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Malaysian MiG order details
MIKOYAN SAYS THAT it is negotiating with Malaysia over the purchase of a second batch of MiG-29 Fulcrums, amid confusion over exactly which model of Fulcrum the Malaysians are to receive. Previous Russian reports claimed that the aircraft would be a MiG-29SE, a derivative of the Fulcrum C. ...
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Low-priced NSA 'will not be in service until 2002', says Boeing
Allan Winn/SEATTLE BOEING DOES NOT expect its proposed New Small Airplane (NSA) to enter service before 2002. The project will be beaten to the market by McDonnell Douglas with its MD-95, it says, but it insists that the market is sufficient for up to three contenders. ...
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Rooivalk fights to stay in UK race
Douglas Barrie/LONDON SOUTH AFRICA'S BID for the UK attack-helicopter programme is on the brink of collapse. Denel officials are in London for last-ditch negotiations with the UK Ministry of Defence Procurement Executive (MoD PE) in an attempt to save the bid. The MoD has set a ...
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Lockheed/Martin lead US results
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON LOCKHEED AND Martin Marietta helped to lead a better round of financial results from the US aerospace industry in 1994, putting the two corporations in a strong position to emerge as the world's largest defence aerospace group when their merger is sealed in mid-March. ...
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Bombardier and Embraer confirm regional sales
BOMBARDIER REGIONAL Aircraft has won a firm order for five Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs) from Delta Connection carrier Comair and is holding out the prospect of the airline taking a total of 70 aircraft. Cincinnati-based Comair confirmed five options, worth about $87 million, to add to its 20 ...
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Euro summit discusses prospects for aerospace
Andrew Chuter Kevin O'Toole/LONDON GERMAN, FRENCH and UK Government ministers and aerospace-industry leaders have met secretly in Paris, to discuss measures to maintain European competitiveness in the face of growing global competition. The meeting, which took place on 7 February, is expected to be the first ...
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USA proposes safety measures for airlines
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE CLINTON Administration has outlined a series of safety initiatives designed to enhance commercial air safety. The 173 safety actions result from the aviation-safety conference which was held in January in Washington. The agenda addresses a wide range of safety issues, including data ...
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FAA approves Boeing 777 pressure solution
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES A CEILING LIMIT of 25,000ft (7,500m) temporarily placed on the Boeing 777 by the US Federal Aviation Administration after two incidents of cabin decompression has been lifted after the installation of a modified check valve. The FAA imposed the limit after the incidents ...
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Saab is latest to sponsor Awards
SAAB AIRCRAFT HAS joined the growing list of leading aviation companies now backing the Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards '95. The Swedish airliner manufacturer becomes the tenth sponsor to lend support to this year's Awards, which will be presented during a gala dinner at the Paris air show ...
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Tiger contracts date advanced
Julian Moxon/MARSEILLES IN A LAST-DITCH MOVE to convince the Netherlands to buy Eurocopter's Tiger anti-tank helicopter, the Franco-German group has brought forward by two years the date for the award of long-lead production contracts. France will receive some Tigers in 1999, to help Eurocopter meet the ...
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Boeing/Lockheed consider JAST link
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING AND LOCKHEED are discussing teaming on the US Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) programme, despite developing radically different solutions to the short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) requirement which makes up part of the effort. Boeing is studying a direct-lift design, while ...
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BAe and Saab sign
BRITISH AEROSPACE and Saab have signed an initial agreement which will lead to the joint marketing, support and manufacture of variants of the Saab JAS39 Gripen lightweight multi-role fighter. BAe confirms the signing, but adds that the final agreement, along with the approval of the two respective Governments, ...
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Joining forces
That European ministers and heads of aerospace companies should meet to discuss the future of the industry is in no way exceptionable - but it is exceptional. The recent private meeting in Paris of representatives from France, Germany and the UK was both timely and necessary. It illustrates the growing ...
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Stick with the pilot - it's safer
Sir - Why do those bent on eradicating human error in the cockpit by the use of automated systems overlook the fact that these systems are made by just another man - on the ground - and are as prone to suffer human error? At least the man ...
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CSE Aviation
Robert Crooke has been appointed managing director of CSE Aviation, based at Oxford Airport in the UK. Crooke was previously group finance director and deputy managing director. He replaces Anders Wincent, who has been appointed managing director of Volvo Aero Support of Sweden. Source: Flight International
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In defence of the Robinson R22
Sir - Much adverse material has been published recently about the Robinson R22 helicopter. In defence of the aircraft, may I point out that the company of which I am chief flying instructor has been operating R22s for training and commercial work for the past ten years and ...
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GEC-MARCONI HAS modified its long-range stand-off missile being proposed to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in response to UK Government concerns that the weapon was almost in breach of an internation
Hakim range cut to calm UK worries Source: Flight International
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Antenna selection
Cathay Pacific Airways has selected Canadian Marconi's CMA-2102 top-mounted satellite-communications antenna for its Airbus A340-300s, for which it has six orders and 16 options. The antenna will be operated with Rockwell-Collins SAT-906 avionics as also used on Cathay's Boeing 747-400s. Source: Flight International
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GE eyes growth from CRJ-X engine
GENERAL ELECTRIC'S newly unveiled CF34-8C turbofan for Canadair's proposed CRJ-X regional airliner may form the basis of an entirely new family of engines in the 60-80kN (13,000-18,000lb)-thrust class, says the company. The GE general manager for small commercial turbofans, Lloyd Thompson, has revealed the first details of the ...
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Dual-mode BAT
Westinghouse has been selected by Northrop Grumman and the US Army to develop a dual-mode seeker for the Brilliant Anti-Tank (BAT) Submunition. The firm's seeker is a 94GHz, millimetre-wave radar with a 3- to 5-micron imaging-infra-red sensor. Source: Flight International