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TrunkLiner future lies in the balance as China nears decision
The future of the troubled Boeing MD-90 TrunkLiner programme is hanging in the balance with the Chinese Government expected to decide the fate of the programme shortly. Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) is facing the prospect of its second major setback in recent months after the collapse of the ...
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Upgraded Canadian T-33s head for resale
Kelowna Flightcraft is hoping to offer surplus Canadian Forces Lockheed T-33s for upgrade and resale to third countries. The company is upgrading 23 of Canada's 45 CT-33s for use in electronic-warfare training, and wants to market surplus aircraft to existing T-33 operators planning to upgrade and replenish their fleets. ...
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US Air Force steps up testing of B-1B intermediate sweep
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Flight tests of an intermediate wing sweep angle for the Rockwell B-1B bomber are entering an intensive phase at Edwards AFB, California, as part of the US Air Force's plan to broaden the aircraft's capability. The tests are aimed at evaluating flying qualities with a ...
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US missile defence project faces rejig
The US General Accounting Office (GAO) and a US Department of Defense study group believe that the National Missile Defense project should be restructured to cut the high level of risk. Boeing is overseeing development and possible deployment of the interceptors and radars designed to defend the USA against ...
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Virgin Express aims for Ireland
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Brussels-based low-cost carrier Virgin Express will this month apply for a Republic of Ireland air operator's certificate (AOC). This will see the airline establish a new base in Ireland at a fraction of the cost of operating from Belgium. The airline says it has no intention ...
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WAH-64 purchase
Lockheed Martin is to produce 62 APR-48A radar frequency interferometers (RFIs) for GKN Westland WAH-64 Apache attack helicopters being purchased by the UK, under a $30 million multi-year subcontract from Northrop Grumman. Deliveries will begin in December and are expected to be completed in February 2003. Last January, Lockheed Martin ...
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Weather briefing
Weather Services International is planning to launch an Internet-based weather briefing system for pilots. The new international service will be announced at the Farnborough air show in September and will become operational shortly after. The product will enable pilots to access weather data via fixed and wireless telephone systems, thereby ...
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Wolf enters the fold
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH It seemed a fairly innocuous announcement: Fairchild Dornier had appointed ex-McDonnell Douglas executive John Wolf to the new position of chief operating officer, responsible for the company's aircraft, components and services businesses. Behind the scenes, however, the move triggered the departure of one of the foremost figures ...
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Double standards
Any remaining doubts that action on airline safety is needed in South Asia and Asia-Pacific have been dissolved by the accidents that occurred in the first six months of 1998. After the 2 February Cebu Pacific Air fatal accident, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) broke its characteristic neutral silence ...
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Endevco sensor
Endevco has introduced a new lightweight sensor for monitoring rotating components such as bearings. The Californian company, a subsidiary of the UK's Meggitt, says the output from its Isotron accelerometer, which costs $600, can be fed directly to recording equipment . Source: Flight International
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OriginalSim complies
OriginalSim has released OSim 4.0, which it claims to be the only commercially available automatic simulation development framework to comply with the US Department of Defense's High Level Architecture, which is designed to ease the use of commercial off-the-shelf computer hardware. Source: Flight International
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RAF sees Panorama
SEOS Displays has been awarded a £2.5 million ($4 million) contract by CAE Electronics to supply six Panorama visual display systems for medium support helicopter simulators at RAF Benson, UK - three Boeing Chinook Mk2s, two EH Industries Merlin Mk3s and one Eurocopter Puma. Source: Flight International
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Joint venture
Avidyne and Trimble have joined forces to market a flat-panel central flight information display for general aviation aircraft. Trimble will sell the display as part of its TrimLine avionics suite. Source: Flight International
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Bell 427 flies
Bell has flown the first production Model 427 light twin-turbine helicopter. Two prototypes have accumulated over 325h flight testing, and certification is expected by year-end. Bell has more than 70 orders for the 427. Source: Flight International
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L-3 grows in defence
L-3 Communications, the systems and instruments businesses spun off from Lockheed Martin, has signed a $230 million deal to acquire SPD Technologies, a supplier of electronics and electrical power products for the US Department of Defense and the US Federal Aviation Administration. Source: Flight International
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Fairchild Fasteners
In another twist to its restructuring, the Fairchild industrial grouping has announced plans to spin off its lucrative aircraft fasteners operation into a standalone business, with sales of around $270 million. The US company retains control of the Banner Aerospace parts distribution operation. The group had planned to spin off ...
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Kenya's African hub
Kenya Airways reports 21% growth in business on African routes last year as it continued to expand the hub concept at Nairobi, which is now connected to 19 destinations throughout the continent. Overall, the airline reports an 8.8% rise in sales for its 1997/8 financial year to KSh11.6 billion ($196 ...
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EC allows American/BA alliance in exchange for Heathrow slots
Carriers on both sides of the Atlantic are stressing that there is still all to play for despite the European Commission's long-awaited ruling on the British Airways and Lufthansa transatlantic alliances. Major US airlines are already gearing up to lobby the US Department of Transportation to increase access to ...
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Chile delivery
Chile has taken delivery of a Sikorsky S-70A Black Hawk utility transport helicopter. The air force's plans to replace its Bell UH-1 fleet call for the incremental purchase of additional aircraft, the pace of which is likely to be slowed by Chile's economic downturn. Source: Flight International
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JSOW production
Raytheon Systems has rolled out the first production AGM-154A Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW). The baseline AGM-154A carries 145 combined-effects bomblets, and test articles are deployed with the US Navy. Under development are the anti-armour AGM-154B, carrying six sensor-fuzed weapon submunitions, and the AGM-154C with a 225kg unitary warhead. Source: ...