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PATS award
PATS is to provide auxiliary fuel tanks, airstairs, crew ladders and portable water systems for Boeing 757s to be operated by the US Air Force's Special Air Mission Wing for VIP transport. The systems are scheduled to be installed at Boeing Wichita before delivery. Source: Flight ...
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B/E Aerospace addition
All B/EAerospace seat-manufacturing plants are now qualified to produce 16g-certifiated airliner seats, giving the Wellington, Florida-based company a 16g-seat capacity of over 200,000 passenger placements a year. Source: Flight International
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Fairchild digital recce
Orbital Sciences' Fairchild Defense unit has recorded and reproduced digital reconnaissance-imagery with its high-speed solid-state recorder on a Lockheed Martin F-16. The recorder can store 54 gigabytes of imagery at 249 megabits/s, with real-time editing and read-while-write capability. Source: Flight International
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Aerotrac in China
Telephonics has installed its AeroTrac air-traffic-management system at Guangzhou, providing China with its first fully automated civilian air-route control centre. The system, which processes and displays data from all radars in China's busy south-east region, is scheduled to become fully operational later this year. Source: Flight ...
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RVSM modifications
Lynton Aircraft Sales, based at Kidlington in Oxford, is claiming to be the first UK operator to have certificated modifications to one of its aircraft in line with new reduced vertical-separation minima (RVSM) regulations imposed by the US Federal Aviation Administration and adopted on trial by the UK on 27 ...
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Boeing multi-media
Boeing will take a 10% share in communications consortium Teledesic, with an investment of $100 million. It will lead the $9 billion venture as prime contractor, to design, build and launch an initial 288-satellite constellation in low-Earth orbit, providing global multi-media services, starting in 2002. The system will allow Internet ...
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Roscat 1 delivered
The Rocsat1 communications satellite, built by TRW Space and Electronics, has been delivered to Taiwan's Hsinchu science centre in preparation for its launch by a Lockheed Martin Launch Vehicle 1 in 1998. The Rocsat is the first of three communications satellites planned by Taiwan's Science Council for launches up to ...
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US Airways
US Airways, of Arlington, Virginia, has named John Selvaggio vice-president of US Airways Express division. He replaces Keith Houk, who becomes vice-president of special projects. Selvaggio was with American Airliners and its parent, AMR. Source: Flight International
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Airod award
The US Air Force has awarded Airod of Malaysia a six-year depot-maintenance contract for structural inspection and repair of Pacific Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130 transport aircraft. The contract covers the servicing of up to six aircraft a year and is the fourth successive USAF C-130 deal awarded to Airod. ...
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USN tries for sunburn
The US Navy has been attempting to buy the Russian Raduga 3M-80 (SS-N-22 Sunburn) supersonic sea-skimming anti-ship missile, amid concerns over the potential proliferation of such a class of anti-ship weapon. The US interest in acquiring a limited number of the missiles was brought to light through Russian reports that ...
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Jet sets new record
Zürich-based Jet Aviation Group, which provides worldwide business-aviation services, boosted sales by 13% in 1996, helped by acquisitions and new bases in Europe, the Far East and the USA. Jet reported sales of SFr387 million ($313 million) and an 11.5% rise in profits, to SFr10.4 million. ...
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CAE backlog rises
CAE has an order backlog of C$1.4 billion ($1 billion) and is predicting a buoyant flight-simulator market for the next two years. The Canadian company's sales grew by 9%to a record C$867 million in the last financial year to March 1997. Profits edged up 3%to C$60.3 million. ...
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HAL moves up
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) reports that sales grew by 10%,to $493 million, over the last financial year to March 1997. Although the bulk of sales are within India, the state-owned company managed exports of $9.5 million and expects that to rise this year because of $20 million-worth of work contracted by ...
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Bombardier grows
Bombardier's aerospace division, which includes Shorts and Learjet, has expanded rapidly, posting sales of C$4 billion ($2.9 billion) in its financial year to January 1997. Pre-tax profits nearly doubled to C$258 million. Source: Flight International
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An-38-100 ticket
The Antonov An-38-100 27-seat regional/utility turboprop has received type certification from the Russian authorities. The aircraft, equipped with AlliedSignal Engines TPE331 engines and Hartzell propellers, is now in series production at NAPA in Novsibirsk, with first deliveries scheduled to commence in the second half of 1997. ...
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AVIC/Airbus sign AE31X agreement
Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) and Airbus Industrie Asia (AIA) have signed a framework agreement covering the joint development of the proposed AE31X family of regional jets, formerly known as the AE-100/A318. The memorandum, signed in Beijing on 15 May by French president Jacques Chirac and Jian Zemin, ...
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EC Commissioner warns of curbs on 'exclusive' deals
Europe's competition commissioner, Karel Van Miert, has warned that curbs will have to be placed on Boeing's use of "exclusive" aircraft deals as the price of approval for the group's planned merger with McDonnell Douglas (MDC) Van Miert says that the European Commission (EC) will present Boeing and ...
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MMS wins $600 million LEO deal
Matra Marconi Space (MMS) has been awarded a $600 million contract by Constellation Communications of Reston, Virginia, to be prime contractor for the space segment of a low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite system, including delivery in orbit and insurance. The 12-satellite system, operating in 2,000km equatorial orbits, will provide voice, ...
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Long March boosts China
A Long March 3A booster carried China's Dongfanghong 3 domestic communications satellite into geo- stationary-transfer orbit after launch from Xichang on 9 May. The successful launch - the third by the 3A model - boosted China's commercial-launcher hopes after two failures dented its reputation in 1996 (Flight International, 16-22 April). ...
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Power loss delays PanAmSat 6 launch
The launch of the Space Systems/Loral-built PanAmSat PAS 6 communications satellite, due to take place on 13 May aboard the Ariane V96, has been cancelled and delayed for at least three months after a power loss was experienced on a similar satellite. The Loral-built Tempo 2 lost 15% ...