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NATA
Fred Workley, manager of maintenance operations at the US National Air Transportation Association (NATA) of Alexandria, Virginia, is to become a contract technical advisor on aviation matters for the Association. He wishes to focus on his own business, Workley Aircraft & Maintenance, at Dulles International Airport. ...
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MDC
McDonnell Douglas (MDC), of Hunting Beach, California, has promoted Ronald Elkins to general manager of the Engineering Services division and programme director at Goddard Systems Engineering, Integration and Management Support Services. He succeeds Jerry Allen, who has retired. Elkins has been with MDC for 31 years. John Feren is named ...
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NPO/P&W
Bob Monaco has become president of RD AMROSS, LLC, a new joint venture between NPO-Energomash and Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion, based in Florida. He has been vice-president of finance for P&W Government Engines & Space Propulsion, and was on the founding team which established the International Aero Engines consortium, ...
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Ultra NIMROD 2000
Ultra Electronics Holdings has won a ú48 million ($78 million)contract from Boeing Defense and Space, to supply integrated acoustic systems for the British Aerospace Nimrod 2000 maritime-patrol aircraft. UK- based Ultra is developing the systems in collaboration with Computing Devices Canada and Flightline Electronics of the USA. ...
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DAC deals heads up
Banner Aerospace subsidiary DAC International is to market and distribute worldwide Heads Up Technologies' line of passenger-briefing and pilot's-checklist systems and annunciator panels. Source: Flight International
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Tyrolean adds GPS/FMS
Austria's Tyrolean Airways is to retrofit its 17 Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8s with Universal Avionics' UNS-1C global-positioning/flight-management system, beginning in April, to meet European basic area-navigation requirements. Source: Flight International
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Wayfarer expands
White Plains, New York-based corporate-aircraft charter company Wayfarer Aviation has added a fourth Bombardier Canadair Challenger to its managed fleet. Source: Flight International
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Chicago Meigs re-opens
Operations have resumed at Chicago's Meigs Field, after the city's plans to close the lakefront airport were overturned by the State of Illinois. Source: Flight International
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Premier Fuselage
Raytheon Aircraft has fabricated the first carbonfibre-composite forward-fuselage for its Premier I business jet, using its Viper automated fibre-placement system. Source: Flight International
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No European airlift delight
Sir - Your Comment "Strategic retreat" (Flight International, 12-18 February, P3) and the story "UK slashes FLA [Future Large Aircraft] numbers" in the same issue (P5) both allude to a forthcoming Lockheed C-141-replacement programme. While the C-141 is due to be replaced by 2006, there is not, and ...
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European team takes laminar-flow nacelle to windtunnel
A consortium of European aerospace companies is preparing to begin full-scale windtunnel testing of what it claims is the world's first complete laminar-flow engine-nacelle system, aimed at reducing dramatically the amount of drag produced by wing-mounted engine installations. The team hopes the ground-based trials will lead to further ...
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Embraer seeks Paris show launchfor new 37-seat regional turbofan
Embraer has confirmed its intentions to develop a family of small regional jets which would include new 37- and 70-seat aircraft on either side of its EMB-145 50-seater. The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer hopes to be able officially to launch the 37-seater, which will be known as the EMB-135, ...
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Lockheed Martin selects CATIA
LOCKHEED MARTIN is to use Dassault Systemes' CATIA computer-aided design and manufacturing software as the core of a "virtual-development environment" it is creating, initially for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme. The company hopes to leapfrog its competition and cut costs and cycle times by at least 50% for development, ...
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Czech mates
Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Czech Republic flag carrier CSA have combined to bid for a 35-40% holding in trainer and light-attack aircraft producer Aero Vodochody. The US manufacturers say that they plan to use the Czech company to produce components for Boeing airliners and assemble MDC's F-18, if the aircraft ...
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IAI considers joint AEW bid for Australia and South Korea
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is considering tendering for South Korea's pending airborne early-warning (AEW) competition offering an Elta Phalcon phased-array radar version of the Airbus Industrie A310, as well as the Boeing 767. IAI has already teamed with Raytheon E-Systems to offer an Elta radar-equipped A310 for Australia's ...
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Hellfire Contract
The Lockheed Martin/ Northrop Grumman joint venture has been awarded a $235 million contract for continued low-rate initial production of Hellfire Longbow anti-armour missiles and launchers. The award covers more than 1,000 missiles and 200 launchers. The contract represents a significant step toward full production. ...
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THAAD missile proves to be a dud once again
THE LOCKHEED Martin Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile failed on 6 March to destroy a simulated ballistic target, its fourth misfire in as many intercept attempts, jeopardising the future of the multi-billion dollar weapons programme. The latest test was originally due in December 1996, but the ...
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Python 4 heads for Chile and Singapore air forces
The Chilean and Singaporean air forces are on the brink of acquiring the Rafael Python 4 infra-red dogfight missile, with some indications that missile deliveries may have already begun. The image above appears to show a modified Northrop F-5 carrying four Python 4 missiles. The aircraft strongly resembles the Chilean ...
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Italy cuts projects to protect EF2000 interest
Italy's Tornado is in the frame for cuts The Italian air force has cut back severely its expenditure on proposed procurement projects, to ring-fence funding for the Eurofighter EF2000 programme. The definitive version of the Italian defence ministry's budget has been settled, according to defence sources, with EF2000 funding being ...