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Portuguese F-16s
The US Department of Defense intends to provide Portugal with 25 surplus US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16A/B fighters, plus spare engines, overhaul work and spare parts, worth an estimated $258 million. Source: Flight International
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High-profile Hercules
A multi-national C-130 squadron has been supporting NATO in Bosnia for almost a year. Tim Ripley/RIMINI NORWEGIAN AIR FORCE Col Lasse Hobber, commander of NATO's multi-national Lockheed-Martin C-130 Hercules squadron in Bosnia, says: "When our capability became known around the theatre, we started to be asked ...
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Safety circles
Immovable human-factors obstacles are a major concern in helicopter safety. David Learmount/LONDON THE LIST OF HELICOPTER accidents which, occurred in 1995 (see P43) contains 209 accidents, compared with 272 for the previous year (Flight International, 20-26 September, 1995, P36). As promising as this may sound, ...
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Digital-flight-control F-14 due for sea trials
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES SEA TRIALS of the first US Navy Northrop Grumman F-14 equipped with a digital flight-control system (DFCS) are due to begin at the end of this month. The sea-trial phase is the last major test of the DFCS, which is expected to ...
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US Congress increases C-130J purchase
ORDERS FOR 13 C-130J Hercules 2s from the US services are expected by Lockheed Martin following Congressional approval of the fiscal year 1997 defence budget. The Congress also added 12 aircraft to the Department of Defense's request for just one next-generation Hercules. While budget adjustments could affect the ...
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Officers lose jobs after C-130 crash
THE CRASH OF A Belgian air force Lockheed Martin C-130H, returning to the Netherlands from Italy with members of a Dutch army band, has resulted in three Dutch officers being removed from duty. The crash, on 15 July, resulted in the death of 34 people, including the crew. ...
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IAI/Matra discuss Mica
Douglas Barrie/LONDON ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries (IAI) and French missile manufacturer Matra have held detailed discussions about IAI offering the latter's active radar-guided Mica medium-range air-to-air missile as part of fighter upgrades. Officials of the Israeli company confirm that talks have been held, aimed at offering the ...
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R-R invites Bristol division bids
Brian Dunn/MONTREAL ROLLS-ROYCE Industries Canada is selling its Bristol Aerospace division, saying that the Winnipeg-based company no longer fits its long-term plans. The 30-year-old relationship with Bristol is being cut to allow Montreal-based R-R Canada to concentrate on its main businesses of manufacturing aircraft and industrial ...
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Helicap buys EC135 for JAR compliance
PARIS-BASED Helicap has ordered six Eurocopter EC135 light twin-engined helicopters, equipped for emergency medical services (EMS), in a move to meet new European regulations. According to Eurocopter, the helicopters will allow the company to meet the new European Joint Aviation Authorities JAR OPS3 rules, which ban single-engine operations ...
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Lockheed wins USAF reconnaissance deal
LOCKHEED MARTIN Tactical Systems has been selected by the US Air Force to build 16 Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System (TARS) pods for use on Lockheed Martin F-16Cs operated by the Air National Guard. Five ANG squadrons are due to receive the TARS. The 192nd Fighter Group operated four ...
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Belgian army modifies reconnaissance A109s
THE BELGIAN ARMY is re-equipping a limited number of its 18 Agusta A109BA observation helicopters for quick-reaction out-of-area deployment. Current plans are for five A109BA observation helicopters to be equipped with rocket-launcher and machine-gun pods. The launcher pods are from existing air-force stocks. The machine-gun pods are the ...
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South Korea aims to land Apaches
THE SOUTH KOREAN army is once again reviving its interest in acquiring the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) AH-64 Apache, but is facing pressure to hold a competition before ordering a new attack helicopter. An initial $12 million provision for an attack-helicopter programme is understood to have been included in ...
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German budget-juggling delays Tiger production
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH GERMAN DEFENCE minister Volker Rühe has delayed by 12 months production of the Eurocopter Tiger helicopter. The move is an attempt to ease pressure on an overloaded and heavily cut German defence budget. Tough negotiations with industry over funding for production of the Eurofighter ...
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Brunei finalises MPA configuration
The Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) has finalised its choice of avionic sensors for a planned fleet of Indonesian-built Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) CN-235MPA maritime patrol aircraft. Its long-awaited selection of a search radar, forward-looking infra-red imager (FLIR), electronic support measures (ESM) and identification-friend-or-foe (IFF) interrogator, ...
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Raytheon maintenance
Raytheon Aerospace, a unit of Raytheon Aircraft, has won a $21 million US Air Force contract to continue maintenance of USAF trainers at Columbus AFB, Mississippi. The award is the third-year option of a potential five-year deal. This option, which covers fiscal year 1997, brings the value of the contract ...
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One F-22 dropped
One of four Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 pre-production verification (PPV) air- craft will not now be built, to save money. The ninth development F-22 will be used with three PPV aircraft for US Air Force initial operational test and evaluation. Source: Flight International
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Greenwich contracts
Greenwich Air Services has won engine-overhaul contracts worth almost $60 million from Federal Express (Pratt & Whitney JT8Ds); Qatar Airways (General Electric CF6s); Alfa Romeo, for Alitalia (JT8D-200s); the Royal Moroccan Air Force (P&W JT3D-3Bs); McDonnell Douglas Lease Finance (CF6-50s); US Turbine Engine (P&W JT9Ds); Midway Airlines (International Aero Engines ...
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Singapore basing
Singapore has asked to base two of its four planned refurbished Boeing KC-135R tanker aircraft at March AB, California, for crew training. Singapore, which is short of airspace, already keeps nine leased Lockheed Martin F-16s at AFB Luke, Arizona, and is now training crews for its six new Boeing CH-47D ...
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Bosnia bound
Belgium is to put a limited number of Lockheed Martin F-16s at NATO's disposal for participation in the alliance's policing of airspace over Bosnia. Initially, up to five aircraft will be sent to the NATO airbase at Vicenza in Italy, where they will be integrated in the Dutch squadron already ...
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Broderick replaced
Guy Gardner, head of the US Federal Aviation Administration's Atlantic City research centre, will become the aviation agency's associate administrator for regulation and certification. He succeeds Anthony Broderick, who left the job under pressure in the wake of the ValuJet DC-9-30 crash into the Florida Everglades on 11 May. Gardner, ...