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USAF aims to reduce losses with risk management tool
Boeing is delivering a data and risk management tool to US Air Force Air Combat Command squadrons. The Squadron Assistance/Risk Assessment (SARA) software was developed originally in rapid response to a US Marine Corps call to help reduce its AV-8B losses. The PC-based system automates many of the ...
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Staged combustion offers emission cuts
BMW Rolls-Royce has completed initial tests of a staged combustion chamber for its BR700 turbofan as part of the German Government-backed Engine 3E (environment, economy and efficiency) technology programme. The Dahlewitz-based company says that six weeks of testing have shown that significant reductions in emissions of oxides of nitrogen ...
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The waiting game
Annabel Wells/LONDON For the organisers of aerospace events worldwide, and the manufacturers which exhibit at the shows, the biggest influencing factor of 1999 will be "recession" or "downturn". Some organisers have merged shows, which should strengthen the presence of exhibitors, which will not be forced to choose between ...
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Indian Airlines to order six ATR 42-500 turboprops
Indian Airlines is to order six ATR 42-500 turboprop airliners from the Franco-Italian ATR company. The deal also marks the start of a manufacturing cooperation between Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) and the European aerospace concern. "Indian Airlines has not conveyed its decision to us, but its board has approved the ...
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India unveils Astra but keeps wraps on LCA
India's Defence Research Development Organisation has unveiled the Astra long-range active radar guided missile. The research organisation claims the weapon could be test fired for the first time next year. The 3.8m (12.4ft)-long weapon weighs 148kg (325lb), including a 15kg prefragmented warhead triggered by a radio frequency proximity fuse. ...
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HAL and Airbus sign on A320 freighter
Hindustan Aeronautics and Airbus Industrie have signed a memorandum of understanding to study cargo versions of the A320 family. Initially, the study will explore the commercial and technical aspects of the project. Freighter, Quick Change and Convertible versions of the A319, 320 and 321 are under consideration. The aircraft ...
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Landing gear deal
Hindustan Aeronautics and Boeing have signed a contract under which the Indian company will manufacture the main landing gear uplock box for the 777 landing gear assembly. The deal, for 300 shipsets, will be worth $4.5 million, says Boeing. Source: Flight International
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HAL reveals mock-up of trainer
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) unveiled a mock-up of its HJT-36 intermediate trainer at the show. The aircraft is a tandem-seat, single-engined, swept wing design, aimed at replacing the HAL Kiran 2 which will need to be removed from service in 2005, says the Indian manufacturer. The design, which is at ...
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Indian air force offered MiG-29 upgrade package
MAPO is offering a MiG-29 upgrade to the Indian air force to bring its fleet of MiG-29A fighters up to the SMT multirole standard first shown at the Farnborough air show this year. At the same time, the Russian company has begun to make progress on its MiG-21 upgrade for ...
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HS-601 problems continue as battery failure hits Palapa C1
More problems have hit Hughes HS-601 satellites - another of the spacecraft is on the brink of losing its final workable battery and is about to be written off. The incident brings to seven the number of HS-601s that have malfunctioned this year. The latest problem satellite is the ...
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It's a breeze
The launch of a Russian Proton K booster with the new multiple-restart Breeze M upper stage has been delayed - to April 1999 - because of ground test difficulties. The Proton will launch a Raduga national communications satellite. Source: Flight International
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Garuda pushes to renegotiate 737 leases
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Garuda Indonesia is in talks with the US Export-Import Bank, Boeing and General Electric to renegotiate leases on six Boeing 737s. The airline says talks attended by airline president Abdul Gani and president commissioner Robby Djohan began on 11 December in Seattle, focusing on credit terms ...
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Asiasat backup
Hughes Space and Communications will build a backup Asiasat communications satellite for Asia Satellite telecommunications. The HS-601 spacecraft will back up the Asiasat 3S, a replacement for the Asiasat 3, which was lost in a Proton launch failure last year. The new craft, called the Asiasat 3SB, will be available ...
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Sounding off
Swedish Space launched a Maxus 3 sounding rocket from the Kiruna rocket range in Sweden on 24 November, carrying five science experiments, including one to test how a protein's structure is affected by microgravity. The joint German-Swedish Maxus reached an altitude of 714km - providing 12min of microgravity. The payload ...
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Extended inspection
AlliedSignal has won Federal Aviation Administration approval to extend the major periodic inspection interval for its TFE731-5Bs powering the Dassault Falcon 900B and Falcon 20-5 from 2100h to 2500h. Source: Flight International
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Heli contract
Helicopter Service has won a NOK250 million ($33 million) five-year contract from Saga Petroleum to provide support on the Norwegian continental shelf. The new contract will use one Sikorsky S-61N based at Floroe and two Eurocopter Super Pumas, based at Stavanger. Source: Flight International
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Prop contract
Hartzell has signed a six-year, $35 million contract with Raytheon, making it the sole supplier of propellers for the company's Bonanza, Baron and King Air range, as well as the 1900D and T-6A. The deal covers over 1,800 aircraft and expands Raytheon's use of Hartzell propellers. Source: Flight International
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Learjet record
A Bombardier Learjet 45 has set a new transcontinental speed record for its class by flying 2,021nm (1,100km) from San Diego, California, to Washington DC in 4h 18min. The twin engined AliiedSignal TFE 731-20-powered aircraft left San Diego carrying four passengers, two crew and 6,000lb of fuel. It has an ...
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Charter starter
UK corporate charter operator Euro Executive Jet has started up, flying a Cessna Citation 1SP. The Oxford Airport-based company plans to add a Bell JetRanger and a turboprop to its line-up during 1999. Source: Flight International