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Spanish mystery: the answers
Sir - In answer to Marcus Chambers' enquiry (Flight International, 25-31 October, P37) the official publication of the Spanish air force, Revista de Aeronautica y Astronautica, has published two articles on Diego Marin Aguilera. The first, in the December 1993 issue, tells the known facts about Aguilera, born ...
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Japanese hoist deal
Lucas Aerospace and Shinko Electric are to supply electrically powered hoists for Sikorsky UH-60A helicopters, licence-manufactured by Mitsubishi, to meet the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force UH-X requirement. Shinko will develop a power-drive system using Lucas technology. Source: Flight International
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KC-135 upgrade
A team led by Rockwell Collins has won an initial $35 million US Air Force contract to upgrade the avionics on Boeing KC-135s. With options, the contract could grow to $250 million and include over 600 aircraft. The work includes, installation of the FMS-800 flight management system, EFIS-90 flight displays, ...
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Indonesia bids for embargoed F-16s
INDONESIA IS negotiating to buy nine of Pakistan's embargoed Lockheed Martin F-16A/B fighters being offered for sale by the US Government. According to US diplomatic and industrial sources, Indonesia is keen to acquire the aircraft, but has yet to reach an agreement on pricing. The US Government is ...
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Samsung rolls out first Korean F-16C
South Korean aerospace manufacturer Samsung has rolled out the first Lockheed Martin F-16C to be assembled in-country under the Korean Fighter Program (KFX). The South Korean air force will receive a total of a 120 F-16s under a 1992 contract with Lockheed Martin. Source: Flight International
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F-18 costs delay Finnish support requirements
Andrzej Jeziorski/TAMPERE FINLAND'S FM 13.92 billion ($3.6 billion) procurement of McDonnell Douglas F-18C/D Hornets has forced the air force to put its reconnaissance and helicopter requirements on hold until the next century. The seven two-seat F-18Ds and 57 single-seat F-18Cs are replacing the Finnish air ...
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C-17 battle moves to political theatre
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE McDONNELL Douglas C-17 (MDC) military-transport aircraft finally won the endorsement of the US Department of Defense on 3 November, but the fate of the multi-billion dollar programme is far from assured, with political hurdles yet to be negotiated. Congressional backers of ...
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Canada approves SAR purchase
The Canadian Government has approved a C$600 million ($446 million) programme to acquire or lease 15 new search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters to replace its fleet of 13 CH-113 Labrador Helicopters. Defence minister David Collenette says that a separate decision on the purchase of up to 32 naval helicopters is ...
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Positive action
THE FRENCH AEROSPACE industry may see little cause to thank defence minister Charles Millon for proposals to make swingeing cuts in the country's military spending. Yet if the budget cuts at last succeed in provoking the industry into a long-overdue bout of restructuring, then Millon will have ...
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Budget cuts strike at French defence industry
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE FRENCH Government has admitted that the country's defence industry is facing a "critical situation" because of unavoidable budget cuts needed to reduce the national deficit. Defence minister Charles Millon revealed during a debate on the defence budget on 8 November that he ...
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AlliedSignal
John Hamilton has become vice-president and general manager of environmental-control systems at AlliedSignal Aerospace, of Torrance, California. He was previously director of repair and overhaul at South Bend, Indiana. Tig Krekel becomes vice-president and general manager for military customer support in marketing sales and service, having been vice-president of military ...
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Lockheed simulation
Lockheed Martin has won a five-year $146 million contract to support US Air Force special-operations training at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. The company has also won a US Army contract, potentially worth $500 million over five years, to develop distributed simulation technology. Under the USAF Mission Training Support ...
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CL-415 launched on 180-day world tour
BOMBARDIER HAS launched a 180-day, 21-country sales tour with the Canadair CL-415 amphibian. The Quebec Government-owned aircraft was despatched on 23 October from the Rome Ciampino Airport base of Alitalia subsidiary SISAM, which operates four CL-415 waterbombers, and which will assist with operations and maintenance during the tour. ...
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Better control for aircraft instability unstable aircraft
Andrew Doyle/LONDON ADVANCED, INHERENTLY unstable delta-canard combat aircraft could be easier to control and have a longer structural fatigue life than conventional designs through the use of active-structural-mode-control (AcSMC) technology, according to a study carried out by Lancaster University in the UK. The British Aerospace Military ...
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Virtual combat
Sophisticated simulation technology is being used to train US Air Force crews for covert operations. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA ALBUQUERQUE, NEW Mexico - this year's venue for the annual convocation of the simulation industry - is home to probably the world's most advanced flight-simulation centre. The 58th Special Operations Wing ...
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Invisible HALO
Douglas Barrie/LONDON LIKE MOST OF its equivalents, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) likes to flatly deny the existence of sensitive programmes - rather appositely in the case of stealth projects Nevertheless, the inadvertent disclosure of its High Agility Low Observability (HALO) programme during an unclassified ...
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Sri Lanka close to Kfir purchase
SRI LANKA and Israel are finalising the $50 million purchase of eight former Israeli air force Kfir C2 fighter aircraft. The sale of the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)-built fighter has been approved by the US administration - clearance was required because the aircraft are fitted with the General ...
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Military simulator directory
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS has provided a lifeline to military-simulator manufacturers over the past 12 months as individual domestic opportunities have failed to materialise as expected. Delays in programme starts and contract awards have continued to plague the industry, making planning and forecasting difficult. Industry consolidation ...
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Lithuania seeks L-39 financing
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE LITHUANIAN air force is pushing for funding to buy eight new L-39 Albatros jet trainers from Czech manufacturer Aero Vodochody. According to Aero Vodochody president and chief executive Zdenek Chalupnik, the company is now making efforts to find a financing package to allow ...
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Germany gives go-ahead to research helicopter
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE GERMAN Government has confirmed that it will fund a new Eurocopter EC 135-based helicopter technology demonstrator, to fly by the end of 1998. The aircraft, called Helicopter Simulator for Technology, Operations and Research (HeSTOR), will replace the Eurocopter BO 105-based Advanced Technology Testing ...