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Matra BAe/IMI team for Australian bid
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA Matra BAe Dynamics (MBD) has ditched plans to offer its Storm Shadow for the Royal Australian Air Force's Follow On Stand Off Weapon requirement. Instead, British Aerospace Australia (BAeA) has joined Israeli Military Industries (IMI) to offer the Delilah II. An agreement between IMI and BAeA ...
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Telescope proposal unveiled
A Lockheed Martin-led team, which includes Raytheon, Honeywell, and Jackson and Tull, has announced its proposal for the NASA Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST). NASA will award two $12 million contracts on 30 June for competing NGST designs. The Lockheed Martin team is facing competition from groups led by Ball ...
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USA backs Eurocontrol ATM
Julian Moxon/BRUSSELS Eurocontrol has won US support for its approach to a future air traffic management (ATM) system that offers the potential to double airspace capacity by 2015. Presenting the results of its 10-year programme for harmonised air traffic management research (PHARE), the agency says the US Federal Aviation ...
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UAE lease firm ready for launch
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON A new Gulf-based leasing and charter company is under formation, ready for launch at November's Dubai air show. The business is being set up by the Qatar-based Gulf Falcon Leasing Group, headed by Qatar Airways founder Sheikh Hamad Al-Thani. "We are forming two companies that ...
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Mikoyan braves finance snags for MiG-110 work
The Mikoyan Engineering Centre, previously known as ANPK MiG, is pursuing development of the MiG-110 twin turboprop utility aircraft, despite its financial difficulties. First announced in 1993, the MiG-110 is designed as a convertible passenger/cargo aircraft and is vying with the Sukhoi S-80 to succeed the Antonov An-26 turboprop. ...
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Marketplace
Air Sicilia is adding two Fokker F28 Mk4000s on lease from Montenegro Airlines. Royal Air Maroc has taken delivery of two Boeing 737-800s, leased for three years from GE Capital Services. The two aircraft are supplementing the Casablanca-based carrier's own Next Generation 737s on its European, African and Middle East ...
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Routes
Australia has decided not to open its domestic market to foreign carriers, but is to increase the number of overseas carriers allowed to serve gateways such as Cairns and Canberra. Singapore Airlines regional subsidiary Silk Air has launched its first Indian route, with twice-weekly Airbus A320 services to Trivandrum. US ...
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TAECO completes work on second Xiamen hangar and eyes third
Andrzej Jeziorski/XIAMEN Chinese maintenance, repair and overhaul specialist Taikoo (Xiamen) Aircraft Engineering (TAECO) is studying further expansion as it prepares to commission its second new hangar. "We are in the process of consideration and evaluation for a third hangar here," says TAECO assistant managing director John Chi. Provided ...
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A400M cost may be $80 million
Stewart Penney/LONDONAirbus Military Company (AMC) will supply its A400M four-engined tactical airlifter for $80 million each, if the participating nations buy all 288 covered by a seven-country request for proposals issued in 1997. Meanwhile, France, one of four nations evaluating competitive bids, is expected to declare the A400M winner of ...
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US Army upgrades Apache video systems
The US Army is ordering enhanced TEAC video recording systems for installation on Boeing AH-64 Apaches that may be deployed as part of NATO's campaign in Yugoslavia. The 1st Regiment of the 1st Aviation Battalion, based in Germany, has ordered TEAC VSC-80Bscan-conversion video systems for its 24 Apaches, in a ...
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Greyhound fatigue testing nears finishing line
Northrop Grumman will conclude a three-year structural fatigue testing of a C-2A Greyhound at the end of this month as part of a programme to extend the carrier onboard delivery aircraft's operational life to 2020. The C-2A's airframe has undergone continuous fatigue tests at Northrop Grumman's Bethpage plant and, ...
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Boeing leaves Chile contest
Boeing has effectively withdrawn from Chile's reactivated fighter competition. The Chilean requirement, originally for at least 24 aircraft, has shrunk to around 12, making it uneconomical to restart F/A-18C/D production, which has begun to shut down as the last US Marine Corps aircraft move down the line. The US ...
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Contracts
South Africa's Denel Aviation has won a R42 million ($6.8 million) contract from Saab of Sweden to develop NATO-standard pylons for the Gripen fighter. It is expected that the development deal will be followed by a manufacturing contract for R240 million, covering at least 200 aircraft. Saab and its Gripen ...
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Sense from confusion
Merging data from several sources is the key to minimising pilot workload in the cockpit of tomorrow Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DCCockpits are entering the information age in a big way, forcing designers to find ways to pre-digest and present data in forms that will inform, and not overload, the crew. The ...
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Boeing and P&W study high-thrust option for 777-200ER
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing and Pratt & Whitney are studying the use of the 98,000lb-thrust (436kN) PW4098 turbofan on the 777-200ER in bids to win key competitions with El Al and LanChile, which are seeking new long-range fleets. The PW4089 is in the final stages of flight testing on ...
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MD-82 crashes during bad weather landing
An American Airlines Boeing MD-82 landing at night in a violent thunderstorm skidded off runway 04R at Little Rock Airport, USA, killing the captain and several passengers. The flight (AA1420) was due to arrive at 21.40 local time on 1 June, but was delayed 2h by the weather. The crew ...
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Airports
Qantas is due to open its new 14-gate domestic passenger terminal, which is part of the ongoing upgrade ahead of next year's Olympic Games, at Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport on 28 June. Emirates has started operating from a new departure terminal at Dubai International Airport. Other airlines at the airport ...
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ATN team aims for Paris flight demonstrations
A team including Aerospatiale, Thomson-CSF, Eurocontrol, the Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) and Sofreavia hopes to conduct flight demonstrations using the aeronautical telecommunication network (ATN) at this month's Paris air show. The ATN is being designed to integrate existing aeronautical networks in a seamless and interoperable internet, providing a ...
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Air Pacific takes first 737-800
Air Pacific has taken delivery of the first of two Boeing 737-800s it has on order. The aircraft will be deployed throughout the airline's route network in the South Pacific, including the 4h sector from Fiji to Christchurch, New Zealand. Air Pacific operates an all-Boeing fleet, including three 737s (one ...
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Atlas 747-400F enters service in British Airways colours
Atlas Air has taken delivery of its fifth and latest Boeing 747-400 freighter, painted in the colours of customer British Airways. The 113t payload freighter, which is the first all-cargo 747 to wear BA's scheme since 1982 when its own 747-200F was sold to Cathay Pacific Cargo, is operated by ...