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Litton lawsuit drags on
Litton's long-running lawsuit against Honeywell, alleging patent infringement on laser gyros, has been sent back to court, despite earlier rulings in its favour. The move will delay a resolution or make recovery of damages more difficult, Litton admits. Source: Flight International
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APG-77 delivered
Northrop Grumman has delivered the first APG-77 radar for F-22 avionics integration. The active array radar will be integrated with other aircraft avionics at Boeing's laboratory in Seattle. The radar, and initial software allowing simultaneous search and track, is already being flown in Boeing's 757 avionics testbed for the Lockheed ...
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NTSB pushes for SB
An Airbus Industrie A320 incident in which the rudder pedal operation remained stiff after autopilot disconnect has led the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to call for an April 1997 Airbus service bulletin (SB) to be made compulsory. The NTSB cites a pilot report on a November 1996 Northwest ...
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Fairchild Dornier aims for fly-by-wire on 728JET family
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Fairchild Dornier has requested proposals from avionics suppliers for a fly-by-wire flight control system (FCS) for the 70 seat 728JETand other future members of its proposed regional jet family. According to Earl Robinson, senior vice-president for product development at Fairchild Dornier, a range of solutions , ...
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JAA clears 737-800 to take to the skies
The largest Boeing 737 built to date, the 160-189 seat 737-800, has been cleared to enter service with its European launch customers, following certification by the Joint Aviation Authorities. The new variant gained US Federal Aviation Administration type certification on 13 March. However, service entry was dependent on JAA approval ...
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New airline to resurrect Braniff name at Dallas
Abid to bring back the Braniff name has been launched by Montreal-based Airnomics. Company president Michael Low says his plan differs from two unsuccessful attempts to restart Braniff in that the planned carrier would be based in the original's home town of Dallas, Texas. Low says the plan is ...
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Malaysian Airlines fleet refinancing proposals raise doubts
Financial markets have reacted with alarm to reports that Malaysia Airlines (MAS) chairman Tajudin Ramliat is considering a controversial fleet refinancing that would take aircraft off the airline's balance sheet, but also land him a major windfall. Proposals have been put to the Malaysian Government under which MAS Capital, ...
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BDE is developing rapid-installation firefighting kit for Caribou
Spanish company BDE is developing a firefighting modification for the de Havilland DHC-4A Caribou transport aircraft. The Madrid-based firm is developing a 4,500litre-capacity retardant tank kit designed to be installed or removed from the aircraft's cargo hold in less than 4h. Certification work is under way at BDE's Miami ...
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China signs for Canadian N-5 production
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The Canadian Aerospace Group (CAG) has concluded a second collaborative agreement with a Chinese aviation manufacturer covering the final assembly and sale of up to 240 Hongdu N-5A agricultural aircraft to North American buyers. China in return, has been given rights for local production of the Windeagle ...
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BAe and Dassault to seal combat aircraft link
Dassault Aviation and British Aerospace are preparing to take the next step towards their promised joint venture to study future combat aircraft technology, with plans to start firming up the terms of their co-operation pact by mid-year. French ministry of defence procurement chief Jean-Yves Helmer says that the two ...
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Boeing avoids redesign for Super Hornet wing
Boeing has selected a remedy for the wing drop problem on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet after flight testing at the Naval Air Station at Patuxent River, Maryland. A slotted fairing allows air to flow both ways through the wing fold hinges, making it aerodynamically invisible and preventing the asymmetric stall ...
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Elbit Digitasl Maps
Elbit Systems has won a contract to supply 40 of its Digital Map systems to an unnamed customer, the system's first use for a military aircraft programme. The Haifa, Israel-based company already supplies the systems for the Boeing V-22 tilt rotor aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Carrier-based F-18 simulator succeeds on Independence
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Boeing Reports that an F-18C flight simulator installed on the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence is "performing well" in the first test of a carrier-based weapon system trainer (CV WST). The simulator supplied by Boeing has been in operation since mid-January and may ...
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Microprobes team selected
A nine-strong science team has been selected by NASA to manage the Mars Microprobes, which will fly as piggyback payloads aboard the Mars '98 Polar Lander, pictured at Lockheed Martin Astronautics in Denver, Colorado. The Microprobes, to be launched in January 1999, are flying as the Deep Space 2 mission ...
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FAA safety agenda focuses on CFIT and engines
Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) and engine safety are to head the US Federal Aviation Administration's list of priorities, according to Administrator Jane Garvey, unveiling the FAA's new "safety agenda". Launching the new agenda in Washington on 14 April, Garvey, together with US Vice President Al Gore and transportation ...
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Marketplace
-US cargo carrier Atlas Air has signed a long term contract to operate Boeing 747-200 freighter services for Alitalia, with an ex-Philippine Airlines 747-200F being converted by Boeing. -Stansted, UK based AB Airlines has leased two ex-Jet Airways Boeing 737-300s from Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS). -Air Malta has concluded ...
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Routes
-Sabena inaugurated a new service between Brussels and Birmingham on 5 April, and will fly the route four times daily with an Avro RJ85. -Australia and the Solomon Islands have lifted capacity entitlements between Honiara and Australian gateways from three to five weekly services, shared between Solomon Airlines and Qantas. ...
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United wraps up with widebodies purchase
United Airlines has completed its latest round of airliner shopping, with a deal for 23 more Boeing widebodies, worth an estimated $3 billion. The deal, which follows an agreement concluded last month with Airbus for 30 more A320-family aircraft, is the third stage in a four part fleet growth ...
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Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman respond
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have issued an official response to the US Government's anti-trust complaints against their proposed merger, arguing that the deal is necessary if they are to compete with Boeing in military aircraft and Raytheon in defence electronics. The complaint was filed with the court on ...
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Hungary takes uprated L-39ZO
The Hungarian air force has been handed its first overhauled and upgraded Aero Vodochody L-39ZO Albatros trainer by Danubian Aircraft. The air force's longer-term hopes of reaching a part exchange deal with Vodochody to swap the aircraft for new-build L-39ZAs appear to have hit financing difficulties, however. The ...