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DGPS Deal For Canada
Honeywell and Pelorus Navigation Systems have sold five local-area differential global-positioning-system (DGPS) landing systems to Saskatchewan, Canada, for $1.5 million, for installation at regional airports. The first SLS-1000 will be installed at Regina Airport in the third quarter of 1995 certificated initially to Category I approach standards. Source: ...
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Neil Kinnock
For a former head of the UK Labour party to become the European Commissioner responsible for transport may seem an unlikely move, but Neil Kinnock is no stranger to the political in-fighting posed by the job and has made his mark since taking up the post in January. ...
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Fatalities In Kiwi Crash
A Beechcraft Queenair belonging to Kiwi West Aviation crashed near Hamilton in New Zealand on 29 March, killing all six passengers and crew. The twin-engine aircraft, under contract to Air New Zealand subsidiary Eagle Airways, was heading for New Plymouth when it crashed shortly after taking-off from Hamilton. ...
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Chek Lap Kok Deal
China and the UK have reached an agreement to establish a corporate body to manage Hong Kong's New Chek Lap Kok Airport, after more than a year of negotiation. The new organisation will replace the Provisional Airport Authority responsible for construction of the new airport. The two countries are also ...
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Kuwaiti A340 Delivered
Kuwait Airways has taken delivery of the first of four Airbus A340-300 airliners on 29 March. The aircraft is the first to be fitted with the 150kN (34,000lb)-thrust CFM56-5C4, the most powerful engine in CFM International's CFM56 range. The Kuwaiti A340s will be operated on routes to New York via ...
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TRW Contract
TRW has signed a $75 million contract with Korea Aerospace to develop jointly the Korean multi-purpose satellite, KOMSAT, which will carry scientific and communications payloads. The 400kg satellite will be launched in 1999. Source: Flight International
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Japan's Space Boost
Japan's space-programme budget for 1996 has been increased by 5%, to $2.5 billion (Flight International, 8-14 February). The lion's share, $1.9 billion, is allocated to the National Space Development Agency, while the Institute of Astronautical and Space Sciences receives $240 million. The remainder is allocated to other agencies involved in ...
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DC-X To Fly Again
The McDonnell Douglas DC-X single-stage-to-orbit technology demonstrator will fly again no earlier than 8 May says the company. After the four new flight tests - funded by the US Air Force and NASA - to push the vehicle into the "high-risk portion", the DC-X will be handed over to NASA ...
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Trendy Monitor
Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Shadin has introduced the DigiTrend, which combines a fuel-management/air-data computer and engine trend-monitor in a single instrument for single- or twin-engine piston-powered aircraft. Shadin says that it can be interfaced with any popular navigation receiver. Source: Flight International
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High-Life Battery
Lockheed Martin is to co-operate with Newark, New York-based Ultralife Batteries to develop batteries for defence and aerospace applications using Ultralife's lithium-ion solid-polymer technology. This is claimed to offer higher energy density, to weigh less and to give a longer cycle-life than does nickel-cadmium. Source: Flight ...
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Dangerous-Goods Training
Sabena World Airlines and Wicat are to develop jointly a dangerous-goods training course for flight crew. The personal computer-based course will meet the new Joint Aviation Regulations OPS Europe 1 standard. Source: Flight International
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SITA Selected By Korean
Korean Air has signed a contract for SITA's Airfare Fare Quotation and Itinerary Pricing Service. The software allows carriers with IBM-based reservation systems to benefit from one of the largest international fares databases available. Source: Flight International
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Smiths Arrows In
Smiths Industries Aerospace is to supply the Royal Air Force Red Arrows with engine-life computers for its British Aerospace Hawks. They will be used primarily to monitor low-cycle fatigue levels. Source: Flight International
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Westinghouse JAST Deal
The US Navy has awarded Westinghouse a $5 million contract to perform a concept study and demonstration of weapons-guidance and weapons-integration precision-targeting capabilities for the Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) programme. The research effort will focus on critical strike-warfare targeting and target identification requirements. The Swiss Government is ...
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German Missile Purchase
The Pentagon is to sell Germany 320 AIM-120B advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, worth about $170 million. Germany will use the missiles, made by Hughes Aircraft and Raytheon, to arm McDonnell Douglas F-4F fighters and, possibly, the European Fighter Aircraft, the Pentagon says. Turkey will receive 16 McDonnell Douglas Harpoon anti-ship ...
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SAe and TAC Scrap Plan
Singapore Aerospace (SAe) and Taiwan Aerospace (TAC) have abandoned plans to establish a joint-venture aircraft-maintenance company in Taiwan, after more than two years of study and negotiations. Source: Flight International
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Hercules Sealed
Munitions specialist Alliant Techsystems has completed the acquisition of Hercules Aerospace for $296 million in cash and 3.86 million shares. The combined company has revenues of $1.3 billion and 9,000 employees. The US Department of Defense accounts for 83% of Alliant's sales. Source: Flight International
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South Korea Sale
The US Department of Defense plans to sell South Korea 100 Hughes AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles for $75 million, to arm Lockheed F-16s. It is also to sell Taiwan six Hughes Phalanx close-in weapon systems as part of a $75 million frigate-armament deal. Source: Flight ...
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UK Stalls On Noise
The UK Government has given six-week waivers to at least some of the Boeing 707 and McDonnell Douglas DC-8 operators seeking exemptions from newly effective European noise regulations (Flight International, 8-14 March). Source: Flight International
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SAS Engine Deal
Volvo Aero Engines Services has signed a SKr 200 million ($27 million) deal with SAS to take over the maintenance of PW4000 engines on 14 of the airline's Boeing 767 fleet. The seven-year contract covers annual maintenance of some 30 engines. Source: Flight International