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Taiwan
The Pentagon plans to sell Taiwan 1,299 Stinger heat-seeking air-defence missiles, 74 training missiles, 74 vehicle-mounted missile launchers, 96 high-mobility multi- purpose wheeled vehicles, and 0.50 calibre ammunition, worth an estimated $420 million. US contractors benefiting from the foreign military sale include Hughes Missile Systems, Boeing Missiles and Space and ...
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US military suffers spate of crashes
THE CRASH OF A US AIR Force McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle during a training flight in Idaho on 27 August, rounded off a series of US military accidents to take place during the month. The pilot of the F-15E, which was assigned to the 390th Fighter Squadron ...
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Australia's Qantas and Japan Airlines reach agreement on codesharing
QANTAS AND JAPAN Air Lines (JAL) have negotiated a memorandum of understanding on a codesharing deal which will allow both carriers to rationalise services on tourism routes between Tokyo, Cairns and Brisbane, following a flattening of the Japanese market. Under the arrangement, Qantas will operate direct Boeing 747 ...
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Re-engined AH-1S expected to fly by year-end
AN ISRAELI AIR FORCE prototype of the Bell Helicopter Cobra AH-1S, re-engined with a version of the General Electric T-700-701C, is due to start demonstration flights before the end of the year. The air force has decided to replace the original Avro-Lycoming T-53 engines to improve the Cobra's ...
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BA optimistic on open-skies
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Airways chief executive Bob Ayling is hopeful that the US/UK open-skies negotiations will be back on track by the end of September, despite the breakdown in the latest round of talks. Doubts were raised over the state of relations between the two sides ...
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Kaman flies SH-2G composite blades
Kaman Aerospace says it has successfully flight-tested second-generation composite main rotor blades (CMRB2s) for its SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopter. The CMRB2s are designed for improved durability and lower life-cycle costs, compared with existing metal blades. "Flight tests indicate that the CMRB2 'rotor' has four-times the life of a ...
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Aerospatiale upbeat on profits as Dassault talks continue
Julian Moxon/PARIS AEROSPATIALE'S NEW president, Yves Michot, says that the state-owned giant could be back in profitability this year, setting the group up for its merger with Dassault and privatisation within the next three years. In an upbeat forecast, Michot says that early indications are that ...
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Blast-off for Eurofighter ejection
Martin-Baker is close to completing operational testing of its Mk16A microprocessor-controlled ejection seat for the Eurofighter EF2000 air superiority fighter, using a special rocket-propelled sled mounted on the company's 1800m test track. An actual EF2000 forward fuselage is mounted on the sled, which is then accelerated to a speed ...
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...while signalling caution on a new Japanese alliance deal
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS British Airways has signalled that the signing up of an alliance partner in the Asia-Pacific region will take a back seat as the airline first attempts to see through its tie-up with American Airlines. Chief executive Bob Ayling told a meeting of Australia's National ...
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Orbital Sciences wins X-34 launch-test vehicle deal
Tim Furniss/LONDON NASA has formally awarded Orbital Sciences (OSC) the $50 million contract to develop the small X-34 technology demonstrator for the agency's reusable launch vehicle (RLV) programme. The X-34 research will complement the Lockheed Martin's X-33 single-stage-to-orbit RLV sub-orbital demonstration vehicle and the McDonnell ...
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Brazil nears first VLS satellite launch
Brazil's first satellite is due to be launched within the "the next few months" aboard the Veiculo Lancador de Satellites (VLS), says the country's president Fernando Henrique Cardoso. The three-stage, solid-propellant VLS vehicle, with four strap-on boosters, will place a national environmental data collection satellite into low-Earth orbit ...
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Japan's Adeos eyes the world
Japan's Advanced Earth Observing Satellite, the 3,500kg Adeos, the largest craft built by the country, has started its surveying mission despite a problem with one of two sets of attitude control system thrusters which has failed. The Adeos is equipped with a suite of five national and two NASA instruments, ...
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Eurocopter pessimistic
Julian Moxon/PARIS EUROCOPTER SAYS that it faces stagnation in the helicopter market "for the next five years", with a virtually no-growth forecast in military business until well into the next century. Military sales account for the largest element of the Franco-German consortium's balance sheet, but ...
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Safety audit grounds Rich International
RICH INTERNATIONAL Airways has become the latest US carrier to be grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration after a safety audit uncovered alleged deficiencies in crew training and maintenance. The emergency suspension was ordered after an inspection prompted by allegations that the Miami-based operator did ...
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Kuwait to buy armed UH-60L Black Hawk
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC KUWAIT IS EXPECTED to complete the purchase of an armed version of the Sikorsky Aircraft UH-60L helicopter within the next several months, say industry officials. In 1994, the Pentagon offered Kuwait 16 McDonnell Douglas Helicopters AH-64A Apache gun-ships, plus 500 Hellfire laser-designated-anti-tank ...
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UH-60Q Dustoff under development
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT hopes that a UH-60Q medical evacuation helicopter two-year qualification programme will lead to the purchase of more than 300 UH-60Q Dustoff rotorcraft lasting through to the end of the century. In February, The US helicopter maker won a $14.6 million Phase II contract from the US ...
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Luftwaffe Tornado ECRs to lose IIS reconnaissance mission
THE GERMAN AIR force's Panavia Tornado ECRs are to lose their secondary reconnaissance capability as their Honeywell infra-red imaging system (IIS) is transferred to new reconnaissance pods. The ECR variant's primary defence-suppression mission is too demanding to allow an additional, secondary, reconnaissance role, according to German air force ...
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TWA bomb evidence mounts up
SUSPICIONS THAT A BOMB brought down Trans World Airlines Flight 800 on 17 July have been reinforced by additional traces of explosive residue and a Boeing analysis of a centre fuel-tank explosion. Accident investigators and federal law-enforcement officials still cannot say, that the TWA Boeing 747-100 was downed by a ...
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British Airways expects 777 ETOPS in October
Guy Norris/FARNBOROUGH BRITISH AIRWAYS is expected to be cleared for inaugural transatlantic services with the General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 in October, pending final approval by the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA). The engine/airframe completed extended-range twinjet operations (ETOPS) testing on 31 July, and US Federal ...
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Swissair caution
Swissair has made a slight downward adjustment to its year-end profit forecast, adding to the cautious outlook among Europe's airlines. The adjustment came after the group revealed a SFr51 million ($42.5 million) loss in the first half of the year. The result is nevertheless an improvement on the SFr86 loss ...