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Meggitt is upbeat on aerospace prospects
UK specialist systems and components group Meggitt is looking for further acquisitions to bolster its growing aerospace business as civil markets begin to boom, says chief executive Mike Stacey. Since arriving at the company in 1995, Stacey has carried out a major restructuring, which has seen the group ...
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BA ground sale
British Airways is to sell its ground fleet services division to Ryder System's UK subsidiary, as an early move in the airline's pledge to make a £1 billion ($1.6 billion) improvement in its performance over the next three years. BAsays that Ryder will be awarded a five-year contract to continue ...
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PAL hopes to raise shareholder cash for fleet renewal
Philippine Airlines (PAL) plans to raise around 10 billion peso ($380 million) from its shareholders in an effort to reduce its debt-to-equity ratio and help underwrite a $4 billion fleet-renewal programme. Shareholders will vote on 11 February on a two-stage recapitalisation plan involving the issue of a total ...
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CityJet re-emerges
Independent Irish airline CityJet has emerged from bankruptcy protection, clearing the way for a financial restructuring which includes the injection of ú4 million ($6.5 million) of fresh capital. Malmö Aviation of Sweden is to take a 42% stake in the carrier. Both airlines operate flights from London City Airport using ...
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One step ahead
Over the years, Israeli armaments development authority Rafael has developed some of the world's most advanced weapon systems, using the troubled Middle East region as a live proving ground. The Popeye air-to-ground guided missile provides a good example of what can be achieved when the development of a weapon is ...
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Masters of aviation
Pilots' careers finish relatively early, leaving them with no credit for accumulated knowledge and experience beyond that learned during the period of their licences. A postgraduate level of education in the aviation industry would be attractive to some motivated licence-holders who want future employment, early positions as management pilots, or ...
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Hide and seek
Several Western nations - including the UK, in parts of Northern Ireland - are resorting to "eye-in-the-sky" surveillance, especially in rural areas. Israel and South Africa have deployed remote pilotless vehicles (RPVs) in attempts to counter insurgency. The Israeli defence force maintains a 24h watch over south Lebanon to spot ...
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Avions Robin backs aerobatic kitplane
AKROTECHAVIATION IS to establish a European distributorship for its aerobatic kitplanes. The Oregon-based manufacturer of the Giles G-200 and G-202 has signed an agreement to establish AkroTech Europe in Bernay, France. AkroTech Europe will be headed by former Avions Mudry chief test-pilot Dominique Roland, and the company has ...
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Flight Visions HUD
Flight Visions says that its FV-2000 is the first head-up display (HUD) to be certificated by the US Federal Aviation Administration for use as a primary flight-display. The HUD is installed in several business-aircraft types. Source: Flight International
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UK and Netherlands eye North Sea ATC
The UK and Netherlands civil-aviation authorities are considering following Norway's lead in using satellite-based surveillance and communications to bring positive air-traffic control (ATC) to North Sea helicopter operations. Much of the region is outside radar or VHF communications range and there is serious concern among oil companies and ...
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Piper offers buyers trade-up incentive
BUYERS OFA new Piper aircraft are being guaranteed almost 100% of the original purchase price when they upgrade within 18 months to the next aircraft in the company's product line. New Piper Aircraft says that its Step-Up scheme offers a lower depreciation than would otherwise be experienced when trading in ...
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Aerospatiale teams with Renault on fuel-saving diesel engine
AEROSPATIALE has formed a new enterprise with car and truck maker Renault to offer through its general-aviation subsidiary, Socata, a range of all-new horizontally opposed four-cylinder diesel engines for light aircraft. A new company, Société des Moteurs Aeronautique, has been created to develop and produce the engines, which ...
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Airbus and Boeing wait for British Midland decision
British Midland (BM) is close to placing a substantial order for aircraft in the 180-seat class, which will be phased in over the next five years to replace part of its Boeing 737 fleet. The expanding UK airline has hinted for some time that it was considering larger ...
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Schweizer RU-38A flight tests to resume in May
Flight-testing of the Schweizer Aircraft RU-38A Twin Condor is set to resume in May now that the US Coast Guard (USCG) has renegotiated its $5.3 million contract with the US aircraft maker. The twin-engine surveillance aircraft project was put in limbo for nearly a year when one of ...
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RAAFspells out tactical needs
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has detailed its light tactical aircraft (LTA) requirement in an invitation to register interest (ITR) issued at the end of January. Alenia, ATR, CASA, and IPTN are all expected to respond. The intention is to replace 14 de Havilland Caribou transport aircraft now in ...
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Lockheed Martin pushes on with tailless-fighter controls
LOCKHEED MARTINIS studying flight controls for advanced tailless fighters under two USAir Force contracts. Under the RESTORE reconfigurable-controls programme, the company is developing control algorithms for a stealthy, yet agile, tailless-fighter designed under the earlier Improved Control Effectiveness (ICE) programme. The ICE effort is aimed at developing new ...
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Singapore revamps Taiwanese reconnaissance F-5E Tigereye
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe) has begun work at its Peya Lebar plant to convert the first of eight Taiwanese Northrop Grumman F-5Es to Tigereye reconnaissance aircraft. According to Taiwanese sources, the unannounced deal has seen at least three aircraft already delivered to Singapore for conversion to RF-5Es. Work ...
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Russian air-defence force faces an uncertain future
The future of Russia's air- defence force is being seriously questioned with the Council of National Defence, with a presidential consultative body proposing that it be merged into the air force. The air-defence force, unlike its Western counterparts, is an independent body providing air defence for Russia. The ...
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Lockheed Martin wins $500 million Wind Dispenser contract
Lockheed Martin has beaten Alliant Techsystems to provide the US Air Force with 40,000 Wind Corrected Munitions Dispensers (WCMD), a contract totalling about $500 million. The Pentagon awarded the firm an initial $22 million on 27 January for pilot production of 190 units. The bomb kit, which will ...
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Rising power
Hydrogen was first used as a means of "powering" flight with the manned flight of a hydrogen balloon only ten days after the Montgolfiers' first manned hot-air balloon flight in 1782. Despite achieving an excellent safety record - 50,000 passengers carried without a fatality - the use of ...