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McDonnell Douglas loses JSF contest
The role MDC and partners Northrop Grumman and British Aerospace will play in JSF in the future is unclear- Stonecipher contemplates loss What next for the USA's former first fighter house Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON To Harry Stonecipher, president and chief executive of ...
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The contenders
MDC's JSF failed to get off the deck Lockheed Martin's "low-risk" design Boeing's bid is a far cry from a widebodied aircraft Guy Norris/LOSANGELES Boeing and Lockheed Martin have begun final detailed design work on their respective Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) demonstrator ...
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PP7 accident forces programme rejig
Accident places Merlin in programme hover Douglas Barrie/LONDON EH Industries is being forced to re-arrange its EH101 military utility/anti-submarine-warfare helicopter development and flight-test programme in an attempt to avoid a service-entry delay following an accident involving the PP7 prototype in August. EH Industries members, ...
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Chinese AAM aspirations may build on Alenia Aspide
Aspide translates to Chinese LY-60 family on show at Zhouhai Douglas Barrie/LONDON Andrea Spinelli/GENOA China appears to be continuing to use the Alenia Aspide medium-range air-to-air missile (AAM) airframe as the basis for a family of weapons, despite the collapse of a "highly sensitive" deal to ...
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Japan's Skymark will be launched in 1998
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE A Japanese business consortium has formally launched Skymark Airlines as the country's next planned carrier to compete for the world's second- largest domestic air-travel market. Skymark Airlines plans to take to the air early in 1998, equipped with three leased Boeing 767s. The start-up ...
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Malaysia Helicopters sells AIM and Airod
Malaysia Helicopters Services (MHS) has ended months of speculation by finally disposing of its controlling interests in Aerospace Industries of Malaysia (AIM) and its military aircraft maintenance company Airod. Local sewage company PJS Industries has paid MHSRgt33 million ($13 million) to acquire its 66.7% stake in AIM and ...
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Lockheed wraps up its plans for Loral
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Lockheed Martin has unveiled the final phase of its plans to consolidate the Loral defence businesses, targeting savings of $300 million a year once the restructuring is complete. The consolidation will include the closure of eight plants, eliminating 230,000m2 (2.5 million ft2) of work ...
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E-8 JSTARS price tag soars by $350 million
The cost of the Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) project has risen by $350 million because of higher-than-expected modification and refurbishment costs. This is the single largest contributor to a $600 million rise in the cost of US Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition programmes. ...
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Russians poised to begin Su-25TM radar-testing
The Sukhoi Su-25TM, is about to begin flight testing with the Kopyo podded radar Alexander Velovich/MoscowDouglas Barrie/London The Russian air force is about to begin flight tests of the radar-equipped Sukhoi Su-25TM from its Ahktubinsk flight-test centre, while pilot instructors at the Lipetsk combat-training centre ...
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Business sense
European nations use Hughes' unit-level training devices The military-aircraft simulation industry worldwide continues to rely on international business as domestic programmes face yet more delays. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA International business continues to be vital to the military-aircraft simulation industry, as domestic programmes face further delays. ...
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French give Kamov's Alligator more bite
Alex Velovich/MOSCOWJulian Moxon/PARIS French manufacturers have supplied key avionics items for a new export version of the Kamov Ka-50 Hokum attack helicopter. The Russian helicopter builder is preparing for the first flight of the Alligator two-seat all-weather/ night-attack derivative of the Hokum. The helicopter is believed ...
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Singapore expands attack/transport rotary needs
Singapore intends to bolster its rotary-wing capabilities: it is evaluating new attack helicopters and plans the purchase of additional Boeing CH-47 Chinook transports. The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is drawing up plans to evaluate and acquire a fleet of attack helicopters. It is now dispatching teams ...
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767 AWACS tests
The first Boeing 767 AWACS (airborne-warning and control system) has performed "as good, or better than expected", during maximum gross take-off weight certification and low-energy refused take-off tests at Edwards AFB, California. Tests are understood to have been performed at, or near, the 171,255kg maximum take-off weight earmarked ...
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Israel operates 707 in AEW role
THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE is operating several converted Boeing 707s in the airborne early- warning (AEW) role. The aircraft are fitted with Elta-developed, side-mounted antenna arrays in a configuration similar to those of the Israel Aircraft Industries/Elta Phalcon AEWs offered for export. The converted 707s are now the ...
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Eurocopter signs training helicopter contract with FBS
EUROCOPTER has signed a contract with joint-venture company FBS to supply 38 single-turbine AS350 Squirrel helicopters for use by the Defence Helicopter Flying School in the UK. The helicopters will be used to train Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force helicopter pilots. The school will have 76 ...
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Falcon rejuvenated
Graham Warwick/FORT WORTH and Guy Norris/EDWARDS AFB FIGHTER PILOTS use "check six" as slang for a look back to ensure that the enemy is not approaching from behind. It is also the motto of the Lockheed Martin F-16A/B mid-life update (MLU) programme - signifying a look back to ...
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Flanker advances
The Indian Government has approved the purchase of up to 40 Sukhoi Su-30MKstrike fighters. The order is for 20 aircraft with the option to purchase an additional 20. Details of the package remain scarce. Although the Indian aircraft may the first Su-30s to be fitted with canards. A ...
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Germany delays Eurofighter purchase decision
German defence minister Volker Rühe has been ordered to present parliament with a Eurofighter procurement plan by the end of January before the production investment phase of the programme is approved. Rühe failed to secure 1997's funding for the Eurofighter before the critical 14 November meeting of the ...
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MDC pushes tailless F-15
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES NASA, THE US Air Force, McDonnell Douglas (MDC) and Pratt & Whitney plan to accelerate the F-15 ACTIVE thrust-vectoring programme to bring forward demonstration of a tailless aircraft, dubbed the F-15 MANX, boosting the likelihood that MDC will offer a stealthy, tailless derivative of the ...
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FAA approves Boeing antenna
Boeing's phased-array communication antenna has been certificated for operation by the US Federal Aviation Administration, after it was fitted to a corporate Boeing 757 at the Associated Air Center in Dallas, Texas. The antenna is able to receive live television and business data, including stock-market reports and financial ...