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Step forward
CTA Space Systems, Virginia, has delivered to TRW the spacecraft bus for the US Air Force Space Test Experiment Platform (STEP) Mission 4. The 156kg craft is the fifth (the first was designated 0) in the STEP programme, which is to fly new technologies and experiments on a spacecraft which ...
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IS&S upgrades Northwest altimeters
NORTHWEST AIRLINES has selected Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S) to supply altimeters and altitude-alerters for retrofit to ten McDonnell Douglas DC-9s. The solid-state barometric altimeter will replace the DC-9 pilot's electromechanical unit and the co-pilot's pneumatic unit. Malvern, Pennsylvania-based IS&S says that its altimeter functions as a repeater ...
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Delta Air rolls out sliding carpet
DELTA AIR LINES is to equip 150 McDonnell Douglas MD-88 and MD-90 airliners with Scandinavian Bellyloading's Sliding Carpet cargo and baggage loading system. Two cargo systems will be installed in each aircraft, in the fore- and aft-holds. The Sliding Carpet system, consisting of a Kevlar-reinforced conveyer ...
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Rockwell introduces strap-on computer
ROCKWELL HAS unveiled a voice-controlled, body-worn notebook computer called the Trekker, which it believes has wide-ranging applications for the aerospace industry. Initial uses include running customised, paperless aircraft-maintenance software. The Trekker is operated as a hands-free, mobile information system, based on standard personal-computer circuitry and Windows software, and ...
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MMS eyes $2 billion contract
Tim Furniss/LONDON FRANCE AND the UK have invited proposals from potential suppliers for a $2 billion military-communications satellite system for Europe. The proposed four-satellite system, called the Trimilsat - which could also involve Germany - may be launched early in the next century to complement and ...
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Dornier and Bell team up for German border guard bid
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DORNIER LUFTFAHRT has signed with Bell Helicopter Textron to make a joint bid for a light-transport-helicopter requirement from Germany's Federal Border Guard (BGS). The BGS wants to replace 13 of its fleet of 19 single-engined UH-1D Hueys in 1998. The remaining six Hueys will ...
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Electronic leg-up
James Roche recasts aircraft maker Northrop Grummaninto 21st century electronics house. Ramon Lopez/BALTIMORE NORTHROP Grumman's $3 billion acquisition of Westinghouse's defence-electronics business unit earlier this year has given the US aerospace firm "the fourth leg of the stool" upon which Northrop Grumman intends to evolve into a premier ...
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Koreans fail to agree on Pyongyang
A RECENT MEETING of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has failed to resolve differences between South and North Korea over the planned opening up of the Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR). According to ICAO, "-some progress was made", during the meeting in Bangkok between representatives from China, ...
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Asiana sets its sights
ASIANA AIRLINES is hoping that new bilateral air-traffic discussions between South Korea and Germany will lead to the carrier being given a much greater share of the European market. South Korea's Ministry of Construction and Transport and the German transport ministry are scheduled to begin talks shortly on ...
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Boeing tests laser system successfully
THE BOEING-LED team bidding to develop the US Air Force's new Airborne Laser (ABL) theatre missile-defence system has conducted successful tests of key subsystems. The consortium dubbed Team ABL, says, that tests of a TRW-built high-energy laser and Lockheed Martin-produced beam-control system has demonstrated the performance, which is ...
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Rybinsk design and production plants
RYBINSK MOTORS production plant and RKBM Rybinsk Machinebuilding Design Bureau are to merge. Rybinsk Motors, is a leading Russian manufacturer, of Aviadvigatel D-30 turbofans powering Ilyushin Il-76s and Il-62Ms, and Tupolev Tu-154Ms. The plant has a long-term co-operation agreement with General Electric and has begun parts ...
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ARIA's 737 acquisition hits local objections
ALETTER of intent to purchase ten Boeing 737-400 aircraft signed by Aeroflot has caused a public outcry in Russia (Flight International, 29 May-5 June). Farid Mukhametshin, prime minister of the autonomous republic of Tatarstan where the Tupolev Tu-214 twinjet is produced at the Kazan aircraft plant, sent an ...
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Fighter duo
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has notified Dassault Aviation and Lockheed Martin that their Rafale and F-16, respectively, are the finalists in the country's competition for up to 80 new fighters. The McDonnell Douglas F-15 has been officially eliminated from the contest. Lockheed Martin, which is offering the UAE an ...
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Rafael and Raytheon may uncoil Python for AIM-9X
RAFAEL IS IN talks with Raytheon which could lead to elements of the Israeli missile manufacturer's Python 4 agile short-range air-to-air dogfight missile being included in the US company's bid to replace US Air Force and Navy AIM-9 Sidewinder weapons. Raytheon's bid to meet the US AIM-9X requirement ...
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USA prepares operations databank
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC and David Learmount/LONDON THE PROTOTYPE for a massive new US national safety database has started operation. The system will be able to filter downloaded operational data from digital flight-data recorders (DFDRs) for events which have safety significance, and store them centrally for trend analysis and ...
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MDC tests solution to F-18 weapon snag
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has windtunnel-tested the solution to a potential weapons-separation problem on the F-18E/F. The problem was identified during design of the improved F-18 and results from a reduction in the distance between the inboard wing pylons and the wider fuselage of the E/F. Analysis indicated a ...
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Strasbourg ban
The French city of Strasbourg has refused permission for DHL to build a BFr4.5 billion ($144 million) courier hub at the city's airport despite the fact that it could create 1,700 jobs. The mayor says that "-economic development cannot be achieved through infringing on environmental rules". The announcement follows a ...
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Europe takes fare action
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) is considering mounting an enquiry into excessive pricing on fully flexible business-class tickets in Europe. Transport commissioner Neil Kinnock says that an EC analysis has shown that such fares are often "significantly higher than costs", and may contravene EC rules ...
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Myanmar interline
Japan Airlines (JAL) has reached an interline agreement with Myanmar Airways International (MAI), in an effort to counter All Nippon Airway's recently inaugurated trice-weekly direct service to Yangon. Under the deal, 21 of JAL's 29 weekly services between Japan and Bangkok will connect with MAI's onward flights to Yangon. JAL ...
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Sabena agrees cost-reduction deal with unions
SABENA HAS reached agreement with its three main unions over the implementation of key parts of the airline's Horizon 98 cost-reduction plan. The scheme, proposed by Sabena president Paul Reutlinger, differs little from the one proposed by his predecessor Pierre Godfroid, who was forced to resign in the ...