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1987
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DEFENCE • - Teledyne's new RPV starts tests SAN DIEGO The Model 410 remotely piloted vehicle (RPV) designed by Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical (TRA) has started developmental flight tests at Holtville, California. According to TRA Presi dent Hudson B. Drake, the Model 410 is designed for long-endurance surveillance with large volume and payload-weight capabilities. Flights of up to 80hr with a 1001b payload will be well within its capability. The Model 410 features day-and- night, all-weather flight capa bilities and in-flight repro grammable control systems. Payloads in excess of 3001b can be carried, with a com mensurate reduction in fuel and endurance. The Model 410 is powered by a 160 h.p. turbocharged engine which drives a pusher propeller, giving a top speed of 190kt. The RPV is primarily constructed from glassfibre and epoxy composites. The prototype has a service ceiling of 30,000ft, but a growth version would have wingtip extensions and a higher- compression turbosuper- charger to permit operations I up to 45,000ft. The Teledyne 410, above, has a top speed of 190kt and, below, can accommodate 1001b of imaging payload or 3001b of Elint kit Elbit develops low-light snooper HAIFA Elbit Computers in Israel has developed an an advanced long-range day/night obser vation system for ground, naval, and airborne missions. The Yuval system consists of an electro-optical head mounted on a motorised pan and tilt unit which is operated from a portable control station. The control station can be operated from mains electricity or from a power pack. Yuval enables day and night long-range observation in all ambient light conditions from full sunlight to a moonless overcast night. The very high resolution (1,000 TV lines), and the fact that a usable image is obtained even in a very low light intensity, down to 10"9 Candela, makes the new system very effective in bad conditions. According to Elbit, Yuval can detect a vehicle- sized target at 35km, and recognise it at 25km. By using a special algorithm the image may be further processed for additional enhancement. TRACER USS Stark, the frigate hit by two Iranian Exocet missiles, will be repaired by August 1988 at a cost of $142 million, says the US Navy. Hawker de Havilland has delivered the 100th licence- built F404 engine to the Royal Australian Air Force. The last of 161 F404s on order is scheduled for delivery in early 1989. Singer's Dalmo Victor division has been awarded a $19 million US Air Force contract to supply AN/ ALR-62 rader warning receivers for General Dynam ics F-llls. Deliveries start next year. A Royal Air Force BAe Nimrod MR.2 from RAF Kinloss has won the Fincastle Trophy for the second year running. The competition for crews of anti-submarine air craft from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom is held annually. This year Crew 7 from 201 Squadron, captained by Fit Lt Keith Shaw, took the honours. 14 CASUALTIES • A Soviet Air Force helicop ter, probably a Mil Mi-8 Hip, crashed on October 19, The crew of two and five passengers, all Soviet gener als, were killed in the crash. The location and circum stances have not been revealed. • An Angolan Air Force MiG-23U Flogger was shot down by Unita forces in Moxico Province on October 28. The Cuban Air Force crew, Lt Col Manuel Garcias and Capt Ramas Cacadas, ejected and were captured by Unita. • Two Royal Air Force British Aerospace Harrier GR.3s of 3 Sqn, RAF Gutersloh, West Germany, crashed following a mid-air collision at low level on the Otterburn range on Novem ber 2. The Harriers were oper ating from the UK when the accident occurred. Both pilots, Fit Lt David Sunderland and a United States Navy exchange officer, Lt John R. Carver, were killed. FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 14 November 1987
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