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DARPA investigates ways to counter cruise missiles
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA CITING THE proliferation threat from low-cost cruise missiles, the US Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA) is soliciting proposals to develop a cost-effective way of countering such weapons. Potential bidders were briefed on the Low-Cost Cruise-Missile Defence (LCCMD) programme at the end of July. ...
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Michot will take over as Aerospatiale president
Julian Moxon/PARIS YVES MICHOT has been appointed to replace Louis Gallois as president of France's Aerospatiale. The move has been welcomed by observers of the French aerospace industry, as the state-owned giant prepares for further integration with the European aerospace industry. Michot joined Aerospatiale in ...
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USAF punishes 16 for CT-43 disaster flight
THE US AIR FORCE, has disciplined two generals and 14 other lower-ranking servicemen, for their roles in the 3 April Boeing CT-43A crash in Croatia, which killed US Commerce Secretary Ronald Brown and 34 others. It is understood that the flight should not have been conducted, since USAF ...
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Transfield/Lockheed Martin team for Pacific Rim market
LOCKHEED MARTIN and Transfield Defence Systems are working to establish a joint-venture company to compete for defence and civil contracts in Australia and South-East Asia. A memorandum of understanding, has already been signed, by Lockheed's Ocean, Radar and Sensor division and Transfield Australia's second largest defence contractor. ...
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Racal-Thorn concludes Chinese surveillance-radar negotiations
RACAL-THORN Defence is to sell up to eight surveillance radars to China, in a deal worth around £40 million ($62 million). The radars are variants of the Searchwater, which is used in maritime surveillance and airborne early-warning applications by the UK armed forces. Negotiations over the sale have ...
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AWACS 767 begins flight testing
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES THE FIRST BOEING 767 airborne warning and control-system (AWACS) aircraft was expected to begin a seven-month flight-test programme with a sortie from Everett, Washington, on 9 August. The 767-27C, which is a modified extended-range -200ER, is the first of four destined for ...
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Tailless tactics
The 1980s tailless-fighter concept could be a reality after 2000 Mastery of thrust vectoring is paving the way for tailless-fighter research. Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES HIGH OVER THE dry lakebed at Edwards AFB, California, on 24 April, 1996, the pilot of a NASA McDonnell ...
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Cubic aviods collision
Cubic Defense Systems, of San Diego, California, has received a $1.34 million contract to supply 29 ground-collision avoidance systems to CAE Aviation, for a Canadian Forces Lockheed Martin C-130 update programme. Source: Flight International
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Civil and military helicopter directory
Douglas Barrie, Max Kingsley-Jones and Jennifer Pite/LONDON DESPITE THE recent gloom in the civil-helicopter business, the manufacturers are now more confident that a recovery is within sight, and have been bullishly developing new models. In 1995, US-manufactured new civil helicopter shipments totalled 314, a slight improvement ...
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Japan goes it alone
Japan's helicopter industry is only now beginning to come of age, with the development of its own indigenous designs Paul Lewis/TOKYO JAPAN'S AEROSPACE INDUSTRY lays claim to a rich and varied history of manufacturing helicopters, dating back more than 40 years. For the most part, however, this ...
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IAI Turkish F-4 upgrade will go ahead
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV ISRAELI financial institutions have agreed on a funding package enabling Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) to proceed with the upgrade of Turkish air force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms. IAI is also negotiating a deal to upgrade Turkish Northrop F-5s. The Phantom loan will ...
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Jordan signs F-16 lease with USAF
JORDAN HAS signed an agreement to lease 16 ex-US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs from the USA, which will pay for the bulk of the $220 million deal. Most of the funds will go towards structural and engine upgrades for the aircraft, which have 25% of their 4,000h lives remaining. ...
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First production C-130J Hercules takes shape
LOCKHEED MARTIN has begun final assembly of the first production C-130J Hercules 2. The aircraft, the first of 12 stretched C-130J-30s for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), will join the certification flight-test programme, which has been boosted to eight aircraft to recover delays (Flight International, 19-25 June). ...
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Aermacchi proves Yak-130/AEM performance
Julian Moxon/PARIS WINDTUNNEL tests of the latest configuration of the Yakovlev/Aermacchi Yak-130/AEM trainer at the Italian company's Milan headquarters have revealed aerodynamic characteristics "similar to those of the latest generation of combat aircraft", says Aermacchi technical director for the programme, Pierclaudio Iaia. The Yak-130/AEM is ...
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Italian forces to get dedicated satellite
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA THE ITALIAN ARMED forces are to get their first dedicated communications satellite following the award of a contract to a consortium led by Alenia Spazio. The air force plans to have satellite communications available for at least five aircraft types, including the Eurofighter EF2000 and Panavia ...
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Elta will supply electronic-support-measures systems for RAF Nimrod
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries subsidiary Elta is to supply the electronic-support-measures (ESM) systems for the Royal Air Force's new replacement maritime-patrol aircraft (RMPA). The deal to fit an upgraded version of the EL/L-8300 system in the British Aerospace Nimrod 2000 will be a consolation to Elta. It had ...
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The F-111 is dead: long live the Aardvaark
THE US AIR FORCE RETIRED the General Dynamics F-111 fighter-bomber on 27 July - but only after officially naming the aircraft the Aardvark, its long-time nickname. The Grumman-modified EF-111 electronic-warfare version of the aircraft will continue in USAF service until 1999, and Australia (the only other operator) plans to keep ...
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Pentagon reveals its advanced- technology-demonstrator list
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC ADVANCED AIRBORNE-surveillance projects are among 18 advanced-concept technology demonstrations (ACTDs) on which the US Department of Defense plans to spend $99 million in fiscal year 1997. The demonstrations were selected from 100 proposals submitted by the US military. The projects have been approved by the Joint Requirements ...
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New B-2 delivery
Northrop Grumman has delivered the first Block 20 B-2 stealth bomber to the US Air Force. The Spirit of Nebraska, a Block 10 aircraft, was upgraded to Block 20 configuration, with improved avionics, global-positioning system aided- munitions and terrain-following software. Source: Flight International
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S Korea acquires spy aircraft from Raytheon
RAYTHEON EXPECTS to earn more than $250 million from South Korea's decision to buy eight Hawker 800XP mid-size jet aircraft and four signal-intelligence (SIGINT) mission systems from subsidiary company E-Systems. The South Korean purchase of advanced airborne-reconnaissance systems also includes synthetic-aperture radars (SARs) from Lockheed Martin's Loral Tactical ...