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UK will upgrade Omani Jaguars
Oman and the UK have signed a £40 million ($63million) deal to upgrade the Omani air force's SepecatJaguar strike aircraft. The project will see the aircraft brought up to the same standard as the Royal Air Force's Jaguar Standard 97 aircraft. It covers avionics and navigation upgrades, as well as ...
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RAF EF2000 BVR missile hit by further delays
Douglas Barrie/LONDON The UK Ministry of Defence has delayed by a further two years the in-service date (ISD) of its next-generation beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) for the Eurofighter EF2000. An ISD of 2007 is now expected. The lengthening delays to the BVRAAM project make ...
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Romania bites into Dracula
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH The Romanian Government and Bell Helicopter Textron have been given a 31 December, 1997 deadline to obtain financing for the country's AH-1RO Dracula programme. The deadline for the deal, which gives Bell the right to buy 70% of Romanian helicopter manufacturer IAR Brasov, which ...
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Matra BAe Dynamics secures Sea Skua Kuwaiti order
After a prolonged and highly charged competition, Matra BAe Dynamics has finally secured an order from Kuwait for the ship-launched variant of its Sea Skua anti-ship missile. Matra BAe Dynamics was competing for the Kuwaiti order in competition with Aerospatiale. The latter was offering a ship-launched ...
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Sweden funds JAS39 demonstrator-
AndrzejJeziorski/TROLLHATTAN The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) is to fund a flying technology demonstrator for future upgrades of the Saab JAS39 Gripen. Mats Hugosson, head of marketing at Gripen engine manufacturer Volvo Aero, says that the demonstrator will be flying in three to five years, and ...
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Italy and USA fund missile study
Andrea Spinelli/Genoa The italian and US navies are to launch a joint study into a future family of anti-ship and land attack missiles. If the study succeeds, the Ìrst missiles could enter service in 2004. The navies recently signed a memorandum of understanding covering a $2 ...
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A new vision in Rome
Kevin O'Toole/ROME It was something of a homecoming for Dominico Cempella when he was asked to take up the reins at Alitalia in March 1996. Having started out as a check-in agent at Rome Airport 40 years ago, he was now returning as chief executive charged with leading ...
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Flattops for the future
Ramon Lopez/NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA The aircraft carriers of tomorrow are beginning to take shape in the minds of US Navy and US industry officials who have been given the job of designing the final Nimitz-class carrier, the CVN-77, and the futuristic CVX - the new class of aircraft ...
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The weakest link
corporate aviationaccident causes 1996Listed fatal accidents by No ofNo of Causeaccidentsfatalities Aircrew error28156 CFIT18106 Weather1365 Loss of control1051 Engine failure/fire425 Structure/systems fail13 Operations error12 Maintenance00 Airframe/systems fire00 ATC error00 Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) refers both to collision with high ground or rising terrain, and also to collision ...
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Good news, bad news
David Learmount/London While THE USA can exult in its lowest general aviation (GA) fatal-accident rate in history, and Canada's raw data for 1996 also look promising, the UK is forced to declare that last year was its worst since 1987. On the other side of the globe, New ...
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EC may relax rules on competition
The European Commission's (EC) industry commissioner, Martin Bangemann, has proposed relaxing the EC's tough anti-competition rules to help drive the "essential restructuring of the European aerospace industry". In an unprecedented move, which is seen as a further response to the recent merger of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, Bangemann ...
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Lauda prepares to introduce its first Boeing 777
Niki Lauda, chief executive of Austrian carrier Lauda Air, took delivery of the airline's first Boeing 777-200 on 25 September. The aircraft, which is the first of four 777-200IGWs (increased gross weight) to be delivered to Lauda, is equipped with General Electric GE90 engines. The cabin is fitted with a ...
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Cuts hit French defence plans
Julian Moxon/PARIS French defence-procurement plans face further turmoil after the new Government cut almost another 10% off the 1998 budget and promised a "fundamental review" of defence spending later this year. The cuts, amounting to 9.7% for 1998, are aimed at several major programmes, with Dassault's ...
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Garuda Indonesia A300 crashes in hill smog
A Garuda Indonesia Airbus Industrie A300B4 carrying 222 passengers and 14 crew has crashed on its approach to Medan Airport, northern Sumatra, in bad visibility. There are no reports of any survivors. Flight 152 is reported to have crashed about 45km (25nm) south of the airport at around ...
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Boeing hints at MD-95 family commitment
Boeing has hinted strongly that it is committed to continuing with the former McDonnell Douglas MD-95 and is likely to introduce derivatives of the 100-seat aircraft. The news comes as ValuJet - the only MD-95 customer so far, with 50 on firm order - says that it expects to exercise ...
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European JAA agrees to assist with certification of N250 turboprop
The European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) has reached an agreement on working with the Indonesian Directorate General of Air Communications (DGAC) to validate airworthiness certification of the IPTN N250. Following a 12-month audit of DGAC procedures and regulations, the JAA has endorsed the Indonesian system and has agreed ...
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AI(R)/Romaero agree
Aero International (Regional) and Romaero have concluded a co-operation agreement as offset for the Romanian airline Tarom taking delivery of up to nine ATR 42-500s. Romaero will build rear fuselages for the Galaxy Aerospace Galaxy business jet in a subcontract from Aerospatiale affiliate Sogerma. Source: Flight International
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Northwest Airlines confirms Airbus A319 order
Northwest Airlines has confirmed the commitment it signed in June with Airbus Industrie at the Paris air show for its A319, with a firm order for 50 aircraft, plus options for a further 100 A319s and A320s. The 124-seat A319s will be used for growth, rather than to ...
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New Piper considers designing single-engined business jet
Kate Sarsfield/DALLAS New Piper Aircraft is studying the development of a single-engine business jet. The project is a major departure for the Vero Beach, Florida-based manufacturer, which has previously specialised in piston- and turboprop- powered aircraft. "The marketplace of the late 1990s is very receptive to ...
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BFGoodrich emerges as buyer in on-and-off Rohr take-over
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC The mystery of Rohr's "on-again, off-again" merger talks was resolved in late September when BFGoodrich agreed to acquire the nacelle specialist for $792 million in stock and $424 million in assumed debt. The deal, expected to be completed early in 1998, will almost ...