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A340 reduced stability flight tests set to cut A3XX weight
Julian Moxon/PARIS Airbus Industrie is about to begin flight testing a specially equipped A340 to show that the new A3XX can fly with less static and dynamic stability than its current fly-by-wire aircraft. Engineering and product vice-president Robert Lafontan says the consortium is also considering a fly-by-wire flight ...
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Boeing bids for more modification work
Boeing is seeking to take a larger share of the market for modification of its airliners. It is forming a business unit to provide conversion, upgrade and engineering services to airlines and maintenance centres. The new Boeing Airplane Services unit is built around the company's Wichita, Kansas-based 747 passenger-to-freighter conversion ...
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KAL faces new penalties after two new incidents
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Korean Air (KAL) is facing fresh sanctions and possible fines after suffering a Boeing MD-83 crash and an aborted landing by an Airbus A300-600 just three days later. Airline analysts say the latest incidents could raise doubts about KAL's joint safety drive with Delta Air Lines, a ...
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KAI companies set June merger target
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE South Korea's Daewoo Heavy Industries, Hyundai Space and Aircraft and Samsung Aerospace Industries have set a deadline of the end of June to complete their long-awaited merger. The companies are initiating an asset valuation programme before forming a new company, to be called Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI). ...
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First MD-10 is rolled out at Long Beach
The first McDonnell Douglas DC-10 converted to MD-10 specification for the FedEx conversion programme was rolled out at Boeing's Long Beach site in California on 19 March. The ex-United DC-10-10, dubbed "T-1", is the first of three test aircraft to be fitted with the advanced two-crew digital flightdeck at ...
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Merger lifts Westland/Agusta into world league
GKN Westland Helicopters of the UK and Italy's Agusta are to merge, giving the as-yet unnamed venture the critical mass to compete with its bigger rivals in Europe and the USA. The merged company could be the second largest rotorcraft manufacturer in the world by the time the deal ...
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Russian/US tussle over UAE air defence system intensifies
Russia and the USA have stepped up their politicised battle to supply the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a new long- range air defence system. This is despite widening speculation at the show that the programme had been put on hold pending resolution of the UAE's Lockheed Martin F-16D Block ...
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Gulf states go shopping - but there's no big deal
As US and UK warplanes continued to bombard neighbouring Iraq , defence officials and military representatives from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states went shopping. Their marketplace: the 4th International Defence Exhibition and Conference, or IDEX 99, in the United Arab Emirates capital, Abu Dhabi. About 850 exhibitors from 41 ...
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UK general urges GCC states to join forces and arm together
The gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) states should join forces on security and make joint defence purchases, says a British Army general. Maj Gen Patrick Cordingley, on loan as a senior advisor to Oman's Sultan Qaboos, told a conference on defence solutions for the 21st century that GCC states should ...
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UAE Panther deliveries
Eurocopter will deliver the first of seven Panther helicopters ordered by the UAE by the end of the year, with final deliveries completed by mid-2000. The anti-surface warfare helicopters are armed with Aerospatiale Missiles AS 15TT sea-skimming anti-ship missiles with a maximum range of 17km (10 miles). Source: Flight ...
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Pakistan unveils low cost unmanned air vehicle for 'poor' nations
Pakistan's Air Weapons Complex (AWC) says that its new low-cost unmanned air vehicle (UAV) is aimed at 'poor' nations. Officials give no indication as to how inexpensive the UAV is to purchase. The Mark 2 vehicle's show debut was the first time it had been seen outside Pakistan. An earlier ...
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Boeing clinches USAF C-17 weapons deal
Boeing is to supply six more flight simulators for the C-17 transport under a USAir Force contract potentially worth $124 million. The first of the new weapon system trainers (WSTs) - to be built by FlightSafety International (FSI) - will be delivered in January 2002. The C-17 aircrew training ...
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E&S wins contract for AH-1W simulators
Evans & Sutherland (E&S) has won a $7 million contract to produce visual systems for two Bell AH-1W attack helicopter simulators to be supplied by US prime contractor JF Taylor. E&S will supply two six-channel ESIG-4530 image generators, each driving a five-projector partial dome display that provides a 220º horizontal ...
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CAE puts one roof over UK operations
CAE Electronics has opened a £13 million ($21 million) facility at Burgess Hill in the UK, bringing under one roof operations that had been spread over several UK sites. The move allows CAE's UK arm, best known for military land systems simulation work, to grow, particularly in flight simulation ...
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Flightsafety secures long-term deals for regional jet training
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC FlightSafety International (FSI) has signed long-term training agreements with three regional airlines to build and operate regional jet simulators. Under a 15-year deal with American Eagle, FSI will build its first simulator for the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) Series 700. The machine will be ...
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Swedish air force gets second Gripen FMS
Lockheed Martin has delivered the second of two Saab JAS 39 Gripen full mission simulators (FMS) to the Swedish air force. The final two of five lower-fidelity multi-mission trainers (MMT) will be delivered later this year. The FMS combines an actual JAS39 cockpit with a dome visual display incorporating ...
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UPS contract leads Thomson to Windows NT
Thomson Training &Simulation (TTS) has launched a Windows NT-based full flight simulator with an order from United Parcel Service. TTS says the simulator, for the Airbus A300-600R, will be the world's first to feature a PC-based real-time computing architecture using the Windows NT operating system. Presently, the company uses ...
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New satellite series from Hughes
Hughes Space and Communications and DirecTV - a unit of Hughes Electronics - are to launch a new satellite series, the DirecTV 1-R, based on the HS-601 HP direct broadcasting spacecraft bus. The first DirecTV 1-R will be stationed at 101ºW in geostationary orbit, equipped with 16 Ku-band ...
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Elbit and IAI to discuss rescue for Thai F-5 upgrade
Elbit Systems is seeking a deal with Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) to kick-start an upgrade programme for the Thai air force's Northrop F-5s which has been hit by budget cuts. Talks between the Israeli companies are expected soon in an effort to assemble a finance package. Elbit had earlier won ...
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Parliament approves Italian programmes
Andrea Nativi/GENOA Italy is to press on with procurement of a new maritime patrol aircraft and Iris-T missile and upgrades to the Raytheon HARM, after the programmes were approved by the Italian Parliament's House and Senate defence committees. Italy will upgrade 350 HARM missiles in a L52 billion ...