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IRIS-T clarification
Bodenseewerk Gerätetechnik has asked us to correct two points in an article in Flight International, 24-30 March, concerning development of the IRIS-T short-range missile. IRIS-T development began in January 1998 and is to end in 2002. The Italian Government funded project definition work but Alenia did not contribute funds to ...
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Third F-22 appears
Lockheed Martin has rolled out the third F-22 Raptor. It will be equipped with structural instrument calibration. Source: Flight International
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Texan option
The US Air Force and Navy have exercised an option for 22 additional Raytheon T-6A Texan primary trainers, taking the number ordered to 69, of over 700 planned. Bombardier has ordered 24 for its NATO Flying Training in Canada programme, and Greece is negotiating for 45 T-6s. Source: Flight International
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Chinese in Dakota
China Xinhua Airlines is to train flightcrews at the University of North Dakota's UND Aerospace. An initial 12 pilots will begin the six-month course in June. Source: Flight International
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Dutch transport
A consortium led by Siemens Nederland is to upgrade the Netherlands' National Aerospace Laboratory's Research Flight Simulator with a generic transport aircraft cockpit. Elan Training Equipment will supply simulated instruments, panels, pedestals and sidesticks for two-, three- and four-engined configurations. Source: Flight International
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Regional training
Camber Flight Simulation has purchased two Concurrent Power Hawk computers for use in development of flight simulators to train pilots for small/medium-sized regional airlines. After the development phase, Concurrent says, Camber will buy three systems a year. Source: Flight International
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AASI sells plant
Advanced Aerodynamics & Structures (AASI) has completed the sale and lease back of its manufacturing facility for $9.8 million. The company plans to use the proceeds to complete development and begin production of the single turboprop JetCruzer 500. AASI says it has orders for 172 of the business aircraft. Source: ...
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RVSM alliance
A US team specialising in certificating business aircraft for reduced vertical separation mimima (RVSM) operation has joined forces with a German company to offer its services to European corporate operators. Kohlman Systems Research and Aero- Mech, which formed an alliance in 1997 to provide turnkey RVSM solutions to US business ...
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PanAmSat schedule
The US PanAmSat communication satellite operator has amended the launch schedule for its next five satellites. This follows satellite manufacturing delays, launch failures and in-orbit satellite malfunctions. There will be no launches this year, six in 2000 and one in 2001, the company says. Source: Flight International
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ILS launch
ILS International Launch Services lifted a Russian Proton K booster from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 20 May. The booster placed the Lockheed Martin-built Nimiq 1 direct broadcast communications satellite, to be operated by Canada's Telesat, into geostationary transfer orbit. It was the third commercial ILS Proton launch this year. The ...
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C-130H agreement
Raytheon and the US Air Force have agreed jointly to sell aerodynamic data packages for Lockheed Martin C-130H2/3 simulators. This will allow other operators to upgrade or buy simulators to Level D certification standards. Raytheon says it has built the only C-130H2 simulator with certificatable aerodynamic fidelity. Source: Flight International
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Early warning
Electronically scanned radar promises anti-ballistic missile solutions Stewart Penney/LONDON Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery vehicles has forced the topic of ballistic missile defence (BMD) to the forefront of military research, development and requirements. So it is perhaps timely that British Aerospace Land & Sea Systems is ...
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India launches commercial satellites
Tim Furniss/LONDON India entered the commercial satellite launch market on 26 May, when a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) was fired from Sriharikota. It carried an Indian 1,050kg (2,300lb) Oceansat 1 monitoring satellite and two sub-satellite payloads from South Korea and Germany into a 727km (450 mile) polar earth ...
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US DoD gives red light to ownership changes
The US Department of Defence (DoD) could prove to be the biggest block to calls for changes in airline foreign ownership rules. A senior official has made it clear that the DoD has serious concerns about allowing foreigners any greater freedom to own and control US carriers and it will ...
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FAA plans safety change
Carole Shifrin MIAMI The US Federal Aviation Administration has signalled forthcoming changes in its controversial international aviation safety assessment (IASA) programme, but not enough to make carriers suffering under the programme any happier. Nicholas Lacey, director of the FAA's Flight Standards Service, says the agency expects to place ...
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Alitalia signs up
Alitalia has finally joined up as an official member of the Northwest-KLM alliance across the Atlantic. The three airlines have jointly applied for US antitrust immunity - required to allow co-ordination of prices and profits. The Italian carrier believes that US permission could be given as soon as September. ...
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American lawsuit sends warning out to industry
Karen Walker WASHINGTON DC The US Department of Justice's (DoJ) decision to file a predatory behaviour lawsuit against American Airlines has sent shock waves through the US industry and is being seen as the latest symptom of a pro-competition fever that has taken hold in Washington DC. Although legal ...
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Regional jet trade row drags on
Widely diverging interpretations of a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling on government subsidies for regional jets could leave airlines uncertain about the real cost of their new aircraft over the next few months. Although the WTO ruled earlier this year that a Brazilian Government subsidy known as proex is ...
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Revolution ahead
Fairchild Aerospace believes the regional jet industry is poised at the "beginning of a revolution" that will be even more dramatic over the next 10 years than in recent times. Carl Albert, Fairchild Aerospace chairman and chief executive, believes the revolution will come in the 50-plus seat sector, where ...
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Canadian ponders domestic choices
David Knibb SEATTLE Canadian Airlines is searching for ways to reverse its continuing slide. A low-cost subsidiary heads its options, but the struggling carrier hints at other domestic initiatives as well as a foray into US capital markets. Canadian's first-quarter loss of C$107.8 million ($70 million) underscores its need ...