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FedEx opens talks in hunt for Fokker F27 successor
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC FedEx is talking to Saab Aircraft, Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and Ayres about developing a turboprop-powered, all-cargo aircraft to replace its fleet of 36 Fokker F27 freighters, says chairman Frederick Smith. IAI and FedEx are known to be discussing the development of a ...
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FAA cheers trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago now fully complies with safety standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), says the US Federal Aviation Administration, based upon its International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA). Morocco has similarly had its IASA safety oversight rating raised to the top level. ICAO is considering forming its ...
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GEC-Marconi hopes to seal Argus 2000 radar deal with China
GEC-Marconi is to open commercial negotiations with China to supply the Argus 2000 airborne-early-warning (AEW) radar. This follows agreement with Ilyushin and British Aerospace on integrating the system into the Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft. The UK manufacturer is understood to be about to begin contractual talks with the ...
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UK helps R-R pay for new
The UK government is to provide Rolls-Royce with £200 million ($330 million) of funding over four years to enable the UK manufacturer to launch three variants of its Trent turbofan. R-R says that the Government will receive a commercial return which is based on sales of the three engine derivatives. ...
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Lockheed Martin and Tracor work
Lockheed Martin and Tracor Flight Systems are to collaborate in the development of the next-generation aerial target based on Lockheed Martin's F-16 fighter as well as uninhabited combat air vehicles (UCAVs). "US Air Force inventory F-16s are being considered to support the collaboration," says the US aircraft manufacturer. ...
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EC calls for a common armaments policy
Julian Moxon/Paris The European Commission (EC) is proposing to push the issue of a common armaments policy within Europe as part of a two-pronged strategy to accelerate restructuring in the region's defence industry. Industry commissioner Martin Bangemann, who has been making increasingly urgent calls for action ...
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European Commission strengthens A3XX effort
Ian Sheppard/LONDON The aerospace industry has been granted "key action" status as part of the European Commission's (EC) ratification of the structure of its proposed Fifth Framework programme for research and technology development. The move will focus research spending on key development programmes such as the Airbus Industrie ...
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Honeywell develops intuitive aircraft flightdeck system
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Honeywell is demonstrating to aircraft manufacturers an intuitive autoflight system which integrates the autopilot controls and flight-management system (FMS). Honeywell says: "It is not the interface which makes an FMS difficult to use, it is the functionality, and that's what we hope to ...
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IAI tip light
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) has developed a self-contained helicopter rotor-tip warning light, and will soon test a prototype on a Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter. The unit has a lithium battery, is easily attached to the rotor tip and does not affect performance, says IAI. Source: Flight International
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Procurement puzzle
Douglas Barrie/LONDON It is a case of in one door and out the other as far as the aspirations of Northrop Grumman and the US Government of selling Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) technology into Europe are concerned - back into the UK, but out of ...
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Aerospatiale contract
Aerospatiale has won a contract from Eutelsat to build a fourth Eutelsat W communications satellite. Three similar satellites were ordered in 1995. The Spacebus 3000-series craft, with 32 high-power Ku-band transponders, will be launched in 1999. Aerospatiale has delivered its fifth Spacebus 3000 satellite, the Sinosat 1, to the German-Chinese ...
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ILS earns Intelsat deal
ILS International Launch Services has confirmed its receipt of a contract to launch the Intelsat 901 satellite on a Russian Proton booster, with an option for five further launches. The 901 will be the first Intelsat satellite to be launched by Russia. Two commercial ILS launches of the ...
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Global Surveyor mission delayed
Tim Furniss/LONDON NASA has revealed a year's delay - to March 1999 - of the mapping mission to be undertaken by the $250 million Mars Global Surveyor (MGS). The announcement came almost simultaneously with the news that the Agency's successful four-month Mars Pathfinder-Sojourner mission had ended. ...
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Spacewalks restore power to the Mir
Russia's Mir 1 space station is operating at 85% electrical power after two spacewalks carried out on 3 and 6 November were used to install a new solar panel. Cosmonauts Anatoli Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradev removed an old solar panel on the station's Kvant 1 module and replaced ...
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NASA carries out tests on laser-propelled craft
The US Air Force Research Laboratory's Propulsion Directorate, Edwards AFB, California, has conducted two test flights of a prototype of the Lightcraft laser-propelled spacecraft, in a laboratory at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The first test reached a distance of 4.2m, and the second achieved 121m ...
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Swissair and Lufthansa pick new A340 models
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Airbus Industrie is set to secure more key launch orders from European airlines for its new A340-500/600 following decisions by Swissair and Lufthansa to select the new models to replace their 747 "Classics". Firm orders are expected to be signed with Airbus ...
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Embraer's RJs
Embraer has redesignated its regional-jet family, with the 50-seat EMB-145 now called the RJ145, while the 37-seat version will be known as the RJ135. Apparently Embraer made the change so that the two models will show up on computer reservation systems as jet-powered aircraft. Source: Flight ...
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People's choice
For the first time, the Israeli public will participate in the selection process of El Al's new medium-capacity aircraft. El Al intends to acquire five aircraft, and will shortly decide between the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737-700. The public will be asked to contact the El Al Internet site with ...
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Airbus assistance
Airbus Industrie is to provide Guangzhou-based China Southern Airlines with technical operating assistance as part the airline's deal for 17 A320s. The support includes the assignment of technical representatives to locations designated by the airline and training for pilots, ground personnel and cabin crew. Source: Flight ...