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Laminar-flow testing begins on Airbus A320
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) Airbus has begun flight tests of an Airbus A320 fitted with a hybrid laminar flow (HLF) fin. The tests are taking place in Toulouse, in co-operation with the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) and the other Airbus partners. The programme aims to fly an aircraft ...
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SIA and Tata want revised bids in aircraft contest
SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) and its Indian joint-venture partner Tata Industries have told airframe and engine manufactures to resubmit tenders for a 150-seat aircraft order. The contract is for up to 16 aircraft to equip a proposed start-up domestic airline. A decision had been expected by the end of ...
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Lockheed Martin promises to reduce price of F-16s
LOCKHEED MARTIN is guaranteeing a cost saving of 15% on the F-16 if the US Government allows the manufacturer to switch from military-procurement practices to commercial standards. Commercialisation of production would reduce the price of an F-16 fighter sold to, or through the US Government to below the ...
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Vietnam Airlines to use Region Air A320
REGION AIR OF Singapore is near to finalising a deal to lease its first Airbus Industrie A320 to Vietnam Airlines, as negotiations continue for the lease of a further eight narrow body aircraft. Vietnam Airlines is expected to take delivery of the aircraft - its eighth A320 - ...
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FAA breaks new ground with Y-12 approval
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has issued its first type-certificate for an aircraft designed and produced in China - the Harbin Y-12 IV. Its Part 23 approval of the twin-turboprop airliner forms part of a larger programme to bring the Civil Aviation Administration of China's (CAAC) airworthiness regulations ...
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Phoenix gets a reprieve
THE MUCH-DELAYED GEC-Marconi Phoenix reconnaissance and targeting unmanned air vehicle has been given a one-year stay of execution by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). The MoD was forced to review the GEC-led £227 million programme because it was six years late, with several technical problems still ...
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Russian air force faces deep crisis
Aircraft obsolescence, spares shortages and procurement problems are leading to a serious downgrading of the Russian air force's combat capability, according to a senior air force official. The air force's plight was detailed by deputy commander-in-chief Col. Gen. Mikhail Soroka at a Russian parliamentary hearing. Soroka ...
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DHC-6 probe fails to satisfy pilots' fears over Twin Otter
NORWEGIAN PILOTS are to vote on whether to reject formally the findings of the investigation into the fatal loss of a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter. A second report, this time by Dutch investigators, has failed to persuade UK metallurgical specialists whose earlier evidence caused the Norwegian ...
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Investigators say bomb theory is unproven in Romanian A310 crash accident
THE ROMANIAN accident-investigation commission is backtracking on early statements by some of its individual members that the crash of a TAROM Romanian Airlines Airbus Industrie A310 on 31 March was likely to have been caused by an onboard explosion. An official statement now says that the commission "...is ...
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UK awards IR countermeasures system order
A NORTHROP GRUMMAN team has won a $275 million UK Ministry of Defence (MoD)-led contract to develop an advanced-infra-red (IR) countermeasures system for Royal Air Force and US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) aircraft. The directed-IR countermeasures system, the Nemesis, is to provide an active defence against short-range IR-guided ...
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Struggling TWA details 1994 loss
TRANS WORLD Airways (TWA) has revealed that it ended 1994 with losses of $436 million, although the struggling airline takes some comfort from an improvement in its unit costs and a reduced operating loss. Unit costs fell by more than 2%, because of early returns from a new ...
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Raytheon to acquire E-Systems
RAYTHEON HAS signaled its intention to maintain a leading position in the consolidating US defence sector with an agreement to acquire defence-communications and intelligence specialist E-Systems for $2.3 billion. Raytheon's defence interests fell to 35% of overall turnover in 1994. The acquisition of E-Systems, announced on 3 April, ...
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Canada joins USA in dropping MLS
THE CANADIAN Government is to negotiate the termination of its microwave-landing system (MLS) with prime contractor Micronav International. Transport minister Douglas Young says that the nation is committing itself to continued use of the instrument-landing system (ILS) for as long as possible and then plans to switch to ...
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Alitalia plans for more job cuts
ALITALIA IS understood to be keen to press ahead with plans to cut another 2,600 jobs over the next two years as the Italian flag carrier continues the struggle to win wage concessions from its workforce. In its 1994 annual results, Alitalia revealed that it shed 1,600 jobs ...
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Israel offers cruise missile for export
ISRAEL IS developing a conventional cruise missile derivative of a long-range unmanned air vehicle (UAV) aimed at the requirement of an unspecified Asian customer. Sources close to the project claim that TAAS (formerly Israel Military Industries) has a funded programme under way to adapt its Delilah decoy UAV ...
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USA and Russia struggle over certification deal
U S AND RUSSIAN Aviation Officials, are trying to break a log jam of certification issues, threatening the future of joint manufacturing ventures in the region. The projects are hampered by the lack of a bilateral certification agreement between the US Federal Aviation Administration and the Russian Department ...
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Management meets over EF2000 radar
SENIOR MANAGEMENT from GEC, Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) and Eurofighter have met in an attempt to iron out critical problems surrounding the development of the radar and radome for the Eurofighter EF2000 . The problems are threatening to delay the first flight of an EF2000 prototype equipped with the ...
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Bad Reviews
THE CURRENT CASE in Norway concerning the 1990 crash of a Wideroe Flyveselskap DHC-6 Twin Otter is the latest in a long line of challenges to accident reports. In this case, as in the others, the controversy stems more from the procedures for making a challenge than from the scientific ...
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ANZ poised to take stake in Ansett
Air New Zealand (ANZ) is expected to make a direct entry in to the Australian domestic market by taking a stake in the Ansett group. Ken Cowley, chief executive of News Corporation, which jointly owns Ansett, is due to meet Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating to discuss the ...
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Switzerland to run GPS approach trial
SWISS REGIONAL airline Crossair and Swisscontrol plan a two-phase evaluation of global-positioning-system (GPS) landing systems, beginning in late 1995. The programme, to be completed by early 1996, could result in approval of one of the first GPS precision-approaches in Europe. In the first phase, two Crossair Saab 2000s ...