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Finland pools defence around F-18 assembly
FINLAND PLANS TO bring together its national defence industry into a new state-owned company, whose activities will include assembly of the country's McDonnell Douglas F-18s. The F-18 work had been handled by the aviation division of Valmet, a broad-based industrial group, which has decided to refocus on core ...
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Falcon battles with Phantom in Turkey
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Ari Egozi/TEL AVIV LOCKHEED MARTIN is offering several F-16 options to Turkey in an attempt to derail Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI) Turkish air force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom upgrade programme, which has run into political and financial difficulties. It is understood that ...
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AIROD props UP C-130H
Airod of Malaysia has signed an accord with Turbo-power and Zetro Services, to establish an Allison T56 and 501 turbo-prop engine-repair and overhaul centre. The joint venture will be geared primarily to supporting the Malaysian air force's 14 Lockheed Martin C-130H/-30s. Source: Flight International
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GTE cleans up with Finnish deliveries
Andrew Doyle/LONDON THE FINNISH air force and flag carrier Finnair have each taken delivery of engine-compressor-wash systems from Sweden's Gas Turbine Efficiency, after carrying out a 12-month evaluation of the product. The air force will use the GTE Cleaning System for all of its aircraft, ...
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VISTA/F-16 to test F-22 flight control
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA HANDLING QUALITIES of the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 are to be evaluated in flight tests of the US Air Force's variable-stability in-flight simulator aircraft (VISTA), a modified Lockheed Martin F-16. The Calspan-operated VISTA/F-16 will be programmed with the F-22's flight- control laws for a series of 30 ...
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Building the F-22
The first Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 fighter is finally taking shape. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA A CORNER OF THE massive assembly building at Lockheed Martin's Marietta, Georgia, plant has been resurfaced, repainted and surrounded by a high white fence. Behind this fence, preparations are well under way for final assembly of ...
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Brunei concludes Black Hawk deal with Sikorsky
BRUNEI IS UNDERSTOOD to have concluded a deal with Sikorsky to purchase initially four UH-60L Black Hawk utility helicopters for military use. The UH-60L was selected after a prolonged evaluation of rival helicopters Eurocopter AS.532 Cougar and Indonesian Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) licence-built NAS.332 Super Puma. ...
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JSTARS aircraft boost Bosnia effort
INTENSE NATO aerial-reconnaissance efforts to support alliance troops in Bosnia have been boosted by the introduction of US Air Force Northrop Grumman E-8A/C Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft from Rhein-Main Air Base in Germany. The 400-strong, 4500th Joint Stars Squadron (Provisional) has been in ...
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Israel and Jordan discuss F-16 work
ISRAELI AND JORDANIAN military officials have held discussions over the former providing maintenance for Jordanian air force Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs, 16 of which are to be supplied by the US Government under a recently concluded agreement. The USA will provide Jordan with 12 F-16As and four two-seat F-16Bs ...
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Gallois speeds cost-cutting and aims for fresh capital
Julian Moxon/PARIS AEROSPATIALE IS heading towards break-even, says President Louis Gallois, but he warns that the group plans to step up its cost-cutting efforts to offset the weakness of the US dollar. In his annual roundup of the group's activities, Gallois revealed that the group ...
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McDonnell Douglas
McDonnell Douglas of St Louis, Missouri, has appointed Harold Coyle vice-president for corporate ethics and Fred Whiteford executive assistant to the chief executive. Coyle served as staff director and secretary of the management councils as well as assisting the corporation's chairman, John McDonnell. Whiteford served as director of strategic planning. ...
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Litening strikes Tornado deal
THE GERMAN AIR force is to incorporate software for the Israeli Rafael Litening laser designator pod into its Tornado computer-upgrade programme. The long-awaited move is a cautious decision in favour of the Litening pod for Germany's Tornado fleet, beating GEC-Marconi Defence Systems, with its thermal-imaging and laser-designation pod, ...
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Strength and weakness
INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED operating standards have long been among the greatest strengths of the airline community, but they are now posing one of its greatest challenges - through the failure of national regulators to keep pace with the increasing complexity of the globalising industry they seek to control. Nowhere can this ...
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Electronic Eyes
The US Navy casts its Shadow over Bosnia. Tim Ripley/USSAMERICA, ADRIATIC FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS, US aircraft carriers have benefited from the unique services of the US Navy's 16 Lockheed Martin ES-3A Shadows to monitor hostile radar emissions and other electronic threats. The pressure of ...
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Israel thinks about Tomahawk purchase
THE ISRAELI DEFENCE forces are considering a purchase of the Hughes Tomahawk BGM-109 cruise missile. Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres is expected to discuss the issue when he meets US defence secretary William Perry in Israel on 8 January. The proposal is part of negotiations between Israel and ...
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Northrop Grumman wins the battle to buy Westinghouse Defense Electronics
Northrop Grumman is to acquire the defence-electronics and air-traffic-control (ATC) equipment businesses of Westinghouse for $3 billion. The aerospace and defence concern won a bidding war against a list of rivals which reportedly also included Hughes Aircraft, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Loral. Northrop Grumman says that it expects ...
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Eastern trade route
Asian Aerospace is becoming the most increasingly important showcase for companies pitching for trade in the Far East. Kate Sarsfield/LONDON ACCORDING TO ITS organiser, Reed Exhibitions, the biennial Asian Aerospace air show is rapidly becoming one of the most popular events on the aerospace calendar. The 1996 ...
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RN chooses the JTIDS for Sea Harrier fleet
THE ROYAL NAVY HAS selected Rockwell's Collins Avionics & Communications division to supply joint tactical-information distribution system (JTIDS) terminals for installation on its British Aerospace Sea Harriers and Westland Sea King helicopters. The contract covers an initial, 65 terminals with 30 options. Derived from Rockwell's IDS-2000 information distribution ...
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Power surge
Arms race or just re-equipment - either way, Southeast Asian nations are on a buying spree Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE DEFENCE EXPENDITURE in Southeast Asia is at an all-time high and is continuing to grow, prompting many ob-servers to suggest that the region is in the throes ...
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Thomson-CSF is poised to take Elettronica stake
THOMSON-CSF HAS agreed "in principle" to buy an initial 25% stake in Italian defence-electronics company Elettronica. A final agreement is due in the next few weeks. The French company says that the investment will take the form of a capital increase in Elettronica, which, under the agreement, would ...