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Medium range success
The US Navy has awarded Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical $11.5 million to build six medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The medium-range UAV is capable of flying at high subsonic speeds at altitudes up to 50,000ft (15,300m) and at a combat radius in excess of 500nm (900km). Source: Flight International
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India and Israel discuss Searcher sale
ISRAEL AND INDIA are involved in detailed negotiations over technology-transfer issues surrounding the proposed sale of the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Searcher unmanned air-vehicle. The Searcher is made by IAI, and is equipped with an advanced day/night optronic payload. The Indian air force is to buy ...
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The fuel-efficient, all-composite, Diamond Katana...
The fuel-efficient, all-composite, Diamond Katana is evaluated from the pilot's point of view.26 How are the much-heralded East-West joint programmes progressing? Flight International takes a look at the Ilyushin Il-96M/T, among other projects. number 4481 volume 148 International Offices UK Head Office, Reed Business Publishing,Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey ...
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MDC to pick JAST lift engine
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES THE McDONNELL Douglas (MDC)-led Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) team will decide by the end of this month on a lift-fan-engine supplier for its design after dropping the alternative gas-coupled lift fan in favour of a "more affordable" lift-plus-lift-cruise concept. The late ...
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Indian UAV Progress
The Indian state-owned Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) expects its indigenously built Nishant unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to be introduced into Indian army service in late 1996. The Nishant, previously known as the Falcon, had its first flight in January. Bangalore-based ADE says that the UAV is intended for battlefield surveillance ...
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Predator for Bosnia overflights
THE US DEPARTMENT of Defense says that the General Atomics Predator unmanned air vehicle (UAV) is being sent to support NATO operations in Bosnia. The Tier II UAV will be based at Gjader Airfield, Albania, for at least 60 days. About 100 US military and contractor personnel will ...
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Bidders line up vertrep deal
KAMAN AEROSPACE, Sikorsky Aircraft and a McDonnell Douglas/Westland team are among those bidding for the US Navy's two-month demonstration of commercially operated helicopters for vertical replenishment (vertrep) of naval vessels. A request for proposals (RFP) was issued by the US Military Sealift Command in May. The USN is ...
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Japanese sign up for K-MAX deal
KAMAN AEROSPACE has signed a deal to distribute the K-MAX external-lift helicopter in Japan. Japanese distribution company Kyokuto Boeki Kaisha (KBK) has purchased one K-MAX for delivery in October and taken options on four more. The contract, which includes a refurbished Kaman H-43 Husky for use as a ...
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Thomson-CSF will market Sentinel
THOMSON-CSF IS to market Bombardier's Canadair CL-227 Sentinel rotary-wing unmanned air-vehicle (UAV) in Europe, for military and paramilitary roles. The initial target is the French navy, which has a requirement for a ship-based UAV. Bombardier's Canadair Defence Systems division plans to demonstrate the CL-227 to the French navy later this ...
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Silver Arrow unveils two UAVs
SILVER ARROW, the Israeli unmanned-air-vehicle (UAV) manufacturer, has unveiled two new systems at the Paris air show. The Darter is aimed at front-line combat units, while the Colibri is for training UAV operators. The Darter has a wingspan and length of just under, 4m. Its claimed mission radius ...
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DarkStar comes into the light
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES LOCKHEED MARTIN and Boeing have unveiled their DarkStar low-observable unmanned air vehicle (UAV) contender for the US Department of Defense's Tier III Minus programme. The slim-line plan-form is optimised for a low radar-cross-section while providing aerodynamic efficiency. The 21m-span UAV is designed ...
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Texas Instruments concludes talks with Shorts for CASOM bid
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS (TI) and Shorts Missile Systems have successfully completed talks to mount a joint bid for the UK Staff Requirement (Air) 1236 Conventionally Armed Stand-Off Missile (CASOM) programme. A formal announcement could be made before the end of the show. The CASOM bids are due at the ...
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Making a noise
New power plants for new aircraft: there will be plenty to talk about in military-engine circles at Le Bourget Guy Norris/Los Angeles For a sector in the doldrums, the military- engine arena will be surprisingly busy at Paris, with many significant propulsion decisions on the near horizon. ...
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IAI to test fly maritime radar on Heron UAV
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries (IAI) is about to start test-flying a maritime-surveillance, radar-equipped, long-endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV). Radar manufacturer Elta has developed a variant of its EL/M-2022A maritime-surveillance radar. The radar will be flown on the IAI Heron. Elta has redesigned the radar's antenna to allow ...
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Alvis Acquired
Silver Arrow, the Israeli manufacturer of unmanned air vehicles (UAV), has purchased 80% of Alvis UAV Engines, its UK-based engine supplier. The Alvis 741 engine already powers the Hermes long-endurance UAV and the new Darter, to be unveiled at the Paris air show. Alvis will now become UEL, says Silver ...
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US Navy plans commercial-helicopter demonstration
The US Navy plans to study the feasibility of using commercially operated helicopters for vertical replenishment (vertrep) of ships. A request for proposals for a two-month demonstration was scheduled to be released on 26 May. Kaman Aerospace plans to respond with a bid based around the K-MAX commercial ...
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US contractors protest against hold-up to IWS
ANGRY US contractors have tackled Lt Gen Harold Blot, the US Marine Corps' aviation chief, over the suspended Bell AH-1W Cobra Venom attack helicopter Integrated Weapons System (IWS) competition. Blot, who attended the 18 May industry meeting at the urging of senior USMC officers, told the contractors that ...
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Teledyne wins Tier II Plus
A TELEDYNE RYAN Aeronautical-led team has won a $164 million contract from the US Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to build and test the Tier II Plus high-altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The Teledyne team, which includes E-Systems, Hughes Aircraft, Loral Communications, Rockwell International, Allison Engine, GDE ...
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Carry on carrier?
Is there enough political support for the concept of the aircraft carrier to continue into the next century? Douglas Barrie/LONDON Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Next to acquiring an arsenal of nuclear weapons, the pursuit of an aircraft-carrier programme identifies a country's aspirations to project its political will beyond ...
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Hunter under siege by US Navy opponents
THE TRW/ISRAEL Aircraft Industries (IAI) Hunter joint tactical unmanned air vehicle (JT-UAV) is coming under fire from US Navy opponents who favour deployment of the General Atomics Predator UAV on USN warships. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has tentatively scheduled October for a fly-off between the two UAVs, in which ...