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Messier-Dowty specified in Horizon landing gear programme
Messier-Dowty yesterday announced it has been chosen by Raytheon Aircraft to design, develop and manufacture the complete landing gear system for the US company's new Hawker Horizon business jet. Messier-Dowty, the joint venture between TI Group of the UK and Snecma of France, estimates the value of the ...
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Missions of mercy for the $25million airborne hospital
First it was the flying doctor coming to the aid of needy folk in remote countries. Now there's an entire medical team, complete with a flying hospital, running regular mercy missions all over the globe. The Flying Hospital - a converted Lockheed L1011-50 - is the ...
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Radar system snaps landmarks
Le Bourget appears like its never been seen before... courtesy of an image that highlights the capabilities of the Hughes Integrated Surveillance and Reconnaissance (HISAR) synthetic aperture radar system. As part of a 10-month, 15-country demonstration tour, Hughes Aircraft and project partner Raytheon Aircraft have produced a 6m ...
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Fire-and-forget Javelin system debuts
The Javelin anti-armour missile system is making a star appearance at Texas Instruments' stand in Hall 3 (US Pavilion). Last week, the system took centre-stage when the TI/Lockheed Martin joint venture announced its $745 million three-year full production contract with the US Defence Department for Javelin, described as ...
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GPS software gets airlines' nod
If you need state-of-the-art software for airline GPS, make your way to the Jeppesen stand in Hall 4/ D3. The Jeppesen OnSight offers aircraft tracking, flight planning and weather analysis either individually or as a fully integrated package. The first ground-based systems were installed last year ...
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K-MAX makes big impact in Alps
Environmental performance played a key role in the sale of the third Kaman K-MAX "aerial truck" in Europe. The helicopter has been operated by new company ROTEX which is based in Liechtenstein. ROTEX, which is targeting logging, construction, and Alpine-related industries in Southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland, has ...
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Learjet clears the Atlantic in record time
Anyone needing to get from Pittsburgh to Paris in around eight hours should visit the Bombardier chalet and enquire about buying a Learjet 60. For the 100th production aircraft arrived at the show to take up its place in the static display in record-breaking time, taking just 1minute ...
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ESA catches the Express to Mars
The European Space Agency (ESA) says it has approved studies of a mission, called the Mars Express, to land a craft on the surface of the planet Mars to analyse its soil for signs of life. The international frenzy over "life on Mars" has meant that the Mars ...
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Litton shows no fear
Litton Industries, continuing its strategy of acquisition and diversification, has no intention of being acquired itself, president and chief operating officer Michael Brown said at the show yesterday. Brown spelled out why he believes Litton will be a survivor in the huge aerospace shakeout under way in the ...
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Kings for Cessna
Cessna has chosen King Schools as its partner to develop the next generation of private pilot instructional material. The Cessna pilot centre will offer computer-based training with a high level of interactivity with other training aids including CD ROM based material, video and computer graphics. Source: ...
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Airbus power
British Midland has chosen the International Aero Engines V2500 to power its new fleet of Airbus A320/321s. Deliveries will start in March 1998. The carrier decided on the Airbuses earlier this year and will buy four A320s and A321s apiece, leasing the remainder. IAE, the four-nation consortium comprising ...
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Bohler out in Paris
Bohler Schmiedetechnik GMBH is promoting its nickle base and titanium alloy structural and disk forgings at Paris '97. The company's products are approved for use on all major civil aircraft, helicopters and jet engines. Source: Flight Daily News
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V2500 record
The ubiquitous IAE V2500 range of engines has now passed five million flying hours... equivalent to flying around the world 54,000 times. More than 2,000 V2500s have been ordered since the programme was launched 13 years ago, and the latest generation -A5/-D5 variants have established an engine caused ...
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French lessons
If you fancy a year in France learning to become an aircraft maintenance engineer, then wander down to Hall 4/C9 here at the Paris Airshow. The stand is manned by the students from the new course running at the University of Aix en Provence near Marseille. Investing in ...
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Kohl's clout renews hope for EF2000 takeoff
The Eurofighter EF2000 remains poised at the end of the runway, its builders' hands hovering over the throttle while Germany's politicians try to find the money to enable the brakes on the programme to be released. Following talks between the prime ministers and defence ministers of Germany and ...
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Oxygen system launched by Litton
A low-cost, high-performance on-board oxygen generating system, claimed to be the world's first, has been launched by Litton Industries' Life Support division. LITOCS 1 - Litton Oxygen Concentrating System - is compatible with nearly all new and existing aircraft and incorporates the latest technological advances in materials, design ...
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Single trainers show potential
The world's first independent market intelligence study on single-engined military piston trainer aircraft suggests a potential $2.7 billion market over the next ten years. However, despite the potential it warns Western aircraft manufacturers not to be complacent. The report* was launched yesterday at the show, and ...
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Polyphem fibre-guided missile shows pin-point accuracy
France, Germany and Italy have successfully test-fired the Polyphem, a versatile precision weapons system designed to deliver a 20kg warhead at a range of up to 60km. The Polyphem is touted as the world's best performing fibre-optic-guided missile for ground-to-air, air-to-ground, ship-to-ship and anti-submarine warfare, in all-weather conditions, ...
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SOIM trainer leading way
Romania's newly upgraded IAR-99 SOIM trainer is on show at Paris for the first time after making its maiden flight only three weeks ago. The jet powered SOIM is intended as a lead-in trainer for advanced fast jets such as the F-16 Fighting Falcon and F/A-18 Hornet, according ...
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Russian sales to hit $5billion in 1997
Russia's aircraft industry comes to Paris with new-found vigour after defence exports continued to recover during the past year, with experts predicting sales of $5 billion during 1997. This represents a doubling of sales over the last five years, since they were rocked when the Soviet Union collapsed ...