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Erickson praises K-MAX, but returns aircraft
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA KAMAN AEROSPACE'S lead customer for the K-MAX external-lift helicopter, Erickson Air-Crane, has returned its leased aircraft to the manufacturer, citing a change in company philosophy. Kaman says that Erickson never voiced any dissatisfaction with the aircraft, on which it had accumulated 225h. Oregon-based Erickson ...
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Eurocopter launches effort to expand civil-design limits
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH EUROCOPTER Deutschland, the Daimler-Benz Aerospace part of the bi-national helicopter group, which includes Aerospatiale of France, is pulling together a four-year research programme aimed at achieving significant operational, environ- mental and safety improvements. The DM120 million ($80 million) civil-helicopter research-and-development programme will ...
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France pushes for early Tiger go-ahead
Julian Moxon/PARIS FRENCH DEFENCE minister Francois Leotard is pushing his Government for a decision to bring forward the delivery date of the first Eurocopter Tiger battlefield helicopters by two years. In a letter to a Government deputy on 14 March, Leotard says that he wants ...
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IAI offers Sukhoi Su-22 upgrade
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries (IAI) is offering an upgrade package for the Sukhoi Su-22 Fitter variable-geometry ground-attack fighter. Negotiations are under way with two unnamed air forces, which operate the aircraft. IAI's Lahav military-aircraft division has so far concentrated on upgrading the Mikoyan MiG-21 Fishbed. The design of an ...
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Russian missile's nuclear near-miss
A KH-25ML (AS-10 KAREN) laser-guided air-to-surface missile, fired from a Russian air force Sukhoi Su-25 attack aircraft in February, deviated from its aiming point at Pogonovo firing range in Southern Russia and narrowly missed Novovoronezh nuclear-power station. The missiles live explosive-fragmentation 90kg warhead detonated on impact, causing extensive ...
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Lockheed chooses CF6-80C2 for C-5D
LOCKHEED HAS selected General Electric's CF6-80C2 turbofan to power the C-5D, an improved version of the Galaxy which will be offered for the US Air Force's non-developmental airlift aircraft (NDAA) requirement. The NDAA is an alternative to the McDonnell Douglas C-17 and will only be purchased if the ...
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Talon teams shape up
TEAMS ARE FORMING to bid for a US Air Force programme to upgrade the avionics in 425 Northrop T-38 Talon advanced-jet trainers. McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has teamed with Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and Northrop Grumman is expected to announce its team this month. Newly formed Lockheed Martin has ...
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Chinese aspire to Su-27 production manufacture
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW CHINA IS HOLDING discussions with Russia over the licence manufacture of the Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker air-superiority aircraft. Chinese officials have recently held talks on the licence with representatives of the Russian Komsomolsk manufacturing plant, which produces the single-seat Su-27. The Komsomolsk factory built ...
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UK/UAE close to agreement on defence co-operation
THE UK AND THE United Arab Emirates (UAE) are close to finalising a defence co-operative agreement, along with the lease of 12 ex-Royal Air Force Panavia Tornado GR1 strike aircraft and support crew. The negotiations were confirmed, by UK Defence Procurement Minister, Roger Freeman, who was in the ...
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UK considers nuclear power for new carrier carrier
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE UK IS considering a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, dubbed the CV(R), as a possible option to replace its three Invincible-class carriers by around the year 2010. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) released details of the work in a document seeking bidders for concept ...
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Paveway III For GR7
British Aerospace has been awarded a project definition study into the integration of the Texas Instruments Paveway III laser-guided bomb on both the Royal Air Force's BAe Harrier GR7 and BAe Harrier T10 aircraft. The company is already carrying out a study into the integration of the GEC-Marconi Thermal Imaging ...
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Co-operative upgrade
Northrop Grumman describes the architecture of its F-5 avionics upgrade as a pyramid, the broad base of which is formed by a 1553B databus. Layer after layer of modular modernisation can then be built on this digital foundation, depending on the mission requirements and money available. The first ...
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Israeli air force chief will conduct Indian sales drive
THE commander of the Israeli air force, Gen. Herzel Budinger, is to visit India at the end of this month as part of Israel's efforts to sell a wide range of equipment to the Indian military-aerospace market. Although officially the guest of his Indian counterpart, the tour is ...
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ALENIA/ASTA TEAM
Alenia and Aerospace Technologies of Australia (ASTA) are to team to offer the Italian company's G.222 for the Australian Defence Force's light-tactical-aircraft requirement to replace its de Havilland DH-6 Caribous. Alenia and Aerospace Technologies of Australia (ASTA) are to team to offer the Italian company's G.222 for the ...
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Belgian Open Skies
Lockheed Aeronautical Systems will provide Belgium with the sensor package needed to verify compliance with the Open Skies Treaty. The Special Avionics Mission Strap-On Now (SAMSON) Pod will be used by Belgium and nine other countries. The surveillance device will be mounted on a Lockheed C-130 used to monitor the ...
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An issue of stability
The RAAF's new Chief of Air Staff discusses future staff and equipment needs. Douglas Barrie/CANBERRA Instability is a concern for the recently appointed Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Les Fisher. His concern is with his personnel, however, not regional politics. ...
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On show in Australia
Paul Phelan/cairns Australia's Air Shows Down Under, which runs from 21-26 March, has attracted large numbers of domestic and overseas exhibitors The organisers of Air Shows Down Under, being staged at Asta Avalon Airport outside Melbourne, Victoria, on 21-26 March, will again try to balance the demands of ...
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Nothing to be afraid of
US authorities worry about accepting Robinson Helicopter. Australian cowboys show that training is the key to safe use. Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) latest move to beef up flight-training requirements for the Robinson Helicopter R22 and R44 follows a year of ...
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C-17 military transport is back on track, says MDC
McDONNELL DOUGLAS "...has dug itself out of a sizeable hole" and is now moving forward with the C-17 military-transport programme, says Donald Kozlowski, the firm's senior vice-president for the project. Kozlowski admits, however, that the once-troubled C-17 project must still overcome hurdles before the US Department of ...