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Bonn questions delay Taurus go-ahead
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH The German parliamentary budget committee has pushed back the go-ahead for development of the Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa)/Bofors Taurus KEPD350 stand-off missile. According to the Bonn defence ministry, the committee requires "additional information" from the ministry. The ministry expects the project to be cleared in the first ...
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Agusta power
Peter Gray/CASCINA COSTA DE SAMARATE Although it has been said before, the statement that "if it looks good, it flies good" certainly applies to the Agusta A109 - and particularly to the Power version. The outside shell has changed little since the first-prototype days of 1971, but as I ...
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The right way
John King/TEKAPO IN common with other countries with deregulated aviation industries, New Zealand has seen a proliferation of small airlines in recent years. Also in line with experience in many countries, some of those carriers have met problems. It is the old story of enthusiasm attracting under-capitalised players into setting ...
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Ultimate mobility
Tim Furniss/LONDON Making a mobile telephone call to and from anywhere in the world is about to become reality. Motorola's Iridium satellite system should be declared operational this year. Market studies indicate, however, that satellite services may not make as great an impact as first thought. The sixth Boeing Delta ...
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Only two can play ?
Tim Furniss/LONDON calls for the rationalisation and integration of European aerospace companies to allow it to face up to international competition are being reflected to a degree in the continent's space industry, but it is still competing with itself. The rationalisation of the European space business began with the ...
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Launching forward
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Lockheed Martin/Boeing's F-22 represents the pinnacle of US military-avionics development, but the air-superiority fighter is not scheduled to become operational until 2005. Meanwhile, manufacturers have begun development of the next generation of avionics, for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), which, probably optimistically, is scheduled to enter service ...
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The generation gap
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Fifth-generation fighter, second- generation cockpit - what's the point? So goes the succinct view of no less than Col Gen Anatoly Sitnov, Russian defence ministry acquisition chief, in considering Russia's future combat-aircraft programmes. Sitnov's barbed comment was directed at the Sukhoi S-37 forward-swept-wing multi-role fighter prototype, but it ...
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Japan takes delivery of the first Colibri
The first Eurocopter EC120B Colibri light helicopter was delivered on 23 January to Japan's Nozaki, with Eurocopter claiming orders for "more than 100" aircraft in the 11 months since marketing began. USFederal Aviation Administration certification of the five-seat Colibri is imminent, the helicopter being one of the first cleared ...
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Maverick develops new business jet
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Maverick Air is developing a six-seat twin-engined business aircraft called the Twinjet 1200, which will be available in kit and factory-built versions. Robert Bornhofen, president and owner of the Pueblo, Colorado-based manufacturer, is building the Twinjet 1200 with assistance from engineering company Airboss Aerospace of Stockton, California. The ...
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Sales soar for Robin's aerobatic Akrotech
Julian Moxon/PARIS Sales of the new Akrotech Cap 222 aerobatic competition aircraft, now being produced by France's Avions Robin, have exceeded expectations, with seven orders notched up before certification. "We're sold out to July," says Avions Robin president Jean-Paul Pellissier, "and we are seeing a great deal of interest ...
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India's Taneja rolls out first locally produced P.68
India's Taneja Aerospace and Aviation (TAAL) rolled out the first indigenously produced Partenavia P.68 on 20 January and hopes to receive Indian civil-aviation authority certification by the end of the month. The light twin's roll-out, which took place at TAAL's plant in Hosur, near Bangalore, had originally been planned ...
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Carriers attack EC competition policy
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Europe's major carriers have led an attack on the airline-competition policy coming from the European Commission (EC) - which is studying a series of global alliances - with claims that new entrants are being unfairly promoted at their expense. The attack came during a meeting on ...
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AI(R) partnership teeters as ATR looks to break with BAe
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Andrea Spinelli/GENOA ATR is on the verge of extracting its sales and marketing from Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) and may move to abandon its two-year-old venture with British Aerospace. The partners are to hold an initial meeting by 30 January to review the future of AI(R) following the ...
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Asian crisis sees Asiana drop A330
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Asiana Airlines is scrapping its plans to purchase Airbus A330s and is cutting back drastically on an Airbus A321 order. Overall, the number of cancelled aircraft orders and deferred deliveries in Asia continues to grow, with Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) rescheduling Boeing 777-200 deliveries and Thai Airways ...
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USAF investigates interoperable C-130 upgrade
An Upgrade of the US Air Force's newer Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules transports to a common configuration, tentatively dubbed the C-130X, is now being studied in an bid to improve interoperability. The USAF operates different standards of C-130E and H, and wants to rationalise its fleet around two variants: ...
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Romania offers to revive Dracula
The Romanian defence ministry has invited tenders from partners willing to finance the stalled IAR Brasov AH-1RO Dracula helicopter programme. IAR president Neculai Banea says that 11 international banks and financial institutions are expected to offer loans of up to $1.5 billion to fund the attack helicopter. The ...
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Eurocopter predicts that Asian crisis will bring order cancellations
Eurocopter president Jean-Francois Bigay is forecasting cancellations and order delays as a result of the continuing economic crisis in Asia. Orders for 15 civil helicopters from South Korea and Thailand have already been put on ice. The warning came as the Franco-German company announced that, in 1997, it achieved ...
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Rekkof seeks way back for Fokker production
Efforts are under way to restart production of the Fokker 70 and 100 airliners. The initiative is being led by Jaap Rozen Jacobson, chairman of Belgian airline VLM. A new Dutch company, Rekkof (Fokker spelled backwards) Restart, is seeking funds and negotiating with potential suppliers. In a bid to ...
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United's Airbus boost
United Airlines is expected to finalise an order soon for 50 more Airbus A320-family aircraft, to boost its orders for the single-aisle models to 131. The airline now operates four A319s and 41 A320s, powered by International Aero Engines V2500s. Source: Flight International
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Airbus line-up
Lagardère president Nöel Forgeard will succeed Jean Pierson on 1 April as managing director of Airbus. Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) chairman Manfred Bischoff will replace Edzard Reuter as chairman of the supervisory board and Dasa's Dietrich Russell will replace Volker von Tein as chief operating officer. Meanwhile, Denis Ranque is to ...