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US treaty nears conclusion
MALAYSIA HOPES to conclude a bilateral airworthiness and safety treaty with the USA in 1996, using the locally produced SME Aviation MD3-160 Aero Tiga trainer as a validation vehicle. The aircraft, once known as the Datwyler MD3-160 Swiss Trainer, was type-certificated by Switzerland's Federal Office for Civil Aviation ...
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Third-life test starts for C-17
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has started testing the durability of the C-17 transport to cover a third equivalent lifetime, or up to 90,000 representative flight hours. The work is part of a $15.7 million contract from the US Air Force. The additional tests will be conducted on the original ...
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Poland puts brakes on Alpha Jet deal
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE POLISH Government has halted a defence ministry plan to buy second-hand Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jets instead of ordering more Polish-built PZL-Mielec Iryda jet trainers. Prime Minister Jozef Oleksy has announced that the plan has been "suspended" in the interest of Mielec, but says ...
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Gripen deployed in Hungary
THE SWEDISH AIR FORCE has completed the deployment of a Saab JAS39 to Hungary in support of the company's efforts to sell the aircraft to the Hungarian air force. The aircraft was deployed in November to Kecskemet air force base, with a Lockheed C-130 Hercules being used for backup. Hungary ...
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Hunter cleared for new tests
THE TRW/ISRAEL Aircraft Industries (IAI), Hunter Joint Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), has been cleared to resume flight-testing. The beleaguered $4.2 billion US Army/Navy project is threatened with cancellation after three crashes caused the UAV to be grounded in August. Project officials say that the accidents were caused ...
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Lucas winch
Lucas Industries has been selected to supply the cargo winch for the Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules. Lucas says that the contract is worth an initial $1 million, but the UK company expects the value to increase to around $20 million over the life of the programme. The winches will be ...
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Little room
Thailand has ordered three Eurocopter AS.332L2 Super Pumas for use by the country's royal family. The first two VIP-configured aircraft are scheduled for delivery in October 1996. The Super Puma was selected over the Sikorsky S-70 after it was determined that the US helicopter offered the King insufficient headroom in ...
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Dominating ducting
Avica, part of Meggitt Aerospace Components, has been awarded a £6 million ($9.3 million) contract to supply secondary power and environmental-control-system ducting for the Saab JAS39 Gripen fighter. Source: Flight International
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Lockheed/Boeing
Tom Burbage has become vice-president and general manager for the Lockheed Martin-Boeing F-22 programme, where he will direct all aspects of the fighter aircraft, which is being manufactured at Aeronautical Systems in Marietta, Georgia, Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems in Fort Worth, Texas, and Boeing Military Airplanes in Seattle, Washington. ...
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Malaysia offered Rooivalk options
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ATLAS AVIATION of South Africa is discussing with Malaysia a series of industrial co-production options for the CSH-2 Rooivalk, to meet the country's pending requirement for a new attack helicopter. The South African company faces strong competition from McDonnell Douglas with its AH-64D Apache ...
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Northrop/Rafael in Litening move
Guy Norris/SAN ANTONIO NORTHROP GRUMMAN and Rafael of Israel have teamed for the production, sales and future product improvement of the Litening airborne laser-designator and navigation pod. Under the terms of the agreement, signed in early September but not officially announced until 28 November, Northrop Grumman ...
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IPTN suspended from Bell 412 production
Paul Lewis/JAKARTA INDONESIA'S Directorate General of Air Communications (DGAC) has ordered IPTN to stop licence production of the Bell 412 until it conforms with US Federal Aviation Administration regulations. Production halted in September after a joint audit of IPTN's Bandung plant by the FAA and the ...
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Precision sees an end to its losses
PRECISION STANDARD continues to be affected by the late delivery of customer-supplied parts required for its US Air Force Boeing KC-135 depot-maintenance contract, but expects the problem to be resolved by mid-1996. Late deliveries and "an unprecedented number of aircraft requiring major structural repairs" contributed to Precision's $1.4 ...
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Japanese to make military cuts
JAPAN'S GOVERNMENT has announced cuts in the size of its military forces as part of its long-awaited post-Cold War defence-policy review. The National Defence Programme Outline, or White Paper, is the first to be published since 1976. It calls for reductions to be made by all three services. ...
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US Air Force 'must improve availability' of C-5 Galaxy
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US AIR FORCE should stockpile more spare parts for the Lockheed Martin C-5 Galaxy military transport and give priority to increasing its availability rate, according to a new report from the US General Accounting Office (GAO). The USAF operates about 100 C-5As ...
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India considers Hind purchase
INDIA IS IN negotiations with Belarus and Russia for the possible acquisition of Mil Mi-24 combat helicopters for the Army Aviation Corps. A high-level Army delegation visited Belarus in October to evaluate the Russian-built Mi-24s, and a Belarus delegation also visited New Delhi in mid-November in an attempt ...
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Burning ambition
A towering inferno and pending Pentagon funding decisions place airship production on an uncertain course. Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC OFFICIALS AT US lighter-than-air-dirigible manufacturer Westinghouse Airships hope to establish before the end of the year a firm flight-plan for future airship production. The previous business strategy ...
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In the balance
Can India's Advanced Light Helicopter, survive in the international marketplace? Veena Singh/BANGALORE NOVEMBER WAS an important month for Indian aerospace. According to industry officials, one of the most significant projects for the Indian Government - the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) - finally showed signs of ...
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Price drop
Northrop Grumman has signed a $2.4 billion agreement with McDonnell Douglas, guaranteeing a 35% reduction in the cost of components produced by its Vought operation for the next 80 C-17 military air transports. The company produces the engine nacelles, tail sections and aerial-refueling panels. Source: Flight ...