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2004-09 - 1988.PDF
DEFENCE TRAINING MURDO MORRISON / ATHENS Aermacchi mulls alternative to F124 to win Eurotraining Italian trainer house talks to European industry about offering new engine for M346 Aermacchi will ask a group of European manufacturers to offer an alternative engine for the M346 advanced jet trainer if the US- developed Honeywell F124-200 becomes a stumbling block in the company's bid to provide the air craft for the 12-nation Eurotraining initiative. The M346 - due to fly on Monday in a ceremony attended by Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi - is the only one of four types being assessed during the Eurotraining feasibility study phase actually flying; the others are a sin gle-engine design from Dassault and transonic and supersonic ver sions of EADS's Mako trainer. The F124-200 was developed by Honeywell with Taiwan's Aero Industrial Development Cor poration. Italy's Avio, part owned by Aermacchi owner Finmeccanica, has a 30% share in the programme. Speaking at Defendory in Athens last week, Aermacchi chief execu tive Giovanni Bertolone said there has been "increasing interest [in the M346] from other manufactur ers, including Snecma and Rolls- Royce. We will have to discuss this with them." Greece is crucial to the trainer house's marketing push. Part of Eurotraining, it has a requirement for about 60 trainer aircraft. Other countries taking part in the initia tive are Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. • Embraer says its success in the US Aerial Common Sensor contest with its ERJ-145 will help propel defence from 13% to 20% of the company's revenues by the end of the decade. The 57-aircraft contract (38 for the US Army and 19 for the US Navy) won by the Lockheed Martin-led team "gives us a high exposure on the world market", Romualdo Monteiro de Barros, executive vice-president defence market, said at Defendory. The Brazilian company is also predict ing 200 orders "from at least six countries" for its Super Tucano trainer and light attack aircraft over the period. MARITIME PATROL MM A passes major review The US Navy's Boeing 737- 800ERX-based Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) passed a crucial hurdle on the way through its development and demonstration phase on 30 September, when the pro gramme completed a full systems requirements review. The milestone establishes the foundation for the $3.9 billion MMA programme by providing a detailed review of the technical specifications, statement of work and contract schedule. This ultimately calls for a four- year development phase, followed by a build-up to initial operational capability in 2012. Boeing was awarded the MMA contract in June, and is expected to build at least 108 aircraft to replace the USN's Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion long-range maritime patrol aircraft. The C-17 Globemaster HI is the world's most versatile airlifter, performing a vast comple- nent of strategic and theater ops missions. It can fly payloads up to 160,000 lbs. any- vhere in the world, land in 3.000 ft. or less. An ideal combination for long-range theater operations and any mission where turn time is critical. It's what makes the C-17 like nothing else, by any measure. Forever New Frontiers www.fliqhtinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 12-18 OCTOBER 2004 21
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