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SabreTech fined over ValuJet DC-9 crash
The US Federal Aviation Administration is to fine SabreTech $2.3 million for its role in the ValuJet McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crash in May 1996, which killed 110 people. The fine is the largest ever proposed by the FAA for violation of hazardous materials shipping regulations. The agency says that ...
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Lockheed Martin consolidates support business
Lockheed Martin is to consolidate its spare parts and logistic services business under its Aircraft &Logistics Centers unit based in Greenville, South Carolina. The move is part of the plan to grow the company's support business, which led to last year's consolidation of its aircraft maintenance and modification operations at ...
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US DoT to review Delta/United
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Delta Air Lines and United Airlines are bracing for a US Government review of their planned code-share alliance, which also requires the approval of both carriers' pilots unions. The US Department of Transportation (DoT) confirms that it will request data on the alliance, as it ...
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Hughes attempts lunar fly-by rescue plan for Asiasat
Tim Furniss/LONDON Hughes is attempting to rescue the Asiasat 3 communications satellite, stranded in a useless orbit after a launch failure last December, by flying it around the moon to reposition it in an operational geostationary orbit (GEO). The AsiaSat 3 was stranded in a 51¼ inclination, 201 ...
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USA picks Boeing as national missile defence contractor
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Department of Defense has selected Boeing to oversee development, integration and possibly deployment of a system of interceptors and radars designed to defend the USA against a ballistic missile attack. The company won the selection at the expense of United Missile Defense, a ...
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Boeing ponders PATS fuel tank acquisition
Boeing Enterprises is to decide by the end of next month whether to acquire the long range fuel tank manufacturing and installation business of PATS. Boeing confirms that it is conducting a feasibility study on the potential acquisition. Columbia, Maryland-based PATS holds a contract worth as much as $300 ...
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Oil-spill device tested
Oil Spill Response, based in Southampton, UK, has developed a portable pallet loading device to enable aircraft such as Boeing 707s or McDonnell Douglas DC-8s to be loaded with its oil spill response equipment where devices are not available. The rapid equipment delivery and deployment system, seen here being used ...
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Smiths prepares AV-8B COTS
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Smiths Industries is preparing to deliver the first equipment for an open systems avionics demonstration programme. This will place it at the leading edge of developments in commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology, where the military is set to benefit from the latest advances in computing. Under the ...
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NASA begins 747 observatory work
A NASA-led team has started work on a mock-up of a planned advanced airborne space observatory, using sections of a scrapped Boeing 747SP. The team aims to perfect the design for the telescope installation, fuselage fairing and external door assembly. The Section 46 aft fuselage section to be used ...
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FAA considers Y2K legislation
The US Federal Aviation Administration is studying measures to ensure that aircraft flying in US skies are fully prepared for the year 2000 (Y2K) computer bug. The FAA Y2K Program Office is examining its responsibilities in the areas of aircraft regulation and certification, having concentrated to date on the air ...
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Airbus tilts at South African Airways' 777 order
Continuing uncertainty over the status of South African Airways' (SAA) order for four Boeing 777-200s is providing Airbus Industrie with an ongoing opportunity to pitch the new A340-500 and -600 to the South African flag carrier. Airbus senior commercial vice-president John Leahy took the opportunity of the show to make ...
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South African defence minister keeps arms door shut on USA
South African defence minister Joe Modise has rebuffed US overtures to become a late entrant into its $1.5 billion defence procurement programme. The US Government's decision to drop a longstanding defence embargo earlier this year "-does not go far enough-there are still a lot of restrictions", the minister said at ...
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Grindtek listing
South African aerospace defence electronics house Grintek is to be listed on the Johannesburg stock exchange from 11 May. The move is reported to reflect in part the company's diversification into the civil aerospace sector. Source: Flight International
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L-159/Rooivalk swap deal is considered
South Africa and the Czech Republic are considering a reciprocal procurement of the Aero Vodochody L-159 advanced jet trainer and the Denel CSH-2 Rooivalk attack helicopter. Senior industry sources say that initial talks have taken place to study the possibility of some kind of counter-purchase arrangement. The South ...
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South Africa takes steps to improve infrastructure
In moves aimed at improving Africa's poor safety record, South Africa's Department for Transport (DoT) is pushing ahead with regional communications infrastructure upgrades and establishing a Civil Aviation Safety Agency. Under its VSAT satellite based communications initiative, the DoT intends to replace land-line based air traffic service units. ...
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Kentron considers anti-ship missile
South African missile house Kentron is considering development of an air-launched anti-ship variant of its SAHV naval surface-to-air missile to arm the South African Navy's future maritime helicopters. The GKN Westland Super Lynx 300 and the Eurocopter AS532SC have been shortlisted to meet the Navy's requirement for six helicopters ...
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ICO antennas on Hughes assembly line
The hexagonal transmit and receive active array S-band antennas for the ICO world- wide mobile communications satellites are pictured at the Hughes Space and Communications factory in El Seg- undo, California. Two antennas mounted side by side on the 10 operational medium Earth orbit satellites will each form as many ...
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Russia seeks NASA help to extend Mir missions
Tim Furniss/LONDON Russia has requested that US space agency NASA fly two more Shuttle Mir Missions (SMMs) to provide logistics support to extend the life of the Mir space station for at least three further manned missions up to at least mid-1999. The request lends support to evidence ...
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Proof test
Kistler Aerospace and Lockheed Martin have successfully conducted a pressure test on the aluminium liquid oxygen tank for the first K-1 re-usable satellite launch vehicle demonstrator vehicle to be launched from Woomera, Australia, later this year. Source: Flight International
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Two OSC satellites malfunction in orbit
The Teledesic T-1 and Indostar satellites built by Orbital Sciences (OSC) have malfunctioned in orbit. Teledesic's T-1 communications technology satellite, which was launched by an OSC Pegasus XL in February, has ceased operating. The craft, based on an OSC MicroStar bus and built with Boeing and Teledesic, was conducting ...