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Blinding with science
Lasers have proved their ability to defeat infrared-guided missiles - but the war between aircraft and missiles continues Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC In October, at the White Sands Missile Test Range in New Mexico, a US Air Force Boeing F-15 fired two air-to-air missiles at a stationary cable car - and ...
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Kitted for flight
UK kit-maker Europa Aircraft is revolutionising personal aircraft Kate Sarsfield/KIRKBYMOORSIDE In little over a decade, Europa has evolved from an airline pilot's ambitious dream and has become arguably the most successful kit aircraft manufacturer in the world. In its short history, the internationally acclaimed aerospace company has chalked up more ...
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Shaping up
Competitive pressure is pushing Boeing's product development group to the fore Guy Norris/SEATTLE As it enters the 21st century, Boeing faces its toughest challenge. After dominating global commercial aviation for over 40 years, it ended the 1990s under threat on all fronts from Airbus Industrie. Boeing's product development (PD) group ...
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Y2K glitch knocks out satellite spying system
A classified US satellite-based intelligence system was knocked out at the start of the year by what the US Department of Defense (DoD) describes as a "significant problem" caused by the Y2K computer bug. The National Reconnaissance Organisation (NRO) - which controls US spy satellites - was unable to ...
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Shadow wins US Army tactical UAV fly-off
AAI has been selected by the US Army to supply its tactical unmanned air vehicle (TUAV) following a fly-off involving four systems. The initial contract for four low rate initial production TUAVs is worth $41 million. Cockeysville, Maryland-based AAI's Shadow 200 was selected over the Alliant Techsystems Outrider, General Atomics' ...
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Hellfire scores in Israeli/Italian test
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Taman division and Italy's Agusta have conducted a demonstration firing of a Lockheed Martin AGM-114 Hellfire missile from an Agusta A129 attack helicopter. The A129 was fitted with Taman's advanced Night Targeting System (NTS-A). During the firings on an Israeli range, the missile scored hits ...
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SH-60R first flight
Lockheed Martin Federal Systems flew the US Navy's upgraded Sikorsky SH-60R Seahawk for the first time on 22 December. The remanufactured Seahawk helicopter will test the Lockheed Martin-developed common cockpit and updated mission system. A second prototype is to fly in March and a go-ahead to remanufacture and upgrade 243 ...
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Italian navy EH101 flies
Agusta has flown the first EH Industries EH101 helicopter for the Italian navy. The machine is due for delivery in July. Italy has ordered EH101s in three configurations: eight will be anti-submarine warfare machines, four will be utility transports and a similar number will be for early warning and surveillance ...
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JSF infrared sensor
Northrop Grumman is to demonstrate a conformal array imaging-infrared sensor for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The Multifunction Infrared Distributed Aperture System will be flight tested in a Boeing TAV-8B in 2001. On the JSF, the system would have six staring-array, infrared sensors, each with a 90° x 90° field ...
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Name change
Jet Aviation's Singapore centre has changed its name from Jet Maintenance to Jet Aviation (Asia Pacific). The change follows approval by the Singapore courts for the Jet Aviation Group of Companies to operate in Singapore under its worldwide trade name of Jet Aviation. Source: Flight International
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100th Citation X
Cessna delivered its 100th Citation X business jet on 23 December, three years after the aircraft entered service. The twin-engined ultra-long range business jet was handed over to US food processing equipment manufacturer Townsend Engineering. It will be used to transport executives between its sites in the USA, Europe and ...
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Internet GV
Gulfstream Aerospace has sold a Gulfstream V business jet in a transaction conducted almost entirely via the Internet. The manufacturer believes the sale, valued at over $40 million, is the largest transaction ever conducted over the Internet, dwarfing the $22.9 million sale in October of a used GIV. The GV ...
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Test flights
Japan is to conduct two test flights of the uprated H2A launcher in 2001. The move follows concerns about the technical competence of the H2 programme after back-to-back failures last year, which caused the cancellation of this year's flight. The H2A, an H2 with new strap-on boosters and uprated first ...
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Hughes-JPL alliance
Hughes Space and Communications and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have teamed to develop and share guidance, navigation and control (GNC) technology for space applications. The alliance will lead to the partners developing and commercialising GNC technologies. JPL will use the new technologies in its space science missions, while Hughes ...
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Ready for work
The European Space Agency's (ESA) X-ray Multi Mirror (XMM) space telescope has reached its operational 7,365 x 114,000km, 48h-period orbit after four thruster firings. The XMM is "behaving better in space than all our pre-launch simulations", says Dietmar Heger, ESA spacecraft operations manager. Source: Flight International
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Thomson-CSF confirms Racal interest after Shorts swoop
Chris Jasper/LONDONFrench defence electronics specialist Thomson-CSF has taken full control of Northern Ireland-based Shorts Missile Systems (SMS), previously a joint venture with Canada's Bombardier. Thomson confirms that it has also bid for another UK player, Racal Electronics. Thomson-CSF has bought Bombardier's 50% stake in SMS, and becomes the sole shareholder ...
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In Brief
LOT qualifies for Swiss deal SAirGroup's $33.7 million purchase of a 10% stake in in the Polish flag carrier LOT was officially signed in November. The purchase will be combined with a share issue, increasing SAir's stake to 37.6%. Financial assets from the share issue, equalling close to $150 ...
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JetBlue prepares for February launch
JetBlue Airways has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320 and expects another one soon as it gears up for an early February take-off. The 10 aircraft to be delivered this year will sport three different livery patterns using various shades of blue - the favourite colour of chief executive ...
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Meridiana seeks strategic partner after labour deal
Italy's second-largest carrier, Meridiana, has appointed the UK's Lloyds Bank to advise it on seeking a European strategic airline partner. The airline's president Franco Trivi expects a deal to be agreed within six to eight months. Long-established Meridiana had run the risk of losing market share to new rivals, ...