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AIR FORCES NEWS FOR WEEK ENDING 20 DECEMBER 2002
www.janes.com/defence/air_forces
The next edition of Jane's Air Forces News Briefs will be
distributed
on 8 January 2003. Best wishes for a very happy holiday.
Key upgrades maintain the potency of USAF's F-16s
Read
more here . . .
[Jane's Aircraft Upgrades - 16 December 2002]
Further enhancements for Litening targeting pod developed
Northrop Grumman's Electronic Systems sector has developed an AT
(Advanced
Targeting) variant of its AN/AAQ-28(V) Litening pod, flight trials
of
which began aboard an F-16 fighter at the ANG/AFRC [Air National
Guard/Air
Force Reserve Command] Test Center in mid-October. Further testing
is
due to take place this month (December). The company says that
retrofit
kits to bring earlier pods up to the new standard will become
available
in March-April 2003. Potential customers include the US armed
forces,
together with Canada (which has a requirement for 40 targeting
pods) and
Australia.
[Jane's International Defense Review - first posted to
http://idr.janes.com
- 17 November 2002]
Italy's Tornado MLU plans in detail
The prototype of the first Panavia Tornado IDS (Interdictor
Strike: IS-47,
no. MM7048) of the Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI - Italian
Air Force)
upgraded to Italian Mid-Life Upgrade (IT-MLU) '1st Upgrade'
standard,
flew on 13 September from Alenia Aeronautica's Turin Caselle
airport.
It is now undergoing flight trials at Alenia's facility at
Decimomannu,
Sardinia (see JDU Vol VI No.22 p5).
[Jane's Defence Upgrades - first posted to http://jdu.janes.com
- 1 December 2002]
US Air Force admits fewer Raptors likely
The US Air Force (USAF) announced earlier this month that it may
have
to reduce the number of Raptor stealth multirole air-superiority
fighter
aircraft it can procure under a congressionally mandated $45
billion cost
cap due to cost growth during the aircraft's flight tests.
[Jane's Defence Weekly - first posted to http://jdw.janes.com
- 13 December 2002]
Slovakia leans toward upgrading MiG-29 fleet
The Slovak government is 'strongly considering' upgrading its air
force
fleet of Russian-made MiG-29 (NATO reporting name: 'Fulcrum')
fighter
aircraft, Slovak Minister of Defence Ivan Simko told Jane's
Defence Weekly.
[Jane's Defence Weekly - first posted to http://jdw.janes.com
- 13 December 2002]
New Zealand MoD approves development programmes
The New Zealand Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced the
approval of
several major projects outlined in the Defence Long Term
Development Plan
(LTDP) released in May 2002, together with the planned closure of
the
Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) base at Whenuapai, west of
Auckland.
[Jane's Defence Weekly - first posted to http://jdw.janes.com
- 13 December 2002]
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