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Last Classics leave Boeing's 737 plant
Boeing has completed the production of the 737 Classic family at its Renton, Washington plant, with the handing over of two 737-400s to CSA Czech Airlines at the end of February. Boeing introduced the 737 Classic series with the 737-300, which entered service in 1984, and a total of 1,988 ...
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Cargo conversion market grows with US-Israeli tie-up
Cargo Conversions, a San Francisco-based Boeing 747 conversion specialist, has teamed with Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) to market 747-100/200 freighter conversions, using a TRW-built kit and a supplemental type certificate (STC) held by the Israeli company. "We will take kits from TRW, built in accordance with the IAI design, ...
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Asian industry positions for freighter conversion boom
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Aerospace companies in Singapore and Taiwan are manoeuvring to claim a greater share of an expected boom in narrow and widebody airliner freighter conversions over the next few years. In Taiwan, Boeing has signed a conversion agreement with Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation, Air Asia, China Airlines (CAL) and ...
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Airsys ATM consortium to carry on EC research into airspace capacity
Emma Kelly/LONDON The European Commission (EC) has awarded an Airsys ATM-led consortium a contract to continue a datalink evaluation programme which is ultimately aimed at increasing airspace capacity and safety, reducing air traffic controller workload and improving air traffic flow planning. The EC is contributing €2 million ($1.9 ...
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Air transport 'contributes' to warming
Commercial aviation contributes significantly to global warming, and the problem will worsen with industry growth despite technical improvements, a US General Accounting Office (GAO) report has concluded. The Congressional watchdog agency found that, in the USA, aviation emissions in 1997 accounted for only about 3% of greenhouse gases and ...
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Contracts
Israel has signed a letter of offer and acceptance for the remanufacture of 12 Boeing AH-64A attack helicopters to radar-equipped AH-64D Apache Longbows. A contract should be signed by April, with deliveries due in 2003. Derco Aerospace has won a contract from the Botswana Defence Force to recover a Lockheed ...
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Australia-USA to expand link with EW threat data transfer
Australia and the USA are to develop a framework allowing the transfer of electronic-warfare (EW) threat data as part of a proposed expansion of interoperability arrangements between the two countries. The proposed arrangement follows Australian criticism of US State Department restrictions imposed last year on access to EW technologies ...
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India aims for large budget increase
India plans to increase its defence budget by Rs130 billion ($2.98 billion) as it struggles to pay for desperately needed new equipment and for operations in the disputed Kashmir region. India and Pakistan fought a short conflict in Kashmir last year. The 28.9% increase over the 1999 defence budget ...
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New Zealand report on F-16 deal imminent
The New Zealand Government was expected on 6 March to release a review of a controversial Lockheed Martin F-16 lease-to-buy deal. No final decision on the deal's future is likely until later this month, however. The office of New Zealand defence minister Mark Burton says the public report will ...
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Dutch join RTM322
VGT, the Netherlands Gas Turbine Association, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Rolls- Royce Turboméca on RTM322 workshare. The turboshaft powers the NH Industries NH90, on order for the navy. Eldim, Jamo Precision Industries, Standard Aero, and Stork RMO will benefit. Source: Flight International
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Spain and Eurofighter search for pods
Spain is searching for a new targeting and navigation pod to equip its Boeing F/A-18A/Bs, while Eurofighter is considering its pod options for the Typhoon. The Spanish air force is expected to issue a request for tenders for 24 new pods after budget cuts forced it to abandon plans ...
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Boeing unwraps avionics upgrade technique
Boeing has demonstrated a low-cost avionics upgrade technique that allows existing software to run unmodified on new commercial processors. The technique involves a computer program which "wraps" around the legacy software and allows it to operate with new commercial software and hardware. Boeing's demonstrations involved the C-17 Globemaster ...
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Mars landings
NASA has cancelled the planned Mars landing mission set for launch in 2001. Instead, a replacement for the Mars Climate Orbiter, which was lost in September, will lift off. A replacement Mars Polar Lander (MPL) will be launched in 2002 instead, aiming for the same site as the MPL 1, ...
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Warrior gears up for Centaur challenge
Warrior (Aero-Marine) has secured half of the required investment from North American and UK-based sources to fund development and certification of its single-engined Centaur light seaplane. The £15 million ($22 million) cash injection, derived from a mixture of private and public investment, is conditional on the UK company providing ...
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Air-launched booster under study by USA
Boeing is studying the feasibility of developing an air-launched booster capable of launching military and commercial payloads on demand. The AirLaunch booster is being designed by Boeing and Thiokol Propulsion as a possible launch system for the USAir Force's planned Space Manoeuvre Vehicle (SMV), a reusable, unmanned spaceplane. ...
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Boeing goes ahead with 777 variants but declines to reveal customers
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing is to go ahead with the ultra-long range 777-200LR and -300ER derivatives, previously called the 777 200X/300X. The company plans to deliver the first aircraft in September 2003. News of the long-delayed launch was dampened by Boeing's refusal to name a launch customer. Candidates ...
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Midland determined on long haul
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Midland (BM) is adamant that it will begin long-haul services next year, but is tight lipped about its contingency plans should it not receive clearance for transatlantic flights. The airline had expected to be in a position to detail its plans for transatlantic flights from London Heathrow ...
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Airbus company back on track
The formation of a new Airbus Integrated Company (AIC) is back on track after an exchange of financial data between the partner companies, 20% shareholder BAE Systems has revealed. BAE says data was exchanged with European Aeronautic Defense and Space (EADS) partners (Aerospatiale Matra, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace and CASA) last ...
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MiG flies 1.44 demonstrator
After numerous false starts, the RSK MiG 1.44 fifth-generation fighter technology demonstrator made its first flight on 29 February. The flight, from the LII Gromov Flight Research Institute at Zhukovsky, near Moscow, lasted 18min. The MiG 1.44 climbed to 3,300ft (1,000m) and twice circled Zhukovsky with the undercarriage down ...
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Boeing strike bites as talks stall
Deliveries of new Boeing commercial aircraft have slowed to a trickle as the company declared an "impasse" in talks with more than 17,000 striking engineering and technical workers from the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) union. The strike, over pay and conditions, began on 9 February ...