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NASA awards cockpit contract
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC NASA has awarded Avidyne and AvroTec a contract to develop a low-cost glass cockpit for general aviation aircraft. Team members Lancair and Raytheon will handle aircraft certification issues, and both AlliedSignal and Rockwell Collins will help with symbology development. The "highway in the sky" contract ...
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Embraer pondering ERJ-135 business aircraft variant
Embraer is again looking at offering a business jet version of the new ERJ-135 regional aircraft and has already opened talks with the Brazilian air force to supply a VIP-configured model. The manufacturer says it would be a relatively straightforward adaptation of the new 37-seat jet to the role of ...
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LoPresti captures SwiftFury rights
LoPresti Speed Merchants has obtained the production rights and tooling for the two-seat SwiftFury sports aircraft, developed nearly 10 years ago by the former Piper Aircraft. LoPresti, which designs and manufacturers a host of after-market kits for improving the aerodynamics of factory airplanes, launched the SwiftFury with Piper in ...
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News in Brief
Jet Aviation first Jet Aviation of Basle Switzerland, has begun work on the first Boeing Business Jet to be outfitted in Europe. It will have an 18-passenger interior, nine auxiliary fuel tanks and a Flight Dynamics head-up display. Delivery is due in the third quarter. Service centre ...
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Airborne Conference PictureTel and the German Aerospace Centre have completed live airborne videoconferencing trials in Italy. They are expected to have a significant impact on the future of multimedia in aviation. According to Slough, UK-based PictureTel, "-the event was set up to prove the feasibility of future multi-media communications ...
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PDG Helicopters plans for expansion
PDG Helicopters plans to expand its international on-shore operations following a £1.6 million ($2.6 million) investment from the Scottish Clydesdale Bank. The Inverness, Scotland-based company specialises in utility pipeline patrol, forestry, aerial photography and fish farming - for which it also recently set-up "the first foreign base" in Chile, ...
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JEA talks jets
Jersey European Airways is in final negotiations with Bombardier Aerospace over a $250 million purchase of around 15 Canadair Regional Jets and Dash 8s. The aircraft will replace five Fokker F27s and provide for growth. The move was revealed during an announcement by Bombardier subsidiary Shorts of an expansion of ...
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Launch timing of A3XX hit by market turn
Airbus Industrie has confirmed a delay in its launch timing for the 480- 660-seat A3XX programme, saying "- the market is not ready for it yet". Airbus' A3XX timetable had called for a "substantial programme decision" to be taken early in 1999, to enable it to launch the project's industrialisation ...
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Bombardier increases production
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON Bombardier Aerospace, buoyed by a record $1.3 billion sale of Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) 200LRs to Northwest Airlines, is increasing production of the 50-seat aircraft to eight a month. The US carrier, based in Minneapolis, has announced a firm order for 54 CRJ-200LRs and has taken options on ...
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Singapore Link 16 move angers USA
Singapore has rejected a US offer of the Link 16 tactical datalink in favour of a cheaper Israeli alternative. The decision has angered officials in Washington and could threaten to undermine future interoperability with US military forces. The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is understood to have decided ...
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Privatisation of Aerospatiale given the go-ahead
Julian Moxon/PARIS The French Government has cleared the way for the privatisation of Aerospatiale after agreeing terms for the merger of the manufacturing giant with the Lagardère group's defence unit, Matra Hautes Technologies. In return for putting Matra into the new grouping, Lagardère will receive a 33% holding ...
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Airbus consortium faces new delay to formation of SCE
Chris Jasper/LONDON The transformation of Europe's four-nation Airbus consortium into a single corporate entity (SCE) could be delayed until mid-2000 or beyond, senior sources at British Aerospace (BAe) have revealed. BAe chairman Sir Richard Evans openly admits the shift to SCE status is unlikely this year, while other ...
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Demand for civil helicopters 'robust'
Two engine manufacturers are forecasting continued robust demand for civil helicopters despite concerns over some operating sectors. AlliedSignal Aerospace is projecting deliveries of 2,350 new turbine-powered helicopters over five years from 1999 to 2003, while Rolls-Royce (formerly Allison) has produced a broadly similar forecast for 5,410 civil deliveries over ...
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PIA: Turning It around
Paul Lewis/KARACHI PIA's decision to enlist the help of the US-owned Sabre Group was a brave move in Pakistan's politically fickle environment. The airline contends that its decision, endorsed at the highest political level, is central to turning the national carrier around and one which it is convinced will pay ...
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Teams firm in attack helicopter contest
The six bidders in the Australian AIR 87 attack helicopter are firming up their industrial partnerships as the Australian Army prepares to draw up a shortlist of contenders. According to Hervé Moray, leader of the Franco-German Eurocopter's Tiger helicopter proposal, a shortlist is expected at the end of March. This ...
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Brazil's Embraer opens up Melbourne office
Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer has opened an office in Melbourne, Victoria, to cover operations in Asia and Australasia. The company says that the office is to become Embraer's fourth major international representation after Brazil, the USA and France. It is intended to give service and support to the company's ...
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Flightwest delivery
Flightwest Airlines has taken delivery of the first Fokker 100 on the Australian register. The aircraft was bought from Chase Manhattan Bank and refurbished by KLM. A second aircraft is due to be delivered in late March. The two aircraft will be used to launch non-stop services from Brisbane to ...
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Eagle to boost US production
Australian composite light aircraft builder Eagle Aircraft plans to treble its production over the next 12 months, following FAA type certification of its aerodynamically-upgraded Eagle 150 sports trainer in the FAR 21.17(b) Special Class Very Light Aircraft (VLA) Category. Under a new Australia-USA bilateral agreement, the bulk of the ...
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Eurocopter gets a grip on Australasia
Eurocopter International Pacific (EIP), has announced the approval in Australia and New Zealand of its AS350B3, EC120 and EC135 helicopters. The first AS350B3 was delivered to New Zealand in October last year, and a further four are scheduled for handover in 1999. Deliveries to the region of the EC120 ...
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Australia looking to participate in UK's FOAS research scheme
Australia is exploring participation in the UK Future Offensive Air System (FOAS) research programme, according to UK industry officials. UK industry representatives involved in FOAS have been meeting delegates from the Australian Government-run research agency Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), to discuss possibilities for co-operation on the programme. ...