls Royce's, Allison Engine division The companies are negotiating with Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) to ...
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Dassault abandons RAF bid
DASSAULT HAS abandoned its bid to secure a contract from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to supply the Royal Air Force's, next-generation maritime-patrol aircraft. The French company withdrew its Atlantique 3-based offer on 12 January, following discussions with the MoD which led it to believe there was ...
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Moulded for success
Dow-UT has demonstrated that complex structural parts can be moulded successfully in composites.Graham Warwick/ATLANTA A FAN-EXIT CASE produced by using resin transfer moulding (RTM) is "...one of the largest and most critical jet-engine parts ever made from composites", says its manufacturer, Dow-United Technologies (Dow-UT). The component, which is an estimated ...
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Comanche has Florida debut
SIKORSKY TEST PILOT Rus Stiles and Boeing test pilot Bob Gradle, were at the controls for the maiden flight of the Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche next-generation attack and reconnaissance helicopter. The flight took place on 4 January from Sikorsky's flight test centre in West Palm Beach, Florida. A second prototype - ...
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IPTN examines AEW option for N-250
INDUSTRI PESAWAT Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) has expanded its study of a possible future airborne early-warning (AEW) role for the new N-250 turboprop. The Indonesian manufacturer has formed a study team to look at AEW applications for the N-250. The study centres on around two AEW configurations proposed by ...
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Shuttle launch seen from U-2
UNIQUE high-resolution bird's-eye views of a Space Shuttle launch were taken from a Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft circling over the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at an altitude of 20,000ft (6,100m), 8km (4nm) clear of the Shuttle's flight path. NASA commissioned the recently released photographs of the STS30/Atlantis launch on 4 ...
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Comanche flies
The Boeing Helicopter/Sikorsky Aircraft RAH-66 Comanche next-generation attack helicopter was flown for the first time on 4 January, when it took off from Sikorsky's Development Flight Test Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. The first RAH-66 was rolled out in May 1995. A second prototype, fitted with a reconnaissance mission-equipment ...
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Northrop Grumman wins the battle to buy Westinghouse Defense Electronics
Northrop Grumman is to acquire the defence-electronics and air-traffic-control (ATC) equipment businesses of Westinghouse for $3 billion. The aerospace and defence concern won a bidding war against a list of rivals which reportedly also included Hughes Aircraft, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Loral. Northrop Grumman says that it expects ...