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Koala cruise revealed
Douglas Barrie/London THE CONFIGURATION of Russia's canceled AS-X-19 Koala air-launched stand-off supersonic cruise missile has been revealed for the first time. Although the design of the AS-X-19 has previously been attributed to Raduga, it is more probable that the missile was designed by NPO Mashinostroenia. ...
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Taiwan offer
Bell is offering Taiwan's Aero Industry Development Centre licence-assembly of the TH-67 training helicopter is an effort to win a local military order for 30 machines. Bell president Lloyd Shoppa has met Taiwan's Committee for Aviation and Space Industry Development to discuss the proposal. Source: Flight International
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India and Russia close to Su-30 contract
Alexander Velovich/Moscow INDIA AND RUSSIA are on the brink of a deal covering the sale of up to 40 Sukhoi Su-30MK multi-role fighter aircraft. The Indian defence minister Mulayam Singh Yadam is quoted in Russian press reports as saying that negotiations to buy the Su-30MK "-are ...
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US Federal Court blocks JASSM
A US FEDERAL District Court has ordered the US Department of Defense to halt work on the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) programme. The ten-day temporary restraining order (TRO) was granted on 10 July, after Hughes Aircraft filed a protest over the Pentagon's selection of Lockheed Martin and ...
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Gulfstream courts USAF
GULFSTREAM IS offering the Gulfstream V long-range business jet to meet the US Air Force's Small VC-X requirement for two "intercontinental low-volume" aircraft to replace two Boeing C-137s (military 707s) used for VIP transport. The requirement calls for an aircraft able to carry a minimum of 12 passengers ...
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A321 ETOPS
The CFM International CFM56 and International Aero Engines V2500-powered versions of the Airbus A321 received 120min extended-range twin-engined operations (ETOPS) European Joint Aviation Authorities approval in May. Meanwhile, the JAA has approved the A320 family's Auxiliary Power International (APIC) APS 3200 auxiliary power unit for 120min ETOPS. Source: ...
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FAA and NTSB continue to spar over FDRS
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC US PASSENGER airlines will be required to retrofit their fleets with enhanced flight-data recorders (EFDRs) within about four years under a US Federal Aviation Administration proposal. The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), meanwhile, continues to criticise the FAA for acting too slowly. ...
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ATR 72 report drives a wedge into bilateral certification
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC David Learmount/LONDON THE TRANSATLANTIC bilateral aircraft-certification process has been thrown into turmoil following accusations by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) that the French aviation authority and the ATR consortium were to blame for an ATR 72 crash in the USA in 1994 which ...
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Whiteman receives first GAM deliveries
THE FIRST 17 global-positioning-system (GPS)-aided munitions (GAMs) have been delivered to Whiteman AFB, Missouri, for use on the Northrop Grumman B-2 stealth bomber. The GAM offers an interim, near-precision direct attack weapon pending future delivery of the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) later this decade. Over 100 GAMs ...
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USA takes half world arms-sales market
THE USA IS making more than half of worldwide weapons sales for the first time, says the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), but arms sales overall are dropping. Sales fell by 29% in 1994, the latest year for which complete figures are available, to $22 billion, ...
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Asian governments are offered Saeaga shareholding
MALAYSIAN timber tycoon Ting Pek Khiing has offered the governments of Brunei, Indonesia and Philippines each a 10% stake in his struggling start-up regional carrier Saeaga Airlines. Ting's offer follows recent talks between Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohammad and Philippine president Fidel Ramos on establishing a joint regional ...
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South Korea awards Raytheon $450 million contract
SOUTH KOREA IS TO purchase ten modified Raytheon Hawker 800XP business jets to meet a tactical reconnaissance requirement under a $450 million deal. The US Department of Defense first revealed the existence of the then classified South Korean requirement in 1995 (Flight International 20-26 September 1995, P4), when it notified ...
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Japanese standard
The Pentagon has notified the US Congress that it intends to upgrade SM-2 Block II Standard surface-to-air missiles previously sold to Japan. The Block II shipboard air defence weapons would be upgraded to the Block III configuration. Source: Flight International
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Trent 777 ETOPS testing resumes
BOEING RESUMED extended-range twin-engined operations (ETOPS) testing of the Rolls-Royce Trent 800-powered 777 on 11 July, after foreign-object damage was determined to be the cause of a surge which halted testing on 16 June (Flight International, 3-9 July). Testing for 180min ETOPS clearance is expected to be completed on schedule ...
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German budget cuts endanger critical defence programmes
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH HUGE cuts in the latest German defence budget, approved by the cabinet on 10 July, have left questionmarks over the Eurofighter EF2000, Eurocopter Tiger and Helios 2/Horus reconnaissance satellite and procurement programmes. The 1997 defence budget has now been fixed at DM46.6 billion ($30.5 ...
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WestPac agrees big 328 deal
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DORNIER LUFTFAHRT has secured the first new orders for the Dornier 328 turboprop since a majority of the company was sold to Fairchild in June. Western Pacific Airlines ("WestPac") has placed an order for up to 24 328s, which it selected over the Aero International (Regional) ...
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MDC to test Rafael Python 4 on F-18
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is to test-fire a high off-boresight air-to-air missile, believed to be the Israeli Rafael Python 4, from an F-18 later this year under a company-funded programme designed to demonstrate an off-boresight engagement capability. The test will take place at the China Lake weapons range. An ...
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Airbus keeps pace with Boeing-
Kevin O'Toole and Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON AFTER A POOR SHOWING of aircraft orders in 1995, Airbus Industrie appears to have held its own against Boeing in the first half of 1996, while the overall jet-airliner market continues to recover for both manufacturers. Although the headline figures show ...
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Test of faith
NO-ONE BENEFITS when accident-investigation agencies clash over the cause of an air crash. The arguments may be based on genuine grievances, but they only serve to deflect attention from the wider issues at stake. It has happened this week because the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has ...
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Hub crack is blamed for MD-88 fan failure
A FATIGUE crack in the fan hub is the likely cause of the uncontained failure of a Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 powering a Delta McDonnell Douglas MD-88. Two passengers were killed and four injured when the left-engine fan disintegrated, sending debris into the cabin during the take-off run of Flight ...