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FMS upgrade
Boeing has selected the Smiths Industries Advanced Flight Management System (FMS) for the US Navy E-6 Mercury avionics upgrade. The E-6 cockpit modernisation will be performed under an $11 million contract. Delivery will begin in July 2000. Each FMS system will include two Flight Management Computers and two AMLCD multi-purpose ...
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Tower of strength for flying display
Alex Gallemore If you ask the air traffic controllers, the Farnborough airshow is actually a three week event. Tony Cowell, manager of air traffic services, says: "The week prior to the event is hectic. We have to accommodate the new arrivals, and individual displays are evaluated by the ...
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Green light for Emerald Isle carrier's alliance bid
State-owned Irish flag-carrier Aer Lingus will take around six months to find an investor and strategic alliance partner after getting the go-ahead for partial privatisation, the Irish Government has predicted. Dublin has given Aer Lingus the green light to press on with efforts to enter a global alliance and ...
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Raytheon to convert 777 for VIP use
A Boeing 777 will be converted for executive VIP use by Raytheon Systems as part of a $130 million contract. This is the first such modification of the 777. The award also includes work on design, engineering and installation of the interiors of 11 Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) and ...
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Face the facts with Laurent Beaudoin
Bombardier's big surprise of the show was its unveiling of plans to develop a 90-seat regional jet. Graham Warwick talks to chairman Laurent Beaudoin about that decision. Q Why are you studying a 90-seater and not a 30-seater? A We looked at the market for a 30- to 40-seater ...
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Marshall named
Bombardier Aerospace has appointed Marshall Aerospace of Cambridge to be its first independently managed authorised service facility in Europe for the Global Express ultra long-range business jet. Marshall has been in the aviation business since 1929, employs a staff of 1,700 and has more than 1.2 million ft2 of ...
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Certified success
Certified Aircraft Parts of Florida has had a major success at the show having signed a deal with Engineered Fabrics making it worldwide distributor of parts for the F-15, F-16 and F-18. The contract is significant for Certified Aircraft Parts as it broadens its business base built over the ...
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Alenia Marconi joint venture awaits final okay
Mike Martin Europe's newest electronics company should get the final go-ahead at the end of the year or early 1999. Alenia Marconi Systems is now waiting for the results of independent valuation of the Italian assets which will form half of the new venture. The company, a ...
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Design review planned in prop development
Once Farnborough's out of the way, American company Hamilton Standard will be conducting a critical design review of its NP2000 propeller development programme with representatives from the US Navy, Northrop Grumman and Allison. The US Navy has selected the NP2000 for its E-2C Hawkeye and C-2A Greyhound aircraft. The ...
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Delta to offer one premium class on long-haul flights
Delta Air Lines plans to replace its existing intercontinental first- and business-class service with "new, premium two-class service" in the spring of 1999. The new in-flight cabin service product will replace the two premium classes that Delta offers today on long-haul services with one. The marketing effort will include ...
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No sign of economic woes at milestone Farnborough show
Mike Martin What a grand ball it was, but was it taking place on the Titanic? Farnborough '98 smashed every record out of sight, just as the 1996 event had done. That year saw $12 billion dollars worth of business nailed: This year the figure beat $20 billion. ...
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Orders top $23bn
A staggering $23.4 billion worth of orders makes Farnborough '98 the greatest air show in history. It just about doubled the 1996 figure - itself a record. David Marshall, director-general of organisers SBAC said yesterday: "It was an extremely successful show and the orders announced break anybody's records. Everyone ...
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Star Alliance selects Unisys for IT project
The Star Alliance airline group has moved ahead in its first joint information technology project, choosing Unisys to develop a pilot implementation for a new integrated communications network called Starnet. With Starnet, the Star Alliance carriers expect to be able to provide seamless travel, code-sharing and global recognition of ...
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Whale of a day for Boeing giant
Boeing has hit the headlines around the world and for something other than its battle with Airbus for supremacy in the skies. The US Air Force has used a Boeing C-17 Globemaster to transport a most unusual cargo - Keiko, the 10,000lb (4,500kg) Orca star of the box office ...
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GPS suppliers set to tackle security
Steve Nichols How secure is satellite navigation? The US Global Positioning System (GPS) has 24 satellites - 21 active and three spare - orbiting the earth in just under 12 hours. A basic GPS receiver usually needs to "see" at least four to plot position and altitude ...
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Gripping stuff from Mason
Pilots have been gripped by the design and development services offered by Mason Electric. The company not only produces helicopter control grips, but will upgrade old steering equipment for military and commercial customers too. Sales manager Michael Nystrom is based at San Fernando, California, and regularly joins pilots during ...
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Heat stress found in crashed MD-11 cockpit
Investigators probing the loss of Swissair Flight 111 have found evidence of what they are calling "heat stress" on small pieces of cockpit wreckage recovered from the sea. Lead investigator Vic Gorden revealed the finding at a press conference but declined to go into further detail. The phenomenon is ...
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Interactive space site
The UK Industrial Space Committee has launched UKSPACE, an interactive guide of the nation's space industry at the BNSC stand in Hall 1. The guide is a one-stop information service for the industry which employs 6,500 people and generates about $1.3 billion annual turnover. The site promotes the industry to ...
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NASA buys Black Brants
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 missions launched for the space agency's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Virginia. Source: Flight Daily ...
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First for Europe nav systems
Ferranti Technologies claims its strap-down inertial grade FTS-10 accelerometer is the first to become available from non-US sources. It meets the requirements of aeronautical and terrestrial strap-down navigational systems and the company hopes it will help defence manufacturers meet increasing demands for European sourcing of system components. Source: ...