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2001-05-16, <Dron>: The Ministry of Health of Iraq made an official announcement today stating that over 9000 people have died in the country in April. Health officials accused UN of the national disaster saying that UN members who imposed sanctions against Iraq bear full responsibility for population decline. INA media service have reported that about 6000 children have died from diarehia, starvation and breathing difficulties. Other 3000 most of whom are adults have died from heart illnesses, cancer and diabetis.

2001-05-11, Serge Pod: Sukhoi to upgrade Su-27 fighters for foreign countries Russia's Sukhoi military-industrial aviation complex is due to sign contracts with a number of foreign countries soon to upgrade the Su-27 fighter planes currently in service with their air forces, Sukhoi director general Mikhail Pogosyan said at a news conference devoted to the 20th anniversary of the maiden flight of the first Su-27 manufactured in series. According to Pogosyan, the Su-27, the basic variant of the fourth-generation fighter plane proved to be so successful that the Sukhoi complex felt obliged to modify and further upgrade it to generations known called 4+ and 4++ in which all design potentialities of the basic version have been brought out. http://rcaam.milparade.com/

2001-05-10, <Dron>: Sikorsky Aircraft Co. announced that Royal Thailand Army is planning to purchase S-70 Black Hawk helicopters. According to pre-arranged contract, Sikorsky will construct two helicopters worth $20ml. Thailand Royal Navy is already exploiting S-70 SeaHawks and marine patrol S-76 helicopters.

2001-05-10, Serge Pod: World`s Largest Plane Takes To Skies The world`s biggest plane successfully completed its first test flight today in the Ukraine after being modernized, officials said. The giant An-225 Mriya took off from an airfield near Ukraine`s capital Kiev and spent about 30 minutes in flight. The plane first flew in December 1988 and was intended to transport the former Soviet Union`s Buran space shuttle. However, it was grounded after the Buran program was canceled. The six-engine plane has a wingspan of 291 feet and a cargo compartment 142 feet long. It is capable of carrying 275 tons of cargo 2,800 miles. By comparison, the C-5 Galaxy, the largest plane in America`s military fleet, can carry 135 tons of cargo. The An-225 was jointly rebuilt by the Kiev-based Antonov aviation design bureau and Ukraine`s Motor-Sych to correspond to international aviation standards. The project is reported to have cost up to USD$20 million. Antonov officials hope there will be demand for the plane in the growing international market…

2001-05-10, Serge Pod: MiG-21s for $500,000 Want to buy a couple of MiG 21 fighter planes to take over the defence of New Zealand skies? On the day that Helen Clark will declare New Zealand`s air combat force of Skyhawks redundant, a Ponsonby real estate agent is doing some arms dealing on the side with a couple of the deadly Russian jet fighters on his books. For $500,000, or goods to the same value, David Northfield will arrange delivery of two of the jets, promising twice the performance of the Skyhawks, ``no spares but heaps of missiles.`` The missiles bit is an exaggeration, but David Northfield thinks it is a good way to ``buck up`` an advertisement in the Herald. The owners` identities remain a mystery but in the late 1990s one of the twin-seater fighters was owned by the late Neil Roberts, the flamboyant television man and speed freak who never got himself airborne at Mach 2.2 2253 km/h in the ultimate toy. The two aircraft were imported from Poland in 1992 and last flown when they came through Australia to rest on a…

2001-05-09, <Dron>: The world's biggest plane - the Antonov 225 - has taken to the skies again, a decade after being grounded following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The giant Antonov - an updated version of the plane originally designed to transport the former Soviet Union's Buran space shuttle - completed a successful 15 minute test flight from the Hostomel airport near the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. "The test was a success. Everything is fine," the head of the Antonov company, Petro Balabuyev, told journalists. Mr Balabuyev said he hoped the Antonov 225 could be flying commercially within six weeks. Huge cargo hold The six-engined plane can carry over 250 tons of cargo - double that of the largest plane in current use, another Antonov - and will be aimed at the market for super-heavy and oversized air cargo. And airborne at last It has a wingspan of 88.4 metres (291 feet) and a cargo compartment capable of storing some 80 cars. The Antonov company developed the new plane in conjunction with Ukraine's Motor-Sych company at…

2001-05-07, <Dron>: An unescorted U.S. Air Force RC-135 took off from Kadena Air Force base in Japan early today and flew along the Chinese coast, staying in international airspace, ABCNEWS has learned. The Pentagon today confirmed that the surveillance flight returned to the Kadena base without any contact with the Chinese. In the past, Chinese fighter jets have attempted to intercept U.S. surveillance flights over the South China Sea. U.S. officials said the purpose of the flight was to establish a new baseline of intelligence on China. The RC-135 flies higher and faster than the EP-3 Aries II. Today's surveillance flight was the first since U.S. reconnaissance missions were suspended after a tense diplomatic standoff instigated by an April 1 midair collision between a U.S. Navy plane and a Chinese fighter jet. The 24-member crew of the Navy spy plane, who made an emergency landing on Hainan Island, were held by the Chinese for 11 days. Inspection Completed The badly crippled EP-3 Aries II is still on the island, while the…

2001-05-02, Serge Pod: Pilot error caused bombing deaths at Kuwaiti range 2 May 2001 US Central Command officials have determined pilot error was the main cause of the bombing accident at Kuwait's Udairi Range on 12 March. A US Navy F/A-18 Hornet pilot incorrectly identified an observation post as his target and dropped three 500-pound bombs that killed five Americans and a New Zealander and injured 11 others. Six Kuwaiti service members were among the injured. Immediately after the accident, US Army Gen. Tommy R. Franks, CENTCOM commander in chief, appointed US Marine Lt. Gen. Michael P. DeLong to lead an investigation. DeLong's team reported their findings to Franks April 7. Franks accepted the board's findings April 23 with a few minor changes regarding possible punishment of key individuals. The report identifies pilot error as the main cause of the accident, but with three contributing factors: The forward air controller airborne pilot used nonstandard terminology when speaking to the pilot on the bombing run. The ground…

2001-04-19, Serge Pod: Upgraded Su-25 `Scorpion` Makes Maiden Flight in Tbilisi Elbit Systems Ltd., the defense electronics company, and TAM, the Georgian aircraft manufacturer, today jointly announced the upgrading of the Su-25 aircraft with an advanced avionics system including Weapon Delivery and Navigation System /WDNS/. The upgraded Su-25 ``Scorpion`` made its official maiden flight today at the TAM airfield in Tbilisi, Georgia. The flight ceremony was attended by Eduard Shevardnadze, the president of Georgia, senior government and military officials and representatives from Elbit Systems and TAM. The Su-25 is a Close Air Support /CAS/ aircraft that can carry a variety of weapons on ten underwing pylons. The upgraded Su-25 ``Scorpion`` is equipped with advanced systems complying with ICAO requirements. A state-of-the-art cockpit with two, 6 X 8 inch, multi-colored LCD displays and a Head-Up Display /HUD/ had offered enhanced situational awareness and all-weather capabilities. This expands the operational use of the Su-25 and…

2001-04-19, Serge Pod: L-39 Trainer Crashed Near Krasnodar A Czech-made L-39 trainer plane crashed near the village of Novy Mir in the Novopokrovskaya district of the Krasnodar territory at 8:38 a.m. Moscow time on Thursday, the press service of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry has told Interfax. The pilot managed to eject and, according to preliminary information, survived. The crash did not cause any destruction or casualties on the ground. Village residents saw the plane crash and explode. /Interfax/ AVIA.RU - Информационное агентство "Российская авиация и космонавтика"

2001-04-18, Serge Pod: Russian Weapons Firms Eye National Sales of $6 Bln Russia could boost its annual arms sales by nearly one-fourth, but only if it sells to markets opposed by the United States, the head of a top defence holding firm said on Tuesday. Boris Kuzyk, the head of New Programmes and Concepts (NPK), told a news conference that defence firms could increase exports to about $6 billion if they clawed their way back into markets lost after the collapse of the Soviet Union. "This is just one sixth of the weapons market and well within Russia's reach...Russia once gave up part of what it held in this market. It is time to take that position back," he said. President Vladimir Putin told a government commission on military trade last month that Russia exported $3.68 billion in weapons last year, with revenues to federal coffers totalling $2.84 billion. Kuzyk said Russia could increase sales to $4.2 to $4.5 billion over the coming years by stepping up partnerships with allies such as China, India, Iran, Egypt, Algeria and…

2001-04-16, Serge Pod: S-37 to Resume Test Flights in May Sukhoi will resume test flights of its fifth generation fighter S-37 Berkut /Golden Eagle/ in May, well-informed sources in the company reported. According to the sources, the intensity of test flights will dramatically grow. The S-37 prototype is currently undergoing scheduled checks and maintenance. Two D-30F6 engines, which power S-37, were removed from the plane and sent to Perm plant. As expected the engine maker will attempt to extend their service life. According to analysts, since S-37 became first airborne in 1997, there were made only 90 test flights. Such low intensity of flights was caused by financing constraints and complexity of the aircraft aerodynamics. /AVIA.RU/ AVIA RU Network

2001-04-16, Serge Pod: MiG May Give Up Tu-334 Production Sources in JSC Tupolev report that production of Tupolev Tu-334 medium-range 100-seater plane could be moved from the MiG Corportation to another aircraft plant in Russia. According to the sources, the MiG`s financing constraints cripple preparations for mass-production and completion of the second Tu-334 prototype. This significantly delays further certification and release of Tu-334, forcing the designer to look for another aircraft plant. By some estimate, Ulyanovsk-based Aviastar, which currently produces Tu-204s, may master production of Tu-334s in less than twelve months. Due to delays in completion of the second prototype at the MiG, JSC Tupolev is said to be looking for resources to finance completion of this Tu-334 at Kiev-based Aviant. Completion of Tu-334 in Kiev will cost approximately 5 mln USD. /AVIA.RU/

2001-04-16, Serge Pod: Aviastar to Name Investor Ulyanovsk-based Aviastar aircraft plant may soon name a new investor, which will buy 25 % shares of Aviastar-SP, Vedomosti Newspaper reported today. A special shareholder meeting, which aimed to approve an issuance of additional shares, was originally scheduled for April 12. However, according to the company`s spokesman, at the last moment the board decided to postpone the meeting until this week. The spokesman confirmed that the meeting`s agenda included an item on the issuance of additional shares and approval of an agreement with a `strategic` investor, which would buy the newly issued shares. The spokesman, however, declined to name the investor, pointing out that it was a large and well-known Russian company, which already owned aircraft building businesses. According to analysts, this undisclosed investor could be either of the two large Russian holding companies, who already possess aircraft plants /Sibirsky Aluminium, which controls Aviakor plant and Kaskol, which manages…

2001-04-16, Serge Pod: Boeing Invests Nearly $1 bln in 8 Years of Russia Cooperation U.S. aviation company Boeing has invested about $1 billion over the past eight years of its cooperation program with Russia, Sergei Kravchenko, Boeing vice president responsible for Russian affairs, told journalists. Boeing is cooperating with the Russian aerospace industry as part of the International Space Station project, the Sea Launch project, in carrying out supplies of titanium, a project to set up a Boeing technical center in Russia and many others, Kravchenko said. Boeing and the Russian Aerospace Agency signed a strategic partnership agreement on Friday. According to this agreement, the sides will consider the possibility of jointly participating in projects and producing new models of regional planes, in the Land Launch project - involving satellite launches into low orbit using Zenith rockets from the Baikonur space center. /Interfax/ http://www.avia.ru

2001-04-16, Serge Pod: Boeing Agrees to Give Russian Aviation a Lift The country`s struggling space and aviation industry got a big shot in the arm Friday when Boeing and the Russian Aviation and Space Agency announced ambitious plans to jointly develop satellite launches, space modules and a new airliner. ``We have begun our journey together with small steps and achieved some very great things,`` Boeing chairman and chief executive Philip Condit told reporters. ``The agreement we signed today opens the road to achieve even greater things in many areas in space and in aviation.`` Condit and Russian Aviation and Space Agency head Yury Koptev refused to say how much money would be invested in the projects. The deal comes just days after Russian aviation officials met with European aerospace giant EADS at a German-Russian summit in St. Petersburg to negotiate a $2.3 billion contract to make parts for planes built by Boeing`s arch rival Airbus. The German business weekly Handelsblatt reported Tuesday that a framework contract has been…

2001-04-16, Dron: ST. LOUIS, April 13, 2001 — The Boeing Company and U.S. Air Force have finalized contract terms for 10 F-15E aircraft, which will sustain production of the world's best multi-role fighter into 2004. Last year, Boeing began building the planes with initial funding from the Air Force's fiscal year 2000 budget. The aircraft will have several upgrades that make them the most capable F-15Es delivered to date. "Many dedicated Air Force and Boeing people made this possible," said Mike McDonough, Boeing manager for the U.S. Air Force F-15 program. "They have our thanks and congratulations for crafting an agreement that deepens the Air Force-Boeing partnership." Valued at approximately $571.1 million, the contract covers airframes and certain other components. The Air Force will purchase some items separately - such as engines - as it has in the past. The planes will be the 227th-236th F-15Es produced at the Boeing facility here. Deliveries start during the first half of 2002 and will extend through the last quarter…

2001-04-09, Serge Pod: Monday April 9 1:58 PM ET British Chopper Carrying 7 Crashes By FISNIK ABRASHI, Associated Press Writer KACANIK, Yugoslavia (AP) - A British helicopter with seven on board crashed Monday in heavy rain above mountainous terrain close to Kosovo's tense boundary with Macedonia. NATO (news - web sites) officials said some on the chopper were injured but gave no details beyond saying they were being treated at Kosovo's main U.S. military base, Camp Bondsteel, about 25 miles southeast of Pristina, the provincial capital. In London, a Defense Ministry spokesman said three crew members and four passengers were on the Puma chopper, which can carry up to 15 people. There was no indication that the crash was a result of any gunfire, said Maj. Fergus Smith, a spokesman for the 3,500-strong British contingent serving with the NATO-led Kosovo peace force. The chopper went down about 3:45 p.m. near Kacanik, 30 miles south of Pristina, said Maj. Axel Jandesek, a spokesman for the 45,000-member peace force, or KFOR.…

2001-04-09, Serge Pod: Experimental Plane Crashes, Kills 2 CANON CITY, Colo. (AP) - An experimental plane crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday, killing the pilot and a passenger. Gary Mayer, regional operations officer with the Federal Aviation Administration (news - web sites) in Washington, said investigators would examine the crash Monday. The plane went down soon after leaving the Fremont County airport about 100 miles south of Denver. Mayer could not identify the two people killed. He said the plane was experimental but did not say what make it was. It was not immediately known if anyone else was on board. The Fremont County Sheriff's Department released a statement saying the plane had one engine, but provided no further details. dailynews.yahoo.com Could not resolve host: dailynews.yahoo.com //  dailynews.yahoo.com  

2001-04-08, Serge Pod: Saturday April 7 11:01 PM ET 16 Die in Vietnam Helicopter Crash By DAVID THURBER, Associated Press Writer HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A helicopter carrying a team searching for Americans missing in action from the Vietnam War crashed into a mountain Saturday, killing 16 people, including seven Americans. The Russian-made MI-17 made unusual swinging movements in the air and slammed into a hillside near Thanh Tranh village in Quang Binh province's Bo Tranh district, about 280 miles south of Hanoi, local officials said. Vietnamese officials initially reported 20 people were on board the helicopter, but changed the figure to 16 early Sunday, in line information from U.S. officials. Pentagon (news - web sites) spokesman in Washington, Lt. Cmdr. Terry Sutherland, said seven Americans and nine Vietnamese were killed in the crash. There were no survivors. U.S. officials said the American victims were military service people, but were withholding their names until the next of kin have been notified. The cause of the…

2001-04-07, Dron: Ukraine orders 5 An-70 airlifts Ukranian Ministry of Defense and "Aviant" production plant of Kiev city have signed a contract to deliver first 5 serial An-70 aircraft to the service of the Ukranian Air Force, with first plane arriving as early as year…

2001-04-05, Dron: WASHINGTON (CNN) — A Delta Air Lines plane carrying 203 passengers and 15 crew members was turned back from Russian air space Wednesday after Russian air traffic control authorities said the plane did not have the proper overflight permission, a Delta spokesman said.Flight 55 was then diverted to San Francisco, where it landed Wednesday night. The non-stop flight left Atlanta at 10:05 a.m. Wednesday destined for Narita, Japan, spokesman Russ Williams told CNN. The 14-hour flight from Atlanta to Japan was 20 minutes into Russian air space when the flight crew was informed by Russian air traffic control it did not have the proper permission to fly there. The plane was turned around near Litski, Russia. Weary passengers interviewed as they arrived in San Francisco said they were tired and look forward to getting sleep after spending 14 hours in the air during the truncated flight. "They wouldn't let us is in their air space," said passenger David Davis. "It was kind of scary."Williams, the airline…

2001-04-04, Serge Pod: SKoreans Study Russian Helicopters A military delegation of South Korea has arrived in Moscow to study the production and practical use of multi-purpose helicopters Ka-52 which compete in tenders in South Korea, a spokesman for the Russian military-industrial sector told Itar-Tass on Tuesday. The South Korean delegation plans to stay in Russia for a month to study the helicopter equipment, its practical use and possibilities for training pilots and maintenance personnel. Military experts from South Korea will visit the Kamov company, manufacturing plants, the Army Aviation Training Center in the town of Torzhok and military schools. The Korean delegation will monitor show flights, including shooting exercises and launchings of guided anti-tank missiles from the Ka-50 helicopter. The delegation will familiarise itself with documentation on technical parameters of the helicopters and visit training facilities. In the second stage of the tenders scheduled for May-June the two sides are to coordinate the…

2001-04-03, Dron: American-made F-16 fighter jet of the Royal Air Force of Denmark have crashed into the Northern Sea right off the coast of Denmark thursday. It's unknown whether the jet was sent to intercept Russian bombers that have still been practicing in the area. Pilot safely ejected and was recovered after spending hours in chiling water. //Reuters

2001-04-02, BACKFIRE: (Source : Lockheed Martin ; issued March 30, 2001) EL SEGUNDO, Calif.---Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company today announced that its subcontractor, Raytheon Electronic Systems, has achieved a crucial milestone in the development of the Beam Control/Fire Control system for the U.S. Air Force's Airborne Laser (ABL) program. The Beam Control/Fire Control system will aim and fire a high-energy laser at a target missile in its boost phase. Raytheon conducted a "first light" test of the Track Illuminator Laser (TILL) one week ahead of schedule at its High Energy Laser Center in El Segundo, Calif. The TILL, one of four critical lasers to the Airborne Laser Program, is the first solid-state laser to achieve this milestone. "The 'first light' test is significant because the TILL is the heart of the Beam Control/Fire Control system. This is a brand new technology and the test proves the design is valid," said Lockheed Martin ABL Program Manager Paul Shattuck. This laser is an integral part of the Beam Control/Fire…