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New concept challenges reverse thrust thinking
A novel concept that could change the way manufacturers look at thrust reversers was unveiled at Farnborough on Wednesday by French firm Hurel-Dubois. Called Papillon, it is a bypass thrust reverser which is aimed specifically at underwing-mounted bypass systems. "This proves our commitment to innovation," says commercial director ...
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'Culture shock' for space travellers
The vehicle to replace the US Space Shuttle will carry people into space without a crew, says Micky Blackwell, president and chief operating officer of Lockheed Martin's Aeronautics Sector. It will be the end of the manned spaceflight as we know it and will be a "culture shock" for ...
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Buyers time for Westland
Direct contact between GKN Westland buyers and potential component suppliers was the aim of yesterday's "meet the buyer" day organised at its exhibit. Chris Loney, GKN Westland director of public affairs, described the event as an "exciting idea" that allows face-to-face contact between key industry specialists. "Too often ...
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What a show that was!
What a week it's been for big business here at Farnborough ‘96. Britain's deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine had barely finished his opening speech when the first cheque books opened. Boeing started the billion dollar ball rolling with 75 jetliner orders worth $7.5 billion. There followed $2.5 billion ...
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Top that! Full marks for Farnborough '96
Organisers of Farnborough ‘96 looked back on the world's best-known airshow this week and said: "The best just got better." When the curtain eventually drops on the final trade day of the show today, more than 130,000 visitors will have flooded through the Farnborough front gates, a 10% increase ...
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Dowty fuels a SAAB deal
Dowty Aerospace of the UK has signed a contract worth approximately £7.5 million ($11.7 million) with Saab Military Aircraft for a health monitoring system on the Gripen. The new system improves survival, should inflight damage occur to the fuel system, by constantly monitoring the aircraft's fuel flow and automatically ...
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Italian job for Glendale
Glendale International, UK distributors for Avionics Specialist Inc (H2/A37), has closed a deal worth $339,000 for the sale of avionics test equipment to two Italian manufacturers. Source: Flight Daily News
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Togetherness is key for upbeat Canada
Airshow Canada organisers see the key to success for their event, which has established itself as a major aerospace event in North America, is in bringing together buyers and sellers as efficiently as possible. New chairman Peter Smith says the expected 500 exhibitors and around 14,000 visitors at Abbotsford, ...
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Only the vest from Meggitt
Meggitt Aerospace Components has won a multi-million-dollar order to equip the German Army in Bosnia with bullet resistant vests. The vests provide all-round protection for the soldier against threats up to and including 7.62mm armour piercing rounds, says Meggitt. The contract follows hot-on-the-heels of another deal to supply ...
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Indian expo will be a showcase
India will showcase the Hindustan Aeronautics advanced light helicopter at the country's new international aerospace exposition which joins the industry calendar from 3-7 December 1996 and is scheduled to be a biennial affair. Defence Production and Supplies secretary Vijai Kapoor says bookings for the expo, to be held at ...
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Setting its sights on Europe
Ciba Polymers has beefed up its European sales effort with a new marketing and support team, to capitalise on what it sees as a major growth area for its aerospace products. The company's range of aerospace industry adhesives will be managed by the team in Duxford, Cambridge, England and ...
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Team sales for Rockwell and Racal
Racal Avionics and Rockwell's Collins Avionics & Communications Division have teamed with a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to market and manufacture each other's products in the US and UK military arenas. The MoU follows their collaboration on several programmes, including the Royal Air Force Puma navigation update and the ...
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Cash for Czech manufacturer
Czech aircraft manufacturer AERO Vodochody has announced a major financial and business restructure which could put 34% of the company's stock in state hands. Government acceptance of the proposal, approved by shareholders, is expected and remaining shares will be sold over time to a selected group of investors who ...
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Marconi communicate order
British defence company GEC-Marconi has won an order worth more than £7 million ($10 million) for communications equipment for the RAF's Chinook helicopters. The order, from the helicopters division of Boeing, is for VHF/AM and VHF/FM transmitter receivers; TACANs and automatic direction finders. Deliveries are scheduled for 1996-98. ...
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Team formed for ATC work
Aeronautical Telecommunications Network Systems has announced the formation of a six-company team, led by AlliedSignal, to develop technology for air traffic control systems of the future. Work on the Router Reference Implementation (RRI) programme will begin in December ‘96 with first deliveries in May 1998. The US-French team ...
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Date with Delta
Some of the 12 mobile communications satellites being built for Inmarsat affiliate ICO will fly on McDonnell Douglas's new launch vehicle, the Delta III. Bob Cowls of McDonnell Douglas's Space Systems Division, reveals at the Show that Hughes Space and Communications, has booked 11 launches starting with the Galaxy ...
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Singapore dates
The organisation of the world's third leading air show will remain in the same hands for the next 20 years, following an agreement concluded by Singapore Technologies Aerospace and Reed Exhibition Companies. The respective parties have extended their collaboration to run Asian Aerospace in Singapore through equally owned joint ...
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Spaceport funds
The Spaceport Florida Authority company, part of a business promotion for the US state in Hall 2, says that it has received an additional $280,000 funding from NASA for its project to refurbish a military launch pad at Cape Canaveral for commercial use and to develop a customer service centre. ...
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Emery smoothes the way for 'Apollo 13' lift-off
As a well-known name in the freight industry Emery Worldwide knows all about ‘space'. So shipping a replica of the historic Apollo 13 command module for its biggest aerospace customer, AlliedSignal, was all in a day's work for the company's aerospace group. The VIP shipment included six capsule ...