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Ramjet 'Exocet' nears approval
Julian Moxon/PARIS The definition contract for the anti-navire future (ANF) supersonic follow-on to the Exocet anti-ship missile is on schedule to be awarded at the end of this month, with the seeker element of the project to be opened to European competition, says weapons developer Aerospatiale. The ANF ...
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South Korea aims for ASRAAM missile again
South Korea is expected to submit shortly a second request to the US Air Force F-16 System Programme Office (SPO) for the release of integration data for the Matra BAe ASRAAM short-range air-to-air missile, after having earlier been refused the information. A South Korean request made in 1997 to the ...
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C-17 team studies Rolls-Royce engine option for UK contest
Boeing and British Aerospace, along with Rolls-Royce, are believed to be studying a potential RB211-535E4-powered C-17 as part of the US company's bid to supply up to 25 aircraft to the UK Royal Air Force. The C-17 is being offered for the second tranche of the RAF's Future Transport ...
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US Army saves the Outrider as Navy VTOL UAV
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Department of Defense Joint Requirements Oversight Council has agreed to let the US Navy and the US Marine Corps switch to a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle (UAV), while allowing the US Army to procure the Alliant Techsystems Outrider UAV. ...
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Lockheed Martin unveils full-size X-35 mock-up
Lockheed Martin has unveiled a full-scale mock-up of the X-35 design for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) project at the Fort Worth, Texas, plant. The unveiling follows a Final Design Review with government project managers in August at the Skunk Works in California, where the first real X-35 is under ...
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Oriental opening
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The concept of business aviation in Asia has been for many years a bit of a misnomer. A combination of infrastructural shortcomings, official hostility and user ignorance conspired to constrain severely the development of the executive aircraft market. Despite recent economic difficulties, there are encouraging indications that this ...
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Jet-powered business
The buoyant mood of the business aviation industry is reflected in the 1998 Flight International Corporate Aircraft Census, which once again records a healthy increase in the worldwide turbine fleet. During the past 12 months, the world's aircraft itinerary has risen by around 8%, from 17,333 to 18,688. "Business aviation ...
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Expanding horizons
Graham Warwick/WITCHITARaytheon may be one of the largest producers of turbine-powered business aircraft, but it has yet to design, develop and deliver a corporate jet carrying the Raytheon Aircraft name. That will change within a year, when the company begins deliveries of the Premier I entry-level business jet - the ...
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Used market leads
Paul Seidenman/SAN FRANCISCOAs little as six months ago, everybody was saying that the equity markets could only go higher and the resale value of pre-owned business aircraft would do the same. Today, world equity markets are dropping, and while nobody has claimed any significant drop in used aircraft prices at ...
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Space rescue
Tim Furniss/LONDON On 26 September, 92 days after being lost in deep space, the European Space Agency (ESA)/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) began sending back images of the sun again. The spacecraft's remarkable rescue owes much of its success to the initial location work completed by the large radio ...
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UCAVs head to sea
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Operating aircraft from ships has never been easy, and a whole branch of military aviation has grown up around carrier-based operations. With interest in unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) growing all the time, is was to be expected that the US Navy would have its unique concerns ...
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Helicopter alliance will open its doors to southern China
East Asia Airlines and Heli Hong Kong are proposing the establishment of a new "Delta Alliance" rotary-wing regional service to open up helicopter access to southern China from neighbouring Hong Kong and Macau for the first time. Macau-based East Asia and its Hong Kong sister company are in discussion ...
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FAA performs a U-turn on non-US pilot-training rules
David Learmount/LONDON The US Federal Aviation Administration has performed a dramatic policy U-turn, allowing non-US schools to train pilots for an FAA licence. The policy change was prompted by the fear of an imminent ruling by the European Joint Aviation Authorities, which would curtail the use of US pilot ...
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Galaxy maiden flight proves capability
Israel Aircraft Industries' first production Galaxy business jet performed its maiden transatlantic flight on 3 October, flying non-stop from Paris to White Plains, New York, in 9h 9min. The aircraft is en route to the National Business Aviation Association convention which starts in Las Vegas on 19 October. The ...
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JetProp converted Malibu gets US go-ahead
Pilots no longer have to wait until 2000 to fly a turboprop-powered Piper Malibu. Customers with an aircraft and $589,000 to spare can now have the piston single converted to a Pratt &Whitney Canada PT6A-34 engine by JetProp. The Spokane, Washington-based company is owned by the same person who is ...
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Support contract
Jet Support Services has received a five-year, $13.6 million, contract covering scheduled and unscheduled engine maintenance on the FAA's 18 Raytheon Beech King Air 300s and six Hawker 800As, which cumulatively fly some 14,300h a year. Source: Flight International
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Metro renamed
Metro Business Aviation has changed its title to The New Metro Business Aviation, in an attempt to enhance its "market appeal". The UK fixed-base operator and maintenance company, which occupies sites at London's Heathrow, Stansted and Luton airports, is planning to unveil its new image at the US National Business ...
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Rutan to launch Boomerang after production agreement
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Burt Rutan's unconventional, asymmetric piston twin, the Boomerang, is set to enter production. Oregon-based Morrow Aircraft has reached an agreement with Rutan under which the one-off design could be certificated within three years - provided that sufficient financing is secured. Under the agreement, Rutan's Scaled ...
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Boeing nears ILFC 717 deal
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing and International Lease Finance (ILFC) are close to agreeing a contract for orders involving up to 100 717-200s. Boeing hopes the deal will provide the programme with its long-awaited sales breakthrough for the type since the similarly sized initial launch order from AirTran Airlines in ...
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Executive Jet orders Boeing Business Jets for NetJets programme
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Executive Jet's relentless appetite for major business aircraft orders for its NetJets fractional ownership programme looks set to continue at the forthcoming National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Convention to be held on 19-21 October in Las Vegas, Nevada, with an order for the $35 million Boeing Business ...