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Shuttle threat
The US Clinton Administration is willing to cancel planned non-International Space Station (ISS) shuttle flights to absorb cost overruns on the ISS, according to the White House Office of Management and Budget. Only one non-ISS Shuttle flight, to deploy the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility, is scheduled for 1999, when a ...
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Sea Launch security scrutinised
Tim Furniss/LONDON Boeing managers are working to tighten security on sensitive technology going into the international Sea Launch vehicle. The move came after the US State Department suspended licences allowing Boeing to work with its Russian and Ukrainian partners on the multinational commercial satellite launcher project. The suspension took ...
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SpaceDev accused over NEAP claims
SpaceDev has been criticised by US financial watchdog the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for making unrealistic predictions about the worth of its proposed, privately funded Near Earth Asteroid Prospector (NEAP) mission. The SEC also claims that NASA has approved use of its Deep Space Network to support the ...
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Saywell expands
RF Saywell, the UK spares supplier, has acquired the Fokker F27 spares inventory of KLM uk, which shed its last F27 in April, and the British Aerospace 748 inventories of UK companies FlightSpares and Aerocontracts. Peter Saywell, owner and managing director, says the company's airline-related spares business is now larger ...
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SIM bid
Lockheed Martin has proposed linking with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to design and implement the Space Interferometry Mission (SIM), a major observatory in the space agency's Origins programme. SIM will measure the positions of stars using two sets of telescopes arrayed along a 10m boom, creating a resolution equivalent to ...
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X Plane progress
The first wing assembly for NASA's Orbital Sciences-built X-34 spaceplane technology demonstrator has been completed in a major milestone towards the first air-launched flights next year. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, meanwhile, has invited proposals for Future X vehicles as part of the continued series of demonstrators to validate technologies ...
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Senate boost
The US Senate has approved a bill giving the US Government regulatory authority over private reusable launch vehicles and could also result in NASA and the Government buying more domestic space transportation services. Source: Flight International
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India delays
India reports that the first launch of the Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle is unlikely before late next year, while the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle flight carrying the Insat P4 remote sensing satellite will be pushed into the first quarter of 1999. Source: Flight International
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Orbcomm launch
Orbital Sciences has launched eight more proprietary Orbcomm mobile data communications satellites aboard a Pegasus XL booster air launched from the company's Lockheed L-1011 at 17.24 GMT on 2 Augustover the Atlantic Ocean. Source: Flight International
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Cessna training
Cessna has begun shipping its computer-based instruction course for a private pilot's licence to Cessna Pilot Center flying schools. The course, developed jointly with King Schools, includes "virtual" flight lesson previews using digital full-motion video. Source: Flight International
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Cirrus testing
Cirrus Design has completed certification flight testing of the airframe parachute system for the SR20 light aircraft. Deployment was demonstrated at stall and manoeuvring speeds and one turn into a spin. Descent rate at maximum gross weight and 8,000ft (2,400m) altitude was 27ft/s (8.2m/s), equivalent to 24ft/s at sea level. ...
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Heico drops PTM deal
Heico reports that it has completed its $43 million acquisition of the McClain engine parts business, but has walked away from its $15 million cash deal to buy privately owned PTM, saying that all talks have ended. Last month Heico announced that it was unable to gain control of French ...
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Parc to float
PARC group, the Irish aviation recruitment consultancy, is to seek a listing on the London and Dublin stock exchanges to raise cash for its expansion. PARC, separated from Aer Lingus in a management buy-out three years ago, has grown rapidly, including a series of acquisitions. Annual sales are now running ...
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IAI plan in place
Israeli defence minister Yitzhak Mordechai has approved a new 10-year plan for Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), which charges the state-owned group to expand its international partnerships. The plan also emphasises continued development of the satellite and launcher business, as well as the need to cultivate civil markets to make up ...
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Algeria Buys Kh-35
The Algerian navy looks set to buy Zvezda-Strela Kh-35 anti-ship missiles, according to Russian sources. The active radar-guided, turbojet-powered Kh-35 has a range of over 130km (80 miles) and has been acquired by India and Vietnam in unspecified numbers. Source: Flight International
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WCMD cleared
The US Air Force has approved low-rate initial production of the Lockheed Martin Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD). Lockheed Martin could provide the USAF with 40,000 WCMD kits worth about $500 million. The USAF plans to buy about 300 kits in the first production lot. The inertial guidance kit, which ...
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USA warns Bolivia
Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (LAB), owned by Brazil's VASP, has dismissed a US Government warning about its safety. The US State Department says numerous incidents have raised concerns about LAB, particularly its Boeing 727 domestic operations. The US Embassy has issued a warning to US citizens. LAB says that it complies ...
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Perm agreement
Perm Motors has resumed servicing the PS-90A engines which power Aeroflot's Ilyushin Il-96-300s after the Russian carrier paid around $4 million for previously provided services. Perm had halted its support on 24 June, claiming Aeroflot owed it about $8 million, but has now reversed its decision. Source: Flight International
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Piller takes over
Wolfgang Piller has taken over as chairman of the Eurocopter Deutschland supervisory board, succeeding Dietrich Russell, who took up the post of director general of Airbus Industrie on 1 April. Piller is a member of the Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa)board of directors, responsible for external relations, and also holds the presidency ...
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ANA considers World revival to reduce operating costs
Andrew Mollett/TOKYO In an effort to reduce operating costs in the face of severe financial difficulties, All Nippon Airlines (ANA) is considering shifting part of its international route network on to its defunct subsidiary World Air Network (WAC). The plan involves resuscitating WAC, which was suspended in August ...