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DASA and GEC aim to settle DASS dilemma
Andrzej Jeziorski/ULM SENIOR DASA AND GEC-Marconi officials were due to have met at the end of May in an effort to head off an industrial dispute over Germany's purchase of a defensive-aids subsystem (DASS) for the Eurofighter EF2000 combat aircraft. DASA is concerned that the German ...
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European airlines return to profit but warn on delays
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON EUROPE'S AIRLINE industry has turned in its first profit since 1989, but any celebrations over the news were quickly tempered by stark warnings over the congestion and pending European legislation which the carriers believe could damage progress. The Association of European Airlines (AEA) reports ...
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Anti-collision system aims at light aircraft
SMITH SYSTEM Engineering is to design and test a low-cost anti-collision system for light aircraft, under contract to the UK Civil Aviation Authority Safety Regulation Group. The CAA has already funded Smith to carry out research into the low-cost proximity-warning system, which works by detecting automatically the strobe ...
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Regional forecast
The key to reviving regional airports in the UK is to develop a broad spread of business. Forbes Mutch/LONDON IT IS NOT SO MUCH an airport, more "an industrial estate with a runway". This is how director Roger Campbell describes his airport at Southend, 60km (37 miles) from ...
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Dynamic
Systems supplier United Technologies Hamilton Standard, of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, has appointed Thomas Phillips president of Dynamic Controls HS. With Dynamic Controls since 1975, Phillips was most recently vice-president of engineering and, before that, spent 20 years at General Electric. Source: Flight International
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Why not use the safer Halon gas?
Sir - During the 1980s, I campaigned (unsuccessfully) for the withdrawal of highly toxic Halon 1211 portable extinguishers from flightdecks and cabins, suggesting their replacement by five-times-safer Halon 1301. My fear was - and remains - that 1211, in the confined space of a flightdeck, could cause the ...
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Hexcel consolidates operations after Ciba acquisition
MATERIALS SPECIALIST Hexcel is to consolidate operations following the acquisition of Ciba-Geigy's composites business, reducing its worldwide workforce by 8%. The consolidation programme is expected to cost almost $50 million and take three years to complete. Hexcel, which has been through Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, achieved nearly 50% ...
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Executive's sixth GIV
Executive Jet has received the sixth Gulfstream IV-SP business jet for its NetJets fractional-ownership scheme since the Gulfstream Shares programme was launched in May 1995. Two additional aircraft and a fifth Gulfstream-owned core-fleet GIV will be delivered soon. Executive Jet now operates more than 70 aircraft on behalf of over ...
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Bombardier shakes up Challenger spare-parts distribution
BOMBARDIER IS to re-organise the distribution of spare parts for its Canadair Challenger business jet, citing operator concern about parts availability. The new spares-distribution network, which will be managed independently by third parties, is to be operational in September. A request for proposals from potential distributors in Asia, ...
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LMFS sues BKT over Tornado upgrade
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LOCKHEED MARTIN Fairchild Systems (LMFS) is suing German sensor-systems company Bavaria Keytronic Technologie (BKT) over breach of a contract relating to cockpit upgrades for Germany's Panavia Tornados. Including a claim for loss of business, the Lockheed Martin's suit could cost BKT more than $2 million. ...
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...and Honeywell brings manual data into the picture
HONEYWELL HAS introduced a headband-mounted display which will allow ground crew to see troubleshooting data as they carry out airliner-maintenance work. The display, which is connected to a processor on the maintenance-worker's belt, is an addition to Honeywell's Airline Maintenance and Operations Support System (AMOSS). Fault ...
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Ametek introduces monitor to keep track of regional-turboprop balances
AMETEK AEROSPACE Products has introduced a system to give fast, accurate propeller balancing, allowing regional-turboprop operators to keep down damaging vibration levels throughout an aircraft's life. The Balance Monitoring System automatically stores vibration data in flight. These data are then downloaded to a ground-based lap-top computer which calculates ...
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What's on
Society of Flight Test Engineers European Symposium 10-12 June, Blackpool, Lancashire, UK. Contact: R A Hartley, c/o Flight Test Department (W27K), British Aerospace Military Aircraft Division, Warton Near Preston, Lancashire PR4 1AX, UK; tel: +44 (1772) 852105; fax: +44 (1772) 855295). Reliability and 1309 Design Analysis for Aircraft ...
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The Endeavour lands after rendezvous record mission
Tim Furniss/LONDON THE SPACE SHUTTLE Orbiter Endeavour landed at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 29 May, after setting a civilian Shuttle record with a series of four space rendezvous. The successful STS77 mission was the 11th flight by the Endeavour and marks the mid-way point ...
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Spar lands $11 million antenna contract
CANADA'S SPAR Aerospace has been awarded an $11 million contract from Lockheed Martin to design, manufacture, integrate and test the transmit-and-receive antenna feed-arrays for the Asia Cellular Satellite (ACES). The ACES satellite will provide mobile, hand-held, telephone services in Asia. The arrays are critical elements, with stringent performance ...
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Ashes to ashes
Small capsules containing the cremated remains of space pioneers are due to be ejected into orbit as part of the mission of the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL launcher, which will launch Spain's Minisat in September. The remains, including those of space physicist Gerard O'Neill, Todd Hawley, the founder of the ...
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DARPA seeks pilotless combat aircraft
THE US DEFENSE Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking service support for its concept of "uninhabited tactical aircraft" (UTAs) - lethal unmanned air-vehicles (UAVs) which could be used on missions considered too risky for manned aircraft. Col Mike Francis, of DARPA's Tactical Technology Office, says that UTA ...
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Data from the Galileo reveal Io's iron heart
NASA's GALILEO Orbiter has provided data which indicate that Jupiter's moon, Io, has an iron core like that of the Earth. No other iron-cored body has yet been found in the Solar System. The Galileo was flown past Io at a distance of 900km shortly after entering orbit ...
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Lufthansa tests remote maintenance system...
Martin Hindley/LONDON LUFTHANSA SYSTEMS is testing an airport-based remote diagnostic system designed to provide ground engineers with an incoming aircraft's maintenance history and repair requirements. The company has teamed with Berlin-based software house Sietec Systemtechnik to develop the tool, as part of a telecommunications-research programme sponsored ...
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R-R buys equipment
ROLLS-ROYCE is investing £23 million ($34.5 million) in advanced manufacturing equipment for its Hillington manufacturing site near Glasgow, UK, to enable the factory to produce compressor blades for Trent 895, BMW Rolls-Royce BR715 and Allison AE3007 turbofans. The site manufactures compressor blades, seals and shrouds. The Government is providing £6.9 ...