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Texas Instruments concludes talks with Shorts for CASOM bid
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS (TI) and Shorts Missile Systems have successfully completed talks to mount a joint bid for the UK Staff Requirement (Air) 1236 Conventionally Armed Stand-Off Missile (CASOM) programme. A formal announcement could be made before the end of the show. The CASOM bids are due at the ...
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Making a noise
New power plants for new aircraft: there will be plenty to talk about in military-engine circles at Le Bourget Guy Norris/Los Angeles For a sector in the doldrums, the military- engine arena will be surprisingly busy at Paris, with many significant propulsion decisions on the near horizon. ...
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IAI to test fly maritime radar on Heron UAV
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries (IAI) is about to start test-flying a maritime-surveillance, radar-equipped, long-endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV). Radar manufacturer Elta has developed a variant of its EL/M-2022A maritime-surveillance radar. The radar will be flown on the IAI Heron. Elta has redesigned the radar's antenna to allow ...
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Alvis Acquired
Silver Arrow, the Israeli manufacturer of unmanned air vehicles (UAV), has purchased 80% of Alvis UAV Engines, its UK-based engine supplier. The Alvis 741 engine already powers the Hermes long-endurance UAV and the new Darter, to be unveiled at the Paris air show. Alvis will now become UEL, says Silver ...
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US Navy plans commercial-helicopter demonstration
The US Navy plans to study the feasibility of using commercially operated helicopters for vertical replenishment (vertrep) of ships. A request for proposals for a two-month demonstration was scheduled to be released on 26 May. Kaman Aerospace plans to respond with a bid based around the K-MAX commercial ...
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US contractors protest against hold-up to IWS
ANGRY US contractors have tackled Lt Gen Harold Blot, the US Marine Corps' aviation chief, over the suspended Bell AH-1W Cobra Venom attack helicopter Integrated Weapons System (IWS) competition. Blot, who attended the 18 May industry meeting at the urging of senior USMC officers, told the contractors that ...
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Teledyne wins Tier II Plus
A TELEDYNE RYAN Aeronautical-led team has won a $164 million contract from the US Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to build and test the Tier II Plus high-altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The Teledyne team, which includes E-Systems, Hughes Aircraft, Loral Communications, Rockwell International, Allison Engine, GDE ...
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Carry on carrier?
Is there enough political support for the concept of the aircraft carrier to continue into the next century? Douglas Barrie/LONDON Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Next to acquiring an arsenal of nuclear weapons, the pursuit of an aircraft-carrier programme identifies a country's aspirations to project its political will beyond ...
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Hunter under siege by US Navy opponents
THE TRW/ISRAEL Aircraft Industries (IAI) Hunter joint tactical unmanned air vehicle (JT-UAV) is coming under fire from US Navy opponents who favour deployment of the General Atomics Predator UAV on USN warships. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has tentatively scheduled October for a fly-off between the two UAVs, in which ...
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China provides cash for Israeli cruise missile work
Douglas Barrie/LONDON CHINA IS FUNDING development of an air-launched conventional cruise missile in Israel, with a range of over 400km (220nm). The weapon is a derivative of an existing Israeli unmanned air vehicle (UAV). The missile work is being carried out by TAAS, formerly Israel ...
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US National Guard seeks reconnaissance pods
THE US AIR NATIONAL Guard has issued a requirement for 26 reconnaissance pods to be carried by Lockheed F-16s or McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-15s. The pods are to be available in 1996, when the US Air Force's last MDC RF-4C reconnaissance aircraft are retired. The ...
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South Korea and Israel seek JSTARS purchase
SOUTH KOREA AND Israel are considering purchasing, the Northrop Grumman E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS). Both US allies have made formal "expressions of interest" to the Pentagon. South Korean military officials have been briefed on the programme and Israeli military officials are seeking a briefing ...
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Staying power
Bombardier's Canadair CL-227 unmanned air-vehicle is finally being prepared for production. Graham Warwick/MONTREAL Unmanned air-vehicles (UAVs) come and go, but the Canadair CL-227 just keeps on going - or so it seems. Although similar externally, the production CL-227 now taking shape at Bombardier's Canadair ...
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Apache outruns the Tiger
What is behind the Netherlands decision to buy the AH-64 Apache instead of Eurocopter's Tiger? Douglas Barrie/LONDON Julian Moxon/PARIS After prolonged indecision, the Netherlands Government has finally made a choice for its "armoured-helicopter" requirement following a campaign between Eurocopter and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) which at times ...
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India tempted by Israeli Harpy
INDIA IS BEING OFFERED defence equipment by Israel, including airborne early-warning technology based on the Phalcon. The two countries have also sealed a $50 million deal for the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Harpy anti-radiation drone. The Harpy, as supplied to India, will consist of a mobile launcher carrying ...
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Hunter near to delivery
THE FIRST TRW/Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Hunter joint tactical unmanned air vehicle (JT-UAV) is scheduled to be handed over to the US Army by the end of April. Flight-testing of the Hunter continues in the USA and Israel to avoid further delays in delivering the system. By the ...
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Born-again Blackbird
The supersonic Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is no longer a museum piece: no more is it a relic of the Cold War, gathering dust. The renaissance of the US Air Force spy plane, which flies at altitudes above 85,000ft (26,000m), is a result of Congressional concern about the Pentagon's ability to ...
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Phoenix gets a reprieve
THE MUCH-DELAYED GEC-Marconi Phoenix reconnaissance and targeting unmanned air vehicle has been given a one-year stay of execution by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). The MoD was forced to review the GEC-led £227 million programme because it was six years late, with several technical problems still ...
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Israel offers cruise missile for export
ISRAEL IS developing a conventional cruise missile derivative of a long-range unmanned air vehicle (UAV) aimed at the requirement of an unspecified Asian customer. Sources close to the project claim that TAAS (formerly Israel Military Industries) has a funded programme under way to adapt its Delilah decoy UAV ...
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French forces ponder Israeli Hunter purchase
THE FRENCH ARMY is in negotiations with Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) to purchase its Hunter short-range reconnaissance unmanned air vehicle (UAV) for evaluation. The French army has an immediate requirement for five short-range systems. The system could be deployed in Bosnia in support of French operations in the ...