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R-R sharpens blade business with Israeli venture
Rolls-Royce is expanding control over manufacture of compressor blades for its engines with the setting up of a joint venture in northern Israel with two local companies and a large investment at its own factory in Scotland. The new company, Techjet (Israel), will be 50% owned by the UK ...
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Australian defence budget gives priority to missiles
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA Australia's 1999 defence budget gives the go-ahead for the purchase of warstock quantities of advanced short range and medium range air to air missiles (ASRAAMs and AMRAAMs) for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The ...
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Cannon decision
Joint Strike Fighter rivals Lockheed Martin and Boeing have picked Germany's Mauser 27mm cannon to arm the next-generation tactical aircraft. Boeing's ordnance division will build the gun under licence at Mesa, Arizona. The same business unit has won a 2.5-year, $5 million contract from the US Army to develop an ...
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Older E-2Cs may be sold
Paul Lewis/BETHPAGE Northrop Grumman and the US Navy are discussing offering older Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft for sale on the international market, while also negotiating to place retired A-6E Intruders with at least one potential operator. The US Navy is starting to phase ...
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NH90 consortium reaches price agreement
NH Industries consortium members and the four customer nations for the NH90 helicopter have agreed a 12.9% cost reduction of July 1998 prices on condition that the contract is signed this year. The signing of a memorandum of understanding covering the pre-production and production phases of the project has been ...
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First upgraded Greek Phantom flies
The first Greek air force McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom fighter to be upgraded by DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) has had its maiden flight from the German company's Manching test centre. The aircraft reached a speed of Mach 1.5 and an altitude of 45,000ft (13,750m), flown by German air force test pilot ...
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Israel prepares to make fighter choice
The Israeli Ministry of Defence is poised to make a decision on selection of a new fighter once the first round of voting in the general elections is complete on 17 May. The outcome is likely to be a purchase split between the Lockheed Martin F-16I and the Boeing ...
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BAe set to proceed with re-engined RJ-X
British Aerospace hopes to be in a position to make a formal go-ahead decision for the re-engined Avro RJ-X family by the end of September, even if not backed by commitments from a launch customer. The RJ-X, unveiled by BAe in mid-February, is a proposed updated development of the ...
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Commuter Air predicts revival for Beech 200 conversion
Commuter Air Technology (CAT) is predicting an upsurge in demand for its 13-seat airliner conversion of the Raytheon Beech 200, dubbed the CATPASS 250. The programme was launched in 1986, taking used King Air airframes and modifying them for airline operations. Eight-two aircraft have been delivered, most operated in regional/commuter ...
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Fairchild Aerospace predicts business boom
Buoyed by its recent Lufthansa 728JET launch order, Fairchild Aerospace says its option and order backlog will exceed $10 billion by the end of 1999. The company predicts "substantial" new business for its 328JET/428JET family, particularly in North America, where scope clauses changes are expected. "We think it's the ...
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Embraer expands ERJ designs
Embraer has revealed a surprise, 108-seat, stretch of its ERJ-190 regional jet which effectively provides the Brazilian manufacturer with a direct competitor to Bombardier's proposed BRJ-X. The move comes in response to input from Embraer's recently completed airline advisory board survey which helped freeze the smaller ERJ-170 design at ...
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GE outlines development plans for CF34-8 family
General Electric is finalising development plans for a 17,000-18,000lb-thrust (75.6 -80kN) growth derivative of the CF34-8D, dubbed the -8XX, for Fairchild's 928JET programme. The engine is expected to make its first test flight in mid-2003, and could be certificated by the US Federal Aviation Administration as early as the fourth ...
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Finances hinder BAe/Saab merger
Efforts to integrate the commercial leasing and product support activities of British Aerospace and Saab have been held up by the financial aspects of the proposed deal. Stephen O'Sullivan, executive vice-president of BAe's Asset Management (AM) division, says that he had hoped an agreement would be concluded in time ...
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Community Air plans June start
Community Air, a California-based start-up operator aiming to become one of the first to take advantage of newly relaxed US regulations on single-engined, instrument flight rules (IFR) passenger operations, plans to begin flying on 1 June with a fleet of Pilatus PC-12s (above). The carrier intends to connect rural communities ...
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Quiet Beech
Ultra Electronics, the Cambridge, UK-based aerospace active noise suppression specialist, has extended its UltraQuiet noise control system to include the Raytheon Beech 1900D. The sound suppression device, developed in association with Illinois-based Elliott Aviation, will be delivered on the first 1900D in July. The company's other systems are fitted on ...
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Embraer leads race for Mesa regional jet order
Mesa Air Group is close to finalising a deal for a new batch of 50-seat regional jets, but the carrier is seriously considering switching aircraft supplier to Embraer from the incumbent Bombardier. The Phoenix, Arizona-based independent regional airline operates 24 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJ) on franchises for America ...
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Time starts to run out for AeroPeru
Paul Lewis/MIAMI Time for grounded national carrier AeroPeru is fast running out. The airline is struggling to enlist the financial backing of a foreign carrier before a government decision this month on granting operating licences to would be start-up successors. "If we can establish a new strategic partner ...
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Yugoslav crisis delays Hungarian ATC upgrade
Julian Moxon/PARIS The Hungarian air traffic and airport administration LRI has been forced to delay the service entry of its new air traffic control (ATC) centre by seven months because of the conflict in Yugoslavia. Other central European administrations introducing new ATC equipment are likely to follow suit. Hungary's ...
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ICAO to upgrade Warsaw Convention
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is aiming to upgrade the Warsaw Convention with increased compensation and a modernised legal framework by the end of this month. The 70-year-old treaty, which limits airline liability in an accident to $10,000 per passenger, is being overhauled at a three-week ICAO meeting ...
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Air Namibia leases SAA 747SP
Air Namibia is operating a Pratt & Whitney JT9D-powered Boeing 747SP leased from partner South African Airways (SAA) on its services from Windhoek, Namibia, to Frankfurt and London. Later this year the Namibian flag carrier will take delivery of a General Electric CF6-powered 747-400 Combi from the manufacturer. Air Namibia ...