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V-22's gun system comes under review
Bell-Boeing is rethinking the requirement for a nose-mounted turreted gun system for the V-22 Osprey military tiltrotor, should funding be restored for installation of the weapon. The gun issue is part of a V-22 study addressing the integration of a radar, forward looking infrared device, refuelling probe and gun-feed/ammunition ...
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Pratt & Whitney starts to test engine for Lockheed Martin JSF demonstrator
Pratt & Whitney has begun testing the JSF119-611 turbofan STOVL propulsion system for the Lockheed Martin X-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) demonstrator at the company's West Palm Beach facility. The engine, designated FX662, made its first run on November 10 with the lift fan engaged and operated to 100%. ...
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Business entertaining
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON As the global economies stimulate increased demand for air transportation, the business aviation industry is becoming hot property and the knock-on effect is being felt by all. Riding on this wave of prosperity is the in-flight cabin systems market in which original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), completions ...
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Air Forces of the World
Compiled by Stewart Penney As the end of the decade approaches, many of the world's air forces face the joint challenges of carrying out greater operational commitments, but with slimmed-down defence budgets. Although they are normally performed to keep the peace, such commitments are still costly in terms of ...
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School changes course
Gert Kromhout/ISTRES Based at Istres airbase in the south of France, the French Flight Test School EPNER (Ecole des Personnel Navigant d'Essais et de Recéption) is one of the few such governmental flight test schools in the world. Today, the school, one of France's best known aeronautical institutions, is ...
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BBJ customer deliveries start
Boeing has delivered the first two customer ultra long range Boeing Business Jets (BBJs), on schedule. BBJ joint venture partner General Electric has taken delivery of the first aircraft, while the second was claimed by an unnamed customer. The first BBJ to roll off the assembly line is being used ...
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Hartzell completes NASA tests
Hartzell Propeller has completed preliminary performance and acoustic testing of its NASA sponsored AGATE/GAP propeller concept. According to Piqua, Ohio-based Hartzell, the initial testing series on a Piper Saratoga testbed simulating the GAP engine, demonstrated a flyover noise reduction of up 6dBA without a loss in performance. Source: Flight ...
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Fractional ownership project aimed at European market
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON A fractional ownership venture aimed at the European market is scheduled to start in January, operating two Cessna CitationJets. The announcement follows hot on the heels of Bombardier's recent decision to expand its US-based FlexJet fractional programme to the Continent "by year end." Executive Jet, ...
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IAOPA appeal
The International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilots Association (IAOPA) is pushing for the Loran-C ground-based navigation aid to be used for augmentation and back-up of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). In October, IAOPA's World Assembly supported development of a second-generation GNSS, to follow the current global positioning system and ...
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Piper Training
New Piper Aircraft has finalised an agreement with Belgium's Sabena Airlines for the purchase of 10 new aircraft to be used for ab initio training. The aircraft - five Archer IIIs, three Saratoga II HPs and two Seneca Vs - will replace Sabena's US training fleet based in Scottsdale, Arizona. ...
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Schweizer confirms bidding for Boeing civil helicopters
Schweizer Aircraft has confirmed its interest in Boeing's MD500 and MD600 helicopter lines and says it has submitted an offer. The Elmira, New York-based manufacturer is competing with at least two other companies, including rivals Enstrom, and Belgian Boeing helicopter distributor Heli Fly, which has bid for the entire ...
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Alitalia and KLM sign unity
Julian Moxon/AMSTERDAM KLM and Alitalia signed a far reaching "master cooperation agreement" on 27 November, which, although it stops short of equity exchange, commits the two airlines to "uniting as deeply as possible". Alitalia managing director Domenico Cempella warns, however, that the airline, which is still majority government-owned ...
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Pilatus Aircraft seeks new owner in restructure move
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Switzerland's Pilatus Aircraft is being sold by parent company Oerlikon-Burhle Holding as part of the company's wider restructuring plans. "We would like to concentrate on our core high technology business and our intention is to separate Pilatus [and its luxury goods and real estate businesses] from ...
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French rethink could ease BAe/Dasa merger
Julian Moxon/PARIS France appears to be softening its position against a merger between British Aerospace and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) ahead of a three-way alliance which includes the Aerospatiale/Matra/Dassault group. Finance minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn has admitted to a parliamentary committee that an early BAe/Dasa merger, followed by inclusion of ...
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Lockheed Martin team agrees on JSF work
Carol Reed/FORT WORTH The Lockheed Martin-led Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) team has reached initial agreement with its partners over workshare should its design be selected as the baseline for the next generation of aircraft for the US Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy and potential international partners. Frank Cappuccio, ...
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Agusta takes Dutch NH90 assembly share
Agusta is to produce all 20 naval NH Industries NH90 helicopters for the Netherlands, following a Dutch decision not to proceed with local production. The deal is part of larger success for the Italian company, which now shares 32% of the production for the utility helicopter. The NH90 will ...
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PAL/Northwest talks cast doubt on Cathay bail-out
Andrzej Jeziorski/MANILA Philippine Airlines (PAL) has thrown into question Cathay Pacific's attempts to acquire a controlling stake in the debt-ridden carrier, by restarting talks with Northwest Airlines. Northwest has previously shown interest in PAL, as has Singapore Airlines, but talks with all other interested parties had been suspended ...
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Seven sign up as Awards sponsors
Seven of the world's leading aerospace companies have now signed up as sponsors for The 1999 Aerospace Industry Awards, organised by Flight International. Bombardier, CFM International, Lockheed Martin, Lucas Aerospace, Rockwell Collins, Sextant Avionique and Smiths Industries have committed to supporting the event, scheduled to culminate in a gala dinner ...
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NASA slows down high-speed project
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES NASA's planned development date for a High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT) has slipped by as much as 10 years, to 2020, following an admission from the agency's High Speed Research (HSR) programme team members that the noise target is unreachable with current technology. "Noise is ...
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Canada aims to create more European aerospace partnerships
Canadian aerospace companies are seeking partnerships with Europe, particularly among small and medium-sized enterprises, "-to smooth out our dependence on the USA", according to Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC) president Peter Smith. He believes that Canada's exchange rate, work skills and lower production costs offer good prospects for ...