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Safe USAF
Despite a rash of aircraft accidents during the final weeks of fiscal year 1997, the US military completed one of its safest flying years on record. The aircraft major accident rate was 1.5 accidents per 100,000 flying hours, which is unchanged from the previous two years. There were 68 major ...
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Minuteman guidance
Boeing North American has received an additional $41 million to develop modernised guidance systems for Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles. The engineering-and-manufacturing development contract adjustment will delay delivery of initial units by eight months. Source: Flight International
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More Kill Vehicles
The US Army has awarded Boeing North American a $50 million contract to build three additional Kill Vehicle flight-hardware units for the Ground Based Interceptor research programme. Development of an exoatmospheric ground-based inter ceptor is an option under consideration for protecting the USA from ballistic-missile attack. Source: Flight ...
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ADF radar decision
Lockheed Martin has been named preferred bidder to supply new tactically mobile, long-range, air-defence radar systems for the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The company has teamed with Tenix Defence Systems (formerly Transfield) and RLM Systems (formerly Telstar Systems) in Melbourne to replace the ADF's outdated air-defence radars. The first system ...
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Philippines awaits best offer as fighter contenders line up
Paul Lewis/Singapore The Philippines is shortly to issue a best-and-final request for tender (RFT) to a "shortlist" of six competing fighter manufacturers, in what is proving to be increasingly drawn-out selection process. A Philippine air force technical committee has completed its evaluation of competing types and had been ...
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JASSM flight tests
Lockheed Martin says that its Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) candidate is close to completing flight-testing at Edwards AFB, California. On 10 December, a JASSM Jettison Test Vehicle separated cleanly from a Lockheed Martin F-16 and hit the ground "well within the predicted footprint". The test was one of a ...
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Turkish Tadiran
The Turkish army has ordered the Tadiran Spectralink airborne search- and-rescue systems for the Turkish army Eurocopter AS 532UL Cougar helicopters. The ASR-700 is the airborne unit which allows search-and rescue helicopters or fixed- wing aircraft quickly to locate a downed pilot. Source: Flight International
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Swedish delivery
Saab Dynamics has delivered its IR-OTIS infra-red search and track radar to the Swedish defence ministry for flight testing on-board a Saab JAS37 Viggen fighter. The system, developed under a contract for the Swedish Defence Material Administration, will also be fitted to Saab's JAS39 Gripen. Source: Flight International
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ARL upgrade
The Airborne Systems Integration unit of California Microwave has won a $12 million contract to install advanced surveillance equipment in two RC-7B Airborne Reconnaissance Low Multi-function (ARL-M) aircraft operated by the US Army. Three RC-7Bs, modified de Havilland DHC-7 turboprops, are being used to patrol the Korean demilitarised zone. ARL ...
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Upgrades promised for RAAF F/A-18s
Australia is almost certain to upgrade its Boeing F/A-18 Hornet irrespective of continuing fighter-requirement studies, according to the country's defence minister, Ian McLachlan. McLachlan took the opportunity of the release of Australia's Strategic Policy document to tell Parliament that"-it is likely that a major upgrade of the F/A-18 will ...
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Australia nears Global Hawk goal
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Peter le Franchi/CANBERRA Australian and US Government-to-Government negotiations over Australian Defence Force participation in the Teledyne Ryan Global Hawk long-endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV) are virtually complete and may result in a formal agreement by the end of December, according to programme sources. Australian interest ...
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ST Aero purchases Dalfort maintenance
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aero) has acquired Dalfort Aviation's maintenance site in Dallas and is planning to expand its Mobile Aero- space Engineering (MAe) subsidiary in a move to increase capacity in the USA. The Singapore company has agreed with Astraea to purchase the leasehold, assets and inventory of ...
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Snecma lands in full control of Messier-Dowty as TI sells out
Snecma plans to take full control of the Messier-Dowty landing-gear business just three years after the Anglo-French joint venture was founded in a 50/50 partnership, together with the TI Group. The company now plans to create a major landing-systems business, including its Messier-Bugatti brakes unit. Under the terms of ...
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Spar goes shopping
Spar Aerospace has agreed to acquire Canadian maintenance company CAE Aviation for about $62 million. The company, which specialises in servicing and upgrading Lockheed Martin C-130 transports, was put up for sale in August by parent company CAE, following a decision to focus on its advanced-technology businesses, such as simulation. ...
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Litton expands
Litton Industries has agreed to buy information-technology services group TASC from Primark for $432 million in cash. The deal is expected to be approved by April, says Litton. Source: Flight International
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Banner sale
AlliedSignal has agreed to acquire the airframe-fastener and lubricant businesses of Banner Aerospace for $345 million in stock. The Hardware and Aero-Pac units bring 500 employees and sales of $250 million, which Allied Signal says will help it create a $400 million aftermarket aerospace hardware distribution business. Banner will concentrate ...
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Austrian double
Austrian Airlines has doubled its participation in regional carrier Tyrolean Airways, with the purchase of 42.85% of its shares, bringing its total stake to 85.7%. The remaining capital is held by Leipnik Lundenburger Industrie. Austrian bought its initial stake in Tyrolean in 1994, and the purchase contributed significantly, says the ...
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EC allows France to subsidise Sextant Airbus system
The European Commission (EC) has given the go-ahead for a Fr140 million ($23.3 million) re-imbursable French Government subsidy to Sextant Avionique to help develop a flight-management system (FMS) for new Airbus aircraft. Sextant plans to develop the FMS with Smiths Industries under a memorandum of understanding signed earlier in ...
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LTU dismisses managers as 767 cracks show poor maintenance
AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH German charter operator LTU has sacked three senior managers after the discovery of a series of maintenance deficiencies in the fleet of Munich-based sister airline LTU Süd. LTU says that it is unable to name the managers concerned for legal reasons, but they included one of two ...
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CCAir concludes roll-over agreement to upgrade Jetstream fleet
CCAir has concluded an agreement with British Aerospace Asset Management Turboprops (AMT) to replace its BAe Jetstream 31s with upgraded Jetstream 32EPs. The deal will also enable Charlotte, North Carolina-based US Airways Express to replace its ageing Shorts 360s. CCAir has signed an agreement with BAe AMT to take ...