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Lockheed Martin wins X-33 contract with VentureStar
Tim Furniss/LONDON NASA HAS selected Lockheed Martin to design, build and test the X-33, a half-scale model of a proposed Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) to replace the Space Shuttle fleet. A full-scale vehicle could be operational by 2005. The fully re-useable Lockheed Martin VentureStar will ...
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Fakel moves into AAM market
RUSSIAN SURFACE-to-air missile (SAM) design house Fakel is attempting to break into new markets by offering two air-to-air versions of secret SAM development projects. Both weapons are being offered for the Sukhoi Su-27M (Su-35) Flanker. Fakel is working on an active-radar-guided medium-range missile (box right in picture) ...
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Tu-204 programme in doubt
THE FUTURE OF THE Tupolev Tu-204 has been thrown into doubt, following a decision by Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines (ARIA) to leave the Russian Aviation Consortium, an industrial investment group set up to promote the aircraft. ARIA has already invested around 48 billion roubles ($10 million) in the consortium, ...
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Augustine bids for RAF RMPA reprieve
LOCKHEED Martin chief executive Norman Augustine and GEC-Marconi chairman Lord Weinstock have held eleventh-hour talks with UK Government ministers in an attempt to overturn a £2 billion ($3 billion) Ministry of Defence (MoD) recommendation in favour of the British Aerospace Nimrod 2000, rather than the Lockheed Martin Orion 2000, for ...
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Air Afrique
Flight International would like to point out that Air France is not involved directly in the attempted rescue of Air Afrique, contrary to the headline which appeared in the magazine recently (Flight International, 26 June-2 July, P9); although the French flag carrier does have a sizeable shareholding in Air Afrique. ...
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IRI approves Alitalia cash-rescue package
AFTER A SERIES of last-minute delays, Alitalia's rescue plans including a badly needed cash injection have been agreed by the airline's parent state-holding company IRI. IRI eventually emerged from a shareholders' meeting on 1 July saying that it had agreed to provide Alitalia with L3 billion ($2 billion). ...
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Development control essential
Sir - The article "UK monetary constraints force RPMA cost rethink" (Flight International, 15-21 May, P6), on the Royal Air Force British Aerospace Nimrod MR2 replacement programme, highlights the need for manufacturers to improve control of development programmes. A factor, which can influence the time scale and cost of a ...
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EC studies US/ European competition
THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC), has launched an investigation, into six alliances between US and European airlines, to determine whether they will limit competition. According to EC competition commissioner Karel Van Miert and transport commissioner Neil Kinnock, the aim is to give the EC similar powers to those ...
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Chinese ventures
AlliedSignal Aerospace's joint venture with China Eastern Airlines to repair and overhaul wheels and brakes opened at Long Hau Airport, Shanghai on 28 June. On 1 July, McDonnell Douglas opened a commercial-aircraft-spares centre in Beijing with China Aviation Supply. Source: Flight International
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F-16 trainer for Kelly
Lockheed Martin F-16 pilots of the 182nd Fighter Squadron of the Texas Air National Guard's 149th Fighter Wing at Kelly AFB, San Antonio, will be the first to use a new Unit Training Device flight simulator at the base. The Hughes-built simulator is the first of 56 for the US ...
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Morelos for Hughes
Hughes has won the $90.5 million contract to build the new-generation Morelos 3 communications satellite for Mexico, beating Lockheed Martin and Space Systems Loral. The Hughes-built, HS-376 Morelos 1 and 2 were launched in 1985. Hughes also built the larger, HS-601 Solidaridad 1 and 2 communications satellites, launched ...
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Dragon Fly receives Italian certification
THE DRAGON Fly Model 333 two-seat helicopter received type certification from the Italian civil-aviation authority in June. The helicopter was developed by brothers Angelo and Alfredo Castiglioni, founders and owners of Dragon Fly. The Gobler-Hirth F-330A26AK single-engined (two-stroke piston) helicopter is built with a titanium frame and a glassfibre-reinforced plastic ...
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PAL loan
Philippine Airlines (PAL) chairman Lucia Tan has loaned the flag carrier $152 million, to help it meet an overdue $200 million predelivery payment to Airbus Industrie for new A320/330/ 340s. The loan will be converted to equity as soon as Tan is given approval to raise his stake in PAL, ...
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CityLine begins HGS-equipped CRJ trial
Lufthansa's regional daughter-company, Lufthansa CityLine, has started test flights of a Flight Dynamics head-up guidance system (HGS) for its Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) fleet. The company hopes to equip its entire fleet of 28 CRJs with the system by the end of August. The HGS was certificated for ...
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Westland fin tip
GKN Westland Aerospace has been contracted to design and manufacture the tail-fin tip structure for the McDonnell Douglas MD-90, with first deliveries set for August. The part will consist of a load-bearing carbon-fibre outer skin, reinforced with a nomex honeycomb and aluminium frames. Source: Flight International
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Chicago control
A Harris voice-switching and control system (VSCS) has been commissioned at the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Centre, and a Loral display channel-complex rehost (DCCR) computer upgrade will become fully operational at the Centre in December. The VSCS provides high-speed message transfers, while the DCCR is a processor upgrade for ...
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Atlas lease
Atlas Air is to lease a Boeing 747-200 freighter to Thai Airways - the carrier's first - under a $76 million, three-year contract which holds a one-year option. Thai Airways has the option to lease two other aircraft from Atlas Air in two years' time. The deal, with all options, ...
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Virgin service
Euro Belgian Airlines is to start a service linking Rome and Madrid on 2 September, marking the company's first market outside its Brussels hub. The low-fare service will be operated with a new Boeing 737-300, due to be delivered in August, when the company will be formally relaunched as Virgin ...
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...but not Saratov
Unpaid workers at Russia's Saratov Aircraft Production plant have demanded an investigation into the crisis-hit company, which builds Yakovlev Yak-42 airliners. The governor of the Saratov region has responded with a promise to set up an audit commission to report on whether the plant is still viable. Yak-42 production has ...