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Germany buys eighth Tornado trainer
CAE ELEKTRONIK has received a DM26.9 million ($15.2 million) contract to supply a Panavia Tornado full-mission simulator to be installed at the German air force's US training base at Holloman AFB, New Mexico. The German subsidiary of Canadian simulator manufacturer CAE will deliver the device in early 2000. ...
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Kelly tow method gets patent
Tim Furniss/LONDON Kelly Space and Technology of San Bernardino, California, has been issued a US patent for its towed-launch technique to be used by the company's Eclipse re-usable spaceplane satellite launch system. The plan is to use a Boeing 747 to tow the Eclipse spaceplane to ...
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Germany begins hypersonic attack missile programme
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) missiles subsidiary LFK has been carrying out windtunnel tests on a model of a hypersonic bunker-buster concept which it hopes to turn into an international demonstrator programme. The missile has the working name ASS 500. It is based on a concept ...
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How much will BAe put into JSF?
Sir - The announcement of British Aerospace's participation in the US Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is excellent news for the Warton and Salmesbury staff. When details emerge, however, it will be interesting to see how much BAe will contribute in terms of design and technology, as the initial ...
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Fortis Aviation agrees to market Il-76
Fortis Aviation is finalising a deal with the Tashkent Aircraft Production Organisation (TAPO), which will see the UK-based broker marketing the Ilyushin Il-76s built at the plant. With sales of the cargo aircraft having historically relied heavily on the Russian military, there are now 45 unsold, "white-tail", Il-76s ...
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Bahrain receives USF-16 offers
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC BAHRAINWILLDECIDE shortly between US offers of ten new Lockheed Martin F-16C/Ds or 20 used, but upgraded, F-16A/Bs. Both offers are worth $303 million, including training and support. The new aircraft on offer are Block 50 C/Ds powered by General Electric F110-129s. The used ...
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Government clears Italian navy's contract for EH101s
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA The Italian navy's order for 16 EHIndustries EH101 maritime helicopters has finally been cleared by the Government's accounting office (Corte dei Conti) following almost two years of deliberations. The decision will allow Agusta, partner with GKNWestland in EHIndustries, to begin manufacturing the 16 aircraft. ...
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IMI stand-off dispenser weapon shown
Israel Military Industries (IMI) has revealed a new modular stand-off submunitions dispenser with a range of up to 100km (55nm). The Modular Stand-Off Vehicle (MSOV) may form the basis of a family of unpowered and powered stand-off missiles. The MSOV airframe builds upon the experience IMI gained with ...
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Sukhoi flies first canard-equipped Su-30
AVPK Sukhoi has flown the first Su-30 Flanker modified with canards as part of its programme to develop the Su-30MKI for the Indian air force. The aircraft was flown for the first time earlier this month. Sukhoi has modified a basic Su-30, which has previously been displayed at ...
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German stand-off weapon will go ahead
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH The German parliamentary defence committee has decided to back the air force's modular-stand-off weapon (MAW) requirement. The project will now go ahead, based around the Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa)/ Bofors Taurus KEPD 350 weapon. The defence ministry confirms that the programme-definition phase will be completed ...
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Facing the future
Declining defence budgets has forced some rethinking at Japan's Kawasaki Paul Lewis/TOKYO Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) boasts a long and distinguished aerospace lineage, dating back to 1918 and Japan's first home-grown biplane. After having produced some of the country's best fighter and bomber types of ...
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GEC and Finmeccanica tie up strategic alliance
Julian Moxon/PARIS Andrea Spinelli/GENOA GEC-Marconi and Italy's state-owned Finmeccanica have sealed a wide-ranging strategic alliance covering the bulk of their respective defence activities. The deal follows months of negotiations and is thought likely to boost stalled European attempts to consolidate the defence sector. The agreement, exclusively ...
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Russia combines military-aviation units
In the most radical shake-up yet of Russia's military aviation, its air-defence forces (PVO) are to be merged with the air force (VVS) in 1998, while elements of the PVO missile-defence units will be allocated to Russia's strategic missile forces. The move, announced by Gen Igor Sergeyev, will ...
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What's on
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Augustine's vision
Northrop Grumman has traded its independence to follow one man's vision of Lockheed Martin playing on the world stage Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC NEARLY A CENTURY ago, a handful of men created what became the US aviation industry; names such as Glenn Martin, William Boeing, the Loughead ...
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Dasa prepares for AT-2000 definition go-ahead
AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) is completing the concept phase of its proposed AT-2000 supersonic jet-trainer project, and expects a decision on whether to proceed with the project-definition phase by the end of this month. The aircraft is being planned in partnership with South Africa's Denel and ...
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Bell markets UH-1N upgrade to US Army
BELL IS PROPOSING to modify US Air Force UH-1Ns with the four-blade-rotor upgrade under development for US Marine Corps helicopters. New engines, transmissions and rotors, plus structural and avionics upgrades, will almost double the UH-1N's payload and range. Under the Marine Corps' H-1 upgrade programme, 180 Bell AH-1WSuperCobras ...
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Myanmar and Israel discuss F-7M upgrade
Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) is in negotiations with Israel over the upgrading of its three squadrons of Chengdu F-7M fighters. Elbit is proposing to upgrade the 36 Myanmar aircraft along broadly similar lines to its update of the Romanian air force's Mikoyan MiG-21 Fishbeds, dubbed the MiG-21MFLancer. ...
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RAAF narrows shortlist for DHC-4 Caribou successor
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CASA, IPTN and Lockheed Martin Alenia Tactical Transport Systems (LMATTS) have been shortlisted to supply the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) de Havilland DHC-4 Caribou replacement. The Light Transport Aircraft will be a fixed-wing type in the 15-30t maximum-take-off-weight range, capable of continuous operations ...