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Newsletter 10
Autumn 2005

Updated on12Sep2005
Published by the Hawker Association
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Contents
Editorial
Association Tie
Aviation Double
Christmas Lunch
Correction
Fastest Hunter?
Harrier News
Hawk News
Hunter Delivery Flight
Jsf Prototype
Members
Outsider's View of Camm
Philatelic Cover
Programme 2005-6
Regional Executive
Sea Harrier Book Review
Sydney Camm Wit

 
Harrier News
BAE Systems has won a UK MoD contract worth more than £30 million for the provision of Harrier "mechanical support on an availability basis", says the BAES newspaper, 'Response'. Translated into the English we used to write, I think it means the immediate delivery of airframe spares to operational aircraft as and when they are needed. It's nice to see the old Kingston Jump-Jet still earning its crust.

BAES is also working on the Harrier JASS project - Joint Availability Support Solution. This project, says 'Response', has the "goal of designing and delivering an affordable, responsive and flexible partnered aircraft support service until the Harrier out-of-service-date in 2018." "By the end of 2005, a cohesive JASS plan will appear. This plan will bring together and align every milestone, work breakdown structure and process needed to deliver a tangible output-based support solution for Harrier." So now you know!
Response' also reports that the first Harrier GRMk9, ZG501, has entered service with the RAF and is under test at the Fast Jet and Weapons Operational Evaluation Unit at RAF Coningsby. The first evaluation flight was made by Wing Commander Gary Waterfall, the unit Commanding Officer.

BAES's final clearance for the Harrier GRMk7A was completed at the end of May. This Mark is characterised by an uprated Pegasus delivering an extra 3,000 lb thrust at air temperatures above 30 deg C, as well as having lower maintenance requirements. This DACPA (Design Authority Clearance for Production Aircraft) marks the end of the cotractor's GRMk7A development and clearance programme.

On 11th May the first flight of a Harrier carrying Raytheon Paveway IV precision guided bombs took place at Warton. The Paveway IV will provide the RAF with an all-weather precision bombing capability based on GPS aided inertial guidance and laser tracking. These flight trials are part of the Harrier upgrade  programme to the GRMk9/9A standard.
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