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Alenia seeks export customers for Super AMX development
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA Alenia is proposing development of a new version of the AMX combat aircraft for the export market. The company has already made proposals to South Africa and Venezuela for sale of the upgraded aircraft. At the same time the Italian air force is considering the future of the ...
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Study panel draws the curtain on B-2 purchases
The US Air Force should not purchase additional Northrop Grumman B-2 stealth bombers, according to an independent panel appointed by Congress to consider the issue. The Long Range Air Power Review Panel was charged with evaluating the adequacy of the US bomber force and determining whether B-2 bomber production should ...
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US Navy wants new carriers to support CTOL and STOVL
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC A US Navy study has concluded that its next generation aircraft carrier, the CVX, must be able to support conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) and short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) operations. The study also says that the USN's future carrier-deployed air wing must total ...
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France urges BAe/Dassault unit
Julian Moxon/PARIS The idea of an eventual merger between the combat aircraft divisions of British Aerospace and Dassault Aviation has been given a boost by French minister of defence Alain Richard. Citing the consolidation in military aircraft that has taken place in the USA as "illuminating", Richard says ...
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USA launches advanced rotor systems research
Advanced helicopter rotor systems are to be developed for existing and future US military rotorcraft in the Helicopter Active Control Technology (HACT) programme launched by the US Army late last month. The US Army says that the overall objective of the project is to develop and demonstrate an active, digital, ...
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Cost explosion threatens plan to upgrade German Lynx fleet
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Germany's planned upgrade of its navy's fleet of 17 GKN Westland Sea Lynx Mk 88 helicopters is being threatened by soaring costs, with the price rising by 110% above original estimates. The defence ministry is refusing to accept the price rise, driven by an increase in ...
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Laser teaming
A TRW/Boeing team will compete against Lockheed Martin for development of the Space Based Laser Readiness Demonstrator (SBLRD). The TRW/Boeing team has received a six-month, $10 million study contract from the US Air Force to define concepts for the SBLRD spacecraft, which is intended to show the technical feasibility of ...
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Ericsson Saab wins contract to supply Gripen electronic warfare
Ericsson Saab Avionics has been selected as prime contractor for an electronic warfare (EW) suite for the export version of the Saab JAS39 Gripen fighter. The companies have signed an agreement for Ericsson Saab to develop and manufacture the system, designated EWS 39. According to Saab, export customers will ...
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Classic takes shape
Guy Norris/LONG BEACH In June a familiar shape is due to take off on a maiden flight from Long Beach, California. Outwardly it will bear the classic hallmarks of a Douglas-built T-tail twinjet, yet in most respects it is a radically new aircraft. The Boeing 717-200 was once the MD-95. ...
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Outlook fine
Tim Furniss/LONDON The European Space Agency (ESA) already has its eyes fixed firmly on the next weather satellite programme, even though a structural and thermal model of the first satellite in the present programme has only just been unveiled. The model, for the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) programme (see box), ...
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Ayres picks Alabama site for assembly of the Loadmaster
Ayres is to assemble its LM200 Loadmaster cargo aircraft in Dothan, Alabama. The aircraft manufacturer, which is based in Albany, Georgia, selected Dothan over another Georgian town, Americus, as the site for fuselage manufacture and final assembly of the aircraft. The decision was influenced by a combination of $4 ...
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Cessna confirms its plan for skyhawk SP
Cessna has confirmed plans to introduce a new version of the Skyhawk (Flight International, 18-24 March). The new Skyhawk SP will use the same Textron Lycoming IO-360-L2A as the 172R Skyhawk, but with a fuel injected engine certificated at 135kW (180shp) rather than at 120kW. Improved aircraft performance is coupled ...
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NASA steps up high flier testing
NASA plans to conduct extra test flights of its small fleet of high altitude long duration air vehicles this year as it steps up environmental research work. The Aero Vironment Pathfinder solar powered unmanned air vehicle, which is the most visible aspect of the US space agency's Environmental Research ...
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Second Sikorsky Skycrane is converted for use as firefighter
Erickson Air-Crane is remanufacturing a second Sikorsky S-64 and offering it to operators as a firefighting "Helitanker". Oregon-based Erickson bought the S-64 Skycrane type certificate from Sikorsky in 1992. The company developed more than 100 modifications for the helicopter before producing its first Air-Crane in July 1997. The zero-time ...
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Toyota plans
Toyota Motors is developing a four seat light aircraft and a diesel powerplant, according to Japanese press reports. A prototype is scheduled to fly at the end of 1999. Toyota has reportedly earmarked ´100 billion ($765 million) for the project. Source: Flight International
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Second win for Meggitt
Meggitt Avionics has won a five year contract to supply Raytheon Aircraft with solid state altimeters and secondary flight display systems for the Wichita, Kansas-based company's Beech King Air C90B, Beech 1900D, Hawker 800XP and Hawker Horizon business aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Orenda completes certification tests on Vee-8
Orenda Recip has completed certification tests on the OE-600 high-power Vee-8 piston engine. Transport Canada's approval was granted at the end of March, climaxing a prolonged development and certification effort, which began in 1994 when the Canadian company acquired the engine programme. Certification allows OE-600 production to begin, initially ...
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Busy Socata is forced to delay Tangara
Julian Moxon/PARIS Production of the Socata Tangara light twin is to be delayed by up to a year, as the French manufacturer meets increased demand for subcontracting work and its TBM700 single. French certification of the Textron Lycoming 0-360-A1G6 powered Tangara was obtained in December 1997, with production start-up originally ...
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Fighter competition warms up in Chile
Chile's need for combat aircraft has w Graham Warwick/SANTIAGO Chile plans to shortlist two finalists for its Fighter 2000 programme by the end of this month, and select the winning aircraft by the end of May. The air force is completing its technical evaluation of the four competing aircraft - ...
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GE eyes supersonic Falcon SST
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES General Electric has begun a "basic feasibility study" into an engine for Dassault Aviation's proposed supersonic business jet. The work is based on its recently developed F414 military turbofan . The engine maker cautions that the study is preliminary and "-there is no discussion about a development ...