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Fast-track management for turbine engines
'Solutions in seconds' - that is the claim from JenaNet.Com (Stand D434) an internet-based company which has developed a turbine engine data management system. Since turbine engines are complex they are costly to support and manage. With increasing workloads and expanding fleets the pressure is on airlines to contain ...
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Litening passes operational testing and evaluation
Alan Peaford Northrop Grumman's Electronic Sensors and Systems Sector (ES3) has successfully completed operational testing and evaluation of its Litening II production pods at the Air National Guard (ANG) and Air Force Reserve Test Center in Tucson, Arizona. The Test Center received the Litening II Precision Attack Targeting ...
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Radar homes in on new international customer
Singapore is set to be only the second international customer to receive the Longbow millimetric wave radar for the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter. In a $25.9-million contract, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are to outfit the Republic of Singapore's AH-64Ds as they are delivered from 2002 onwards. ...
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AH-64 grounded
The US Army has grounded its entire fleet of AH-64 Apache attack helicopters until inspections for possible problems with rotor pins are carried out. The fleet consists of 743 helicopters. Each of the aircraft has eight rotor pins and the aircraft will be unable to fly until inspections and ...
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Bombardier forges ahead in Asia-Pacific
Mike Martin Bombardier Aerospace has enjoyed a record year for deliveries and is heading for a profitable year, John Lawson, president, sales said at the show yesterday. The Canadian manufacturer has "assumed a leadership role" in Asia-Pacific, he says. "We have 50 business aircraft operating in the area ...
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Life's a Beechjet for Raytheon
Raytheon aircraft is at Asian Aerospace 2000 with a line up of jet turboprop aircraft for business and special mission use. Highlighting the company's presence is the Beechjet 400A light business jet, a fast and roomy aircraft that has a proven record for corporate use and special mission roles. ...
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AAR joins SITA for online venture
The stampede towards e-commerce continues apace, symbolised yesterday at the show when two companies announced details of their respective cyber-marketplaces at exactly the same time, in adjoining press conference rooms. The all-pervasive internet is rapidly encroaching on the aerospace business, with the on-line purchase of airline tickets booming. How many ...
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Romania sells stake in Aerostar to consortium
The Aerostar-PAS-IAROM consortium has agreed to buy the 69.99% equity stake in Aerostar held by the Romanian state ownership fund for ROL60 billion ($3 million). Allowing for the three-year time frame for the payment and inflation, the value of the transaction could rise to more than ROL100 billion ($5.3 ...
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Eddington to stay with news after NZ's ansett deal
Ansett Australia executive chairman Rod Eddington will stay with News Ltd after Air New Zealand's upcoming purchase from the media giant of the 50% of the carrier it does not already own. Alistair Carthew, Air New Zealand deputy manager public affairs, says from Auckland that Eddington, who is employed ...
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D-day as Boeing lands massive Apache contract
Paul Derby Boeing got show week off to a flying start yesterday by agreeing a deal with Israel to remanufacture 12 AH-64A Apache attack helicopters to the improved -D standard. The contract also includes 12 options and is worth up to $800 million. Included in the package is ...
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Battle plans drawn for new market share
Mark Hannant The first card has been played in the battle for the emerging e-marketplace by aviationX, with the announcement of its first customer airline at the show. Express Airlines, a wholly owned Northwest Airlink carrier and Chautauqua Airlines, a US Airways and TWA affiliate, have signed beta ...
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Aviointeriors appoints executive VP
Italian aircraft interiors manufacturer Aviointeriors has confirmed that former Debonair chairman and chief executive Franco Mancassola has joined the company as executive vice-president. Based at the company's headquarters in Latina, near Rome, Mancassola will have overall responsibilities for the company's worldwide activities. Mancassola comments: "After more than 30 ...
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Schindler's lift
Mark Hannant BBJ flies 6,000nm, non-stop, from Geneva to deliver BBJ's vice-president sales to the show. The Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) has made a double debut at Asian Aerospace 2000 - two aircraft have arrived at the show, the first time a BBJ has been seen at ...
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AB139 is set for military use
Bell/Agusta Aerospace says it will unveil a mock-up military version of the AB139 medium twin helicopter at this summer's Farnborough airshow. The military variant is aimed at the troop transport and med-evac markets, with a proposed in-service date of 2004. The commercial version of the aircraft is scheduled to ...
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Name games
In the world of avionics acronyms reign supreme, but you can never be quite sure what they mean. There are FANS (Future Air Navigation Systems) that don't blow, VISTAs (Virtual Integrated Software Testbed for Avionics) with poor views and COTS (Commercial Off the Shelf) you can't sleep in - ...
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AS907 Powerplants in testing for Bombardier's Continental business jet
Bombardier's Continental business jet was launched at the Paris airshow in 1999 - and already its AS907 powerplants are under flight test mounted on the nose of an AlliedSignal's flying test-bed Boeing B-720. As the Bombardier Continental is designed to fly non-stop across the USA - Miami/Seattle, Washington/San ...
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Asia-Pacific interest spurs regional twinjet programme
Mike Martin Bombardier Aerospace's programme for the planned 100-115 seat regional twinjet, the BRJ-X, could be accelerated, thanks to powerful interest in the Asia-Pacific region. Formal launch is expected later this year, possibly at Farnborough airshow in July, rather than toward the end of the year. Although the ...
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Missile makers play for high stakes in BVRAAM contest
Tim Ripley European and American missile makers are still trading punches as the United Kingdom beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) contest enters its final lap. With key decision makers in the UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) meeting yesterday to make technical recommendations to Prime Minister Tony Blair, ...
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Manila forces cal to suspend kaohsiung flights
China Airlines (CAL) has temporarily suspended its Kaohsiung-Manila flights after Philippine officials failed to ratify elements of an interim extension to a disputed 1996 air services agreement. CAL spokesman Charles Chen says from Taipei that the carrier's daily Boeing 737-800 service to Manila from Kaohsiung has been "temporarily suspended" ...
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eCommerce brings bonus for airfreight carriers
Online shopping in the run up to Christmas 1999 paid dividends for Air Cargo Equipment (Stand D344). Its customers, including Emery Worldwide and DHL, took a leap of faith in summer 1999 and calculated that the rapid growth of e-commerce would see many people buying online. Once bought of ...