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IATA calls for industry action to fight threat to radio spectrum
Emma Kelly/AMSTERDAM The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is urging the aviation industry to increase efforts to protect its radio frequency spectrum in preparation for next year's International Telecommunications Union (ITU) World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC). The aviation industry's vital radio spectrum was threatened by mobile satellite communication operators at ...
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Eurocontrol sets date for rule-making decision
Eurocontrol is to present "a concrete proposal" for a European rule-making and enforcement body to its council on 13 October, according to Jan van den Assem, the agency's head of stakeholder relations. The European air navigation organisation's council was originally due to consider the proposal of granting Eurocontrol regulatory ...
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South Pacific Forum sets decision date
A working group of the South Pacific Forum is due to complete its studies on the proposed unified upper airspace management of the region in June next year, allowing ministers to decide next September on whether to implement the plan. The 16-member South Pacific Forum - Australia, Cook Islands, ...
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USN gives Tomcat more bite
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DCThe US Navy is upgrading its Northrop Grumman F-14s with an improved LANTIRN targeting pod and new global positioning system (GPS)-guided weapons as part of a continuing series of incremental extensions to the fighter's strike capabilities. Following the LANTIRN-equipped F-14's combat debut in Kosovo, the navy will raise ...
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RAAF launches stand-off weapon competition
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA The Australian Department of Defence has issued tenders for its Follow On Stand-Off Weapons (FOSOW) project with a planned Lockheed Martin bid based on the JASSM, expected to become a key test for US policy on technology release to Australia. The project, Air 5418, will be ...
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US Army refutes GAO Comanche criticism
The US Army has dismissed claims by the General Accounting Office (GAO) that the Boeing-Sikorsky AH-66 Comanche helicopter will enter development with significant risks. The service has also refuted claims in a new GAO report that it will not be able to complete development of the scout/attack helicopter within ...
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X-32B wings in
Boeing fitted the single piece wing for its X-32B Joint Strike Fighter concept demonstrator at Palmdale, California on 20 September. The assembly of the X32B wing took one third less time than its predecessor, the X-32A, says Boeing which attributes the increased speed to "lean concepts" and an innovative management ...
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USA gives approval for South American attack helicopter buy
Chile and Colombia are set to become the first Latin American nations to deploy attack helicopters following recent US Government approval to supply both countries with pricing and availability data for the Bell MH-1W SuperCobra. The US Navy foreign military sales office has responded after price and availability requests were ...
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Michot backs Airbus bilaterals
Julian Moxon/PARIS Chris Jasper/LONDONAerospatiale Matra president Yves Michot has endorsed the British Aerospace view that the restructuring of Airbus Industrie can now best be achieved through bilateral mergers of the consortium's interests. This consigns to the scrap heap two years of negotiations which had sought to transform the consortium into ...
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Mergers
Aero-engine giant Rolls-Royce is to buy UK defence and marine power specialist Vickers for £576 million ($935 million) plus £125 million of debt in a move which decreases its reliance on aerospace. R-R is also acquiring National Airmotive of the USA for $73 million, expanding its powerplant aftermarket presence. SAirGroup ...
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UTC closes US plants and sheds jobs in latest restructure
United Technologies (UTC) has announced plans for the further restructuring of its Hamilton Sundstrand subsidiary, formed from the recent merger of Hamilton Standard with Sundstrand. The division will shed 1,500 jobs by the end of next year, reducing its workforce to 16,500, in a move related partly to the merger ...
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Fractional schemes 'must be strictly regulated', says poll
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Corporate flight departments are in favour of placing fractional ownership programmes under stricter regulations, says an opinion poll under way for the US National Business Aviation Association (NBAA). The final report will be presented at the NBAA convention, which will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, in ...
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UPS wins Alaska FAA ADS-B contract
The US Federal Aviation Administration has awarded UPS Aviation Technologies a contract for at least 150 shipsets of avionics to be made available to small commercial operators in Alaska, finalising plans for an operational evaluation of free flight. The three-year Capstone programme will involve most of the aircraft operating ...
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Beriev begins water tests
Beriev has begun high-speed water runs of its Be-200 twin-jet amphibian at the Ghelendjik maritime aviation flight test base on the Black Sea. The aircraft made several accelerations to about 60kt (110km/h) "to explore its water running characteristics". The first take-off from water is planned "within the next few weeks". ...
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BRS parachutes in shares-for-sales deal
Cirrus Design has struck a "shares for sales" deal with Ballistic Recovery Systems (BRS), which supplies the parachute for its new SR20 light aircraft. Under the agreement, Cirrus will receive warrants to acquire up to 19.3% of BRS stock if it takes delivery of 1,150 emergency parachute systems over ...
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Flight Options for Europe
Flight Options is hoping to become the third major US fractional ownership company to expand into Europe, and is holding discussions with possible operating partners on the continent with a view to launching the programme next year. Executive Jet and Bombardier began operations in 1996 and 1999, respectively, with ...
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Meridian line will increase
New Piper Aircraft plans to increase production of the Malibu Meridian to meet demand for the single-turboprop business aircraft, deliveries of which are to begin next July. The company will deliver 40 Meridians next year, up from 30 this year, and is considering increasing production in 2001 from the ...
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Citation X makes UK registration debut
Cessna has delivered the first UK-registered Citation X business jet, the third to enter service in Europe, to charter company Reed Aviation of Leeds-Bradford International Airport. Nearly 400 Citations operate within Europe, of which 80 are based in the UK.Source: Flight International
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LHT completes VIP mock-up centre
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has completed a Boeing Business Jet and an Airbus A319CJ cabin mock-up centre at its Hamburg base, in Germany. The company is a licensed completion centre for both types. The full-sized fuselage models will be used to model cabin layouts for VIP customers with fittings constructed ...
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Mars Climate Orbiter gets lost
A software navigation error or human error is thought to have caused the loss of NASA's $125 million Mars Climate Orbiter on 23 September. The craft was lost 5min after its orbital insertion engine was fired to send it into orbit around the planet. The orbiter is thought to have ...