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Singapore is first non-NATO state to be cleared for US datalink
Singapore has become the first non-NATO country cleared to receive the US-developed Link 16 tactical datalink. Industry sources say that the US Navy pushed through the approval, citing the need for interoperability with the USA's major ally in the Asia-Pacific region. Singapore plans to acquire datalink terminals for its ...
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Boeing maintenance
Boeing is to establish a maintenance base at Kelly AFB in San Antonio, Texas, which is scheduled to be closed in 2001. The centre is to open in 18 months. New Piper Aircraft has sold 16 Archer III piston singles to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Institute of Aviation ...
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C-27J deal awarded
Alenia Aerospazio has selected APPH of Bolton, UK, and Magnaghi of Naples, Italy, to supply the landing gear and associated hydraulics for the Lockheed Martin/Alenia C-27J Spartan tactical transport upgrade of the G222. APPH will manufacture the main gear, while Magnaghi will construct the nosegear. Source: Flight International
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Boeing/Hexcel in second Asian venture
Boeing and Hexcel have signed a deal with Sime Darby and Malaysian Helicopter Services to establish a composite parts manufacturing joint venture in Malaysia, in the second such deal of its type to be reached in Asia by the two Western companies. The agreement, signed on 14 February, calls ...
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Waverider prepared for 'fuzzy logic' flight
Accurate Automation is starting tests of its neural network flight and engine control system on its LoFLYTE subscale remotely piloted "waverider" hypersonic demonstrator aircraft. The flight, originally scheduled to have taken place last year was delayed because "a higher priority was placed on increasing the thrust of the engine ...
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SIA/R-R centre gets go-ahead
The new Singapore Airlines (SIA)/Rolls-Royce engine maintenance joint venture is to open for business in March, following certification by the European Joint Airworthiness Authorities and local authorities. International Engine Component Overhaul's (IECO) newly completed $15.7 million facility based in Singapore has been designed primarily to support R-R's family of ...
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Agusta expects approval in July for Koala single
Italian manufacturer Agusta expects to gain certification of its new A119 Koala single engined helicopter by the end of July, with first delivery due in September to an unnamed civilian customer. The A119 is Agusta's first turbine single in this popular sector of the market. "Everyone who needs space, but ...
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US team develops DGPS approaches
Flight testing is under way at Honeywell in Phoenix, Arizona, to develop precision approach procedures for helicopters, using differential global positioning system (DGPS) guidance. Honeywell has teamed with Sikorsky and Universal Avionics to help the US Federal Aviation Administration develop terminal procedures (TERPS), providing helicopter operators with greater flexibility ...
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Eurocopter aims to break into US market with new EC155
Eurocopter has launched its EC155 in the US market, eight months after the twin engined medium helicopter was unveiled in Europe. The aircraft, which will be marketed by American Eurocopter (AEC), is a modified and stretched variant of the AS365 Dauphin medium twin, boasting a 40% increase in cabin size. ...
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Mexican team buys S-76C+ for tourists' aeromedical programme
Sikorsky has sold four S-76C+ helicopters to Air Ambulance America for a Mexican aeromedical project. The aircraft will be delivered late this year for use in the Government funded You Are Safe in Mexico Association (YASMA) programme to promote tourism by providing emergency medical service coverage. Austin, Texas-based Air ...
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Demand for piston helicopters powers up
Three leading US piston helicopter makers, Enstrom, Robinson and Schweizer, report mixed sales fortunes in 1997. Torrence, California-based Robinson Helicopters continues to lead the sector with an increase in sales from 162 helicopters in 1996 to 244 helicopters in 1997, including 100 overhauled and remanufactured models. Of this total, 132 ...
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Helipro sets April date for first flight of Offshore S-61 Short
Helipro is nearing completion of its first S-61 "Short" conversion for the offshore market, and aims to fly the helicopter for the first time in April. The Offshore S-61 Short, as its name suggests, is a modified version of the original Sikorsky S-61N with a 1.23m fuselage plug removed ...
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Allison unwraps 'World Engine'
Allison Engine has revealed plans to run a new powerplant core by the end of this year, which it hopes could provide the basis for a low cost "World Engine" family of turboshafts and turboprops in the 220-820kW (300-1,100shp) power range. The emphasis is on affordability and low acquisition ...
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Delta launches the first four Globalstars
The first four Globalstar worldwide mobile voice and data communications satellites were launched into 1,200km circular orbits aboard a two-stage Boeing Delta II from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 14 February. It was the first launch of a Delta II with four (rather than nine) strap-on solid rocket motors. The Space ...
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NASA contracts
Ball Aerospace of Boulder, Colorado, has won a $200 million NASA contract to build the Laser Altimetry Mission spacecraft set for launch in July 2001. The craft will monitor changes to the Earth's polar ice caps. Spectrum Astro of Arizona, and the University of California have been picked to fly ...
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Aerospatiale to build biggest civil communications satellite
Tim Furniss/LONDON Luxembourg's Société Européenne des Satellites (SES) has awarded Aerospatiale a contract to build the world's largest commercial communications satellite, the Astra 1K. The 5,000kg Astra 1K, which will be launched on an Ariane or Proton booster in 2000, will be a Spacebus 3000B3S spacecraft bus, equipped with ...
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Second Taurus takes Orbcomms and US Navy Geosat into orbit
Orbital Sciences (OSC) launched its second four-stage Taurus booster from Vandenberg AFB, California, on 10 February. It carried two Orbcomm data communications satellites and the US Navy's Geosat Follow On craft into a circular 775km, 108º inclination polar orbit. It was the first Taurus launched with a Thiokol Castor ...
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AlliedSignal APUs for Chinese A320s
China Eastern Airlines has become the launch customer in Asia for AlliedSignal's 131-9(A) APU for its order of ten Airbus A320s. AlliedSignal's Rom Johnson, vice-president commercial auxiliary power, says: "This will give the airline commonality with their existing fleet of MD-90s. Our APUs will give China Eastern significant improvements ...
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Putting customers first pays off for AlliedSignal
Karen Walker AlliedSignal executives can point to one product in particular on their Asian Aerospace stand (Stand A712) and see proof that an ongoing campaign of culture change is bearing fruit. That product is the 331-500 auxiliary power unit (APU) which equips the Boeing 777 and was produced in partnership ...
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Ampex shows heavy-duty cassette recorders
Ampex Data Systems (Stand A1200) is showing its heavy-duty airborne tape cassette recorders at the show. The leader in magnetic storage recording devices has on display the high performance models DCRSi 75, 107, 120 and 240. The DCRSi range supports a sustained throughput rate of up to 20 megabyte/second and ...