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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 ...
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IAI proposes low-cost radar upgrade for MiG-21 Fishbed
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries (IAI) is proposing a low-cost radar upgrade for the Mikoyan MiG-21bis Fishbed, based on modification of the aircraft's existing radar. One contract has already been signed. The radar package is based on modifying the MiG-21's existing radar, so that its video output is displayed either ...
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Belgian scandal results in 'suicide'
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS A FORMER CHIEF of the Belgian air force has apparently committed suicide as a result of Belgian police investigations into the widening corruption scandal surrounding the Ministry of Defence's purchase of Agusta A.109 helicopters. Gen. Jacques Lefebvre, chief of staff of the ...
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UK restructuring pays dividend
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON TWO YEARS OF SEVERE cost-cutting is beginning to pay dividends for UK aerospace companies, with Rolls-Royce and British Aerospace leading a better round of financial results for the industry. Both groups also confirm that their programmes of plant closures and redundancies are now coming to ...
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Russian air force chief admits Chechnya combat loss
The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian air force has admitted that the service lost one Sukhoi Su-25 in combat operations in Chechnya, while 14 other aircraft have been damaged by ground fire, including one Ilyshin Il-76 transport. Col. Gen. Piotr Deinekin once again claimed, that the air force had ...
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Canada warned on research and development
CANADA'S AEROSPACE industry is warning that up to 75% of its 20,000 research-and-development (R&D) jobs may be in jeopardy if the Government goes ahead with plans to kill the Defence Industry Productivity Programme (DIPP). Industry minister John Manley revealed after the 27 February federal budget that DIPP ...
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Crash mars resumption of Hunter UAV tests
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC FLIGHT TESTING of the TRW/IAI Hunter short-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been marred by yet another crash. Meanwhile, the UAV project, which has been beset by a series of technical setbacks, faces an independent US Department of Defense review, which could affect future ...
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India appeals for Israeli help on LCA
INDIA HAS turned to Israel in an attempt to rescue its faltering Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme. Talks between the two sides are under way about the Israelis providing electronic systems and know-how. The discussions are taking place between Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and India's state-owned Aeronautical Development ...
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Maintaining Balance
The UK Government's decision to buy a mix of EH Industries EH101s and Boeing Chinook helicopters for its armed forces, instead of opting for one or the other, might seem like a typical, British fudge. In the short term - it may be - in the long term - it ...
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Westland clinches UK EH101 deal for RAF
Douglas Barrie/LONDON WESTLAND HAS secured a £500 million ($780 million) UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) order for a support variant of the Westland/Agusta EH101, with the Government ignoring its avowed preference for open competition in the process. The UK helicopter maker will deliver the first ...
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Paris exhibitors line up
THE PARIS international air show at Le Bourget in June is likely to see the debuts of a variety of aircraft. The Eurofighter EF2000 combat aircraft, the Rockwell/Daimler-Benz Aerospace X-31 research aircraft, the Boeing 777 twin-engine wide-body, the Bell Boeing V-22 tilt-rotor and the Eurocopter EC135 helicopter are ...
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Boeing trails maintenance time saver
BOEING HAS designed and built a trailer aimed at reducing engine maintenance times and costs on the US Air Force's new Boeing/Lockheed F-22 fighter. Recent tests using mock-ups of the aircraft's Pratt & Whitney F119 engines and F-22 aft section are already said to have demonstrated the major ...
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Black Hawks for Israel
Israel is to procure an unspecified number of additional Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters. The air force already operates ten UH-60s which it received second-hand from the US Department of Defense Source: Flight International
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Japanese FDR sale
Smiths Industries Aerospace has secured three contracts to supply 20 shipsets of flight data recorders for the Japanese Air Self Defence Force Mitsubishi T-4 trainers and the voice and data recorder for Sikorsky SH-60J and OH-X helicopters. Total value is put at $4 million. Source: Flight ...
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On time and on target
The Royal Air Force's Jaguars are equipped to stand off and deliver. Douglas Barrie/BOSCOMBE DOWN Urgent operational requirements (UORs), by their very nature, are not always easy to meet. Haste and progress are not always compatible. The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) was lucky, however, with ...
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Airline seats get off the ground
SIMULA SUBSIDIARY Airline Interiors has secured a launch customer for its 16G airline seats. California-based start-up carrier Trans-Orient Express has signed a letter of intent to install the seats in Boeing 747-200s to be used on services between Los Angeles and Vietnam, beginning in late 1995. Initial deliveries are worth ...
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European and US fighter builders court Norway
EUROPEAN AND US fighter manufacturers are preparing to make initial offset offers to the Norwegian defence ministry as Oslo takes the initial steps towards acquiring a next-generation fighter. A Lockheed F-16 team was in Norway during the first week of March to discuss offset, and Eurofighter will present ...
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Bosnia C-130 suspected in covert flights row
Tim Ripley/LONDON US AIR FORCE denials that it is responsible for covert supply flights to the Bosnian armed forces have been re-inforced by UN Protection Force (UNPROFOR) officials, who suspect that the Bosnian Government is operating its own Lockheed C-130 Hercules. UN observers have reported several ...
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Antonov in dash to assemble new propfan prototype
IN A DESPERATE attempt to keep its An-70 propfan military-transport programme alive, Ukrainian design bureau Antonov is trying to complete a second prototype by the end of this year. This follows the loss of the first prototype in January after it went out of control, collided with the An-72 chase ...
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Second C-17 Squadron
The first McDonnell Douglas C-17 transport has been delivered to Charleston AFB, South Carolina, for the formation of the second operational C-17 squadron. The 14th Sqn of the 437th Airlift Wing is switching to the C-17 from the Lockheed C-141. It will be operated alongside C-17s of the 17th Airlift ...