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US DoT delays ruling on Northwest routes
The US Department of Transportation (DoT) is delaying its investigation into whether the "virtual merger" of Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines constitutes a transfer of international routes to Northwest. The DoT gave the airlines a one-year exemption from a new law requiring DoT approval of foreign route transfers. It ...
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Olympic Airways beats path to alliance link
The search for a strategic partner for struggling Olympic Airways has become the central feature of a new restructuring plan now being implemented by the Greek national carrier. The government, aware that Olympic has been brushed aside in the airline industry's global consolidation programme, has propelled its search for ...
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Pylon crack
Boeing has amended its inspection procedures for Boeing 747 engine pylons after the discovery of serious fatigue cracking in a Cathay Pacific 747 pylon. The crack, in the number one engine pylon, was discovered during a post-flight inspection in December 1996. According to an incident report released by the Hong ...
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Qantas studies 747 classic fleet expansion
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Qantas is evaluating Boeing 747 classic fleets being offered for sale with a view to boosting its own fleet of 747s by up to six aircraft at the end of next year. The airline is working on a business study which proposes the increase in 747 ...
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R-R aims to secure Trent fuel savings with 3-D compressor
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Rolls-Royce is to introduce new compressor blade technology in two members of the Trent engine family, which it hopes will yield a significant reduction in fuel consumption. The blades - designed using three-dimensional aerodynamic (3-D aero) analysis software - will initially be used on the Trent ...
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Crane files lawsuit against BFGoodrich and Coltec in merger bid
BFGoodrich's agreement to acquire Coltec Industries has come under attack from US engineering concern Crane, which has filed a lawsuit against both companies in a bid to force Coltec to consider its merger offer. Stamford, Connecticut-based Crane says the lawsuit is intended to remove anti-takeover provisions in the Coltec/BFGoodrich ...
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Thomson-CSF consolidates divisions into one group
Thomson-CSF has consolidated its electronic warfare, airport detection and missiles electronics arms into a single group, Thomson-CSF Detexis. The merger results from the incorporation of Dassault Electronique into Thomson-CSF in June as part of the creation of a defence electronics group bringing in Alcatel and Aerospatiale's space division. Dassault ...
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Japan suspends Fuji deals after bribery
Japan's Defence Agency is to suspend all transactions with Fuji Heavy Industries for the next 12 months from April to penalise it for its role in a bribery scandal. Several aerospace programmes could be affected, most notably the T-3 trainer replacement programme. The government says only essential work will ...
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Blind alley
It would be difficult to describe the prospects for future supersonic civil transports as anything other than bleak, and getting bleaker, even as the enabling technology is advancing. Notwithstanding the promise of a supersonic corporate jet getting off the ground, there seems little realistic likelihood of even premium airline passengers ...
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ACTIVE takes step to propulsion control
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC A NASA-led research team has taken what it calls the "first step" towards achieving full control of an aircraft using propulsion alone for all phases of flight and not just emergency situations. The landmark was achieved during Phase III of the F-15 ACTIVE (Advanced Control ...
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Embraer demands share of fighter programme
Embraer is reiterating its demand for a share of the Brazilian air force's next generation fighter programme, ahead of an anticipated contender shortlist and release of a request for proposals (RFP) in 1999. The Brazilian Government has not yet stipulated the level of required local industrial participation, but this ...
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Greek air force gives the wink to Ericsson's Erieye system
Howard Gethin/LONDON The Greek Government has selected the Ericsson Erieye system for the Greek air force's airborne warning and control system requirement in a deal worth more than $500 million for four systems integrated with the Embraer EMB-145. The sale is the first export success for the industrial ...
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Clean-up under way on F/A-18E/F wingdrop solution
A "transonic clean-up" is under way on the Boeing F/A-18E/F to reduce the performance penalties associated with the solution devised for the earlier wing drop problem. The porous wing fold fairing which eliminated the manoeuvre wing drop has increased drag, which has reduced range and acceleration marginally. While the ...
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Italy and Spain will share AMRAAM costs
Italy and Spain have agreed to pay all the costs of integrating the AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missile on the Boeing AV-8BHarrier II Plus. Boeing has been awarded an $85.5 million contract, funded 50:50 by Italy and Spain, to perform the work. The Europeans had expressed concern that the US ...
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JSF engines tested in STOVL modes
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Pratt &Whitney has exercised all short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) modes of the propulsion systems under test for the Boeing and Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept demonstrators. All four JSF119 engine variants were on test by late November. Programme manager Bob Cea says the ...
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Marconi's Phoenix has landed - six years late
The British Army has accepted the Marconi Avionics-developed Phoenix unmanned air vehicle into service - six years later than scheduled. The company has also embarked on a study of potential upgrades to the system. Deliveries of 50 air vehicles and eight ground stations to two Royal Artillery regiments ...
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Longbow loader
A Boeing-developed ammunition loading system for the AH-64D Longbow Apache's M30 Chain Gun automatic cannon has entered service with the US Army's 1-227th Attack Battalion. The "Sideloader" 30mm loading system enables soldiers to load 11-round strips of bulk ammunition directly into the gun. Using the system, one crew member will ...
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Buzzing along
Allan Winn/LONDON According to the laws of mathematics and physics, bees cannot fly. Millions of bees every day prove, of course, that either this theory or the laws of physics are wrong: according to apiarist Rex Boys, it is the theory which fails the test. The physics are sound: it ...
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Turning peanuts into gold
Ramon Lopez/MONTREAL Bombardier Services hopes that participation in the second phase of the US Navy's (USN) vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle (UAV) demonstration will highlight the CL-327 Guardian's capabilities in satisfying the US military's VTOL Tactical UAV (VTUAV)requirement. The Canadian aerospace firm also seeks a ...
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Working together
Julian Moxon/PARIS It is often said that the commercial success of Airbus Industrie has been largely due to the marketing edge gained through the use of advanced technologies. Fly-by-wire flight controls, composite materials and computerised manufacturing techniques have already contributed to the consortium's success and will soon be followed ...