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Chinese link puts Lockheed Martin in export wrangle
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Lockheed Martin has been accused of violating US export controls by helping China to evaluate problems with a satellite rocket motor in 1994. The charges are outlined in a letter sent to the manufacturer last week by the US Department of State's Office of Defense ...
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Kaman wins MD Helicopters deal
Kaman Aerospace has signed a 10-year agreement with MD Helicopters to supply all of its MD500/600 series helicopter fuselages in a deal worth up to $100 million. The work reduces Kaman's heavy reliance on the SH-2G Super Seasprite and K-Max niche product lines. The agreement forms part of a ...
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Designed to last
The US Navy's future flat-tops will be built to stay in service until the end of the century Ramon Lopez/NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA Tomorrow's aircraft carriers are taking shape on the computer screens of US Navy and industry officials in charge of designing and building the final Nimitz-class carrier, the CVN ...
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Falcon delivery
Executive Jet has taken delivery of the first of 12 Dassault Falcon 2000 business jets for its Netjets Europe fractional ownership operation. The twin turbofan is scheduled to enter service with the Lisbon, Portugal-based company on 23 April. Source: Flight International
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Learjet 45 heads for first Egyptian customer
The first Egypt-based Bombardier Learjet 45 superlight business jet is to enter service this month with holding company ARTOC Group of Investment and Development of Cairo, around three months after the twin turbofan was granted Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority certification. The aircraft will be deployed as personal transport for ARTOC ...
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Association calls for end to noise discrimination
The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) is calling on the region's regulatory authorities to implement pan- European regulation to prevent the continuation of what it considers are discriminatory local rules and noise classification of aircraft at the region's airports. These measures, it believes, are placing a stranglehold on many ...
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Airbus aims Corporate A319 at executive shuttle slot
Kate Sarsfield/BRUSSELS Airbus hopes to carve a niche for its A319 Corporate Jetliner (CJ) in the executive shuttle market, which it predicts could account for sales of more than 20 aircraft within five years. The European manufacturer has completed extensive research of more than 200 international corporations, assessing ...
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Shinmaywa begins work on amphibian
ShinMaywa has begun manufacturing parts for the first US-1A Kai search-and-rescue (SAR) amphibian. The aircraft is expected to fly in 2003. The US-1A Kai is an upgraded and modernised version of the US-1A, replacing the older aircraft's four General Electric T64-10J turboprops with 3,350kW (4,500hp) Allison AE2100J engines, a ...
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Russia plans fifth-generation fighter in 2010
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW Russia is to introduce a fifth-generation fighter by 2010, according to Maj Gen Sergey Kolyadin, the chairman of the Russian Air Forces Scientific Engineering Committee. Kolyadin's comments in a recent interview with the Russian media are one of the strongest indications yet that the air force is ...
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Omega tanker nears certification
Omega Air's modified Boeing 707 multi-purpose air refuelling tanker is expected to be certificated shortly following the completion of contractor testing for the lease-by-the-hour concept. The US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certificate will cover "A kit" installations such as the aircraft's plumbing and structural modifications. This follows the ...
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Honeywell software tackles knock-on effects of delays
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Honeywell is showing airlines a software suite that promises to reduce substantially the knock-on effects of delays caused by air traffic control (ATC) or weather. The company is conducting simulations with major North American carriers and hopes to launch formally the "airline resynchronisation system" later ...
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European helicopter teams link concepts
Julian Moxon/PARIS The European Commission (EC) has succeeded in bringing together the European helicopter industry to combine proposals for tiltwing/tiltrotor aircraft projects in a single programme. A decision on EC research is expected in mid-year. Eurocopter proposed its tilt-rotor solution independently of an Agusta-GKN Westland submission for a tiltwing ...
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B-N calls in receiver
UK utility aircraft specialist Britten-Norman (B-N) has gone into receivership. Attempts are being made to sell the Isle of Wight manufacturer as a going concern, but if a buyer is not found quickly its assets will be sold. Only 21 of 112 staff have been kept on. Source: Flight International
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Boeing figures reveal strike impact
Boeing delivered 50 fewer aircraft than planned in the first quarter of this year due to the effect of the recently settled engineers and technical workers' strike that gripped the company for 40 days. The impact of the strike was revealed when Boeing reported the first quarter delivery of 75 ...
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Airbus guns for 60% market share after business surge
Guy Norris/SANTIAGO Airbus Industrie aims to secure as much as 60% of the world's large civil airliner market in the future, and is confident that Boeing's share may drop to 40%. "We have moved to our goal of 50-55% of the market, and I really think airlines want to ...
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Mitsubishi aims for IFR MH2000
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)is hoping to add instrument flight rules (IFR) capability to its MH2000 medium twin-turboshaft helicopter, and is working on further noise reduction measures. According to MH2000 business development director Shinichiro Sakamoto, the company is aiming for IFR certification in 2001. Internal and external noise and vibration ...
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Luscombe starts to flight-test Spartan
Luscombe Aircraft has begun certification flight testing of its Spartan light aircraft, a reincarnation of the 1946-vintage Luscombe 11A. The first of two conforming pre-production prototypes flew in March and US Federal Aviation Administration flight testing is expected to begin within three months, says Joe Courtney, director of administration ...
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Commander raises production
Commander Aircraft has revamped its line of high-performance piston singles and is stepping up production to meet increased demand. The new Commander 115 incorporates airframe, engine, avionics and systems refinements. It has replaced the Commander 114 on the production line at the company, which is based at Bethany, Oklahoma. Commander ...
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Boeing gauges market for 757-based corporate jet
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) is gauging market demand for the addition of a larger aircraft to its corporate jet family, with a growth-weight version of the 757-200ER emerging as the most likely platform. Though some operators have expressed interest in a "BBJ III" with more cabin ...
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France goes nuclear
France believes its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, designed for a Cold War need, still has an important global role Julian Moxon/PARISIn September, France will become only the second country in the world to have at its disposal a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier - the 40,500t Charles de Gaulle. Justifying the Fr20 billion ...