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Saab magnetism
A Saab-lead consortium has launched a research programme to study technologies for limiting electro- magnetic interference with aircraft systems. Other partners in the Composites and Advanced Aircraft Technologies Electromagnetic Protection project, which is part-funded by the European Commission, include Aerospatiale, British Aerospace, Dornier and Eurocopter. Source: ...
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Italian air force faces pressure to cut staff
The Italian air force is coming under renewed pressure to reduce its personnel numbers, at the same time as it faces losing aircrew to airlines. Air force personnel number over 75,000, with staff costs rising from 37.9% of the its budget in 1989 to 46.6% of the 1996 ...
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Homing Harrier
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has made the first successful flight tests of an advanced navigation software module which allows AV-8B Harrier pilots to make precision approaches to restricted landing areas in bad visibility. The self-contained approach system uses the aircraft's existing navigation systems to calculate position and velocity precisely, relative to ...
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Israel nears Candid AEW resolution
Russia and Israel appear to be nearing an agreement over the sale of an Ilyushin -Il-76 Candid airframe to Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) for conversion to an airborne-early-warning aircraft for China. The IAI proposal has been stalled by its inability to secure the Il-76 airframe for conversion. ...
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India looks at RAF C-130s
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE INDIA IS considering an offer to purchase up to ten secondhand Lockheed Martin C-130K transport aircraft, scheduled to be phased out of Royal Air Force service with the delivery of replacement C-130Js. The aircraft are among 25 C-130Ks Lockheed Martin has agreed to buy ...
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GEC dates Apache
GEC-Marconi Avionics has been selected to supply air- data systems for the US Army's McDonnell Douglas AH-64D Longbow Apache attack helicopter. The initial order from the USA is for 24 systems consisting of air speed and direction sensors and a high-integration air-data computer. Source: Flight International
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Boeing targets 1998 for Eagle test flight
BOEING WILL test fly a fuselage-mounted infra-red search and track (IRST) system on board an E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft in the third quarter of 1998. The IRST and laser ranger package, called the Eagle, will be used to look at the feasibility of employing the ...
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Pacific Aerospace seeks certification for CT4C trainer
PACIFIC AEROSPACE is proceeding with the certification of its turboprop CT4C trainer, in response to what the New Zealand company says has been strong renewed regional interest in its low-cost military trainer. The CT4C, on which considerable certification flying has already been carried out, is powered by an ...
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USAF plans to use JASSM variants
THE US AIR Force is planning to eventually deploy a family of variants of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM). The USAF has told Lockheed Martin and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) Missiles, the two contractors working on the programme-definition and risk-reduction (PDRR) phase of the project, that it foresees ...
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USA transfers equipment to boster anti-drug operations
Aircraft and other military equipment worth $112 million (£70 million) are to be transferred to Latin American and Caribbean nations for anti-drug operations under plans announced by the US Government. US Congress has been notified of proposals to transfer surplus Bell UH-1H helicopters and Fairchild C-26 observation aircraft ...
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IAE selected
Egyptair has selected the International Aero Engines V2500-A5 engine to power four Airbus A321s it recently ordered. The aircraft are due for delivery during 1997, and will join seven V2500-powered A320s already in service. Source: Flight International
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Space knockout
Malfunctions on satellites caused by electrostatic discharges are more common than manufacturers care to admit. Tim Furniss/LONDON THE DATE, 20 JANUARY 1994, does not immediately spring to mind as memorable in space history, but it was a nightmare day for the communications-satellite industry, particularly in Canada. Without warning, ...
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Lufthansa criticises 747-X design
Andrzej Jeziorski/HAMBURG LUFTHANSA operations chief executive Klaus Nittinger has criticised recent changes in Boeing's design proposals for its 747-500/600X. "The aircraft has changed so drastically [since November] that it has moved far away from what we would like to see," says Nittinger. Lufthansa was enthusiastic about ...
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BA fights for the continent
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE announcement of a new wave of restructuring at British Airways should have come as little surprise. In May, chief executive Bob Ayling followed the group's world-beating 1995 profits announcement with a stark warning that BA needed to make another £1 billion ($1.5 billion) in savings. ...
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MDHS plans to produce MD902 Explorer in 1997
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS Helicopter Systems (MDHS) is to phase out production of the MD900 Explorer in 1997 and replace it with a more advanced version, the MD902. The US company is upgrading the Explorer largely in response to competition from Bell, with its 427, ...
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CAE builds German helicopter simulators for training school
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA CAE Eletronik has begun work on a DM251 million ($166 million) contract to supply up to 12 helicopter flight-simulators for the German army's aviation school at Buckeburg, near Hanover. The DM112 million initial contract is for two Bell UH-1D and two Sikorsky CH-53G simulators, for delivery ...
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GEC demonstrates the ECR 90 to Eurofighter nations
Douglas Barrie/LONDON GEC HAS FLOWN high-ranking Government officials from the four Eurofighter partner nations in the UK Defence Research Agency's BAC-One Eleven test-bed for the ECR 90 radar, in a move aimed at demonstrating that the radar meets key performance requirements. The officials included Christian Biener, ...
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Eurocontrol fears delay to RNAV
Julian Moxon/BRUSSELS The introduction of area navigation (RNAV) and the flexible use of airspace in Europe, planned for March 1998, is being threatened by the failure of some airlines to acquire the required avionics, says Eurocontrol. The Brussels-based air-traffic control (ATC) agency is increasingly concerned that ...
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Rockwell delivers first quartz navigator for use on Outrider
ROCKWELL HAS delivered the first navigation processor for Alliant Techsystems' Outrider unmanned air-vehicle (UAV) - using the smallest inertial sensor commercially available. The processor has Rockwell's digital quartz inertial-measurement-unit (DQI) and reduces cost by using data from the global-positioning-system (GPS) receiver which is part of the UAV's automated ...
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Globemaster stretch fails to find favour with US Air Force
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES THE US Air Force favours the "baseline" McDonnell Douglas (MDC) C-17 Globemaster III rather than a stretched derivative as its new-build option to replace the Lockheed Martin C-5A/B Galaxy, according to the US manufacturer. MDC claims that the USAF is interested in using ...