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Drug giants' merger collapse set to hit shares
The collapse of the $175 billion merger between SmithKline Beecham and Glaxo Wellcome was expected to send shares into freefall today with market strategists predicting that the blue-chip Footsie index will fall at least 150 points by the close of trading and to around the 5400 level, possibly by the ...
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Litton opens office in Beijing
Litton announced yesterday that it has opened Litton Worldwide Services in Beijing to provide customer support in Asia. Based in Tianwei Erjie, Litton Worldwide will assist in the maintenance and repair of the Litton LTN-101 Flagship navigation system on Airbus aircraft. China Southern Airlines and China Sichuan Airlines ...
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Beta Air seeks investors
Beta Air, which was established in Taganrog, Russia in 1991 to implement the amphibious Beriev-200 aircraft project, is present at the show (Stand C246). Its main activities include finding investors, project management, marketing of the Be-200, post-sale servicing and maintenance, as well as flight and technical crew training. Beta Air ...
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Westland inks innovative $32m Lynx upgrade deal
Paul Derby The Royal Danish Air Force has awarded a £20-million ($32-million) contract to GKN Westland to upgrade its fleet of eight Lynx helicopters to Super Lynx standard. The deal marks the first time that a Lynx upgrade and life extension programme will include the supply of new ...
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Lighting technology makes platform landings easier
Paul Derby The UK's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) is pressing forward with a bright idea which should make the task of landing on offshore platforms much easier for helicopter pilots. DERA (B114) has completed a review of all the visual cues which pilots need to take in during ...
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Eurofighter test pilot heads for first century
Paul Derby Eurofighter EF2000 project pilot John Turner is set to become the first pilot to complete a century of test flights in the aircraft - he expects to reach three figures within a week of returning to Britain from Singapore. As the man with most sorties (98) and a ...
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Airbus delays a small price to get it right
Mike Martin Airbus Industrie is struggling with the economics of the AE31X project, outgoing chief executive Jean Pierson admitted at Asian Aerospace '98 yesterday. At the other end of the range, Airbus's A3XX 555-seat and up superjumbo could be further delayed if technical challenges to delivering the promised ...
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Australian regional success for jetstream
Geoff Thomas British Aerospace Asset Management - Turboprops is enjoying success in the Australian regional market with the Jetstream 41 and the enhanced performance J32. The company has announced first 1998 purchase in the region of a Jetstream 41, to PearlJet of Brisbane. Meanwhile, South Australian operator O'Connor Airlines has ...
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Dispute over
B/E Aerospace has settled its long-running dispute with the US government over export sales to Iran Air during 1992 and 1995. The dispute centred on whether seats were delivered to the airline's French refurbishment contractor before a formal export licence was issued by the US Department of Commerce (DOC). ...
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SMA engine test milestone
France's SMA has just completed the first series of test-bench runs as part of its programme to develop a new generation of Morane Renault piston engines which run on Jet A1 kerosene. The engines range from 180-300hp (130-220kW) and will be used on single or twin-engined aircraft and light ...
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Revamped Saab inks supply contract with Aerospatiale
Mark Hannant Saab's transition from civil airframe maker to subcontracting partner has received a substantial boost with the award of a $75-million contract by Aerospatiale. The Swedish company's Collaborative Programs business unit will supply an integrated structural floor assembly for the newly launched Airbus A340-500/600. Although they ...
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Embraer chalks up new orders in US
Karen Walker Embraer announced yesterday that it has clocked up new orders for 20 EMB-120 Brasilia turboprops and nine RJ145 regional jets. The Brazilian company says it is also on track to roll out its 37-seater regional jet earlier than expected. Mauricio Botelho, Embraer's president and chief executive officer, ...
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Farnborough show to stay at traditional 'home'
It appears that the Farnborough airshow in the UK will be held at its traditional 'home' for the foreseeable future, thanks to successful discussions between the Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC) which runs the show and the airfield's new operator, the TAG Group of Switzerland. When the British ...
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Israelis arrow in on a new image for uavs
Israeli manufacturers Silver Arrow and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) are displaying new and improved-performance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) at the show. Silver Arrow has unveiled the medium-altitude endurance (MAE) Hermes 1500 UAV, and the Sniper advanced close range UAV System. From IAI comes the upgraded Searcher II UAV. The Hermes ...
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University of NSW offers maintenance degree
With an ever-growing number of airliners flying around the globe, aircraft maintenance skills are increasingly in demand, and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia (Stand C132) is marketing its wide variety of courses in the field at Asian Aerospace. In conjunction with the Southern Sydney Institute, ...
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US insulation maker opens sales office for Asia in Shanghai
US aerospace insulation manufacturer Johns Manville has opened a sales office in Shanghai to service a growing customer base in Asia. The company (Stand D152) also chose Asian Aerospace '98 to announce it has set up a factory in Changzou, China, and to show off two new products. ...
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Face the Facts with... Walt McConnell
Fourteen months ago, Walt McConnell was appointed vice-president and general manager of Honeywell's Air Transport Systems division, based in Phoenix, Arizona. McConnell tells Karen Walker that so far, it is going "just famously". Q:How is business at Honeywell going? A:Business is very strong at the moment due to the ...
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Airlines join forces in spare parts venture
Andrew Mollet United Airlines' UAL Services, Air Canada and Lufthansa Technik are to form a joint venture company to buy and sell aircraft materials in the secondary spare parts market. "There is a big need among airlines for high quality spare parts at low prices which can be produced quickly ...
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Upgraded Explorer is cleared for flight with one engine out
Boeing's MD902 Explorer was certificated to Category A standards on 11 February by the US Federal Aviation Administration, allowing the aircraft to continue flight after failure of an engine, even during take-off. The helicopter is an upgraded version of the initial MD900 Explorer, with more powerful Pratt & Whitney ...
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British ASRAAM for Australian F/A18s
Mike Martin The Matra BAe Dynamics team at Asian Aerospace '98 is in jubilant mood with the news that it has been chosen by the Australian government to supply its Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM). Numbers and contract value will be determined in further negotiations. ASRAAM beat its ...