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European debut for Embraer duo
Brazilian manufacturer Embraer is using Farnborough for the European debuts of two of its newest aircraft - the EMB-145 regional jet and the EMB-312H Super Tucano military trainer. Customers in nine countries have placed 54 firm orders and 179 options for the 50-seat EMB-145, now completing flight ...
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US still tops defence market says survey
Reports that the Russians have overtaken the Americans for top position in the world defence market are flawed, a top British Government analyst says at Farnborough ‘96. A US Congressional Research Service survey released just prior to Farnborough ‘96 claims that the Russians had leapt to pole position ...
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Re-engined Sikorsky wins another order
Sikorsky is expected to announce a new order for its S-76C+ today at Farnborough. Details of the customer, believed to be European, should be announced at a press conference this morning. Deliveries of the higher-powered C+ variant, which was introduced earlier this year, began in July, and Sikorsky ...
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Fighting talk on JSF project by Lockheed Martin
Describing itself as a "Fighter Enterprise", Lockheed Martin is sporting an aggressive stance at Farnborough and touting a wide array of military aircraft products. A priority at the show, the company says, is the marketing of its concept for the US/UK Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme. The three ...
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Merger and magistrate keep aerospace titan away from the show
Notably absent from Farnborough ‘96 is Serge Dassault, chairman and chief executive officer of Dassault Aviation and a score of companies in the Dassault Industrie group. Though his heart is at Farnborough - he can't remember missing a single show since he graduated as an aircraft engineer almost half ...
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US trainer makes transatlantic debut
The Raytheon Aircraft Beech/Pilatus PC-9 MkII is making its debut appearance at Farnborough after a two-hop flight from the USA. The aircraft was fitted with two 230 litre (60 USgal) wing-mounted external fuel tanks for the journey. Confirmed earlier this year as the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System ...
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Game designer flies in with F-22
Digital Image Design (DID) is going public with the latest addition to its range of 3D simulators at Farnborough. The company, which has its base in Warrington, Northwest England, claims to be a world leader in the creation of flight simulation for the personal computer market and is using ...
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Knighthelm in shining example
While would-be pilots stare enviously at the air display, much of the real business of the show is being carried out around cockpits which are strictly earth-based. Some of these can be found on the GEC-Marconi stand (Hall3/B1). With a decision on further funding of the German Tiger ...
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Rivals join forces for advanced engine work
France's Snecma and Britain's Rolls-Royce are teaming up on research for an Advanced Military Engine Technology (AMET) programme for the next generation of combat aircraft. Once arch rivals to power what was then a five-nation European fighter aircraft, Snecma ultimately went it alone for the Rafale's M-88 powerplant, while ...
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Roke manor tunes into radio deal
A deal which should improve radio links for troops serving in Bosnia has been broadcast at this year's Show. Roke Manor Research, part of Siemens Plessey Electronic Systems, has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Defence to upgrade the HALO artillery location systems deployed with British troops ...
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Airlifter art
Internationally renowned aviation artist Keith Ferris is signing give-away posters of his newest work, of a McDonnell Douglas C-17 airlifter, at the McDonnell Douglas stand in Hall 3. Ferris has recently been in Bosnia to see the C-17 operating there and has based his latest painting on this experience. ...
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Promotional upside of the Down Under airshow
The term DownUnder is certainly not perceived as a derogatory description by the Australian aerospace industry, which highlights its strategic proximity to the fast-growing markets of the Asia-Pacific region. The country's aerospace showcase, the fourth Australian International Air Show and Aerospace Expo, to be held from 18-23 February 1997 ...
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Euro share set for an increase?
Page 5 Further encroachment by Europe on US market share is predicted in a new survey of world aircraft production prospects for the coming decade. The survey, published today by the US-based Teal Group, looks at the total civil and military market for the ...
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Philippine air force re-engines SF.260
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE PHILIPPINE Air Force has re-engined a SIAI-Marchetti SF.260, with a turboprop and test-flown it, as part of a programme to extend the operational life of its trainer/light-attack aircraft. The air force's early-build SF.260M/W aircraft are being upgraded to the newer SF.260TP standard ...
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Competition to the fore
Europe continues to be an attractive market for simulator manufacturers. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA PERHAPS THE biggest simulation-industry news at the Farnborough air show will come from a company, which is not even exhibiting. FlightSafety International (FSI) is expected to announce on the eve of the show ...
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Twister types
While 1996 has not been an exciting year in helicopters, manufacturers are chasing orders. Douglas Barrie and Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON CIVIL HELICOPTERS THE CIVIL-HELICOPTER industry is emerging from one of its bleakest periods and is cautiously optimistic that the future is brighter. Recent forecasts ...
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Lockheed
Bob Kosakoski has been appointed to the new position of programme manager of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) airborne early-warning and control (AEW&C) programme at Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems, in Marietta, Georgia, responsible for developing the C-130J Hercules as an AEW&C platform for the RAAF. Kosakoski was most recently ...
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Better late than never
The Eurofighter EF2000 is expected finally to make an appearance at a Farnborough air show. Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE 1992 AND 1994 FARNBOROUGH air shows passed without the Eurofighter EF2000 making an appearance. The 1996 show will have not one, but three EF2000s on show, along with the ...
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Powering fourth
The Saab JAS39 Gripen remains central to Sweden's plans for a "fourth-generation"air force. Andrzej Jeziorski/SATENAS SWEDISH AIR FORCE chief Lt Gen Kent Harrskog says that the Saab JAS39 Gripen "-has actually given us a whole new air force". This new force, dubbed "Air Force 2000", is one ...
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Developing power
New military engines, as well as old, will be under discussion at the Farnborough air show this year. Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Andrew Doyle/LONDON IF THEY CAN MAKE themselves heard above the roar of the performing combat aircraft, visitors to this year's Farnborough air show will ...