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with a US prime contractor.
Despite scepticism in the USA, EADS
remains convinced it will be invited to
compete for any US Air Force aerial-
refuelling tanker acquisition beyond the
100-aircraft Boeing KC-767 lease/purchase
deal finally hammered out with Congress.
The USAF sought information on an A330-
based tanker before proceeding with the
KC-767, citing among its reasons EADS's
lack o...
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gence platforms. Over the longer term, the
air force is looking for a KC-X successor to
its fleet of 500-plus KC-135 tankers. The
only suitable civil off-the-shelf alternative
to the proposed Boeing KC-767 is possibly
the A330. Raytheon is already teamed
with Airbus to sell internationally a tanker
version of the smaller A300/A310.
Most US aerospace observers believe
that an Airbus-ba...
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from September to December 2005.
All of the A330 MRTT's 111,000kg
of fuel is contained in the existing wing
tanks, leaving the lower hold for cargo.
As a transport, the aircraft can carry up
BOEING KC-767
Tanker transformation
to 380 passengers, or 70 stretchers.
Maximum zero-fuel and take-off
weights for the commercial passenger
and military tanker variants are identi
cal, as is th...
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 ... of Defense
will determine the fate of three of
its leading programmes within
the next 12 months. Two are air
force projects - the Lockheed
Martin/Boeing F/A-22 Raptor multirole
fighter and the Boeing KC-767 tanker -
while the third is one of the Missile
Defense Agency's (MDA's) thorniest techni
cal problems - the search for a reliable
booster rocket. The debate over the contro
versial B...
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Boeing KC-767 specifications
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Maximum take-off weight
Maximum landing weight
Maximum zero-fuel weight
Basic fuel weight
Maximum auxiliary tanks
Total fuel capacity
179,785kg...
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 ...UNMANNED VEHICLES
Refuelling autonomy
STEPHEN TRIMBLE / WASHINGTON DC
"Hands
off" G550
will test
UAV
fuelling
proce
dures
Two possible experiments later this
year are poised to tackle the c...
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 ...BUSINESS
FORECAST
7E7 contracts
offer Smiths
consolation
Getting on board the Boeing 7E7
airliner project has helped
Smiths Aerospace recover from
BAE Systems' and Boeing's fail
ure to win th...
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 ...DEFENCE
REFUELLING PETER LA FRANCHI /CANBERRA
Boeing eyes strike tanker
for UCAV flight support
Manufacturer also studies development options for "steerable" hose and drogue system
Boeing is expl...
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 ...ts on botched lease/buy deal are handed over to Congress, while EADS North America resumes discussions
Hundreds of internal documents
relating to the US Air Force's
botched lease/buy deal for 100
Boeing KC-767 tankers have been
handed over to the US Congress.
Meanwhile, EADS North America
has quietly resumed a dialogue
with USAF officials about its inter
est in the programme.
Senator Joh...
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 ...e to manage the C-130J as a
spiral development at additional
expense to the government,"
according to the IG report.
In its rebuttal, the service draws
a link between the IG's criticisms of
the Boeing KC-767 tanker and C-
130J programmes, saying these
"suggest that DoD IG is opposed to
applying the Congressional prefer
ence for the acquisition of com
mercial items to major system pro
cu...
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 ...system (DTS)
ground collision avoidance
capability for US Air Force
F-16s under a $16 million
follow-on contract. Smiths is also
supplying dual avionics and
flight management computers
for the Boeing KC-767 tanker/
transport. • Harris is to supply
digital video map computers to
Boeing for an F/A-18E/F
advanced crew station upgrade
under a contract worth up to $20
million. • Spar Aeros...
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 ...Directory: military aircraft
by early 2003. The Raytheon ALE-
50 towed decoy is also being inte
grated, to be completed by late
2004.
Flight testing of the Block E is
under way. This will introdu...
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 ...HEADLINES
DEFENCE STEPHEN TRIMBLE / WASHINGTON DC
USAF is poised to
scrap KC-767 plan
Fresh proposal to replace Stratotankers now likely
The groundwork has been laid for
the US Air Force to soap...
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 ...HEADLINES
AIR TRANSPORT NICHOLAS IONIDES / SINGAPORE
SI A ready to join 7E7 launch party
Airbus and Boeing visit Singapore to pitch widebody replacements for the airline's retired A310s and older 7...
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 ...Aerial refuelling
TANKERS ON TRIAL
Boeing and EADS are tussling for supremacy in the
refuelling market. We look at the technology and
production processes behind their programmes
GUY NORRIS / WIC...
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 ...HEADLINES
DEFENCE PAUL LEWIS / SANTIAGO
USA unlocks South American sales
Approval for AMRAAM export to Brazil could release missile to Chile, but Congress may still vote to block decision
The US G...
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 ...WORLD NEWS
Shuttle SRBs lost
Nasa's last Space Shuttle
j test-flight is in orbit after a
I successful, on-time, lift-off at
ll.OOhr EDT on June 27. But
the craft's spent Solid Rocket
Boosters (...
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 ...COMBAT AIRCRAFT DIRECTORY
RAF, the last of which was delivered in 1992. The
RAF aircraft, like French air force E-3Fs and Saudia
Arabian E-3As, are powered by CFM56s.
Delivery of 34 E-3As to the U...
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