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AIR FORCES NEWS FOR WEEK ENDING 21 FEBRUARY 2003
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Concepts vie to win US special ops aircraft race
It looks a little like a Star Trek vessel, but the new Lockheed
Martin
stealthy aircraft design making its way into the light from the
classified
'black' world is not science fiction.
[Jane’s Defence Weekly – first posted to
http://jdw.janes.com
– 14 February 2003]
UK eyes knowledge-based decision support system
UK science and technology organisation QinetiQ, working in
conjunction
with software house Cambridge Consultants Ltd (CCL), is preparing
a demonstration
to inform the UK's Maritime Airborne Surveillance and Control
(MASC) programme
as to the potential of knowledge-based decision support system
(DSS) techniques
in supporting airborne early warning (AEW) aircrew.
[Jane’s Defence Weekly – first posted to
http://jdw.janes.com
– 14 February 2003]
UK looks to expanded mission for RAF's 'Mighty Hunter'
Despite technical problems which have seen the Nimrod MRA4's
planned in-service
date with the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) slip to the right, Wg Cdr
John
Broadbent, an official from the UK's Directorate Equipment
Capability
(Underwater Battlespace), believes the delays will result in an
enhanced
capability "from aircraft one".
[Jane’s Defence Weekly – first posted to
http://jdw.janes.com
– 14 February 2003]
RAF deployment offers muscle during Gulf build-up
The UK's announcement of plans to deploy around 100 fixed-wing
aircraft
to the Iraqi theatre of operations has highlighted the country's
success
in fielding an 'all-weather air force' over recent years. The
advanced
air-launched weapons now available to the Royal Air Force (RAF)
will allow
the service's aircraft to operate in markedly different roles to
the 1990-91
Gulf War, as will its revised operational procedures polished over
more
than a decade of 'policing' activities above Iraq.
[Jane’s Defence Weekly – first posted to
http://jdw.janes.com
– 14 February 2003]
RAF modifies Tornado F.3 for SEAD role
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is understood to be modifying a
number of
its Panavia Tornado F.3 air-defence fighters to allow them to
carry the
MBDA ALARM (Air-Launched Anti-Radar Missile) and assume the
Suppression
of Enemy Air Defences (SEAD) or 'Wild Weasel' role.
[Jane’s Defence Upgrades – first posted to
http://jdu.janes.com
– 7 February 2003]
DEHAWK nears full operational capability
The Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) has officially marked the
introduction
into service of its new Danish Enhanced HAWK (DEHAWK) ground-based
air-defense
(GBAD) missile system.
[Jane’s International Defense Review – first posted to
http://idr.janes.com
– 17 January 2003]
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