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Prices rise as high altitude
Costs of the Lockheed Martin/Boeing DarkStar and the Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical Global Hawk unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), undergoing advanced concept technology demonstration (ACTD), are soaring to $13 million a copy - $3 million more than the price set several years ago, say US Air Force officials. The Tier II ...
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Russian fleet to get adapted Topol-M
The Russian navy is to order a new solid fuel strategic submarine-launched ballistic missile for its fleet, says commander in chief Adm Vladimir Kuroedov. The weapon will have 70% commonality with the land-based Topol M (RS-12M variant 2) missile. It will be jointly developed by Moskovsky Institut Teplotechnika and ...
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German Tornados to get Israeli
The German air force is to equip its Tornado fleet with 60 Tornado self-protection jammers (TSPJ) which are being supplied by the Elta division of Israel Aircraft Industries and Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa). Deliveries of the jammers to Germany are already under way. Elta has been awarded a $150 million ...
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Ageless and appealing
Peter Henley/PHOENIX Re-engineing the Dassault Falcon 20 with AlliedSignal TFE731-5BR-3C turbofans is an interesting and unusual project. It is not the first instance of an ageing, but sound, airframe being given a new lease of life with a later-generation engine - but it is unusual in that the resultant aircraft ...
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Regional jam ?
Paul Lewis and Graham Warwick/FARNBOROUGH The regional aircraft market has undergone a radical shake-up in recent years, during which time supply has been dramatically curtailed in the face of finite demand. The casualties have been numerous - Fokker, Jetstream and Saab to name a few. The market has shifted from ...
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Burgeoning business
Kate Sarsfield/FARNBOROUGH The major business aircraft manufacturers paraded their wares at the Farnborough air show in the hope of stimulating further interest in this burgeoning market sector. Galaxy Aerospace's $17 million, super mid-sized Galaxy business jet made its world debut, and the company announced pre-show orders valued at more ...
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Under surveillance
Graham Warwick and Howard Gethin/FARNBOROUGH NATO is watching the UK's Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR) competition with keen interest as it works to restart its stalled Air Ground Surveillance (AGS) programme. The winner of the £730 million ($1.2 billion) UK contract is likely to take pole position for any NATO procurement, ...
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Power struggle
Andrzej Jeziorski and Guy Norris/FARNBOROUGH International Aero Engines (IAE) may be celebrating its biggest ever V2500 order, the $2.5 billion deal to power up to 188 Airbus A320 family airliners for British Airways, but the partner companies seem intent on carving up the consortium rather than enjoying its belated ...
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Deep impact
Max Kingsley-Jones/FARNBOROUGH Airbus Industrie's recent, relentless pounding of Boeing continued through the Farnborough air show week, with the European consortium announcing some $12 billion worth of sales, taking orders past 3,000. The string of recent successes, combined with a new product launch, look set to ensure that Airbus will indeed ...
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Rejuvenating the old
Paul Seidenman/SAN FRANCISCO Despite strong sales of new business jets, many operators are holding on to what they have, spending millions of dollars to update interiors, cockpits and, in some cases, engines to 21st century standards of technology and reliability. Among the most sought-after interior upgrades is a state-of-the-art entertainment ...
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Peace and safety
David Learmount/LONDON Military flight safety is a complex subject and possibly more so in peacetime than in war. The US Air Force, for one, boasts that it recorded its safest ever year during the Gulf War. Developing practices which bring the highest levels of military flight safety all of the ...
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Enstroms head for China
Enstrom Helicopters has delivered two Model 480 turbines to Wuhan Helicopter General Aviation, based in Hubei Province in south-east China. The five-seat helicopters will be deployed for powerline patrol and executive transportation. The Menominee, Michigan-based manufacturer is planning to set up a manufacturing base in Wuhan and has been holding ...
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Galaxy clocks up flight tests
Galaxy Aerospace's new Galaxy "super mid-size" business jet is on target for combined US Federal Aviation Administration and Israeli Civil Aviation Authority certification by the end of December and first deliveries in the second quarter of 1999, says the company. Two Galaxy test aircraft (003 and 004), built by ...
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GAMTA seeks cash boost for UK industry
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON The UK General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMTA) has urged the UK Government to increase funding for UK general aviation aircraft and engine manufacturers, to improve the industry's international competitiveness. The association also charges the Civil Aviation Authority with putting UK manufacturers at a competitive disadvantage with ...
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Heli Fly includes all MDC civil helicopters in takeover talks
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Belgian helicopter distributor Heli Fly has widened negotiations with Boeing to include the acquisition of the entire former McDonnell Douglas civil helicopter line-up. Heli Fly, which was originally negotiating to acquire just the MD902 Explorer line while Boeing sold the rest of the product line to Bell ...
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Orbit expands
Orbit Flight Training, part of Thomson Training and Simulation, is installing an Airbus A300-600 Full Flight Simulator (FFS),convertible to an A310, to operate alongside its A320 FFS at its East Midlands Training Centre. Orbit is also offering A340 FFS training at its Gatwick Airport facility, which will move to Heathrow ...
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European Union carriers quietly plug JAT gap
European Union (EU) airlines are expected to take advantage of a new flight ban imposed on Yugoslavian carriers operating to EU destinations as part of the recent economic sanctions against Belgrade following its military actions against the civil population in Kosovo. Lufthansa has replaced 130-seat Boeing 737-300s normally used ...
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GATX and Flightlease form major leasing venture
GATX Capital, a leading US operating lessor, has linked with the SAirGroup leasing division Flightlease to create what is claimed to be the world's third-largest leasing company. The new company, GATX Flightlease Management, will be jointly owned and based at SAir's head office near Zurich Airport. Flightlease and GATX ...
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Last talks to save PAL
Efforts were being mounted by the Philippines Government, as Flight International went to press, to stave off the collapse of Philippines Airlines (PAL) after a warning from the carrier's owner that it will cease to operate on 24 September unless labour and debt problems are resolved. Source: Flight International
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MD-11 investigation will be 'painstaking'
Canadian safety board officials investigating the 2 September Swissair Boeing MD-11 accident off Halifax, Nova Scotia, are concerned that they may be unable to find crucial physical clues before winter sets in. Wreckage located so far is small, and the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) stopped ...