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US Marine Corps (USMC) investigation has established that a ruptured hydraulic
line and software malfunction together caused the fatal crash of a MV-22
Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft late last year. Four marines were killed when
the MV-22 crashed on its return to Marine Corps Air Station, New River,
on 11 December 2000.09/04/01 
RELATED ARTICLES:Future of Osprey is thrown into doubt again MV-22 Suffers Another Setback Jane's All The World's Aircraft - MV-22 OSPREY V-22 Osprey still 'unsuitable for operations' says tester 'Smart' payloads offered for Russian air-launched rockets  The
Moscow-based Auto-mation and Mechanical Technology Scientific and Technical
Complex (Ametech) joint-stock company is offering guided versions of the
standard Russian 57mm, 80mm and 122mm air-launched unguided rockets, writes
Miroslav Gyürösi.30/03/01  RELATED
PRODUCTS:Jane's Catalogue: Jane's Air-Launched Weapons Jane's Catalogue: Air-Launched Weapons Image Libraries Boeing considers feasibility of plasma-based weapons The Phantom Works, Boeing's prototyping organisation, has raised the possibility of plasma-based directed-energy weapons equipping a future breed of hypersonic aircraft platforms, such as those favoured for research and development by the Bush administration. 28/03/01
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ARTICLES:Briefing: plasma power Flights of fancy take shape Iran shows its helicopter expertise  Details
of Iran's helicopter industry have been revealed in detail for the first
time at IDEX 2001. The strong presence of the Iran Helicopter Support &
Renewal Company (IHSRC) has added weight to claims by the country's Aviation
Industries Organisation that it is the "leading helicopter maintenance centre
in the Middle East".22/03/01
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ARTICLES:Jane's IDEX Site USA negotiates Desert Falcon missiles  US
missile maker Raytheon has opened negotiations with the UAE Air Force &
Air Defence to supply five missile systems for the Lockheed Martin F-16
Block 60 combat jets, dubbed Desert Falcon in the UAE.22/03/01
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ARTICLES:Jane's IDEX Site Poland offered Mi-24 upgrade BAE Systems earlier this month briefed the Polish Ministry of Defence (MoD) on its proposal for an avionics upgrade to the Mil Mi-24 (NATO reporting name: 'Hind') attack helicopter. 19/03/01
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ARTICLES:Poland launches Mi-24 fleet upgrade SEARCH THE WEB FOR RELATED DOCUMENTS: Search Defence Forces Database for "Mi 24" Search Defence Industry Database for "Mi 24 " Russia profiles 'Flanker' upgrades  The
Russian Air Force on 6 March accepted for testing its first upgraded Sukhoi
Su-27UBM (NATO reporting name: 'Flanker) two-seat combat-capable trainer
(pictured) from the Irkutsk Aviation Production Association (IAPO) at Zhukovsky
near Moscow. 12/03/01
RELATED ARTICLES:Yemen in secret talks to buy Su-27 aircraft SEARCH THE WEB FOR RELATED DOCUMENTS: Search Defence Forces Database for "Sukhoi Su-27 " Search Defence Industry Database for "Sukhoi Su-27 " US DoD defers decision on future of F-22 Raptor US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, in a letter to the US Congress on 6 March, says that he is "not prepared to make a production decision" on the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor air-superiority stealth fighter until the Department of Defense (DoD) has completed a sweeping review of its major programmes. 12/03/01
RELATED ARTICLES:Gallery: Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor SEARCH THE WEB FOR RELATED DOCUMENTS: Search Defence Forces Database for "F-22 Raptor " Search Defence Industry Database for "F-22 Raptor " U-2 RAMP flies ahead of schedule  The
first installation of the Reconnaissance Avionics Maintainability Program
(RAMP) for the US Air Force (USAF) fleet of U-2S/ST 'Dragonlady' high-altitude
reconnaissance aircraft - a cockpit modernisation - made its first flight
on 5 December 2000, two months ahead of schedule, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Company (LM Aero) has just revealed.07/03/01  RELATED
ARTICLES:HALE storms to new heights Flights of fancy take shape Northrop Grumman unveils Pegasus naval UCAV demonstrator  Northrop
Grumman unveiled its Pegasus unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) design last
week. Officials said the Pegasus will reduce developmental risk to its naval
UCAV (UCAV-N) programme, which is set to enter its demonstration phase early
next year. 07/03/01
RELATED ARTICLES:Pilotless combat vehicle awaits legal green light Sweden's SHARC set to strike as role GCC commissions joint aircraft tracking system The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) states have begun operation of the Hizam Al Taawun (HAT - 'Belt of Co-operation') aircraft identification and tracking system that enable them to monitor aircraft jointly in airspace over and surrounding their territories and better co-ordinate defensive activities. 07/03/01
RELATED ARTICLES:GCC states sign defence pact Policing the Arabian Gulf JASSM scores a hit on its first guided flight  Lockheed
Martin Missiles and Fire Control's Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile
(JASSM) successfully performed its first development test at White Sands
Missile Range in New Mexico on 19 January, writes Doug Richardson.06/03/01 RELATED
ARTICLES:JASSM completes its first full-range mission USAF boosts planned JASSM acquisition HALE storms to new heights  The
US Air Force is to begin implementation of a plan under which the Northrop
Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle will eventually replace the
long-serving Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, writes Bill Sweetman.01/03/01 
RELATED ARTICLES:Flights of fancy take shape RELATED PRODUCTS: Jane's Catalogue: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Targets Future of Osprey is thrown into doubt again The
future of the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft is in doubt
following the release of several reports critical of the V-22 programme
and what appears to be waning support among civilian defence officials.27/02/01
RELATED ARTICLES:MV-22 Suffers Another Setback Jane's All The World's Aircraft - MV-22 OSPREY V-22 Osprey still 'unsuitable for operations' says tester Ukrainian bid to update IAF's fleet of An-32s Ukraine's Antonov design bureau has proposed a series of modifications intended to improve the capabilities and extend the service lives of the Indian Air Force's (IAF's) approximately 110 An-32 transport aircraft. 27/02/01
RELATED ARTICLES:Defence Gallery: Antonov An-70 transport aircraft Market Review: Aircraft Upgrades 2000-2001 Hungary opts for F-16s and drops MiG update plan Hungary's National Security Cabinet has opted to acquire surplus Lockheed Martin F-16s to serve as the backbone of the country's air force and has abandoned earlier plans to modernise its ageing fleet of MiG-29 (NATO reporting name: 'Fulcrum') fighters. 23/02/01
RELATED ARTICLES:IDEX 2001: Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon details and images Farnborough 2000: Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon details Aerospace Market Review: All The World's Aircraft 2000-2001 Boeing predicts boost in funding for R&D The head of Boeing's research and development (R&D) arm, the Phantom Works, has predicted a boost in funds for military science and technology (S&T) and R&D programmes from the new administration of President George Bush. 20/02/01
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