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US Navy plans to modify Osprey V-22 radar design
THE US NAVY has directed the development of specific terrain-following/terrain-avoidance radar-design changes and related modifications needed to create the CV-22 special-operations variant of the Bell Boeing MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. A contract to be awarded in 1996 will pay for the conversion of one engineering and manufacturing development ...
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Sea Launch project gains a boost
THE INTERNATIONAL Sea Launch project for commercial geostationary-orbiting satellite-launcher services from an equatorial mobile offshore platform has moved on with the award of $171 million contracts to two Norwegian firms. Sea Launch, a partnership between Boeing (USA); NPO Energia (Russia); NPO Yuzhnoye (Ukraine); and Kvaerner (Norway); has given ...
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Nimrod crashes at Canadian air show
A ROYAL AIR Force (RAF) British Aerospace Nimrod MR2 maritime reconnaissance aircraft with a crew of seven crashed into Lake Ontario during its display sequence at the Canadian International Air Show, Toronto on 2 September. There were no survivors. When the aircraft hit the surface, about 200 nose-down, it had ...
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Bell Boeing to develop CV-22
BELL BOEING has received a US Navy contract to design changes to the V-22 for the special-operations mission. A follow-on contract is expected in 1996, to convert the second of four MV-22 engineering- and manufacturing-development aircraft to the CV-22 special-operations configuration. The US Air Force plans to buy ...
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Mirage shot down during NATO air strikes
A FRENCH AIR force Dassault Mirage 2000 was shot down near Pale during a series of extensive air strikes launched by NATO against Bosnian Serb positions beginning 30 August. Targets attacked included radar sites and surface-to-air-missile batteries, ammunition dumps and communications infrastructure. According to NATO, the air strikes ...
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Bosnian battleground
The British Army's Airmobile Brigade deploys on its first operational outing, in Croatia. Tim Ripley/PLOCE A senior 24 Airmobile Brigade officer explains the rationale for dispatching the British Army brigade to reinforce the United Nat ions Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in the former Yugoslavia, saying: "We give ...
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Lifting off
When Helitech '95 opens, it will reflect an industry overcoming its problems and showing signs of resurgence Kate Sarsfield/LONDON WITH SO MANY MAJOR, regional and specialist air shows in the aerospace calendar, it is becoming increasingly hard for event organisers to attract large numbers of exhibitors. ...
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Benefits of the doubt needed
Sir - I refer to press reports on the findings of a Military Accidents Investigation Board convened to establish the cause of the accident to the Royal Air Force Boeing Chinook Mk2 which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre on 2 June, 1994, with no survivors (Flight International, 21-27 June, ...
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Boeing lands EAGLE tracker deal
BOEING HAS WON a $43.5 million US Air Force contract to develop and demonstrate an infra-red (IR) sensor suite for the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) which will be used to detect and track theatre ballistic missiles (TBMs). Testing will take place in 1998. The contract ...
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Bell/Boeing discuss helicopter merger
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING AND Textron are believed to be studying a merger of the two companies' respective military-helicopter businesses. The proposed teaming, which would herald the long-awaited restructuring of the US helicopter industry, would be based largely on the structure developed for the development and ...
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New uses planned for F-22 CIP
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES HUGHES AIRCRAFT, Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force are studying new applications for the common integrated processor (CIP), developed for the F-22 fighter. These include proposed variants of the F-22, several upgrade programmes and the Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) aircraft project. ...
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DoD re-assures helicopter makers
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has concluded that there is sufficient business to ensure a future for the four main US military helicopter manufacturers, although industry consolidation remains a possibility. The Pentagon recognises the problems of declining US military procurement, over-capacity and strong foreign competition, but argues ...
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The Emperor's new clothes
Are future combat aircraft being priced out of the market? Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE NEXT GENERATION OF combat aircraft is now in the process of being developed, but the costs of such projects are becoming so astronomical that the limited numbers procured will leave their operating air forces effectively ...
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Honeywell reveals 737 digital gyro
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES HONEYWELL HAS released details of its new digital-gyro ADIRS (air-data/inertial-reference system) which forms the core of the inertial packages selected for the Boeing 737-600/-700/-800 family. "The digital gyro is also base-lined in our VIA [versatile integrated avionics] 2000 package and is the central ...
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USN details Asia-Pacific aircraft order prospects
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA THE US NAVY HAS detailed prospective aircraft deliveries to Asia-Pacific nations under the US Department of Defense's foreign military sales programme. The list, produced by the Navy's International Programmes Office (IPO), includes the potential sale of McDonnell Douglas F-18D strike aircraft to Thailand. Topping ...
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Black Hawk officers disciplined
SEVEN US AIR Force officers involved in the 14 April, 1994, shooting down of two US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters over northern Iraq have been disciplined. Both McDonnell Douglas F-15 pilots have been given non-flying jobs and three members of the Boeing E-3 AWACS crew are ...
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CASA plans to develop new transport variants
Julian Moxon/MADRID CASA IS PLANNING developments to each of its military transports as part of a new strategy aimed at further strengthening its position in the sector. A new version of the C.212, the C.212-400, has effectively been launched, equipped with electronic flight-instrumentation system improvements ...
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Fire-proof seals for EMB-145
A SPECIAL fire-proof radio frequency interference (RFI) shielding seal to help protect the engine nacelles of the new Embraer EMB-145 regional jet against lightning strikes has been developed by Dunlop Precision Rubber of Shepshed, UK. The seal is a "J-section" design and fits around the cowl doors. The ...
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Pentagon threat puts Heliwing UAV on hold
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC US DEPARTMENT of Defense moves to kill the Boeing Heliwing project have led to plans for a second unmanned-air- vehicle (UAV) demonstrator being at least put on hold by the manufacturer. Boeing had decided to build a second demonstrator, but says that its ...
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General Electric
The first General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 resumed certification flight-testing on 20 July, following rectification of a fan problem discovered during ground-based bird-strike tests earlier this year. New fan-platform spacers have been fitted to existing test and production engines, following validation tests in early July. Compressor surge problems, ...