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Airline Navigation '96 - a...
Airline Navigation '96 - a Flight International/Air Navigation International Conference 9-11 October, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Contact: The Conference Desk, First Conferences, 5th Floor, 85 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1R 5AR, UK; tel: +44 (171)404 7722;fax: +44 (171) 404 7733;email: confdesk@1stconf.co.uk. what's on 12th Annual Seaplane Safety Seminar 26 April, Lake Hood, Alaska, ...
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UK Hawk bid follows CAE's MSH success
COMPANIEScompeting to build and operate a simulator centre for UKRoyal Air Force British Aerospace Hawk trainers submitted bids on 15 April. The programme is modelled on the RAF's MediumSupport Helicopter (MSH) training-centre contest, which was won in March by Canada's CAE Electronics. The MSH and Hawk training schools ...
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F-117 could go as USAF moves to safeguard F-22 production
THE US AIR FORCE is prepared to replace its Lockheed F-117s with Lockheed Martin/ Boeing F-22s, rather than see procurement of the F-22 reduced. Gen. Richard Hawley, commander of US Air Force Air Combat Command, tells Flight International that he would consider retiring the F-117s to safeguard F-22 ...
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Georgia plans delayed
Georgia's plans to offer upgrade packages for Sukhoi Su-25 fighters to countries including Iraq are delaying secret talks over the upgrade of these fighters with Israeli avionics and weapon systems. The talks have been delayed, following revelations from Tiblisi plant managers that Su-25 operators such as Iraq and Afghanistan are ...
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B-2 arsenal grows
The Northrop Grumman B-2 bomber is now capable of delivering both conventional bombs and nuclear weapons. The nuclear-bombing capability was declared following recent flight tests. The US Air Force has received 13 of the 20 B-2s it plans to buy. The first B-2 Spirit was delivered in 1993. ...
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Pentagon discloses JSF and B-2 costs
THE US DEPARTMENT of Defense has disclosed the total cost of the Northrop Grumman B-2 stealth bomber programme and the cost estimate for research and development for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The latest Selected Acquisition Report (SAR), which helps US lawmakers track the cost of major US ...
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Ukraine closes airspace after Russian air force 'violation'
Ukraine closed its airspace to the Russian air force on 3-5 April after claims that its aircraft had violated air traffic control (ATC) procedures over the Black Sea near Odessa in March. Gen Alexander Zatynaiko, Ukrainian Chief of Staff, claims that the aircraft were flying with their transponders ...
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Raising the tempo
The Eurofighter EF2000 programme is about to enter what may prove to be its most critical phase, with funding and workshare again presenting the stumbling blocks. Despite this, however, the project remains robust in many areas. The four Governments involved in the project need, by the end of ...
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Centre of excellence
The market for cargo conversion of widebodied aircraft has been booming recently, as suitable aircraft have become available at the "right price" to make conversion programmes cost-effective. Although the Boeing 747 has been the prime candidate, the European specialists have developed conversions for the smaller, twin and tri-jet widebodies, the ...
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Italy cuts F-104 upgrade numbers
The Italian air force has slashed the number of Lockheed F-104 Starfighters which it intends to put through what is effectively a continuing service-life-extension programme. The air force originally planned to implement an upgrade on 106 of its ageing F-104s, to cover the delays in the entry into ...
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Bidders line up for F-18E/F sensor work
THREE BIDDERS have declared their intentions to compete in a fly-off to equip the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-18 strike aircraft with an upgraded night navigation and targeting sensor. A team composed of the USA's Northrop Grumman and Israel's Rafael is expected to compete against Lockheed Martin and Hughes ...
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Chile cleared to receive data on F-16 and F-18
CHILE IS TO receive technical information on the Lockheed Martin F-16 and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-18, but the US Government remains undecided on whether it is willing to sell the aircraft to Chile. The move marks a shift of policy: the Carter Administration banned the sale of advanced ...
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Lifting the loads
Given its rapid growth, observers would be forgiven for thinking that Atlas Air is alone in providing wet-lease freighter capacity and that the business is a "new fashion". In fact, this type of enterprise, (described variously as supplemental, contract, wet-lease and chartering), has existed since the Berlin Airlift ...
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Virgin Executive Aviation takes off
The Virgin Group has joined forces with the McCarthy leisure-investment group to form Virgin Executive Aviation, a corporate-jet and helicopter charter company aimed at exploiting European business and leisure-travel markets. The new company also plans to offer feeder services into London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports for Virgin Atlantic's ...
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R-R, Lyulka Saturn form joint venture
Rolls-Royce and Russia's Lyulka Saturn are to form a joint-venture company to develop an industrial-gas-turbine engine based on the design bureau's AL-31 powerplant, which is fitted to the Sukhoi Su-27 fighter aircraft. The 16mW-power AL-31ST will be marketed by Lyulka Rolls-Royce, and will use advanced combustion system technology ...
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Force multiplier
FAR FROM viewing the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) as a possible cheaper alternative to the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22, the US Air Force believes that deployment of the F-22 air-superiority fighter is a prerequisite for development of the multi-role JSF. "If we fail to deliver and deploy sufficient F-22s, ...
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Slipring win
Air Précision, part of the UK's Cobham group, has won a contract to supply electrical sliprings for the main and tail rotors of the NH Industries NH90 helicopter. The sliprings transmit electrical power for the de-icing and folding of the rotors. Source: Flight International
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Engineering dominance
LOOK AT FIGHTER evolution in 25-year steps, and the technological advance which can occur in a quarter-century is obvious. The 1915 Fokker DVII, 1940 North American P-51 and 1965 McDonnell Douglas F-4 were each the dominant fighters of their age, and illustrate the advances that have been achieved. Another 25 ...
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Challenging evolution
WHEN THE US Air Force began defining its requirement for an air-superiority fighter to replace the McDonnell Douglas F-15, the world was a very different place. The Soviet Union still existed and Iraq was just a minor Middle Eastern power. The major regional conflict had not yet replaced superpower confrontation ...
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Integrating information
LOW-OBSERVABLE AIR superiority places severe requirements on avionics that can only be met by the degree of integration evident in the F-22, says Marty Broadwell, deputy avionics team-leader. "We are collecting snippets of information, with minimum illumination, pencil beams, sensors that are passive or barely on. Alone, ...