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KLM takes complete control of feeder airline Air UK
KLM has acquired complete control of Air UK in a deal in which the Dutch airline has bought the 55% shareholding from British Air Transport Holdings. The deal, for which no purchase price has been disclosed, will give KLM 100% control of the largest provider of feed traffic ...
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Xiamen listing
Xiamen Airlines is considering a separate listing to that of its parent carrier, China Southern Airlines, on either the Hong Kong exchange or a local bourse. The move has been approved by the airline's board, but final go-ahead will have to wait until China Southern completes its planned flotation. China ...
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Noise blight
Yet again, Europe is getting out of kilter over aircraft noise - and yet again it is doing so to the detriment of its credibility. This time, it is the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) which is trying to drag the European legislative process into disrepute, by formulating rules which ...
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RNZAF assesses Skyhawk fatigue
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) is planning a three-year study to define the remaining fatigue life of its 14 McDonnell Douglas A-4Ks and five T/A-4K two-seat trainers. A contractor has been selected following a tendering process, but will not be named until the outcome of a ...
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Bahrain receives USF-16 offers
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC BAHRAINWILLDECIDE shortly between US offers of ten new Lockheed Martin F-16C/Ds or 20 used, but upgraded, F-16A/Bs. Both offers are worth $303 million, including training and support. The new aircraft on offer are Block 50 C/Ds powered by General Electric F110-129s. The used ...
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Belgian air force buys SIA A310s
The Belgian defence ministry has bought two Airbus A310-200s from Singapore Airlines (SIA) for use as troop transports by the Belgian air force. The ministry has paid Bfr1.28 billion ($36 million) for the two aircraft. The first will be delivered in September, with the second following in April ...
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Government clears Italian navy's contract for EH101s
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA The Italian navy's order for 16 EHIndustries EH101 maritime helicopters has finally been cleared by the Government's accounting office (Corte dei Conti) following almost two years of deliberations. The decision will allow Agusta, partner with GKNWestland in EHIndustries, to begin manufacturing the 16 aircraft. ...
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Information war
Northrop Grumman will develop information-warfare recovery techniques under a "modest" 13-month US Air Force study contract. The objective is to develop innovative methods for recovering critical information within an air-defence system following an attack. The firm says that current approaches require lengthy computer rebooting. Source: Flight International
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UK may ditch MR Trigat missile
Douglas Barrie/LONDON The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is considering dropping procurement of the final element of a European anti-tank- missile programme, having already spent almost £500 million ($820 million) on the project. The MoD is reviewing the future of its involvement with the medium-range (MR) ...
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IMI stand-off dispenser weapon shown
Israel Military Industries (IMI) has revealed a new modular stand-off submunitions dispenser with a range of up to 100km (55nm). The Modular Stand-Off Vehicle (MSOV) may form the basis of a family of unpowered and powered stand-off missiles. The MSOV airframe builds upon the experience IMI gained with ...
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Common Arm
Lockheed Martin is leading an effort to develop a single common electronic-arming device for a host of future tactical missiles. The research-and-development effort, backed by the US Army, is designed to reduce dramatically the cost of producing weaponry. Electronic safe, arm and fire devices keep missile warheads inactive until the ...
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First JPATS PT6
Pratt & Whitney Canada has delivered the first of more than 700 PT6A-68s turboprops for the Raytheon T-6A Texan II Joint Primary Aircraft Training System programme. Assembly of the 820kW (1,100shp) engines at Bridgeport, West Virginia, will peak at 60 a year in 2005. Source: Flight International
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Canada wants tankers
The Canadian Forces is expected to become the launch customer for the Omega Air Boeing 707 tanker conversion, which is about to begin testing. "We expect to have signed up the Canadians by the end of the year," says Kevin O'Neill, Omega's quality manager, adding that interest has ...
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ARC tests rocket-ramjet for AMRAAM
ATLANTIC RESEARCH(ARC) has successfully ground tested a rocket-ramjet engine which could double the range of the Hughes AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). The June boost-sustain transition trial of the variable-flow ducted rocket (VFDR) was the final step before flight testing. The VFDR is a solid-fuel ...
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Sukhoi flies first canard-equipped Su-30
AVPK Sukhoi has flown the first Su-30 Flanker modified with canards as part of its programme to develop the Su-30MKI for the Indian air force. The aircraft was flown for the first time earlier this month. Sukhoi has modified a basic Su-30, which has previously been displayed at ...
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German stand-off weapon will go ahead
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH The German parliamentary defence committee has decided to back the air force's modular-stand-off weapon (MAW) requirement. The project will now go ahead, based around the Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa)/ Bofors Taurus KEPD 350 weapon. The defence ministry confirms that the programme-definition phase will be completed ...
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Russia tests SS-25 Sickle land-based ICBM
Russia test-launched a Topol-M (SS-25 Sickle) land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from the Plesetsk test range on 8 July, the fourth launch of the missile in a series of developmental tests. The Topol-M is earmarked to become the only ICBM in Russia's Strategic Missile Forces inventory after the ...
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NASA/MDC complete initial X-36 testing
NASA AND McDONNELL Douglasand NASA have completed the first phase of flight testing of the X-36 tailless-fighter technology demonstrator, achieving a higher angle-of-attack (AoA) than planned during the initial eight flights of the subscale unmanned aircraft. Plans had called for the aircraft to be flown to 15 degree ...
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Tanker timeshare
Max Kingsley-Jones/Paris As the world's air forces increasingly focus on the private sector to provide support services such as airlift and training, Omega Air and its partners are rising to the challenge by offering air- refuelling tankers on a lease-by-the-hour service. Omega, based in Dublin, Ireland, ...