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UAV promises satellite shake-up
AN ISRAELI COMPANY is developing a unique high-altitude long-endurance hovering platform designed to act as a low-cost substitute for a communications or surveillance satellite. The Rotostar, is being developed by Silver Arrow, one of Israel's leading unmanned-air-vehicle (UAV) manufacturers. The Israeli Government, is funding part of the ...
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Lockheed Martin claims edge over JAST rivals
Guy Norris/Fort Worth LOCKHEED Martin is claiming the edge over rivals for the Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) programme after successful tests of its large-scale powered model at the NASA Ames, California, wind tunnel site at the end of February. Speaking on the eve of ...
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THAAD shot down in $2 billion TMD programme revamp
THE US DEPARTMENT of Defense plans to save more than $2 billion by reshaping its ballistic-missile-defence programme. The plan, which faces Congressional scrutiny, emphasises development of defences against short-range theatre-ballistic-missile (TBM) threats and pushes back production of weapons, designed to intercept ballistic missiles at greater distances. The Pentagon ...
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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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Turboprop triumph
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA SELECTION OF the Raytheon Aircraft Beech Pilatus PC-9 MkII for the US Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) surprised almost everyone - except, that is, the company itself. Throughout the competition, and the protests which followed, Raytheon remained steadfastly confident in the strength of its proposal. ...
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UAV datalinks
Tadiran will provide ground- control systems and digital datalinks for Israeli-developed Ranger unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) ordered by the Swiss army. The Israeli company, has signed a $35 million contract, with prime contractor Oerlikon Contraves of Switzerland, calling for the systems to be delivered through to 2000. ...
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Through the looking glass
The Israeli air force is testing a cockpit upgrade for its Sikorsky CH-53 helicopters. Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV OPERATIONAL evaluation of Israeli air force upgraded Sikorsky CH-53s has only just begun, but the pilots are already saying that the new avionics have stretched the capability of ...
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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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...but Hunter is sacrificed to cheaper UAVs
PRODUCTION OF THE Hunter Joint Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (JTUAV) has been terminated, with the US Department of Defense (DoD) deciding to cut the overall number of UAVs and seek cheaper vehicles to meet mission requirements. The Hunter, developed by TRW/Israel Aircraft Industries, failed to meet the US ...
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Dark Star first flight delayed
THE FIRST FLIGHT OF the Lockheed Martin/Boeing Tier III Minus Dark Star stealthy unmanned air-vehicle (UAV), originally scheduled for late 1995, has been delayed by software- and hardware-integration problems. Taxi tests are now expected to begin before the end of the month. Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical's Tier II Plus ...
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Three hits for new APG-71 radar
THE US NAVY HAS carried out three successful engagements during the first three tests of the medium pulse-repetition-frequency (PRF) modes developed for the Hughes APG-71 radar in the Northrop Grumman F-14D. The missiles were fired during a test sortie at the Pacific Missile Test Range off Point Mugu, California. ...
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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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US DoD on brink of killing Hunter
US DEPARTMENT of Defense acquisition chief Paul Kaminski is on the brink of signing an acquisition decision memorandum halting production of the TRW/Israel Aircraft Industries Hunter short-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Only seven systems are in service. TRW/IAI was originally awarded a $169 million low-rate initial production contract ...
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DASA steps up work on Seamos demonstrator
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) is pushing ahead with development of its unmanned Seamos sea-reconnaissance and location-system technology demonstrator, following a contract from the German Office of Defence Technology and Procurement. Dornier, part of DASA, built the demonstrator to prove the concept of automatic takeoffs and landings from seaborne platforms, ...
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Hunter cleared for new tests
THE TRW/ISRAEL Aircraft Industries (IAI), Hunter Joint Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), has been cleared to resume flight-testing. The beleaguered $4.2 billion US Army/Navy project is threatened with cancellation after three crashes caused the UAV to be grounded in August. Project officials say that the accidents were caused ...
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Pentagon's UAVs remain grounded
MYSTERY SURROUNDS the fate of the TRW/Israel Aircraft Industries Hunter short-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and the future of the much-awaited close-range UAV. A meeting between Paul Kaminiski, the Pentagon's acquisition chief, and senior US military officials on 22 November failed to produce a strategy for the development ...
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USAF seeks tanker-visuals upgrade
THE US AIR FORCE HAS launched a programme to upgrade the visual systems on 23 tanker-aircraft simulators. The Air Mobility Command Visual Upgrade Effort (AMCVUE) programme covers 19 Boeing KC-135 and four McDonnell Douglas (MDC) KC-10 simulators. A request for proposals was issued in late October and contract ...
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Competitors wait for Pentagon move on tactical air vehicle
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON, DC THE FATE OF the US Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) programme is to be decided on 22 November by Paul Kaminiski, the US Department of Defense's acquisition chief. If he approves a formal request for proposals for an advanced- concept technology-demonstration project, ...
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Air power vindicated
NATO's Bosnia air commanders assess the contribution of Operation Deliberate Force to the three-year-old conflict. Tim Ripley/Vicenza Recent events in Bosnia, with the signing of the US-brokered ceasefire agreement and the lifting of the siege of Sarajevo, lend some weight to the view that NATO air power has ...