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Six teams compete
OF THE NINE original contenders for the T-38 avionics-upgrade programme, six remain. Lockheed Martin elected not to bid, later re-entering the competition by acquiring Loral, while teams led by Harris and Singapore Technologies Aerospace, were eliminated from contention by the USAF. The six remaining are: Chrysler Technologies ...
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Hearts and minds
Enforcing peace in the former Yugoslavia has become the largest UK military-helicopter operation since the Gulf War. Tim Ripley/BOSNIA IN THE SIX MONTHS since NATO's Implementation Force (IFOR), took over from the United Nations, the task of keeping peace in Bosnia, it has successfully overseen ...
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What chance is there for UK industry in the assembly of AI(R) 70 regional jet?
Sir - The recent announcement that Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) is to launch its AI(R) 70 regional jet at the 1997 Paris air show should be encouraging news for the UK aerospace industry. I would not place my money on the aircraft being assembled in the UK, however. ...
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UPS
James Kelly, executive vice-president and chief operating officer of international package-distribution company UPS, of Louisville, Kentucky, has been elected vice-chairman, and will be nominated as chairman at the company's November board meeting. He replaces current chairman and chief executive Kent (Oz) Nelson, who will continue to serve on the UPS ...
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Affordable avionics
Substantially cheaper avionics are essential if the Joint Strike Fighter is to be built. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA MORE THAN a decade before the aircraft is due to enter service, pilots are flying simulated Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) missions to ensure that the aircraft meets its primary objective - ...
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Long - Lining
Peter Gray/BLOOMFIELD Exclusive: Flight International is the first magazine to flight test the Kaman K-Max AFTER BEING introduced to the differences between flying helicopters with tail rotors and hydraulic servo systems and Kaman Aerospace's intermeshing rotors and servo-tab systems in the H-43 Husky (Flight International, 1-7 May), Kaman ...
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Ilyushin pushes the boat out on maritime-patrol Il-114
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW ILYUSHIN HAS begun flight-testing a maritime-patrol variant of its Il-114 twin regional turboprop, the Il-114P. The Il-114P is being developed in collaboration with the Proton-Service scientific research centre, NPO Geophisica, NPO Poliot, VNII Radiotechniki "Skala", NII Sistemotechniki and NII Prinbornoi Automatiki. ...
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MDC F-18 selected for aeroelastic wing test
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) and Rockwell have been selected to modify an MDC F-18 for a joint US Air Force/ NASA evaluation of an advanced control concept which makes use of wing warping. Lockheed Martin had considered proposing an F-16 for the evaluation. It declined to bid after ...
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Sermatech coating used to protect US Navy SH-60Bs
AN ADVANCED COATING system for magnesium-alloy components is being adopted by the US Navy after trials showed its ability to increase dramatically the service life of helicopter gearboxes. During the two-year trial, the Navy coated a sample batch of its Sikorsky SH-60B helicopter transmissions with Sermatech International's SermeTel ...
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India's private malaise
MODILUFT'S dispute with Lufthansa over lease payments has made headlines, but it also highlights a deeper malaise afflicting India's fledgling private-airline operators. Of the five major private carriers established in India since liberalisation began some three years ago, only Jet Airways and the cargo carriers appear to ...
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Green light shows for NetJets Europe
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON A EUROPEAN-BASED business-aircraft fractional-ownership programme has been launched by Montvale, New Jersey-based Executive Jet Aviation (EJA), the US pioneer of the "NetJets" scheme. The programme marks the second stage of the company's Global NetJets plan, with opportunities in China and South America also ...
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Messier-Bugatti awarded S-92 contract
MESSIER-BUGATTI has been selected to supply wheels and steel brakes for the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter, in a 15-year contract potentially worth $15 million. The company, a division of French state-owned aero-engine maker Snecma, won the contract from Embraer of Brazil, the maker of the 19-seater's undercarriage. ...
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Burbank wins thrust-reverser approval
California-based hushkit specialist Burbank Nacelle (BNC) has won a US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certificate (STC) for an acoustic thrust-reverser for McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-9s fitted with ABS Partnership Stage 3 hushkits. The key element of the new reverser is an acoustic liner made by Astech Manufacturing ...
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UK is set to clear GPS
David Learmount/LONDON THE UK IS SET to become the first nation in Europe to approve the use of global-positioning-system (GPS) satellite navigation as a primary navigation system on North Atlantic (NAT) routes. The UK General Aviation Manufacturers and Traders Association, revealed at a seminar in ...
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Airbus evaluates age forming for wing skins
Andrew Doyle/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE Airbus is studying the possible introduction of "age-forming" techniques in the manufacture of wing skins for all Airbus narrow-body aircraft, following its successful implementation for part of the upper-wing skin of the A321. The company is using a 14m-long oven supplied by Aeroform of ...
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MDHS fights to keep MD600N on track
McDONNELL DOUGLAS Helicopter Systems (MDHS) is instituting "aggressive scheduling" to minimise the impact on the certification and delivery timetable of the crash of the second MD600N prototype. Key to the recovery plan, however, is the findings of the board set up to investigate the 28 May accident. Should ...
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US Navy purchases additional Magic Lantern system
THE US NAVY has awarded Kaman Aerospace a $6.5 million contract for an additional helicopter-borne Magic Lantern mine hunting system, with development of the next-generation naval airborne laser mine detector in limbo. An early prototype Magic Lantern system (once a classified USN programme) was used successfully during Operation ...
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Mistral-armed Gazelles enter French service
Julian Moxon/PHALSBOURG THE FIRST FRENCH army combat helicopters, to be equipped with a dedicated air-defence missile, have entered service with the country's 1st Air Combat Regiment, based at Phalsbourg. Over the next nine months, 30 Aerospatiale Gazelles equipped with the Matra Mistral light air-to-air missile will ...
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BA courts JAL as world tie-ups spread
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE BRITISH AIRWAYS is now focusing attention on Japan Airlines (JAL) as a possible strategic partner in Asia, following the UK carrier's recently announced tie-up with American Airlines. BA executive chairman Sir Colin Marshall travelled to Tokyo to meet JAL chairman Susumu Yamaji shortly ...
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Rockwell pushes X-33 technology for Shuttle
Guy Norris/PALMDALE ROCKWELL IS OFFERING to upgrade Space Shuttles with technology developed for theX-33 re-useable launch vehicle. Rockwell is competing for the X-33 contract against teams led by Lockheed Martin and McDonnell Douglas (MDC), and expects a NASA decision as early as 25 June. Thermal-protection ...