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| |    Allies assess implications of EP-3E in Chinese hands America's allies in Asia are hastily changing computer codes and electronic identification codes in the wake of the detention of the US Navy's most important electronic intelligence (ELINT)-gathering aircraft by the Chinese authorities on Hainan Island. Although the crew of the EP-3E were allowed to fly home on 12 April, the Chinese are retaining the aircraft for 'further investigations', supposedly in relation to how it collided with a Chinese J-8 fighter on 1 April and subsequently made an emergency landing on Hainan Island. The return of the aircraft will be on the agenda of a meeting between US and Chinese officials on 18 April. 
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RELATED ARTICLES: Matters behind the mission: the background to the EP-3 affair Aircraft PR-32: how much of an intelligence windfall does it present? Aircraft PR-32: its systems and its damage USA and China on collision course over fate of EP-3 USA and China wrangle over US 'spyplane' BACKGROUND INFORMATION: A closer look at Lingshui Lockheed Martin EP-3E Aries II Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) J-8 I and II RELATED PRODUCTS: Jane's Electronic Mission Aircraft Jane's All the World's Aircraft China's Aerospace and Defence Industry Special Report SEARCH THE WEB FOR RELATED DOCUMENTS: Search Defence Industry Database for "EP-3E Aries II" USMC report casts doubt about future of Osprey  A
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 New Boeing - but Airbus rejoices The 29 March announcement from Boeing that it will be dropping its 747X programme in favour of a 'sonic cruiser', which will carry between 175 and 250 passengers at speeds of up to Mach.98, is welcome news for Airbus Industrie. 30/03/01
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ARTICLES:A380 faces tough challenges SINGAPORE AIRLINES ANNOUNCES ORDER FOR 25 A3XX Market Review: All The World's Aircraft 2000-2001 SEARCH THE WEB WITH JANE'S AEROSPACE DISCOVERY FOR RELATED DOCUMENTS: Search Aerospace Manufacturing Database for "A380"
'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 France will modernise its Exocets France is to modernise a batch of 50 MM39 Exocet anti-ship missiles, replacing the existing solid-propellant rocket motor with a new powerplant. 30/03/01 RELATED
ARTICLES:Six navies to re-motor MM-38 Exocets Motor moratorium for MM38 missile Airline Group chosen as NATS partner The announcement today that the UK government will hand over the running of the country's air traffic control (ATC) system to the workforce of National Air Traffic Services (NATS) and the Airline Group -- a consortium of eight UK airlines backed by British Telecommunications and several other European ATC organisations -- is significant because it is the first time any government will have largely relinquished control of ATC provision to a commercial concern. 27/03/01  RELATED
ARTICLES:Market Review: Air Traffic Control 2000-2001 RELATED CONFERENCE: ATC Asia Pacific 2001 "Capacity through Partnership" The re-entry of Mir: swansong and swandive for man's first great outpost in space The final descent of the Mir complex from its orbit to a watery grave in the South Pacific marked not just the end for the world's first long-term outpost in space but also the end of the Soviet/Russian independent manned space programme. This comes as Russia prepares to mark the 40th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin becoming the first man in space on 12 April. 23/03/01 MIR de-orbit simulation A 3D simulation of the MIR de-orbit. View the video here RELATED LINKS: US Department of State - Statement on Mir Space Station De-orbit European airports break all records The number of passengers served by European airports in 2000 was up by 7.9% from 1999 figures to 965 million according to preliminary annual traffic results released by ACI Europe. The figure represents the highest annual growth rate registered for airport passenger traffic in the past decade. The annual freight growth of 8% to 12.7 million tonnes was also the highest achieved at European airports since 1991. The number of aircraft movements, on the other hand, increased by only 3.3% year-on-year, which ACI Europe says indicates the increasing efficiency in the utilisation of aircraft and airport capacity. 23/03/01 RELATED
ARTICLES:European traffic up 8% Germany wants 'in' to European missile business  Germany
can only create a unified missile company if it has close links with MBDA,
according to EADS' head of Defence & Civil Systems, Tom Enders. EADS is
the major shareholder of LFK, Germany's leading missile house.22/03/01
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ARTICLES:Jane's IDEX Site 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 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
Anglo-Italian helicopter merger reaches the finishing post On 12 February 2001, Finmeccanica SpA and GKN plc announced that they had completed the formation of the merged company AgustaWestland with each company owning 50% of the new business. The new company is expected to have a combined revenue of circa $2.4 billion and an order book of over $8 billion from both civil and defence products. The combined workforce is expected to exceed 10,000 employees. 15/02/01
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ARTICLES:Market Review: Jane's Helicopter Markets and Systems 2000 - 2001 UK government puts financial weight behind Rolls-Royce engines The UK government announced today that it was to provide £250 million of investment towards development of the Trent 900 and Trent 600 aero-engines. This investment means that the UK Government will receive a commercial return from each engine sold. Rolls-Royce have reported that Trent programme will sustain 7,000 jobs within the company and its UK supply chain. 13/02/01
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