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Boeing cuts production as Far East orders dive
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing plans to make dramatic cuts to commercial aircraft production and numbers of workers in 1999 and 2000 as a result of the Asian economic crisis. "It's not a pretty picture," admits Boeing president Harry Stonecipher, who says the cuts are being made because "the ...
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Joint Strike Fighter engines under test
All four engine variants for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept demonstrators are under test at Pratt &Whitney. The F119 derivative, which will power Boeing's X-32B short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) JSF demonstrator, entered ground testing in late November, joining three other engines already being tested for the programme. ...
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US supersonic effort faces axe
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES The NASA-led US national High Speed Research (HSR) programme, aimed at developing a second-generation supersonic airliner, is threatened with closure following the team's decision to raise the noise targets beyond Stage 3, delaying development by as much as 10 years. The surprise move comes as ...
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Dasa Airbus looks for staff as order grows
DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) Airbus is to recruit 850 staff during the next 12 months to help it keep pace with the Airbus consortium's growing orderbook. In return for the extra jobs, the company has secured major union concessions that should allow it to react more quickly to production rate ...
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Swissair reveals Express brand
Swissair is introducing an Express brand to coincide with the launch on 5 November of wet-lease services by Debonair of the UK on behalf of the Swiss flag carrier and Italian independent airline Air One. Debonair will operate one of its British Aerospace 146-200s, painted in Swissair Express colours, ...
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Lockheed Martin in UCAV shift
Lockheed Martin says it will continue to work on unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) with the US Air Force and Navy despite withdrawing from the US Defence Advanced Research Project Agency's (DARPA) technology demonstration programme. The move leaves Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Systems competing for a $110 million ...
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Business Express sale
US carrier American Eagle is to purchase Business Express Airlines. The carrier operates 43 Saab 340s from major bases at Boston Logan and New York LaGuardia. The value of the deal has not been disclosed. American Eagle will initially operate Business Express as a separate company and gradually combine operations. ...
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Developing crisis
It is a nightmare scenario for any company. Immense production problems are overcome at huge expense, just in time for the market to collapse. For Boeing, the timing could hardly be worse. As quickly as the company's production recovery takes effect, the deepening impact of the Asian economic crisis starts ...
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FAA reassures over data use as it launches quality programme
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC With the launch of a long-awaited airline flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) programme, the US Federal Aviation Administration has guaranteed that data obtained from aircraft flight data recorders (FDRs) will not be used against carriers or pilots. So far the programme has been limited to ...
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Aer Lingus will sign up strategic partner 'by the first half 2000'
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Aer Lingus should be ready to decide on its strategic partner by the end of the first quarter of 1999, enabling a firm agreement to be finalised during 2000. The airline's executive vice-president for Europe, Richard Luchente, says that the carrier is discussing a strategic partner ...
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Evans looks to lead in Turkish forces bid
Evans &Sutherland (E&S) plans to lead a bid to build and operate a privately financed helicopter training centre for the Turkish armed forces. A request for quotations is expected by year-end, says vice-president for business development David Janke. The centre would house simulators for the Eurocopter Cougar, Sikorsky Black ...
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US Air Force accelerates plans for networked simulators
The US Air Force is pushing ahead with plans to acquire networked aircraft simulators under innovative "fee forservice" contracts. Air Combat Command commander Gen Richard Hawley says the Distributed Mission Training (DMT) initiative is key to plans to reorganise the USAF into 10 "expeditionary aerospace forces [EAFs]". The EAF ...
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CAE and Sogitec visuals alliance throws out a challenge to E&S
CAE Electronics has formed an alliance with Sogitec Industries to market and develop visual systems, to compete more effectively against industry leader Evans & Sutherland (E&S). The agreement unites CAE's MaxVue mid-range visual system and Sogitec's high-performance Apogee-3, which will be marketed to military customers as the MaxVue Medallion. ...
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European ATV gets go-ahead
Aerospatiale has been awarded a $470 million contract from the European Space Agency to proceed with the development of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) for the International Space Station (ISS). Leading subcontractors are Alenia Spazio, Matra Marconi Space and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace. The 10m-long, 4.57m- wide ATV will also include Russian ...
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France joins NASA Mars mission
Tim Furniss/LONDON Julian Moxon/PARIS France is to become a partner in the NASA programme to mount a mission to Mars to bring the first samples of planetary material back to earth. The surprise French involvement was announced on 30 November by education, research and technology minister Claude Allègre. ...
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Russia wants more Shuttle-Mir missions
Russia has asked NASA for at least one further Shuttle-Mir mission to take place during the assembly of the International Space Station (ISS), as it continues its quest to keep the Mir space station in orbit for another two years, says NASA Watch. Russia wants to use the Shuttle ...
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Joint study
Inmarsat and Thuraya, the Abu Dhabi-based communications company, have signed a memorandum of understanding to discuss the development of "potential co-operation" in mobile satellite services in the Middle East. The launch of the regional Thuraya satellite system has been scheduled for 2000. Source: Flight International
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Air France plans US link to pave the way toward a global alliance
Julian Moxon/PARIS Air France expects to join a global airline alliance based on an agreement with one of its two US partners, "before the end of 1999", according to the airline's president Jean Cyril Spinetta. The signing of the co-operation pact between KLM and Alitalia on 27 November ...
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Mars microphone
The NASA Mars Polar Lander, due for launch on 3 January, will carry a microphone to return the first "sounds" of a planet back to Earth, thanks to efforts by the US Planetary Society. Source: Flight International