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Last of the big MiGs?
Mikoyan's heavyweight fighters languish in development and face uncertainty. Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE VPK MAPO OBJECT 1.42 fifth-generation heavy fighter has yet to get airborne, but it has already been dubbed as the next "flying restaurant" by some of its detractors, a nickname last given to the 42t ...
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Cross-section attitude
WHILE DECLINING to discuss the Object 1.42 directly, saying that he does not "-represent the design bureau", Mikhail Waldenberg, general designer with the recently established VPK MAPO, sheds an interesting light on the Russian attitude towards stealth. "I don't believe in magic wands. I don't believe in ...
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Greece to acquire HARM and AMRAAM missiles
THE US DEPARTMENT of Defense is to sell $250 million-worth of military equipment to Greece, including the country's first purchase of Texas Instruments AGM-88B high-speed anti-radiation missiles (HARM) and Lockheed Martin Army Tactical Missiles (ATACM). The US Congress was notified of Greece's plan to buy 84 HARMs and ...
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Reg asks NASA to back engine
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA THE CANADIAN developer of a revolutionary engine is seeking NASA backing to develop an aero-engine derivative. Reg Technologies has teamed with Global Aircraft to bid for a contract under NASA's General Aviation Propulsion (GAP) programme. The proposal was to be submitted in late July. ...
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Airship operator's plans hinge on Westinghouse buy-out
AIRSHIP Resources (ARC) is awaiting the outcome of Roger Munk's bid to buy the assets of Westinghouse Airship Industries (WAI) before deciding how to proceed with its plans to operate large airships equipped with digital-video projection systems. Arlington, Virginia-based ARC, has based its plans around the Sentinel 1240 ...
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Rohring success
AlliedSignal Aerospace has won a $50 million Rohr contract to supply engine build-up units for the BMW Rolls-Royce BR715, which is under development to power the McDonnell Douglas MD-95. Rohr is nacelle supplier for the BR715. Source: Flight International
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Flight Visions will deliver L-159 HUD
FLIGHT VISIONS will deliver a prototype head-up display (HUD) in July to Aero Vodochody in the Czech Republic, for the L-159 light-fighter programme. A flightworthy model will be delivered in November, and production of HUDs for 72 Czech air force L-159s, is due to begin in 1997. ...
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USAF develops wide-angle NVGs
PANORAMIC night-vision goggles, (PNVGs) are being developed by the US Air Force, and a prototype will be flight tested by the US Army later this year. The goggles offer a 100° horizontal field of view, compared with 40¡ for the ANVIS goggles in use since the early 1980s and the ...
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Alliant to build X-33 fuel tanks
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS has received a $29 million Lockheed Martin contract to produce fibre-placed composite liquid-hydrogen tanks for NASA's X-33 single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) reusable launch-vehicle (RLV) demonstrator. Alliant's Aerospace Systems Group will manufacture three carbonfibre-epoxy tanks, each 5.2m in diameter and 10.7m long, using automated fibre-placement technology. Two will be ...
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Sea Launch confirms second customer
THE SEA LAUNCH joint venture headed by Boeing has secured a second major contract for space-launch services. Space Systems/Loral, a unit of Loral Space & Communications, has agreed to purchase five firings from the Sea Launch system, starting in the second half of 1998 and running through to ...
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CAE contract
CAE Electronics has won a C$15 million ($11 million) Singapore Airlines contract for a Boeing 777-200 full-flight simulator with CAE MaxVue visual system, for delivery in August 1997. Source: Flight International
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E&S claims half visuals market
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA EVANS & SUTHERLAND (E&S) is claiming 50% of the commercial flight-simulator visual-system market after just two years as an independent supplier. The Salt Lake City, Utah-based company has announced orders from British Aerospace Regional Aircraft and United Airlines, and says that sales so ...
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SIA buys FSI Learjet 45 simulator
SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) has ordered a Learjet 45 full-flight simulator from FlightSafety International (FSI). The Level D simulator will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 1997. SIA is acquiring Learjet 45 business jets to replace Learjet 31s used for pilot training, and already has a Learjet 31 simulator supplied ...
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ETC/USAF advance centrifuge simulator
CENTRIFUGE manufacturer Environmental Technology (ETC) has signed an agreement with the US Air Force to develop its technology for use in flight simulators for high-performance combat aircraft. A centrifuge-based simulator would be able to generate the G forces experienced by the pilot of a highly manoeuvrable fighter. Southampton, ...
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Booster snags mar Mir plans
Tim Furniss/LONDON CONCERNS OVER the Russian Soyuz booster and the US Space Shuttle have marred plans for missions to the Russian Mir 1 space station. Two successive failures of Russian Soyuz launchers are causing anxiety about the planned 14 August launch of the manned Soyuz ...
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US GAO questions role of smart bombs in Gulf War air campaign
A CONTENTIOUS report by the US General Accounting Office (GAO) claims that precision-guided munitions may have been just as "dumb" as unguided iron bombs when used during the 1991 Gulf War. The study claims that, because of imperfect bomb-damage assessments, it is impossible to say whether the high-cost ...
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USAF grounds E-8C J-STARS aircraft
THE US AIR Force's sole E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (J-STARS) aircraft remains on "precautionary stand-down" as Northrop Grumman and US Air Force maintenance personnel correct fume and rivet problems. Fumes were noticed in the E-8C during a standard engine run and a training flight. The ...
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RAF celebrates Bastille Day
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE TOOK PART for the first time in France's Bastille Day parade on 14 July. Panavia Tornado GR1s and Harrier GR7s were flown in formation with a French Boeing KC-135 for the flypast, with a RAF Vickers VC10 flying in formation with French air force Mirages. ...
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Air Forces ofthe World
Compiled by Douglas Barrie and Jennifer Pite AIR FORCES CONTINUE to struggle with tighter budgets, while not necessarily facing reduced operational demands. In the USA and Europe, air forces have restructured and rethought operational strategy to meet low-to-high intensity operations out of area. In Russia, the air force ...
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Alcatel to build 24 Starsys satellites
GE STARSYS HAS completed an initial agreement with France's Alcatel Telecom to build 24 satellites for launch into a low-Earth-orbit constellation to provide worldwide positioning, tracking, messaging and monitoring. The 80kg satellites - which will be built by the Alcatel Espace division of Alcatel Telecom - will be ...