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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 ...
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Kamov's Alligator gets airborne
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW The Kamov Ka-52 Alligator, a twin-seat, side-by-side derivative of the Ka-50 Hokum attack helicopter, was flown for the first time on 25 June at Kamov's flight-test base in Lyubertsy, near Moscow. Sergei Mikheyev, Kamov's general designer, says that the helicopter will be part of ...
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South Korea backs KTX-II
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The South Korean Government has agreed to support development of the Samsung KTX-II advanced-trainer/light-combat aircraft, in response to strong industry lobbying and in the absence of any other national aerospace programme. Project officials within the South Korean air force confirm that the Government has ...
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NH90 project hits industrial snag
A meeting to decide on industrialisation of the European NH Industries (NHI) NH90 transport helicopter has been postponed while major issues of production offtake and investment return are resolved. Talks between NHI and the armaments directors of the four partner countries (France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands) were ...
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Dasa develops reconnaissance-pod family
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) is planning to develop a family of reconnaissance pods to enhance the capabilities of the Panavia Tornado. The pods will be based on the mechanical structure of Dasa's current German air force Tornado reconnaissance pod, now being flight tested. Further developments ...
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Thomson-CSF reveals new multi-mode radar
Thomson-CSF'S Radar and Countermeasures (RCM)division has launched a new multi-mode airborne radar aimed at the growing retrofit and new light-fighter market. Based on the RDY radar developed for the Dassault Mirage 2000, the RC400 will be "the most modern light radar available", says RCM director general Patrick Helin. ...
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Raring to go
The next millennium will herald a new age for French maritime power Julian Moxon/PARIS The service entry of France's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle at the end of 1999 will usher in a new era for French maritime power. It will also mark the ...
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Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman agree to join forces
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC TWODAYS AFTER the US Government approved Boeing's merger with McDonnell Douglas (MDC), Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman announced that they, too, are to merge. The "new" Lockheed Martin will have annual sales of $37 billion, less than Boeing/MDC's $48 billion, but it will remain the ...
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Myasishchev joins VPK MAPO group
Myasishchev has become the latest in a growing list of design bureaux to join the VPK MAPO aerospace-defence group. Myasischev's consolidation comes at the behest of the Russian Government. The Sokol production plant in Nizhny Novogorod, which is producing MAPOMiG-29UB Fulcrum B trainers, MiG-31 Fox- hound interceptors and ...
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What's on
Latin American Airport Privatisation Conference 14-15 July, Miami, Florida, USA. Contact: World Research Group, 7th R 1120 Ave of the Americas, New York, NY 10036, USA; tel: +1 (212) 869 7231 (US toll free: 800 647 7600); fax: +1 (212) 869 7311; e-mail: info@worldrg.com Airplane Structural Design Loads ...
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Europe: US victim or partner in aerospace industry?
Sir - The editorial "Europe 0, USA 1" was correct to spell out the global complexities of the world aerospace industry today. The joint British Aerospace/ Lockheed Martin venture on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) may well represent the future. This does not mean, however, the end of ...
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Proposed Lockheed Martin alliance angers IAI workers
Workers at Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)have reacted angrily to Lockheed Martin's discussions over taking a share in the Israeli company, if and when it is privatised. IAI chairman Yanuch Ben-Gal reveals that a high-level meeting between executives from the two companies took place at the start of the ...
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Jospin pledges industry review
Julian Moxon/PARIS French prime minister Lionel Jospin has promised a "profound" review of the aeronautical industry, but in his speech at the close of the Paris Air Show on 22 June, he stopped short of confirming the privatisations of Thomson-CSF and Aerospatiale. "I know what is ...
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Own goal
The most eagerly awaited statement on the future of the aerospace industry is the one which new French prime minister Lionel Jospin did not make at the end of the Paris air show. Jospin, like the US Government will with the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas merger, is going to have to decide ...
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F-22 757 testbed arrives at Seattle
The Boeing 757 flying testbed for the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor has been delivered to Seattle, where the aircraft will be based. The Raptor will be fitted with the Northrop Grumman APG-77 phased-array radar later this year. It will also be fitted with a sensor wing on the crown of ...
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Netherlands picks pods for F-16 mid-life update
GEC-Marconi's Atlantic navigation pod and Lockheed Martin's Sharpshooter targeting pod have been selected by the Royal Netherlands Air Force as part of its Lockheed Martin F-16 mid-life upgrade. The Air Force has ordered 60 Atlantic forward-looking infra- red pods and ten Sharpshoooters worth a total of $90 million. Israel's Rafael ...
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Kaman concludes SH-20(A) deal with Australian Navy
The first of 11 Kaman SH-20(A) Super Seasprites for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) will be delivered during the first half of 2001, with all deliveries completed halfway through 2002. Contract negotiations on the purchase were concluded in June. The helicopters will be operated from the RAN's ANZAC ...
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South Korea buys Lynx, delays C-130J
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE South Korea's ministry of national defence has announced formally its intention to go ahead with a $337 million deal to buy additional Westland Super Lynx naval helicopters and upgrade an earlier batch of machines already in service. The order covers a second batch of ...
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Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to fly JSF avionics
Graham Warwick/FORT WORTH LOCKHEEDMARTIN has added two key company-funded tests to its Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept-demonstrator programme. The proposed avionics architecture will be flight-tested in team member Northrop Grumman's BAC One-Eleven, and Lockheed Martin will build a full-scale high-fidelity pole model of its JSF to determine radar ...
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Starring role
Ansett is being propelled on to the international stage, with its strategic partnership with ANZ and SIA Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE When Rod Eddington was approached to head Ansett, the former Cathay Pacific Airways managing director made a tie-up with Air New Zealand (ANZ) a prerequisite condition. After just ...