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Digital data network software progresses
Aeronautical Communication International (ACI) has completed the first of three phases of aeronautical telecommunications network software for the communications, navigation and surveillance/air traffic management environment. The software will determine the routing of digital data messages between aircraft and air traffic control. ACI, which comprises Airsys ATM, AlliedSignal, Honeywell, Sextant ...
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Bangladesh buys eight MiG-29s
Bangladesh is buying eight MAPO MiG-29 Fulcrums in a $115 million deal. An air force requirement for new fighters has existed for several years. Four aircraft will be delivered in December following pilot and technician training in Russia, while the remaining aircraft will follow next February. Bangladesh will ...
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Carriers put transpolar plans on ice
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC North American carriers are being forced to shelve plans for new non-stop direct services between US and Asian destinations as infrastructural and political problems delay the opening of transpolar routes . Trial flights over the North Pole have stopped only 12 months after the inaugural ...
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Winglets boost 707 cruise performance for BAC II
Burbank Aeronautical (BAC II) says the cruise performance of its Boeing 707-320B demonstrator is "dramatically" improved thanks to winglets installed before a transatlantic flight to Paris, where the modified aircraft was on static display at June's Paris air show. Although the company is evaluating precise performance figures, the winglets ...
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EasyJet gains Gatwick foothold
EasyJet is to begin its first services from London Gatwick this year. London Luton-based low-fares carrier easyJet has been seeking to gain access to the capital's other airports - Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted - and will use its Gatwick slots to launch daily scheduled services to Geneva for the winter ...
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Aerospatiale Matra tanker deal sparks Raytheon exclusivity row
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Aerospatiale Matra's partnership with Lockheed Martin on an air-to-air refuelling aircraft based on an Airbus Industrie aircraft violates an exclusive agreement between Raytheon and Airbus to develop and market a militarised Airbus A310-300, Raytheon officials claim. In April, Raytheon Systems and Airbus teamed on the ...
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USAF looks for F-16 upgrade funds
Combat missions over Kosovo have driven the US Air Force to seek supplemental funding to refurbish many of its of Lockheed Martin F-16C/D fighters that would otherwise fall short of their projected lifespans. Lockheed Martin designed the single-engined fighter to last 8,000h within a specific flight profile based on ...
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French navy production Rafale flies
The first production naval Rafale fighter has flown from Dassault's Bordeaux plant on the same day that the prototype made its first landing on the nuclear-powered carrier Charles de Gaulle. The first Rafale M squadron of 12 aircraft will be formed in 2001. The French navy requires 60 Rafales, 25 ...
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China and Pakistan agree on Super-7 fighter development work
China and Pakistan have signed an agreement on the joint development and production of the Chengdu FC-1/Super 7 fighter, firming up a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed two years ago. According to Chengdu Aircraft Industrial Group (CAC), the agreement was signed at the end of June during a visit ...
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First JORN detection trials in September
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA Australia's Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN)will begin tracking tests in September with the first array, at Longreach in western Queensland, undergoing integration testing. Air Cdre Dick Hedges, director of strategic high-frequency projects within the Defence Acquisition Organisation, says the trials will focus on tracking civil aircraft. ...
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Lockheed Martin wins SH-60R work
Lockheed Martin plans to begin test flying the first upgraded Sikorsky SH-60R prototype in September and has been awarded a $154 million follow-on contract to modify a second pair of helicopters with the new multi-mission sensor and avionics suite. Sikorsky has delivered the first upgraded SH-60B to systems integrator Lockheed ...
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LANTIRN enhanced for bomb damage assessment
The US Air Force is to improve the Lockheed Martin LANTIRN targeting pod by giving it bomb damage assessment (BDA) and digital recording capabilities. Lockheed Martin flew a prototype last year as part of a Department of Defense-funded technology demonstration of the Tactical FLIR Pod Modification (TFPM). The USAF ...
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Testing times
Test flights of a Boeing 707-320 with one JT8D-219 and three JT3Ds start this month in preparation for more tests in November, when all four JT3Ds will be replaced by the newer engine. The re-engining effort is led by San Antonio, Texas-based Seven Q Seven and involves Omega Air, Ed ...
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Noise about noise
David Learmount/LONDON Trade wars rarely end in a clear victory. In the first skirmish of the hushkit war, the USA has beaten back Europe, but the European Commission(EC) looks like a foe which has retreated to regroup rather than to lick its wounds. At issue is an EC ...
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Free flight
The UK's new air traffic services supremo believes privatisation is the way forward for ATC David Learmount/LONDON Airlines are condemned to face serious air traffic control delay in European airspace for the foreseeable future unless there is a revolution in how policy decisions governing the continent's air traffic services ...
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New identity
Airbus is awaiting a decision on its bid to build Europe's Future Large Aircraft Julian Moxon/PARIS When the response to the formal request for proposals for the Future Large Aircraft (FLA) military transport was delivered to Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the UK on 29 January, there was ...
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Holding on
Mexico's aviation industry is battling regulations as well as competitors Roberto Mena/MEXICO CITY Despite significant advances in the past four years, Mexico's commercial aviation industry is struggling. Not only does it face intense competition from the onslaught of international carriers following deregulation, but government regulators seem determined to crush it. ...
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UK military flies with Thomson
Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS) has teamed with the UK's Defence Evaluation Research Agency (DERA) to market a low-cost simulation system designed for military flight training, mission rehearsal and systems evaluation. The Air Combat Evaluation System (ACES) combines manned simulators with computer-generated forces in a simulated battle environment. Uses ...
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CAE finds South African help for A109 simulator
CAE Electronics is to co-operate with a South African company to develop a mission simulator for the Agusta A109, selected by the South African Air Force to meet its light utility helicopter (LUH) requirement. The Canadian company has signed an agreement with Midrand-based African Defense Systems (ADS) to co-develop ...
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Australia aims to reduce training risks with Cubic aid
Cubic Defense Systems will provide an air combat training system (ACTS) for the Australian Defence Force. The US company will first complete a $3 million risk reduction study, with contract award expected next year. Cubic has teamed with British Aerospace Australia and Georgia Tech Research Institute to complete the ...