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British Aerospace
SEA HARRIER FRS.1 & F/A2 BAe has converted the Royal Navy's 31 FRS1 Sea Harriers to FA2 standard under a ú170 million mid-life-update contract awarded in December 1988. Eighteen new-build FA2s have also been ordered. The aircraft has the capability to engage low-flying targets beyond visual range, ...
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British Aerospace McDonnell Douglas
HARRIER II/HARRIER II PLUS The RAF has taken delivery of the Harrier T Mk10 two-seat operational trainer, based on the TAV-8B airframe. A total of 13 of the aircraft have been ordered. McDonnell Douglas is continuing to work on remanufacturing 73 USMC AV-8Bs to the Harrier II Plus ...
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Chengdu Aircraft Industrial
F-7 Pakistan has test-flown the FIAR Scipio radar in an F-7P as part of its upgrade programme for the aircraft. The F-7-II, a considerably upgraded Chinese development of the F-7 (MiG-21F), entered production in the early 1980s and, by 1982, was being exported as the F-7B. ...
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CASA
C.101 AVIOJET A C.101CC light-attack version of the Aviojet jet trainer has been sold to Jordan and assembled under licence in Chile (as the A-36 Halcon) by ENAER. The C.101CC has an uprated, 20kN, AlliedSignal Garrett TFE731-5 turbofan. Weapons include under-fuselage 30mm-cannon pods, underwing rockets and gun pods, ...
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Cessna Aircraft
U-27A Cessna's military version of the Model 208 Caravan single-turboprop utility aircraft is intended for roles including troop transport, medevac, forward air-control, electronic surveillance, maritime patrol and reconnaissance. The U-27A is available with an underfuselage reconnaissance pod housing optical and infra-red sensors and a datalink. Source: ...
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Dassault Aviation
RAFALE Like its main European competitor, the Eurofighter EF2000, the Rafale has been adversely affected by continuing defence cuts. Despite protests, the air force is unlikely to receive its first aircraft before 2004-5 according to the Government's revised procurement plan. The naval procurement has also been delayed, with ...
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Dassault/Dornier
ALPHA JET German attempts to provide Poland with 40 secondhand Alpha Jets from its own inventory were thwarted by the Polish Government. The Government's predictable preference was to support the indigenous PZL Iryda trainer programme. Portugal has received 50, while Germany is retaining around 30 for training. ...
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Denel Aviation (formerly Atlas)
CHEETAH Denel Aviation (formerly Atlas) has implemented an update of the South African Air Force's Dassault Mirage IIIs to Cheetah standard. The Cheetah, revealed in July 1986, is based on the Israel Aircraft Industries Kfir. Some 50% of the original airframe is rebuilt during the Cheetah conversion, which ...
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Egrett Grobe Systems/Garrett
EGRETT II Grob's foray into the high-altitude reconnaissance/research platform development arena appears to have ended with the German Aerospace Research Establishment cancelling its contract for the Strato 2C in mid-1996. The German air force had previously cancelled the LAPAS reconnaissance programme, based on the Egrett II high-altitude, long-endurance, ...
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Embraer
ALX Embraer is under contract to develop the ALX light-attack aircraft, a stretched variant of the EMB-312, following the signing of an August 1995 development contract. One of the Brazilian manufacturer's two EMB-312H Super Tucano demonstrators is being equipped with an uprated, 1,190kW Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68 ...
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ENAER
T-35 DT Pillan Turbo Studies for the design of this turbine-powered derivative of the original T-35 Pillan began in 1985. The following year, the Allison 250-B17D 315kW turboprop was fitted for the first time. The canopy was subsequently modified to a sideways-opening one-piece component. Soloy of Olympia, Washington, ...
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Eurofighter
EUROFIGHTER 2000 On a technical level, the much-delayed Eurofighter EF2000 project now appears to be making reasonable progress. Four prototypes (Development Aircraft 1, 2, 3 and 6), the last being the first two-seater, are now flying as part of the test programme. The remaining three prototype aircraft should ...
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Fokker
MARITIME ENFORCER MK2 The future of the Fokker military range has been thrown into question because the company has been forced into administrative receivership. A variety of special-missions aircraft based on the Fokker 50 turboprop have been developed. The Maritime Enforcer Mk.2 made its first flight in December ...
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Fuji Heavy Industries
T-5 The Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force uses the T-5 as a primary trainer. The first aircraft was flown in 1988, and up until 1995 a total of 32 aircraft had been delivered to the Japanese force. Source: Flight International
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Gulfstream Aerospace
GULFSTREAM IV/SRA-4 Sweden took delivery of the first of two GIV-based signals-intelligence aircraft, designated TP102Bs, in August. Japan plans to acquire up to nine GIVs, designated U-4s, configured as quick-change passenger/cargo aircraft. The special-mission version of the GIV is designated the SRA-4 by Gulfstream, which plans ...
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Hndustan Aeronautics
Kiran Mk.II The Kiran II is a modified variant of the Kiran I which included a strengthened wing of four hardponts. The R-R Orpheus replaced the Viper II fitted tothe Mk I. A total of 61 aircraft were ordered. Source: Flight International
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Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing
PS-5 First flown on 3 April, 1976, the Harbin PS-5 four-turboprop maritime-patrol amphibian incorporates a tail-mounted magnetic-anomaly detector, nose radar and dorsal gun turret. The aircraft has entered limited service with the Chinese navy. Powered by four 2,350kW Dongan WJ5A turboprops, the aircraft has a maximum take-off weight ...
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Israel Aircraft Industries
KFIR IAI completed an upgrade package for the Kfir in 1993, based on the cancelled Lavi fighter's avionics. It completed delivery of six aircraft to Sri Lanka in January 1996. The Philippines and Slovenia also remain potential customers for ex-Israeli air force aircraft, with Ecuador interested in procuring ...
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Ilyushin
Il-76/78 Candid/Midas/Mainstay The four-turbofan Il-76M/MD long-range transport continues as the main transport type of the CIS air force. India ordered 20, to replace An-12s. A three-point hose-and-drogue tanker variant, the Il-78 Midas, became operational during 1987. Many of these aircraft, however, have been inherited by Ukraine, leaving the ...
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Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Kawasaki developed the T-4 as a replacement for the Lockheed T-33 operated by the JASDF. Deliveries of the aircraft began in 1988, with a total acquisition of a 154 aircraft so far funded. The JASDF envisages a requirement for 200 aircraft. Source: Flight International