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Day of reckoning nears for FOA and the RAF
The future of the Royal Air Force's strike capabilities, and possibly that of the European military aircraft industry, is at stake as work starts to determine the requirement for Britain's future offensive aircraft (FOA). "The FOA is at the very early stages," says Mike Rouse, BAe Military ...
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British eye role in US fighter project
The countdown has started for British participation in the multi-billion-dollar US Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) project, with just over two months to go before the Pentagon chooses the two contenders to develop a demonstrator aircraft. BAe has pinned its colours to the McDonnell Douglas/Northrop Grumman bid and hopes to ...
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Stahlwille makes a science of tool control
Not everyone who exhibits at Farnborough jets in from overseas or travels hundreds of miles along the motorway network. Just ask that chaps at Stahlwille Tools who base their operations a mere stone's throw from the showground in nearby Camberley. As the company name may suggest, there is ...
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Start and finish
German manufacturer Leistritz is using Farnborough to display its range of precision-crafted turbine and compressor blades. The company uses a pioneering electro-chemical machining (ECM) process based on the removal of material by electrolysis. The process allows for processing both side of the aerofoil to finish tolerances with no additional ...
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Technology experience pays off
ERA Technology comes to Farnborough with experience in tackling engineering projects for more than 30 different industries. The independent contract research and development organisation has its base in Surrey, Southern England. It addresses all areas of avionics, including advanced data transmission systems, software, video and packaging. Radar ...
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Service is the message
British Airways Engineering (BAE) is using its stand at Hall 1/D23 to reinforce its message of enhanced customer service. Using a video display and aircraft display, BAE is keen to show it's taking the maintenance market seriously, says David Anderson, project manager for the Farnborough ‘96 stand. "We ...
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Flying partners adds pub atmosphere to Show
If amid the heat of the Farnborough Airshow you fancy a pint of beer in a good old-fashioned British pub, then don't despair - because you don't have far to go to find one. International Aero Engines (IAE) has themed its hospitality area as a traditional pub found in ...
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SASCO deal
ST Aviation Services (Sasco), the commercial maintenance arm of Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe) has signed a $21 million contract with Northwest Airlines for the modification of nine Boeing 747-200s, with options on another six similar aircraft. The contract calls for Section 41 modification and corrosion prevention control, to be ...
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Starsem deal
The Starsem joint venture to market the Russian Soyuz booster for commercial launches makes its first public outing at the Show. Aerospatiale has joined with Russia's Samara space manufacturing company and the Russian Space Agency to market the booster for launches of payloads weighing up to 5,000kg into low ...
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Star catalogue
The first precise catalogue of the exact positions, distances, motions and brightness of 118,000 stars in the night sky has been published by the European Space Agency (ESA) which co-hosts a pavilion at the Show with the British National Space Centre. The catalogue was derived from precise measurements made ...
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Under control
AlliedSignal has announced a contract to supply AN/APX-100 transponders to GKN Westland helicopters for use on the Royal Air Force's new SH-101 support helicopter. "This opens the door for AlliedSignal to the UK and European next generation military aircraft and air traffic control transponder markets," said Alan Dietrich, vice-president ...
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Taiwan Matra missile order ready
The first batch of Matra's multimission Mica air-to-air missile has been dispatched to Taipei for the Taiwan Air Force's first squadron of Dassault Aviation Mirage 2000-5 combat aircraft. Taiwan has ordered 60 Mirage 2000-5 fighters and 1,000 Mica missiles, in a multi-billion dollar deal, with a 70% cash down ...
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Antonov hunt for European FLA partners
Ukrainian aircraft designer Antonov has come to Farnborough to try and assemble a European consortium to bid for the Future Large Aircraft programme. Piotr V Balabuyev, general designer of Antonov, is using the show as a forum to discuss partnerships with European manufacturers to collaborate on building a FLA ...
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Minister backs Britian's role in space
Page 12 Ian Taylor, the UK's space minister, paid a flying visit to the European Space Agency - British National Space Centre pavilion yesterday with enough time to tell guests not to underestimate Britain's unsung achievements in space. With a relatively small annual budget of £300 ...
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Technicians take hats off to helmet
Helmet mounted displays (HMDs), once the preserve of fighter pilots, are now migrating to ground-based applications as aerospace technicians grapple with larger quantities of data and ever decreasing turn-round times. To help this vital operation, Rockwell Collins (H3/A20) is demonstrating Trekker, the new PC-based information system with personal HMD. ...
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De-icing technology aids safety in winter
The only ice you are dealing with at present may well be the cube in your G&T, but somewhere in the world there's an aircraft taking off in winter conditions. Winter flying is, and always will be, a dangerous operation. Advances in de-icing technology are therefore always welcomed. ...
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Airborne video recording moves ahead
Page 14 You won't find many companies at Farnborough which manage to combine interests in fields as diverse as medicine and aviation. Intermed Video Technologies (H3/E1) does exactly that. Its team arrived at the Show to exhibit what it describes as a major ...
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ADS system on display 'live' at show
Visitors to Farnborough can chart progress towards a global satellite monitoring system for aircraft at the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) stand (H3/F1). NATS is a leading player in the European consortium which is trialling Automatic Dependent Surveillance (ADS). The ADS system harnesses the power of satellite technology, ...
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Virtual reality comes full circle
As virtual reality technology finds its way into new applications, particularly in the leisure industries, the drive to improve image quality increases. The benefits are felt in the fields where the technology was first developed. Ericsson Microwave Systems AB, has on show for the first time outside Sweden ...
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Transair aims to expand horizons
Staff manning the Transair Pilot Shop (H4/H19) are celebrating a personal double. Their debut appearance at Farnborough coincides with the company's 10th anniversary. Transair - a none-stop shop for pilots - is here to win international business. Managing director Tom Moloney says Farnborough is the only way ...