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Embraer sets date for ALX prototype maiden flight
Embraer will fly the first prototype ALX light-attack aircraft within six months, following the signing on 18 August of the development contract. One of the Brazilian manufacturer's two EMB-312H Super Tucano demonstrators will be fitted with an uprated, 1,190kW (1,600shp), Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68 engine for flight-testing ...
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EW deal for Canadians
CAE Aviation has received a C$13.5 million ($10 million) contract to manufacture and install 28 electronic-warfare self-protection suites (EPWS) and 24 forward-dispenser kits (FDK) in Canadian Forces' Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules. CAE has already installed the EPWS in two C-130s and the FDK in six aircraft. The programme will take ...
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Canada considers Russian helicopters for sea roles
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA TWO RUSSIAN-BUILT helicopters have unexpectedly emerged as competitors for Canada's pending search-and-rescue (SAR) and maritime-patrol helicopter requirements. Kelowna Flightcraft plans to offer the Mil Mi-17 for the 15-aircraft Canadian SAR Helicopter (CSH) programme, while MacDonald Dettwiler is studying the Kamov Ka-32's suitability for the ...
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FM2600 engine well received after Oshkosh show debut
Graham Warwick/Atlanta Switzerland's MDB Flugtechnik reports "enormous interest" in its FM2600 aircraft engine, following the powerplant's debut in a Stoddard-Hamilton GlaStar kitplane at the Oshkosh show in late July. The FM2600 is an all-new, liquid-cooled, four-cylinder engine producing 120kW (161hp) normally aspirated and 150kW turbocharged. MDB ...
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Eurocopter fires opening shots in Spanish campaign
EUROCOPTER HAS fired the opening salvo in the battle to win a Spanish army order for 15 medium-lift transport helicopters. The France-German consortium is offering 100% offset as part of its bid to sell the AS.532 Cougar Mk. 1, which would include construction of 40% of the airframe ...
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TAC still looks for alliance to build regional aircraft
Paul Lewis/TAIPEI TAIWAN AEROSPACE (TAC) still hopes to participate in an international regional aircraft project, and is continuing to hold discussions with British Aerospace, despite the collapse of its planned RJ aircraft joint venture with Avro. "BAe is still an important player with its RJ, and ...
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Venezuela to buy Mil transports
THE VENEZUELAN armed forces are planning to buy a fleet of 18 Russian Mil Mi-8 and Mi-17 transport helicopters. The helicopters, formerly in service with the Russian armed forces, are to be sold via a Polish intermediary, and will have some Polish avionics fitted. The unnamed ...
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MiG-MAPO offers to upgrade Polish Fulcrums
MiG-MAPO is offering to upgrade Polish air force Mikoyan MiG-29SE Fulcrums as an alternative to Poland procuring Western combat aircraft, according to a senior company official. The Polish air force is interested in improving its fighter-combat capability with the Lockheed Martin F-16, thought to be the favoured political ...
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Kamov plans Ka-62 flight
RUSSIAN HELICOPTER manufacturer Kamov plans to fly its Ka-62 medium utility helicopter before the end of 1995, with the first prototype being displayed on the static line at the Zhukovsky show. A first flight of the prototype had been planned for 1994, but funding difficulties are thought to ...
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Kamov reveals two-seat Ka-52 mock-up
KAMOV HAS unveiled an engineering mock-up of its two-seat, fully combat-capable Ka-52 derivative of the Ka-50 (Hokum), with company officials claiming that the new helicopter will be equipped with a millimetre-wave (MMW) radar. Meanwhile Mil, which still claims to be contesting the Russian army requirement, unveiled the first ...
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Raduga applies stealth technology to missile design
RUSSIAN AIR-TO-surface missile bureau Raduga has admitted that it is working on the application of stealth to advanced missile design. The bureau is holding discussions with an unidentified Chinese partner over making certain of these technologies available to Beijing. Valentin Troitsky, deputy head of the bureau, ...
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Stretched Il-76 on display
ILYUSHIN HAS DISPLAYED its Il-76MF transporter, considered to be the only real competitor so far for Antonov's troubled An-70 programme. The aircraft's cabin has been stretched by 6.6m, compared with earlier versions of the Il-76, offering an increase in cargo capacity of up to 1.5t. The new variant also has ...
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DASA considers Russian 120-seater participation
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) is considering bringing a Russian partner into the planned 120-seat airliner programme under study with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) and South Korea's Samsung. The suggestion comes in a report on a joint German-Russian aviation study, concluded on 23 August with its signing by departing ...
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Bell/Boeing discuss helicopter merger
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING AND Textron are believed to be studying a merger of the two companies' respective military-helicopter businesses. The proposed teaming, which would herald the long-awaited restructuring of the US helicopter industry, would be based largely on the structure developed for the development and ...
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Three-dimensional images give first look at F-22's weapons bays
The Lockheed Martin-Boeing team developing the F-22 fighter for the US Air Force has released the first three-dimensional images of the aircraft's main and side weapons bays. Left: the main weapons bay, with six AIM-120C AMRAAMs, although it can also accommodate the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and the AIM-9 ...
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Mutacts on the horizon
Horizon Technology has released details of Mutacts (memory-unit tactical aircrew training system) which it is developing for the Swiss and Finnish air forces' McDonnell Douglas F-18s. The system accurately reconstructs complex training sorties for later digital playback using computer graphics and simulation. Synchronised displays of mission data and aircraft videos ...
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K-MAX selected for US Navy demo
KAMAN AEROSPACE WILL demonstrate the K-MAX commercial external-lift helicopter's ability to resupply US Navy warships under a $690,000 contract awarded by the Military Sealift Command. The 60-day demonstration, to be conducted from 29 August until 27 October, will test the feasibility of using commercially operated helicopters for vertical replenishment ("vertrep") ...
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New uses planned for F-22 CIP
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES HUGHES AIRCRAFT, Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force are studying new applications for the common integrated processor (CIP), developed for the F-22 fighter. These include proposed variants of the F-22, several upgrade programmes and the Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) aircraft project. ...
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The Emperor's new clothes
Are future combat aircraft being priced out of the market? Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE NEXT GENERATION OF combat aircraft is now in the process of being developed, but the costs of such projects are becoming so astronomical that the limited numbers procured will leave their operating air forces effectively ...
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Piper sings a new tune
Piper's emergence from Chapter II heralds a rebirth of general aviation. Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC PIPER AIRCRAFT'S recent emergence from Chapter 11 has coincided with a renaissance of the US general-aviation business brought about largely by a watering-down of product-liability legislation. Under the leadership ...