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Talon teams shape up
TEAMS ARE FORMING to bid for a US Air Force programme to upgrade the avionics in 425 Northrop T-38 Talon advanced-jet trainers. McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has teamed with Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and Northrop Grumman is expected to announce its team this month. Newly formed Lockheed Martin has ...
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Chinese aspire to Su-27 production manufacture
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW CHINA IS HOLDING discussions with Russia over the licence manufacture of the Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker air-superiority aircraft. Chinese officials have recently held talks on the licence with representatives of the Russian Komsomolsk manufacturing plant, which produces the single-seat Su-27. The Komsomolsk factory built ...
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UK/UAE close to agreement on defence co-operation
THE UK AND THE United Arab Emirates (UAE) are close to finalising a defence co-operative agreement, along with the lease of 12 ex-Royal Air Force Panavia Tornado GR1 strike aircraft and support crew. The negotiations were confirmed, by UK Defence Procurement Minister, Roger Freeman, who was in the ...
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UK considers nuclear power for new carrier carrier
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE UK IS considering a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, dubbed the CV(R), as a possible option to replace its three Invincible-class carriers by around the year 2010. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) released details of the work in a document seeking bidders for concept ...
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Paveway III For GR7
British Aerospace has been awarded a project definition study into the integration of the Texas Instruments Paveway III laser-guided bomb on both the Royal Air Force's BAe Harrier GR7 and BAe Harrier T10 aircraft. The company is already carrying out a study into the integration of the GEC-Marconi Thermal Imaging ...
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Co-operative upgrade
Northrop Grumman describes the architecture of its F-5 avionics upgrade as a pyramid, the broad base of which is formed by a 1553B databus. Layer after layer of modular modernisation can then be built on this digital foundation, depending on the mission requirements and money available. The first ...
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Israeli air force chief will conduct Indian sales drive
THE commander of the Israeli air force, Gen. Herzel Budinger, is to visit India at the end of this month as part of Israel's efforts to sell a wide range of equipment to the Indian military-aerospace market. Although officially the guest of his Indian counterpart, the tour is ...
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ALENIA/ASTA TEAM
Alenia and Aerospace Technologies of Australia (ASTA) are to team to offer the Italian company's G.222 for the Australian Defence Force's light-tactical-aircraft requirement to replace its de Havilland DH-6 Caribous. Alenia and Aerospace Technologies of Australia (ASTA) are to team to offer the Italian company's G.222 for the ...
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An issue of stability
The RAAF's new Chief of Air Staff discusses future staff and equipment needs. Douglas Barrie/CANBERRA Instability is a concern for the recently appointed Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Les Fisher. His concern is with his personnel, however, not regional politics. ...
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On show in Australia
Paul Phelan/cairns Australia's Air Shows Down Under, which runs from 21-26 March, has attracted large numbers of domestic and overseas exhibitors The organisers of Air Shows Down Under, being staged at Asta Avalon Airport outside Melbourne, Victoria, on 21-26 March, will again try to balance the demands of ...
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Nothing to be afraid of
US authorities worry about accepting Robinson Helicopter. Australian cowboys show that training is the key to safe use. Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) latest move to beef up flight-training requirements for the Robinson Helicopter R22 and R44 follows a year of ...
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C-17 military transport is back on track, says MDC
McDONNELL DOUGLAS "...has dug itself out of a sizeable hole" and is now moving forward with the C-17 military-transport programme, says Donald Kozlowski, the firm's senior vice-president for the project. Kozlowski admits, however, that the once-troubled C-17 project must still overcome hurdles before the US Department of ...
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A minister for Europe
Roger Freeman, the UK Minister for Defence Procurement, reveals his pragmatism on the European front. Douglas Barrie/LONDON When it comes to European policy, Roger Freeman, the UK Minister for Defence Procurement, marches to a different beat than that of many other senior Government ministers. ...
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Seeing double
Multi-spectral seekers, extended range and increased velocity are in vogue for the next generation of guided weapons. Douglas Barrie/LONDON Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Julian Moxon/PARIS Over the next decade, Western air forces will revamp their inventories of both within and beyond-visual-range (WVR/BVR) missiles. The operational requirements which ...
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UK unveils replacement for unique IMC rating
Kieran Daly/LONDON THE UK CIVIL AVIATION Authority is about to invite comments on a proposed "instrument weather rating [IWR]" to replace its current - and unique - instrument-meteorological- conditions (IMC) rating. An Air Accidents Investigation Board recommendation (92-32) following the 1992 crash into a mountain ...
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Lockheed/Boeing evaluate F-22 mission derivatives
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA LOCKHEED AND Boeing will study derivatives of the F-22 Advanced Tactical Fighter under a US Air Force contract to be awarded within the next two months. Missions to be studied include strike, defence-suppression and reconnaissance, says F-22 programme general-manager Gary Riley. The F-22 ...
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MDC shuts down plants after Tomahawk loss
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is to close its missiles plant in Titusville, Florida, following the group's failure, to win the US Tomahawk cruise-missile competition. Another electrical-equipment plant is also to close at St Charles, Missouri, bringing group redundancies to 1,300. The Florida plant will deliver its last Tomahawk sea-launched ...
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Ramjet technology
Ramjet technology is neither new, nor difficult, at least on paper. Implementing such a power plant on a missile, however, poses considerable demands on propulsion designers. The attraction of ramjet propulsion is that it offers both extended range and increased mean velocity during missile flight, with an ...
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Dassault calls for defence reform as industry suffers
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS, SERGE DASSAULT, speaking as president of French aerospace-industry association Gifas, warns of another bleak year for the country's embattled industry and renews calls for reform of the French military-procurement system. Presenting the association's year-end report, Dassault warns that 1995 is likely to bring ...
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IAI uprates Kfir fighter for new Philippines sales drive
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries has stepped up efforts to sell its Kfir fighter to the Philippines, with an upgraded variant of the aircraft, dubbed the Kfir 2000, now being proposed. The Israeli Company is offering the Kfir C-10, which is a post-production model with a revised avionics suite. It ...