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Aerospatiale boss links Airbus with European restructure
Julian Moxon/PARIS On the eve of the official merger of Aerospatiale and Matra Hautes Technologies on 11 June, Aerospatiale president Yves Michot has added his voice to the debate over transforming Airbus Industrie into a single corporate entity (SCE) by continuing to link the transformation to the creation of ...
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IATA chief takes gloomy view of airline industry's outlook
Chris Jasper/RIO DE JANEIRO International Air Transport Association (IATA) director-general Pierre Jeanniot has delivered a downbeat assessment of the airline industry's immediate prospects, while listing a series of challenges which give cause for concern as the industry enters the next century. Speaking at the association's 55th annual general ...
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RBE2 radar gets ahead
The RBE2 radar - a European pioneer - is set to be among the first airborne multirole electronically scanned radars in the world to be introduced into service Julian Moxon/PARISThe Rafale's RBE2 (radar à balayage electronique/2) multirole electronic scanning radar is the first of its type to be developed in ...
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Seeker gets on track
The Rafale's electro-optic sensors, the aircraft's 'eyes' will provide a valuable supplement to the radar and together will give the crew a detailed all-weather view Julian Moxon/PARIS Flight testing of the Rafale's front sector optronics (FSO) system began in April, aboard the Dassault Mystere 20 "avion banc d'essai" testbed aircraft. ...
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Business jet safety figures are improved
There were no fatal accidents involving US business jet operators in the first quarter of this year, compared with one fatality during the same period last year, according to US flight safety analyst Robert Breiling Associates. The Boca Raton, Florida-based company, which compiles a comprehensive summary of turbine business ...
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Bombardier fits Challenger FBW
The Challenger could soon benefit from a fly-by-wire aircraft control system Bombardier has completed the installation of a fly-by-wire (FBW) research flight control system in a Challenger testbed. The Active Control Technology (ACT) demonstrator has been fitted with a sidestick controller and flight control computer driving new servo-actuators on all ...
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Gulfstream V record confirmed
Gulfstream's record GV flight from Johannesburg, South Africa, to the Philippine capital, Manila, last November has been certified by the governing agencies for aviation world records, the National Aeronautic Association and Federation Aéronautique Internationale. A fully equipped GV set two world records when it completed the "first ever" non-stop overwater ...
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Spey 511-8 hushkit heads for noise tests
Noise certification tests of an advanced hushkit for the Rolls-Royce Spey 511-8 on the Gulfstream II are due to be made at Love Field, Dallas, in early July, with US Federal Aviation Administration certification expected before October. The new system, developed by Las Vegas-based Stage III Technologies, includes a ...
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Mentors grounded
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended immediate grounding of Beech YT-34, T-34A, and T-34B Mentors that have been used for recreational air combat simulation flights. Operators are recommended to carry out thorough checks of wing spars and "other critical structures". The NTSB also proposes that Raytheon Aircraft ...
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Terra firm
Lockheed has delivered to NASA the Terra satellite to be launched from Vandenberg AFB, California, on 28 July. The Terra is the flagship of the Earth Observing System and will mark the beginning of a comprehensive monitoring from a single spacecraft of solar radiation, the atmosphere and the earth's oceans ...
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Thiokol bolsters Kosmotrasto Dnepr
The US Thiokol company, now part of Cordant Technologies, will help Ukrainian company Kosmotrasto market its Dnepr launcher. The Dnepr rocket - a converted SS-18 missile - has completed its first commercial mission, carrying the UK's UoSat 12 satellite into low earth orbit from Baikonur on 21 April. Thiokol ...
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JAS restructure takes effect as rivals report mixed results
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Japan's "big three" carriers have revealed mixed financials for the 12 months ending on 31 March. Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA), the country's two largest carriers, both saw operating revenue shrink marginally last year, while Japan Air System (JAS) was able to report a ...
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Lufthansa Technik looks for cuts as wages rise
Andrew Doyle/HAMBURGLufthansa Technik (LHT) is launching a renewed efficiency drive as it struggles to increase profits in the face of rising personnel costs created by this year's pay deal. The new collective bargaining agreement will saddle the German aircraft maintenance company with "a burden of over DM84 million [$45 million]" ...
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Bidding hots up for stake in South African Airways
Final bids for an equity stake in South African Airlines (SAA) are due to be received by the middle of this month, with three airlines - or airline alliances - in the running, as is a major international investment group. An internal communication from chief executive Coleman Andrews listed ...
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BA faces rivalry in quest to enlist Eastern European allies
British Airways is facing stiff competition from rivals in its attempt to enlist Eastern European allies through equity transactions. Only a year ago, the UK flag carrier was clear favourite to conclude privatisation deals with Malev of Hungary and LOT Polish Airlines. Now, both companies say the conditions BA is ...
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Airbus angst
While the proverbial fly on the wall would doubtless encounter many colourful conversations at next week's Paris air show, one exchange almost certain to raise a few eyebrows is likely to be heard at a meeting of trade ministers from the four Airbus nations scheduled for 14 June, when the ...
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Egyptian delivery
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first of Egypt's fifth batch of F-16s, procured under the Peace Vector V programme. The first aircraft was delivered a month ahead of schedule and will remain at the Fort Worth, Texas, plant for a year for maintenance training. The 21 Block 40 F-16s will ...
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Crucial face-off looms in Norway fighter contest
Eurofighter and Lockheed Martin are squaring up for a crucial battle in Norway. The European consortium Eurofighter is fighting to secure a Typhoon order from Norway, a long-established F-16 customer. Bids have been submitted to the Norwegian air force, which is seeking 20 firm orders and 10 options for ...
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Marine Rafale
The Rafale M is the first carrier-capable aircraft developed by Dassault Aviation since the Super Etendard entered service in 1978 and, as such heralds a new era of French maritime power. The Charles de Gaulle will carry up to 30 Rafale Ms as its primary fleet air defence/interception force. The ...
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21st century vision
Led by its president, Alan Mulally, Boeing Commercial Airplanes is learning to make more aircraft with fewer people Guy Norris/SEATTLE Alan Mulally (left), Boeing Commercial Airplane's president, gestures to a wall festooned with charts, graphs and yellow stickies, and asks: "Does it look familiar to you?" This is ...