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Australia narrows scout helicopter choice to three
Australia has chosen the Agusta A129 Scorpion, Boeing AH-64 Apache and Eurocopter Tiger as the final three candidates for the armed scout helicopter purchase for the Australian army. The announcement confirms the elimination of the Bell AH-1Z Super Cobra, Denel Rooivalk and Sikorsky UH-60 Battle Hawk from the competition ...
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Arrow link 16 purchase
The USA and Israel are developing a Link 16 upgrade converter for the Arrow anti-ballistic missile system, which will allow interoperability of the Israeli missile with US anti-missile defence systems. The converter will be delivered to Israel soon for testing. This system is a two-way translator linked to special communication ...
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CIT steps up with Airbus buy
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The CIT Group has signalled its intent to compete as a major international aircraft lessor with its first direct purchase of 30 Airbus Industrie A320 and A330s. The portfolio is expected to be supplemented shortly with a similar size order for new Boeing Next Generation 737s. CIT ...
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USA and Netherlands to further landing research
The US Federal Aviation Administration and the Netherlands Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have signed an agreement to co-operate on local area augmentation system (LAAS) research and development. Using LAAS, which will augment the accuracy and integrity of global positioning system (GPS) signals, approaches can be designed to ...
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Marketplace
Trans World Airlines has leased three used Boeing 767-300ERs from GE Capital Aircraft Services, one for delivery in August and two in February. TWA has sold GECAS five 767-200s, which it is leasing back until delivery of the -300ERs. The airline realised net cash proceeds of $31 million, plus $5 ...
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Ahead of the game
The Czech air force has an ambitious re-equipment programme in mind Andrew Doyle/PRAGUEOf NATO's new East European members, the Czech Republic has the most advanced re-equipment programme. It will take delivery later this year of the first five of 72 indigenously developed Aero Vodochody L-159 light attack and reconnaissance aircraft. ...
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Altered alliance
The potential for NATO's enlargement to destabilise the power balance in the east chills NATO-Russian relations Simon Brossard/BRUSSELS One of the first tangible results of the entry of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland into the NATO Alliance on 14 March was the announcement by the chairman of the ...
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Pan Am buys Reflectone centres
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Pan Am International Flight Academy (PAIFA) is to acquire Reflectone's training centres at Washington Dulles International Airport and St Louis, Missouri. The former British Aerospace facilities house simulators for the BAe 146 and for the Jetstream 31 and J41. The Dulles site will accommodate the ...
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FlightSafety wins Northwest CRJ deal
Northwest Airlines has selected FlightSafety International to provide pilot and maintenance training for Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs) on order for its Northwest Airlink regional affiliates. Under the 10-year contract, extendible to 15 years, FlightSafety will locate Level D simulators for the 50-seat CRJ-200 at training centres convenient for Northwest ...
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Northwest Training upgrades systems
Northwest Aerospace Training (NATCO), the training arm of Northwest Airlines, is to upgrade the visual systems on eight of its full flight simulators. NATCO, based at Eagan, Minnesota, has awarded Evans & Sutherland (E&S) a contract for nine ESIG-3350 visual systems - eight of them to upgrade Airbus A320, ...
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Raytheon gains US Army upgrade work
Raytheon is to upgrade the US Army's special operations helicopter flight simulators to speed training and prepare for future aircraft design changes. The company has received a $5 million contract to update the mission processors, host computers and instructor stations in Boeing MH-47E and Sikorsky MH-60K combat mission simulators ...
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Concurrent sale
Concurrent Computer has sold 10 PowerMaxion systems, worth $1.6 million, to EER Systems for use in the production phase of the US Army's Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior crew station mission equipment trainer. Source: Flight International
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Upper stage failure imperils Chandra X-ray Observatory
Tim Furniss/LONDON The recent failure of the Boeing Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) has put into doubt the planned launch of the Chandra X-ray Observatory aboard Space Shuttle STS93/Columbia on 9 July. The IUS, which is due to be used on the Chandra mission, failed to place a Defence Support ...
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Delta launches NASA Landsat 7
A Boeing Delta II carried NASA's Landsat 7 remote-sensing satellite into orbit from Vandenberg AFB, California, on 15 April, a year later than planned. The satellite's Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus camera will produce 250 30m-resolution multispectral images a day. The launch had been delayed by electrical problems with the thematic ...
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Dnepr booster lifts Minisatellite
Russia's Kosmotras organisation launched a Dnepr booster - a former SS-18 missile - from a silo at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on 21 April. The booster carried Surrey Satellite Technology's (SSTL) 350kg UoSAT 12 Minisatellite into a 650km, 65¼-inclination orbit. SSTL's first $5.5 million Minisatellite will demonstrate high resolution ...
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Mars close-ups hit by data problem
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) entered a contingency mode on 15 April, when one of two hinges on its high gain antenna stopped moving. It was later taken out of safe mode with the antenna still stuck. The MGS had been returning to earth a continuous stream of images, including ...
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New Collins avionics go Continental
Rockwell Collins has expanded its Pro Line 21 integrated avionics system with the addition of next-generation radio sensors. The first new aircraft to have the system will be Bombardier's Continental business jet. The Pro Line 21 CNS sensor suite will provide the functionality required for the future communication, navigation, ...
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Eagle wings in to Lakeland
Mooney Aircraft displayed its M20S Eagle at the Sun 'n' Fun fly-in at Lakeland, Florida, on 11-17 April. The Kerrville, Texas-based manufacturer has delivered seven aircraft since the four-seat piston single was certificated in February. Mooney has also signed McCauley Propellers as a sole supplier for its range of single-engined ...
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Diamond plans first JAR 23 approval with DA 40
Diamond Aircraft is aiming to be the first general aviation manufacturer to certify an aircraft under European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA)JAR 23 regulations when it completes flight tests of its DA 40-180 four-seater this year. The more expensive JAA certification will ultimately save the company money as it has ...
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Australia ponders UK tanker deal
Peter La Franchi/MELBOURNE Efforts to link the Royal Air Force's privately funded strategic air tanker programme with the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) requirement for an expanded in-flight refuelling capability may be bearing results, with senior Australian capability planners acknowledging the attraction of a two-nation programme. Australian Defence Force ...