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Gloves off in fight for UK radar contract
Tim Ripley The gloves came off in the $1.1 billion UK ASTOR contest yesterday, with Britain's Racal accusing its American rivals - Raytheon and Northrop Grumman - of trying to maintain a monopoly in the global ground radar surveillance market. "Others wish this radar [on the ASTOR airborne ...
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Expanded Raytheon makes presence felt
Steve Nichols This year's Farnborough show is the first for Raytheon since its acquisition of the defence arm of Texas Instruments and the merger with Hughes. As a major employer in the UK, it is making its presence felt. With a product range that includes missile systems, business ...
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Sextant, Lockheed pact opens new doors
Sextant Avionique and Lockheed Martin have announced an agreement that could give the French company a foothold in the important US military avionics and flight systems market. Sextant is one of only three major international companies capable of delivering complete avionics solutions, and already supplies systems for the C-160, ...
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Astra SPX impresses in debut at Farnborough
Karen Walker Pilots nickname it the Porsche of the business jet world. The Galaxy Aerospace Astra SPX, which is making its debut appearance at Farnborough, has a maximum speed of Mach 0.875 and typical cruise of M0.82, making it the fastest in its category. More than 20 SPX ...
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Face the facts with Tig Krekel
AlliedSignal has completed its acquisition of a controlling interest in UK-based Normalair-Garrett from GKN. Tig Krekel, president and chief executive officer of AlliedSignal's Aerospace Equipment Systems (AES), explains to Karen Walker why he welcomes this even closer relationship with a UK company that has been associated with AlliedSignal for more ...
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Osprey basks in the glow of attention
Paul Derby As Bell Boeing's V-22 Osprey tiltrotor gears up for the battle to meet the UK's Future Amphibious Support Helicopter (FASH) requirement, US military "big guns" were out in force yesterday to give the V-22 their undivided support. A briefing given by Brig Gen Ed Langston of ...
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Nightmare scenario puts crash crews to the test
Mark Hannant A mid-air collision of two aircraft during a flying display was the nightmare scenario that faced the site Emergency Services Control unit two days before the show opened. All relevant emergency services were scrambled as the scale of the disaster became clear. Operational control of the ...
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Courses grapple with worsening image of avionics
Steve Nichols Aviation industry sources say there is a shortage of qualified and licensed avionics engineers and it appears to be getting worse. Appearing at Farnborough are three organisations hoping to change that, but they admit it is an uphill struggle. Allan Keevil of the Association of ...
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Shrinking defence spending is 'new challenge' to industry
Tim Ripley Squeezing that extra pound, dollar or franc of profit from static or declining defence businesses is the new challenge for the aerospace industry, say senior Lockheed Martin executives at Farnborough. With new aircraft projects thin on the ground and the pool of potential merger partners getting ...
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Quiet cabin retrofit for Saab 340s
Sally Shore Ultra Electronics has announced its UltraQuiet cabin will be available as a retrofit to Saab 340A and B regional turboprop. The retrofit would reduce overall cabin noise by 8dB(A) and propeller tone noise by over 20dB(A), bringing cabin noise to a level similar to that experienced ...
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Full speed ahead for Airbus on A3XX project
Mike Martin The economic crises from Asia to Russia will not affect Airbus Industrie's (AI) plans for the A3XX superjumbo aircraft, the company said at the show. "This is a long-term project," says AI chief executive Noel Forgeard. "This will be a product with a lifetime of 30 ...
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Air safety data shared over Internet
Flying should be plain sailing for flight safety officers making use of AVSiS, a new air safety information package being showcased at Farnborough. Created by computer software designers AvSoft, it enables officers to log safety events and share that information to "trusted" colleagues over the Internet. "AVSiS allows ...
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Mongolia takes Raytheon Autotrac system
Steve Nichols Raytheon has announced that its Autotrac 2100 system has passed site acceptance tests for the Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia. The system provides communications, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) services. The total contract, worth $12 million, is for a satellite-based, en-route, air traffic control system ...
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Brass band hits just the right note at Farnborough
Sally Shore Military sounds have been wafting over the site as visitors enjoy the first appearance of a brass band to the Farnborough show. Plenty of oompahs have kept spectators entertained while they admire the aerial antics during the flying display. "We've had lots of people tell ...
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Bellows takes the heat out of stress
Andrew Douse If you're feeling stressed after a day-long foot slog through the halls, make your weary way to Stand H18 in Hall 4. There you'll find a fascinating new product designed to relieve muscle stress, aches, pains and injuries. The product and the company is called ...
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Small firms to find strength in numbers
Andrew Douse A trio of consortia are teaming up to send out a single message to the smaller British companies here at Farnborough. The 'minnows' are being urged to join forces so that they can survive in an aerospace industry that is consolidating at a rapid pace in ...
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Dowty actuators help quiet 727-200s
Dowty Aerospace has been selected to supply Raisebeck Commercial Air Group with new leading edge slat actuators for the Boeing 727-200 to reduce aircraft noise. The announcement follows the decision by American Airlines to purchase the Raisebeck Stage 3 Increased Gross Weight System to make 52 of its 78 ...
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SA Express picks SAS Flight Academy
South African Express Airways has signed a two-year deal with SAS Flight Academy for the dry-lease of a full flight simulator for the Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8. SAS Flight Academy assistant sales manger Berit Boijort says the deal with the South African regional is "open volume," meaning that ...
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Chilean air force takes first Black Hawk delivery
Paul Derby Sikorsky reports that the Chilean air force has taken delivery of its first S-70A Black Hawk helicopter, paving the way for a larger programme to replace its fleet of Bell UH-1 Hueys with Black Hawks. Chile has plans to acquire an unspecified number of new S-70A-39 ...