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Rolls Royce In Israel
Rolls-Royce is forming a joint venture with Israeli company Blades Technologies which will see the setting up of two $40 million manufacturing plants for compressor blades. Initial production is due to start in Israel in October, with a second Scottish site opening in late 1999. Blades Technologies is owned jointly ...
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Boeing loss
Boeing's first quarter net profits were reduced to just $50 million after the announced $219 million charge to cover losses anticipated on the first 400 Next Generation 737s. Ayear ago profits stood at $540 million. Chairman Phil Condit cautions that avoiding future charges depends on the company achieving its production ...
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ADP plans five year investment in Charles de Gaulle
France's Aéroports de Paris (ADP) airport authority is embarking on a five year programme of heavy investment at Charles de Gaulle (CDG), its main base and Air France's increasingly successful hub. As it opened the first half of the new terminal 2F at the airport on 27 March, ADP ...
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First for Dutch ATC
The Netherlands has accepted into operation the FIRST air traffic control (ATC) tower simulator supplied by Raytheon Systems UK and installed in a new training centre at Amsterdam Schiphol-East. Controller training is scheduled to begin in the third quarter. Source: Flight International
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SEOS fits displays
SEOS Displays is completing a £3 million ($5 million) contract to install 220°-wide Panorama displays on four flight simulators at the USAir Force's special-operations training base at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. MC-130P, MH-53J and MH-60G simulators have been upgraded and the final, TH-53A, device will be ready for training in ...
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TTS upgrade s C-5
The first of seven Lockheed C-5 weapon system trainers upgraded with flight management/global positioning systems by Thomson Training &Simulation (TTS) has been delivered to FlightSafety Services, which operates the C-5 aircrew training system for the USAir Force. Source: Flight International
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FSBTI picks CAE
FlightSafety Boeing Training International (FSBTI) has selected CAE Electronics to supply a Boeing 737-700 Level 5 flight training device for delivery to its Seattle simulator centre in August, where it will be used as a classroom-based maintenance trainer. Source: Flight International
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Fort Worth machine
Lockheed Martin has installed a new $1.5 million Makino machining centre at its Fort Worth, Texas, plant. Part of its advanced affordability initiative, the centre offers four to seven times faster processing speeds, including a 15,000rpm spindle speed, five times faster than on its F-16 line, and feed rates up ...
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Lucas Team flows
Lucas Aerospace has selected US software developer CFM's TeamFlow package for its 24 worldwide sites to map operational processes and "share best practices". TeamFlow is the Bedford, Massachusetts-based company's flagship product, combining its team-centred products in one suite. Source: Flight International
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Barco A3XX teaming
Belairbus, the Belgian group of companies involved in manufacturing for Airbus Industrie, has accepted the membership of Barco Display Systems as a partner for the Airbus A3XX large airliner programme. Source: Flight International
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NASA superconducts
Nasa and TRW have demonstrated the first satellite infrared imaging system to exploit superconducting electronics, a system "hundreds of times" smaller and lighter than previously possible. Improved image capability will allow ballistic missiles to be detected mid-flight. Source: Flight International
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Astro Mesh
Astro Aerospace, a subsidiary of Canada's Spar Aerospace has won a C$30 million ($20 million) contract from Hughes Space and Communications to build two 12.25m diameter AstroMesh unfurlable antennas for the Thuraya communications satellite system. They will provide mobile communications services to the developing regions within Asia, Africa and Europe ...
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Slovak mission
Lt Col Michal Fulier and Maj Ivan Bella of the Slovak Air Force have started training at Russia's Star City near Moscow for a proposed seven to 10 day mission on the Mir 1 space station in early 1999. Source: Flight International
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Artemis unveiled
The European Space Agency's geostationary orbiting Artemis communications technology satellite has been unveiled at Alenia Aerospazio in Rome amid fears that its scheduled launch on a Japanese H2 Alpha Plus in 1999 is likely to be delayed at least until February 2000 because of development problems with the new booster. ...
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Superbird contract
Hughes Space and Communications has won its sixth satellite manufacturing order in a month, with a contract to build the Superbird 4 for Space Communications of Japan. The HS-601 High Power model will be launched in 2000 on an Ariane 4 booster. Source: Flight International
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K-C gets avionics ok
K-C Aviation has received supplemental type certification for installation of the BFGoodrich Avionics Systems GH-3000 electronic standby instrument system in the Bombardier Challenger 604. The flat-panel display is already installed in several other business jet types. Source: Flight International
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Rotorway sells well
Rotorway International has increased production of its Exec 162F kit-built helicopter, from 10 to 12 a month, to keep pace with demand. The company, based in Chandler, Arizona, attributes growing sales to the availability of long-term financing from Greentree. Seven international sales and service representatives have also been appointed. The ...
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China Southern buys
China Southern Airlines has acquired a 60% stake in provincial carrier Guizhou Airlines for $5.8 million. The company wants to develop the Guiyang-based airline into a regional subsidiary operation servicing nearby Indo-China. China Southern is to transfer three Boeing 737s to nine-year-old Guizhou to supplement its existing six Xian Y-7 ...
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Airbus profits fall
Airbus Industrie profits slumped sharply to $150 million in 1997 despite a strong rise in sales to $11.6 billion, according to figures released by partner Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa). The consortium does not publish its profits, but Dasa made them public for the first time in its 1996 annual accounts. Airbus ...
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Frontier finds investor
An unnamed investor has pumped $15 million into Frontier Airlines in exchange for 33% of the low-cost Denver-based carrier. The investor will gain two seats on Frontier's six-person board. The cash will be used to acquire additional aircraft. Frontier operates a fleet of 14 Boeing 737s. Source: Flight International