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Saab signs Hungarian Gripen MoU
SAAB AIRCRAFT HAS signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hungary, covering the "evaluation and possible procurement" of the JAS39 Gripen multi-role lightweight fighter. The Swedish sales effort is being couched as part of a wide-ranging industrial co-operation agreement with Hungary. Hungary is due to decide by the ...
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Denel makes its mark
Denel has progressed rapidly in a short time. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON DENEL HAS COME a long way in a short time, says its chief executive Johan Alberts. It is hard to disagree. The group was formed a little over three years ago, as South ...
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AN-32 crashes into sea
A Sri Lankan air force Antonov An-32 twin-turboprop utility aircraft, carrying 76 servicemen and five crew, crashed some 40km (22nm) north of Colombo, killing all on board, says a Sri Lankan military statement. The aircraft had taken off in bad weather from Colombo Ratmalana airport bound for Palaly in the ...
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B-2 ESM upgrade
Loral Federal Systems has received a $14.6 million Northrop Grumman contract to produce 13 receiver sets to enhance the performance of the B-2 bomber aircraft's Loral-developed APR-50 electronic support-measures system. Source: Flight International
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Rafale Rolls
The French defence ministry has signed a contract with Dassault for an initial production batch of eight Rafale multi-role fighter aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Maintenance rates hit SASCO
SINGAPORE Technologies Aerospace (STAe), is urgently looking at ways of reviving its subsidiary maintenance company, Singapore Aviation Services (SASCO), after suffering a large loss in the first six months of the year. STAe made a net loss of S$49 million ($34 million) compared with a small S$12 million ...
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Swidnik wins Sokol successes
POLISH HELICOPTER manufacturer PZL Swidnik has won new orders for two versions of its W-3 Sokol helicopter. South Korea's Citiair has turned its preliminary agreement on the purchase of three transport helicopters into a firm contract, while Polish oil company Petrobaltic has ordered a maritime version. Citiair has ordered the ...
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Royal Navy opts for Racal GPS units
THE ROYAL NAVY IS to fit all of its front-line helicopters with Racal Avionics' secure global-positioning-system (GPS) equipment. The £25 million ($39 million) upgrade programme, due for completion in 1999, will cover over 150 aircraft. An integrated logistic-support package, which lasts until 2003, is also included. Racal, as ...
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LongRanger achieves high-altitude record
BELL HELICOPTER Textron has set a new company record for high-altitude operations after a Model 206L-4 LongRanger climbed to 19,300ft (5,880m) to rescue the crew of a Pakistan army Aerospatiale SA.315 Lama which had crashed in the Himalayas. The LongRanger was in Pakistan being demonstrated to the army ...
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JDA pushes for TFS-X
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE JAPAN'S DEFENCE Agency (JDA) has renewed its push for development of the tandem-seat TFS-X advanced trainer variant of the Mitsubishi FS-X support fighter as a way of extending aircraft production and cutting unit costs. The agency has unveiled plans to order a total ...
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Dutch air force spends $14m on Israeli ACE
THE DUTCH air force is to equip its Lockheed Martin F-16s with the Israeli-developed autonomous combat manoeuvres evaluation (ACE) system. The $14 million contract is for 138 systems and was signed in Israel on 5 September. The Rada-developed ACE has already been selected by the Israeli and Chilean air forces. ...
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'Nothing new' about F-22 overspending
REPORTS OF COST and weight overruns on the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 are "nothing new", the manufacturing team says. An US Air Force review, estimates that the $10.5 billion engineering and manufacturing development programme, will come in $572 million over budget, when it is completed in 2002. Lockheed Martin ...
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RAF signs Chinook deal
BOEING HELICOPTERS and the UK Ministry of Defence have completed contract negotiations for buying 14 HC Mk II CH-47D Chinook heavy-lift helicopters for the Royal Air Force. The $365 million contract calls for deliveries to begin in 1997 and be completed by early 1999. The RAF will eventually ...
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Japan plans thrust-vectoring engine trials
JAPAN'S TECHNICAL Research and Development Institute (TRDI) plans to equip its future fighter demonstrator engine with a thrust vectoring nozzle and has already begun ordering long lead components for the power plant. The TRDI is evaluating either equipping the XF3-400 engine with two-directional thrust deflection paddles or the ...
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Pentagon plans to test variant of Russia's AS-17 Krypton
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC MCDONNELL DOUGLAS Aerospace (MDA) officials and their Russian counterparts hope that the Pentagon-funded evaluation of a variant of Russia's Zvezda Kh-31 (AS-17 Krypton) rocket-/ramjet-powered anti-ship missile will lead to multi-year procurement of MA-31 aerial targets for test and evaluation and training by the US ...
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Nimrod crashes at Canadian air show
A ROYAL AIR Force (RAF) British Aerospace Nimrod MR2 maritime reconnaissance aircraft with a crew of seven crashed into Lake Ontario during its display sequence at the Canadian International Air Show, Toronto on 2 September. There were no survivors. When the aircraft hit the surface, about 200 nose-down, it had ...
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Shorts support
Shorts has secured two support services contracts worth £74 million ($115 million). The contracts, awarded by the UK Ministry of Defence for Royal Air Force Linton-on-Ouse and by a Middle East customer, cover the provision of a range of services including first, second and third line aircraft maintenance. The company ...
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Pakistan favours Mirage
Pakistani air force chief Gen. Mohammed Abbas Khattak has declared himself in favour of purchasing 32 Dassault Mirage 2000-5 fighters. "We have no choice but to buy French aircraft, even though they are very expensive," he told Pakistani newspaper Dawn. The country is unable to buy Lockheed F-16s, as its ...
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NIIP reveals phased- array radar for Su-35
Douglas Barrie/MOSCOW RUSSIAN RADAR design house NIIP has revealed that it is testing a phased-array radar for the Sukhoi Su-35 advanced derivative of the Su-27 Flanker. At the Moscow air show, NIIP showed an image of a fixed-array antenna mounted to the nose section of a ...