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Backfire EC variant identified
Douglas Barrie/LONDON A PREVIOUSLY unseen electronic-combat (EC) variant of the Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire medium-range bomber has been identified at the Russian air force's Ahktubinsk test centre. The aircraft differs from the Tu-22M3 in having a considerably modified fin root, with a large rounded dielectric cover. The ...
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MDC to focus on Phantom Works
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is to consolidate its Government-aerospace research-and-development operations into a single organisation, Advanced Systems and Technology - Phantom Works, employing 3,000 people at McDonnell Douglas Aerospace in Missouri and California, and McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems in Arizona. The workforce will be cut by about 10%. San ...
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Malaysia signs up for two C-130 tanker conversions
MALAYSIA HAS SIGNED A contract with Flight Refueling (FRL) and Lockheed Aeronautical Systems, to convert two C-130H transport aircraft, in to air-to-air refueling tankers. The conversions will be carried out locally, by Malaysian aircraft overhaul and maintenance company Airod. Lockheed Martin will provide an interface, with FRL supplying ...
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USA might deploy Hunters in Bosnia
FOLLOWING THE loss of two General Atomic Predator recognaissance unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) over Bosnia, the US Department of Defense (DoD) may deploy one of the US Army's Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Hunter UAVs into the region. The USA deployed five Predator UAVs to the Gjader airfield in ...
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Germany will upgrade transport helicopters
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE GERMAN defence ministry has revealed plans to upgrade its army Sikorsky CH-53G heavy-transport helicopters to extend the aircraft's life until 2030. The ministry says that it has no plans to replace its 107 CH-53Gs, but that they will be upgraded to extend ...
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Iraq misleads over missiles
THERE IS MOUNTING evidence that Iraq has systematically misled UN inspectors over how many weapons of mass destruction the country retained in the wake of the Gulf War, including derivatives of the SS-1 Scud short-range ballistic missile. The allegations that Iraq is misleading the UN come from two ...
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USN details Asia-Pacific aircraft order prospects
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA THE US NAVY HAS detailed prospective aircraft deliveries to Asia-Pacific nations under the US Department of Defense's foreign military sales programme. The list, produced by the Navy's International Programmes Office (IPO), includes the potential sale of McDonnell Douglas F-18D strike aircraft to Thailand. Topping ...
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Black Hawk officers disciplined
SEVEN US AIR Force officers involved in the 14 April, 1994, shooting down of two US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters over northern Iraq have been disciplined. Both McDonnell Douglas F-15 pilots have been given non-flying jobs and three members of the Boeing E-3 AWACS crew are ...
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Commission to probe Polish air force Su-22 Fitter accidents
A COMMISSION has been set up by the Polish Government to investigate a spate of accidents involving Polish air force fighter aircraft. The country's president, Lech Walesa, and prime minister Jozef Oleksy ordered the commission to be set up in the wake of the latest crash on 26 ...
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Su-34 sequential ejection tests
THE RUSSIAN air force has been carrying out tests on the Sukhoi Su-34, looking at the consequences of a sequential, rather than simultaneous, ejection on the crewmember remaining in the cockpit. The photographic sequence shows an ejection test being carried out from the Faustovo Flight Aviation Systems Research Institute, near ...
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RAF studies reconnaissance GR4/EF2000 Tornado GR4 and Eurofighter
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE has begun a programme to equip its Panavia Tornado GR4 interdictor-strike aircraft and the Eurofighter 2000 with a long-range electro-optical reconnaissance pod. The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has operational analysis studies under way to determine the number of pods and ground stations necessary ...
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Taiwan close to F-5E conversion decision
THE TAIWANESE AIR force is expected to select a contractor shortly to convert eight of its Northrop F-5E fighters to reconnaissance aircraft. Competing for the Taiwanese RF-5E Tiger-eye conversion deal are Taiwan's Aero Industry Development Center, the Taiwan Aerospace-owned maintenance company Air Asia and Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe). ...
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RAF to fly three standards of EF2000
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE will be forced to operate three different standards of the Eurofighter 2000 combat aircraft as a result of technical delays and the rescheduling of the programme. The RAF will begin to take delivery of the EF2000 by the end of 2000. The first aircraft ...
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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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Safety-resource management
David Learmount/LONDON Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Paul Phelan/CAIRNS AS MILITARY BUDGETS shrink and resources become more scarce, there are signs, that military aviation flight safety leaders, are taking up ideas developed by the civil air transport community. In one of the most significant of these ...
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GEC-Marconi, Honeywell to develop pilot-cueing system
GEC-MARCONI AND Honeywell Military Avionics are teaming to develop a fully integrated "look-and-shoot" helmet-mounted cueing system. Honeywell says that the system will be shown on Lockheed Martin's two-seat F-16 demonstrator in 1996. The flight demonstrations are designed to show how the system will allow "rapid target acquisition and ...
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1994 World military aircraft incidents
Compiled by David Learmount/LONDON Flight International's annual listing of military aircraft accidents and incidents is as complete as possible, but it inevitably reflects varying national attitudes to the release of information on military subjects. Some countries release no information at all, others a great deal. The list, therefore, ...
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The finished Article
This year's MosAero show on 22-27 August at Zhukovsky is likely to have its fair share of debutantes. MIKOYAN'S ARTICLE 1.42, otherwise known as the mnogufunktsionalnny frontovoi istrebityel (multi-function fighter), may be wheeled out into the public gaze at the end of this month, at the MosAero show ...
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CASA plans to develop new transport variants
Julian Moxon/MADRID CASA IS PLANNING developments to each of its military transports as part of a new strategy aimed at further strengthening its position in the sector. A new version of the C.212, the C.212-400, has effectively been launched, equipped with electronic flight-instrumentation system improvements ...
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BASE contracted for DIRCM work
Andrew Doyle/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE (Systems and Equipment) (BASE) has been awarded a contract worth an estimated £10 million to supply a range of components for the Nemesis Directed Infra-Red Countermeasures (DIRCM) system, being developed by a Northrop Grumman-led team. The Nemesis is designed to protect ...