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Germany surprises UK with FLA shift
A German volte face over the European Future Large Aircraft (FLA) has allowed the partner nations to release the request for proposals (RFP), but has wrong-footed the UK, which only became aware of the change in Germany's position shortly before an FLA policy group meeting in Paris on 17 June. ...
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USA corrects Czech F-16 versus F-18 gaffe
US DEFENCE secretary William Cohen has moved to defuse a row over a letter, apparently favouring the Lockheed Martin F-16, sent by a US embassy official in Prague to the Czech defence ministry. The F-16 is being offered in competition with the McDonnell Douglas F-18 for a Czech air force ...
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F-22 first flight delayed by engine FOD
LOCKHEEDMARTIN has replaced one of the Pratt &Whitney F119s in the first F-22 after the engine suffered minor foreign-object damage (FOD) during ground runs. The incident is likely to delay the maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 until early July. Minor impact damage to the three fan ...
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BAe joins Lockheed Martin's JSF team
Douglas Barrie/PARIS British Aerospace is to team with Lockheed Martin on the USA's Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme, having spurned Boeing's overtures to join its team. The US companies have been courting BAe since the US Department of Defense (DoD) rejected the McDonnell Douglas bid for ...
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Sweden Gripen order
The Swedish Government has approved plans to go ahead with the purchase of a third tranche of 64 Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighters. The procurement, budgeted at SKr28 billion ($3.7 billion), includes provision for work on improving the aircraft's computers and displays, as well as the launch of a programme ...
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COBRA program cures F-22 and JSF composites together
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC LOCKHEEDMARTIN is looking at simultaneously curing composite parts for the F-22 and Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) in one autoclave run, to reduce costs for both programmes. The procedure presents "-a unique opportunity for simultaneous cost reduction", the company says. Batch curing of F-22 ...
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Lockheed Martin readies VISTA/F-16 for thrust vectoring
Lockheed Martin is awaiting funding to complete modification of the F-16 Variable Stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA) with thrust vectoring. The US Air Force's VISTA/ F-16, operated by Calspan Flight Research and re-engined with a Pratt & Whitney F100-229, is to be fitted with P&W's axisymmetric thrust-vectoring pitch/yaw balanced-beam ...
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France and UK fail to sgree guided-bomb framework
Attempts by the French and UK defence ministries to pull together a joint next-generation guided-bomb programme have faltered with the failure of the countries to agree a basic framework for the requirement. France and the UK were exploring the joint release of a request for information (RFI) covering ...
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Europe 0, USA 1
Airbus Industrie v Boeing; Boeing v Airbus. British Aerospace (BAe) with Lockheed Martin; Lockheed Martin perhaps with Airbus. Embraer perhaps with Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) If there has been a theme to the 1997 Paris air show, it is that of transatlantic relations, good and bad. It is ...
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Dasa's LFK develops NH90 missile warner
The LFK missiles division of Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) has been selected by Eurocopter Deutschland and the NATO Helicopter Management Agency (NAHEMA) to install its missile-launch detection system (MILDS) on the NH Industries NH90 helicopter. The contract to develop and adapt the MILDS AN/AAR-60 system to the NH90 is ...
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Augustine warns European firms
Lockheed Martin chairman Norman Augustine has warned that transatlantic alliances, including long-term ambitions for links with Airbus, cannot progress until European industry has freed itself from government ownership. "Privatisation is absolutely essential to building partnerships across the Atlantic-You cannot have alliances between private and public companies," says Augustine. ...
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Lockheed Martin rules out A3XX equity stake
Airbus Industrie efforts to persuade Lockheed Martin to take a stake in the A3XX high-capacity widebody passenger aircraft have failed for the time being, with the US company effectively ruling out taking an equity stake in the project. Micky Blackwell, president and chief executive of Lockheed Martin's Aeronautics ...
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The great escape
An SSTL-built satellite made history in 1996 as the first officially registered surviving victim of a space-debris impact. The Cerise microsatellite bus, made for Alcatel Espace and the French ministry of defence, was launched into a 700km polar orbit in July 1995, riding piggyback on the Ariane 40 ...
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Propulsion pioneers
SSTL is also engaged in the development of its own spacecraft-propulsion system. The company has recognised that the lack of an on-board propulsion system has prevented it from exploiting fully the potential of its micro/minisatellite fleet. The company has certainly pioneered the use of small craft to conduct ...
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R-R Contracts
Rolls-Royce has been awarded sub-contracts valued at around $200million, thanks to selection of Boeing and Lockheed Martin for the Concept Demonstrator Phase of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme. These contracts, with Allison Advanced Development (AAD) and Rolls-Royce Military Aero Engines (RRMAE), cover engineering services and the supply ...
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Night Hawk HUD selected
Flight Vision has been celebrating at Paris with the news of a new contract for the Night Hawk, its newest product. The head up display (HUD) has been chosen by Lockheed Martin skunk works for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept demonstration aircraft programme. The system ...
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Koreans seek trainer partners
Korean industrial giant Daewoo Heavy Industries has been at Paris this week looking for international partners to join its KTX-1 high performance turboprop trainer programme. The aircraft has just passed the 1,000hr mark in its test programme and production is due to begin in 1998, with the support ...
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JSF marriage hogs limelight on flat defence scene
The British Aerospace link-up with Lockheed Martin for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) competition stole the headlines at Paris on the defence scene. Many consider the long-predicted transatlantic link a foregone conclusion, but talks had been going between BAe and its two suitors until Monday. It ...
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ACR is in Top gear
ACR is in top gear after officials at the airshow announced the award of two multi-year contracts from General Electric worth more than $37million. GE has chosen ACR gearboxes for military and commercial aircraft engines. The military contract, worth $13million, is for accessory and power takeoff ...
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Uplifting
It's up, up and away for the new diesel-operated lift truck made by Hydraulics International which can be seen in Hall 3/C13a. The American firm is exhibiting for the first time the ART 1, which loads bombs and missiles on to aircraft. Says Hossein Gharai, Director - International ...