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Opinicus completes low-cost simulator
Karen Walker/TAMPA A US COMPANY HAS completed a low-cost simulator which it believes has applications for research, training and even for military mission-rehearsal, for which several such devices could be networked together. Opinicus, based in Clearwater, Florida, expects to deliver its first Reconfigurable Research and Engineering ...
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US Navy visualises sensor testbed
THE US Navy plans to test future aircraft sensors and missile seekers using a sophisticated image-generation system. The contract for the Common Terrain Rendering System (CTRS) and Scene Generation Capability (SGC), is expected to be awarded, in June 1997. The system will be used to ground-test forward-looking infra-red (IR) sensors, ...
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Dornier trains Orfeus-Spas II crew
DORNIER SATELLITE Systems has been training the crew of November's STS80 Space Shuttle mission to handle Germany's retrievable Astro-Spas (Shuttle Pallet Satellite) with the Orfeus (Orbital Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer) telescope. The 14-day mission, to be known as the Orfeus-Spas II, will be the second deployment ...
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Eagle makes changes to XT-S sports trainer
EAGLE AIRCRAFT International has made aerodynamic modifications to its all-composite XT-S two-seat sports trainer, and will now fly a full re-certification programme in Perth, Western Australia, to prove conformity with European joint airworthiness regulations for very-light aircraft (JAR/VLA). Having failed by 2kt, to limit stall speed to the ...
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R-R and Hamilton Standard build dual-purpose FADEC
ROLLS-ROYCE and Hamilton Standard, are developing an advanced, dual-purpose, full-authority digital engine-control (FADEC) system, designed to be fitted to two engine types powering US military aircraft. R-R has carried out tests of a Hamilton Standard-built prototype system at its Bristol, UK plant. The system is fitted to an ...
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Russia enters commercial age with launch of Proton SL-12
Tim Furniss/LONDON RUSSIA OFFICIALLY entered the commercial geostationary-orbit-satellite launcher business on 8 April, when a Proton SL-12 model was launched successfully from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying the Astra 1F satellite for Luxembourg's Societe Europeenne des Satellites (SES). The launch was managed by ILS ...
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NASA F-15 is used to test X-33 tiles
A NASA McDONNELL Douglas F-15 has been used to prove the durability of materials for the thermal-protection system (TPS) proposed for the X-33 re-usable launch vehicle. NASA says that the tests of the TPS were vital because of the threat posed to protective materials by rain drops, cloud ...
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RAF aims for multiple arrays
Douglas Barrie/EDINBURGH THE ROYAL Air Force's next generation of strike aircraft is likely to be designed with multiple radar-antenna-arrays located around the airframe. This will provide a "radar picture" considerably larger than at present. The Future Offensive Aircraft (FOA), now in the conceptual-design phase, will ...
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SIMONA seeks realism
The Netherlands is home to an ambitious project to build an advanced research simulator laboratory. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA A SIMULATOR IS taking shape in the Netherlands, which could set new standards for the fidelity of commercial flight-simulators. Delft University of Technology's International Centre for Research in Simulation, Motion ...
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International rival planned for MAS
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE PLANS TO launch a second Malaysian international carrier are being revived, 15 months after flag carrier Malaysia Airlines (MAS) blocked the start of AirAsia. Heavy Industries of Malaysia (HICOM) and 15% joint-venture partner Mofaz Air are understood to be drawing up new plans ...
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Thomson-CSF desires French air force reconnaissance deal
THOMSON-CSF is hoping to clinch contracts, from the French air force and export customers, for its medium-range electro-optical reconnaissance imagery system, following the successful completion of flight-testing. The imaging pod, developed under the DESIRE programme, is initially designed for the Dassault Mirage 2000, Rafale and Lockheed Martin F-16. ...
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Raytheon expands with Chrysler unit purchases
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA RAYTHEON HAS AGREED to buy Chrysler's defence and aerospace businesses for $475 million. Aircraft-modification specialist Chrysler Technologies Airborne Systems (CTAS) and defence-electronics company Electrospace Systems (ESI) will become part of E-Systems, acquired by Raytheon for $2.3 billion in May 1995. Raytheon says that ...
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Extra flies EA 400 tourer
GERMAN manufacturer, Extra Flugzeugbau has flown its all-composite, EA 400 tourer for the first time. The first flight took place on 4 April at Extra's Dinslaken base, with company managing director Walter Extra at the controls. The company says that the first impressions of the aircraft's handling were ...
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JAA set to overturn night-time single-engine aircraft ban
Julian Moxon/BRUSSELS THE EUROPEAN Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) has "tentatively agreed" to overturn its previous position of banning the operation of single-engined turbine-powered aircraft commercially in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) and at night. Pilatus Aircraft and Aerospatiale's Socata subsidiary, respectively manufacturers of the PC-12 and ...
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Taiwan turns down Dornier 328 for Matsu landings
DAIMLER-BENZ has again been forced to delay delivery of the improved-performance Dornier 328-110 to Formosa Airlines, after Taiwan's civil aeronautics administration (CAA) refused to certify the turboprop for landing at the offshore island of Matsu. A revised delivery schedule had called for the first aircraft to go ...
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Canada seals ATC privatisation agreement
CANADA'S Government has signed the agreement to transfer the country's air-navigation system to a new corporation, Nav Canada, for a purchase price of C$1.5 billion ($1.1 billion). Transfer of all air-traffic-control (ATC) assets is scheduled for 1 July, subject to the passage of enabling legislation by the Canadian parliament. ...
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FANS will ease Calcutta chaos
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS DRAMATIC TRAFFIC flow improvements, for aircraft over-flying the Calcutta area of India, are expected by September of this year. A new future air navigation systems (FANS) route for Boeing 747-400s across the country and the Bay of Bengal will ease chronic peak-hour congestion. ...
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Lockheed Martin makes delayed C-130J first flight
LOCKHEED MARTIN flew the C-130J Hercules 2 for the first time on 5 April. This follows delays, which have pushed back certification of the transport from December to April-May 1997. The company is negotiating revised delivery schedules with its initial customers, the Royal Air Force, US Air ...
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GE improves CF34 bid for Nimrod 2000
GENERAL ELECTRIC has submitted revised formal proposals to British Aerospace to power its Nimrod 2000 contender for the Royal Air Force replacement maritime-patrol aircraft requirement. GE is offering the CF34-8N, a version of the 58kN (13,000lb)-thrust CF34-8C turbofan under development for the Bombardier Canadair CRJ-X stretched Regional ...
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Rockwell pushes to open up Huzar helicopter competition
Andrzej Jeziorski/WARSAW ROCKWELL IS proposing an integrated weapons and avionics package for the Polish PZL-Swidnik W-3W Huzar military helicopter, including the Hellfire 2 anti-tank missile. The missile was released, to Poland by the US Government in December, 1995. The US company is fronting an international ...