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Unmanned focus
Asia-Pacific's first unmanned vehicles event will be held on 21-22 October this year in the Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The announcement was made by international conference and exhibition organiser Shephard (Stand A150) yesterday at the show. The event will focus on aerial, ground and naval UVs, targets and ...
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The judges
The Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards are recognised within the industry as the leading indicator of excellence. Much of this is to do with the high calibre of judges enlisted to study the entries for the awards. This year there was once again a top-line panel at work. Sir ...
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A British Aerospace bird of a different name
Military pilots who have flown the British Aerospace Hawk have usually been impressed with the aircraft's performance- but we had never heard before that they were sufficiently awed to change the spelling of the aircraft's name. Visitors to Rolls-Royce (Stand A728) at Asian Aerospace may therefore be surprised to read ...
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Preston sells second TAAM to Boeing
The Preston Group (Stand C132) has announced at the show the sale of a second Total Airport and Airspace Modeller (TAAM) licence to Boeing. Boeing has been using TAAM since 1994 to satisfy the needs of its commercial airline customers by simulating potential projects in the modernisation of air traffic ...
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Unveiling
Pity there have been no big civil aircraft at the show but regional aircraft and business jets have been represented. The engine manufacturers have made their presence felt, with Pratt & Whitney unveiling its PW8000 geared turbofan. On the military front, there has been powerful interest centring on attack ...
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Battle
Reacting to the news, European competitors say the consolidation underlines existing battle lines. "We are used to fighting our corner in this market," says Eurocopter's Marc Jouan. "We have great confidence in our products and we see nothing to change that view." Sikorsky president Gene Buckley has already taken ...
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Tadiran system
Tadiran Spectralink (Stand A835) has launched its latest peacetime search and rescue (SAR) personal locator systems at the show. Company president Itzhak Beni says the civilian models are based on proven satellite communication and GPS technologies. The primary differences between the company's combat and peacetime rescue systems are ...
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CAE simulators
Canada's CAE Electronics has received a contract from Delta Airlines for four flight simulators. CAE will design and manufacture one Boeing 777-200 FFS and three 777-200 Flight Training Devices (FTD), to be installed at the airline's new state-of-the-art training centre in Atlanta, Georgia. The order follows the recent ...
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Flying the Flag
The islanders of Aruba are hoping to persuade owners and operators to register their aircraft with them instead of in their neighbouring Caribbean tax havens of Bermuda and Cayman Islands. Using the slogan "the flag of choice with convenience", Aruba, a Dutch-influenced island of 150 km2 just off the ...
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New simulator for SAS
One year from now, SAS Flight Academy's centre in Stockholm will begin using its second Boeing 737-600/700/800 Full Flight Simulator. SAS has announced the order for the second simulator, to be manufactured by CAE Electronics, at Asian Aerospace '98. SAS Flight Academy currently has a total of 15 Full Flight ...
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Aerospatiale pours scorn on innuendo of French self interest
Tim Ripley Aerospatiale has hit out at "misperceptions" of France's position on European aerospace and defence industry consolidation. Denis Verret, Aerospatiale vice-president for international and commercial affairs, describes as "bullshit" suggestions that the French government will use its controlling shares in Aerospatiale to safeguard jobs above the commercial efficiency ...
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It's waiting list only for Farnborough '98 hopefuls
Geoff Thomas This year's Farnborough airshow running (7-13 September) will be the biggest of the decade and if you haven't already booked space, you're too late because it's sold out and the waiting list is growing by the hour. Although Farnborough International '98 celebrates the event's golden anniversary ...
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Germans seek partners for jet trainer project
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) is seeking more partners for its proposed AT-2000 advanced jet trainer. The German company says it is in "close negotiations" with two potential partners - Hyundai of South Korea and Denel Aviation of South Africa. It would like more partners, however, and says it is actively ...
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No clear explanation yet of China Air crash
Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) says it will release a preliminary report into the cause of the 16 February China Airlines (CAL) Airbus Industrie A300-600R crash within ten days. Deputy director Lee Wan Lee of the CAA's flight standards department says the aircraft's flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit ...
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Boeing studies 747 stretch options
Karen Walker Boeing is weighing up the merits of two alternative stretch plans for the 747-400, including a 500-seat version with a wing root extension that would take the aircraft's range to 7,800nm (14,430km). Having axed proposals for the 747-500X and the -600X because they would have cost too much ...
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Brasilia production rates to be doubled
Karen Walker Boosted by a fresh batch of orders from the USA, Embraer is planning to double its production rates of the EMB-120 Brasilia over the next two years. Embraer president and chief Mauricio Botelho says Brasilia production will be increased from 12 to 24 aircraft a year. In ...
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Hercules delays cause red faces at Lockheed Martin
Tim Ripley The continuing delays in delivering the first Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules are a "great embarrassment", says company aeronautics sector president Micky Blackwell. The company is working "with great vigour" to placate customers who are still waiting for their high technology transport aircraft. Blackwell attributes the late ...
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Caravan rolls on to another record year
Mike Martin It may not be the most exciting looking aircraft on the park, but the Cessna Caravan is the bird you want to see in some remote place - and it's selling better than at any time in its 14 years in service. This year - around November - ...
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Chinese plan to fly light fighter prototype in 2000
Geoff Thomas Pride of place on the CATIC stand (B212) is taken by a nose and forward fuselage section of the Chengdu FC-1, described as a 'new generation single-seater multi-role light fighter'. This is a project whose origins go back many years, pre-Tiananmen Square, when Grumman was heavily involved in ...
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Economic crisis puts region's deals at risk
Geoff Thomas Manufacturers were continuing to put on a brave face at the show yesterday, despite ever-strengthening indications that the region's economic turmoil is indeed having an effect on the industry. Beyond the obvious threats to airliner orders, it was being suggested that seemingly unrelated moves like Cathay ...