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No brakes on Messier-Bugatti in global market
Asian Aerospace exhibitor Messier-Bugatti (Stand A411), which is owned by Snecma, is now the world's leading supplier of carbon brakes, with around 30% of its possible global market. Airbus has certified Messier-Bugatti carbon brakes for each of its aircraft types and Dassault also specifies them for the Mirage 2000 ...
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Pierson a popular winner in aerospace industry awards
There was unanimous approval from the packed aerospace industry audience at the Shangri-La Hotel last night as Jean Pierson, the president and chief executive of Airbus Industrie, was named as the Aerospace Personality of the Year. Pierson, who retires from Airbus at the end of next month, has been ...
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Asia-Pacific projects shine in awards
Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok airport was one of several Asia-Pacific winners at the Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards. The airport won the Infrastructure award in recognition of the first landing at the airport which will formally open later this year. The Air China-Lufthansa joint venture, Ameco-Beijing, was ...
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Dassault tests viability of supersonic business jet
Dassault's plans for developing a supersonic business jet with a top speed of Mach 1.8 are proceeding at a pace and details of outline design and a possible cost will be given in May. Bruno Revellin-Falcoz, the French manufacturer's senior executive vice-president, says the company is taking the project ...
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Airlines order sliding carpet air cargo loading system
American Airlines and Scandinavian Airlines Systems (SAS) have placed major orders with Telair International's baggage conveyor belt subsidiary. The AA deal, with Scandinavian Bellyloading (Stand D128), covers the installation of 120 sliding carpet loading systems in the airline's operating and new Boeing 757s. The systems are designed to move ...
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Thomson-CSF plan on track
French electronics giant Thomson-CSF is on track to complete its re-structuring by the summer to create Europe's biggest defence electronics grouping. As part of a French government-chaperoned consolidation, the company is to form a strategic partnership with elements of Alcatel-Alstrom, Dassault Electronique and Aerospatiale to form a major civil and ...
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Bullish exhibitors grab opportunities
The only bad shows are the shows you don't attend. That's the view from exhibitor Derco, whose chairman and chief executive Eric Dermond is delighted with the interest generated in his company, thanks to Asian Aerospace '98. "We have been very, very busy meeting suppliers and customers and ...
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Innovative antenna introduced by JV partners
Genuinely innovative products are relatively rare in the aviation industry - so when Dayton-Granger (Stand D244) and Canadian company Bristol Aerospace introduced a helicopter antenna incorporating the deflector component of a wire strike protection system (WSPS) cutter assembly, there was considerable interest. Research and development efforts have been on-going ...
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Defector alleges Russians hold anthrax stockpile
The former Soviet Union had "hundreds of tons" of anthrax bacteria and lesser amounts of the smallpox and plague viruses ready to launch in the 1980s by missile in case of a world war, a high-level defector revealed on USA prime-time TV last night. Dr Kanatjan Alibekov, who was second-in-command ...
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Australians look overseas for Wedgetail orders
The winning bidder for the Australian government's Project Wedgetail airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft will benefit not only from that country's order, but also its desire to seek additional orders for Wedgetail from other nations. "There are a lot of Australian companies involved in the various aspects ...
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ANA to set up own APU servicing centre
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has struck a deal with Sundstrand to set up its own aircraft auxiliary power unit (APU) maintenance and repair unit at its main plant at Haneda, Tokyo. This is the first time an airline company has set up its own APU servicing centre. ANA ...
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Q and A with Sikorsky's Gene Buckley
As president and chief executive officer of Sikorsky Gene Buckley, left, is one of the most influential men in the aerospace industry today. He talked to Paul Derby about his attitude to the fierce competition which exists in the helicopter market, his views on the future of the RAH-66 Comanche ...
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Swearingen's Asia target
Why opt for secondhand when you can have a brand new executive jet for just $3.5 million With 103 firm orders - 60 per cent from the USA and 40 per cent from Europe - in its slipstream so far, Sino Swearingen is hoping its SJ30-2 will capture the ...
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Textron confirms buying of Boeing helicopter business
Bell Helicopter Textron confirmed at the show yesterday that it is to buy a "substantial portion" of Boeing's commercial helicopter business. The deal, agreed by the two companies in the USA on Wednesday, will see Bell acquire the MD-500 and MD-600 series of turbine singles, but excludes the MD-900 ...
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Triumph's triumph
Triumph Group (Stand D235) has acquired Frisby Aerospace, the hydraulics and systems designer and manufacturer. Triumph Group companies include A Biederman, Advanced Materials Technologies, Lamar Electro-Air, Stolper-Fabralloy, Triumph Air Repair and Triumph Controls. Rick Allender, Triumph Controls' director aerospace sales, says the new addition complements the parent group's comprehensive line-up ...
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Hella lights
The sight of an aircraft traversing a night sky is evocative of travel to far-distant places- and German company Hella Aerospace (Stand A327) as maker of a huge range of aircraft lights, both internal and external, is frequently responsible for the visibility factor. Hella Aerospace's products range from formation ...
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Herley wins $5.6m Japanese contract
Japan's Defence Agency has awarded a $5.6million contract for a target tracking command and control system to USA-based Herley Industries . Delivery of the systems is expected to take place by the middle of next year and will be used in support of weapons test and evaluation for Japanese forces. ...
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Hamburg boost lifts Airbus to a record level of output
The Hamburg final assembly line of the Airbus Industrie A321 and A319 is to raise production from six aircraft a month to 11 by the end of this year. It will mean that together with the A320 line in Toulouse, Airbus will achieve a record 18 single-aisle aircraft a ...
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Loadmaster demand prompts opening of Alabama factory
Ayres is opening a new factory in Dothan, Alabama to help produce its Ayres Load'master LM20 cargo carrier, it was announced at the show yesterday. Construction is due to start shortly once financing is complete. The factory will eventually employ up to 500 people to help the organisation meet ...
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Avionics focus pays off for Rockwell Collins
US avionics specialist Rockwell Collins is going for growth in 1998, says Bob Chiusano, vice-president and general manager of Collins Avionics and Communications division. "We've got a strategic plan. We are looking at 8% growth in all markets we serve," he says. Rockwell Collins is here (Stand A1011) ...