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ARAMIS out from under wraps
BGT HAS REVEALED a full-scale mock-up of its planned next-generation anti-radar missile (ARAMIS), to succeed the HARM in the German air force inventory by about 2005. According to project manager Eberhard Moller, the ram-rocket-powered missile is to have a dual-mode, passive-radar/active infra-red seeker. The engine is being developed by Daimler-Benz ...
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All-weather rescue radar gets airing
EUROCOPTER HAS displayed a BK117 helicopter fitted with a cruciform, rotor-mounted, mock-up HeliRadar at the show. The All-Weather Rescue Helicopter is the subject of a German research ministry-sponsored programme to develop a machine capable of operations at night and in bad weather. The HeliRadar technology should permit rescue missions in ...
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Polish purchase
Bell Helicopter Textron has sold a Bell 407 helicopter to an unnamed private operator in Poland, to be delivered in 1997.The company has appointed Lloyd's Investments (Poland) to be its representative in the country, and is close to naming a partner in the Czech Republic. The seven-seat 407 is based ...
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Eurocopter clinches Russian contract
EUROCOPTER HAS signed a contract for the sale of two BO105 CBS/EC Super Five helicopters and the lease of a third to Russia's disaster-response ministry, EMERCOM. The ministry already operates two BO105s, which it acquired a year ago. Like these, the new helicopters will also be used as ...
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Bischoff calls for more support for European research efforts
THE EUROPEAN aerospace industry needs "at least" an extra DM1.3 billion ($860 million) of Government support for research annually, according to Manfred Bischoff, president of Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) and the German Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI). Although Bischoff says that Germany's current four-year civil-aerospace support programme - amounting to DM150 million ...
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Trade demands delay Thai F-18 purchase
THAILAND'S planned purchase of eight McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-18C/D fighters is being held up by finance ministry demands for counter-trade to underwrite part of the deal. The Thai Government is in receipt of a US letter of offer and acceptance (LoA) for the aircraft, but has not yet signed it. ...
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Transaero seeks new aircraft
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DCAlexander Velovich/MOSCOW RUSSIAN CARRIER Transaero is seeking bids for a potential $1.26 billion-worth of orders for new narrowbody and widebody aircraft, some of which will be used on routes linking Moscow with US cities, says the airline's deputy chairman Grigory Gurtovoy. Speaking in ...
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Air India slides into heavier losses in 1995
AIR INDIA SLUMPED to heavier-than-expected losses in its financial year to March 1996, with the flag carrier blaming rising interest charges, along with the burden of depreciating its new Boeing 747-400s. The Indian airline had forecast a loss of around Rs1.2 billion ($35 million) after three straight years ...
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Boeing probe
The US Justice Department has opened an investigation into alleged bribes used by former Boeing subsidiary, de Havilland Aircraft, to secure a $64 million order for five Dash 8s from BahamasAir in 1991. The allegations came to light earlier this year after Canadian entrepreneur Craig Dobbin filed a $900 million ...
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Europe's defence groups angle for Thomson-CSF
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE, Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) and GEC have all been named by Matra president Noel Forgeard as among those keen to join a bid for French electronics giant Thomson-CSF, when it is privatised later this year. The comments follow the news that Matra ...
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Germany boosts KEPD-350 bid commitment
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE GERMAN AIR FORCE is reviewing its commitment to the Matra Apache as the basis for its stand-off-missile requirements, and has informed the UK Ministry of Defence that it is likely to procure a variant of the Daimler-Benz/Bofors KEPD-350 missile now being offered in a ...
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First Extra 400 sold
EXTRA FLUGZEUGBAU has secured the first sale for the Extra 400 tourer. The aircraft, now 20h into its flight-test programme, had its show debut in the static park. The Dinslaken-based company says that it has other potential customers awaiting further flight-trial results. The 400 has been successfully tested to 200kt ...
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Russia finds money for Ukrainian ICBMs
THE RUSSIAN Government has issued a decree allocating roubles 17.76 billion ($3.55 million) to finance an agreement reached with Ukraine to acquire ten RS-18 (SS-19 Stilleto) liquid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missiles from Ukrainian arsenals. In 1994, Russia received 14 "dry" (not filled with fuel) RS-18 missiles from an arsenal ...
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Four put in bids to power AI(R) regional jet
ALLISON SAYS that its planned growth AE3012 turbofan is one of four engines being offered for the 70- to 84-seat regional jet under study by Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)). The BMW Rolls-Royce BR710, General Electric CF34-8C and a new turbofan jointly proposed by Pratt & Whitney Canada and ...
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Hughes and GEC link on AirHawk bid
HUGHES AND GEC are to unveil an agreement covering the latter's participation on the Hughes AirHawk bid for the UK Ministry of Defence's conventional stand-off-missile requirement before the end of May. While GEC is trying to play down the significance of the tie-up, Hughes is understood to view ...
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British Midland reveals Eurostar impact
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH MIDLAND (BM) admits that competition from the Channel Tunnel rail link from London to Paris and Brussels effectively halved its potential profits in 1995, but group chairman Sir Michael Bishop says that the airline has now weathered the worst of the Tunnel's impact. Although the airline managed ...
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China Eastern A340-300s arrive
China Eastern Airlines took delivery of its first of eight A340-300s on 15 May. The Shanghai-based carrier is the first airline in the People's Republic of China to receive the long-haul aircraft. A340 services will be inaugurated in June, between Shanghai and Los Angeles. China Eastern's A340s are configured with ...
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China Airlines signs up for eight more 747s
CHINA AIRLINES (CAL) of Taiwan has placed a $1.4 billion order for up to eight Boeing 747-400s, as part of its continuing fleet-replacement programme. The deal covers the purchase of four more Pratt & Whitney PW4056-powered 747-400s, for delivery between May and December 1997. The carrier ...
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United plans to spend $3 billion on Boeing order
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES UNITED AIRLINES (UAL) is in final negotiations with Boeing for up to 35 aircraft ranging from 757s to 747s and worth around $3 billion. The carrier is also about to open negotiations for the purchase of 30 smaller aircraft. The airline originally hoped ...
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First Emirates 777 emerges
THE FIRST OF SEVEN Boeing 777-200s on order for Dubai-based Emirates Airlines has entered customer-acceptance flight tests. The aircraft is scheduled to be handed over in June, with subsequent deliveries in July and October. Source: Flight International