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Singapore tanker
The Republic of Singapore Air Force has taken delivery of the first of four Boeing KC-135 tankers at a handover ceremony at Boeing's Wichita Division Modification Facility in Kansas on 10 September. The aircraft, which are being upgraded with a new Pacer Crag digital avionics suite, will replace Lockheed Martin ...
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Turkish F-5s
Northrop Grumman has received a $1.8 million contract to supply replacement structural assemblies for Turkish air force F-5s. Source: Flight International
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F-16 upgrade
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $108 million contract to upgrade the first 64 of 700 F16C/D Block 40 and 50 fighters to a common avionics configuration. The update will include a new modular mission computer, colour displays, electronic horizontal situation indicator, common data entry electronics units, helmet mounted cueing ...
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Decoy top-up
Raytheon is to produce an additional 1,600 ALE-50 towed decoys for US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16s to replace units used in the Kosovo conflict. Decoys will also be supplied to the US Navy. The contract is worth over $41 million. Source: Flight International
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F-15 radar
Raytheon has won an $80 million Boeing contract to begin production of the upgraded APG-63(V)1 radar for US Air Force F-15C/Ds. The contract is for 22 of a planned 162 radars to be delivered between late next year and mid-2005. The upgrade is being offered to F-15 operators Israel, Japan ...
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Zimex sold
Swiss charter operator Lions Air has signed a letter of intent to acquire business aircraft maintenance company Zimex Aviation. Zurich-based Zimex, recently sold its share in Netjets Europe to programme owner Executive Jet. The company continues to provide light maintenance for Executive Jet's growing fleet of business jets. Source: Flight ...
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Airbus roll-out
Germany's Lufthansa Technik has rolled-out the first of two Airbus A319CJs for the Italian Air Force in its full livery. The Frankfurt-based maintenance and completion centre, which took delivery of the aircraft on 24 August, will outfit the cabin for January delivery. The second aircraft is due for delivery in ...
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Lockheed contract
Intelsat's commercial arm, New Skies Satellites, has ordered another satellite, the NSS 7, from Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems. The NSS 7 will provide Atlantic region cover. Five Intelsat satellites already provide NSS C-band and Ku-band coverage. The sixth spacecraft (K-TV) is due for launch next year to provide Ku-band ...
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Woomera boost
Spacelift Australia has reached agreement with STC Complex-MIHT, a Russian organisation commercialising the nation's space assets, to provide launches of boosters based on SS-25 ballistic missiles, from the Woomera rocket range in south Australia. Demonstration flights are expected by the end of 2000. Source: Flight International
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Yamal hope
Russia's Energia says the Yamal 101 communications satellite, launched on a Proton K on 6 September, has failed to respond to commands. Controllers believe, however, that they can send signals to make it respond. The craft, which is spinning at 0.1-0.2¼/s, is receiving enough power to charge its batteries, despite ...
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'Free' launch for Australia's FedSat
Australia's experimental FedSat micro-satellite will be launched free of charge by the Japanese National Space Development Agency (NASDA) in return for access to scientific data. The satellite will be carried as a piggyback payload aboard an H-IIA rocket launch planned for the last quarter of next year, with a ...
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Beal booster may fly late next year
Beal Aerospace, the privately funded company that is developing the Beal satellite launcher, could test fly a version of the booster from Cape Canaveral late next year or in early 2001. The all-liquid-fuelled three-stage BA-2 model will be as large as the Titan 4B, the USA's most powerful unmanned ...
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Fregat qualification
Starsem, the Arianespace/Aerospatiale/Russian Space Agency/Samara consortium which markets the Soyuz booster for commercial launchers, has completed qualification of the Fregat upper stage for the vehicle. Added to the Soyuz, the Fregat will improve the booster's low and medium earth orbit capability and enable it to complete planetary-type missions. The Soyuz-Fregat ...
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Joining the jet age
Turbofan power is giving the 328 regional airliner a new lease of life Andrew Doyle/OBERPFAFFENHOFENIt is an unconventional way of bringing a regional jet to the marketplace. Fairchild Aerospace has created a capable 30-seat aircraft by re-engining the Dornier 328 turboprop with turbofans. First deliveries of the 328JET were made ...
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Transatlantic first
An EH Industries EH101 civil utility helicopter completed its first transatlantic crossing from Aberdeen, Scotland, to Iqualuit, North West Canada on 1 September. The 18h flight covered 4,020km (2,170nm) at 150kt (280km/h) and involved a total of four refuelling stops. Source: Flight International
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Unmanned alternatives
II(AC) Sqn pilots see unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) as a viable alternative to the manned aircraft for certain missions, particularly suppression of enemy air defences, and because of the political pressure to avoid casualties. A flight commander says the difficulty with UCAVs "is the physical pushing of the button. ...
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Airports
South African president Thabo Mbeki opened a new passenger terminal at Johannesburg International Airport on 27 August. The R259 million ($43 million) development makes the airport the largest and busiest on the African continent. It handles 10 million passengers annually. The Kobe municipal government in Japan has reached agreement with ...
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Prague opening brings Central European ATC services closer
Julian Moxon/PARIS The eight-nation Central European Air Traffic Services (CEATS) system is to become reality with the establishment of a directorate in Czech capital Prague and first moves towards an experimental centre to be based in Budapest, Hungary. CEATS brings together Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, ...
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BA 747-400 wings in without winglet
British Airways recently operated one of its 747-400s (G-BNLR) for about a week without the winglet on its port wingtip. The winglet had been removed having suffered minor damage on the ground and has been replaced. BA says it is "perfectly acceptable according to the Boeing dispatch deviation manual" ...
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Traffic figures stall Indian Airlines plans
State-owned Indian Airlines has shelved plans to lease four new Airbus A320s for domestic routes, because of worse-than-expected traffic figures. The carrier began its search in April for International Aero Engines V2500-powered aircraft to dry lease for three years from October. But traffic growth up to next March looks ...