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MDA offers dent remover
An electromagnetic dent-removal (EDR) process used by McDonnell Douglas Aerospace (MDA) is being offered to outside users following its formal certification as an approved repair process for the MD-90. EDR has been under development at MDA since 1986, and used on commercial and military production lines to undertake ...
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Fit for survival
Only a few years ago, it seemed that the large passenger-carrying hovercraft was doomed to extinction. It had only ever achieved a foothold in one major market - across the Channel between England and France, and even then only a few of the biggest Westland/British Hovercraft SR-N4 craft ever entered ...
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Hughes in valve race
Hughes Training (HTI) has launched an urgent programme to develop a replacement for light-valve projectors used in its McDonnell Douglas F-18 dome simulators. General Electric ceased production of Talaria light-valves in 1994. GE light-valve projectors are widely used in dome simulators and no off-the-shelf replacement exists, HTI says. ...
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US National Guard seeks reconnaissance pods
THE US AIR NATIONAL Guard has issued a requirement for 26 reconnaissance pods to be carried by Lockheed F-16s or McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-15s. The pods are to be available in 1996, when the US Air Force's last MDC RF-4C reconnaissance aircraft are retired. The ...
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FedEx opens Philippines cargo hub
FedEx has established its new Asia-Pacific cargo hub with the opening of the revamped Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA) in the Philippines. FedEx's intra-Asia network will connect nine regional cities, including Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo. Its overnight express freight service will operate five ...
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S Korea courts Europeans for KTX-II participation
SOUTH KOREA HAS asked British Aerospace, Daimler-Benz Aerospace of Germany and Dassault Aviation of France, to submit proposals for the joint development of its planned KTX-II advanced jet trainer/ light-combat aircraft. South Korea is looking for an overseas risk-sharing partner to assist Samsung with the design and engineering ...
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Sukhoi tests ECM system on Su-34 strike aircraft
SUKHOI HAS begun testing the Sorbtsiya-S electronic- countermeasures (ECM) system on board the first prototype of its next-generation Su-34 long-range strike aircraft. The aircraft, previously known as the Su-27IB, is being flown from the Zhukovsky flight-test research centre, near Moscow, with the Sorbtsiya-S fitted in wing-tip pods. ...
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The judges
Bill Bedford flew as a Royal Air Force fighter pilot, in the second world war, before becoming a test pilot. He carried out pioneering work as chief test pilot at Hawker Aircraft in the 1960s test flying what was to become the Harrier jump jet. He is retained by British ...
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Sweden receives Trigat LR anti-tank missile briefing
A EUROMISSILE Dynamic Group (EMDG) team briefed Swedish defence officials at the end of April on its Trigat Long Range (LR) imaging-infra-red-guided anti-tank missile. Sweden has a requirement for an attack helicopter, with the Eurocopter Tiger one of the contenders. The Trigat LR is the primary anti-armour weapon ...
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RAF uses radar decoys on Tornados in Bosnia
THE UK MINISTRY of Defence (MoD) has revealed that the Royal Air Force is deploying radar decoys on board Panavia Tornado F3 interceptor aircraft operating over Bosnia. The decoys, developed by Marconi Defence Systems, are believed to be housed in modified Boz chaff/flare pods. The MoD also intends ...
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Westland and MDC talk over AH-64 Euro support centre
WESTLAND AND McDonnell Douglas Helicopter System (MDHS) are exploring the possibility of establishing an AH-64 support centre in Europe in the wake of the Netherlands decision to procure the Apache. The UK helicopter builder says that it is in informal discussions with MDHS for the UK attack-helicopter programme ...
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Bomber study counts against further B-2s
NORTHROP GRUMMAN'S hopes of an additional procurement of 20 of its B-2 stealth bombers have been dealt a potentially fatal blow, by a congressionally sponsored study, which claims that a follow-on order is unnecessary. The long awaited Institute for Defense Analyses Heavy Bomber Force Study concludes that the ...
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UK/France discuss new strike aircraft
THE UK AND FRANCE are negotiating a memorandum of understanding (MoU) covering development of a new strike aircraft to replace the Royal Air Force's Panavia Tornado GR4 and French air force's Dassault Mirage 2000D/E strike aircraft. The countries have been working at an industry level on several ...
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Chile Receives Phalcon
The Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Phalcon airborne early-warning aircraft was delivered to the Chilean air force on 2 May. The Phalcon had been scheduled for delivery in mid-March, but the Chilean officers who observed the test flights claim that not all the problems with the different electronic systems had been ...
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Liquid launch
The Space Shuttle STS 70 mission in June will be a routine Tracking and Data Relay Satellite deployment and experiments flight, with a five-person crew under the command of US Air Force Col. Terrence Henricks. Its first eight minutes of flight, however, will make history. One of the ...
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EngineAir uses Chevrolet V8 for kitplanes
A heavily modified automobile engine is being developed by Daytona Beach, Florida-based EngineAir to power high-performance kitplanes. The 310kW (420hp) liquid-cooled, all-aluminium, V8 engine is expected to be flown in August, powering a Lancair IVP pressurised, four-seat, kitplane. EngineAir chief executive James Rhom says that the engine is ...
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Future thrust
The next two months will see the debut of key military engine technologies on both sides of the Atlantic. Eurojet's EJ200 should be flown for the first time, while Pratt & Whitney was due to begin testing its latest combat core, the XTC-66. Europe's latest collaborative military engine ...
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The Albatros evolves
The signing of two critical agreements with the Czech Government in April has given Aero Vodochody the official go-ahead for the long-anticipated L-159 combat-aircraft programme. The development agreement completed on 7 April committed the Republic's defence ministry to funding some 25% of the development costs of the programme, ...
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Boeing expects flat year despite victories
A DROP IN deliveries, added to high levels of research-and-development (R&D) funding, hit Boeing's first-quarter net earnings, which fell by 38%, compared with 1994, to $181 million. A total of 59 aircraft were delivered, compared to 82 a year earlier, when deliveries," ...substantially exceeded the nominal production rate ...
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Northrop Grumman starts Tiger avionics testing
NORTHROP GRUMMAN has begun test flights of its F-5E Tiger IV advanced-avionics demonstrator aircraft at Edwards AFB, California. The aircraft made the short hop from Los Angeles International Airport on 20 April after being refurbished at the company's adjacent El Segundo plant with new avionics and some discrete ...