Farnborough 2008 Show News - July 16, 2008 - (Page 12)

FA R N B O R O U G H 2 0 0 8 Anti-Missile Camps-100 Wins First Customer Novator Program Is ‘Bluff’ Says Vympel Representatives from Russia’s Vympel missile design bureau, part of the Tactical Missiles Corporation JSC, state that the Novator AAM/KS-172 long-range air-to-air missile is a “complete bluff” and will not end up in series production. “This missile is not going to be a real program, and you should not pay any attention to it,” says a TMC official. The Novator AAM was originally shown in the early 1990s and has most recently been advertised as part of the advanced weapons complement for the Sukhoi Su-35 Super Flanker. “When Su-35 goes into service with either a domestic or foreign customer, it will be our longrange AAM on the aircraft and not someone else’s,” insists Vympel’s air-to-air missiles. the TMC rep. More than a decade ago Vympel developed the KRPD-TT, a prototype missile that was the basic RVV-AE active homing AAM with a ramjet motor, and could revive it now. This missile has an advantage over any other options because Vympel did not have to change the flight control system for the missile in order to make it ramjet-capable. The idea for the missile came from Vympel’s work on the Kub/Kvadrat 38M9M3 surfaceto-air missile (SAM-6) air defense system. —Reuben F. Johnson Saab Avitronics and Chemring (Hall 4, Stand E7) have secured the first two customers for the Camps-100 civil aircraft missile protection system, with initial deliveries due this year. The first user will be an Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia twin turboprop from Naturelink, a South African-based operator that flies for the United Nations and other non-governmental organizations. Camps-100 comprises four Saab Avitronics MAW-300 ultraviolet missile-warning sensors capable of tracking up to eight threats simultaneously, two BOA electromechanical countermeasures dispensers from the same company, a central computer unit and a cockpit control panel from Saab. RTM322: 100,000 Hours on UK Apaches Rolls-Royce Turbomeca reports that the RTM322 has notched 100,000 flight hours powering the UK Army Air Corps’ fleet of AgustaWestland Apache helicopters. The landmark comes almost exactly ten years after the RTM322 was fitted to the Apache for trials, the manufacturer notes, adding that more than 20% of the time was logged in the harsh environment of desert operations. “The RTM322 is supporting the Apache in delivering an extremely capable effect in the Gulf region,”, said Squadron Leader Jim Press, “through both its performance and reliability” He is project lead for the engine within the UK MoD. “Customer feedback shows that we have an engine which performs well in a harsh operating environment,” said John Boughton, Rolls-Royce Turbomeca board member and director of defense aerospace customer business with Rolls. “We are now able to offer customers even more power through a growth version of the engine that is now available for the NH 90 and EH101 helicopters,” Boughton said. Turbomeca is at Chalet C9-12 and at Stand B12, Hall 4. as Rolls Opens Regional HQ in Virginia Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine joined Rolls-Royce North America president James Guyette on July 10 to open a new headquarters for the company in Reston Town Center. The new facility will house 125 people while Rolls-Royce will consolidate it regional purchasing organization in Chantilly, Virginia. The company is also building a new aerospace manufacturing facility in Crosspointe Center in nearby Prince George County. The moves together will add 500 new jobs for the company in Virginia. Rolls-Royce is at Chalet D1-3 here, and Hall 4, Stand G17. SARBE’s Good News for Distressed Aviators SARBE (Hall 1, Stand A8) unveiled its new Advanced Aircrew Personal Locator Beacon (AAPLB) at the Show this week. The equipment is available in two versions, one specifically developed as a replacement for the aging URT-33 locator beacon and another as a more general follow-up to obsolescing 121.5/243MHz beacons such as SARBE 7. Other SARBEs have recently been sold to the air forces of Malaysia and Switzerland. EADS Taps HCL for Engineering, Publications HCL Technologies of India (Chalet A26 and Stand C10, Hall 3) will provide product engineering and technical publications services to EADS as part of the European company’s global sourcing strategy. EADS currently spends about 2 billion euros per year on engineering services, including research, modeling, flight physics and design of aircraft. HCL was selected for its experience in avionics design. Kaman Buys Brookhouse Composites Kaman Aerospace has acquired Lancashire-based composite aerostructures manufacturer Brookhouse Holdings for £43 million ($85.1 million). Founded in 1951, Brookhouse generated sales of $54.9 million for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007. It has some 450 employees at two sites. “This is an excellent acquisition for Kaman that furthers many of our strategic goals for the aerostructures segment,” said Kaman chairman, president and CEO Neal Keating. 12 July 16, 2008 www.aviationweek.com/shownews http://www.aviationweek.com/shownews

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Bombardier, Shenyang $5 Billion for Composites 787 and Seven V-22s for Export Sale? Saving Fuel at SFO Raytheon Roars Into UAVs Bell Eyes ARH-70A Costs All According to Plan We Fly the PC-12NG Russia’s T-50 PAK-FA Optimistic in Israel ICAO Sim Classifications Pratt to Power New Drone Russian Conglomerate

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