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Rokot stalled
The Khrunichev, Daimler-Benz Aerospace Russian/German joint venture, Eurorokot, set up to market the former SS-19 military missile, the Rokot, for launches of 1,800kg payloads to low-Earth orbit, has been delayed for at least year because of a shortage of Russian funds. Source: Flight International
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Express funding
The Russian Government has agreed funding for the Russian Space Agency to manufacture and launch two Gorizont and three Express domestic-communications satellites. One Gorizont and one Express will be launched by Proton boosters in 1997, and the remaining three satellites in 1998. Source: Flight ...
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Air purification
The air-purification system for the Alpha International Space Station has passed a 30-day evaluation test at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama. During a simulation of conditions during manning by four crew, engineers injected carbon dioxide and water and removed oxygen for a 175m3 (6,200ft3) test module. ...
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Accelerated launch
The Japanese Government has approved the development of an uprated H2 satellite launcher, 18 months earlier than planned. The new booster, with additional strap-on boosters and uprated engines, will first be flown in 2000, with a capability to place 4,000kg into geostationary orbit. Source: Flight International
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Recon sat
A Titan 4 booster was launched from Vadenberg AFB, California, on 12 May carrying a classified reconnaissance satellite into near-polar orbit. It was the second of three planned Titan 4 launches this year. The first, from Cape Canaveral, and equipped with a Centaur upper stage, was launched on 24 April.Transbrazil ...
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Hughes TOW success
Denmark will receive nearly 600 Hughes Aircraft TOW 2A anti-tank missiles, worth $18 million, while Egypt is to buy 2,372 TOW 2As, worth $59 million. Source: Flight International
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KLM objects
Dutch flag carrier KLM has complained to the European Commission about price dumping by Air France on routes between Hanover-Marseilles, Mulhouse and Stockholm and Marseilles and Stockholm. It says that the French carrier should not be allowed its final, Fr5 billion ($833 million), tranche of state aid as a result. ...
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FLS contract
FLS Aerospace has been awarded a contract by Translift Airways to provide full support for the carrier's second Airbus A300. FLS will carry out the work, which will include routine base maintenance, and A and C checks, at its Manchester maintenance centre in the UK. Source: ...
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Order dropped
GPA has dropped 26 orders from its Boeing backlog. The lessor has cancelled orders for 11 737-300s, seven 757s and eight 767-300ERs. These orders had already been subject to a deferral. Source: Flight International
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Ready to roll
Bombardier is to roll out the first Global Express long-range business jet on 26 August at its de Havilland plant in Toronto, Canada, where the aircraft is now structurally complete. Gulfstream, meanwhile, has flown the third Gulfstream V long-range business jet . Source: Flight International
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ILFC strengthens
International Lease Finance (ILFC), the fast-growing aviation arm of the giant American Insurance Group, reports that revenues leapt by 28%, to $1.4 billion during 1995. The leasing company says that leasing rates continue to improve as the supply of "...good Stage 3 aircraft has substantially diminished". ILFC posted pre-tax profits ...
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Aeroflot bound
Sabena Technics has been awarded a contract to overhaul and upgrade two ex-Delta Air Lines A310-300s, which are to be leased to Aeroflot. The aircraft will be stripped, painted refurbished and C-checked. The contract also calls for the A310s' maximum take-off weight to be increased to 164t, and the addition ...
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Avionics upgrade
Rockwell-Collins is to offer Dassault Aviation Falcon 50 business-jet operators an avionics upgrade, to the latest Pro Line 4 specification. Source: Flight International
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Ministers support Airbus restructure
Government ministers from France, Germany, Spain and the UK have unanimously thrown their weight behind moves to establish Airbus Industrie as a commercial company. The ministers cite the need to safeguard the competitiveness of the consortium's existing products and the need to allow it to expand into the large-airliner market. ...
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Saab/BAe, Lockheed vie for Hungary business
HUNGARY WILL ISSUE a request for proposals (RFP) in July for up to 36 fighters to replace its obsolete Mikoyan MiG-21s. Leading candidates for the procurement include the Saab/ British Aerospace JAS39 Gripen, and the Lockheed Martin F-16. Peter Anstiss, director of sales and marketing support at ...
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BMW R-R and CFMI square up for Asian regional engine contest
BMW ROLLS-ROYCE and CFM International are stepping up efforts to supply a powerplant for the Aviation Industries of China (AVIC)-led AE-100 regional-jet development. China is close to selecting a Western partner for the airframe programme, and a final engine selection is expected to be made about a ...
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Sweden joins talks to extend X-31 demonstrator project
US, GERMAN AND Swedish Government and industry officials met at ILA to discuss a follow-on to the German/US X-31 Enhanced Fighter Manoeuvrability technology-demonstration project. US Navy X-31 programme manager Charles Johnson says that the discussions focused on a programme called the ADVENT, which will investigate advanced air-data ...
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Eurocopter studies new twin
EUROCOPTER IS studying an advanced medium-twin helicopter in the 5.5-6t class to succeed the Dauphin. The helicopter, known as the EC165, is planned to become available as the worldwide fleet of some 520 AS365s/565s reaches the end of its life over the next 20 years. It will incorporate ...
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Diamond eyes new four-seaters
AUSTRIA'S DIAMOND Aircraft Industries is in renewed talks with Russian manufacturer Sokol, which could revive plans to move the Excalibur four-seat-aircraft programme into production. Diamond is also examining a four-seat version of its successful DV 20 Katana light aircraft, and a completely new four-seat pusher-propeller aircraft, with a ...
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Germany divides Sea Lynx order contract
THE GERMAN NAVY is expected to place an order for seven new Westland Sea Lynx helicopters by the end of June, delaying a decision on upgrading its current 17 aircraft at least until early 1997. GKN Westland Helicopters says that the upgrade will bring the navy's older ...