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MAPO
MIG-21 FISHBED India has "agreed" an upgrade programme for some 100 of its MiG-21s with MAPO, although it is not known as to whether the programme has actually begun. The package is based on Mikoyan's MiG-21-93 proposal, which includes the Phazotron Kopyo multi-mode lightweight radar. Israel Aircraft Industries ...
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McDonnell Douglas
C-17 GLOBEMASTER III The US DoD and Congress have approved a multi-year procurement for 80 additional C-17s for the USAF. This brings the planned fleet total to 120 aircraft by 2005. The decision followed the successful conclusion of a reliability, maintainability and availability demonstration concluded in August 1995 ...
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McDonnell Douglas/British Aerospace Defence
T-45 GOSHAWK The T-45A is based on the BAe Hawk 60 series, with the engines, airframe, undercarriage, avionics and cockpit displays modified for USN requirements. MDC had teamed with Rockwell Australia to offer the T-45A Goshawk for the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF), but it has ...
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Mitsubishi Helicopter Dept
F-4EJKAI Mitsubishi is the prime contractor for modernisation of 96 Japan Air Self-Defence Force McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ Phantoms. The first updated F-4EJKai was delivered in 1989. Improvements include installation of a Westinghouse APG-66J pulse- Doppler radar as well as other avionics upgrades. F-2 Formerly ...
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Myasischev
M-17 MYSTIC The M-17 is a single-jet-engined high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft with high-aspect-ratio wings and a twin-boom tail. The aircraft was first reported in the West in 1982 as the RAM-M, being operated from what was then known as the Ramenskoye flight test centre, now knwon as Zhukovsky.The M-17 ...
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Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing
A-5 FANTAN This ground-attack aircraft was developed from the J-6 (Mikoyan MiG-19) in the early 1960s, and first flown in 1965. The aircraft has a redesigned front fuselage and shoulder intakes, with both length and wingspan extended. The aircraft is known as the Q-5 in Chinese service, the ...
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Northrop Grumman
A-6 INTRUDER The A-6E carrier-borne attack aircraft is being withdrawn from service. A limited upgrade of USN A-6Es added missile-approach warning, towed active decoys, satellite navigation and other improvements. Boeing-built composite wings were retrofitted to 172 A-6s. The last new A-6E was delivered in February 1992. ...
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Panavia Aircraft
TORNADO The RAF Tornado GR4 upgrade project began in 1996. The mid-life update (MLU) is intended to improve the aircraft's covert operational capability and includes a GPS, FLIR and night-vision-compatible cockpit. With the completion of the 35 electronic combat and reconnaissance aircraft for the German air force in ...
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Pilatus
Pilatus continues to offer to offer successfully a family of training aircraft along with a military-utility derivative of its PC-6 Turbo Porter. Pilatus emerged victorious in the USAF's competition for a future primary trainer, teamed with Beech (see Raytheon). Source: Flight International
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Pilatus Britten-Norman
MSSA The BN2T Defender is based on the BN2 Islander airframe, over 1,200 of which have been delivered to customers in 130 countries. Current operators of the turbine-engined Defender include the British Army, Pakistan Maritime Security Agency, Moroccan Ministry of Fisheries and the Cyprus Police. The piston-engined variant ...
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PAC (Pakistan Aeronautical Complex)
PAC/NAMC continues to develop the K-8 Karkoram jet trainer. Deliveries of the first six aircraft to the Pakistan air force began in 1994. The aircraft is intended to replace the Shenyang FT-5 and Cessna T-37. China is also considering acquiring the aircraft to meet training needs. Source: Flight ...
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C-12 King Air 1900
Beechcraft has delivered six Model 1900s to the USAF, for use by the Air National Guard under the designation C-12J.The USAF purchased 40 twin-turboprop Super King Air 200Cs as C-12Fs, following an initial lease period. Source: Flight International
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Rockwell
B-1B LANCER The B-1B's conventional weapons capability is now being upgraded. The first step will upgrade the aircraft's capability to carry the CBU-87 submunition dispenser in place of Mk82 bombs. Later upgrade phases will add the capability to carry conventional precision-guided weapons, including the Joint Direct Attack Munition, ...
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Saab Scania
JAS39 GRIPEN An initial batch of 30 production JAS39As for the Swedish air force was ordered in 1982, followed by a second batch of 110, including 14 JAS 39B two-seaters in 1992. Batch 1 deliveries began in 1993 and the last Batch 2 aircraft will be delivered in ...
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Samsung
KTX II The KTX-II is the planned indigenous replacement for the South Korean air force T-33As and T-37Cs. Initial design began in 1992. The in-service date is planned for 2005. Lockheed Martin has emerged as Samsung's preferred partner for the project. The design is for a two-seat, a ...
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SHAANXI Aircraft (SAC)
Y-8X CUB A maritime variant of the Y-8X is thought to have entered service in 1986. A drone-carrying model, the Y-8E, has also been identified. The aircraft, a development of the Antonov An-12, was first flown in 1974. Source: Flight International
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Shenyang Aircraft
The F-8 Finback is once again the focus of a major upgrade programme, with Russian radar manufacturer Phazotron and missile manufacturer Vympel involved in the F-8 IIM project unveiled in October 1995. A prototype had its first flight during the second quarter of 1996. Source: Flight International
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Shin Meiwa
US-1 The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force continues to buy one US-1A SAR amphibian every two years. Designed for long-range anti-submarine warfare, the four-turboprop PS-1 flying boat was first flown in October 1967 and was followed by the US-1 amphibious variant in October 1974. Source: Flight International