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Rolls-Royce completes Trent 8104 design and waits for 777-X
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Rolls-Royce is expected to complete design work on the 454kN (102,000lb)-thrust Trent 8104 by the start of June and is still "on track" to run the first engine in December, despite the slowdown of the Boeing 777-200X/300X derivative programme for which the powerplant is being developed. ...
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FAA decides to extend wiring checks to non-Boeing types
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The USA's major airlines have agreed to check fuel tank wiring in a controlled sample of Lockheed and McDonnell Douglas aircraft to determine whether they need mandatory inspections like those recently ordered for older Boeing airliners. The high-time passenger aircraft which the US Federal ...
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Fairchild Dornier outlines financing plans for 728JET
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Fairchild Dornier says "up to $350 million" of the $850 million required to develop its 728Jet 70-seat regional jet "-is already on the table" from potential risk sharing partners and equipment suppliers. President Jim Robinson says risk-sharing suppliers of the wing, fuselage and empennage would ...
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Air France pilots unions use the World Cup as a political football
Julian Moxon/PARIS French pilots' unions are using football's World Cup contest to threaten a series of strikes against Air France, the official carrier for the event. Recent meetings with president Jean-Cyril Spinetta have failed to resolve the management demand for salary cuts of up to 15% in exchange for a ...
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BA income slips, but analysts forecast recovery
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON As had been predicted, British Airways saw profits slip after a troubled year which included a damaging cabin crew strike. The fall was less than expected, however, and optimism is growing among financial analysts that the worst of the bad news is now over. The final ...
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Hyundai challenges for S Korea lead
Hyundai Space & Aircraft has formally opened its new Seosan aerospace manufacturing plant, in move that is being widely interpreted as a challenge for the leadership of South Korea's fragmented aviation industry. The South Korean conglomerate marked the opening of the 700,000m² (65,000ft²) plant with the completion of its ...
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Japanese carriers see their profits plummet
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE All three of Japan's largest carriers, Japan Airlines (JAL), All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Air System (JAS), slid back firmly into the red as their latest round of annual reports showed the impact of currency losses, a depressed home market and increased competition. JAL recorded ...
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Silver arrow buy
Israel's El-Op confirms that it has taken over the 50%stake in the unmanned air vehicle (UAV)developer Silver Arrow, previously owned by its parent Federmann group. The UAV company, half owned by Elbit Systems, had sales of $15 million last year but that is due to double by 2000, says El-Op. ...
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Uzbekistan has another go at selling TAPO Chkalov
Uzbekistan has renewed attempts to sell a 25%stake in the TAPO Chkalov aircraft production plant, which manufactures the Ilyushin Il-76 freighter and Il-114 regional turboprop. A previous attempt last year to find investors to take a 14% stakein the troubled plant failed, but the capital has since undergone a ...
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Last Chance
It seems that the French Government is finally getting the message about privatising its aerospace industry. Aerospatiale management have been told to draw up proposals for a stock market listing and for good measure to prepare for a series of alliances. The merger with Dassault Aviation at last also appears ...
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Venezuela receives first C212s
Pictured above are the first three CASA C212 Series 400 Aviocar transport aircraft en route on 22 May to the launch customer, the Venezuelan navy. The navy was the launch customer for this version of the C-212, which is fitted with AlliedSignal TPE331-12JR turboprops instead of TPE331-10Rs. The aircraft is ...
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Eurojet targets 1999 EJ200 approval
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Eurojet is planning to certificate its EJ200 turbofan engine for the Eurofighter EF2000 by the end of November 1999, and is preparing for ground and flight testing of the engine's production version from March next year. The company says it will introduce the 03B version of ...
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JSF community remains undecided on gun
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC US Air Force commanders have endorsed the requirement for a gun in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), but the issue of whether it will be integrated into the airframe is still open. That question is expected to be resolved when the latest iteration of the joint ...
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Dasa reconfigures sea-launched Taurus
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) missiles subsidiary LFK has carried out a German defence ministry-sponsored study of a sea-launched variant of its KEPD 150 missile as a potential Harpoon replacement for the navy. The navy is looking for an anti-ship missile system for its forthcoming new frigates and corvettes, and LFK ...
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Lynx upgrade for German navy faces crucial funding hurdle
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Germany's parliamentary defence approvals committee will meet on 17 June to determine whether to give the final go-ahead for or an upgrade of the German navy's GKN Westland Lynx fleet. The defence procurement committee met at the end of May, but was unable to give a ...
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JSOW upgrade axe raises Broach doubt
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC US testing of the British Aerospace Royal Ordnance Broach multi-warhead system for the Joint Stand Off Weapon (JSOW) has been completed, but the next step looks uncertain as the US Navy has eliminated funding for an upgraded missile able to penetrate hardened, buried targets. The ...
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Raytheon reveals UCAV concept
Raytheon Systems has teamed with its sister company, Raytheon Aircraft, and unmanned air vehicle specialists Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical and Aurora Flight Sciences to compete for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) advanced technology demonstration programme. The team also includes GDE Systems, Honeywell and Primex. ...
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BAeA offers Rooivalk for Australian project
British Aerospace Australia (BAeA) has teamed with South Africa's Denel Aviation to offer the CSH-2 Rooivalk attack helicopter for the Australian Army's Project Air 87. Formal agreement was reached between the two companies at the end of last month. The Army is looking for an armed helicopter to replace ...
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BAe and Lockheed Martin link on Skynet
British Aerospace Defence Systems and Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space have teamed to bid for the development of the Skynet 5 military communications satellite system for the UKMinistry of Defence. The companies are competing with Matra Marconi Space (MMS), which includes the former BAe Space Systems, the original prime ...
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IAR 330 upgrades
The upgraded variant of Romania's IAR 330 flew for the first time on 26 May. The upgrade programme is being implemented by Israel's Elbit in collaboration with IAR Brasov. The upgrade covers fitting the aircraft with improved avionics, sensor and targeting systems. The programme is valued at $100 million, with ...