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DERA puts Typhoon through stringent testing
Tim Ripley The Eurofighter Typhoon is currently getting a 'sun tan' at the United Kingdom's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) airfield at Boscombe Down as part of the aircraft's demanding test programme. Spain's protoype aircraft, DA6, is having its operational capabilities tested in the extremes of temperature and ...
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RAF refutes jab at Tornado system upgrade
Senior Royal Air Force officers at Asian Aerospace have hit back at reports that the recently upgraded Panavia Tornado GR4 strike aircraft's bombing system doesn't work. The BBC reports that the $1.6-billion upgrade being run by BAE Systems is behind schedule and its TIALD laser designating pod is unable ...
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New materials allow uncooled FLIR breakthrough
BAE Systems and the UK's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency are targeting the end of this year for having what they believe is the world's first flight-cleared, uncooled fast jet Forward Looking Infra-Red (FLIR) ready for production. Early versions of the new system have been flying for the past ...
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Tiltrotor lines up against helicopters for foreign sales
Paul Derby The Bell Boeing V-22 military tiltrotor will officially be in the running for foreign sales by year-end when the programme reaches another key milestone, executives said at the show. 'Milestone 3' will rubber stamp the long-held vision of the technology being offered to selected overseas customers ...
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Alliance launches testing of proposed A3XX powerplant
Karen Walker Core engine testing of the GP7200 engine, a General Electric/Pratt & Whitney joint venture proposal to power the Airbus A3XX, is set to begin next week. The core has been mounted on a test rig at GE's Cincinnati, Ohio, site in readiness for the tests, which ...
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Embraer sees AEW & C market potential
Alan Dron One of the most challenging problems facing the Embraer team developing the EMB-145 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft is trying to determine the true size of the potential market available to it. This, says Anastcio Katsanos, Embraer's defence market strategy senior manager, is because ...
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Scott appoints new distributor
Aerospace Products International (API) has been appointed a distributor for Scott Aviation, a leading manufacturer of oxygen systems for commercial and general aviation. API, a subsidiary of First Aviation Services, is one of the fastest growing suppliers of aerospace products and services to the commercial and general aviation industries. ...
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Aero Systems joins Porter seats network
American company P L Porter Controls, which describes itself as the world's leading maker of position control systems for aircraft passenger seating, has appointed Singapore company Aero Systems to its worldwide network of product support centres, dealing specifically with the market in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Australasia. P ...
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Asia-Pacific fertile ground for BBJ
Mike Martin Boeing hopes to add to the single sale of a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) made in the region as Asia-Pacific moves out of the economic crises of the last couple of years, the company said at the show yesterday. The company has had two BBJs at ...
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Boeing and SPEEA talks
Boeing has agreed to resume talks with its engineers' union yesterday in an effort to end a 15-day walkout that has severely slowed aircraft February deliveries. The manufacturer confirms it will meet with the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and ...
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Boullioun selects Honeywell avionics for B737 fleet
Steve Nichols Honeywell has signed a $55-million agreement with leasing company Boullioun Aviation Services to supply a suite of avionics products for 30 firm and 30 optional new Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft. Under the agreement Honeywell will supply its Quantum Line communication and navigation systems, weather radar ...
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Stratech is smokin'
Andy Douse There's an exhibition stand in Hall A213 that's really smokin'. Advanced technology firm Stratech has designed a model airport that sends up small plumes of smoke when 'attacked' by mock artillery. The computer operated model has been made to demonstrate the company's new Super BullsEye ...
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Face the Facts with...Richard Case
GKN Westland Helicopters is set to announce itself as a truly major player in the global helicopter market when the impending merger with Agusta of Italy is concluded. Meanwhile it is chasing a host of lucrative contracts which could help to shape its business over the next decade. Paul Derby ...
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It's a case of improving fortunes for Hardigg
Asian Aerospace 2000 is proving to be an open and shut case for Hardigg Cases. Having suffered as a result of the economic downturn during the past two years, the company is seeing signs of improvement. It has been in negotiations with customers in the region and is hopeful that ...
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EADS warns BAE: We'll control Airbus
Tim Ripley French, German and Spanish aerospace chiefs will take control of Airbus Industrie, reducing BAE Systems to minority partners in the European airframe manufacturer, it was said at the show yesterday. Aerospatiale Matra chief executive Philippe Camus declared: "We shall have control," and that Airbus should become ...
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Boeing link up
Boeing Airplane Services and BFGoodrich have joined forces to pursue aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul work worldwide, it was announced at Asian Aerospace yesterday. The two companies also announced a plan to develop a landing gear overhaul alliance for Boeing aircraft equipped with BFGoodrich landing gear. "This is an ...
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ST's UK deal
Singapore Technologies Engineering and the UK's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding at Asian Aerospace to co-operate on scientific and strategic programmes. A joint steering committee has been set up to define the scope of work to be undertaken. Source: Flight Daily News
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Contract gives Standard a maintenance foothold
Standard Aero has signed two new contracts with Lockheed Martin for the maintenance of Rolls-Royce AE2100 engines in support of the C-130J Hercules programme. The two-year contracts cover maintenance for both the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the US Air Force. Valued at around $45 million, the contracts ...
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Kosovo shows technology no match for ingenuity
Last year's NATO action to remove Serbian forces from Kosovo was a milestone for military operations, but technology was still not always a match for human ingenuity, a conference held alongside Asian Aerospace heard. Gen Jean Rannou, chief of staff of the French air force was speaking at the ...
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Alcoa helps solve weight and cost constraints
Alcoa, a leading producer of aluminium for the aerospace industry (Stand D125), is showing new products here at the show which it claims are helping customers reduce weight and cost. New equipment and implementation of the Alcoa Production System at the company's plants in Hanover, Germany and Massena, New ...