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V-22 delivery
The second of four Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft built to production standards has been delivered to the Patuxent River Naval Air Warfare Center in Maryland. The eighth Osprey to be built is fully instrumented for flight tests and will be used to complete envelope development testing until 1999. ...
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Denmark backs AIM-120
Hughes and Danish Aerotech have opened the Consolidated Missile Maintenance Test Centre - Europe at Karup AB, Denmark, to support European users of the Hughes AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile and, potentially, other Hughes weapons. Source: Flight International
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Sabre drawn
US Airways has signed a letter of intent to outsource its IT operations to Sabre. The deal could affect some 900 US Airways' employees. Source: Airline Business
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Swiss double
Swissair's parent SAirGroup has signed separate alliance deals with TAP Air Portugal and AOM of France. The deal with TAP includes codesharing with Swissair, but both accords will extend to other companies in the SAirGroup. Source: Airline Business
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BA harmony
British Airways has reached agreement with its main cabin crew union following a damaging strike this summer. Source: Airline Business
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Asiana out
Northwest will abandon its linkup with Asiana from 30 October and will coordinate its Asia-Pacific alliance strategy with partner KLM. The Dutch carrier is currently holding talks with Northwest's Japanese partner JAS. Source: Airline Business
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Minuteman derivatives
The US Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Launch Test Programme Office has awarded Orbital Sciences (OSC) a $206 million contract to develop and launch derivatives of the Minuteman inter-continental ballistic missile for suborbital and orbital missions. OSC will combine residual M55 Minuteman 2 first stages with Minuteman 1 ...
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CN-235 marketing
British Aerospace Australian and IPTN have agreed on the former marketing IPTN's CN-235 maritime-patrol aircraft in Asia-Pacific. BAeA will provide advanced systems development for proposed configurations. Source: Flight International
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High-flying decoy
Lockheed Martin Sanders has completed windtunnel testing of its fibre-optic towed decoy with special high-altitude fins, required for deployment from the Lockheed Martin U-2. Source: Flight International
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Trimble for WCMD
Trimble is to supply global-positioning-system (GPS) receivers for the US Air Force wind-corrected munition dispenser (WCMD). Lockheed Martin will integrate the GPS unit into the WCMD inertial-guidance tailkit it is developing to improve the accuracy of air force submunition-dispensing weapons. Source: Flight International
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CAE/Agusta upgrade
CAE Electronics and Agusta have received a C$5 million ($3.6 million) contract to upgrade an Italian army Agusta Bell AB-205 helicopter flight-simulator, originally supplied by CAE. Source: Flight International
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FOPEN lifts cover
Lockheed Martin has won a four-year, $37 million US Army contract to build and demonstrate a foliage-penetration (FOPEN) synthetic-aperture radar which can detect and image ground targets concealed by foliage and/or camouflage. Source: Flight International
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Raytheon spares
Raytheon E-Systems has received a $12 million order for spares for 18 Lockheed Martin AP-3C maritime-patrol aircraft it is upgrading for the Royal Australian Air Force under a $300 million contract awarded in 1995. Source: Flight International
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TriStar fixes urged
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has urged the US Federal Aviation Administration to develop inspection criteria and impose wear limits on the slat-drive system of the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar. The recommendation follows an accident to a Trans World Airlines L-1011 in August 1996 which scraped its fuselage on ...
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Sloane ranger
Sloane Helicopters has submitted a tender to the UK Ministry of Defence to supply an Agusta 109 Power helicopter for the UK's VIP flight. Sloane, UK distributor for the Italian company, is one of several contract bidders. The Power, and other contenders, will be on display at Helitech '97 at ...
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Air of resignation
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) was thrown into chaos on 26 September following the resignation of transport minister John Sharp, whose responsibilities included CASA and air-traffic-management authority Airservices Australia. Sharp's departure followed accusations of falsifying expense claims, and malpractice in appointing board members to Airservices and CASA. It also ...
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Hokkaido order
Hokkaido Air System has ordered two Saab 340BPlus turboprops for delivery in 1998. The Japanese airline will use the aircraft on services from Asahikawa and Hakodate and Sapporo. Source: Flight International
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Saab sets its jet deadline
Saab's days as a turboprop manufacturer are numbered, with the Swedish company working to an early 1998 deadline to join one of two regional jet programmes. Gert Schyborger, Saab Aircraft's president, confirms that the struggling 2000 programme will be the company's last turboprop venture and says he will ...
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Safer than ever?
Airlines fear the regulation of safety oversight is fragmenting while Icao seeks to stamp its authority on the process. By Doug Cameron. Outsourcing can be taken to extremes. One Asia-Pacific state contracted out its airline licensing and safety oversight functions to a neighbouring country but failed to inform international regulators ...