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Quality regulations push back Eaglet certification schedule
Euro-ENAER has pushed back certification of its Eaglet single-engined utility aircraft until the first quarter of 2000 because of the unforeseen demands of new European quality assurance regulations for general aviation aircraft. The fully composite two-seat Eaglet, originally set for approval in March, may become the first aircraft to ...
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Sweden wins contract to develop Smart for ESA
The Swedish Space Corporation and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a €33 million ($32.9 million) contract to develop the Small Advanced Research and Technology 1 (Smart 1) science and technology demonstration spacecraft. Smart 1 will be launched to the moon in about 2003. The Smart series of small ...
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Ibis plans Ae270 sales offensive
Ibis Aerospace, the joint venture between Czech company Aero Vodochody and Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC), plans to launch a sales and marketing campaign for the single-turboprop Ae270 utility aircraft following its first flight in February. "We want to establish a certification and delivery timetable before we start ...
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Qantas discusses BA 767 lease
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Qantas is finalising a deal to take up to seven surplus Boeing 767-300ERs from its oneworld partner and shareholder British Airways, to help it boost capacity ahead of next year's Sydney Olympics. The airline is also moving to counter a successful initiative by competitor Air New Zealand ...
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Continental lowers sights on capacity growth plans
Continental Airlines is to rein in capacity growth next year, to 4.6% from the planned 6% through the early disposal of six of its 31 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 widebodies. Chairman and chief executive Gordon Bethune says the move, in line with industry trends, will help the airline and its Continental ...
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Contracts
Saab has won a SKr1.2 billion ($142 million) Swedish Defence Material Administration contract to produce defensive aids systems, including radar warning receivers and electronic countermeasures, for the JAS39 Gripen. Messier Dowty has been selected to provide the landing gear for the Korean Aerospace Industries KTX-2. Canada's Magellan Aerospace has ...
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Russia reaches co-operation deals at LIMA
Russian industry's strong presence at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA 99) was marked by industrial co-operation agreements and the expectation of aircraft orders. The Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant has partnered the Malaysian industry as expected (Flight International, 24-30 November), but the Malaysian partner is SME Aviation rather ...
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CALCM penetrator warhead selected
Boeing has chosen the Lockheed Martin Advanced Unitary Penetrator (AUP-3)warhead over the BAE Systems Broach warhead for the AGM-86C Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM). Industry sources say the decision was a "funding decision" with AUP-3 being cheaper than Broach. BAE will offer Broach for a number of other ...
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Row delays overhaul of Irish armed services
Disagreement between Ireland's Department of Finance and its armed forces minister is holding up completion of a White Paper on the future of the equipment-starved Irish Air Corps and the Irish Naval Service. The paper could result in the creation of an Irish coastguard service through the merger of the ...
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USAF settles with Northrop Grumman
The US Air Force has reached an $80 million out-of-court settlement with Northrop Grumman. The move comes after the company was forced to meet $100 million, higher than anticipated, costs to refurbish initial Boeing 707-300s for conversion to Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft. Under the original ...
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Joint simulation
Lockheed Martin and the UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency are developing a Joint Maritime Simulation Facility. It will be used to define future requirements for maritime airborne platforms and assess the potential of systems of today. The Farnborough, Hampshire-based centre builds on Lockheed Martin's work as prime contractor for ...
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Experimental pod eyes Timor
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA The Royal Australian Air Force has been using its prototype long-range sensor pod in General Dynamics RF-111s since mid-August to monitor Indonesian Defence Force (TNI) and pro-Indonesian militia activities in East and West Timor. The system was initially deployed to monitor the security situation in East ...
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Netherlands F-16 cuts cause furore
Stewart Penney/LONDONOpposition is building in the Netherlands Parliament over plans in the country's Defence White Paper 2000 to disband a Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) Lockheed Martin F-16 squadron and cut the number of fighter units to five. A parliamentary debate is set to take place in February. Although equipment ...
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Cost hike to bomber improvements
Technical problems have increased the estimated cost of software upgrades for USAir Force Rockwell B-1 bombers by $46 million. The cost hike is disclosed in the US Department of Defense's latest quarterly Selected Acquisition Report (SAR). Cost increases in the $2.16 billion B-1 Conventional Mission Upgrade Programme are blamed ...
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USN to restart target contest
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Navy is re-opening its $100 million Supersonic Sea-Skimming Target (SSST) competition. The contest was terminated earlier this year because of USN concerns that the bidders could not replicate the advanced anti-ship missiles now in development. The USN was originally due to select an ...
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Marketplace
Manx/British Regional Airlines is to boost its BAe 146 fleet to four aircraft with the acquisition of an ex-Ansett Australia 146-300. The aircraft will enter service next March in time for the summer schedules. Pegasus Aviation has acquired a Boeing MD-83, which is currently on lease to German charter operator, ...
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Canada wants to fly MD-11 in crash investigation
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) wants to conduct test flights with a Swissair Boeing MD-11 with its inflight entertainment system activated as part of the continuing probe into the 2 September, 1998, crash of the same craft, off Nova Scotia, the TSB confirms. Tests are intended to ...
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Virgin fires starting gun for Australian no-frills market
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Virgin Group owner Richard Branson unveiled plans in Sydney at the end of November for a low-cost Australian domestic airline in the style of Europe's Virgin Express. Branson says he hopes to have his new no-frills airline, provisionally titled Virgin Australia, fully operational well before the ...
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Workshop
Aeronavali has concluded two separate deals with Boeing on FedEx aircraft. The first covers passenger-to-freighter conversion of 11 Boeing MD-11s, while the second is the advanced common cockpit conversion of 34 McDonnell Douglas DC-10s (to MD-10 configuration). Both contracts will be managed by Boeing Airplane Services. Rolls-Royce is expanding its ...
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Asia Pacific's carriers rally
Andrzej Jeziorski/TOKYO Asia's airline industry has staged a convincing recovery from the downturn which shook the sector following the region's 1997 financial crash. The Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines (AAPA)reveals that most of its member carriers have exhibited 11 months of growth. Asia Pacific is enjoying a resurgence of traffic, ...