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Messier-Bugatti awarded S-92 contract
MESSIER-BUGATTI has been selected to supply wheels and steel brakes for the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter, in a 15-year contract potentially worth $15 million. The company, a division of French state-owned aero-engine maker Snecma, won the contract from Embraer of Brazil, the maker of the 19-seater's undercarriage. ...
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Burbank wins thrust-reverser approval
California-based hushkit specialist Burbank Nacelle (BNC) has won a US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certificate (STC) for an acoustic thrust-reverser for McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-9s fitted with ABS Partnership Stage 3 hushkits. The key element of the new reverser is an acoustic liner made by Astech Manufacturing ...
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UK is set to clear GPS
David Learmount/LONDON THE UK IS SET to become the first nation in Europe to approve the use of global-positioning-system (GPS) satellite navigation as a primary navigation system on North Atlantic (NAT) routes. The UK General Aviation Manufacturers and Traders Association, revealed at a seminar in ...
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Airbus evaluates age forming for wing skins
Andrew Doyle/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE Airbus is studying the possible introduction of "age-forming" techniques in the manufacture of wing skins for all Airbus narrow-body aircraft, following its successful implementation for part of the upper-wing skin of the A321. The company is using a 14m-long oven supplied by Aeroform of ...
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MDHS fights to keep MD600N on track
McDONNELL DOUGLAS Helicopter Systems (MDHS) is instituting "aggressive scheduling" to minimise the impact on the certification and delivery timetable of the crash of the second MD600N prototype. Key to the recovery plan, however, is the findings of the board set up to investigate the 28 May accident. Should ...
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US Navy purchases additional Magic Lantern system
THE US NAVY has awarded Kaman Aerospace a $6.5 million contract for an additional helicopter-borne Magic Lantern mine hunting system, with development of the next-generation naval airborne laser mine detector in limbo. An early prototype Magic Lantern system (once a classified USN programme) was used successfully during Operation ...
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Mistral-armed Gazelles enter French service
Julian Moxon/PHALSBOURG THE FIRST FRENCH army combat helicopters, to be equipped with a dedicated air-defence missile, have entered service with the country's 1st Air Combat Regiment, based at Phalsbourg. Over the next nine months, 30 Aerospatiale Gazelles equipped with the Matra Mistral light air-to-air missile will ...
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BA courts JAL as world tie-ups spread
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE BRITISH AIRWAYS is now focusing attention on Japan Airlines (JAL) as a possible strategic partner in Asia, following the UK carrier's recently announced tie-up with American Airlines. BA executive chairman Sir Colin Marshall travelled to Tokyo to meet JAL chairman Susumu Yamaji shortly ...
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Rockwell pushes X-33 technology for Shuttle
Guy Norris/PALMDALE ROCKWELL IS OFFERING to upgrade Space Shuttles with technology developed for theX-33 re-useable launch vehicle. Rockwell is competing for the X-33 contract against teams led by Lockheed Martin and McDonnell Douglas (MDC), and expects a NASA decision as early as 25 June. Thermal-protection ...
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Inertial-platform failure is identified in Ariane 5 loss
Tim Furniss/LONDON INSPECTION of a segment of the vehicle-equipment bay recovered from the debris of the Ariane 5 booster lost on 4 June has revealed a malfunction in the inertial platforms, the European Space Agency (ESA) says. ESA and French space agency CNES had earlier reported ...
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Mitsubishi to roll out Japan's MH2000
Paul Lewis/TOKYO MITSUBISHI HEAVY Industries (MHI) expects to roll out its first prototype MH2000 helicopter by the middle of July, and to begin flight-testing the helicopter by the fourth quarter. The MH2000 is Japan's first indigenously developed civil helicopter and, therefore, its development and planned flight-test ...
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Transaero lands double US success
RUSSIAN INDEPENDENT carrier Transaero Airlines inaugurated its service to the USA with a non-stop flight from Moscow to Los Angeles, California, on 16 June. The following day, Transaero concluded a code-sharing deal with American Airlines which also includes the Russian airline's participation in the US carrier's frequent-flyer programme. ...
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DoT grants Europeans anti-trust immunity
THE US DEPARTMENT of Transportation (DoT) has finalised its decision to grant Austrian Airlines, Delta Airlines, Sabena and Swissair immunity from US anti-trust laws over the co-ordination of their air services. The Clinton Administration, however, has placed restrictions on the immunity, which remains in effect for five years. ...
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Israviation reschedules ST-50 certification
ISRAEL'S ISRAVIATION has set a new schedule for certification of the ST-50 single-turboprop business aircraft, following delays caused by funding difficulties and the recent military action in Israel. Certification is now scheduled for October 1997, with deliveries beginning in December 1997. Israviation president Stephane Juffa says that ...
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Aer Lingus evaluates 180-seaters
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON AER LINGUS IS evaluating the various 180-seat (two-class seating) aircraft types, with a view to introducing a new aircraft in 1997, but more likely in 1998. The airline says that it is in "-the early days of looking at the options available". The ...
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Rolls-Royce may polish Gem for UK Lynx engine upgrade
Douglas Barrie/MIDDLE WALLOP ROLLS-ROYCE is studying development of a further variant of its Gem turbo-shaft engine, the Gem 62, as a candidate for a British Army Air Corps Westland Lynx upgrade programme. Although the Lynx is to be replaced in the anti-armour role with the ...
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China to resume satellite launches
CHINA GREAT WALL Industry (CGWIC) is to resume satellite launches with Asia Pacific Satellite's Hughes-built ApStar 1A aboard a Long March 3 (LM3) booster from Xichang, in July. This follows a hiatus in launches, after the loss of the first Long March 3B booster on 15 February, along with its ...
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SES selects Proton
Soci,t, Europ,enne des Satellite (SES) of Luxembourg has selected a Russian Proton booster to launch its Hughes-built Astra 1G communications satellite in 1997. It will be the second launch of an Astra by the booster, which is marketed by ILS International Launch Services. The Hughes HS-601 Astra 1F was lofted ...
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TRW completes dual-mode rocket-engine testing
TRW HAS completed 90,000s qualification testing of the first dual-mode rocket engine developed for spacecraft. The Secondary Combuster Augmented Thruster (SCAT), which has a thrust range of 2.2kg (5lb) to 6.8kg, can be operated in either hydrazine-monopropellant or hydrazine/nitrogen-tetroxide-bipropellant mode, performing limited station-keeping and attitude control, or orbit insertion and ...
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Lufthansa struggles with weak first half
CONCERNS ARE growing among analysts that Lufthansa may be left showing a loss for the first half of the year after a poor set of traffic performances over the first five months of the year. "The traffic figures are not very promising at all. The year has ...