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GE Americom picks European team for satellite
NoDateSpacecra A European team led by Daimler-Benz Aerospace Dornier Satellitensysteme, and including Aerospatiale and Alenia Spazio, has been awarded a contract to build the GE-5 communications satellite for GE Americom Communications. It is the first contract to be awarded by a major US operator to European industry. Dornier ...
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Star partnership
Loral Space and Communications and Alcatel Alsthom are to develop and launch the EuropeStar multiple geostationary telecommunications and broad- casting satellite system. The system will provide telecommunications and other services to users as far afield as Western Europe to South-East Asia. EuropeStar, which will join Loral Skynet's Global Marketing Alliance, ...
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Boeing sets date for solar power module
Boeing's solar orbit transfer vehicle (SOTV) is to be launched aboard one of the company's Delta III or Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles in October 2001. The company has received a $48 million contract from the US Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, to produce the first ...
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Pegasus sends first Teledesic demonstrator into orbit
Tim Furniss/LONDON Teledesic's T1 experimental technology communications satellite has been launched aboard an Orbital Sciences (OSC) Pegasus XL booster. The air launch, from a Lockheed L1011, took place over the Pacific Ocean on 26 February. Described as the "first commercial Ka-band low Earth orbit satellite", the T1 is a technology ...
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A340-500/600 work
Saab has won a $75 million contract to supply integrated structural floor assemblies for the new Airbus A340-500/600, the Swedish manufacturer's first contract with Airbus. Meanwhile, Hispano-Suiza Aerostructures has selected Messier-Bugatti to supply the thrust reverser actuation system for the the aircraft's Rolls-Royce Trent 500 engines, and R-R has picked ...
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ABLteam defends laser weapon
Senior programme officials claim development of the $6.2 billion Boeing Airborne Laser (ABL) anti-ballistic missile weapon for the US Air Force is on track, despite criticism and concerns voiced by the US Department of Defense and the General Accounting Office (GAO). The GAO says that the USAF has failed ...
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AEA in delays row with Eurocontrol
European air traffic control (ATC) organisation Eurocontrol has hit back at claims by the Association of European Airlines (AEA) that ATC strategies have failed, causing delays to rise to a "critical level". Eurocontrol says that the AEA's criticisms are "inaccurate, misleading and unsubstantiated". It claims the implication that Eurocontrol ...
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Aerospatiale boss deflects criticism
Aerospatiale president Yves Michot has defended the company in the face of growing criticism by its European partners that its state-owned status is holding up the region's industry consolidation process. "We have achieved a huge internal restructuring programme, which opens opportunities everywhere," he says. While there is still no ...
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Air France nears decision on replacement for 737-200
Julian Moxon/PARIS Air France expects to decide between the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 families to replace its 737-200s by the end of June. A deal for up to 30 aircraft is expected. According to fleet planning director Pierre Vellay, the airline is undertaking a five-year, Fr40 billion ...
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Airtours and Sabena order A320 simulators
UK airline Airtours and Belgian carrier Sabena have ordered their first Airbus A320 full-flight simulators. The machines are being supplied by Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS), with visual systems provided by Evans & Sutherland. Airtours' Level D machine will enter service in April 1999 at a new training centre to ...
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AlliedSignal powers up next generation engine
A core engine demonstrator built by AlliedSignal as the potential forerunner for a new family of regional and business turbofans has run at full power for the first time since its initial run on 7 December, 1997. The technology validation core is configured with a three axial stage/one centrifugal ...
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American Eagle ERJ-145 rolls out
The first of up to 67 Embraer RJ-145LRs for American Eagle Airlines is rolling down the assembly line in Sao José dos Campos, Brazil. The deal, signed at last June's Paris air show, includes 42 firm orders and 25 options. The LR version has increased weights, more powerful engines ...
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ANA steps closer to Star Alliance
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH GERMAN flag carrier Lufthansa and All Nippon Airways (ANA)have signed a codeshare agreement in a first step towards full Star Alliance membership for the Japanese carrier. ANA is already in advanced talks about a similar agreement with Star Alliance partner United Airlines. While Lufthansa is not ...
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Australia winds up for fight to supply Army helicopters
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Australia's Defence Acquisition Organisation plans formally to kick off the Army's long awaited Air 87 programme with a request for proposals in May for a new fire support and reconnaissance helicopter. The Air 87 timetable calls for potential bidders to respond within three months and ...
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Avionics trainer
SimuFlite Training International has installed an avionics trainer for the Bombardier Challenger 601-3A/3R business jet in its simulator centre at Dallas/Forth Worth Airport, Texas. Built by Xionix Simulation, the free-play trainer simulates Honeywell's SPZ-8000 integrated avionics system. Source: Flight International
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FLA partners will thrash out future
Julian Moxon/PARIS A meeting of the partners in the European Future Large Aircraft (FLA) programme, scheduled to take place in Moscow on 11 March, is being described by officials close to the project as a "critical point" in the programme. At the same time, Lockheed Martin is still talking ...
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Investigators explain British Airways 737 Dutch roll
Dutch roll in a British Airways Boeing 737-200Adv on flight test in October 1995 has been attributed to fluid penetrating connector pins associated with the yaw damper coupler, according to a UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) report. The full inquiry had been prompted by fears of uncommanded "rudder hard-over" ...
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Fokker 50 cargo conversion studied
A cargo conversion programme is being studied by Fokker Services to meet a perceived need for a Fokker F27 freighter replacement. Fokker Services product marketing manager Leon Boenders says that of the 210 Fokker 50s now in service, some 30-50 have been identified as likely to become available up ...
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New joint venture is established to work on Airbus nacelles
A new company to develop and produce engine nacelles has been formed by Hispano-Suiza Aerostructures and Airbus Industrie. The company, to be known as Aircelle, will be equally owned by the French company and the European consortium. Aircelle will involve CASA of Spain, supplying the cowl doors, and Aerospatiale, ...
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American and JAL agree codeshare deal
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC American Airlines and Japan Airlines (JAL) have agreed to codeshare on services between the USA and Japan and other key routes beyond their respective gateways. The strategic alliance, which has been on the stocks for some time, was triggered by the recent US/Japan open skies ...