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Pentagon team gives FOTT its blessing
The Pentagon's Joint Requirements Oversight Council has endorsed the Follow-On To TOW (FOTT) missile programme, allowing the US Army to proceed to engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) of the next- generation short-range anti-tank missile. One missile manufacturer will be selected to begin the EMD phase, which is due to ...
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Poland suspends Huzar upgrade deal with Israel
The new Polish Government has suspended a controversial agreement signed by Poland and Israel in October to upgrade 100 PZL-Swidnik Huzar attack helicopters. The inter-governmental agreement, signed on 13 October by the outgoing Polish Government, has been shelved pending a review of the process which led to the deal ...
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Germany clears IRIS-T missile development
AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH Germany has given the all-clear for the start of development of the planned IRIS-T infra-red guided air-to-air missile, intended to succeed the AIM-9Li Sidewinder as the standard German air force short-range missile for the Eurofighter EF 2000. The German Federal Ministry of Defence (FMoD) now expects similar ...
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Committee promises progress on JAD
The committee co-ordinating work on the Joint Air Defence (JAD) programme to establish an integrated air defence system across the CIS has emerged from a meeting in Moscow promising progress on the project, despite a serious lack of funding. CIS defence ministers had promised to provide 101 billion roubles ...
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Litton receivers
Litton's Amecom division has been awarded $18 million by the US Air Force to develop a next-generation, broadband digital receiver able to identify and locate the origin of all radio-frequency emitters found in combat scenarios. The system will be carried on a host of combat aircraft with the Joint Strike ...
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USAF will receive NVIS upgrade for its Lockheed Martin F-16s
Lockheed Martin F-16s will receive modified night-vision imaging systems (NVIS) under an innovative US Air Force contract awarded to Control Products. Previous use of night-vision goggles (NVG) in the F-16 has been limited to air-to-air intercept missions, but the aircraft will now be able to conduct all combat missions. ...
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Outrider builds up flight hours
Alliant Techsystems says that its Outrider tactical unmanned air vehicle has completed four test-flights, including its first back-to-back flights and the longest flight to date, 1h 22min. The tests, which used the new UK-built UAV Engines 801R rotary powerplant, verified the performance of the stability-augmentation system. Following design changes, the ...
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China seeks helicopter carrier
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE China is approaching foreign manufacturers looking for new attack and naval-transport helicopters, while the country's navy is looking at the options for the construction of a new helicopter carrier. According to Western defence sources, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been paying visits to European, Russian ...
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Boeing teams up for Australian F-111 work
Boeing has signed a teaming agreement with seven Australia-based aerospace operations to bid for a new commercialised contract to provide deep maintenance for the Royal Australian Air Force's F-111s. Among the Australian firms are Wormald Technology, already responsible for the aircraft's simulator development and maintenance; Rosebank Engineering, supporting hydraulic ...
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Iranian engineers begin training for An-140 assembly by 2000
Antonov and the Kharkov State Aircraft Manufacturing Company have begun training engineers and technicians from Iran in preparation for assembly of the An-140 turboprop aircraft to start by the year 2000. The Ukrainian companies have a licence agreement with state-owned Iranian company HESA to produce the 52-seat airline version ...
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TAG boosts Bombardier with record corporate-jet order
Bombardier has landed its largest-ever corporate-jet order - a deal worth well above $250 million with the Canadian company's Middle East distributor, TAG Aeronautics. Five Global Expresses and an equal number of Challenger 604s are to be delivered, starting in late 1998. Orders for the long-range Global Express now ...
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Boeing to offer IGW versions of 737-700 next year
Boeing is proposing to begin offering increased-gross-weight (IGW) versions of the new 737-700 passenger aircraft from mid-1998 as follow-on derivative developments to the planned Boeing Business Jet (BBJ). Three new IGW variants of the 737-700 are now under study - an extended-range passenger aircraft, a convertible quick-change jet and, ...
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Boeing considers enhancing 777-200X/300X performance
Boeing is considering range and lift enhancements to the proposed 777-200X/300X to improve field performance. Programme officials are seeking at the same time to stretch pre-launch funding and allow more time to firm up potential customer support. The company is studying design refinements to the 777 in an effort ...
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Matra and GEC jostle for Gulf missile deal
Matra BAe Dynamics and GEC Marconi are locked in a battle to sell a stand-off precision attack missile to Qatar for its Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft, deliveries of which began recently. The competition mirrors the procurement programme under way in the United Arab Emirates, where the same two ...
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Improved digital engine control system ordered for Egypt's L-59s
Aero Vodochody has contracted AlliedSignal to produce an improved digital engine-control system for Egypt's Progress DV-2 turbofan-powered L-59 trainer/light-strike aircraft. The Egyptian air force's fleet of 48 tandem-seat L-59s has been suffering reliability problems. In an effort to improve operational availability, the Czech manufacturer wants to replace the aircraft's ...
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Fairchild Dornier sets target on 70-seater
FAIRCHILD DORNIER has set itself a target of 1 April to launch its proposed 70-seat regional-jet. It is in talks with potential partners about taking a share of up to 50% in the programme. Peter Klonk, vice-president of sales, says that the programme go-ahead depends on whether the company ...
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Pakistan will press China on commitment to FC-1 and K-8
Pakistan's prime minister will use a a forthcoming visit to Beijing to press the Chinese Government to make a firm commitment to the planned new Chengdu FC-1 fighter and jointly developed Nanchang K-8 trainer. Islamabad is making an order for the FC-1 and K-8 conditional on the PLA Air ...
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More Mirage 2000s are on course for UAE Air Force
The visit of French President Jacques Chirac to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in mid-December 1997 will clear the way for the sale of up to 20 more Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft for the UAE air force. Dassault is negotiating the final details with the UAE centring on supplying ...
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HISAR heads for environmental duty
The Hughes Integrated Surveillance and Reconnaissance System (HISAR) has secured its first international customer with an order from German company Traffic 2000. The system will be used mainly for environmental monitoring in the North Sea, mounted on board a Beech King Air 200T, although it is also available on a ...
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Kuwait will tackle training
The Kuwaiti air force is attempting to revitalise its near-moribund in-country pilot training with a major refurbishment effort for its British Aerospace Hawk jet trainers as well overhauling its spares-starved Shorts Tucano turboprop trainers. None of the Kuwaitis' BAe Hawks, of which the air force has 12, is in ...