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Forme astronaut sees Mars as the next space frontier
As a pioneer of the US space programme who risked his life on three spaceflights and almost lost it on his fourth - Apollo 13 - former Navy Capt Jim Lovell could be forgiven for feeling a bit let down. Isn't the US space programme a shadow of its ...
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More maintenance contracts
Portuguese company OGMA arrives at Farnborough in buoyant mood with its expanding list of maintenance contracts for private clients and foreign air forces. OGMA (H3/C5) has been in operation since 1918 and is now under the control of the Portuguese ministry of defence. The company has been appointed ...
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Northrop offers JSTARS for UK, Nato roles
Important Nato military and political decision-makers are to visit Northrop Grumman's E-8 JSTARS aircraft at Farnborough this week as the battle to provide Britain and Nato with an airborne ground surveillance capability reaches a crucial phase. The company's JSTARS aircraft dominates the western end of the Farnborough static park ...
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A picture speaksa a thousand words
German company Grob graphically underlines the premier role of its G115 trainers with this picture of 30 aircraft from the Perth, Western Australia-based China Southern West Australian Flying College, which trains pilots for China Southern Airlines and other associated airlines. Grob G115s are claimed to have an almost infinite ...
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Fighting talk from veteran jet jockeys
Fighter aircraft almost always provide the most eye-catching and impressive of flying displays at air shows, but can the expert eye compare competitors by watching these aerobatics? Two people who do know how to assess a flying display, as well as how to perform one, are Neil Anderson and ...
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Face the facts with...Dr John Waszczak
US Navy Tomahawk land attack missiles (TLAM) were used yesterday by US forces to punish Iraqi aggression. Dr John Waszczak, managing director of Hughes UK, describes his company's deadly cruise missile Q: Could you describe why TLAMs are used in operations such as yesterday's strike on Iraq? ...
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F-16 and Rafale in dog fight for UAE strike force order
United Arab Emirates (UAE) air force's strike-fighter competition appears to have narrowed to a straight contest between the Lockheed Martin F-16 and the Dassault Rafale. Lockheed Martin says it has been notified that the McDonnell Douglas F-15 has been de-selected out of the competition, and that just the F-16 ...
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US cruise missiles slam Iraqi targets
US air and naval forces launched 27 cruise missiles at air defence sites in Iraq hours before US President Bill Clinton announced a major extension of the No Fly Zone to the outskirts of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The attack was a much anticipated response to Iraq's incursion into ...
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Early warning for market as heavyweights join forces
In a teaming of US giants, Lockheed Martin and Northrup Grumman have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to capture business in the international airborne early warning/command & control (AEW&C) market. The two companies plan to market an AEW&C variant of Lockheed Martin's C-130J Hercules. Northrop Grumman's vice-president ...
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£70m MoD engine support deal
Roll-Royce Aero Engine Services has won a £70 million contract from the UK Ministry of Defence for the support of RB211-524B4 engines for the Royal Air Force fleet of Lockheed L1011 TriStars, it was announced at the Show yesterday. The overhaul and repair arm of Rolls-Royce Aerospace Group, RRAESL ...
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Military mapper
The US Department of Defense plans to fly a Space Shuttle mission tomap the Earth in close-up. Tim Furniss/LONDON ACCORDING TO DR MICHAEL Kobrick of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California, "-we have a better global map of Venus than we do for the Earth". He has conceived ...
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British Airways
BRITISH AIRWAYS John Wood has been named director for Asia-Pacific at UK national carrier British Airways. Wood, most recently general manager/ vice-president for Canada, based in Toronto, replaces Val Gooding, who is to leave the airline. LITTON Steven Lambert has been appointed president ...
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Congress digs its heels in over Pakistani F-16s for Indonesia
MEMBERS OF THE US Congress are threatening to block a $160 million sale to Indonesia of nine former Pakistani Lockheed Martin F-16A/B fighters, because of concerns about human rights in Indonesia. Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy has warned US Secretary of State Warren Christopher that the proposed sale could ...
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Joint trainer
Raytheon's Beech MkII may bury the jet-versus-turboprop debate forever. Graham Warwick/WICHITAILLUSTRATION BY Giuseppe Picarella BY EARLY NEXT century, US Air Force and Navy pilots will undergo primary training on the same aircraft type - the Raytheon Beech Pilatus PC-9 MkII. This unprecedented co-operation will be made possible ...
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Premium performance
McDonnell Douglas boss Harry Stonecipher wants to expand the company, but without altering the formula which has made it a profitable defence contractor. Graham Warwick/ST LOUIS THE PRICE is not yet right for McDonnell Douglas (MDC) president Harry Stonecipher. While MDC has yet to participate in the consolidation frenzy which ...
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Budget cuts trim USAF fighter upgrades hopes
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BUDGET reductions have forced the US Air Force to revise its plans to upgrade existing fighters. An almost 30% cut in the funds earmarked for modification programmes has resulted in a scaling back of the Fighter Configuration Plan (FICOP) first drawn up by the USAF ...
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Lightweight helmet unveiled for F-22
HELMET INTEGRATED SYSTEMS HAS unveiled a new lightweight helmet developed for the US Air Force's Lockheed/Boeing F-22 fighter. The UK company has been working on the Alpha HGU-86/P for several years following award of a contract from Boeing. The helmet is undergoing integration trials with USAF fighter-aircraft oxygen-mask systems. The ...
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Does the RAF need the Harrier?
Sir - The British Aerospace Harrier, featured in the UK BBC national television programme Defence of the realm on 22 August, has been part of the Royal Air Force inventory for 30 years or more. The question which must surely be asked is why the RAF has operated ...
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The answers to RNZAF dilemma
The answers to RNZAF dilemma Sir - Having read the article on Royal New Zealand Air Force training "Forward thrust" (Flight International, 24-30 July, P27), I have to say that RNZAF training is going nowhere fast. Your article reflects an appalling state of affairs. Air Vice-Marshal ...
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Lockheed puts its money on JSF pedigree
Lockheed Martin believes that its experience in building fighter aircraft, including the F-16, F-117 and F-22, is a key advantage in its bid to win the US Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme. Confident that it will be one of the two companies that is shortlisted on 7 November, Lockheed ...