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WAAS is threatened as sole-means GPS falters
US airlines have tacitly accepted that global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) as a sole-means aid is not going to be approved, according to the US Air Transport Association (ATA). The trade body has appealed to the US Congress not to reduce funding for the global positioning system Wide Area ...
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Avro update
British Aerospace Regional Aircraft (BARA) is in the final stages of formulating its mid-life update programme for the Avro RJ family, with the new re-engined airliner expected to enter service in early 2001. Senior company vice-president Jeff Marsh says board approval is expected by the end of the year. ...
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BAe/Dasa talks rankle France
Merger talks between Europe's leading aerospace and defence companies were thrown off course during the show as France stepped up its protest against a widely expected military merger between British Aerospace and Germany's Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa). Foreshadowing a ministerial meeting at the show involving the Airbus partner nations, France, ...
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Agusta and Bell team on new programmes
Agusta and Bell Helicopter Textron are putting together a wide ranging strategic joint venture covering the two companies' involvement in the Bell 609 civil tiltrotor and a new medium twin-turbine transport helicopter called the Agusta 139. The joint venture, which still requires approval by parent companies Textron and Finmeccanica, ...
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Dassault rejects merger until 'conditions are right'
Julian Moxon/PARIS Serge Dassault has rejected any merger of the Dassault group with the new Aerospatiale/ Matra Hautes Technologies company "-until the conditions are right and when it is in our interests to do so". Any merger will only be undertaken on the basis of "clear industrial and commercial ...
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Air India privatisation process starts with equity plan
The Indian Government has started the process of privatising Air India with the announcement of a scheme which could see its holding reduced to around 40% as foreign airlines, institutional investors and staff are offered a share of the ailing national carrier. The government's Disinvestment Commission has recommended a ...
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Lockheed Martin aims for a more civil future with space expansion
Carol Reed/FARNBOROUGH US fighter to missiles and electronics group Lockheed Martin is reinventing itself, in the wake of the failed acquisition of Northrop Grumman, into a fully fledged information technology and commercial space launcher and services business. According to group chairman Vance Coffman, the business mix is set ...
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Matra merger with Aerospatiale spurs European missile plans
France's Aerospatiale and Matra Hautes Technologies are accelerating merger plans and negotiating with other European companies to join the missiles and space groupings resulting from the July agreement between the two companies. Yves Michot, the Aerospatiale president and his Matra counterpart Philippe Camus, have made clear that attracting other ...
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Thai privatisation
The Thai cabinet has approved a wide-ranging master plan identifying 59 key state-owned enterprises for privatisation, including Thai Airways International and the Airport Authority of Thailand. The Government had earlier announced its intention to sell 21% of the flag carrier, reducing its stake to 72%. International carriers have expressed an ...
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Saab winds down turboprop production as talks continue
Max Kingsley-Jones/FARNBOROUGH Saab Aircraft has completed a round of reorganisation as it winds down its turboprop production and expects to decide by the end of the year whether to sell the line to another manufacturer. The Swedish company announced late last year that it was to withdraw from ...
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UK Government boosts space funds
The UK's new space minister, Lord Sainsbury, has announced a $17 million boost for navigation and earth observation programmes, including a 25% UK stake in work towards the development of a proposed European global satellite navigation system. Initial investment amounts to £5 million ($8 million), while a total of ...
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NASA orders Black Brants for Wallops
Canada's Bristol Aerospace has been awarded a $4.4 million contract from NASA for 20 Black Brant sub-orbital rockets, including the Black Brant XII, the largest in the fleet. NASA will use the boosters for science missions launched from Wallops Island, Virginia, for the space agency's Goddard Space Flight Centre. ...
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Classic seeks financing
Classic Airways, the London Stansted-based charter carrier which began operating in October 1997, has applied for administrative receivership while it seeks a fresh financing deal. Its two aircraft, Lockheed L-1011 TriStars leased from Equis of the USA, have been grounded at Stansted since 20 August after British World Airlines ...
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Pilot Planning
Airlines are the first to tell the world how fast they are changing to meet the demands of a progressively deregulated, competitive marketplace. One area, however, in which they are being left behind is in the provision of high quality pilots for the future - indeed, even for today. Flight ...
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US Air Force starts tests in bid to verify fighter safety device
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Flight testing of an automatic ground collision avoidance system (AGCAS) is under way using a Lockheed Martin Block 50 F-16D fighter assigned to the US Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB, California. The AGCAS involves three main components. The first is an updated ...
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Leninets develops anti-ship seeker
Russian seeker manufacturer Leninets Radar MMS has developed a new dedicated anti-ship missile radar seeker, designated the ARGS-K. The seeker is a coherent double RF-band multi-channel unit, suitable for weapons in the supersonic Kh-31 and subsonic Kh-35 class, aimed mainly for export. The 70kg (155lb) seeker has a detection ...
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Dasa steps up search for AT2000 partners
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) is stepping up efforts to enlist partners and customers for the AT2000 Mako advanced trainer/light combat aircraft (LCA) as it gets closer to deciding on full-scale development. At the same time, the company is looking at the potential for an unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) derivative. ...
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Canada aims to keep Hornets and Orions sharp with updates
Canada has launched studies into phased upgrades of its Boeing F-18 Hornet and Lockheed CP-140s. The work is aimed at keeping them operationally effective while staying within the country's limited defence budget. "It's important that these aircraft maintain their operational relevance, and their credibility with our allies," says Lt ...
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Australia pins faith in Popeye as it revises stand-off plans
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA Australia's Department of Defence has restructured its Air 5398 stand-off weapons project, with further stocks of AGM-142 Popeye missiles to be purchased to provide a capability against semi-hardened targets, while a new generation modular missile will be acquired to support strikes at distances of at least ...
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Greek Litening pod deal nears fruition
The Greek air force is to equip its McDonnell Douglas F-4s with the Rafael Litening targeting and navigation pod in a $35 million contract expected to be signed soon. The deal includes options that may bring the total value to the Israeli company to around $50 million. Last month ...