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MMS delivers X-ray telescope control system
Matra Marconi Space (MMS) of Bristol has delivered the $47 million Attitude and Orbit Control System (AOCS) for Europe's largest spacecraft, the X-ray Multi Mirror (XMM) telescope, to prime contractor Daimler-Benz Aerospace Space Systems. The AOCS is the "heart of the mission" of the European Space Agency's (ESA) XMM, ...
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Facing the future
Fifty years into their lives, the Israeli air force and the country's defence aerospace industry are confronted by a rapidly changing strategic environment and industrial challenges as the global defence market restructures. In the first five decades of their existence both have proved adept at meeting these. As Israel begins ...
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Solar telescope
China and Germany are co-operating on the development of a 2,000kg solar space telescope to be launched in 2003. China says that it will provide 80% of the projected $60 million funding. Source: Flight International
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Ikonos date
The Lockheed Martin-led Space Imaging Eosat company says that the first launch of its proprietary 1m-resolution commercial remote-sensing satellite, the Ikonos 1, on a Lockheed Martin Athena 2 booster from Vandenberg AFB, California, will be delayed from this month to later in the year. The delay follows a decision to ...
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Change of weather
Five US Air Force Defense Meteorological Support Programme polar orbiting weather satellites are now being operated by the civilian National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as part of an agreement that the NOAA will provide weather data to civilian and military users. Source: Flight International
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On the horizon
The Inmarsat Council has approved steps to establish interim funding to allow for the start of the Horizons project in advance of Inmarsat's transition into a private company. Horizons will involve a constellation of four geostationary-orbiting satellites to offer broadband, high speed, mobile multimedia services. Source: Flight International
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Galaxy certification
Galaxy Aerospace has gained US Federal Aviation Administration approval for a service bulletin outlining the steps required to certify the Astra SPX business jet for reduced vertical separation minima operations. The aircraft will require modifications to the air data computers and, possibly, the static system. Source: Flight International
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Gold investment
Gold Air has acquired a Raytheon Hawker 125-700 and two Cessna Citation II business jets as part of a £20 million investment in its London Biggin Hill Airport base. The company also plans to set up operations at other UK airports. Source: Flight International
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Airport conversion
Suffolk Business Airport plans to convert RAF Bentwaters, on the east coast of England, into a civilian airport - two years after the base was closed down. The UK-based holding company acquired the site, now renamed Anglia International Airpark, from the UK Ministry of Defence in 1997. Source: Flight ...
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TV installation
KC Aviation has installed Airshow TV's live television system on the Bombardier Challenger 601 business jet. Airshow TV, which receives the DirectTV service in flight via direct broadcast satellite, is in service on three business aircraft, including two Gulfstream IIIs, and has four systems on order. Source: Flight International
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CHC to float overhaul
Canada's CHCHelicopter plans to float all its repair and overhaul operations, to be separated into a separate division as Vector Aerospace. The helicopter operator expects to raise C$192.5 million ($132 million) from the public offering. It will initially retain a 20% stake, but plans for this to be sold if ...
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Air canada sells
Air Canada has completed the sale of the Galileo Canada travel business to computer reservation system provider Galileo International. Source: Flight International
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Heico buys again
Within days of announcing a major merger with French ground support equipment (GSE)company Teleflex-Lionel-Dupont (TLD), Heico has revealed two new cash deals to buy engine parts makers. It will pay $41 million for McClain International, which serves the general aviation market, and $15 million for PTM International, which serves airlines. ...
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Howmet in Japan
US castings group Howmet is to increase its stake in the Japanese joint venture it has with Komatsu, taking its share to a controlling 81%. The joint venture, which was set up in 1972, had sales last year of ´5.3 billion ($38 million) making aerospace and industrial gas turbines for ...
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Reid leaves
Lufthansa president Frederick Reid has resigned to join Delta Air Lines as executive vice-president and chief marketing officer. Reid, who cited family reasons for returning to the USA, was appointed to head Lufthansa's passenger airline operations three years ago as chief operating officer, having joined the airline's US operation in ...
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AirTran assures Boeing of 717 fleet intentions
Boeing's roll-out of the first 717-200 on 10 June was accompanied by public reassurances from launch customer AirTran Airlines that it still intends to buy a fleet of up to 100 aircraft. To date, the AirTran deal for 50 firm orders and 50 options makes up the bulk of the ...
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IATA seals Afghanistan deals
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The Afghanistan Government and national carrier Ariana Afghan Airlines have concluded a series of wide ranging agreements with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to overhaul local air traffic communications as well as to improve aircraft and airport safety. Under an $8 million deal concluded with ...
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Air Djibouti takes A310-200 for long haul services
Airbus Industrie has placed a secondhand A310-200 with Air Djibouti, which the airline will use to relaunch operations next month. The carrier has signed a deal with Airbus' Dublin-based Financial Services (AIFS) division to lease a 14-year-old ex-Kuwait Airways A310-200, powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4s. The 194-seater ...
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BA demands give Airbus and Boeing delivery headaches
Max Kingsley Jones/LONDON British Airways is entering final negotiations with Airbus and Boeing to acquire its new short haul fleet, but the two manufacturers are having to discuss deals with leasing companies to help them meet the airline's requirements for early delivery slots. The UK carrier is aiming ...
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Asian crisis prompts Boeing to slow production
Boeing has confirmed that production of the 747 and 777 will slow next year in response to the economic downturn in Asia. The expected axing of some 12,000 jobs is also beginning as the company overcomes the worst of its fraught production ramp-up. Boeing's official production rate announcement for ...