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 ... • US
Navy Reserve Lockheed Martin
C-130T crews are to train at
CAE's Tampa, Florida, simulator
centre under a contract poten
tially worth $12 million.
DEFENCE
SENSORS STEWART PENNEY / LONDON
General Atomics plans
long-range, lighter SAR
Manufacturer is also developing a roll-on/roll-off system for UH-60 Black Hawks
General Atomics is developing
longer-range and smaller, lighter
versi...
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 ... It currently produces engines
under licence for Mitsubishi F-2.
UNMANNED AIR VEHICLES ANDY NATIVI / GENOA
Italy to land, first Predator ii
Alenia/Finmeccanica Meteor subsidiary secures deal with General Atomics to assemble co
t in 2002
r l l t country's first four UAVs
The Italian Air Force is to receive its
first General Atomics RQ-1A
Predator unmanned air vehicle
(UAV) by the four...
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 ...EFENCE
UAVs
USAFaimsto
accelerate
Predator B
The US Air Force wants to speed
up the General Atomics MQ-9
Predator B programme to meet
its demand for an armed un
manned air vehicle capable of
holding targets at risk for exten
ded periods. The move could
lead to the service field...
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 ...Catia design tool.
Sukhoi estimates that PLM sys
tems will cut development and
production costs by 10-15%.
HEADLINES
DEFENCE CRAIG HOYLE / BERLIN
Mariner advances as USN
launches BAMS contest
General Atomics is planning series of 24h sorties in Alaska as request for proposals looms
General Atomics Aeronautical
Systems is advancing flight trials
of its Mariner unmanned air vehi
cle demo...
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 ...rtification and UAV life
cycle costing)
Hans Bergulund, Project Manager, UAV Systems
Development Saab Systems
Predator series programme - capabilities to support the
war on terrorism
Steve May, General Atomics Aeronautical
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 ...at
altitudes of up to 65,000ft (20,000m).
Known as Tier 2 Plus, it would be one of a
range of UAVs planned by the US Defense
Airborne Reconnaissance Office (DARO). The
first of these, the Tier 1 General Atomics Gnat
750, was already in service with the Central
Intelligence Agency, spying on troublespots such
as Bosnia. A contract for the Tier 2 UAV which
could monitor a small, 34,200km2 a...
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 ...get. SDTI
deliveries are due this year.
The SDTI differs from
Sperwer principally in its data
connections with French com
mand, control, communication
and intelligence systems.
LETHAL SYSTEMS
General Atomics and USAF aim to
make Predator more dangerous
General Atomics is hoping to test
arm its MQ-9A Hunter Killer
(Predator B) unmanned air vehicle
(UAV) with Raytheon AIM-9M
Sidewinder...
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(4,0001b) to the S-92's empty
weight, says Sikorsky.
GE says the uprated CT7-8C also
provides a backup in case the US
Army does not proceed with the
Improved Turbine Engine Program-
Boeing and General Atomics are
starting joint work to integrate the
Predator unmanned air vehicle
(UAV) with the E-3 Airborne
Warning and Control System
(AWACS) and AH-64 Apache attack
helicopter as part o...
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 ... will weigh
31kg (681b), 45kg less than its predecessor.
Northrop Grumman will deliver two units for
flight tests beginning in 2 000. Contract options
allow for fabrication of five more sensors.
General Atomics and Sandia National Lab
oratories, meanwhile, have co-developed the
LYNX synthetic aperture radar and test flown it
on the I-Gnat drone. The 52kg SAR will be
soon be ready for prod...
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 ... include AeroVironment, of California,
makers ofthe Pathfinder, Centurion and Helios
solar-powered ERAST aircraft; Aurora Flight
Sciences of Virginia, which made the Perseus A
and B vehicles; and General Atomics
Aeronautical Systems, which developed the
Altus I and II. Scaled Composites has also con
tributed as a major partner, having developed
first the unmanned Demonstrator 2 (D-2) and
...
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 ...ECHNOLOGY
IDENTIFICATION
General
Atomics in
'tag' study
General Atomics is working on a
battlefield identification system
that would respond only to spe
cific fighter fire control radars.
Dr John Rawls, vice-president
of General Atomics' Lynx sys
tem...
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 ...EFENCE
AVIONICS CRAIG HOYLE / LONDON
USA clears Lynx system
for use on Watchkeeper
General Atomics/Sandia National Laboratories-developed radar approved for export to UK
The US government has given its
approval to the possible export of
the General Atomics/Sandia
National Labora...
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 ...ers for the Italian army.
Vehicle shortage delays
Hunter/Predator fly-off
ACOMPETITIVE fly-off be tween the TRW/Israel Air
craft Industries Hunter short-range
unmanned air-vehicle (UAV) and
the General Atomics Tier II
Predator UAV scheduled for Oc
tober has slipped into early 1996
because of the unavailability of
flight-test vehicles.
The Hunter is under fire from
US Navy opponents who...
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 ...issiles at
Malmstrom AFB, Montana. J
Italian air force finds
Predator UAV money
THE ITALIAN air force has overcome budgetary and
bureaucratic issues and is moving
ahead with the acquisition of
General Atomics RQ-1A Predator
unmanned air vehicles (UAVs).
Italy developed an urgent
requirement for a squadron of
"near strategic" UAVs following-
last year's Operation Allied Force
against Yu...
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UK tests UAV to replace satellites
RAMON LOPEZ/WASHINGTON DC
GENERAL ATOMICS Aero nautical Systems has conclud
ed the first phase of testing for a
UK project aimed at seeing
whether high-altitude, long
endurance unmanned air vehicles
can replace military c...
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 ...y insertion
programme, an upgrade for
JointSTARS, has a sensor 4.2m
long -3.1m shorter than the exist-
ingJointSTARS radar. •
Predator UAV prowls through comms testing
RAMON LOPEZ/WASHINGTON DC
GENERAL ATOMICS has demonstrated the ability of
the Predator unmanned air vehicle
(UAV) to communicate directly to
air traffic control centres over a
voice-radio relay link through a
digital line...
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 ...
received an extra boost last year -
$8.5 million in low-cost financing
for the construction of the Long
Beach factory through the State of
California Industrial Develop
ments Bonds programme. •
General Atomics plans Altus move to Dryden
GENERAL ATOMICS' Altus remotely piloted vehicle
(RPV) is expected to move to
NASA's Dryden Flight Research
Center in California by early
August to begin...
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 ...y
scheduled for April last year. Sea
trials are due in 2 002. •
General Atomies/Meteor team on Italian bid
i TALY'S UNMANNED air vehicle (UAV) and air target
manufacturer Meteor has teamed
with General Atomics Aeronau
tical of the USA to offer the US-
built Predator to the Italian Mni-
stry of Defence in response to a
requirement for a medium-alti
tude, long-endurance UAV
General Atomics...
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 ... Palmdale facility for
restoration. Earlier X-31 work was
performed by Dasa and Rockwell
(since acquired by Boeing). 3
US Navy awards contracts for
next-generation catapult
NORTHROP GRUMMAN and General Atomics have
won US Navy contracts to develop
competitively an electromagnetic
aircraft launch system (EMALS)
for the navy's CVX next-genera
tion aircraft carrier.
The two companies, sel...
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 ...AVY LEAGUE CONVENTION
UNMANNED SYSTEMS PAUL LEWIS / WASHINGTON DC
Improved Predator UAV proposed
General Atomics plans to offer vehicle to challenge Northrop Grumman's RQ-4A Global Hawk for the US Navy
General Atomics has revealed a pro
posed extended-endurance deriva
tive of its MQ-9A Predato...
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