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US Army orders immediate Cobra inspections
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC All US Army Bell AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters must be inspected immediately for problems that could cause the engine's N2 spur gear to fracture and fail. The safety-of-flight message stops short of grounding the 474 gunships, 34 in the active army and 440 in the ...
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Successful first live-fire test for DIRCM
Northrop Grumman says its AAQ-24(V) Directed Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) system successfully defeated a variety of ground-to-air missiles during its first live-fire test. The US defence contractor, GEC-Marconi and British Aerospace Systems Equipment are developing the DIRCM for the UK Ministry of Defence and the US Special Operations Command to ...
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JSF requirements 'still within acceptable limits'
The US Defense Department's Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme office is playing down concerns that the differing operational requirements of the three US services and the UK's Royal Navy are threatening to increase the cost of the programme. Most of the worries surround potential changes to the outer mould ...
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Kelowna/Embraer discuss Tucano cockpit upgrade
Canada's Kelowna Flightcraft is in teaming discussions with Embraer on a cockpit upgrade for the Brazilian manufacturer's Tucano turboprop trainer. Flightcraft believes that Latin American interest in a cockpit upgrade that the Kelowna, British Columbia-based company is developing for Bolivia's Lockheed T-33 jet trainers has prompted the approach by ...
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NH90 purchase plans revised
Julian Moxon/Paris Partner nations in the NH90 military helicopter programme are revising their procurement strategy in a bid to tackle budget constraints on the project. Instead of two primary configurations of the NH90 - a tactical utility helicopter and a maritime version - NH Industries is now being asked to ...
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Additional AMRAAMs
Raytheon Systems will produce 813 AIM-120B and AIM-120C Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) for the US Air Force and foreign customers under contracts worth $243 million. The award includes a $168 million firm fixed price contract for the 12th AMRAAM production lot of 554 missiles for the USAF, US Navy, ...
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Rafael and the Israeli air force complete 'Python 5' definition
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Rafael, the Israeli defence ministry's armaments development house, has completed the definition of a follow-on to its Python 4 dogfight air-to-air missile (AAM). The programme, unofficially dubbed Python 5, is intended to provide the Israeli air force with an AAM with full imaging infrared (IIR) capability, ...
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Joining the jet set
An early look at Fairchild Dornier's 328JET suggests a successful change to jet power Peter Henley/Oberpfaffenhofen Fairchild Dornier's 328JET, a derivative of the company's twin turboprop 328, is aimed at the regional and corporate markets and will be offered as a 34-seat commuter aircraft or as a business jet ...
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HUDs for hubs
Tony Booth/Basle Switzerland's Crossair has completed the installation of head-up displays (HUDs) in its Saab 2000s, thus providing the schedule reliability required for its EuroCross strategy to turn Basle Airport into a major European regional hub. With careful arrival and departure co-ordination, Crossair now guarantees more than 500 ...
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Open for business
The success of Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok, due to open on 6 July, will depend on keeping costs down Paul Lewis/HONG KONG Hong Kong's new international airport makes its operational debut on 6 July - the culmination of a remarkable eight-year undertaking. The $20 billion infrastructure investment was initiated ...
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Defining JSF
Requirements and designs are firming up as the US-led Joint Strike Fighter programme takes a major step forward Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC With ground tests of the engines for the rival concept demonstrator aircraft now under way, the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has taken a major step towards becoming a reality. ...
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Built for the future
Recession has not curbed enthusiasm for Kuala Lumpur's new airport Nicholas Ionides/Kuala Lumpur The backers of Malaysia's new gateway airport at Sepang, south of Kuala Lumpur, boast that the massive facility has been built for the future. Boarding bridges have been designed to handle large new-generation aircraft such ...
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Changing course
Russia's Myasishchev has turned to general aviation in a bid to save its future Paul Duffy/MOSCOW A general aviation aircraft named after a piece of porcelain carries the future hopes of Russian design bureau Myasishchev, more noted for the two large bombers it produced in the 1950s and 1960s ...
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A common cause
Arianespace's chairman says that the company must forge partnerships to maintain its market share Tim Furniss/PARIS Arianespace of France and Antrix, the commercial wing of India's Department of Space, signed an agreement on 11 June to pursue a plan to market jointly the Indian Space Research Organisation's Polar ...
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Bombardier battles to retain funding for CL-415
Bombardier is fighting to keep funding for two CL-415 waterbombers in California's state budget. The Canadian company believes there is strong support for the move to bolster wildfire-prone California's firefighting capability, "-but we are not assured of success", says Amphibious Aircraft division president Tom Appleton. Los Angeles County already ...
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FAA issues an AD to slow down Bonanza
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) that restricts the speed of early model V-tail Raytheon Beech Bonanza general aviation aircraft because of the possibility of in-flight tail surface vibrations. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) says that the AD, which restricts flight ...
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Air Livery rolls out BAe 146 for Formula One customer
A British Aerospace BAe 146-100, acquired by Formula One motor racing entrepreneur Bernie Ecclestone in February, has been painted in corporate colours by Southend, UK-based Air Livery. The aircraft will be used as a 60-seat corporate shuttle to transport Formula One personnel between the European Grand Prix circuits, and will ...
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US certification for Gavilan 358
El Gavilan has delivered its first Gavilan 358 utility aircraft to launch customer TSS of Guatemala. The Bogota, Colombia-based manufacturer, which received US Federal Aviation Administration certification for its Gavilan 358 in May, has so far received 16 orders for the $322,000 single piston-engined aircraft, including 12 from the Colombian ...
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Second part ownership project is planned for the Middle East
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON A new fractional ownership programme aimed at the Middle East is scheduled to be launched by the end of this year. A second scheme for Southern Africa is also planned. Corporate Jet Gulf (CoreJet), a consortium involving private investors, is set to launch its JetPartners programme ...
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Eagle development programme faces delay threat
Dave Higdon/Wichita Mooney may be forced to delay development of its Eagle light single if the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) insists that the aircraft is certificated to FAR 23 standards. FAA officials are questioning why the Kerville, Texas-based company is not planning to certificate the Eagle, Mooney's ...