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France and Russia start up scramjet collaboration
Julian Moxon/BOURGES AEROSPATIALE AND the Moscow Aviation Institute are building an experimental variable-thrust supersonic combustion ramjet (scramjet) engine, which will be ready for testing in two years' time. Integrated with a ramjet, the engine will be capable of being run at between Mach 2 and M12, ...
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UK holds back on industry funding
Forbes Mutch/Bristol THE UK GOVERNMENT says that it is unlikely to increase direct funding for aerospace research and development, despite a call from industry to develop a UK technology-demonstrator programme. The programme has been proposed as part of the Society of British Aerospace Companies' (SBAC) Strategy ...
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FedEx moves to limit effects of pilots' action
US EXPRESS-PACKAGE carrier FedEx has wet-leased seven Boeing 727-200F freighters from Express One International, as a contingency in case industrial action by its pilots disrupts services in the build-up to the busy Christmas season. FedEx pilots stopped flying on their days off after contract talks with the carrier broke down ...
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FAA safety ratings sting Latin American/Caribbean carriers
SANCTIONS HAVE begun to bite at airlines in Latin American and Caribbean countries judged by the US Federal Aviation Administration to have inadequate safety oversights. An increasing number of carriers has been unable to put aircraft into service because bilateral agreements have been frozen by the USA until their safety ...
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Better deliveries boost Bombardier profits
BOMBARDIER SAYS that increased deliveries in all its sectors, including aerospace, resulted in a 22% increase in consolidated revenues and a 26% rise in net income for the third quarter, compared with the same period in 1996. The Canadian company has yet to detail the performance of individual ...
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Military restructure
Northrop Grumman has combined its Military Aircraft and B-2 divisions into the Military Aircraft Systems division, with annual revenues of about $3 billion and a workforce of more than 15,000 people. Source: Flight International
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Finnair maintains strong position
THE FINNAIR GROUP continued its impressive performance improvement in the six months to the end of September. Compared to the same first-half period of 1994, Finnair made a FIM462 million ($110 million) profit before reserves and taxes, against FIM298 million. Turnover increased by 7.7% to FIM3.6 billion, while ...
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Canadian Airbus scandal deepens
THE FORMER CHAIRMAN of the company which brokered the sale of 34 Airbus A320s to Air Canada has said that he set up a Swiss bank account to funnel Airbus kickback money to former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Mulroney denies the bribery allegation and has filed a C$50 million ...
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Precision sees an end to its losses
PRECISION STANDARD continues to be affected by the late delivery of customer-supplied parts required for its US Air Force Boeing KC-135 depot-maintenance contract, but expects the problem to be resolved by mid-1996. Late deliveries and "an unprecedented number of aircraft requiring major structural repairs" contributed to Precision's $1.4 ...
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SIVAM scandal simmers on
THE INFLUENCE-peddling scandal which has enveloped Brazil's SIVAM Amazon-surveillance project has claimed another victim. A third Government official has resigned after being accused of ordering the telephone wiretap which led to the resignations of a Presidential aide and Brazil's air force minister (Flight International, 29 November-5 December). A ...
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Lufthansa posts profits despite continued exchange-rate trials
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LUFTHANSA achieved a growth in profits for the first nine months of 1995, despite the massive exchange-rate losses which have blighted German industry all year. The German airline's pre-tax profits, before special items, showed a modest DM4 million ($2.9 million) improvement on the corresponding ...
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Japanese to make military cuts
JAPAN'S GOVERNMENT has announced cuts in the size of its military forces as part of its long-awaited post-Cold War defence-policy review. The National Defence Programme Outline, or White Paper, is the first to be published since 1976. It calls for reductions to be made by all three services. ...
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US Air Force 'must improve availability' of C-5 Galaxy
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US AIR FORCE should stockpile more spare parts for the Lockheed Martin C-5 Galaxy military transport and give priority to increasing its availability rate, according to a new report from the US General Accounting Office (GAO). The USAF operates about 100 C-5As ...
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Satellite-photo teams link up
A National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) to consolidate existing spy-satellite photo- management organisations is to be established by the US Department of Defense (DoD) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The NIMA, run by the Pentagon, would "...improve the overall effectiveness of imagery intelligence and mapping support ...
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Pentagon's UAVs remain grounded
MYSTERY SURROUNDS the fate of the TRW/Israel Aircraft Industries Hunter short-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and the future of the much-awaited close-range UAV. A meeting between Paul Kaminiski, the Pentagon's acquisition chief, and senior US military officials on 22 November failed to produce a strategy for the development ...
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No 'fire sale' at USAir
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON, DC USAir REMAINS receptive to strategic alliances, up to and including a merger with another airline, according to Seth Schofield, the carrier's chairman and chief executive. Speaking after the USAir Group's annual stockholders' meeting, Schofield estimated that the airline will have $1 billion in ...
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Bombardier success
Bombardier has announced a $49 million order from start-up East Malaysian carrier Saeaga Airlines for a Canadair CRJ jet and two de Havilland Dash 8-200/300 turboprops. All three aircraft will be delivered by the end of the year, with options held on a further two Dash-8-300s. Saeaga plans to begin ...
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New direction for East West
EAST WEST AIRLINES, India's largest private airline, has received Government permission to import four Boeing 737-400s to meet demand for more capacity into Bombay and to service a new Delhi-Hyderabad route. The 737-400s are expected to be leased from Malaysia Airlines. Two are scheduled for delivery in December, ...
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India considers Hind purchase
INDIA IS IN negotiations with Belarus and Russia for the possible acquisition of Mil Mi-24 combat helicopters for the Army Aviation Corps. A high-level Army delegation visited Belarus in October to evaluate the Russian-built Mi-24s, and a Belarus delegation also visited New Delhi in mid-November in an attempt ...
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HAECO teams with Rolls-Royce
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE HONG KONG AIRCRAFT Engineering (HAECO) is to hive off its engine-overhaul business to a new 50:50 joint-venture company to be formed in partnership with Rolls-Royce Aero Engine services. Hong Kong Aero Engine Services (HAESL) is expected to begin operations from I January, 1997. HAECO ...