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FAA takes DMEs
The US Federal Aviation Administration has ordered 38 distance-measuring-equipment (DME) units, worth $2.1 million, from Kansas-based Airport Systems International. Deliveries are due to begin in February. Source: Flight International
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Mulroney payout
The Canadian Government is to pay former prime minister Brian Mulroney a C$50 million ($37 million) out-of-court settlement and apologise for accusations linking him to C$5 million kickbacks related to Air Canada's 1988 purchase of 34 Airbus A320s and to two other military deals. Mulroney took legal action after being ...
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Special Osprey
Bell Boeing has been awarded a $490 million contract to begin engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) of the CV-22 special-operations variant of the Osprey military tilt-rotor. The contract calls for the joint venture to design, integrate and install special-operations-unique systems, including terrain-following/terrain-avoidance radar, and additional fuel tanks, in the baseline ...
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XF-2 trials
The Japan Defence Agency's Technical Research & Development Institute (TRDI) has begun operational configuration testing of the Mitsubishi XF-2 support fighter, fitting the aircraft with underwing fuel tanks and wingtip air-to-air missiles. The TRDI's Gifu centre has now taken delivery of all four flying prototypes, including two tandem-seat XF-2Bs, and ...
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M88-2 delivered
French engine manufacturer Snecma has delivered the first series-production M88-2 engine destined to power the multi-role Dassault Rafale. The company says that it has orders for a further four engines during 1997, which will be supplied as part of the current 42-engine orderbook. Testing of the M88 continues, with the ...
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737 rudder procedures
An emergency airworthiness directive requires US Boeing 737 operators to adopt new procedures to improve pilots' control following sudden uncommanded rudder movements. The new procedures, to be included in the 737 flight manual, also outline actions to deal with a jammed or restricted rudder. Pilots are advised to lower the ...
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IASL installs EFIS
International Aviation Services (IASL) is undertaking a major overhaul and upgrade of an ex-airline Boeing 747SP for an undisclosed Middle-Eastern head-of-state customer. The work includes the installation of a five-tube Honeywell EFIS-85 electronic flight instrumentation system (EFIS), dual navigation-management systems, dual global-positioning system and satellite communications. The supplemental type certificate ...
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US aviation security
The US Federal Aviation Administration is acquiring up to 54 InVision Technologies CTX 5000 SP explosive detectors, worth $52 million, to beef up security at major international airports in the USA. Contract options could double the value of the contract. The fixed-price contract calls for the Foster City, California, company ...
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World charters
World Airways will provide charter flights for Garuda Indonesia during 1997 under a wet-lease agreement worth at least $30 million. World will fly pilgrims between Indonesia and Saudi Arabia with four McDonnell Douglas MD-11s and two DC-10-30s. The US charter carrier has provided wet-lease services to Garuda since 1973. ...
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Boeing747 orders
Boeing has taken orders from two customers for three Boeing 747-400s, including two -400 Combis for Air China, and one -400 Freighter for Cargolux, the latter being due for delivery in November. Source: Flight International
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AA pilots reject
American Airlines' (AA) recent $6.6 billion order for a mix of Boeing aircraft is on hold following the rejection of a new labour agreement by the Allied Pilots' Association, a union which represents some 9,000 of the airline's aircrew. AA said when it placed the order that it was contingent ...
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LTC examination
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is examining programmes within its long-term costings (LTC), looking for savings. Programmes worth less than ú50 million ($77.5 million) are coming in for particular scrutiny. The MoD says it is an "ongoing process of prioritisation," but other sources suggest that it is looking for ...
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Safety defeated
THE YEAR 1996 SAW the largest number both of airline fatal accidents and of fatalities on record. Other serious worries for the air-transport community highlighted by 1996 include the number of deaths on the ground caused by crashes - also the worst ever - and some compelling trends indicating that ...
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Pentagon approves US Marine Corps UH-1N upgrade
The US Marine Corps has awarded Bell Helicopter Textron a $134 million contract to initiate a UH-1N light-utility-helicopter modernisation programme in preference to buying the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk. The project was held up by the Department of Defense (DoD) in October 1996, when further military-helicopter commonality studies ...
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Freight fright
THE AIRLINE-ACCIDENT statistics for 1996 (P31) suggest that there is a serious safety problem in the air-freight market. Over one-third of all fatal airliner accidents last year were to non-passenger aircraft: they caused the deaths of 158 aircrew and other occupants, and more than 350 further deaths of innocent third ...
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France nears final Aerospatiale/Dassault decision
The French government, anxious to kick-start the restructuring of its aerospace industry, is on the verge of finalising the details of the merger between Aerospatiale and Dassault Aviation. It also plans to move quickly towards privatisation of the resulting group. Approval for the merger, by a newly created ...
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Lockheed Martin SBIRS
The United States Air Force has selected a Lockheed Martin-led team to develop its Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) space-surveillance early-warning programme. The total value of the project is estimated at $15 billion. Under SBIRS contracts, five geosynchronous Earth-orbit and two high Earth-orbiting sensors will be delivered. GenCorp Aerojet, Northrop ...
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Kawasaki in the Trent
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Rolls-Royce to take a 6% stake in its Trent 900 programme. The 356kN (80,000lb)-thrust engine is aimed at the yet-to-be-launched Boeing 747X and Airbus A3XX projects. The Japanese company is the first risk-sharing partner to join Rolls-Royce on the project, ...
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European research group will study new blade-tip coatings
A consortium of nine European companies and research centres has launched a four-year project to develop advanced coatings for aero-engine turbine blade-tips. The work is aimed at achieving reduced tip-clearances, to improve engine performance without causing excessive wear in the blades. "When the blade tip rubs against the ...
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Five UK police forces opt for Skyquest moving-map systems
Five UK Police helicopter-support units have ordered Skyquest Aviation's EuroNav III moving-map system, for use during airborne-surveillance missions. Using the EuroNav III, an onboard police observer is able to pinpoint a location such as a house address, and provide the pilot with instant navigation data to reach the ...