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Tomahawk Text
The US Navy successfully conducted a Tomahawk cruise missile land attack flight test on 22 February. Launched from a cruiser, the missile flew to a test range at China Lake, California, where it was recovered for future use. The USN is working on an upgraded weapon dubbed Tactical Tomahawk. ...
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Russia tests Triumph long-range SAM system
Russia is carrying out initial manufacturer's tests of the prototype S-400 Triumph air defence missile system at the Kapustin Yar missile range in Astrakhan. It will introduce the system into service later this year. Triumph, designed by the Almaz Central Design Bureau, will be offered for export as well ...
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Sikorsky considers heavier Super Hawk
Sikorsky is studying a stretched, higher weight UH-60X version of the S-70A Black Hawk to meet a US Army requirement to carry heavier loads. The stretched helicopter would have the same gearbox and rotor system as the Sikorsky S-92 Helibus, the first prototype of which is now undergoing flight testing. ...
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Tactical control tested with Outrider
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The Tactical Control System (TCS) being developed to operate the US Department of Defense's family of tactical unmanned air vehicles (TUAV) was successfully tested recently with the Alliant Techsystems Outrider. Two separate Outrider flights were conducted in early February at the company's flight operations centre ...
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TTTE Closes
The Trinational Tornado Training Establishment at RAF Cottesmore is to close after 20 years of training pilots for the German, Italian and UK air forces. Over 3,500 Tornado pilots have completed the 13 week training course. RAF Cottesmore will become the home base for two squadrons of BAe Harriers due ...
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Heavyweights to contend supply contract
The US Navy will shortly issue fresh request for proposals (RfP) to helicopter manufacturers and operators for a three year vertical replenishment (vertrep) service to support the fleet in the Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Gulf. This latest vertrep contract, extendible for up to five years, follows a series of ...
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The cost war
Tim Furniss/LONDON European commercial space launcher group Arianespace is facing increasing challenges to its market dominance as the USA prepares to launch its new fleet of Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles (EELVs). The first flights of the versatile Boeing Delta IV and Lockheed Martin Atlas V-based EELVs are two ...
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International plans for Israir
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV Domestic Israeli airline hopes to break into the charter business with a "flexible approach" to luring customers Israir, a small Israeli domestic airline, is preparing to go international. After years of operating domestic flights, mainly on the Tel-Aviv-Eilat holiday route, Israir is bracing for its ...
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Maintaining training
Andrew Doyle/FRANKFURT The introduction of new European regulations and the growing power of simulation technology were the hot topics at the Flight International-sponsored Aviation Maintenance Training Conference held on 15-16 February As pressure increases on aircraft maintenance firms to step up the quality of their work at less ...
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Power to the people
Guy Norris/PHOENIX AlliedSignal's RE220 auxiliary power unit is setting new standards in corporate aviation and is poised for big business in the regional jet market In a little over two months, the RE220 auxiliary power unit (APU) will make its first flight on Bombardier's Canadair CRJ-700 regional jet. ...
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AASI is on the brink of Jetcruzer certification
Advanced Aerodynamics & Structures (AASI) hopes to clinch US type certification for its Jetcruzer 500 low-cost corporate turboprop by mid-1999, with first deliveries beginning by year-end. The manufacturer, based in Long Beach, California, was originally due to begin deliveries by the end of 1998, but has suffered substantial delays ...
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Aeroflot Plus takes delivery of refurbished Tupolev Tu-134
Russian business aircraft charter operator Aeroflot Plus has taken delivery of a refurbished Tupolev Tu-134 airliner in corporate configuration. Sheremetyevo, Moscow-based Aeroflot Plus, a subsidiary of Aeroflot Russian International Airlines, operates domestic and international charter services for VIP and corporate clients. To date, the company has operated leased ...
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Duty free, a few facts
By 1995, global turnover of duty free had reached $21 billion. Europe accounts for half the total - over $13.4 billion a year. Duty free is more important to the UK than to any other European state - in 1995 over 25% of European Union (EU) turnover was in ...
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Shifts criticised
A proposal to allow European pilots to work 14-hour shifts twice-weekly on two-crew aircraft, included in the proposed pilots' flight time and duty limitations (FTDL) regulations, is described by the International Federation of Airline Pilots' Associations as a "recipe for disaster. The FTDL will now be controlled by the EC ...
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In need of a check-up
The systems onboard ageing aircraft in the USA are coming under closer scrutiny, raising the prospect of higher maintenance costs. In the USA, old aircraft don't die: they get hushkits and a new paint job. In stark contrast to their counterparts in Europe and Asia, US passengers routinely find ...
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Majors play the mating game
US carriers are again testing the water with a series of new acquisition proposals. Perhaps it has something to do with the season, but it is almost exactly a year since they last indulged in a frenzy of mating activity and the US majors are at it again. Only this ...
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Swissair/Delta could win SAA deal
Lufthansa, long considered the front runner in the race for a 30% stake in South African Airways (SAA), now appears to be facing a determined combined challenge from Swissair/Delta Air Lines. The German carrier launched an aggressive public relations exercise weeks ago announcing that, if successful, it would ...
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New addition for Embraer
Despite repeated earlier statements that the 70- and 90-seater markets seemed overcrowded, Embraer says it now plans to enter the fray after "considerable pressure" from customers to extend its regional jet family. But some still remain doubtful about the size of the market. Just days after the Brazilian manufacturer's ...
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UK-US phase in
Informal US-UK open skies talks between transport officials on 17-18 February will be followed by further talks in April, senior UK airline sources say. US officials are said to have accepted the principle of a phased open skies bilateral, favoured by British Airways and British Midland. That could start with ...
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Foreign ownership debate heats up
The debate in the USA over foreign ownership and control of airlines has come under a spotlight early in 1999 with airline and government officials discussing how a relaxation of the rules may occur. US Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater stirred the controversy last year when he said the ...