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Spectrum space bus set for launch
Spectrum Astro has finished building the High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (HESSI) spacecraft bus. It was shipped to UC Berkeley in January where it will be launched aboard a Pegasus rocket later this year. Spectrum is working with UC Berkeley to integrate and test the HESSI payload, which includes ...
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Fairchild Facts
Eccleston reports that completion of Fairchild Aerospace's recapitalisation deal with US investment house Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) and Germany's Allianz Capital Partners (ACP), which are buying out company chairman Carl Albert, should be complete by the end of March. The deal will bring in $1.4 billion. ...
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Israel claims fifth place among arms exporters
Israel and Singapore have a lot in common. "We are both small, independent nations in a potentially hostile part of the world," says Dita Gurevitz of Israel's Export Institute. "We see Singapore as the gateway to Southeast Asia and as such it is very important for us to ...
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Northrop Grumman showcases Hawkeye 2000
Northrop Grumman is showing its airborne early warning and electronic warfare (AEW&EW) expertise to the Asia-Pacific market by demonstrating the Hawkeye 2000 system now in production. Asian Aerospace will mark the first exhibition of the airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system in Singapore. The US company will be ...
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P&W forms small military engines business unit
Geoff Thomas American engines giant Pratt & Whitney has formed a business unit providing gas turbine engine research and development, manufacturing and after-market support of small military engines for the US military. The new business will work closely with P&W Military Engines, a leader in the US large ...
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Primus 2000 selection offers family commonality
Honeywell's Primus 2000 integrated avionics system has been selected as the standard fit on the Fairchild-Dornier 428JET for regional airlines and corporate operations. The Primus 2000 suite includes an integrated set of computers and sensors displayed on five 8x7in displays, all working together using the General Aviation Manufacturers Association's ...
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PW4000 derivatives continue to drive engine success story
US engine giant Pratt & Whitney has developed a number of joint-venture partners in the Asia-Pacific region including Chengdu Engine Group, Aviation Industries of China, China-National South Aero Engine and SIA Engineering, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines. The manufacturer is offering dependability, low cost of ownership, and low emissions ...
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Python poised to strike at Raytheon monopoly
Lockheed Martin has its sights set on breaking Raytheon's current monopoly on the US air-to-air missile market with their bid to sell the hi-tech Israeli-designed Python-4 missile to the US Air National Guard. 'TJ' Klungseth, international business development manager for Lockheed Martin's Missile and Fire Control division, says the ...
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Fairchild hedges bets on next family variant
Fairchild Aerospace is still weighing up its choices for the next variant of its low-wing range of aircraft, says executive vice-president Barry Eccleston. The company plans to fly its first 70-85-seater 728 regional jet next year, with first deliveries in 2002, with the 95-105-seater 928 following into service in ...
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Licensing tops US list
The US Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) has announced its 10 most important issues for 2000 as well as seven long-term issues that it hopes will be taken up by candidates in this year's presidential elections. Topping the list are modernising export controls and increasing funding for aerospace research ...
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CTT Zonal Drying System wins Danish charter launch
CTT Systems has won its launch contract for supplying a Zonal Drying System for a Boeing B737-800 (Next Generation) aircraft. The Danish-based charter operator Sterling European Airlines has ordered the system with an option to equip its remaining B737-800 fleet. Sterling, one of the leading Scandinavian charter carriers, operates ...
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NASA research for Spectrum Astro
Spectrum Astro has just been awarded a Phase II contract for its Optimal Orbit Transfer Analysis for Advanced Space Systems project under NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programme. The contract provides for a two-year period of performance and funding for the development of prototype software capable of analysing ...
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Saf-T-Glo system adds to client list
Karachi-based carrier Aero Asia has specified a further Saf-T-Glo Aerospace Pathfinder photo-luminescent floorpath marking system for fitting to another of its Yak 42s. Bucharest-based airline Romavia has also specified the Pathfinder system for its three BAC 1-11 airliners. Two of the aircraft are in passenger configuration while the third ...
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Share pledge
Lockheed Martin chiefs at Asian Aerospace have expressed confidence that their company's share price will bounce back soon after "taking a hammering" last year. "The stock will come back," declares Robert Young, Lockheed Martin's Asia regional president. "The problems we had with programmes last year were addressed successfully. We ...
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Solar cycle threatens havoc with telecoms
Steve Nichols Worldwide HF and satellite communication systems could soon be severely disrupted if scientists' predictions come true. The sun's current 11-year solar cycle is predicted to peak this year, and the increase in sunspot activity and solar flares could cripple vital aircraft communication and navigation systems. ...
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HUD benefits for military, civil pilots
Flight Vision is displaying what has been dubbed "Top Gun" cockpit technology at the show (Stand D430). The Flight Vision Sparrow Hawk head-up display (HUD) and FV-3000 modular mission display processor system are being used to retrofit US Navy Grumman F-14B Tomcats. The FV-3000 is also deployed in ...
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Newcomer Galaxy stakes claim to regional market share
Mark Hannant The newest competitor in the long-range business jet market makes it regional debut at Asian Aerospace 2000. The Galaxy intercontinental business jet flew into the show as part of its first demonstration tour of Asia and the Pacific Rim. Having received certification in December 1998, ...
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Astra goes to Taiwan in towing, testbed role
Military forces and scientific research organisations in the Asia-Pacific region will have access to a new tool later this month when Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) takes delivery of an Astra SPX midsize jet. The Galaxy Aerospace aircraft is adapted for high-speed target towing and airborne testbed operations. ...
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Trent family propels R-R fortunes in asia-pacific
With the Asia-Pacific region representing around 30% of Rolls-Royce's firm orders for commercial engines, it's not surprising that the company has a large presence at Asian Aerospace 2000. Geoff Thomas interviews R-R's John Cheffins (managing director airlines) and he appears bullish about the company's prospects. Q: How did the economic ...
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Fourth GV for US government
Mark Hannant Gulfstream announced at the show the delivery of a Gulfstream V aircraft for use by the Department of Defence regional commander-in-chief support mission. The acquisition brings to four the number of Gulfstream Vs (designated C-37A by the US military) in US Government service. The US ...