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Tests prove Pioneer's CARS compatibility...
THE PIONEER unmanned air vehicle (UAV) has undergone compatibility testing with the Common Automatic Recovery System (CARS). A series of seven shipboard recoveries was successfully completed during testing in the Atlantic Ocean. The Pioneer UAV was flown into the recovery net by means of commands received via datalink ...
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UAE looks at buying more...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) air force is considering purchasing an additional number of Dassault Mirage 2000E fighter aircraft, as well as carrying out a major upgrade on the aircraft it already has in service. The service is looking at purchasing six, eight, or 18 further Mirage 2000s, ...
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Russia offers Yakhont missile for export
Russian missile design bureau NPO Mashinostroenia has completed development and testing of the Yakhont ramjet-powered long-range anti-ship missile, with the bureau actively pursuing export opportunities for the weapon. The Yakhont, which is also known as the Onix, has been in development for more than a decade and is ...
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Comanche takes aim
FLIGHTTESTING of the Boeing/ Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche scout/ attack helicopter is "making progress and staying safe", the team says. With only one prototype available, and an annual fight for funds to keep that aircraft flying, safe expansion of the flight envelope is paramount, says flight-test director Clarence Hutchinson. ...
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ENGINE VENTURE...
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has set up a 50:50 joint venture with Rolls-Royce, International Engine Component Overhaul, to overhaul and repair nozzle guide vanes and compressor stators for RB.211 and Trent engines. Source: Flight International
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UK MoD chooses Rubb hangars...
Rubb Buildings has won a contract to supply 34 rapid-erect hangars to the UK Ministry of Defence, for use in rapid-deployment operations. The 23 x 36m and 18.5 x 20m hangars consist of galvanised steel frames, covered with a polyester membrane, which can be packed into transportable containers. The larger ...
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Large aircraft: Airbus v Boeing...
Sir - Your discussion of the different results from Airbus and Boeing for new large aircraft assumes that the fall in the size of aircraft flying over the North Atlantic is demand-led (Flight International, 19-25 March, P29). Could I suggest that US airlines' balance sheets a few years ...
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Hunting Aviation
Four business managers have been appointed to boost Hunting Aviation's customer service at the UK's East Midlands Airport. Pictured (from left) are Dave Terrington, who has had a long career at Hunting, most recently as manufacturing section manager; Debbie Bednall, who joins from British Midland, where she was charter manager; ...
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FlightSafety
Bob Hobbi has been appointed to the newly created position of improving international training company FlightSafety's contact with its major customers. He will be based at LaGuardia Airport, New York. Hobbi has been with FlightSafety for 12 years, and set up its Service Excellence Training Programme, a course he will ...
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HONEYWELL...
Top managers at avionics manufacturer Honeywell, of Phoenix, Arizona, have changed jobs. In the commercial-aviation-systems division, Dean Vittetoe, formerly customer-support director for the Americas, becomes director of strategic-supply management. He is succeeded by Bertrand Dunou, who previously headed customer support in Europe. Dunou's replacement is Adrian Paull, who has worked ...
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Snecma president's restructuring pays off
Snecma has announced a major cut in its losses for 1996 and expects to return to the black this year, following continued recovery in the aerospace business after restructuring under new president Jean-Paul Béchat. Only group figures have been released, so that it is difficult to estimate the ...
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Seasons on Mars...
The latest images from the Wide Field Planetary Camera on the Hubble Space Telescope, since its servicing in orbit by the crew of the STS82 mission, show changes between Mars' northern-hemisphere spring and summer. The annual north-polar, carbon dioxide frost cap is vanishing, revealing the smaller, permanent, water-ice cap. Also ...
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BA plans for 'shell company'face opposition from USA
PLANS BY British Airways to use Airline Management (AML), a start-up company, to take on tourist routes from London Gatwick to San Juan, Puerto Rico and Tampa, Florida, have run into opposition in the USA, with claims that AML is being set up as a "shell" company without its own ...
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Hunting will sell off its non-core businesses
THE UK'S Hunting group has announced plans to disband its aviation division in a move expected to lead to the quick disposal of its aircraft-interiors businesses and the eventual sale of the cargo airline. Hunting chief executive Ken Miller says that the group wants to sell off its ...
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EC compliance could delay JAR-OPS
The introduction of the first (air-transport) element of the Joint Airworthiness Authorities' (JAA) JAR-OPS 1 regulations may be delayed significantly beyond the 1 April deadline by the need to comply with European Commission's (EC's) own air-transport legislation. In a move which has taken the JAA by surprise, EC ...
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China considers Rafale/M88
France and China are in discussions over the possibility of the Chinese air force acquiring the Dassault Rafale next-generation fighter aircraft. Chinese officials, including senior procurement officers, initially visited Dassault in 1996, while, more recently, French representatives, including those from Rafale engine manufacturer Snecma, have spent a considerable ...
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SA floats Sun Air with...
South Africa has launched the privatisation of regional carrier Sun Air, giving the opportunity for a foreign airline partner to take a share of up to 49%. Prospective buyers are being asked to register their interest by 10 April, says NatWest Markets, the UK investment bank which is ...
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Pratt &Whitney offers Airbus PW4000 alternative for A3XX
Pratt & Whitney is holding discussions with Airbus Industrie on the development of a PW4000-based derivative engine for the A3XX, as an alternative to the all-new GP7000 turbofan which is being proposed by the General Electric-Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance. According to Alain Garcia, Airbus Industrie's senior vice-president ...
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MIGMAPO reveals light fighter project
MIG MAPO has begun work on a new fifth-generation fighter design in the wake of the collapse of its 1.42 fighter project for the Russian air force. The project, the Lightweight Multi-function Fighter (LFI), was revealed by MiG MAPO director of strategic planning Alexander Ageyev. He describes it ...