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Lockheed Martin X-35 set for a double debut
The two X-35 concept demonstrators taking shape at the Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, are very similar in appearance to the aircraft Lockheed Martin will offer in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) competition - and that is a trump card in the company's battle against Boeing to win the 3,000-aircraft ...
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Battle of the joint strike fighters
Boeing comes to Paris with a renewed optimism for its work on the X-32 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) following news of the successful joining of the wing to the first of the two concept demonstrators being built at the company's Palmdale, California works. Reports that the competitor, Lockheed Martin's X-35, ...
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Nite Hawk pod upgrade planned for Spanish air force
Sener of Spain has joined forces with Lockheed Martin to offer the Spanish air force an upgraded version of the Nite Hawk targeting pod for its Boeing F-18s. The team has in its sights upgrading some 500 pods in service worldwide. The new Nite Hawk Block III features ...
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Ice cap study set to launch Living Planet space project
The most comprehensive earth observation programme every undertaken has been launched by the European Space Agency (ESA). The £400-million Living Planet research project embraces a series of space missions that will investigate the earth's environment by measuring physical, chemical and biological processes at work in the earth's atmosphere, oceans ...
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Sea Launch set for first commercial mission
The Boeing-led Sea Launch venture is scheduled to make its first commercial launch in August. The satellite selected for the mission is the Hughes Space and Communications DirecTV 1-R spacecraft. The satellite will be placed into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) by the Zenit 3SL booster, launched from the Odyssey ...
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Thiokol links with Russia to sell booster
Thiokol Propulsion, the Cordant Technologies business unit, is featuring a Russian-Ukrainian military missile on its stand in Hall 5. Thiokol is offering the former SS-18 missile, called Denpr, for commercial launches to low Earth orbit (LEO) as part of a marketing link with Kosmotras. This joint stock company ...
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Satellite launch proves a big morale booster
A Delta II booster lifted Boeing's morale on Thursday when a successful launch from Cape Canaveral placed four Globalstar satellites into orbit. It was the first launch since the failed Delta III mission in May. The Delta II is lined up for four more missions in 53 days ...
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Launch failures put pressure on Boeing team to succeed
Boeing's Expendable Launch Systems (ELS) people come to Paris with a mission - to persuade potential commercial satellite customers, governments and space watchers to keep calm. This uncharacteristic message follows a spate of launch failures from US rockets in general, and to Boeing's embarrassment, the Delta III programme in particular. ...
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Meridian turboprop plays merry tune for Piper
Visitors to Paris '99 can get their first glimpse of the New Piper Aircraft's Malibu Meridian six-seat single turboprop. A mock-up of the aircraft is making its European debut on Piper's stand in Hall 3. Orders for the Meridian, which is on track for a mid-2000 certification, have now ...
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Ground warning help at hand for GA pilots
There are few things that can be said in favour of flying straight towards a large outcrop of Arizona rock that extends rather higher than the current altitude of the aircraft in which you are located. One is that the experience tends to distract you temporarily from what the strong ...
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Bombardier Continental set to take market by storm
Today's announcement that Bombardier's board has given the go ahead for the Continental business aircraft is hardly a surprise. The Canadian firm introduced the eight-passenger transcontinental jet on the eve of NBAA in November. It already had operators queuing up to take options following an extensive research project which ...
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Concorde on a go slow
British Airways' transatlantic Concorde flights are to begin their deceleration into London 44 seconds earlier... but only in winter. The reason? Residents in the counties of Cornwall and Devon, on the south-western tip of Great Britain, have deluged the airline with data showing they suffer from sonic booms when ...
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Cathay Pacific selects AlliedSignal APUs
AlliedSignal announced at the show yesterday that it had been selected to supply auxiliary power unit (APU) maintenance for Cathay Pacific's fleet of Airbus A330, A340 and Boeing 777 aircraft. Speaking at the show, Tom Johnson, AlliedSignal engines & systems vice-president, commercial auxiliary power, said: "From our Singapore repair centre, ...
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Updated Avro RJs close to definition
As the Paris show opens, British Aerospace Regional Aircraft is rapidly closing on definition of its updated Avro RJ family of 70-, 85- and 100-seat airliners. A roadshow has visited the company's 50 top suppliers, most of whom are already involved in existing RJ models, to brief them on the ...
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DIY check-in a boon for airline passengers
Some passengers using Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport have been jumping the check-in queue since March this year when self-service check-in kiosks were installed. A deal between electronic systems expert SITA and Northrop Grumman Canada could mean many more passengers get to enjoy the same time-saving benefits. The ...
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Crossair order adds to Embraer success story
For Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer, launches and order announcements have become a matter of routine at the major air shows. Paris '99 seems set to follow the pattern, with expectations that the company will make at least one new customer announcement and also formally launch its 70- and 90-seater ...
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Turin roll-out for the new C-27J Spartan
Alenia and Lockheed Martin's new C-27J Spartan is to be rolled out in Turin tomorrow as the Italian-US collaborative project gathers momentum. The new aircraft, which incorporates many of the modern propulsion, avionics, glass cockpit and other features of the C-130J, is due to fly before the end of the ...
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Embraer angling for increase in military sales
Embraer's ALX advanced trainer/light combat aircraft has made its first flight on the eve of the Paris air show. The Brazilian air force has ordered 100 ALXs, also known as the Super Tucano, and the company believes there will also be a "strong" export market. The first flight, from Embraer's ...
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UK Apache programme on target for deliveries
The first WAH-64 Apache helicopter destined for the UK Army Air Corps has arrived at GKN Westland's South West England base for final assembly. The aircraft is the first of nine being shipped to the UK this year from Boeing's Mesa, Arizona, plant and marks the beginning of a ramp-up ...
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Sikorsky to test helicopter ground warning system
AlliedSignal is to team with Sikorsky to develop a new version of its enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS), giving helicopter pilots the ability to 'see beyond the horizon' and navigate their way around hidden obstacles. It marks the first time that EGPWS technology has been refined specifically to meet ...