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Rockwell regains Navstar initiative
Tim Furniss/LONDON ROCKWELL International has won back work to build US Air Force Navstar global-positioning- system (GPS) satellites. The California-based company has now won 73 of the 93 Navstar contracts let by USAF. Up to 33 Navstar Block 2F spacecraft will be built by Rockwell ...
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STAe poised for TigerEye modification
SINGAPORE Technologies Aerospace (STAe) is expected to win a contract to modify eight Taiwanese Northrop F-5Es to RF-5E TigerEye reconnaissance aircraft, after more than a year's delay to the order. Taiwanese defence minister Chiang Chung-ling has re-affirmed that STAe is the preferred choice over local companies. He ...
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Cargo conundrum
Steady growth is predicted for world air-cargo market. Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS and conversion specialists are watching the burgeoning growth in world air-cargo traffic with eager anticipation. Every forecast points to steady and continuous growth, but not all agree on whether most of it will be ...
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Winglet benefits
Winglets could bring operational benefits to the Boeing 747-200F. Guy Norris/SEATTLE Aviation Partners, a Seattle-based modification company specialising in advanced winglet designs, is developing a lightweight winglet for the Boeing 747-200F. The company predicts that the revised wing could yield a 7% cruise-drag reduction, among ...
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Preaching conversion
Buoyant demand spawns new wave of widebody freighters. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA SO FAR, THE WIDEBODY freighter-conversion market has been dominated by the Boeing 747. Now, a new wave of widebody freighters is being rolled out of modification centres to meet the buoyant demand for cargo aircraft. ...
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India's Indigenous P68
Taneja Aerospace and Aviation (TAAL), India's only private-aircraft manufacturer, says that it will soon be producing the P68 twin-piston-engined six-seat light aircraft indigenously. Only the engine and flight instruments will have to be imported. TAAL manufactures the P68 with technical support from Italy's Partenavia. Source: Flight International
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Low-cost carriers save passengers $6 billion
THE LAUNCH OF no-frills, low-fare, airlines has reduced the cost of flying for US travelers by $6 billion so far, says a new study by the US Department of Transportation. In cities where low-cost US carriers operate, the average cost of a one-way ticket has dropped by $54 ...
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Dassault flies Falcon 50EX for first time
THE FIRST DASSAULT Aviation Falcon 50EX was flown on 10 April at the Bordeaux-Merignac airfield, site of Dassault's final assembly factory. The extended-range version of the original aircraft includes up-rated AlliedSignal TFE 731-40 engines and new Rockwell Collins Pro-Line 4 avionics (as fitted to the new Falcon 2000). The avionics ...
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GV testing is on course despite engine snags
Graham Warwick/SAVANNAH FLIGHT TESTING of the Gulfstream V, long-range business jet, is exceeding expectations, despite a shortage of BMW Rolls-Royce BR710 engines. The manufacturer admits that flying has been slowed by a lack of spare engines, caused by development problems and flight-test incidents. Gulfstream has ...
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Profitable Dassault keeps quiet on Aerospatiale link
FEW CLUES HAVE emerged as to the state of Dassault Aviation's enforced merger talks with Aerospatiale from chairman Serge Dassault's unveiling of an increasingly healthy financial results for 1995 . Dassault refers only briefly to the negotiations with Aerospatiale, which have been more or less forced on his ...
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Ryanair negotiates to find new shareholder
IRISH LOW-FARE airline Ryanair is in discussions with a major airline, thought to be British Airways, for the sale of a 25% stake. An announcement is possible within a month. The move has taken observers by surprise, even though BA has been steadily building its franchise operations through ...
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EU tightens foreign safety
David Learmount/LONDON EUROPEAN UNION (EU) airports might be empowered to carry out safety checks on foreign airlines in the same way that EU ports already check ships under the port state-control system, says the European Commission (EC). The safety check is one of several proposals, ...
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Bhoja commuter network is close
PAKISTANI CARRIER Bhoja Air, is close to establishing the country's first commuter network, with negotiations to acquire three 50- to 60-seat turboprop aircraft about to be completed, says deputy managing director Syed Hasan. Bhoja Air proposes to base the aircraft in the Punjab and to develop much-needed air ...
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Edelweiss flowers at Luton
NEW SWISS AIRLINE Edelweiss Air has launched a scheduled low-fare service from Zurich to Luton, using two ex-Airtours McDonnell Douglas MD-83 twinjets. The service is part of a city-break package, which also includes Vienna, organised by minority strategic investor Kuoni Switzerland. The five flights a week are also timed to ...
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Hercules update
Airod plans to begin work on converting the first of two Royal Malaysian Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130H transports into in-flight refueling tankers by the end of April. Lockheed Martin is acting as an integrator for the KC-130 modification programme, which will take six months to complete for each aircraft. ...
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RMAF backs F-5 upgrade
THE ROYAL MALAYSIAN Air Force (RMAF) is giving support to an industry-led initiative to upgrade its Northrop Grumman F-5E/F as lead-in fighter trainers. The RMAF has carried out a cost study of the proposed F-5 revamp and forwarded its conclusions to the Malaysian Government, say senior air ...
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Denel switches focus to Rooivalk exports
DENEL IS CONFIDENT of securing its first export sales for the CSH-2 Rooivalk attack helicopter before the end of the year, following the South African Air Force's (SAAF) confirmation of a launch order for 12 machines. The company claims to be in serious discussions with five unidentified ...
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Malaysia staged its biennial Defence...
Malaysia staged its biennial Defence Services Asia show in Kuala Lumpur from 23-26 April. With the nation due to unveil its next five-year defence plan for 1996-2000, DSA 96 attracted 623 companies from 40 countries. Traditionally large national contingents from France, the Netherlands and the UK were joined by a ...
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Embraer wins savings from new labour deal
EMBRAER'S EMPLOYEES have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new labour contract, which the Brazilian manufacturer says will improve manufacturing costs on the EMB-120 and the new EMB-145 50-seat regional jet. The agreement involves the loss of 350 administrative and support jobs, while production workers will take a ...
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MDC fights for F-18E/F as GAO calls for cancellation
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has defended the F-18E/F Super Hornet after the leak of a US General Accounting Office (GAO) draft report, which has recommended that the aircraft programme be cancelled. Reports suggest that the Congressional watchdog, recommends buying upgraded F-18C/Ds, citing only "marginal ...