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Power surge
Arms race or just re-equipment - either way, Southeast Asian nations are on a buying spree Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE DEFENCE EXPENDITURE in Southeast Asia is at an all-time high and is continuing to grow, prompting many ob-servers to suggest that the region is in the throes ...
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Eurojet
Eurojet, a partnership between MTU of Germany, Italy's FiatAvio, Spain's ITP and the UK's Rolls-Royce, is responsible for the EJ200 turbofan which will power production Eurofighter 2000 aircraft. The first EF2000 prototype to be fitted with EJ200 engines, designated DA3, was flown in early June from Alenia's Caselle ...
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US Border Patrol receives re-engined Huey for trials
THE US Border Patrol, has taken delivery of five Bell Helicopter Textron UH-1 utility rotorcraft, powered by Light Helicopter Turbine Engine's T800 turboprop engines. The re-engine UH-1s, delivered on 14 July, are on a one-year loan from the US Department of Defense. After testing the combination, ...
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Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engines, the first to be certificated at 400kN, will power the Boeing 777-300s recently ordered by Cathay Pacific Airways and Thai Airways International. R-R has defined a thrust level of 423kN for the initial -300 A-market stretch, saying that this can be achieved with adjustments to the ...
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LHTEC
LHTEC, a joint venture between Allison Engines and AlliedSignal Engines, is supplying its T800 turbo-shaft engine for the re-engineing of Bell UH-1H Huey helicopters flown by the US Border Patrol. The first re-engined aircraft was due to have been delivered in July. The T800 was originally developed for ...
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MTU/Turbomeca/Rolls-Royce (MTR)
The MTR390 turbo-shaft engine will power some 427 Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopters for the French and German armies, but two significant potential orders were lost when The Netherlands and the UK decided to order the US McDonnell Douglas Apache instead. Developed specifically for the Tiger by MTU, Turbomeca ...
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UK offers to share helicopter evaluation data with Malaysia
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE MALAYSIA HAS BEEN offered the results of the UK's attack-helicopter procurement evaluation in support of its own helicopter programme, which is strongly tipped for inclusion in Malaysia's next five-year plan, starting in 1996 (Flight International, 5-11 April, P19). Type evaluation is provisionally targeted ...
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Rolls-Royce Turbomeca
The Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322 turbo-shaft engine will power the 67 Westland/McDonnell Douglas WAH-64D Apache attack-helicopters ordered by the UK, opening up the possibility of the engine being considered for any upgrade of the US Army's fleet of Apaches. The engine has already been selected to power Europe's EH101 ...
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R-R and Snecma examine AMET blade technology
ROLLS-ROYCE AND Snecma are considering blade-in-ring technology as part of their collaborative Advanced Military Engine Technology (AMET) demonstrator project. Blade-in-ring, or Bling, technology uses titanium metal matrix materials, and offers a substantial weight saving over more conventional materials. As far as AMET is concerned, the two ...
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A matter of image
Matra's Mica firing tops a change in philosophy from the missile manufacturer. Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE SUCCESSFUL TEST in mid-July of Matra's imaging infra-red (IIR) variant of its Mica medium-range air-to-air missile (AAM) was more than just the advent of a next-generation weapon. It also capped ...
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RAAF drops AMX-T from trainer contest
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE AMX International AMX-T has been dropped from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) lead-in fighter-trainer competition, narrowing the selection to five contenders. Elimination of the AMX-T comes shortly before the release of a draft request for tenders (RFT). The tender document is ...
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China fires ballistic missiles
IN AN UNPRECEDENTED move, China fired a series of CSS-6/M-9 intermediate-range ballistic missiles out into the South China Sea at a 18.5km (10nm)-wide target area, 140km north of Taiwan. The week-long testing started 21 July, with the firing of two M-9s from Leping, in Jiangxi province, 480km away ...
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Czech air force struggles for funds
The Czech air force is struggling to maintain a credible operational capability while facing a serious lack of funding to purchase both fuel and spares. According to air force pilots, as few as three of the service's 36 Mil Mi-24 Hind combat-support helicopters can be flown at the ...
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AL-41 engine problems are over, says Lyulka Saturn
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW MIKOYAN'S FIFTH-generation fighter, the Article 1.42, has been fitted with Lyulka Saturn AL-41 next-generation engines, with the engine-design bureau claiming that previous engine problems have been overcome. Victor Chepkin, Lyulka Saturn president and chief executive, says that the AL-41s installed in the Mikoyan ...
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USA to clear AIM-120 for Thailand
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE US DEPARTMENT of Defense will clear the release of the Hughes AIM-120 advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) for Thailand by the end of this month, freeing a log jam which was threatening any procurement of US fighter aircraft. Asian and US ...
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NH90 delays create German Lynx need requirement
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE GERMAN NAVY has delayed and stretched out its procurement of the naval version of the EH Industries NH90 helicopter, creating a need for additional Westland Lynx purchases. The navy had planned to operate its 17 remaining Sea Lynx Mk 88s until 2003 ...
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Turkey Cougar
Turkey is to buy 30 more Eurocopter AS.532 Cougar military-transport helicopters in addition to 20 ordered in 1992. The deal, worth around $370 million, is expected to be approved by the Turkish Government early in August. Source: Flight International
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Innappropriate Force
ONCE AGAIN, the Balkans are providing Europe and the USA with intractable problems, and it looks increasingly likely that, following the latest developments, NATO air units will soon be called upon to attack Bosnian Serb forces on the ground. Such operations, however, need to be portrayed within a larger military ...
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Klimov
Klimov manufactures the RD-33 low-bypass turbofan, which powers all versions of the MiG-29 fighter aircraft, and upgraded MiG-21s. The RD-33K is the latest version and is fitted to the MiG-29K and MiG-29M. Klimov also builds TV3-117 and TV7-117 turbo-shafts for a range of airframe applications. Source: Flight International