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Fairchild boosted by Envoy 7 sale
Geoff Thomas/DUBAI Fairchild Aerospace announced at the show yesterday that it has sold its first Envoy 7 business jet in the Middle East. The deal was signed on Friday in Dubai between Beirut-based Safadi investment group and Fairchild company Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH. This is the 29th Envoy 7 that ...
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First metal cut on Continental
Bombardier's new mid-size Continental business jet is progressing ahead of schedule with the cutting of the first metal. "This represents an important milestone for the Continental programme," says John Holding, Bombardier Aerospace's vice-president of engineering and product development. "We are now ahead of schedule and are successfully graduating into detail ...
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Eurocopter wins Kuwait business
Eurocopter comes to Dubai 2000 buoyed by a recent Middle East success. The company has finalised the sale of two EC135 light helicopters to Kuwait, for use with the government's Air Transport department and is looking for more sales in the region. Meanwhile, the Franco-German group has also won a ...
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CAE gains more contracts
Simulator specialist CAE Electronics (W818) is helping helicopter pilots fine tune their flying skills in an environment very close to the real thing. The Canadian company, which manufactures an array of full-flight simulators, training devices and visual systems both for the rotary and fixed wing market, has notched up a ...
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Updated livery is revealed by Emirates
Emirates Airline has a new look for the new millennium. It was inaugurated by General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, during the official opening of the show yesterday. The new logo and tailfin were unveiled on a Boeing 777-300, the latest addition to the Emirates fleet and the world's ...
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RN Lynx boosts Westland presence at Dubai 2000
Paul Derby/DUBAI Fresh from a deal to supply Malaysia with six Super Lynx helicopters, GKN Westland has a Royal Navy Lynx on display in Dubai as the company bids to increase its upgrade order book. The RN helicopter has flown into Dubai from Doha, Qatar where it departed HMS Exeter, ...
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BAe keeps UAE Hawk trainer sale hopes alive
Tim Ripley/DUBAI British Aerospace is still hoping to sell more Hawk trainers to the United Arab Emirates in spite of speculation that the Germans have swung a deal to provide the Gulf country with Dassault Alpha Jets. Jerry Wooding, BAe's managing director for Middle East and Latin America, says ...
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Rolls-Royce marches on US acquisition trail
Geoff Thomas/DUBAI Rolls-Royce announced at the show yesterday that it has bought National Airmotive of Oakland, California, a major servicing, repair and overhaul company, in a deal worth $73 million. The new acquisition will be known as Rolls-Royce Engine Services - Oakland. Speaking at Dubai 2000, Martin Wilson, Rolls-Royce's senior ...
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No sign of end to UAE F-16 order stalemate
Tim Ripley/DUBAI A $7 billion deal to supply the United Arab Emirates air force with 80 Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft and hi-tech missiles is still in the balance almost 18 months after being announced. Lockheed Martin spokesman Joe Stout confirms that the contract has not yet ...
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European neglect hits demand for military transport
Around 630 military transport aircraft valued at $38.1 billion are expected to be built throughout the world over the next nine years. The prediction was made at Dubai 2000 by Teal Group analysts in their latest military transport forecast. The new forecast notes that international demand for military aircraft continues ...
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RJX flight development programme on course
Two aircraft have been allocated from the Avro RJ assembly line as flight development vehicles for Avro RJX certification testing. The first of the aircraft, designated RJX-85, is due on the final assembly track next April and will receive the Integrated Powerplant system, including the new AlliedSignal AS977 ...
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Ikonos returns quality images from Space
Steve Nichols/DUBAI If you want a bird's eye view of Dubai, try visiting Space Imaging Middle East (E820). The company is showing some of the first high-resolution photographic images of the United Arab Emirates, taken by the recently-launched Ikonos satellite. Ikonos is the world's first commercial high-resolution imaging satellite, circling ...
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Business jets in battle for Middle East market
Mark Hannant, Alan Peaford/DUBAI The recovery in oil prices is bringing a sense of economic optimism back to the Middle East. And while defence contractors are talking business at Dubai 2000, the biggest batleground is in the world of the business jet. The business jet manufacturers want to turn optimism ...
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ST Aero bids for Middle East
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aero) has sent a top-level delegation to Dubai as part of its Middle East market expansion plans. The Singapore team, headed by ST Aero president Wu Siew Kim and Ho Yuen Sang, executive vice-president Military Business Group, will reveal future developments in its maintenance, modification ...
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Sikorsky Shares scheme
Middle East operators are asking Sikorsky whether it plans to expand its Sikorsky Shares helicopter fractional ownership programme to include the region. "We've been talking to them, but the bottom line is that the programme has to prove itself in the New York area before we can commit to international ...
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Helicopter makers SABR rattling for UK orders
Paul Derby/DUBAI The UK's newly-merged future support helicopter programmes have a fresh identity. Competing manufacturers are now bidding to meet the requirements of the Support Amphibious Battlefield Rotorcraft (SABR). The three main contenders, EH Industries, Sikorsky and Bell-Boeing all have a presence at Dubai 2000 and are pushing the EH ...
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Norway holds the key to Nordic helicopter alliance
Paul Derby/DUBAI Norway might commit itself to the Nordic Standard Helicopter Programme but delay a firm purchase to ensure that the four-nation collaboration stays on track, it emerged at the show. Analysts had speculated that the Norwegians planned to pull out of the joint agreement with Sweden, Denmark and Finland ...
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Deal imminent for UAE's F-16s?
The UAE air force's $7-billion order for 80 Lockheed Martin Block 60 F-16s could be signed imminently. Speaking after officially opening Dubai 2000, General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Defence Minister says: "We are still negotiating the deal. We are happy with their ...
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Savings claimed for cold gas ejection system
Significant savings are on offer to air forces if they adopt Flight Refuelling's new ejection system on their practice bomb racks. The Cold Gas Cartridge (CGC) is the central feature of the British company's new CBLS 2000 practice bomb carrier, which is being launched at Dubai 2000. ...
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Brimstone passes second test with flying colours
The second flight test of the Brimstone anti-armour weapon was successfully conducted at the Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona on 27 October. This followed an initial successful test in August. The primary objectives of the latest launch were to test missile flight control over speed and altitude conditions, demonstrate inertial ...