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Lockheed chooses CF6-80C2 for C-5D
LOCKHEED HAS selected General Electric's CF6-80C2 turbofan to power the C-5D, an improved version of the Galaxy which will be offered for the US Air Force's non-developmental airlift aircraft (NDAA) requirement. The NDAA is an alternative to the McDonnell Douglas C-17 and will only be purchased if the ...
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Lockheed Martin considers consolidation process
NEWLY MERGED Lockheed Martin will decide by the end of June how and where to consolidate the former Lockheed and Martin Marietta operations. The company, with annual sales of around $23 billion and 170,000 staff, was formed on 15 March, after Lockheed and Martin Marietta shareholders voted for the merger. ...
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Talon teams shape up
TEAMS ARE FORMING to bid for a US Air Force programme to upgrade the avionics in 425 Northrop T-38 Talon advanced-jet trainers. McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has teamed with Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and Northrop Grumman is expected to announce its team this month. Newly formed Lockheed Martin has ...
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American plans radical shake-up
AMERICAN AIRLINES is to undergo a sweeping management overhaul, designed to eliminate 900 jobs and reduce spending by $93 million. As part of the shake-up, Robert Crandall, chairman, chief executive and president of both parent AMR and American, is relinquishing some of his duties to Donald Carty. Donald ...
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Surprise Government funding boosts Air India fleet plans shopping spree
SIZEABLE AIRCRAFT purchases by Air India are on the cards following an unexpected move by the Indian Government to allocate $990.6 million for investment by the national carrier in its 1995-6 budget. The allocation is the highest of all sectors in the Indian civil-aviation ministry. By comparison, Indian Airlines accounts ...
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Canadian Airlines wins two-thirds of US slots
CANADIAN AIRLINES HAS been awarded two-thirds of the 24 free airport-slots open to Canadian airlines as part of the bilateral air agreement signed recently with the USA. Air Canada has been allocated the remainder. Canadian will serve six of ten free slots at Chicago O'Hare and ten of ...
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Chinese aspire to Su-27 production manufacture
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW CHINA IS HOLDING discussions with Russia over the licence manufacture of the Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker air-superiority aircraft. Chinese officials have recently held talks on the licence with representatives of the Russian Komsomolsk manufacturing plant, which produces the single-seat Su-27. The Komsomolsk factory built ...
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GEC-Marconi attacked on Phoenix performance
THE INDUSTRIAL competence of the UK's second-biggest defence manufacturer has been called into question during an extraordinary Parliamentary Defence Committee hearing on the problems of the Phoenix unmanned air vehicle (UAV). Cancellation of the £227 million GEC-Marconi Avionics-developed reconnaissance and targeting UAV programme is being "very seriously ...
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NOx emissions up, says DLR expectations
AIRCRAFT ARE emitting more nitrous oxide into the atmosphere than expected, although the resulting atmospheric damage remains insignificant, says the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR). In an interim report on its research into harmful substances in aviation, the DLR says that jet aircraft worldwide emit 2.8 million tonnes ...
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Serge Dassault linked to scandal
SERGE DASSAULT, president of Dassault Industries, has been directly implicated in the widening scandal over arms sales to Belgium. Money found in a Swiss bank account, held by the former secretary of Belgium's Socialist party, Luc Wallyn, was allegedly sent personally by Serge Dassault in 1989, as a ...
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BAe's brave new world
British Aerospace's return from the wilderness has taken time, but the strategy appears to be falling into place. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON British Aerospace is back in profit and sharply focused around its core defence and civil-aircraft operations. More important, it appears to know where it is ...
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JAA stands by rules on crew time limits
THE EUROPEAN Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) remains on course to introduce its proposed airline-pilot working-hours rules after having considered NASA's latest study on the subject. A recently published NASA report (Flight International, 1-7 March, P4) recommends some tighter flight-time limitations than those planned by the JAA and has ...
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Spain's cash drain
The European Commission's (EC) desire to force Spain's Government to loosen its ties with the country's national airline, Iberia, is laudable. Its chosen method - to ask the Government to withdraw its nominated directors from Iberia's boardroom - is laughable. Iberia is a classic state-owned airline in a ...
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Bombardier fills gap left by Moss defection to rival Gulfstream
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BOMBARDIER HAS moved quickly to limit damage caused by the departure of business-aircraft division president Bryan Moss for rival Gulfstream, where he will become vice-chairman. John Lawson, formerly vice-president, marketing and sales, has been promoted to replace Moss, a key figure in development of the ...
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Fokker losses hit record
High in 1994 FOKKER SANK TO record losses in 1994 as the group struggled to cope with plummeting aircraft sales and "cut-throat" competition. Nearly DFl 1.4 billion ($790 million) were wiped off the Netherlands manufacturer's sales over the year, as the number of aircraft deliveries were ...
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Space Shuttle could be privatised
A SPECIALIST PANEL appointed by NASA has recommended that the majority of Space Shuttle operations should be privatised. The panel recommends that one of the current programme contractors be appointed as prime contractor and the Shuttle's launch procedures, maintenance and management simplified. NASA operates the Shuttle ...
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UK/UAE close to agreement on defence co-operation
THE UK AND THE United Arab Emirates (UAE) are close to finalising a defence co-operative agreement, along with the lease of 12 ex-Royal Air Force Panavia Tornado GR1 strike aircraft and support crew. The negotiations were confirmed, by UK Defence Procurement Minister, Roger Freeman, who was in the ...
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UK investigators query certification of A340
Kieran Daly/LONDON UK ACCIDENT investigators are asking the European Joint Aviation Authorities whether it was aware of "shortcomings" in the Airbus A340's fuel and flight-management systems when the type was certificated. The move follows its investigation of an incident in which an A340 crew suffered ...
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UK considers nuclear power for new carrier carrier
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE UK IS considering a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, dubbed the CV(R), as a possible option to replace its three Invincible-class carriers by around the year 2010. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) released details of the work in a document seeking bidders for concept ...