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Wright Leads The Way In Eletric Technology
THE WRIGHT Laboratory, at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, in the USA, is carrying out a range of studies into more-electric aircraft technology. Its Aerospace Power division is charged with developing high-performance, cost-effective aerospace power systems for existing and future aircraft. A major project involves flight tests of ...
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Colebrand
Colebrand is showing its range of thermal-reflective aircraft canopy covers, which have been selected by the Royal Air Force and the US Marine Corps. The covers are designed to prevent excessive cockpit temperatures when aircraft are parked outside in hot climates, which can cause reliability problems. Source: ...
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Avionics specialities
Avionics Specialties is showing three new angle-of-attack (AOA) probes. The first includes a built-in stall-warning computer, while the second is a multi-functional version which provides both AOA and pilot static outputs. The third product is a low-observable stealth design that has already been selected for the McDonnell Douglas F-18E/F. ...
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IMI Marston
IMI Marston, will be showing a new titanium flexible hose, bellows assemblies and non-metallic pipe connectors. The company's Aerospace Heat Transfer Group will be displaying a range of heat exchangers for engine heat management, airframe and avionics systems, and will also display products for armoured fighting vehicles and the electronics ...
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HR Smith
HR Smith is exhibiting a range of lightweight, low-cost, advanced thermoplastic antennas, which are offered to replace in-service antennas. Also on display will be Personal Locator Beacons, fully compatible with COSPAS/SARSAT 406MHz satellite-based survivor location equipment, and Emergency Locator Transmitters, fully compliant with new European joint aviation regulations. ...
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Learjet 45 passes 500h mark
FLIGHT-TESTING OF THE BOMBARDIER LEARJET 45 light business jet has passed the 500h mark. By mid-August, Learjet had accumulated almost 540h in some 270 flights with three aircraft. Fuel-system testing is under way on the fourth flight-test aircraft, scheduled to be flown soon, and final assembly of aircraft number 11 ...
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ML lifeguard equipment
ML Lifeguard Equipment is exhibiting its LG1458 helicopter aircrew life preserver, which includes combat survival aids and combined body armour. The assembly has optional front and rear plates, designed to provide protection against threats including 7.62mm calibre armour-piercing rounds. The company, part of ML Aerospace says that the product is ...
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JSF: More electric power
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA EARLY IN THE US Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme, key technologies were identified which offered high pay-offs, but involved high risks, for all the teams competing. The result was a programme to mature critical technologies and reduce associated risks, while sharing the results between the ...
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Hexcel
Hexcel Composites will show its Redux 140, water-based corrosion-inhibiting primer. According to the company, Redux 140 is the first chromate-free product of its kind. Hexcel claims that the product is carcinogen-free, does not require the use of heavy protective clothing and solvent extractors, and yet performs as well as the ...
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Yeovil electronic developments
Yeovil Electronic Developments will show its DATAIR-400 battery-powered, hand-held ARINC-429 data monitor, designed for testing data-transmission systems in aircraft. Data are displayed on a four line x 16-character liquid-crystal display, in user-definable formats. "The equipment is aimed at the avionics technician who needs to be able to display ARINC-429 data ...
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Aerotech marketing
AeroTech Marketing is using its "IT Village" concept to show "complementary technologies applied to aerospace customers". Exhibitors in the IT Village include ACE, Autodesk, Cincom, Fulcrum Technologies, Hewlett-Packard, Interleaf, Mantix Systems, Rank Xerox and Workplace Systems. Demonstrations will range from Cincom's Acquire, which provides sales bidding and tendering capabilities, to ...
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Greene Tweed & Co.
Greene, Tweed & Co (GTC) will have its new advanced concept T-Ring (ACT) on display. GTC designers have taken the established features of the AGT ring design and extended the seal life by more than 50%, says the company. "The ACT ring will significantly improve the performance capability of equipment ...
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EMB-145 brake system is Crane's
Sir - While the EMB-145 flight-test "Basic appeal" (Flight International, 3-9 July, P29) was very good, there was an error. The discussion of the brake-control system incorrectly lists the anti-skid unit as a Maxaret system. It is actually a MkV digital brake-by-wire control system manufactured by Hydro-Air/Crane in Burbank, California. ...
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More Aerojet second-stage engines for MDC
McDONNELL DOUGLAS has awarded Aerojet a follow-on contract to supply a further 40 AJ10-118K second-stage engines for the Delta 2. The restartable, nitrogen tetroxide-Aerozine-50, hypergolic engine has a total burn time of 432s and a thrust of 43kN (9,750lb). The two-stage Delta 2 has been booked for 13 missions carrying ...
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Aerotech world trade
Aerotech World Trade will represent several companies, which are showing new products. CEIS TM is displaying its latest tri-frequency, 406MHz Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT), which it claims offers location of a downed aircraft with greater accuracy than was possible with earlier 121.5/243MHz ELTs. Dukane, meanwhile, is showing its latest Underwater ...
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Helmet integrated systems
Helmet Integrated Systems (HISL) will introduce its advanced lightweight helmet system. The Alpha HGU-86/P has been developed to meet performance and safety requirements for the US Air Force's next-generation air-superiority fighter. The helmet is designed to provide comfort and protection for military air-crews and its lighter weight is claimed to ...
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Metal injection mouldings
Metal Injection Mouldings will show a new process for the manufacture of small metal components which it claims "virtually eliminates machining operations". Metal-injection moulding combines the established technologies of powder metallurgy and injection moulding, says the company. The process allows production of high-integrity metal parts in complex shapes, yielding close ...
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Martin-Baker
Martin-Baker is displaying its pilot and passenger crashworthy helicopter seats which were recently selected by Sikorsky for civil and military versions of its S-92 Helibus. Deliveries of the seats, which are designed to meet latest crash impact attenuation standards, will begin in 1997, says the company. Although best known for ...
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Planar advance
Planar Advance, in partnership with dpiX, will unveil full-military specification active-matrix liquid-crystal-displays (AMLCDs) for fast jets and other cockpit applications. The initial product measures 125 x 125mm and has a 480 x 480 pixel colour display. The company says that a 160 x 160mm display is among larger, higher-resolution displays, ...
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DM Aerospace
DM Aerospace will be launching FlightVu, which consists of a range of video-camera equipment designed for use on commercial aircraft. The FV-0100 is a monochrome video camera for mounting externally on an aircraft, and is heated, sealed and easily maintainable. The FV-0300 performs a similar function, but uses a colour ...