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Defence
Some things never seem to change in European defence. Another 12 months have passed, and still the production investment (PI) go-ahead for the Eurofighter EF2000 has to be approved by the four nations participating in the programme. Germany once again is at the heart of the delay. Problems ...
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General Aviation
NO-ONE EXPECTS a return to the general-aviation industry's past highs, certainly not any time soon, but after a reassuring 1996, general-aviation manufacturers are certain of a robust 1997. The main reason is the number of new aircraft types which will be first delivered in 1997 - ranging from the Cessna ...
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Air transport
If 1996 was the year in which aircraft orders at last started rolling again from the world's airlines, then 1997 is due to be the year in which airliner manufacturers begin to increase production rates in earnest. Despite two years of growing backlogs, deliveries from Airbus, Boeing and ...
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Advanced Williams turbofan to fly in new aircraft
The low-cost small turbofan engine being developed by Williams International for next-generation light aircraft will be flight-tested in a prototype designed specifically for the revolutionary powerplant. The FJX-2 engine will be flown in a prototype aircraft provided for the research-and-development project by Williams International. It is believed that ...
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IAOPA unhappy with lack of GA ATM plans
The International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations (IAOPA) has complained strongly to Eurocontrol about the lack of recognition given to general-aviation interests in the preparation of the future European air-traffic-management (ATM) system. It says that, despite working on the European ATM System (EATMS) concept for a ...
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Gulfstream wins provisional US certification for its GV
GULFSTREAM HAS received provisional US certification for the Gulfstream V long-range business jet, enabling deliveries of customer aircraft to its Savannah, Georgia, completion centre to begin before the end of 1996. The company says that operational limitations in the provisional type certificate are planned to be removed by ...
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F-22 production restructured as overruns slow development
THE US AIR Force is to restructure the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 programme because of a development-cost overrun of more than $2 billion. Four pre-production verification (PPV) F-22s have been eliminated, and production ramp-up has been slowed to provide the $2.16 billion in extra funding required to complete the $18.7 billion ...
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Two finalists selected in EELV competition
Competition for the $1.4 billion contract to build the US Air Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) fleet has been reduced to two companies, with Lockheed Martin and McDonnell Douglas each being awarded $60 million contracts on 20 December to produce final design proposals. The EELV programme will ...
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Embraer studies EMB-145 range
EMBRAER IS STUDYING a long-range version of the EMB-145 regional jet, with uprated engines and increased fuel capacity. The aircraft would have a 3,000km (1,600nm) range, compared with the present 2,400km, and is intended to meet demand from US regional airlines for increased sector lengths. The aircraft would ...
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NASA selects team for SOFIA project
The Universities Space Research Association (USRA) and a team including United Airlines and Raytheon E-Systems has been awarded a ten-year, $484 million, contract by NASA to design, assemble, test and operate the Stratospheric Observatory For Infra-red Astronomy (SOFIA), a modified Boeing 747 equipped with a 2.5m-diameter telescope. The ...
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AI(R) courts Saab for new regional-jet programme
Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) has made what are described as "serious overtures" to Saab Aircraft to join the European consortium as a risk-sharing partner in its forthcoming regional-jet programmes. While neither side will confirm the talks officially, it is understood that British Aerospace, one of the three existing ...
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GKN Westland floats compound EH101
GKN Westland is pursuing an advanced compound-helicopter design which could potentially be "retrofitted" to the Westland/Agusta EH101 military utility helicopter. The company is working on a concept using a fuselage-mounted wing to provide additional lift and control. Westland says that the work is continuing. Previous research ...
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South Korea reconsiders KTX-II
The South Korean Government has ordered an independent review of the proposed Samsung KTX-II advanced trainer/light-combat aircraft to determine the programme's economic feasibility. Two teams of analysts , including economists from the Korean Development Institute, have already been dispatched to the USA and Europe for industrial and political ...
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Qatar conflict
Sheikh Hamad Ali Al-Thani, the former chief executive of Qatar Airways, claims that his departure from the airline followed moves by the board to co-operate rather than compete with Gulf Air, for which the chairman is Qatari general sales agent. Contrary to our report (Flight International, 10-17 December, 1996, P10), ...
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Atlas upgrades 747s with fuel indicators
BFGoodrich Aerospace's Aircraft Integrated Systems division has been selected to supply upgraded fuel-quantity indication systems (FQIS) for four Atlas Air Boeing 747-200s which are due to be converted into freighters at the Boeing Modification Responsibility Center in Wichita, Kansas. The FQIS retrofit is based on the system developed ...
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Collins tests 3-D free-flight awareness display
ROCKWELL-Collins has developed a three-dimensional situational-awareness display, which, it believes, has a key role to play in making future "free-flight" air-traffic-management systems safe and viable. The display is made possible by the powerful graphics capability of the large-format, high-resolution, liquid-crystal displays which are under development for Collins' Pro Line 21 ...
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Contran approved
British Aerospace (Systems and Equipment)'s Contran VHF radio anti-blocking system has been certificated by the UK Civil Aviation Authority. Britannia Airways placed a launch order for 32 units earlier this year, to equip its fleet of Boeing 757s and 767s. Source: Flight International
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Smiths withdraws from MD-95 FADEC partnership agreement
Smiths Industries has unexpectedly dropped out of an agreement to be a major partner in the development of the full-authority digital engine-control (FADEC) for the BMW Rolls-Royce BR715 turbofan, because it does not believe that it will be able to recoup its development costs over the life of the programme. ...