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Sogerma/DA Airbus sign deal for A300B4 conversions work
Julian Moxon/Paris Andrzej Jeziorski/Munich Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus (DAAirbus) and French maintenance group Sogerma have signed a long-term agreement for the conversion of Airbus A300B4s from passenger to freighter configuration. The move follows an 18-aircraft order from a new US leasing company. The initial Franco/German deal covers ...
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Transaero outlines ambitions to increase Western fleet
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW Leading Russian airline Transaero plans to acquire a further 16 Boeing aircraft by the turn of the century. The first batch, two Boeing 737-700s, will join the fleet under a lease deal with Bavaria Flug in December. Two more Boeing 767-300s will be delivered ...
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IFE problems make BA reconsider programme
Emma Kelly/ORLANDO British Airways is re-evaluating its interactive in-flight entertainment (IFE) programme following reliability problems with the B/E Aerospace Multi-media Digital Distribution System (MDDS). The deal is valued at up to $225 million, depending on the number of aircraft equipped. The MDDS, selected by BA in ...
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AmWest pilots clear Airbus deal
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES America West has confirmed a deal valued at $1.4 billion for up to 46 Airbus Industrie A319-100s and A320-200s after securing a last-minute agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). The order was initially outlined a year ago, but prolonged negotiations over ...
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Aerospatiale reports strong growth in first-half results
Julian Moxon/PARIS France's biggest aerospace manufacturer, Aerospatiale, has posted a strong financial performance for the first half of the year, with an 11.5% increase in sales and 90% growth in pre-tax income over the same period in 1996. The results come as the state-owned concern awaits ...
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Lufthansa sells off Cargolux stake
Lufthansa's 24.5% stake in Cargolux, the Luxembourg-based freight airline, is to be taken over by SairLogistics, Swissair's sister cargo arm . Talks between the three companies have been going on for several months. The German airline says that it decided to sell because of an "-increasingly divergent strategic ...
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Lufthansa agrees to set up travel venture with Karstadt group
AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH The supervisory boards of German ßag carrier Lufthansa and Karstadt, the Essen-based retail and travel group, have agreed to set up a new travel conglomerate, to be called C & N Condor Neckermann Touristik. The company will be formed on 1 November, provided that it ...
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France's Regional records growth
France's Regional Airlines, based in Nantes, has recorded a 43% increase in passenger traffic for the first half of this year, along with a 46% growth in turnover. Passengers numbers for the period stood at 293,000, against 408,000 for the whole of 1996, while turnover, standing at Fr412.4 ...
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Back to basics
Airline pilots have, for years, been warning over the growing threat of a mid-air collision in African airspace. On 13 September they appear, unfortunately, to have been proved right, with the apparent en route collision of a US Air Force Lockheed C-141 Starlifter and a German air force Tupolev Tu-154 ...
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Raytheon on gunships
Raytheon TISystems has received a $27 million US Air Force contract for 16 AAQ-26 forward-looking infra-red sensors to upgrade nine Lockheed Martin AC-130U and sevenAC-130H special-operations gunships. Source: Flight International
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ARC proposes engine to power HARM follow-on
Atlantic Research (ARC) is proposing to use a scaled-up version of its variable-flow ducted-rocket (VFDR) motor to power a rocket/ramjet-powered follow-on to the Raytheon Texas Instruments AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM). The engine was originally developed for potential use with the Hughes AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile. Raytheon ...
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Dasa attacks audit on Eurofighter
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) and the German defence ministry have rejected sharply a report from the federal audit office criticising the Eurofighter programme. The ministry describes the study as "-groundless, contradictory in content, as well as out of touch with reality". It adds ...
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UK Broach team holds Boeing missile discussions
UK warhead designers are in discussions with Boeing over fitting the Broach hard target attack/penetrator warhead to its Harpoon and Stand-off Land Attack Missile (SLAM). Fitting the Harpoon or the SLAM with the Broach would provide them with the capability to be used against hardened or buried targets. ...
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Combatants line up for special-operations C-130 support work
At least five US defence companies are competing for the right to provide the US Air Force with long-term contractor support for five special-operations variants of the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules. The Integrated Weapon System Support Programme (IWSSP), worth $1 billion, is intended to cover single-source maintenance and ...
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Bidders prepare for C-5 upgrade
Graham Warwick and Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC A programme to upgrade the avionics in over 120 US Air Force Lockheed C-5 transports is due to get under way in mid-November with release of a draft request for proposals (RFP), according to officials at the 1997 Air Force Association annual ...
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F-15 network trainer award is imminent
Award of a contract to supply and operate networked simulators at US Air Force Boeing F-15C bases is expected in late September. Boeing and Lockheed Martin are the only bidders for the Distributed Mission Training (DMT) programme, after Hughes elected not to compete. The deployable simulators will be used for ...
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Israeli Thunders fly
Boeing has flown the first of 25 F-15I Thunder strike aircraft for Israel. The F-15I has avionics and weapons unique to Israel, including an Elbit helmet-mounted display. The first aircraft will be handed over on 6 November. The Israeli defence ministry issued the formal request for information (RFI) for its ...
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Russia and Sweden combine on imaging IR
Uralsky Optical-Mechanical Plant (UOMZ) of Yekaterinburg in Russia is actively marketing an imaging infra-red system (IIR) for helicopter and naval platforms developed in co-operation with Swedish company AGEMA. AGEMA supplies sensor arrays, and UOMZ is responsible for integrating the system in a gyro-stabilised ball mounting. The system is ...
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Boeing teams with Mauser for JSF gun
Boeing's ordnance operation in Mesa, Arizona, has teamed with German gun manufacturer Mauser to propose using an advanced 27mm weapon for the US Department of Defense's Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Development of a gun capable of attacking an aircraft head-on within missile minimum launch-range has been proposed for ...
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European navies worry about Harrier arms
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA Italian and Spanish navies are voicing increasing concern over the weapons for their Boeing AV-8B Harrier II Plus aircraft. Friction with the US Marine Corps is starting to rise as differing priorities between the programme partners are becoming increasingly apparent. Overtures from ...