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Boeing beats Boeing for USN contract
A new version of the Boeing 737-700 has been selected over the Boeing MD-90-30ER to replace the US Navy's McDonnell Douglas C-9s. Boeing was awarded an initial $111 million for two aircraft, to be delivered by December 2001. The company could replace up to 27 C-9Bs operated by ...
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US Army wants Bird Dog UAV to be manned best friend
Ramon Lopez/Fort Eustis The US Army has "re-focused" its Bird Dog unmanned-air-vehicle (UAV) project to demonstrate the capability of advanced manned and unmanned systems to function together effectively on the battlefield. While the Bird Dog project was geared to developing a small, intelligent and fully autonomous ...
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Racal-Thorn on Astor
The Raytheon team has selected Racal-Thorn of Wells, UK, to supply the mission-support system (MSS) for its proposal for the UK armed forces' Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR) programme, based on the Bombardier Global Express. The MSS will provide a central resource of meteorological and situational-awareness data for mission planning. ...
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Air Power to Bahrain
The US Department of Defense is to send a 20-aircraft Air Expeditionary Force to Bahrain in October to support Operation Southern Watch, the US-led effort to enforce the no-fly-zone over Iraq. The 366th Air Expeditionary Wing will be deployed with fighters from the 366th Wing of Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. ...
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GEC steps up Il-76 AEW efforts
Paul Lewis/BEIJING GEC-Marconi is stepping up efforts to obtain an Ilyushin Il-76 transport from Russia to modify as an airborne-early-warning (AEW) aircraft for China in the face of Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI's) recent success in acquiring a similar platform for its rival Phalcon radar. It is ...
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Russia welcomes arms delegations
Russia played host to arms delegations from Indonesia and Greece in late August as the country steps up its activities in the defence-exports market. An Indonesian delegation, headed by minister for national development and planning Gunandjar Kartasasmita, visited Moscow to talk to Russian minister of economics Yakov Urinson ...
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Boeing rolls out model of Space Maneuver Vehicle
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing and the US Air Force's Phillips Laboratory have rolled out a 90%-scale test version of the Space Maneuver Vehicle (SMV) at the former Rockwell site in Seal Beach, California. The SMV is now being prepared for flight tests in November at Holloman AFB, New ...
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Racal-Thorn wins Lockheed Martin decoy work
Martin Streetly/LONDON Lockheed Martin has awarded Racal-Thorn Defence a contract worth more than £10 million ($16.6 million) to develop and fabricate a radio-frequency countermeasures-techniques generator for use with a Raytheon E-Systems fibre-optic towed decoy to be carried by the UK's British Aerospace Nimrod 2000 maritime-patrol aircraft. ...
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Into the limelight
Despite the loss of the first prototype, Beriev's Be-103 shows great promise Paul Duffy/TAGANROG Of the ten major ex-Soviet design bureaux, perhaps the least known to the outside world is Beriev. There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, Beriev is based in Taganrog, a ...
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Eastern rising
EVA Airways of Taiwan has achieved formidable progress in six years Brent Hannon/TAIPEI EVA Airways, launched with little fanfare in mid-1991, today boasts a fleet of 30, a route network which extends to London, New York and Panama City, and a balance sheet which shows ...
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Flight-test express
Lessons learned from flight testing the Learjet 45 are beneÌting the Global Express Graham Warwick/MONTREAL Bombardier's Wichita, Kansas, flight-test centre is busy, with certification testing of the Global Express gathering pace as that for the Learjet 45 light business-jet winds down. Testing of ...
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Bombardier aims to fly by wire
Graham Warwick/MONTREAL Bombardier is close to selecting a partner for a programme to demonstrate fly-by-wire flight-control technology for use in future business and regional aircraft. Four unidentified companies have been shortlisted for the role of prime vendor in the Canadian company's four-year active-control-technology (ACT) demonstration programme. ...
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Galaxy is the star as IAI rolls out business jet
Allan Winn/TEL AVIV GALAXY AEROSPACE rolled out its "super mid-size" Galaxy business jet on 4 September with the promise of orders and commitments covering the first two years' worth of production. The Israel Aircraft Industries/ Pritzker joint venture aims to fly the first aircraft in December, with Israeli ...
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Court sends receiver to run Israviation
Israviation has halted work on the ST-50 pusher-turboprop business aircraft, after an Israeli court appointed a receiver to manage the manufacturer's plant in northern Israel. Efforts are being made to find a new investor to replace the undisclosed Swiss company whose decision to pull out of the programme ...
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Jetcruzer 500P first flight is completed
Advanced Aerodynamics & Structures' (AASI) Jetcruzer 500P business turboprop had its maiden fight on 22 August. The 500P, which is an upgraded, higher-speed version of the Jetcruzer 450, had a 45min flight from the US manufacturer's base at Long Beach, California. AASI plans to synchronise amended US Federal ...
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Aviall to stock props
Dallas, Texas-based aviation-parts distributor Aviall has signed a deal with McCauley Propeller Systems to stock and sell McCauley propellers around the world. Cessna Parts Distribution will retain sales responsibility for its network of Cessna Service Centers and join Aviall in supplying McCauley Service Centers. Source: Flight International
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Learjet 45
Bombardier Aerospace has received US Federal Aviation Authority provisional type certification for its $8 million Learjet 45 business jet. According to the Canadian manufacturer, final certification for the nine-seat, AlliedSignal TFE731-20 powered aircraft is expected "in the coming weeks". Source: Flight International
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Robin relaunches the R118 with four-seat upgrade
French general-aviation manufacturer Avions Pierre Robin is re-introducing an upgraded version of its four-seat R118 Aiglon, 17 years after production was halted. Dubbed the Aiglon II, the light aircraft will have minor modifications over the earlier design, although these have yet to be disclosed. Like its predecessor, the ...
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AlliedSignal solves problem of 'lean blowout'
The US Federal Aviation Administration has certificated new engine-control software for the AlliedSignal TFE731-60 which has been developed to correct an auto-ignition, or "lean blowout"-problem identified during early operations on the Dassault Falcon 900EX. Problems were first reported when Falcon 900EX operators experienced difficulty starting the -60 engine ...
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AI(R) holds talks on 70-seater plans
Aero International (Regional) (AI(R) is in last-minute talks with potential partners on its planned Airjet family of regional jets as it nears a decision on whether to go ahead with the 70-seat aircraft. Embraer, Saab and Aerostructures are all competing to supply the wing, although the US firm ...