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SLAM ER separates safely in MDC F-18 test
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has taken a further step towards the first powered flight of its Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM ER) missile, by successfully separating it from an F-18. The SLAM ER's first flight is set for February 1997. The drop took place at the Naval ...
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First Czech Sokols ready
THE FIRST OF 11 POLISH-BUILT W-3A SOKOL helicopters are to be delivered to the Czech air force's 6th Aviation Unit this month. The first batch will consist of three transport helicopters and will be followed by four more by the end of November. Four W-3As equipped for search-and-rescue duties will ...
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Behind the screens
Karen Walker/ATLANTA NEW TECHNOLOGIES are bringing new ways of entertaining and informing passengers while they fly, as well as helping them to use their time productively. The resulting changes in services, which might routinely be offered to passengers in the near future, could have most impact ...
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High hopes for AFLEX
JAPAN'S SMALL-SCALE AUTOMATIC-LANDING Flight Experiment (AFLEX) has been flight tested at the Woomera rocket range, South Australia, as part of a preparatory programme for the H-II Orbiting Plane-X (HOPE-X) automatic space shuttle, which, it is hoped, will fly in about 2000. The AFLEX, which has a similar configuration to that ...
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Northwest contract
ST Aviation Services SASCO has signed a $21 million contract with Northwest Airlines for a Section 41 modification of nine Boeing 747-200s, with an option to upgrade a further six. Work will begin immediately and be spread over 18 months. SASCO has also won a $2.5 million deal with FedEx ...
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Banging out
The Denel Group is introducing a canopy-fragilisation system (which eases ejection from a military aircraft) for use in combat aircraft. The South African companies PMP division has qualified the system on jet-aircraft types and is installing it for the South African Air Force. Source: Flight International
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AI(R) selection
Aero International (Regional) has selected the Honeywell/Trimble HT1000 as the standard optional global-navigation satellite sensor (GPSS) navigation-management system for the ATR 42 and 72 regional turboprops. Source: Flight International
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ICO flies Delta
McDonnell Douglas says that its new Delta 3 launchers, will be used to carry some of the 12 mobile communications satellites, to be operated by, the Inmarsat affiliate company ICO Communications. Hughes Space and Communications, which is building the ICO satellites, has booked 11 launches on the Delta 3. One ...
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Hard chips
Florida-based Honeywell Space Systems has developed a 32-bit radiation hardened, fault-tolerant RH32 processor for space and avionics uses. The RH32 was developed under the sponsorship of the US Air Force Rome Laboratory and the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization. Source: Flight International
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BASE records
The British Aerospace (Systems and Equipment) (BASE) SCR500-660 combined cockpit voice/flight data recorder has been selected for the Sikorsky S-92 multi-purpose helicopter. The unit is capable of storing 1hr of voice and 10hr of data. The SCR500-120, meanwhile, which holds 2hr of voice, has been picked by Aero International (Regional) ...
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Joint displays
Avionic Displays (ADC) of the US and South Korea's LG Electronics have formed an alliance covering the design, development and manufacture of flat-panel colour displays for aircraft. Under the deal, ADC will use LG's range of active-matrix liquid-crystal displays in a range of civil and military display modules. ...
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Drying in Asia
Japan's Sumitomo is to promote the CTT Systems Zonal Drying System in Asia, following a joint marketing agreement between the two companies. The product is designed to overcome condensation problems in airliners. Source: Flight International
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Dallas Anglo-American
Dallas Airmotive has signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire the engine services division of Anglo American Airmotive, which is based at Bournemouth International Airport in the UK. The deal includes all tools and equipment at the engine centre, including the Pratt & Whitney PT6A engine-series test cell installed ...
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Continental
Continental Airlines has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by travel agents, which accused the nation's major air carriers of conspiring to place a cap on the commissions paid on ticket sales. Source: Flight International
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Tracor
US defence contractor Tracor has agreed to pay up to $80 million for Cordant, a privately owned provider of computer services to the US Government. The deal still has to receive Government and shareholder approval. Cordant, which has 300 employees and $150 million in sales, will become Tracor Information Systems. ...
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Wavionix
Michael Cunnington has been appointed international sales director, at UK company, Wavionix Software. Formerly managing director of telecommunications company PVT, Cunnington will also join the Wavionix board and will be based at the company's Spanish office. Source: Flight International