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Pentagon OK for JSF
Lockheed Martin has been given the go-ahead by the pentagon to begin the crucial next stage of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme after experts approved the progress to date on the company's concept demonstrator aircraft. "We can now cut metal and begin the detailed design phase," says Dain ...
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System installed
The Smart Topflight nav-attack system developed by Sextant Avionique has made its maiden flight on the Iryda M-96 trainer. This aircraft is anew version of the Iryda 1.22 advanced trainer developed by PZL Mielec of Poland and features advanced aerodynamics. With the Topflight-equipped Iryda M-96, the Polish air ...
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Engine certified
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a Type Certificate for the Allison 250-C30R/3. The -C30R/3, which powers the US Army's OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter and uses a full authority digital electronic control (FADEC), is a derivative of the -C47 engines certified for Bell Helicopter's Model 407 and the McDonnell ...
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Flying display
Tuesday 17 June 1306: Breitling aerobatic display, Extra 300S 1324: Titan Tornado, Il 912 1330: Mil Mi-8 1336: NHIndustries NH-90 1339: Eurocopter EC120, EC135, Tigre 1354: Hurel Dubois HD-34 1400: Socata TBM-700 & TBM-340 Tangara 1408: Airbus A319 & A340 1419: ...
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Osprey set to take flight for US military
United States Navy and Marine Corps aviation chiefs have given the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey rave reviews at Paris, after announcing work has begun on the first production version of the revolutionary tiltrotor. "Its on time, on cost and under weight," said US Navy under secretary for research, ...
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Face the facts with... Norman Augustine
Norman Augustine retires on 1 August as chief executive of Lockheed Martin after overseeing the growth of the company into one of the world's largest, with a net sales of $26 billion last year. The past two years have seen the company lead the consolidation of the US defence and ...
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Gripen partners 'still in love'
John Weston, Managing Director of British Aerospace Defence, admitted yesterday that when BAe and Saab joined forces at the last Paris show to market the Swedish company's Gripen, he was "very dubious" about the description of the aircraft as a 'fourth generation' fighter. He recalled thinking to himself: ...
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Extra role for Raptor proposed for USAF
Lockheed Martin hopes to boost sales of F-22 Raptors to the Pentagon by proposing a long-range interdiction version to replace the USAF's F-15E Strike Eagle and F-117 Stealth Fighters. Micky Blackwell, president and chief operating officer of the company's Aeronautics sector, says the USAF is looking at clawing ...
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Czechs place $1bn order for ALCA
The Czech government added some extra sparkle to Aero's rollout ceremony of the new L159 Light Multi-role Combat Aircraft last Thursday. After naming the new aircraft - Advanced Light Combat Aircraft (ALCA) - the government rubber-stamped a deal to buy 72 of them for the Czech air force. ...
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Computer logs training
Pilots can now sit back after a day's training and watch their exact performance on a computer screen, thanks to a GPS-based air combat training programme. An example of the new Air Combat Training-Rangeless (ACT-R) programme can be seen at the Cubic Defense Systems stand in Hall 1/E22. ...
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Wizard export prospects for Merlin
Export prospects worth more than $1billion are "looking good" for the GKN Westland/Agusta's EH101 Merlin search and rescue helicopter which makes its debut at Paris. Canada and Portugal are due to decide later this year on whether to buy up to 30 of the helicopters, says Westland's public ...
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New helmet offers fighter's advantages
A new fighter helmet already in use with the French Air Force is on display for the first time at Paris in Hall 4/ A4. Elno designed its new helmet to be lighter yet compatible with European and American oxygen masks, night vision goggles and other devices, and ...
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Mobile drying units meet stringent specs
The AF RXG was specifically designed for the French Air Force which was looking for a product to dry paint quickly and safely in explosive atmospheres. The steel frame holds two compartments which house two thermoreactors; a control panel is located on the front. Today, Sunkiss ...
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Team doubt
British Aerospace officials have dismissed as "speculation" press reports that the company is to team with US giant Lockheed Martin to develop a contender for the Joint Strike Fighter project. "We have yet to make a decision," a company spokesman said at Paris yesterday. As we ...
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Roamanian shadow
A $20million Romanian defence systems contract has been won by AAI Corporation. Romania is to purchase an AAI Shadow 600 unmanned air vehicle (UAV) system and a Moving Target Simulator (MTS) short-range air defence training package under the contract, the first to be financed under the US Defense Export Loan ...
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Russians confident of MiG MAPO future
The newly-elected chairman of the giant Russian military/industrial conglomerate MiG MAPO says the long-term future of the grouping - which is less than a year old - is secure. "With 60,000 employees in a dozen companies, it's not surprising that the Group is taking some time to 'mature'," ...
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Eurocopter eyes Tiger production contract at Show
Eurocopter officials expect a contract for setting up production lines for the Tiger combat helicopter to be signed at Le Bourget on Friday. Jean-Francois Bigay, Eurocopter chairman and chief executive officer, says the signature ceremony is expected to take place at the French Defence Ministry's pavilion. ...
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Ilyushin arrives, but Antonov...who knows
Ukraine's giant Antonov An-70 airlifter may make its first foreign visit at the Show by the end of the week. It was due yesterday, but when it failed to arrive at the expected time representatives at the Antonov stand had no information on a revised schedule. ...
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Flight dominates aerospace awards
Flight International editor-in-chief Allan Winn proudly congratulates three of his reporters for winning prizes in the Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards at the Paris Meridien Hotel on Saturday night. David Learmount won the best air transport category, Kieran Daly took the best avionics award and Guy Norris ...
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Customers warm to the Lockheed C-130 variant
Lockheed Martin and electronics and systems partner Northrop Grumman claim they have significant interest from five countries for their C-130J-30 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) variant. Speaking at the show, Dana Pierce, Lockheed Martin's director AEW&C, says Australia is the potential lead customer, with Turkey, Greece, Italy ...