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Vega awarded UK training deal
UK SOFTWARE Company Vega has been awarded a £1 million ($1.55 million) contract from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the development of a computerised air- craft-training system (CATS) for the Royal Navy. The Welwyn Garden City, UK-based firm will deliver 63 computer workstations and associated software ...
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A310 finds favour in Israel
Airbus Industrie's A310 has emerged as the preferred non-US platform for future Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) airborne early-warning (AEW) and aerial-refueling aircraft. The Bedek division of IAI is already negotiating with Airbus about the transfer of engineering data required for the conversion of the wide body civil aircraft ...
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Projects face guillotine in French revolution
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE NEW HEAD OF the French armed forces has warned industry that forthcoming cuts in the defence budget will entail the cancellation of several major programmes. Gen. Jean-Philippe Douin admits that "painful choices" will have to be made by French president Jacques Chirac, ...
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CAE simulates updated P-3
CANADA'S CAE Electronics has been awarded a C$13.5 million ($10 million) contract to supply simulation systems for the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) Lockheed Martin AP-3C Orion update programme. The contract is for three integrated subsystems (ISS) which simulate the AP-3C's updated mission systems, including electronic-surveillance, radar and ...
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Netherlands research simulator operational
THE NETHERLANDS National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) has inaugurated the National Simulation Facility (NSF), a research flight-simulator which initially simulates the Lockheed Martin F-16A fighter in mid-life-update (MLU) configuration. The Amsterdam-based NSF includes a 5m-diameter dome visual-display system mounted on a six-axis motion system. The dome is removable, to ...
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Israel adds Eagles
Israel has exercised its option for four additional McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle strike fighters, taking the total order to 25 aircraft to be delivered between 1997 and the end of 1998. Source: Flight International
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Malaysian Hawk fleet is under the weather
Paul Lewis/KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA'S FLEET OF new British Aerospace Hawk 100/200s is suffering from a low level of operational readiness, apparently caused by a combination of systems failures and spares shortages, along with a lack of trained manpower. The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) has ...
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Pentagon muddies UAV waters
US DEPARTMENT OF Defense efforts to merge the close-range and maritime unmanned-air-vehicle (UAV) programmes will complicate industry attempts to produce the next members of the US military's drone family, say industry sources. The rethink comes as senior Pentagon officials are determining the fate of the TRW/Israel Aircraft Industries ...
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Python 3 in South African service
THE FIRST FIRM evidence that the South African Air Force (SAAF) has acquired the Israeli Rafael Python 3 short-range infra-red air-to-air missile (AAM) has emerged in photographs of an air force Dassault Mirage F-1C. The Python missile chassis may also form the basis of an active-radar-guided beyond-visual-range ...
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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 ...
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Kaman names SH-2 Team
Kaman Aerospace International has formed an Australian team to offer the SH-2G helicopter to the Royal Australian Navy. The Kaman team consists of CSC Australia (simulators and software support); GE Aircraft Engines (T700-401 turbo-shafts); Litton Guidance & Control (integrated tactical-avionics management system); Safe Air (final assembly and overhaul); Scientific Management ...
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Bombardier offers a hybrid version of CL-415 to Lebanon
BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE is offering to Lebanon a hybrid version of the Canadair CL-415 amphibian, to meet its requirements for forest fire-fighting, search and rescue and surveillance. The aircraft would combine the fire-fighting capabilities of the existing CL-415 turboprop with the basic configuration of the proposed CL-415M maritime-patrol variant, ...
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Russians pursue engine and radar on Chinese F-10 fighter
CHINA'S CHENGDU F-10 fighter aircraft, being developed jointly with Israel, may be fitted with a Russian air-intercept radar and power plant. Russian radar-design house Phazotron is proposing an advanced variant of its Zhuk (Beetle) multi-mode pulse-Doppler radar for the fighter, as the Israelis try to convince the Chinese ...
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Hawkeye leads surveillance interest among Gulf States
NORTHROP GRUMMAN is proposing that the Gulf Collaboration Council (GCC) states collectively purchase and operate a combined standing force of its E-2C Hawkeye airborne-early-warning (AEW) aircraft, to provide additional AEW support in the region. GCC states, which include the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain, all have draft ...
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Saudi air force is in the market for refuelling tankers
The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) is considering a range of new-build aircraft and second hand conversions to meet its outstanding requirement for up to ten additional air-to-air refueling tankers. The aircraft are needed to support the RSAF's growing fleet of McDonnell Douglas F-15 and Panavia Tornado fighters ...
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UAE gains AMRAAM go-ahead
THE US GOVERNMENT is to release the Hughes AIM-120 Advanced Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to support its manufacturers in the country's strike-fighter competition. Sources close to the UAE fighter programme claim that the USA decided in July to make it clear to ...
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UAE could be persuaded to take Enforcer
THE CASA CN-235 Persuader and Fokker Maritime Enforcer Mk2 are emerging as the front runners competing for the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) soon-to-be-decided order for new a maritime-patrol aircraft (MPA). The UAE air force is seeking four aircraft for MPA missions, including anti-submarine warfare and surface strike. The ...
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USAF seeks tanker-visuals upgrade
THE US AIR FORCE HAS launched a programme to upgrade the visual systems on 23 tanker-aircraft simulators. The Air Mobility Command Visual Upgrade Effort (AMCVUE) programme covers 19 Boeing KC-135 and four McDonnell Douglas (MDC) KC-10 simulators. A request for proposals was issued in late October and contract ...
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Lynx deal
CAE Electronics has won a C$30 million ($22 million) UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract to supply a Westland Lynx HAS.8 full-flight and tactical simulator for delivery to the Royal Navy by late 1997. The Canadian company says that it plans to bid for the forthcoming Royal Air Force programme ...