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ITP draws up thrust-vector plan for EJ 200
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Eurojet partner ITP of Spain is planning to run vectored-thrust nozzle tests on an EJ200 engine developed for the Eurofighter EF2000 in early 1998. A first flight test could take place as early as 2000. ITP is already responsible for the nozzle on the ...
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Romanian air force receives first C-130Bs
The Romanian Air Force took delivery of its first two ex-US Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130B transports on 23 October. One of the aircraft, in Romanian air force colours, is shown at Shannon, Ireland, en route for Bucharest. Romania will take delivery of two more C-130Bs in November, and is ...
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Litton replacements
Litton Industries has won a US Navy contract, potentially worth more than $50 million, to provide up to 784 replacement navigation systems for Lockheed Martin P-3s and C-130s. The replacement system combines laser inertial-navigation and global-positioning in one complete unit. Source: Flight International
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Leaving home
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV In recent years, Bedek Aviation, the maintenance and overhaul division of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), has become one of the "money makers" for its parent group. The business has become so successful, in fact, that it is asking potential customers to postpone the transfer of ...
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Where next for MDC?
The decision to drop the MD-XX raises fresh questions over a future for Douglas Aircraft Graham Warwick/ATLANTA McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has dropped the MD-XX not because of the $2 billion over four years that it would have taken to develop the MD-11 derivative, but because ...
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Derlan contracts
Derlan Industries has received contracts totaling C$17.6 million ($13 million) to supply GE Aircraft Engines with inlet gearboxes for the CFM56-5 and accessory gearboxes for the F110-100, and to supply the US Army with spare gears for the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Source: Flight International
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Where will new instructors emerge?
Sir - You report that a private consortium has won the UK Ministry of Defence contract to run ab initio helicopter-flying training for the next 15 years (Flight International, 9-15 October, P14). In the "appointments" section (P62) there is a half-page recruitment notice placed by the same consortium ...
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Tadjik tension
Muslim insurgents in Tadjikistan, are battling cash-strapped Russian border guards. Alexander Velovich and Victor Beltsov/MOSCOW AND DUSHANBE WHILE WESTERN attention in the past weeks has once again focused on the conflict in Afghanistan, Russia has quietly been waging a "war" in one of its neighbouring states, continuing ...
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IAI privatisation date is due in 1998
Privatisation of Israel Aircraft industries (IAI) is on course to begin in 1998. An overhaul of the group's structure will be embarked upon as an intermediate step, says the group's chairman, Yanuch Ben-Gal. He says that IAI will be reshaped into a holding-company structure, with each of the ...
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PZL-Mielec aims to fly modified Iryda I-22 'by the end of year'
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Polish aircraft manufacturer PZL-Mielec is hoping to fly an upgraded prototype of its I-22 Iryda jet trainer by the end of the year, says the aircraft's chief designer Marek Potapowicz. The first upgraded prototype will incorporate aerodynamic modifications, but will not have the ...
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NH90 production figures shrink
Final planning figures for the industrialisation phase of the four-nation NH90 military-helicopter programme, reveal that the programme has shrunk from the original 726 machines, to 647, with delays to the in-service date for the French Army to 2010. The numbers, were given to NH Industries, in July ...
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Litening Zeiss
Germany's Zeiss is offering the Israeli Rafael Litening laser designator pod (LDP) to the Swedish air force, to meet its requirement for the Saab JAS39 Gripen fighter. Zeiss has already successfully teamed with Rafael in offering the Litening pod for the German air force's Panavia Tornados. Source: Flight ...
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JSF will save billions, claims Kaminiski
Up to $76 billion in development and operational costs could be saved by developing the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), says US Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition and technology under secretary, Paul Kaminski. Of the total, some $60 billion in life-cycle costs would be saved, said Kaminski, speaking at ...
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Israelis offer Phalcon on AEW 767 to South Korean air force
Paul Lewis/SEOUL Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is offering the South Korean air force its Phalcon phased-array airborne-early-warning (AEW) radar system integrated on a Boeing 767 platform. The Elta system being proposed is based on the multi-sensor L-band Phalcon package already in service with the Chilean ...
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Lockheed Martin hopes for F-22 export approval soon
Lockheed Martin is hoping to receive US Government approval shortly to begin offering a foreign-military-sales (FMS) version of its F-22 air-superiority fighter to selected allied countries, including South Korea. According to Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems president Dain Hancock, the US Government is expected to give the ...
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South Korea delays KTX-2 funding
Discussion of pending defence contracts dominated as South Korea staged its first international air show at Seoul's Sungnam airbase on 21-27 October. Paul Lewis reports. THE SOUTH KOREAN Government has again delayed any decision on launching full-scale development of the planned Samsung/Lockheed Martin KTX-2 advanced-trainer/ light-combat aircraft for ...
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Daewoo receives the first of Sokols
Daewoo Heavy Industries (DHI) has taken delivery of its first Sokol W-3A helicopter and is due to receive another two by the end of the year. Two of the Polish machines will be added to the company's own helicopter fleet, and the third sold to a local buyer. ...
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Teaching practice
The British Aerospace flight-training centre at Prestwick is changing direction. Harry Hopkins/Prestwick A change of name, often reflects a change in direction, which is why the British Aerospace Flying College at Prestwick in Scotland, has been renamed BAe Flight Training. It is part of the company's new ...
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Northrop Grumman aids Russian ATC
Northrop Grumman has participated in a Russian air-traffic-control (ATC) demonstration in which remote radar data were digitised and transmitted via satellite to the Vladivostok area control-centre. The October feasibility demonstration was conducted by Primoraerocontrol, the ATC organisation for the Primorski Krai region, in conjunction with Japanese authorities and ...
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C-130 crash
The Belgian and Dutch Governments will ask the International Civil Aviation Organisation to modify its Flight Plan procedures following the Belgian air force Lockheed Martin C-130 crash on 15 July, in which 35 people died. The investigating committee, established that although, passenger numbers must be recorded by pilots in flight ...