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Once lightly equipped lead elements have made an initial entry into a theatre of op-
erations, there is a requirement to move in more heavily armed troops and equip-
ment.
Brigadier Peter Wall, commander of the British Army's 16 Air Assault Brigade
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explained the part the new transporters will play. "If we're allocated the C-17, it will
transform our ability to take heavy elements to within C-130 Hercules range of an area
of interest," he said. "The potential is to use a strategic airlifter to operate in a tacti-
cal way."
NEW TRAINERS
As a new generation of combat aircraft -the Eurofighter, Joint Strike Fighter, Rafale,
Gripen and F-22 - enter service, air forces will be looking to field training aircraft to
prepare new pilots to fly and fight in this century's warplanes.
The introduction of glass cockpits, off-bore sight air-to-air missiles
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, precision
guided air-to-ground weapons and helmet-mounted sights
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will change the way pilots
will be trained and manu facturcrs are busy developing the next generation of trainers
to meet these requirements. And air forces that cannot afford top-line
fighters see the armed trainer as a method of acquiring a limited combat capability
at a price they can afford.
HAWK LIFT
A programme to upgrade the best-selling BAE Systems' Hawk, that is in use by
over a dozen air forces, under the Hawk lead-in-fighter (LIFT) programme, is under-
way. The first examples have been built for Australia where local production has
begun. South Africa has selected a version of the Hawk for its Gripen pilots and a lo-
cal production line is to be set up there too. India also is negotiating a $1 billion deal
for a production line to build Hawks. The Indian air force needs the trainers because
it recently acquired Mirage 2000 and Sukhoi Su-27/32 fighters.
BAE Systems' acquisition
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of a stake
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in South Africa's Denel means it is pos-
sible that the company will run down UK Hawk production and rely on off-shore
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facilities to meet new orders. Production of the carrier-landing version, the T-45 Gos-
hawk, for the US Navy is underway by Boeing.
AERO VODOCHODY L-159 The Czech-Boeing joint venture is in the final stages
of moving the L-159 into production. Orders from the Czech Republic's air force un-
derpin
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the programme and give Boeing a trainer product to offer alongside the Super
Hornet, F-15 Eagle and the Joint Strike Fighter. The L-159 has evolved
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from Aero
Vodochody's family of trainer aircraft. It includes a glass cockpit and western en-
gines, avionics and weapon systems.
EMBRAER
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16 Air Assault Brigade – шестнадцатая воздушная штурмовая бригада
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off-bore sight air-to-air missiles – самонаводящиеся (внеприцельные) ракеты воздух-воздух
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helmet-mounted sights – встроенный в шлем прицел
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acquisition – приобретение
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stake – заинтересованность, инвестиции
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off-shore – удаленный, вынесенный
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underpin - фундамент
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evolve - развивать

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