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Embraer pushes stretch plan
Embraer has advanced development of the planned 108-seat stretch version of the ERJ-170/190 regional jet on the back of a massive $4.9 billion order from Crossair and will complete the selection of all remaining subsystem and structural suppliers within the month. Crossair's launch order comprises 30 ERJ-170s and an ...
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$2bn orders take ERJ-135/145 sales to over 900
Seven airlines placed orders for up to 103 Embraer ERJ-135s and 145s worth almost $2 billion during the show . The orders from InterCanadian, KLMexel, Rheintalflug, Proteus Airlines, Skyways, Alitalia and Crossair take the total orders and options for the 37/50-seat regional jet family to over 900. Canadian Airlines' ...
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Dassault discusses Falcon re-engining
Dassault aviation has confirmed that it is talking to engine manufacturers on possible re-engining of the twin-engined Falcon 2000 business jet to give the aircraft more range. A company source says the studies are at a "preliminary level" and would not result in the aircraft being offered with a ...
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JSF supplier teams close to being named
Boeing and Lockheed Martin plan to finalise their competing Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) international supplier teams by the end of the year in readiness for the submission of draft proposals for the follow-on engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase. The JSF programme office is drawing up cost targets for ...
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France supports Meteor as Typhoon race boils up
The imminent climax of the UK's beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) contest to arm its Eurofighters has brought a rash of government-to-government moves in support of the two contestants. A dispute has also arisen on whether a European or AMRAAM-based missile will best support exports of the Eurofighter Typhoon. ...
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Turkish venture
Sikorsky Aircraft and the Turkish Alpata Group have formed a joint venture company to produce precision machined components for the aerospace and defence industries. The company, called Alp Aviation, will operate from Eskisehir. Source: Flight International
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Stealth flight
MAPO says it plans to fly the 1.44 prototype of the 1.42/MFI stealth fighter this year. The aircraft missed its original deadline of early March announced in mid-January. MAPO first deputy general designer Vladimir Barkovskiy says the company is running systems tests before it starts taxiing tests. The 1.42 - ...
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IAE safe as Pratt & Whitney aims PW8000 at higher thrust
The future of International Aero Engines (IAE) appears to be assured after Pratt & Whitney's move to shift the main focus of its PW8000 study engine from the A320 to the longer-range A340-500/600 family. The move, prompted largely by Airbus, coincides with IAE's announcement to look into a higher-thrust ...
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Sukhoi displays 900-seater concept
Sukhoi has unveiled its design for a double-deck airliner bigger than the Airbus A3XX. Sukhoi is displaying a 1/24th scale model of the 860/1,000-seat KR-860. The four-engined aircraft is equipped with two widebody cabins, the main deck featuring a 12-abreast triple aisle configuration while the upper deck has a nine-abreast ...
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Airbus partners settle A318 squabble over launch costs
The Airbus Industrie partners have resolved their differences over A318 launch costs after agreeing to allow any A319 production overspill to be transferred from Hamburg to Toulouse. "All the issues have been resolved and there is a written industrial agreement which will enable the A318 to enter service in ...
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APG-66(V) to go solo on market
Northrop Grumman plans to market its improved APG-66(V) multi-mode radar as a standalone upgrade as well as part of Lockheed Martin's F-16A/B mid-life update (MLU). The radar-only upgrade will cost less than $600,000 and provide 25% more range and 50% better reliability, says Thomas Lupica, director APG-66/68 programmes. ...
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Raytheon secures ASTOR contest from UK
Raytheon Systems has won the delayed UK Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR) competition, beating Lockheed Martin teamed with radar house Racal and a British Aerospace/Northrop Grumman team. Five Bombardier Global Express business jets and eight ground stations will be delivered from 2005, two years later than originally specified. Raytheon says ...
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France unwraps secret Eagle UAV
Matra BAe Dynamics has revealed its Eagle high altitude, long endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV), a programme for the French Ministry of Defence which was secret until the show. The 20m (65ft)-span demonstrator first flew last October when it underwent trials, operating 4,000km (2,160nm) from its base, from where it ...
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Germany plans RLV flights
DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) is to build a demonstrator to develop reuseable launch vehicle (RLV) technology, with test flights to begin in 2002. The 6m (20ft)-long, rocket-powered Phoenix demonstrator is intended as a testbed for RLV technologies that could later be applied to a longer-term, two-stage to orbit RLV programme ...
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Hurel-Dubois finds customer for new thrust reverser
Hurel-Dubois has secured the launch order for its novel Papillion thrust reverser design after being selected to equip the Pratt & Whitney PW6000 on the Airbus A318. Hurel-Dubois has been subcontracted to provide the thrust-reverser to nacelle specialist Aircell, which itself has been selected to supply the entire system ...
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Leasing giant ILFC expands portfolio
US leasing giant ILFC has added as many as 160 aircraft to its portfolio with the announcement of major orders for Airbus and Boeing narrowbodies. The company wants up to 100 Boeing Next Generation 737s, bringing the number of Boeing aircraft ordered by the leasing company over the past ...
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Lockheed Martin speeds up co-operative talks with Airbus
Lockheed Martin's protracted discussions with Airbus Industrie and its partner companies on co-operation are gathering pace. At Paris, the US company and Aerospatiale Matra announced an agreement to pursue a stake in the new Korean Aerospace Industries and confirmed they are still discussing partnerships on tanker/transport and large military aircraft ...
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Paris market
Boullioun Aviation Services has announced new lease deals for six Boeing aircraft to four customers at the show. Deutsche BA is leasing three new Boeing 737-300s in Boullioun's first euro-denominated transaction. The aircraft will be delivered to Deutsche BA in the second half of this year. The company is placing ...
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Europe's tactical transports look for US success
European tactical turboprop transport manufacturers are eyeing a potential 45-aircraft US Army Common Airborne Sensor (CAS) programme to give their programmes a major boost. Prominent among the contenders displaying at Paris were CASA with its new C-295 and the CN-235 and a Royal Netherlands Air Force Fokker 60 supporting a ...
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C-17 TAWS order
US Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemasters are to be fitted with a terrain awareness warning system (TAWS) developed by British Aerospace Systems and Equipment. The UK company has teamed with Lockheed Martin Control Systems to provide TAWS functionality in the company's video integrated processor (VIP) being developed under contract to ...