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Merlin features a spacious mission layout
GKN Westland has brought the first production model of the EH Industries EH-101 Merlin anti-submarine helicopter to Farnborough ‘96. Helicopter number RN01 was rolled out in March at the company's Yeovil plant after making its first successful flight in December 1995. Engineers from Lockheed Martin, formerly Loral, are ...
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MiG-AT makes debut over Farnborough
Russia's new generation MiG-AT trainer makes its international debut at Farnborough ‘96, with scheduled daily demonstration flights. The Russian-French training system combines the aircraft's aerodynamic characteristics, high thrust-to-weight ratio, Sextant state-of-the-art avionics and reconfigurable fly-by-wire control system with a ground-based training system to ensure a dramatic time and cost ...
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Derco double
Derco Aerospace has announced double distribution deals at the Show. Michelin Aircraft Tire has appointed the company as a distributor of all its US-manufactured bias-ply military aircraft tyres, after Derco's success in marketing the C-130, F-16, F-5, F-4, Boeing 707 and P-3 aircraft tyres. In another announcement PTI ...
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Carbon copies
Textron Systems is building a carbon rapid densification plant to scale-up production of carbon/carbon composite products using the company's patented RD process. Announcing the news at Farnborough, Textron Systems says the new plant, located in Massachusetts and scheduled to be fully operational by early 1997, will give the company ...
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Cockpit design
Partners Kaman Aerospace and Litton Guidance & Control Systems have unveiled an advanced glass cockpit for the SH-2G(A) Super Seasprite helicopter proposed to the Royal Australian Navy. The highly-automated Integrated Tactical Avionics System (ITAS) enables a crew of two to fly the aircraft and manage its multi-mission equipment suite. ...
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Crosby named
Northrop Grumman has named Ralph D Crosby Jr as corporate vice-president and general manager of the company's Commercial Aircraft Division, replacing Gordon L Williams, who will begin a special assignment for the corporation until his retirement at the end of the year. Crosby joined the company in 1981 and ...
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Group head
David Welp has been appointed president of Texas Instruments' Systems Group. Welp has been with Texas Instruments since 1978, most recently as the Systems Group's executive vice-president and manager of the Advanced Programs Division. Source: Flight Daily News
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Arms trade protesters arrested at entrance
Police made a number of arrests at Farnborough yesterday as protesters from the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) staged a sit-in on one of the main entry roads to the site. The protest caused no disruption to the Show. The group, which Hampshire Police estimated to be 60-strong, ...
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Sikorsky's mass-transit milestone
Sikorsky announced a $17 million order for three of its new S-76C+ aircraft at the Show yesterday, describing the sale as a watershed event in the helicopter mass transit market. Sikorsky commercial programmes director Mike Moran gave details of the contract for three S-76C+ aircraft to HelikopterService, which will ...
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Sugar and space from amateur rocketeer
Putting Britain back into space - that's the message being broadcast, not from the British National Space Centre (BNSC) pavilion but a small booth on the Lancashire Association of Aerospace Companies. Here at Hall3/E11 stands Britain's hope of making its "first space shot in more than 25 years". ...
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GE, P&W ink pact for new engine
Two of the aerospace world's fiercest rivals have joined forces and technological know-how to develop a new engine for Boeing's proposed 747-500/600 airliner. General Electric and Pratt & Whitney used the Farnborough stage to sign a commitment to develop, produce and deliver on schedule a new 310kN-350kN (70,000lb-80,000lb) engine. ...
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Did the earth move for you at the show?
Journalists at the recent Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, may have had trouble getting between venues, but at least they were allowed in. Many Farnborough hacks were not so lucky yesterday. Despite having Ministry of Defence-approved photo press passes, journalists were brought almost to mutiny at Gate F ...
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Civil spinoff
Honeywell has gained US Federal Aviation Administration certification for the avionics it is developing for the Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules. The FAA has granted Honeywell a technical standard order (TSO), which certifies that the equipment complies with applicable FAA standards. It is the first time that Honeywell has ...
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Satcom boost
Passenger demand will see Satcom installations on narrowbody aircraft grow substantially in the next several years, as global communications capability becomes an expectation, not just a convenience for business travellers, says Honeywell. The Honeywell/Racal satellite communications team has launched an upgrade of its multi-channel systems suited to narrowbody use. ...
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AMS debut
All Metal Services (AMS) operates from four UK sites and is using its debut at Farnborough to enhance its position in the global marketplace. The company claims to be Europe's largest stockholder of American aircraft aluminium sheet and already operates on a world stage with exports to Europe, China, ...
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Douglas sales point to brighter future
McDonnell Douglas commercial aircraft division comes to Farnborough with news in triplicate - a new boss, a fresh direction and $170 million worth of aircraft orders. Mike Sears, who is attending his first Farnborough as president of MDC's Douglas Aircraft Company, has announced orders for six new airliners with ...
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ValuJet on target with MD-95
US low-cost airline ValuJet, which has just re-gained its Federal Aviation Administration certification after an intensive scrutiny of its operating procedures, is expected to remain the launch customer for the McDonnell Douglas MD-95. McDonnell Douglas president and chief executive officer Harry Stonecipher says he expects deliveries to begin to ...
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R-R puts its confidence in the new Trent design
Rolls-Royce yesterday revealed new details of its Trent 900 as it reiterated its determination to win engine orders for 50% of the Boeing 747-500/600 and Airbus A3XX market. R-R is confident that the Trent 900 will be lighter than its General Electric/Pratt & Whitney competitor because of the Trent's ...
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McDonnell works out a phantom identity for AS&T
McDonnell Douglas has coined the term "Phantom Works" to give a popular identity to its Advanced System & Technology group (AS&T). The slogan represents the formation of a single corporate-wide entity to identify future market needs and provide design and prototyping services for the different parts of the group. ...
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Longer jacket life equals savings
A lifejacket is one piece of onboard equipment that every airline hopes will never have to be used. However, every lifejacket has to be serviced periodically, which costs money. Typically, this servicing occurs every three, four or five years. British manufacturer Beaufort Air-Sea Equipment is showing its ...