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Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing's Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) with its distinctive rotodome, whether mounted on a 707 or 767 based airframe, is likely to be the last of the large, expensive surveillance platforms. While the USA is looking towards space-based surveillance in the long term, ...
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Too much, too late
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US government's unexpected opposition to Lockheed Martin's planned $12 billion acquisition of Northrop Grumman led to the deal's demise, but the so-called "merger mania" evident since the end of the Cold War is now expected to produce a wave of consolidation among smaller, second-tier US ...
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Raytheon clocks up sales
Raytheon Aircraft says it has 20 orders for its Hawker Horizon "super midsize" business jet. The programme is on schedule and performance guarantees have been validated by windtunnel testing of the final configuration, the company says. The first composite fuselage is to be produced in October and risk sharing supplier ...
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Found finds first customers for new Bush Hawk
Found Aircraft Canada is assembling the first pre-production Bush Hawk light utility aircraft, with a maiden flight expected by early October. The aircraft will be used to certificate modifications to the original 1960s vintage Found FBA-2C design, which will be incorporated into new production aircraft. Found hopes to begin deliveries ...
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Jetcruzer sales accelerate as flight testing continues
Guy Norris/Los Angeles Advanced Aerodynamics & Structures (AASI) has taken orders worth more than $180 million for 150 Jetcruzer 500s, as a third aircraft is prepared to join the certification programme. The Long Beach, California-based start-up manufacturer reached the new sales mark after taking a further 23 orders ...
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Meridian on course for 2000 certification
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC New Piper Aircraft flew the single-turboprop Malibu Meridian for the first time on 21 August, 10 days ahead of schedule. The Vero Beach, Florida-based manufacturer says there were "no major problems" on the maiden flight of the turboprop derivative of its Malibu Mirage high-performance piston single. ...
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UniLink for Hawker
Universal Avionics Systems UniLink air-to-ground, two-way datalink has been certified for use on the Raytheon Aircraft Hawker 800XP. UniLink enables datalink communications between ground-based service providers and an aircraft which is equipped with a Universal Avionics UNS-1 flight management system. Source: Flight International
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Mexico business
Garrett Aviation has opened a parts and maintenance support site in Toluca, Mexico. This represents a strategic move for Arizona-based Garrett, which is keen to capitalise on its major presence in the south-western USA and to support to the growing business aviation community in the area. Source: Flight International
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Pirelli acquires controlling stake in charter company Eurofly
Pirelli has snapped up a majority share in Italy's largest executive air charter and management company, Eurofly. The tyre and cable manufacturer has increased its share from 10% to 65%, having acquired the remaining 20% share from the Valla family and the bulk of the stake held by computer giant ...
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UAV breaks record with transatlantic crossing
An uninhabited aerial vehicle (UAV) completed a 3,200km (2,000nm) transatlantic flight on 21 August using only 6 litres (2USgal) of fuel during the 26h crossing. The record flight was achieved by an Aerosonde "robotic" aircraft built by composite manufacturing specialist RnR Products of Milpitas, California. It was developed over ...
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777-X studies pass presidential scrutiny
Boeing's plans to launch the 777-200X/300X development, possibly with a tail-mounted auxiliary power and thrust unit (APTU), took a further step forward on 25 August when its product development team reported study plans to the company's Office of the President. No hurdles were raised as a result of the ...
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Airbus breaks into BA with huge A320 order
Max Kingsley-Jones/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie has landed one of the biggest deals in its history with British Airways' decision to place an order for up to 188 A320 family aircraft - the first time it has placed an order with the European consortium. The deal was only done after BA ...
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Boeing Delta III explodes on maiden flight
Tim Furniss/LONDON Boeing's first Delta III commercial booster exploded on its maiden flight about 70s after launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 26 August. The Hughes PanAmSat Galaxy X satellite was lost in the $277 million failure. Boeing said that the Delta III began to malfunction at T+55s ...
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Garuda embarks on major restructure
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Garuda Indonesia's newly appointed president has embarked on a comprehensive overhaul of the financially stricken carrier, involving new financing for a reduced fleet of aircraft, cutting routes, new code-share agreements, the axing of over 40% of the airline's staff and the sale of non-core businesses. "What ...
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Combat L-159 makes debut
Aero Vodochody's first single-seat L-159 advanced light combat aircraft was due to make its public debut at the Czech International Air Fest at the end of August. The aircraft, which flew for the first time on 18 August, is the first L-159 fitted with the full international avionics package supplied ...
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MiG MAPO reveals MiG-29UBT
MIG MAPO has rolled out the MiG-29UBT two-seat multirole combat aircraft at the LII research centre at Zhukovsky. The aircraft has the enlarged dorsal spine and advanced cockpit displays of the single-seat MiG-29SMT. The aft cockpit has three liquid crystal display screens, with the left and right screens apparently identical ...
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Myanma Airways hit by second fatal F27 crash this year
A missing Myanma Airways Fokker F27 Mk600, which is presumed to have gone down on 24 August among forested mountains in northern Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), had still not been found three days later as Flight International went to press. There were 29 passengers and four crew on ...
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Raptor arrives
The second Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor arrived on 26 August at Edwards AFB, California, where it will enter the flight test programme. The aircraft flew non-stop to the desert test site from Lockheed Martin Aeronautical System's Marietta plant in Georgia. Source: Flight International
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Restored French budget revives Rafale hopes
France's defence budget has been restored to the level called for in the 1997-2002 spending plan, raising hopes that the long-awaited multi-year procurement funding for Dassault Aviation's Rafale fighter will finally be released. The extra money - around Fr4 billion ($660 million) - has come from unspent equipment funds ...
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Lockheed Martin squeezes into air-to-air missiles
Lockheed Martin and Rafael are to develop jointly an improved version of the Israeli Python 4 air-to-air missile in a venture that could signal Lockheed Martin's entry into the air-to-air missile business as a US competitor to Raytheon . The two companies signed an agreement in May to form ...