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FHL supplies
The main and tail rotor actuators for the new Bell Agusta AB139 medium-twin helicopter are to be supplied by UK-based FHL. FHL is teaming with Italian aerospace and defence hydraulic components specialist Mecaer to provide the main primary flight control and tail rotor actuators. Production deliveries are due to ...
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$1 billion A320 sale underlines recovery in Asia Pacific market
Mike Martin Airbus Industrie announced a $1-billion A320 family order from Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE), providing more evidence that the Asia-Pacific region is pulling out of its economic crisis. The order is for 23 aircraft, 20 A320s and three A321s, with deliveries from 2001 and 2008. Engine ...
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Extra ATRs for Eurowings
French-Italian manufacturer ATR announced a $68-million order for five ATR 42-500 aircraft at the show yesterday. The buyer is Eurowings. Deliveries are scheduled for the beginning of next year and will replace older ATR aircraft in the fleet. Richard Santner, chairman of Eurowings, says: "With this order, we ...
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Gulf Air celebrates with new and old
Gulf Air had plenty to celebrate yesterday as it took delivery of its first Airbus Industrie A330-200 at the show. It was Airbus's 30th birthday, an anniversary topped by Gulf Air which is celebrating 50 years of operations. Against a backdrop of the A330-200 and an Avro Anson, the ...
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'World's smallest aircraft' on display at show
"It is the smallest aircraft in the world," declares Martyn Cowley of Aerovironment about the Black Widow unmanned aerial vehicle, on display at the Paris air show. Anyone who wants to see the 15cm (6in) wingspan aircraft, it has been on display at the CAC Systemes stand all week ...
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Proof tests
Proof of concept flight tests of the Gulfstream V enhanced vision system (EVS) will begin in July, with final certification expected by the spring of 2000, the manufacturer says. EVS is an infra-red thermal imaging and head-up display system that exactly overlays the real world, greatly improving the visual ...
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Marconi to develop missile counter measure for UK
Tim Ripley Marconi Avionics group has won a £2-million UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract for a technology demonstrator programme (TDP) to produce a solid state mid-infrared single band laser. The laser equipment is designed for use in the directed infrared counter measure (DIRCM) system, which protects both ...
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New pod-mounted synthetic aperture radar from Elta
Israeli defence electronics house ELTA Electronic Industries has unveiled a new innovative pod-mounted synthetic aperture radar (SAR) for combat aircraft. The EL/M-2060P can be fitted to high performance combat aircraft, such as the F-16, F/A-18, JAS 39 and Tornado, to provide a self-contained all-weather, day-night high resolution reconnaissance radar ...
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Orders make it a great week for GE
Geoff Thomas "We're having one great week in Paris," says Jim McNerney, GE Aircraft Engines' president and CEO. Speaking at Le Bourget yesterday, McNerney was in bullish mood about the company's present position and future potential. "We're now an $11-billion outfit which is split 50:50 between engines and ...
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Electronic award for Northrop
Northrop Grumman has won a $15.8-million order from the US Air Force Warner Roberts Logistics Center to provide 16 AN/ALQ-131 Block II systems to the Royal Norwegian Air Force, it was announced at the show. The AN/ALQ-131 Block II is an advanced electronic countermeasures pod that provides programmed ...
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Westland, Agusta pursue compound helicopter studies
Paul Derby GKN Westland and Agusta will submit a bid for European Commission funding "imminently" in a bid to step up their studies into an advanced civil compound helicopter. The two companies are pursuing both a military and a civil research programme and plan to use a Lynx ...
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Proteus takes delivery of another Agusta helicopter
French helicopter operator Proteus yesterday took delivery of an Agusta A109 Power and lodged options for four more aircraft with the Italian manufacturer. Proteus already operates a fleet of four A109s from several bases in France and intends to use this aircraft in an EMS role. Agusta says its ...
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Meggitt starts show with multi-million bid
Meggitt laid out its stall on the eve of the show with a $380million bid for the Whittaker Group. UK-based Meggitt has followed a strategic acquisition policy to exploit niche markets in the aerospace industry. Whittaker's aircraft fire and smoke detection systems will make a good fit with its ...
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Raytheon team celebrates astor contract success
Tim Ripley Yesterday's success for the Raytheon airborne stand-off radar (ASTOR) bid will provide a major boost for its 18 partners as they push to get the revolutionary system into operation over the next six years. At the centre of the programme is Raytheon System (RSL), the UK ...
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Global Express gives Bombardier plenty to crow about
Alan Peaford Global Express, the Bombardier Aerospace ultra-long-range business aircraft, is the platform for the ASTOR programme and last night the Canadian company was celebrating the selection success. Bombardier Aerospace president Michael Graff says the order for five aircraft for the programme will boost the aircraft's reputation among ...
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Antonov throws hat in ring for UK transport role
Tim Ripley Alan Peaford The arrival in Paris of the giant Antonov An-124 "Ruslan" has upped the stakes in the UK's competition to lease a minimum of four strategic transport aircraft. Ukrainian company Antonov is bidding for the contract in partnership with Luton airport-based Air Foyle, against strong ...
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Augmented GPS signal offers greater accuracy
Don Ormand, Raytheon's director of operations, is at Paris to enthuse about the company's wide area augmentation system (WAAS). This is the North America-wide project to "augment" GPS signals, making them more accurate, reliable and suitable for precision navigation and approaches. "The hardware was installed last summer, ...
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Starsem wins Mars Express launch contract
Tim Furniss The European Space Agency (ESA) has formally contracted Starsem to launch the Mars Express spacecraft in June 2003 aboard a Soyuz booster from Baikonur. Starsem is a consortium operated by Russian company, Samara, which manufactures the Soyuz, the Russian Space Agency and Europe's Arianespace and Aerospatiale. ...
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NASA orders hybrid Delta for SIRTF launch
NASA has contracted Boeing to supply a hybrid Delta booster to launch its Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF). The booster is a Delta II with the nine large strap-on boosters from the Delta III. This booster is also available to commercial customers for launches of 2,030kg (4,400lb) payloads ...
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Science still the 'pillar' of ESA: Rodota
Tim Furniss Science is still "the pillar" of the European Space Agency (ESA), director general Antonio Rodota said at a press breakfast yesterday. In the "shaping and sharing of the future of European space," science hasn't always received such bullish support but Rodota emphasised its importance when he ...