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Political change highlights Israel's use of sophisticated UAVs Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV THE POSSIBLE Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights as part of a peace deal with Syria has put unmanned platforms high on the list of substitutes for the ground-based intelligence sensors, which Israel now operates along ...
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Hunter becomes the hunted
THE US DEPARTMENT of Defense is deciding whether to follow a Joint Requirements Oversight Council's recommendation to terminate the $4 billion Hunter Joint Tactical unmanned air-vehicle (UAV) programme. The view of the influential Pentagon advisory body could be the final nail in the Hunter's coffin. The programme was ...
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Vehicle shortage delays Hunter/Predator fly-off
A COMPETITIVE fly-off between the TRW/Israel Aircraft Industries Hunter short-range unmanned air-vehicle (UAV) and the General Atomics Tier II Predator UAV scheduled for October has slipped into early 1996 because of the unavailability of flight-test vehicles. The Hunter is under fire from US Navy opponents who instead favour ...
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Northrop Grumman enters DoD UAV battle Pentagon contest
Northrop Grumman is to take part in the Pentagon's competition for a joint tactical manoeuvre unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The Maneuver UAV will provide an intelligence-gathering capability at up to 32km (17nm) range with electro-optical and forward-looking infra-red sensors. The Pentagon could buy as many as 100 ...
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K-MAX has show debut at Helitech
Kaman's K-MAX intermeshing-rotor helicopter had its display debut at the Helitech show. The helicopter has already notched up civil sales in Europe, the USA and Japan. The helicopter on display belongs to Swiss operator Helog. Elsewhere, the US Navy continues to test the K-MAX as part of its vertical-replenishment demonstration ...
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Loral offers heavy-lift UAV platform
LORAL HAS briefed the US Air Force, Army and Navy on its proposal for a heavy-lift, high-altitude, unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to be used as a sensor and weapons platform for cruise- and ballistic-missile defence. The UAV, with a flyaway price of about $5 million, could be fielded ...
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Reaching for the sun
AeroVironment has launched its solar-powered Pathfinder UAV on its highest climb yet. Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES AEROVIRONMENT'S PATHFINDER flying wing, was flown to 50,500ft (15,400m) on 11 September, using solar power alone a new-world record. The test flight, at NASA's Dryden Research Center in ...
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Pentagon plans to test variant of Russia's AS-17 Krypton
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC MCDONNELL DOUGLAS Aerospace (MDA) officials and their Russian counterparts hope that the Pentagon-funded evaluation of a variant of Russia's Zvezda Kh-31 (AS-17 Krypton) rocket-/ramjet-powered anti-ship missile will lead to multi-year procurement of MA-31 aerial targets for test and evaluation and training by the US ...
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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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Tupolev unveils UAV
RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT-DESIGN BUREAU Tupolev unveiled the latest addition to its family of reconnaissance unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) in Moscow, the Tu-300 (centre). According to Tupolev, the UAV remains at the development stage, with only a few of this type having been built so far. Some suggest that the T-300 was ...
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K-MAX selected for US Navy demo
KAMAN AEROSPACE WILL demonstrate the K-MAX commercial external-lift helicopter's ability to resupply US Navy warships under a $690,000 contract awarded by the Military Sealift Command. The 60-day demonstration, to be conducted from 29 August until 27 October, will test the feasibility of using commercially operated helicopters for vertical replenishment ("vertrep") ...
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USA might deploy Hunters in Bosnia
FOLLOWING THE loss of two General Atomic Predator recognaissance unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) over Bosnia, the US Department of Defense (DoD) may deploy one of the US Army's Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Hunter UAVs into the region. The USA deployed five Predator UAVs to the Gjader airfield in ...
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Williams supersedes Lockheed Martin on Hunter UAV engine
WILLIAMS International is replacing a Lockheed Martin/RPI team in the effort to develop and field a heavy fuel engine for the TRW/Israel Aircraft Industries Hunter unmanned air vehicle (UAV). The Lockheed Martin/RPI work to qualify a rotary engine for the short-range UAV was suspended because of weight problems ...
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Pentagon orders re-evaluation of Maneuver UAV
THE PENTAGON'S Maneuver Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Maneuver UAV) programme, which had been gaining momentum and building support among the US military services, has been slowed down. In late July, key Pentagon acquisition staff and military service representatives met to determine the fate of the short-range UAV component of ...
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GEC-Marconi may re-engine Phoenix
GEC-MARCONI IS once again examining re-engineing its troubled Phoenix unmanned air vehicle (UAV), as it struggles to bring the much-delayed target acquisition and surveillance system into service with the British Army. The company is believed to be looking at replacing the TTL WAEL 342 two-stroke engine with a ...
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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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Hughes reveals Tier II Plus suite
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES DETAILS OF THE reconnaissance suite, on the US Department of Defense's, Tier II Plus high altitude endurance unmanned air vehicle, (UAV) have been revealed by Hughes Aircraft. The UAV, which is being developed by a Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical-led team for the Advanced Research ...
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Sights on expansion
Israeli company EL-OP is one manufacturer content to remain in the defence market. Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV WHEN THE FIRST photographs from the Offeq 3, Israel's intelligence satellite, were transmitted to the ground in April, the experts were more than surprised. The small, lightweight, satellite offers only a limited ...
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Boeing to build second Heliwing demonstrator
BOEING DEFENSE & Space Group is building an additional Heliwing unmanned air-vehicle (UAV), at its own expense, after determining in initial flight testing that the concept is feasible. A Heliwing prototype was destroyed on 13 June during the last of nine scheduled company-sponsored flights at Moses Lake, Washington, ...
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Work stops on Hunter engine
WORK ON THE replacement heavy-fuel engine (HFE) for the TRW/IAI Hunter short-range unmanned air-vehicle (UAV) has been suspended because of weight problems associated with the powerplant selected late in 1994. In October, the Pentagon awarded TRW $38 million to qualify a diesel-fuel-burning engine for the Hunter joint tactical ...