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German air force ready to cover Bosnian withdrawal
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE GERMAN air force is ready to add its strength to an operation to cover the withdrawal of UN Protection Forces (UNPROFOR) from war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina if necessary, according to the Federal Ministry of Defence. The defence ministry says that, while a final go-ahead ...
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Israel arrows in on defence defence
Israel's main defence against ballistic-missile attack, the Arrow, is at a critical stage. Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV In Hebrew, the Israeli missile-defence organisation is called HOMA - meaning wall. Although it is the incidental result of Hebrew abbreviations, it has a special connotation to its main purpose ...
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Alliant and Martin to compete
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS and Martin Marietta have been selected by the US Air Force to compete for development and production of the wind-corrected munitions dispenser (WCMD) kits. The USAF awarded Alliant $21 million and Martin Marietta $9.5 million to begin engineering and manufacturing development work. Under the ...
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Israel chases Dutch deal on UAVs
A HIGH-RANKING Israeli delegation has visited the Netherlands in an attempt to clinch a contra deal covering the supply of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to the Dutch army, in exchange for the purchase of military trucks. Israel Aircraft Industries is offering the Dutch army a variant of its ...
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Recovery damage guided Phoenix review
DAMAGE TO the GEC-Marconi Phoenix unmanned air vehicle (UAV) during recovery is behind a UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) decision to undertake a review into the future of the programme (Flight International, 25-31 January). GEC admits that, on recovery, the UAV occasionally sustains more damage than is acceptable ...
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MDHS to offer EH101 to US Navy
McDONNELL DOUGLAS plans to offer the EH Industries EH101 to meet a US Navy requirement for a fleet-support helicopter. Other likely competitors include Sikorsky, with a cargo version of the Navy's SH-60 Seahawk anti-submarine helicopter, and possibly Kaman, with a military derivative of the K-MAX external-lift helicopter. McDonnell ...
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Recovery damage guided Phoenix review
DAMAGE TO the GEC-Marconi Phoenix unmanned air vehicle (UAV) during recovery is behind an UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) decision to undertake a review into the future of the programme (Flight International, 25-31 January). GEC admits that, on recovery, the UAV occasionally sustains more damage than is acceptable ...
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MDHS to offer EH101 to US Navy
McDONNELL DOUGLAS plans to offer the EH Industries EH101 to meet a US Navy requirement for a fleet-support helicopter. Other likely competitors include Sikorsky, with a cargo version of the Navy's SH-60 Seahawk anti-submarine helicopter, and possibly Kaman, with a military derivative of the K-MAX external-lift helicopter. McDonnell ...
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UK ministers will make decision on Phoenix UAV
THE FUTURE of the troubled GEC-Marconi Phoenix unmanned-air-vehicle programme will be determined at ministerial level. Submission of a critical report into the six-year-late project is expected in the next few months. The Phoenix reconnaissance and targeting system is under review, with several options being considered, including procuring an ...
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NASA F-16XL laminar-flow tests will aid HSCT effort
NASA EXPECTS TO begin, a year-long laminar-flow flight-test programme, on a Lockheed F-16XL by October, in support of US industry efforts to build a next-generation high-speed commercial transport (HSCT). The work follows delivery of a new laminar-flow panel to the agency's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards ...
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Blade runners
It may be a depressed market, but potential customers have plenty of choice. Douglas Barrie Kieran Daly Jennifer Pite/LONDON In the civil market, helicopter sales show scarcely any sign of recovery - with some sectors declining still further. Nonetheless, there ...
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Waiting for the lift-off
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Heli-Expo '95, the Helicopter Association International (HAI) convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 29-31 January, comes as the industry faces the issues of continued recession, inadequate infrastructure and concerns over the safety of the machine on which most helicopter pilots train today. Manufacturers have ...
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UK may cancel Phoenix UAV
Douglas Barrie and Simon Elliott/LONDON THE BRITISH ARMY is considering the cancellation of a key unmanned-air-vehicle (UAV) programme which is six years behind schedule and has cost the Ministry of Defence (MoD) £227 million. Project costs have more than doubled, compared with the original estimates when the deal ...
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Fighting options
If you need a new piece of military equipment, there are four major ways to acquire it: to buy something which satisfies most of your requirements off somebody else's shelf; to buy something off somebody else's shelf and modify it for your own purposes; to develop it entirely yourself; or ...
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Mielec chooses power plants for Vector UAV
Andrzej Jeziorski/WARSAW WSK PZL-MIELEC has selected, German piston-engine manufacturer Gebler-Hirthmotoren and French gas turbine Company Microturbo, to supply the power plants for its Vector unmanned air vehicle (UAV). According to the Polish manufacturer's UAV department manager Andrzej Podsadowski, the company proposes to power the piston-prop variant ...