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Boeing targets IT
Alan Mullally, president of Boeing Defense and Space Group, says that the company is aiming for one-third of its business to be based in information technology. Boeing has already taken a 10% stake in Teledesic, a joint venture with Microsoft and telecommunications guru Craig McCaw. Source: ...
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Indian separation
Alan Mullally, president of Boeing Defense and Space Group, says that the company is aiming for one-third of its business to be based in information technology. Boeing has already taken a 10% stake in Teledesic, a joint venture with Microsoft and telecommunications guru Craig McCaw. Source: ...
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Missile defence
The US Department of Defense has awarded two $8 million contracts for the concept definition study phase of the National Missile Defense (NMD) Lead Systems Integrator programme. Boeing North American received one award. The other went to United Missile Defense Company, a joint venture involving Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and TRW. ...
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French KC-135R
Boeing has delivered the first of three KC-135Rs to the French air force. The aircraft, re-engined with CFM International CFM56 turbofans, join 11 re-engined C-135FR tankers. Source: Flight International
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Tracor deal
Tracor subsidiary GDE Systems has received a $15.5 million US Marine Corps contract to supply three deployable ground-stations to exploit imagery from the electro-optical reconnaissance system planned for the McDonnell Douglas F-18. Source: Flight International
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More U-125s on order
Kanematsu has ordered four additional Raytheon U-125A search-and-rescue aircraft for delivery to the Japan Air Self-Defence Force in 1999. Five of the modified Hawker 800s are already in service. Source: Flight International
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Australian shortlist
British Aerospace Australia, an Elta/Elisra team, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon E-Systems and Rockwell-ASTA Defence (now part of Boeing) have been shortlisted to supply electric-warfare equipment for a range of Australian Defence Force aircraft. A request for tenders to supply self-protection systems for the General Dynamics F-111, Lockheed Martin C-130J, ...
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Jetstream SAR
The Hong Kong Government Flying Service (GFS) has ordered two new Aero International (Regional) Jetstream 41 multi-purpose patrol aircraft for delivery in 1998, as a replacement for its Raytheon Beechcraft King Air 200Cs. The aircraft will be used mainly in the search-and-rescue (SAR). The $18 million deal includes equipping the ...
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Stage 3 testing starts
Burbank Aeronautical II has begun flight testing its Stage 3 hushkit for the Pratt &Whitney JT3D-powered Boeing 707. The tests should finish in August, with US Federal Aviation Administration certification due in September. Source: Flight International
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Frontier talks
Low-cost Colorado-based carriers Frontier and Western Pacific Airlines are in discussions over a possible merger, to enable them to compete more effectively with United Airlines. Source: Flight International
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Great Lakes cuts
Great Lakes Aviation, which resumed limited services in late May after a voluntarily grounding of its aircraft, is to scale back operations. The Minneapolis, Minnesota-based regional will not resume service as United Express to eight cities, citing "economic factors", while its agreement with Midway Airlines, as Midway Connection, has been ...
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Bulgaria In
Eurocontrol has accepted Bulgaria as its 26th member nation on the basis of the country's programme to improve the Sofia flight-information region's air traffic-control infrastructure. Source: Flight International
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Brasilia engine fire
A SkyWest Brasilia suffered starboard-engine power loss and fire when climbing through 2,000ft (700m) out of San Diego, California, on 21 May, the US National Transportation Safety Board reports. The propeller auto-feathered and the fire was extinguished using both fire bottles. The crew made a safe, flapless landing at NAS ...
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GEC/Honeywell will supply RAF Jaguar helmet-mounted system
GEC and Honeywell have been awarded a contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide a helmet-mounted sighting system for the Royal Air Force's Sepecat Jaguar GR1B strike aircraft. Under the initial contract, 12 helmet-mounted sights (HMS) will be procured. They will be a fully qualified ...
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Horten flies again
Two aircraft enthusiasts have begun flight tests of a prototype ultra-light flying wing, built from a design by Second World War flying-wing pioneer Professor Reimar Horten, who died in 1993. The two-seat PUL 10 had its 30min maiden flight in May from Breitscheid airÌeld in Germany, under a Provisional Certificate ...
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VisionAire books European orders
VISIONAIRE SAYS that it received orders for four Vantage single-engined business jets at the European Business Air Show in the UK in May. The agreements take the company's orderbook to over 60 aircraft. The orders were placed by buyers in Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK. The ...
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Boeing battles to complete 777-X definition for Paris
Boeing is struggling to get its proposed 777-200X/ 300X growth derivatives off the ground in time for the Paris air show, as the company considers a further increase to the maximum take-off-weight (MTOW) of the aircraft to meet airline range and payload demands. The US manufacturer is discussing ...
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A340 growth engine is stuck in stalemate
Airbus Industrie, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce are locked in a three-way stand-off over the way forward on the growth A340-500 and -600. P&W and R-R are seeking exclusivity on the new variants, while Airbus does not want to offer it.The engine makers expect a final decision by ...
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American chief decries delay in BA deal
AMERICAN AIRLINES has blasted critics of the proposed alliance between the US carrier and British Airways, and assailed the "foot-dragging" in securing regulatory approval for the deal. Bob Crandall, American's chairman and chief executive, has told a congressional panel that the deal, revealed in April 1996, has been ...