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Denel reveals updated Seeker
Denel has developed an updated version of its Seeker unmanned air vehicle (UAV) designed to provide greater range and endurance, as well as updating its payload. The first Seeker II is to fly early next year, with deliveries starting shortly after. The Seeker II has digital avionics and systems in ...
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Jaguar replacement pods undergo tests
UK reconnaissance equipment specialist W Vinten has completed first-phase testing of its Jaguar Replacement Reconnaissance Pod (JRRP). The JRRP is a fully electro-optical (EO) system that will update the Royal Air Force Sepecat Jaguar's wet-film reconnaissance pod. Sensor performance has been proved by 16 flights and full certification is ...
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Russian revolution
Ilyushin's Il-103 is reassuring and easy to fly - but will that be enough for success in the West? Peter Henley/MOSCOW Russian light aircraft designed for general aviation - excluding the aerobatic Yaks - are virtually unknown in the West. The territory traditionally claimed by Cessna, Piper and Grob has ...
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Canadian looks for oneworld lifeline
Members of the oneworld alliance are mulling over a temporary bailout for Canadian Airlines International. The struggling airline is looking for a cash injection of C$300-500 million ($200-$340 million) to put its financial house in order, and fight off Air Canada's takeover bid. The oneworld proposal was mooted at ...
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Congress to probe Comsat acquisition
A US congressional committee is to meet in late January to consider proposed limitations on Lockheed Martin's planned acquisition of satellite service provider Comsat. The committee will attempt to resolve conflicts between versions of Intelsat privatisation legislation passed by the US House of Representatives and the US Senate. Lockheed ...
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Mergers
SAirGroup ground-handling company Swissport International has acquired Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus' London Heathrow passenger and ramp handling business, offered for sale in April. The move follows Swissport's acquisition of DynAir of the USA and equity investment in Serlipsa of Peru and Miascor of the Philippines. Delta Air Lines and ...
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Bombardier/Embraer trade dispute flares up again
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Brian Homewood/RIO DE JANEIROThe long-running war between Bombardier and Embraer over subsidies has flared up again, with each accusing the other of failing to comply with World Trade Organisation (WTO) rulings, and again referring the matter back to the international body. The latest battle centres on counter-claims ...
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BA gambles
British Airways is on course to save more than £1.2 billion ($1.9 billion) from its three-year Business Efficiency Programme; enough, one might think, to guarantee respectable profitability even in the hardest of times. Yet analysts expect BA to barely break even this year, while the UK flag carrier last week ...
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No borders, please
In documenting a sorry year for European air traffic management (ATM) - so far - the independent Performance Review Commission (PRC) has nevertheless thrown the industry more than a few crumbs of comfort. There is considerable latent traffic capacity, it says, which is waiting to be released, and all that ...
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Bahrain aims for training academy
Stewart Penney/LONDON Bahrain is seeking British Aerospace's assistance to set up a national flying training academy based around the company's Hawk advanced trainer. The Gulf state conducts its training overseas, but wants its own capability to instruct pilots from ab initio through to lead-in fighter training for its Lockheed Martin ...
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RAF receives first C-130J Hercules
The first Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules has finally been delivered to the Royal Air Force, the launch customer. The aircraft was handed over at a ceremony at the main operating base in Lyneham, Wiltshire, on 23 November. The original delivery was intended for 1996. Lockheed Martin paid heavy penalty charges ...
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Merlin leads CSAR field
Stewart Penney/WILTON The EH Industries Merlin HC3 is emerging as a front runner to meet the UK armed forces' requirement for a combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter. AVM David Niven, commander of the recently formed Joint Helicopter Command (JHC) says: "In the medium term, we need to work hard ...
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Police aviation sold
Bombardier has sold UK helicopter operator and distributor, Police Aviation Services (PAS) to RDM, the Dutch industrial group which acquired Boeing's civil helicopter activities earlier this year. The sale, which comes less than two years after PAS' acquisition by the Canadian company, is set for completion on 3 December. The ...
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Airbus offers to pay 30% of A400M costs
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Airbus Industrie is prepared to provide up to 30% of the development funding for the proposed A400M military airlifter if the money is required to get the programme launched, according to industry sources. The consortium believes its investment in the $6 billion development programme could be recovered through ...
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Air 2000 stays with A320 family for short-haul revamp
Air 2000 is to stick with the A320 family, rather than switch to the Boeing 737-800, to renew its short-haul fleet. A deal for eight CFM56-powered aircraft (five A320s and three A321s) has been concluded, involving four orders and four leases. The airline operates four International Aero Engines V2500-powered ...
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JSF faces STOVL engine problems
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELESBoeing and Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept demonstration development teams are tackling emerging problems with the short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) propulsion systems. But both companies insist that the first flight target dates will still be met. Boeing's problems with the Pratt & Whitney JSF119-614 ...
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Airlines offered 737 winglets
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Boeing is proposing winglet-equipped 737-800s to Deutsche BA in a bid to win the Germany-based airline's fleet evaluation competition, due to be decided by the end of this month. The company refuses to specify either the content or identity of current campaigns, but admits: ...
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British Airways launches corporate rescue plan
Chris Jasper/LONDON British Airways has launched a corporate plan with the aim of tackling problem areas, including low yields at London Gatwick Airport, loss-making airline subsidiaries and domestic operation and poor aircraft usage. The plan is part of a bid to secure the massive profit improvements BA financial controller ...
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Matra BAe makes final Meteor push
Stewart Penney/LONDON Matra BAe Dynamics is organising a final push in its bid to win a deal to develop its Meteor missile to equip Royal Air Force Eurofighters ahead of a crucial UK Ministry of Defence Equipment Approvals Committee (EAC) meeting . The EAC meets on 6 December ...
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Lockheed Martin warns of JSF funding hitch
Lockheed Martin might need additional funding to continue evolving its Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) proposal in the event that the programme office delays release of the final operational requirements document (ORD) until next year, the company has warned. The final ORD is scheduled to be completed by mid-December and ...