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US low-observable nozzle revealed
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA A LOW-OBSERVABLE nozzle under development by General Electric for its F110 engine is being installed on a US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16 for ground runs in June. Changes include triangular trailing-edges added to the petals of the variable-area convergent/divergent nozzle. Tests to measure the signature ...
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Airbus confronted by defeat on FLA
Julian Moxon and Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS AIRBUS Military Company has admitted that the European Future Large Aircraft (FLA) faces collapse because of France's decision not to fund development of the programme. The Airbus Industrie unit, yet to be formally established, reacted angrily to the French Government's ...
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BAe plans TIALD vibration tests on Harrier GR7
BRITISH AEROSPACE is to carry out flight trials of a GEC-Marconi thermal-imaging airborne laser-designator (TIALD) pod, fitted with telemetry equipment, on a BAe Harrier GR7 fuselage station, to ensure that it can withstand the hostile vibration environment. The company has a contract from the UK Ministry of Defence ...
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Richter prepares Delta Dart II
RICHTER FLUGZEUGBAU IS TO BEGIN SERIES production of its Delta Dart II two-seater, following its certification, expected in August.The aircraft, which is being flown on a temporary certificate with a 95kW (130hp) Hirth F 30 engine, is awaiting completion of noise tests before certification in the ultra-light class. The German ...
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Finmeccanica prepares way for privatisation process
Kevin O'Toole/LONDONJulian Moxon/PARIS ITALIAN STATE-OWNED industrial giant Finmeccanica has begun the process of separating its key aerospace and defence activities into a separate business, in preparation for privatisation, expected in 1997. The group, which now has control of around 90% of Italy's aerospace industry, has ...
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NTSB investigates oxygen canisters in crashed DC-9
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Karen Walker/ATLANTADavid Learmount/LONDON FOCUS ON WHAT caused the ValuJet Airlines McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-9-30 accident in Florida, USA, is concentrating on oxygen-canisters wreckage is slowly recovered from the Everglades swampland into which the aircraft dived on 11 May. US National Transportation Safety ...
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Airlines force Boeing to raise 747-600X range
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE AIRLINE PRESSURE has forced Boeing to increase the range of its proposed 747-600X. The move is one of several changes in baseline performance which the Seattle-based manufacturer is considering for the 747X programme following input received from potential customers. Design range has been ...
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Cirrus success
Cirrus Design has received its 100th order for its SR20 light aircraft, scheduled for certification and first delivery in mid-1997. The Duluth, Minnesota-based company has logged 500h on two SR20 prototypes and confirmed the all-composite, four-seater's 160kt (300km/h) design speed. Source: Flight International
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B-2 Stealth Bombers Grounded
THE US AIR FORCE HAS suspended training flights of the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber after discovering a cracked engine clamp during an inspection. The grounding began on 10 May, but it was not announced until the USAF began receiving enquiries. The ten B-2s operated by the ...
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Aerospatiale is told to shake up defence
AEROSPATIALE HAS BEEN told by a senior Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) executive to put its house in order before attempting to merge its missile business in a joint venture with the German company. Speaking at the show, Werner Heinzmann, DASA's defence and civil systems division president, said: "We ...
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ARAMIS out from under wraps
BGT HAS REVEALED a full-scale mock-up of its planned next-generation anti-radar missile (ARAMIS), to succeed the HARM in the German air force inventory by about 2005. According to project manager Eberhard Moller, the ram-rocket-powered missile is to have a dual-mode, passive-radar/active infra-red seeker. The engine is being developed by Daimler-Benz ...
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All-weather rescue radar gets airing
EUROCOPTER HAS displayed a BK117 helicopter fitted with a cruciform, rotor-mounted, mock-up HeliRadar at the show. The All-Weather Rescue Helicopter is the subject of a German research ministry-sponsored programme to develop a machine capable of operations at night and in bad weather. The HeliRadar technology should permit rescue missions in ...
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Polish purchase
Bell Helicopter Textron has sold a Bell 407 helicopter to an unnamed private operator in Poland, to be delivered in 1997.The company has appointed Lloyd's Investments (Poland) to be its representative in the country, and is close to naming a partner in the Czech Republic. The seven-seat 407 is based ...
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Eurocopter clinches Russian contract
EUROCOPTER HAS signed a contract for the sale of two BO105 CBS/EC Super Five helicopters and the lease of a third to Russia's disaster-response ministry, EMERCOM. The ministry already operates two BO105s, which it acquired a year ago. Like these, the new helicopters will also be used as ...
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Bischoff calls for more support for European research efforts
THE EUROPEAN aerospace industry needs "at least" an extra DM1.3 billion ($860 million) of Government support for research annually, according to Manfred Bischoff, president of Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) and the German Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI). Although Bischoff says that Germany's current four-year civil-aerospace support programme - amounting to DM150 million ...
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Trade demands delay Thai F-18 purchase
THAILAND'S planned purchase of eight McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-18C/D fighters is being held up by finance ministry demands for counter-trade to underwrite part of the deal. The Thai Government is in receipt of a US letter of offer and acceptance (LoA) for the aircraft, but has not yet signed it. ...
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Transaero seeks new aircraft
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DCAlexander Velovich/MOSCOW RUSSIAN CARRIER Transaero is seeking bids for a potential $1.26 billion-worth of orders for new narrowbody and widebody aircraft, some of which will be used on routes linking Moscow with US cities, says the airline's deputy chairman Grigory Gurtovoy. Speaking in ...
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Air India slides into heavier losses in 1995
AIR INDIA SLUMPED to heavier-than-expected losses in its financial year to March 1996, with the flag carrier blaming rising interest charges, along with the burden of depreciating its new Boeing 747-400s. The Indian airline had forecast a loss of around Rs1.2 billion ($35 million) after three straight years ...
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Boeing probe
The US Justice Department has opened an investigation into alleged bribes used by former Boeing subsidiary, de Havilland Aircraft, to secure a $64 million order for five Dash 8s from BahamasAir in 1991. The allegations came to light earlier this year after Canadian entrepreneur Craig Dobbin filed a $900 million ...
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Europe's defence groups angle for Thomson-CSF
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE, Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) and GEC have all been named by Matra president Noel Forgeard as among those keen to join a bid for French electronics giant Thomson-CSF, when it is privatised later this year. The comments follow the news that Matra ...