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Directory: military aircraft licence-built Jaguars to the Indian air force. The UK RAF, meanwhile, continues progressive upgrades of its Jaguars, which will remain in ser vice until at least 2008. RAF improvements include upgraded R-R Adour engines, TERPROM terrain reference nav igation, secure radios, TIALD targeting pod, a helmet-mounted sight and ASRAAMs. Oman has a similar upgrade programme under way. SHAANXI AIRCRAFT (SEE TABLE P6S) Shaanxi Aircraft, PO Box 34, Chengdu, 723213, Shaanxi, China. Tel +86 (916) 216 301; fax +86 (916)216 302 This Chinese development of the An-12 Cub dates back to the late 1960s, but production deliveries did not begin until the late 1980s. Transport, electronic countermeasures, mar itime reconnaissance versions and an AEW air craft with Thales radar have been identified. An updated version with a three-crew cockpit fitted with Honeywell avionics and new P&WC PVV150 engines is in development. SHENYANG (SEE TABLE P65) Shenyang Aircraft, 1 Lingbei Street, Huanggu District, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China. Tel:+86 24 689 6680; fax +86 24 689 6689; www.air.sy.cei.go.cn The J-8/F-8 Finback is the focus of an upgrade programme, with Russian radar house Phazotron and missile supplier Vympel involved in the F-8IIM project. A prototype J-8II first flew in 1996. Changes include a Russian Zhuk-8II radar, new cockpit with HOTAS controls, INS/GPS navigation, and MFDs and more powerful WP-13AIII turbojets. Weapons include Chinese and Russian AAMs and the Kh-31 anti-ship missile. The F-8IIM was originally intended for export, although the Chinese air force may also purchase the aircraft. TheJ-8II remains in production as the J-8D for the Chinese air force. Almost uniquely for China, theJ-8D has in-flight refuelling. TheJ-8D is fitted with new avionics including a HUD, fiMS, TACAN, an integrated EW suite and upgraded fire-control radar with a look-down shoot-down mode compatible with the PL-8 IR guided and PL-11 semi-active radar-guided AAMs. A further developed aircraft, the J-8I1C, has upgraded avionics, including a multimode role radar that is probably a version of the Zhuk-8II. It is also expected to have a ground attack capa bility and has been shown armed with free-fall bombs, but is likely to incorporate a new FLIR/targeting pod to guide LGBs. An upgraded cockpit is dominated by two MFDs and a wide- angle HUD. Shenyang revealed a J-8 based Alternate Control Technology (FBW) programme at the 2000 Zhuhai air show. Shenyang says the pro gramme began in 1977, with construction start- Mission Powerplant Max power (hp) Wing span (m) Wing area (m2) Length (m) OEW (kg) MTOW (kg) MLW (kg) Max payload (kg) Max weapon load (kg) Range(km) Endurance Hardpoints Cruise (kt) Mmo Ceiling (ft) Crew/passengers Passengers Internal fuel Fuel, opt ext (litre) Air refuel? Comments tility transport 1 x WSK Kalisz ASZ-62IR 1,340 18.18/14.24 71.53 12.74 3,330 5,250 1,500 850 5h 36min Wing spans are upper and lower, area is total of pair ing in 1988. According to the company, from 1992 to 1995 the programme benefited from "foreign technology input". The J-8II ACT uses small canards to induce instability. A three-axis full-authority digital FBW system has been demonstrated in the programme. It features a flight computer with a 1553B databus interface and integrated servo actuators for the vertical and horizontal tail, ailerons, flaps and rudder. SHINMAYWA (SEE TABLE P65) Shinmaywa Industries, 5-25 Kosone-cho 1- chome, Nishinomiya 663, Japan. Tel +81 (798) 47 0331; fax +81 (798) 41 0755 US-1 The JMSDF has 17 US-1 A amphibians in the The Su-27UBM is an updated aircraft for the Russian air force search and rescue role. An upgraded variant, the US-IA Kai, is being developed and ShinMaywa began manufacturing parts in April 2001. It will have four R-R AE2100 turboprops driving Dowty six-bladed propellers and will be fitted with a Kawasaki FBW system, flat panel cockpit displays, search radar, pressurised upper hull and composite wing structure. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has deliv ered an upgraded boundary layer control sys tem for the initial aircraft, which uses an LHTEC CTS800 turboshaft-driven compressor to blow air over the upper surfaces of the wing, flaps, ailerons and horizontal stabiliser. First flight is due in August 2003. Target in- service date is June 2007. Two US-IA Kai air frames have been produced for static and fatigue testing. SHIZIAZHUANG AIRCRAFT Shiziazhuang Aircraft, PO Box 164, Shiziazhuang, Hebei 050062, China. Tel +86 (311) 777 5283; fax +86 (311) 775 2993 Y-5C Shiziazhuang continues to build versions of the Antonov An-2 Colt biplane. The Chinese air force ordered 24 Y-5Cs in 1996 for paratroop training/transport. SUKHOI (SEE TABLE P64) Sukhoi, Sukhoi Design Bureau, 23A Polikarpov Street, Moscow 125284, Russia. Tel +7 (095) 945 65 25; fax +7 (095) 200 42 43; www.sukhoi.org Su-22 Fitter Sukhoi's swing-wing Su-22 has become the focus of upgrade packages offered by the manu facturer and IAI's Lahav division. Sukhoi is offering GPS integrated with the Su-22M4's PrNK-54 weapons system and other navigation equipment improvements. A laptop- computer-based MK-54 mission planning sys tem will allow the preparation and download of 66 27 MAY - 2 JUNE 2003 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL www.flightinternational.com
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