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Rockwell Defense Electronics Has Successfully Flight Tested Its Low Cost Off The Shelf P-Migits (Miniature Integrated Gps/ins Tactical System) Guidance Aid Aboard A Us Air Force Agm-130 Air-To-Ground Missile Mounted On An F-111. Fifty Nine Captive Tests Flights Were Conducted To Prove The Reduction In Pilot Workload And Improved Weapon Effectiveness By Using Gps/ins For Mid Course Guidance Prior To The Weapon's Terminal Flight Phase. The P-Migits Provided Mid Course Guidance To The Missile Seeker, And Was Able To Keep The Missile's Guidance System Locked On The Target From Up To 30km Away Even When The Seeker Was Intentionally Slewed Off The Target. The Agm-130 Is A Powered Variant Of The Gbu-15 As Used By Our Pave Tack Equipped F-111cs.
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Malaysia Wants More Hornets
Malaysia has approached the Us Navy and McDonnell Douglas for information on the price and availability of 10 or 16 F/A-18D Hornets in addition to the eight it ordered in December 1993. The first batch of eight is scheduled for delivery in late 1996, but any extra aircraft cannot be financed by Malaysia until the start of its next five-year plan in 1996. McDonnell Douglas is in a position to start deliveries from October 1997 if an order is placed next year.
Malaysia’s military aircraft procurement is complicated by its order for 18 Mig-29s, seen by many observers as an unnecessary duplication of role and logistics demands for a small air force. Some analysts see the latest F/A-18 requests as a sign that Malaysia is having second thoughts about the Mig order; although a contract has been signed, performance and maintainability shortfalls are causing concern ahead of first deliveries. Russia, however, remains confident that it will deliver the first Mig-29 to Malaysia in 1995.
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