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Litton to produce guidance system for Lockheed Martin rocket
Mark Hannant Litton Industries Guidance and Control Systems division will design and produce the guidance system for Lockheed Martin Vought Systems' guided multiple launch rocket system (GMLRS). Litton says the deal with firm initial-production options is worth around $100 million and estimates the full production potential, based on ...
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Surf an aircraft
Buy your aircraft on-line - that's the deal being offered by Gulfstream, allowing potential customers to preview pre-owned aircraft from the comfort of their own homes. By accessing www.gulfstreampreowned.com, visitors will be able to obtain photographs, aircraft specifications, features and maintenance history. The site will also feature a video ...
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Security screen
New York-based L-3 Communications has delivered the first of seven eXaminer 3DX 6000 explosive detection systems to Aeroporti Di Roma in Italy. The system has been installed at Leonardo Da Vinci airport and will become operational later this year. The remaining units will be delivered in coming months. ...
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Gripen Guardian
British electro-optical specialists Pilkington Optronics has delivered the first of two Guardian monocular helmet systems to the Aircraft Systems Directorate of Sweden's Defence Materiel Administration (FMV). The system, which integrates a monocular helmet with integral colour camera, helmet display electronics unit and optical head tracker, is now installed in ...
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Tokyo in March
The Tokyo Aerospace 2000 exhibition will take place from 22-26 March 2000. Held at the Tokyo International Exhibition Centre, the event aims to be the most business-orientated aerospace exhibition in Asia so far. Applications have already been received from more than 100 exhibitors in 10 different countries and more ...
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Spares network
Derco Aerospace has developed a network of forward stock inventory locations around the world in an arrangement with many maintenance facilities and operators. Source: Flight Daily News
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Joint venture
A new joint venture is being formed in the field of aircraft landing gear maintenance, following the signing of a letter of intent by Messier Services and SIA Engineering (SAIEC). Under the agreement SAIEC will take a 40% share in Messier Services' Asian overhaul plant in Singapore. The ...
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Customer customising
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has landed an order to complete cabin interiors for two Boeing Business Jets (BBJs) and a Boeing 777-200. The deal is with an unnamed Saudi Arabian customer. LHT offers business aircraft users a turnkey concept which it calls XXL Class to customise either of two basic ...
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Wired for Parker
A multi-million-dollar agreement has been reached between US-based companies Unison Industries and Parker-Hannifin. Bradley Mottier, senior vice-president of Unison, says that under the terms of the agreement Unison will manufacture electrical wiring harnesses for Parker-Hannifin's fuel quantity indicating systems used in Airbus A340-500/600 over the next 20 years. ...
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Very large future
GE Aircraft Engines is throwing its weight behind the growing impetus to launch the world's first-generation very large aircraft. The company's president and CEO Jim McNerney believes there's room in the marketplace for all three proposed airframes - Boeing's B-777X and B-747X and Airbus Industrie's A3XX. Source: Flight ...
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Plate supplier
A new century has arrived at Hall 4/F11, where a leading name in the aluminium industry is making its first appearance at the Paris air show. Major commercial and military aircraft manufacturers have made Century Aluminium a preferred supplier of heat-treated plate. Aerospace plate is Century's premier product, ...
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Fasteners site
Fairchild Fasteners has launched an Internet site. The company, which specialises in latches, screws, nuts and bolts, rivets, composites and inserts, has developed the site so that visitors can easily download brochures and catalogues. Users can also access a global directory and retrieve technical information on products organised into ...
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Covert decoys
Alloy Surfaces is demonstrating its range of special materials decoys (SMD) in Hall 1. A subsidiary of Chemring Group, the company claims its proprietary decoys have unique properties of day and night visual covertness and in-band radiant output, making them well suited to modern warfare. Capable of fitting ...
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Baccarat works
Precision parts manufacturer Baccarat now handles component assembly thanks to the acquisition of a new, 360sq m workshop. The company's operations include machining, turning, milling, boring, fitting and protection. All parts, whether single units, small production runs or prototypes, are manufactured according to client specification. Source: Flight ...
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Plastics substitute from Kafus seeks industry approval
Mike Martin A first-time exhibitor at the show is aiming to win over the aerospace industry to an environmentally-friendly plastics substitute material for use in aircraft interiors. Kafus did it with the automotive industry, signing a strategic collaborative agreement with Ford's Visteon division to develop and manufacture mat ...
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Sealing deals
With eight years having passed since its last appearance at Le Bourget, Busak & Shamban is keen to show its new range of sealing and bearing solutions, including metallic seals for use under high temperature and high pressure. As well as supplying the aeronautic industry, where products include landing ...
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Solution to 'blue ice' valve testing problem
To some people living under the approach paths of busy airports, the sky really is falling. 'Blue ice' is the euphemistically-named substance formed when leaks from aircraft toilets freeze at altitude. As an aircraft begins its descent, lumps of ice can break off - hurtling towards earth and thus ...
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Boeing cools 767s with Sundstrand
Rather than turning it up, Boeing has turned the heat down in its battle with Airbus. As part of its drive to provide improved passenger comfort Boeing has ordered 150 new air-conditioning units for its 767-400ER aircraft scheduled to roll out of the factory this summer. Each aircraft ...
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Isovolta laminates display versatility
Clad in a costume fit to grace any catwalk in Paris, never mind an airshow stand, a gleaming silver mannequin shows just how versatile Isovolta's decorative laminates can be. The Austrian company is making its regular trip to Paris at Hall 5/D8 with its range of products for cabin ...
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Transponder designed to meet needs of the future
Steve Nichols AlliedSignal is looking for both US and worldwide approval for its new Enhanced TRA 67A Mode S transponder. It has already received Technical Standard Order approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), but it has also been designed to meet the new Change 7 and ...