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Rockwell woos Turkey with new glass cockpit
Rockwell Collins is proposing an upgraded glass cockpit to Turkey for a planned purchase of eight Sikorsky CH-53E Stallions, in a common configuration to that ordered for its S-70A Black Hawks. Turkey is negotiating a contract with Sikorsky for an initial eight CH-53E helicopters for the army and has ...
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Contracts
Thomson Dasa Armaments has awarded Team Fuzing - a consortium including Societa Esplosivi Industriali (SEI) of Italy, Dayron, KDI Precision Products and Kaman Aerospace/Raymond Engineering Operations in the USA - a contract for "several thousand" FMU-139A/B electronic bomb fuses. Manufacturing will be spread around Team Fusing, but SEI will being ...
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Elbit and IAI win Croatian deal
Elbit Systems and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) have won a $100 million contract to upgrade 20 Mikoyan MiG-21bis fighters for the Croatian air force. Contract signature is expected shortly once the Israeli companies have arranged a financing package for the Croatian Government and a co-operation deal with the local ...
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US helicopters face growing threat
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Proliferation of anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) and the integration of sensors and processors to low-altitude missile systems are increasing threats to military helicopters. Short-range, man-portable, air-defence missiles, however, remain the primary threat to US helicopters, according to US Army director of foreign intelligence Col Jan Karcz. ...
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The Mako is approaching the...
The Mako is approaching the make or break point as Dasa renews search for partner Source: Flight International
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Dasa pursues partners for Mako launch by year-end
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) is stepping up talks with potential industrial partners for its proposed Mako light combat aircraft/advanced trainer. It hopes to launch full-scale development later this year. The aircraft must be launched by the end of this year if significant inroads into the target market are to ...
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Lockheed Martin extends Shuttle fuel tank contracts
Ducommun subsidiaries AHF-Ducommun and Aerochem have been awarded an $85 million contract from Lockheed Martin to continue producing the external and internal components and exterior skins for the Space Shuttle's external fuel tank. The US companies have been suppliers to Lockheed Martin's external fuel tank programme since the 1970s. ...
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NASA delays 'risky' HETE launch
Tim Furniss/LONDON The launch of the NASA High Energy Transient Explorer (HETE) aboard a Pegasus booster from Vandenberg AFB, California, was cancelled in late January as the space agency considered it too risky. NASA wants more testing of the satellite and further preparations at ground stations before it goes ...
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Hubble telescope marks return to service
NASA has released a spectacular image of the Eskimo nebula, 5,000 light years from Earth, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The HST was brought back into service by the crew of STS103 Discovery in December. The Eskimo nebula, the glowing remains of a star about 10,000 years old, ...
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Thruster contracts for Kaiser Marquardt
Kaiser Marquardt is to provide 110lb-thrust (490N) bipropellant engines for the attitude control system of the International Space Station (ISS) and 200lb-thrust engines for the ISS Propulsion Module. The contract has come from Boeing Reusable Systems. The Propulsion Module will share long-term attitude control and re-boost work with the ...
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Atlas blast-off kick starts new millennium space programme
The first satellite launch of the new millennium was routine, with an International Launch Services (ILS) Atlas IIA lifting off from Cape Canaveral on 21 January, carrying the US Air Force DSCS III B8 satellite. It was followed on 24 January by PanAmSat's Galaxy XR, a high- power Hughes ...
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Eutelsat orders fresh NewBird
Eutelsat has ordered a new communications satellite, provisionally called NewBird, from Alcatel Space. The craft will be equipped with 26 Ku-band transponders switchable to three areas of coverage - a wide beam over Europe, a beam covering North and South America, and a steerable beam. The satellite will be ...
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Spacehab contract
Spacehab has won a $4.2 million contract from NASA to supply an integrated cargo carrier (ICC) and two Spacehab Oceaneering Space Systems Boxes - unpressurised tool boxes - for next year's Space Shuttle International Space Station (ISS) assembly flight 7A.1. It will be the first flight of an ICC without ...
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All systems go for Garuda - Kazakhstan permitting
Tim Furniss/LONDON The launch by International Launch Services (ILS) of a Russian Proton booster carrying the Lockheed Martin Garuda 1 satellite for Asia Cellular Satellite (ACeS) is set for 12 February from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. This date depends, however, upon Kazakhstan lifting the ban on launches ...
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BA stake gains seats on Comair's board
British Airways has taken a minority stake in South African regional carrier Comair in a move that cements the latter's status as a franchisee of the UK flag carrier, which will get two seats on its board. The 18.3% holding cost BA R168 million ($28 million) and was bought from ...
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Government cash lets Domodedovo buy fuel
Domodedovo Airlines plans to resume scheduled flights in early February after being promised cash owed by the Russian Government. Domodedovo, based at the Moscow airport of the same name, had its accounts frozen and had to cease flights last month after it defaulted on debts and could no longer ...
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Garuda joins Asian recovery
Garuda Indonesia claims to have broken-even last year, reversing seven years of losses. The carrier's president, Abdulgani, says preliminary, unaudited, figures for 1999 show a 600 million rupiah ($83,000) net profit, after 1998's two trillion rupiah ($275 million) net loss. He says recent restructuring efforts are paying off. Abdulgani ...
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Indian Airlines to be privatised
Julian Moxon/MUMBAI Mehar Singh/NEW DELHI India's new coalition government has announced the privatisation of Indian Airlines, opening one of the world's largest domestic carriers to investors. Foreign airlines will be barred from the bidding process, however. In a parallel move by prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, five of the ...
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Mergers
BAE Systems is to acquire Watkins-Johnson Telecommunications, a US specialist in military communications surveillance. The Gaithersburg, Maryland-based group will become part of BAE Systems North America's Aerospace Electronics division. A $16.5 million plan by Far East Ventures to buy privately owned Renown Air, including carriers Renown Aviation and Air Niagara ...
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Meridiana sell-off may spark scramble
Andy Nativi/GENOA Italian regional Meridiana, the country's second largest carrier, is up for sale following a decision by the Aga Khan to dispose of his 79% holding. A sale had been under consideration for several years, although initially only a small stake was to be offered. Several European ...