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NAS offers Middle East medevac
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON National Air Service (NAS) plans to kick-start the first Middle East-based commercial medical-evacuation (medevac) service by the end of the year, in conjunction with Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based King Faisal Specialised Hospital (KFSH). NAS is also considering offering the service to customers of its NetJets Middle East fractional ownership ...
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Israel Aircraft Industries to boost Galaxy production
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) plans to double production of its Galaxy super-mid-size business jet to two a month from April and expects to deliver 22 aircraft this year, rising to 24 in 2001. The green aircraft will be shipped to US joint venture partner Galaxy Aerospace for completion. IAI is ...
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Fit cockpit video, says NTSB
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended the compulsory installation of cockpit video recorders in turbine-powered aircraft which at present are not required to carry flight data recorders (FDRs). The NTSB recommendation springs from its investigation of a 1997 Scenic Airlines Cessna 208B Caravan crash in Montrose, ...
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Part-share simulator centres are in the pipeline
Two Denver, Colorado-based companies are moving into the training centre business, with new approaches to providing affordable access to simulators. Training Devices International (TDI) is marketing fractional ownership of simulators. It holds letters of intent from regionals interested in buying shares in two in-production Raytheon Beech 1900s, says president ...
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X-33 engine passes test milestones
The X-33 Technology Demonstrator's linear aerospike engine has been test fired for 125s at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. It was the longest test to date at 100% power for the Boeing Rocketdyne engine, exceeding a previous run by 30s. The test also featured the first demonstration of ...
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SIA requirement sparks new battle for Airbus and Boeing
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Singapore Airlines (SIA) has launched its long-awaited W requirement for an aircraft to replace the Airbus Industrie A310, with a request to airframe and engine manufacturers for pricing on a mix of up to 19 widebody and narrowbody jets, plus 22 options. The move is ...
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Serge Dassault retires as chairman
Serge Dassault is to quit as chairman and chief executive of Dassault Aviation. His successor is Charles Edelstenne, the 62-year old accountant who is the company's executive vice-president of economic and financial affairs and chairman and chief executive of Dassault Systemes. Serge Dassault, 75 on 4 April, was compelled ...
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Olympic Airways likely to order 737s
Olympic Airways is expected to order 15 Boeing 737s on the advice of British Airways' Speedwing consultancy, which took over management of the Greek flag carrier last year. The 15 aircraft will replace Olympic's 11 737-200Advs, plus a handful of leased aircraft due for return, while allowing for planned ...
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MBD offers Meteor as basis for transatlantic partnership
Matra BAe Dynamics (MBD)and Boeing have written to US Undersecretary of Defence for Technology and Acquisition Jack Gansler suggesting the Meteor medium-range missile as the basis for a transatlantic development partnership. The move by the Meteor team members is a riposte to a US Department of Defense proposal to the ...
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SAS decides to buy A321s and leaves Boeing in cold
SAS has dealt a blow to Boeing by deciding to acquire up to 22 Airbus A321s, rather than extend its large 737 commitment to include the 737-900. The deal, worth more than SKr 4.5 billion ($524 million), includes 12 firm orders and 10 options, with deliveries beginning in the ...
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ANZ snaps up Ansett Australia
Paul Phelan/MELBOURNEAir New Zealand (ANZ) has taken over Ansett Australia after agreeing to buy the 50% of Ansett Holdings it did not already own from News Corporation for A$580 million ($365 million). The combined entity will be 85% the size of Australian flag carrier Qantas, with annual revenues of over ...
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Weapons tester accuses DoD
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is being accused of moving too rapidly in its plan to advise US President Bill Clinton on whether to deploy the $13 billion national missile defence (NMD) system by 2005. The Pentagon's top weapons tester says the schedule, which calls on US Secretary ...
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KTX-2 renamed
South Korea's Samsung KTX-2 supersonic advanced trainer/light combat aircraft, under development with Lockheed Martin, has been redesignated the T/A-50. The aircraft is to enter service with the Republic of Korea Air Force in late 2003. Source: Flight International
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Decoy contract
The USAF has placed a $108 million contract with Raytheon for an additional 5,345 ALE-50 towed decoys to equip Lockheed Martin F-16s and Rockwell B-1s. This is an add-on to a third production batch, delivery of which was accelerated following the Kosovo conflict. Source: Flight International
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US Navy takes first steps towards new UAV
The US Navy is preparing to take the first concrete steps towards defining the requirements for a new medium-altitude, Multi-Role Endurance (MRE) unmanned air vehicle (UAV) capable of being operated from warships. The USN plans by 7 April to award one or more study contracts to evaluate the risks associated ...
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Elta wins Korean maritime radar deal
Israel Aircraft Industry subsidiary Elta is to supply a multimode maritime surveillance radar to the South Korean National Maritime Police (KNMP). Elta's EL/M-2022 surveillance radar will be the principal sensor for a Bombardier Challenger 604 business jet being modified for the KNMP by German modification specialist Aerodata. The EL/ ...
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Indian fighter deal to face investigation
Indian defence minister George Fernandes has ordered a probe of defence deals over the past 15 years following a series of corruption allegations. A deal to supply the Indian army with howitzers has been at the centre of similar investigations for several years. The biggest Indian air force programme ...
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Bidders swoop on Pave Hawk RFI
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC A US Air Force request for information (RFI) to replace or upgrade its fleet of ageing Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopters has drawn a strong response from domestic and international suppliers. The RFI is part of a USAF analysis of alternatives for ...
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USN plans tests for new HARM seeker
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DCA new seeker for the Raytheon AGM-88 HARM anti-radiation missile that will allow engagement of non-emitting targets is to undergo US Navy captive carry tests later this year. The flight testing is part of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) technology demonstration programme, which is developing next-generation missile ...
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Air Foyle aims to assure An-124s for RAF
Stewart Penney/LONDON UK cargo airline Air Foyle is offering to place two Antonov An-124 freighters on the UK military aircraft register if it wins the Short Term Strategic Airlifter (STSA) contest to provide the Royal Air Force with large transports. The STSA was due to be considered by the ...