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Lockheed Martin links with Intersputnik on satellites
Lockheed Martin Space and Strategic Missiles division and Russia's Intersputnik International have agreed an estimated $1.5 billion joint venture to establish one of the world's largest commercial communications-satellite operations. The first satellite to be developed by the new company (Lockheed Martin Intersputnik International - to be based in ...
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ESA's Luton wins Arianespace post
Jean Marie Luton, the European Space Agency's (ESA) outgoing director-general, will become the full chairman of Arianespace in July, replacing Charles Bigot, who is to retire. Francis Avanzi, the European commercial-launcher organisation's director-general, who was hired in 1995 to replace Bigot, will leave the company. Luton's ...
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Minuteman used to test new protection
A new ultra-high-temperature ceramic thermal-protection material for future aerospace vehicles has been tested during a ballistic flight of a US Air Force Minuteman 3 from Vandenberg AFB, California. The objective of the programme, which is managed by NASA, the Sandia National Laboratories and the US Air Force, is ...
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Watching space
Putting its money worries aside, Russia will be pushing its space technology at Le Bourget. The Khrunichev Space Centre (5B/4) will feature a scale-model of the first component of the International Space Station (ISS). Called the Functional Control Block (FGB), the 20t module will be launched aboard a Proton booster ...
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Cessna's Citation X business jet...
Cessna's Citation X business jet is the fastest commercial transport in production, yet is designed to be flown from small airfields Citation X specifications: Length ...
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Cooperation is the answer
Sir - It is a pity that there is not more co-operation within the aviation industry worldwide. In the case of the "super jumbo", for example, world co-operation could transform the flat bed of the Antonov An-225 into an almost-ready-to-work "super jumbo". Similarly, co-operation on the Russian Energia ...
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Ramon Lopez/Baltimore...
Ramon Lopez/Baltimore FLIGHT-TESTING of the problem-stricken Alliant Techsystems Outrider tactical unmanned air vehicle (UAV) has resumed, with a strong endorsement from a senior US Department of Defense (DoD) procurement ofÌcial, despite the threat of cancellation hanging over the programme. The Ìrst of the additional ßights, which took place on 3 ...
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Algerian restructure
Air Algerie is to be restructured as part of a wider Algerian Government drive to improve the efficiency of state-owned companies. The airline will focus on its core business of passenger and freight transport, while other activities could be transferred to subsidiaries. These include chartering services for oil companies, catering, ...
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Philippine Airlines takes first A340-300
Philippine Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A340-300, as part of its fleet-renewal programme. This will see 24 Airbus aircraft delivered to the carrier over the next 20 months, including four A340-300s, eightA330-300s and 12 A320s. The A340-300s, which join a fleet of four smaller -200s which have ...
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Middle Eastern Airbus
Middle East Airlines (MEA) has become the first operator in the region to fly the Airbus A321, following the hand-over of the first of two aircraft leased from International Lease Finance. The International Aero Engines V2500- powered, 169-seat aircraft will be joined by the second A321 later this month. MEA ...
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Comair rejects EMB-145s for more Regional Jets
DELTA CONNECTION carrier Comair has increased its order for Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs), after evaluating Brazilian manufacturer Embraer's rival EMB-145. The airline has placed firm and conditional orders for 30 of the 50-seat CRJs, and taken options on a further 45 aircraft, some of which could be ...
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Dragonair/Cathay gear up as A330 services return
Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair planned to have all 15 of their Airbus A330-300s back in service by 7 June, after completing gearbox modifications to the twinjet's Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines. R-R and Cathay had completed 25h of ground and flight testing of the Hispano-Suiza modification package on ...
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FAA concern over military GPS control resurfaces
RENEWED US Federal Aviation Administration concern about military control of the global-positioning system (GPS) navigational-satellite constellation has been made public just as the GPS is to become the USA's primary means of civil-aviation navigation. The FAA's disquiet is revealed in a letter to the US Air Force from ...
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New Hungarian ATC centre will run civil and military airspace
Hungary expects to be the first former Warsaw Pact country - and one of the first in Europe - to achieve totally integrated civil/military airspace when it opens its new Budapest air-traffic-control (ATC) centre on 1 September. The Mathias centre, near Budapest's Ferihegy Airport, is designed to accommodate ...
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Mesaba expands under new Airlink contract
USREGIONAL MESABA Airlines has signed a new agreement with Northwest Airlines extending its operations to include all Northwest Airlink codeshare flights from Minneapolis/St Paul, Minnesota. Mesaba will take over from Express Airlines I on 1 August. Express will continue to operate as Northwest Airlink from Memphis, Tennessee. The ...
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NASA aims to cut drag with control-surface research
NASA has begun test flights of an adaptive control-surface experiment which it hopes could lead to drag reductions of up to 3% for commercial aircraft, worth roughly $140 million a year in reduced fuel savings. The tests are taking place on the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar operated by Orbital ...
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FAA fine for ARCA
Aerovias Colombianas (ARCA) is to be fined $68,000 for ignoring a US Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive (AD). The airline was operating US-registered aircraft and was thus required to comply with FAA ADs. Colombian authorities suspended the airline's operating certificate on 24 January, and it remains grounded. Inspections found that ...
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1900D flap setting
Skyway Airlines, a Midwest Express Connection operator, has become the first airline to modify its Beech 1900Ds with a new, 17 degree flap setting, which increases stability during approach, reduces control problems caused by tailplane icing, increases single-engine safety margins and improves crosswind performance. Source: Flight International
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Bashkortostan A320s
A new airline is reportedly being formed by the Government of CIS republic Bashkortostan, which will operate leased Airbus A319s and A320s. A special-purpose company, Bashaeroinvest, has been established to arrange funding. Source: Flight International
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Indian purchase
Indian Airlines has now received board approval to move forward with the purchase of six 50-seat regional aircraft, with financing expected to be provided through long-term bank loans. The carrier has short-listed the Saab 2000, AI(R) ATR 42-500 and the Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8. Source: ...