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Boeing/Flight Safety head for training take-off
Boeing and FlightSafety International (FSI), parent companies of global airline-training joint venture FlightSafety Boeing (FSB) Training International, say phase one of the start-up initiative will be completed in January 1999. The milestone will be marked by the transition of the former FSI training centre at Kunming, China, to FSB ...
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Healthy future ?
The European regional airline industry has once again beaten all records, with this year's European Regions Airline Association (ERA) meeting in Hanover, Germany, reporting double digit growth in passenger traffic, re-equipment by carriers with new regional jet aircraft and reasonable profit margins. The health of the regionals is traceable ...
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Boeing wins RAAF command and reporting deal
Boeing Australia has been selected as the prime contractor for the development of a new air defence command and reporting system for the Australian military, a move likely to boost its bid for the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) airborne early warning and control requirement. The project, Air 5333, ...
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Greek power
The Greek army has selected AlliedSignal's I55-714A turboshaft for seven recently ordered Boeing CH-47D Chinook heavylift helicopters. The engine, also selected by the Netherlands, Singapore and UK armed forces, delivers 22% higher power than older T55-712s, with a reduced maintenance cost, says the company. The -714A has a maximum power ...
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UK studies upgrade of firepower for helicopter forces
The UK Ministry of Defence is considering giving its helicopter forces more firepower by replacing the 7.62mm (0.3in) general purpose machine gun (GPMG) which is now in use in the door-gun role with a more powerful weapon. The UK's move towards installing a new door gun was also instigated ...
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Erieye looks for ground surveillance role
Ericsson Microwave Systems plans to add a battlefield surveillance capability to its Erieye airborne early warning (AEW) phased array radar. "We are looking for launch customers," confirms the Swedish company. The Swedish air force, which operates four of a planned six Saab 340B AEW aircraft equipped with the Erieye, ...
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Computer hitch hits Global Hawk
The Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance system completed its first night mission on 17/18 September, despite the inflight failure of one of its two integrated mission management computers (IMMCs). The aircraft left Edwards AFB, California, at 19:34 Pacific Time and suffered the IMMC failure at about 01:00. Teledyne Ryan ...
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BAe eyes Asian training facility with Australian expansion plans
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE British Aerospace is in discussions over the expansion of its military pilot training operation in Australia to include offering lead-in fighter training for Asian air forces, in an operation that could be loosely modelled on Bombardier's NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC) programme. Company sources emphasise that ...
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Pentagon details Israeli F-15/16 fighter offerings
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Lockheed Martin is offering Israel 60 Block 50 F-16s with conformal long-range fuel tanks and the option of an active-array radar. Details of the bid emerged when the US Department of Defense notified Congress of plans to offer Israel the choice of either 60 F-16s ...
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Japan plans defence after N Korea launch
Japan and the USA are to study the possible development of a ballistic missile defence system as concern mounts in Asia over North Korea's ballistic missile developments, following the launch of a Taepo Dong rocket on 31 August. The decision to look at potential ballistic missile defence systems was ...
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Greece to decide on trainer contest soon
The Greek Air force trainer evaluation team is expected to select a new basic trainer by the end of the year. The Raytheon T-6A Texan II, the Pilatus PC-9G and the Embraer Super Tucano are the shortlisted contenders battling for an order involving at least 50 aircraft. A contract is ...
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Boeing and US Air Force team on KC-135 maintenance
A public/private partnership combining Boeing and the US Air Force's Ogden Air Logistics Center is to perform Boeing KC-135 and Fairchild A-10 depot maintenance and modification. The team beat a private- sector bid led by Lockheed Martin. The competition was the first to pitch a public/private partnership against a ...
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Marconi and MAPO discuss MiG-29 radar deal
Discussions are under way between Marconi Electronic Systems and MAPO over the supply of aircraft radars destined for export customers of the MiG-29 fighter. The UK company is also hoping to take advantage of the growing market potential for upgrades as German, Israeli, Romanian and Russian companies line up ...
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AGM-130 test
Boeing has flight tested an extended-range version of the AGM-130 stand-off missile with a Microturbo turbojet engine in place of the normal rocket motor. The modification more than doubles range, but halves the warhead size to make room for fuel. Source: Flight International
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European partners prepare to sign for anti-air missile system
France, Italy and the UK are expected to initial a £1 billion ($1.6 billion) contract at the end of October, launching full-scale engineering development and initial production (FSED+IP) of the trinational Principal Anti-Air Missile System (PAAMS). The contract, to be let via the Paris PAAMS Project Office on behalf ...
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US Navy ready to issue final request for supersonic target bids
The US Navy is set to issue the final request for proposals (RFP) for a Supersonic Sea-Skimming Target (SSST).The award of a 30-month full-scale development contract is expected to be made by March 1999. The SSST winner can expect to supply 20 to 30 targets a year. USN Capt ...
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Budget troubles cast doubt on naval Taurus
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Doubts have been cast on the future of the naval derivative of the Taurus KEPD 350 stand-off missile, built by Swedish-German venture Taurus Systems, in the light of an unexpected German navy budget shortfall of some DM800 million ($473 million). According to the Bonn defence newsletter ...
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Enduring value
The Astra has been a steady, if not stellar, seller since IAI introduced the aircraft in 1985 as a long-range, high-speed, mid-size business jet. The design mated a stretched Westwind II fuselage with a new, low-set, swept wing featuring a cranked leading edge and supercritical aerofoil section. This increased both ...
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Maintenance: Europe and the CIS
Andrew Chuter/London and Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC, Data supplied by Air Transport Intelligence After a Farnborough air show at which airliner sales exceeding $20 billion were announced, any talk of recession seems like scaremongering. But the air transport industry is already bracing itself for the next downturn - the ...
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Noughts and losses
Tim Furniss/LONDON Over 29 days, beginning on 12 August, about $3 billion-worth of spacecraft and boosters fell in pieces from the sky following three launch failures. A Titan 4A, the first Delta III and a Zenit 2 were lost, together with 14 satellites, 12 of them on the Zenit. ...