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A300B4 conversion
Channel Express has become the launch customer for British Aerospace Aviation Services' Airbus A300B4 passenger-to-freighter conversion programme. The Bournemouth, UK-based cargo airline has placed a $5.5 million order for one conversion, with options on three more. Source: Flight International
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Yemenia PW4000S
Yemenia-Yemen Airways has selected Pratt & Whitney PW4156s to power two Airbus A310-300s on firm order, plus two options. The contract is potentially worth $90 million for up to ten engines, says P&W. The firm-ordered aircraft will be delivered in 1997. Source: Flight International
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RNZAF opportunity
Christchurch City Council plans a market feasibility and viability study on commercial-aviation opportunities for the former Royal New Zealand Air Force Base at Wigram, which was decommissioned in October 1995. Wigram is being offered on a leasehold basis to New Zealand or overseas interests. Source: Flight ...
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Trent leasing
The Rolls-Royce Trent has been selected by Singapore Aircraft Leasing to power six Boeing 777s ordered by the company. The deal completes a clean sweep for R-R in South-East Asia. It also has orders from Singapore Airlines, Malaysian Airline Systems and Thai International for Trents to power 777s. ...
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Tilt at market
Bell Helicopters and Boeing are conducting design and feasibility studies into a civil tilt-rotor aircraft capable of carrying up to 11 people. The study on a vehicle known as the D600 follows work completed by the two companies on the military V-22 Osprey. The work could be completed by the ...
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Defender upgrade
Pilatus Britten-Norman is to assist the Indian navy in upgrading six of its 13-strong BN2A Defender fleet from piston engines to the more-powerful Allison 250 B17C turbine engines. Several avionics improvements and larger wingtip tanks are also included in the work to be undertaken at the Cochin naval base during ...
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CAA criticises preparation for new automated aircraft pilots
David Learmount/LONDON AIRLINE PILOTS ARE given inadequate type-conversion training for modern, highly automated aircraft, according to a senior UK Civil Aviation Authority official. CAA test pilot Capt Terry Newman, a European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) representative on a US Federal Aviation Administration team studying safety in ...
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Software snag delays EF2000 Eurofighter
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE FIRST FLIGHT of a two-seat Eurofighter EF2000, the CASA-built development aircraft (DA) 6, has been delayed by around six months because of a hitch in the completion of the next release of flight-control software. The latest release of the 2A software was due ...
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Nautilus laser-gun test planned
A FULL TEST of the US-Israeli Nautilus laser gun, which is designed to destroy rockets and missiles, is scheduled for later this month. Sources say that the results will enable a decision on the programme's continuation. The programme began in 1991 and, according to Israeli sources, has reached ...
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White House studies further B-2 orders
US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton has ordered "a fresh look" at the potential requirement for more than 20 Northrop Grumman B-2 stealth bombers. He has ordered the National Security Council to examine options for providing the US Air Force with more B-2s. The policy re-evaluation follows action by US ...
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Pentagon reveals seven-year C-17 acquisition plan...
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US DEPARTMENT of Defense (DoD) expects to shave $896 million from its $16.6 billion McDonnell Douglas C-17 programme through multi-year procurement . The C-17 acquisition decision memorandum (ADM), released by DoD procurement chief Paul Kaminski, seeks congressional approval to purchase the remaining ...
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...but Hunter is sacrificed to cheaper UAVs
PRODUCTION OF THE Hunter Joint Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (JTUAV) has been terminated, with the US Department of Defense (DoD) deciding to cut the overall number of UAVs and seek cheaper vehicles to meet mission requirements. The Hunter, developed by TRW/Israel Aircraft Industries, failed to meet the US ...
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Enhanced ground-proximity warning
SEVERAL AIRLINES and manufacturers will evaluate AlliedSignal Aerospace's enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS) during 1996. Development units are to be shipped to British Airways, United Airlines, Bombardier, Cessna, Dassault and Gulfstream. Where today's GPWS monitors various aircraft instruments to provide an audible warning of proximity to the ground, ...
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Greenwich will acquire Aviall engine businesses
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA GREENWICH AIR Services plans to emerge as the world's largest engine-maintenance group, having signed a letter of intent to acquire Aviall's airline-engine repair and overhaul business. News of the deal, which is being priced at around $260-280 million, came just days after Aviall put ...
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Aerospace mergers begin to reshape US industry ranking
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON WITH YEAR-END results now in for most of the major US aerospace groups, the effect of mergers and acquisitions are beginning to show through in the industry rankings. Lockheed Martin, as predicted, has pushed ahead of strike-hit Boeing in the world league table, and ...
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USAF eyes B-1B upgrade contest
PRODUCTION OF KITS to upgrade the Rockwell B-1B's conventional-mission capability may be put out to competition. The upgrade is being developed by Rockwell, but the US Air Force has invited responses from other contractors which may be interested in bidding for the work. Award of a contract for ...
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MDC plans to test commercial computers in AV-8Bs and F-15s
Graham Warwick/ST LOUIS IN A BID TO halve the cost of combat-aircraft software upgrades, McDonnell Douglas (MDC) will flight-test commercial computers in its F-15 and AV-8B technology-demonstrators. MDC says that it plans to show that the same navigation-software module can be operated in two different computers, in two ...
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Dark Star first flight delayed
THE FIRST FLIGHT OF the Lockheed Martin/Boeing Tier III Minus Dark Star stealthy unmanned air-vehicle (UAV), originally scheduled for late 1995, has been delayed by software- and hardware-integration problems. Taxi tests are now expected to begin before the end of the month. Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical's Tier II Plus ...
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Russia/China close to clinching Su-27 deal
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW RUSSIA HAS VIRTUALLY concluded a $2 billion deal for the sale of Sukhoi Su-27 Flankers to China, which should lead to licence production of the aircraft. The new contract is being prepared in Moscow, ready for Russian president Boris Yeltsin to sign the final ...
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FLA partners reject Lockheed Martin approach
EUROPEAN NATIONS involved in the Future Large Aircraft (FLA) programme have rebuffed an offer from Lockheed Martin to merge their project into a joint effort to produce a turbofan-powered replacement for the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter. Lockheed Martin Aerospace boss Mickey Blackwell led a team to Europe late in ...