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Mapping solutions
Bayo of France and Garmin Europe are sharing a stand in Hall 4/F1 with American firm Garmin which supplies them with GPS equipment. On show at the site are two fixed panel navigators with high definition moving maps - the GPS 150XL and the GPS 250XL. ...
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Strong impression
Menziken Aerospace Group has enjoyed a long association with the Paris air show, and the company, which operates on both sides of the Atlantic, is keen to make a strong impression at Le Bourget this week. With roots in Switzerland stretching back to the turn of the century, ...
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New products
British software manufacturer Russell Adams (Hall 5 G10) makes its first appearance in Paris with new products aimed at small and medium sized airlines as well as maintenance companies. With a sizeable client base that includes Short Brothers and Lockheed Martin Space ASIC the company has been supplying ...
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Long stand
First timers to the Paris airshow Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Linz Gessellschaft - WFL - must win the award for the company which has the most letters in one word of its name. The German company machines tools and can be found in Hall4, stand F4. Source: ...
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Omnipol - the return
Czech firm Omnipol returns to Paris after six years' absence. The firm, which imports and exports aircraft and parts, can be found in Hall 4, C6.Publicity Manager Zdenek Burian says here at Paris: "We are here to meet up with old friends and create new contacts. We return ...
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Satcom standard
Air France is fitting out its growing Airbus/Boeing fleet with Canadian Marconi's CMA-2102 satcom antenna. The top-mounted antenna will become standard equipment for Airbus A340s and Boeing 777s and used in the retrofit of six B747s in the Air France fleet. The carrier's plans call for 26 systems ...
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IT alliance
Aviation information services company Jeppesen is to form a strategic alliance with ARINC, a provider of communication services for the aviation industry. Greg Bowlin, Jeppesen's vice-president of airline and corporate services marketing, says the focus will be to enhance services to customers. Source: Flight ...
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Navigator deal
The Interstate Aviation Committee/Aviation Register (IAC/CR) in Moscow has approved Canadian Marconi's M3-GPS Navigator for use on the Antonov AN-38-100 and AN-38-110. The AN-38 is a twin-turboprop light multipurpose regional airliner with a 27-passengers capacity. The aircraft is now in production and the first customer, Vostok ...
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Paint works
Gulfstream is opening a new 6,000 sq m (64,000 sq ft) aircraft paint plant in Long Beach, California this year. The site, at its newly-expanded Service and Completion Center, offers state-of-the-art technology to enhance production capabilities. The company plans to double production levels to around 60 ...
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Top Gun courses
Fancy testing your skills at the controls of a twin-seater military jet aircraft? The International Fighter Pilots Academy (IFPA) will let you make the dream a reality with its Top Gun for a Week course. The IFPA military jet and helicopter operation at the Kirovskye Air Force Base ...
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E-3 upgrade
France is to buy from the US Department of Defense four electronic-support-measures upgrade kits for its Boeing E-3F airborne-warning and control-system aircraft. The equipment supports development of a French electronic-support-measures emitter database system. With support equipment, the deal is worth $85 million to Boeing. Source: Flight ...
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JSTARS upgrade
Northrop Grumman has received $132 million in US Air Force contracts to upgrade computers used on the E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS). The US company will integrate new, more powerful central computers and workstations in the third developmental aircraft. The upgrade will replace five central processors ...
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Finalist: Fokker Services
Finalist: Fokker Services Location Woensdrecht, The Netherlands Achievement Maintaining service levels for Fokker aircraft despite the manufacturer's collapse. When Fokker Aircraft went into bankruptcy at the start of 1996, one of the main concerns among aircraft operators and owners was over what levels of support service ...
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Finalist Antonov Aeronautical Scientific/ Technical Services
Finalist: Antonov Aeronautical Scientific/ Technical Complex Location Kiev, Ukraine Achievement Development of the propfan An-70 transport, including the second prototype. Despite setbacks, the Ukraine's Antonov design bureau is now back on track with its unique propfan An-70 military-transport programme. The original An-70 prototype had ...
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Maintenance
Winner: Richard Wolf Location Knittlingen, Germany Achievement Combining grinding and borescope tools to allow compressor-blade repairs without engine removal. Like many of the best innovations, this year's winning entry in the Maintenance category is a relatively simple concept, but one which could save the aviation industry ...
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Military aviation
Winner: Sukhoi Design Bureau Location Moscow, Russia Achievement First flight and air display of the super-agile thrust-vectored Su-37 fighter. The Sukhoi Su-37 fighter proved to be a show stopper when the aircraft made its debut at the Farnborough air show in September 1996. This thrust-vector-modified version ...
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Finalist: Northrop Grumman, Electronics
Finalist: Northrop Grumman, Electronics & Systems Integration Division Location Rolling Meadows, Illinois, USA Achievement Weight and cost savings through a miniaturised radio-transmitter unit. Northrop Grumman's highly miniaturised C-Band Microwave Power Module (MPM) is already offering significant weight savings in use on the US Navy's E-2C Hawkeye ...
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Finalist: Messier-Bugatti
Finalist: Messier-Bugatti Location Velizy, France Achievement Development of a miniature pump to allow decentralisation of aircraft hydraulic systems. Messier-Bugatti set itself the goal developing a miniature pump for electro-hydraulic actuator (EHA) units, which are sufficiently small and light to be sited alongside flight-control equipment, so allowing ...
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Space & missiles
Winner: Surrey Satellite Technology Location Guildford, UK Achievement Pioneering of microsatellites to give more nations affordable access to space. Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) was formed in 1985 by Professor Martin Sweeting, a UK pioneer of affordable microsatellite technology at the University of Surrey. His ...