 | AiR International - September 2004
Airscene Headlines
Dave Allport reports on the latest round of UK defence cuts, the award to Lockheed Martin of the US Aerial Common Sensor competition based on an Embraer ERJ-145, and the first flight of the Aermacchi M-346.
Airscene
Dave Allport provides military, commercial and aerospace industry news from around the world.
Airscene Commercial Accidents
Chronological list compiled by Dave Allport.
Farnborough Airscene
News and photographs from the show by Dave Allport and Dino Carrara.
UK Defence Review
Tim Ripley examines the wide-ranging cuts in British airpower announced in July by UK Secretary of State for Defence, Geoff Hoon, which has left many questions unanswered.
Antonov AN-8 CAMP - The Little-Known Pioneer
Although few examples of the An-8 were built, it introduced a number of features which eventually became standard on military transport aircraft and civilian freighters, as Jon Lake points out.
Jordan Bids To Form Aerospace Industry
Brian Walters looks at the work of two Jordanian aerospace companies, one of which is supplying aircraft to the new Iraqi Air Force.
Secretive Orion - EP-3E ARIES II
The Lockheed Martin EP-3E Airborne Reconnaissance Integrated Electronics Suite (ARIES) II signals intelligence aircraft operated by the US Navy is reaching the end of its service life. Martin Streetly reviews the technology and service use of this important element of America's intelligence machine in its ongoing 'war against terror'.
Air France's Régional Success Story
Air France created Régional, Compagnie Aérienne Européenne through the merger of three of its regional carriers in 2001. As Eryl Crump discovered, the new carrier has found its feet and is prospering.
Air-To-Air Missile Directory 2004
A comprehensive air-to-air missile directory, compiled by Rob Hewson, containing details of 38 types of missile currently in service or under development.
Goodbye U-2?
Anthony Tucker-Jones assesses how the accelerated operational deployment of America's Global Hawk UAV could ease out the venerable U-2 reconnaissance aircraft.
RIAT 2004
Dino Carrara reviews this year's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford.
Talkback
Readers' letters and photographs.
Visit the Air International website
Price: £3.50
|
