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Boeing ready to produce more F-15s
Boeing is preserving sufficient long lead items to produce a further six F-15s for the US Air Force in anticipation of a US Congressionally mandated order, after a $270 million write-off on unused equipment. The USAF is also being briefed on a proposed low-cost F-15 development. The US Congress ...
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Re-engining team
Northrop Grumman has teamed with Pratt & Whitney and Seven Q Seven for the Boeing 707 re-engining market, beginning with the US Air Force's E-8 Joint STARS surveillance aircraft and 707s in military and government use worldwide. The civil-certificated re-engining is based on a P&W JT8D-219, BFGoodrich inlet and thrust ...
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'JSF by stages' under study
Incremental development of the Joint Strike Fighter's (JSF) capabilities is being considered as a way to reduce cost. The move could avoid budget problems later in the programme. Boeing and Lockheed Martin are designing their JSFs to provide the full capability specified by the operational requirements agreed by the ...
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Industry hails Aviation Act as saviour of jobs and production
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Five years after its enactment, the US General Aviation Revitalisation Act is being lauded as a "tremendous success" by the industry. Since the act became law in August 1994, limiting manufacturers' product liability to 18 years, piston aircraft production in the USA has more than doubled, says ...
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Customs dash
Adelaide-based Surveillance Australia has ordered two Bombardier Dash 8Q-200s for the Coastwatch programme it operates on behalf of the Australian Customs Service. The aircraft will be fitted, by Field Aviation of Toronto, with long-range fuel tanks, search radar, forward-looking infrared television camera and satellite communications, and will join three Dash ...
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Greek minister killed in Falcon 900 flight incident
Greece's deputy foreign minister and five others were killed when the Greek Government-owned Dassault Falcon 900B presidential jet suffered an unexplained flight incident on descent into Bucharest, Romania on 14 September. The Falcon 900 (SX-ECH) descended rapidly from 15,000ft (4,600m) to 2,000ft, where the crew recovered control. Although ...
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French engineers in hunt for funding
A group of French aerospace engineers is looking for funding for a "novel concept" for a new pusher light aircraft. To be produced only in kit form, the Aerowings PR-100 would be the first of a new family of pushers ranging from a two-seat 85hp Rotax-powered version to a ...
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Zeppelin heads for airship approval
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Zeppelin's new-technology airship flight test programme has passed the halfway mark with over 300 flying hours chalked up. The milestone comes 60 years after the German company halted development of its original family of rigid machines following the loss in May 1937 of the Zeppelin Hindenburg after a ...
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Maverick opts for CT58s for Twinjet
Maverick Air is looking to fit derated General Electric CT58 engines to its five-seat Twinjet 1500, rather than wait for the Williams FJX-2, in an attempt to push forward certification and first deliveries of the factory-built version of the kit aircraft. The CT58-powered Twinjet 1500 composite kit plane, which ...
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Boeing seeks to overturn China Eastern A340-500/600 deal
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Boeing is attempting to overturn a decision by China Eastern Airlines (CEA) to acquire Airbus A340-500/600s. It is proposing a deal similar to the controversial agreement the US company sealed with Singapore Airlines earlier this year, which will take the carrier's A340s in return for ...
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US/Raytheon offers UK full scale missile partnership
Stewart Penney/LONDON Raytheon and the US Government are offering the UK a 50:50 partnership on long-range missile technology development. The US company is attempting to win the UK's Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) competition and block European efforts to field a rival to derivatives of its widely used ...
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Sikorsky gets go-ahead to produce S-92
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Sikorsky has been given the green light by its directors to launch the S-92 Helibus into full-scale production, ahead of expected requests from Canada and the Nordic bloc for a potentially large number of military helicopters. Production approval was revealed by Sikorsky president Dean Borgman while ...
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Boeing business shake-up rolls on
Boeing is realigning its Phantom Works organisation and Customer Services business unit as part of a wider company reorganisation. The Phantom Works, which leads research and development work for the company, will be headquartered in Seattle rather than at its present St Louis base. The move, which is ...
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USAF strike studies look beyond B-2
Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are studying concepts for a future strike aircraft (FSA) under a 12-month US Air Force contract. The companies are refining requirements for a strike capability that could replace the USAF's B-1, B-2 and B-52 bombers beyond 2030. The manufacturers are looking at a range ...
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Defining moment
Raytheon and the US Government's offer to give the UK a 50% share in future missile development if the US company's Extended Range Air-to-Air Missile plus is selected to arm the Royal Air Force's Eurofighters could make the selection of a winner of the Beyond Visual Range Air to Air ...
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NTSB/FAA at odds over aircraft wiring
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Federal Aviation Administration have disagreed on the potential safety threat posed by deteriorated electrical wires running through old commercial transports still in service. The difference of opinion was aired during a Congressional hearing on advances in aircraft electrical systems. Faulty wiring ...
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Britannia 757 breaks up after Spanish storm landing
A Britannia Airways Boeing 757-200 (G-BYAG) aquaplaned and skidded off the right side of runway 20 at Gerona, north eastern Spain on 15 September following hours of frontal thunderstorms. The accident happened just before midnight local time on a charter flight from Cardiff, UK. The aircraft, with 245 passengers ...
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Volga-Dnepr ponders new strategies
Chris Jasper/SHANNONOutsize cargo specialist Volga-Dnepr plans to launch scheduled freight services as part of a major expansion of its operations. The Russian carrier, which offers cargo charters with its Antonov An-124-100 freighters marketed through the UK's HeavyLift Cargo Airlines, may take four Ilyushin Il-96Ts freighters to launch the service, but ...
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Air Foyle ponders new strategies
Emma Kelly/LONDON UK freight specialist Air Foyle is evaluating 100-seat aircraft for the expansion of a passenger activities, following the loss of a TNT cargo contract next summer. The company is also finalising the re-organisation of Ireland's CityJet, in which it recently purchased a controlling stake. Air Foyle ...
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BAe set for merger shake-up
Chris Jasper/LONDON The future shape of British Aerospace is becoming apparent as the UK giant gears up for a restructuring of its management and corporate structure following approval of its merger with GEC's Marconi Electronic Systems. BAe hopes to announce details of the changes before the end of the ...