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Boeing strike
Boeing is examining contingency plans to bring in supervisors and engineers from its California and St Louis sites to Seattle after workers walked out on 9 February, when talks broke down. The strike started after the two sides failed to reach agreement on changes and guarantees to a range of ...
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DoD perpetuates tactical shortfall
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The US Department of Defense (DoD) is likely to be well short of the number of replacement tactical aircraft and helicopters required to sustain force levels, even if its request for a $13.5 billion rise in its fiscal year 2001 budget is approved. The Pentagon ...
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DoT earmarks $11 billion for FAA from record $55 billion allocation
The US Administration has earmarked a record $55 billion for US Department of Transportation (DoT) spending in fiscal year 2001, nearly $5 billion higher than the figure finally agreed for the current year. The US Federal Aviation Administration's share of the request is $11 billion, including $6.6 billion for ...
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NASA focuses on Shuttle heir
A five-year, $6 billion programme to develop technology for a Space Shuttle replacement is the centrepiece of NASA's fiscal year 2001 budget request - the first for seven years to seek an increase in funding for the agency. Also included in NASA's $14 billion budget request - up 3% ...
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Globalstar is ready to go
A Boeing Delta II booster placed four more Globalstar satellites into orbit on 8 February after lift-off from Cape Canaveral. One will become the 48th and final craft in the operating constellation for the Space Systems/ Loral-led worldwide global mobile communications system. The other three will be in-orbit spares. ...
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Internet drives satellite growth
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Demand for Internet services is becoming a driving force behind the creation and expansion of satellite communications networks. While new entrants iSKY and NetSat28 have announced plans to launch broadband satellites dedicated to providing high-speed Internet access, established operators - including Eutelsat and Loral - are ...
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Bad company
Asia's poor safety performers tarnish airlines in the region with good records David Learmount/LONDON By the end of the 1990s, South Asia and Asia Pacific had earned a poor reputation for airline safety, although not all of the region's airlines deserved it, but they suffer for the sins of others, ...
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PACAF at a glance
Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), based at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, is one of nine major commands of the USAF, and is the air component of the US Pacific Command. PACAF's area of responsibility extends from the west coast of the USA to the east coast of Africa and from the ...
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Going further with FANS
The US FAA is progressing with its FANS-1 expansion plans in the Pacific Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES For years, the US Federal Aviation Administration has been accused of dragging its feet over the implementation of satellite-based communications, navigation and surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) techniques in airspace under its control in ...
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Broader horizons
Singapore's air force is raising its international profile and cultivating relations with air forces around the world, says defence force chief Gen Bey Soo Khiang Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Former US President Theodore Roosevelt famously based his foreign policy on the principle that one should "speak softly and carry a big stick". ...
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Australia leads the way in East Timor operation
At the start of this month the UN-mandated International Force East Timor (INTERFET) began to hand control of the disputed former Indonesian territory over to the UN Transitional Authority East Timor. INTERFET was formed last September to provide protection to the population after violence broke out following a vote for ...
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Spirit of common security
The USA intends to maintain troops in Asia-Pacific and expand co-operation Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DCPerhaps 1998's East Asia Strategy Report issued by the US Department of Defense (DoD) best described the US military position in the region: "The story of US engagement in the Asia-Pacific region is one of continuity, but ...
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Islander noise tests beat expectations
Flight tests of Hartzell three-bladed propellers on a Britten-Norman BN2B piston-engined Islander have exceeded original projections, revealing a noise reduction of up to 7dB(A), according to the UK general aviation aircraft manufacturer. "The experimental props, through the lower tip speed and scimitar shape, reveal significant performance and efficiency benefits ...
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Strong US economy bolsters corporate charter business
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC US corporate charter operators report an increase in demand during 1999, boosted by the country's economic growth and airline service issues. The National Air Transportation Association says charter operations increased 20% last year. Executive Jet Management (EJM), the charter arm of fractional-ownership leader Executive Jet, ...
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AASI poised for Jetcruzer 500 production
Advanced Aerodynamics and Structures (AASI) has acquired the final critical machinery needed for full-scale production of its Jetcruzer 500 turboprop, slated to begin later this quarter. The equipment includes a 150t (330,400lb) hydro press system to mass-produce parts, a three-axis milling machine and high-precision measuring equipment. Long Beach, ...
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LoPresti gets Fury design rights
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON The Swift Museum Foundation, owner of the Globe Swift light aircraft type certificate, has granted intellectual rights to LoPresti for the Swift-based Fury design. The move clears the way for LoPresti, based at Vero Beach, Florida, to begin certificating its all-metal two-seat side-by-side piston single. The move ...
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Galaxy delivery
Galaxy Aerospace has delivered a Galaxy business jet to Fort Worth, Texas-based electronics distributor TTI. This is the first super mid-size Galaxy to be delivered to a customer after the demonstrator aircraft was completed last year. The Galaxy was certificated in December 1998. The first Astra SPX completed at Galaxy ...
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South Korea close to relaunching attack helicopter contest
South Korea is on the verge of reopening its competition for an attack helicopter to replace some of the army's Bell AH-1 Cobras. Previous attempts to launch the competition have been thwarted by the region's economic crises. Meanwhile, companies in a similar competition in Turkey expect a delay in ...
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US report on Kosovo points out NATO shortcomings
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The US Department of Defense's report to Congress on its performance in Kosovo's Operation Allied Force has identified the need for improvements in critical areas, including NATO alliance capabilities, command and control (C2), intelligence gathering, precision strike and air defence suppression. The report re-emphasises the ...
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Coolant leak caused NMD test failure
A leak of nitrogen gas used to cool two infrared sensors on the US Ballistic Missile Defense Organization's experimental National Missile Defence (NMD) interceptor's exoatmospheric kill vehicle (EKV) was the cause of the failure of a $100 million test firing on 18 January. A problem with the infrared sensors ...