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New delivery moves 707 re-engining closer
A Boeing 707 re-engining programme involving between 250 and 300 military and commercial aircraft has moved a step closer with the delivery of the first new Pratt & Whitney (P&W) JT8D-219 engine for certification flight testing. Seven Q Seven (SQS) will carry out the flight testing, while demonstrator flights ...
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Military Aviation
Winner of the Military Aviation award was Bell Helicopter Textron and Boeing. Together, they completed the engineering and manufacturing development of the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor in the face of considerable technical and funding difficulties. The awards' panel felt that Bell and Boeing had displayed an outstanding achievement in ...
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Face the facts with Dean Borgman
Dean Borgman is the man charged with leading Sikorsky into the 21st century. He comes to the post of president and chief operating officer as the former head of Boeing's helicopter plant in Mesa, Arizona and as president of the American Helicopter Society. Nine months into the role, he shares ...
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Cabling specialist proud of key role in aviation
Geoff Thomas Aerospace cabling and wiring is sometimes regarded as a 'Cinderella' part of the aviation industry but John Tinson, who is BICC Brand-Rex's newly- appointed business director, speciality cables, thinks that this is an unfair description. "We will also be heavily involved in the forthcoming Nimrod refits ...
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Northrop Grumman lands major radar contracts
Steve Nichols Northrop Grumman has landed at Paris with news of major new contracts for its radar products. The Polish air agency (PATA) needs an update to its airspace management system (AMS) that, when complete, will provide additional flight safety and improved en-route services to Central Europe. ...
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Boeing bullish as record year shapes up
Mike Martin "Boeing is back," declared Alan Mulally, president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group yesterday. "We have overcome recent production difficulties and are well on the way to meeting our commitment to deliver a record 620 commercial airplanes by the end of this year. That is more than ...
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Kosovo windfall for aircraft manufacturers
Tim Ripley Aircraft manufacturers in the USA and Europe are likely to receive a huge windfall from the Kosovo conflict, says a report from top US analysts Forecast International. This will be on top of the $500 million in urgent spending to re-stock USA and UK's arsenals of ...
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Bell Agusta unveils new helicopter
Bell Agusta threw the wraps off the AB139, its new medium-twin helicopter at the show yesterday, with a bullish assessment that the aircraft could generate 900 sales over the next 20 years. The 12 to 15-seater is to be developed as both a civil and military aircraft with the baseline ...
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AlliedSignal selected to power Boeing UCAV
Boeing has chosen the AlliedSignal Aerospace F124 turbofan engine as the powerplant for the Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) Advanced Technology Demonstrator (ATD). Boeing's Phantom Works was recently chosen by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the US Air Force to continue into the second phase of ...
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Helicopter makers battle for major military deals
Rival helicopter manufacturers will be using show week to cement their bids for several lucrative military contracts which are moving toward firm decision time. Top of their wish list would undoubtedly be winning the race to supply Turkey's $3-billion requirement for 145 attack helicopters - a protracted competition that was ...
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Comanche team optimistic of funding increase
Boeing Sikorsky says it is confident that the US Congress will provide an additional $56 million in funding to enable the RAH-66 Comanche helicopter to step up its flight test programme next year. Tom Sheehy, director of the Sikorsky Comanche project office, says the investment is needed both to ramp ...
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Embraer angling for increase in military sales
Embraer's ALX advanced trainer/light combat aircraft has made its first flight on the eve of the Paris air show. The Brazilian air force has ordered 100 ALXs, also known as the Super Tucano, and the company believes there will also be a "strong" export market. The first flight, from Embraer's ...
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Airbus angst
While the proverbial fly on the wall would doubtless encounter many colourful conversations at next week's Paris air show, one exchange almost certain to raise a few eyebrows is likely to be heard at a meeting of trade ministers from the four Airbus nations scheduled for 14 June, when the ...
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Digital domain
The digital revolution is spreading to the battlefield and a leading light, the Comanche, will be on view at Paris Paul Lewis/NASHVILLE The US military is preparing for a warfare revolution by forming the world's first digitised army early next century. At the head of this planned Army XXI ...
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Smart bombs in demand
Paris will be a showcase for US smart weapon developments as intensive NATO use in Yugoslavia deplenishes stocks Ramon Lopez/EGLIN AFB, FLORIDA As NATO ordnance continued to rain on military targets in Yugoslavia, US Air Force programme managers for the latest generation of "smart" bombs were busy conducting ...
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Coming of age
The high-profile use of UAVs in combat puts them high on the Paris agenda Ramon Lopez/BRISTOL With some unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) - including the Bombardier CL-289, IAI/TRW Hunter, General Atomics RQ-1A Predator (above) and IAI/AAI Pioneer - being put through their paces over Yugoslavia, gathering intelligence in what may prove ...
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Military EMB-145 makes maiden flight
Although Embraer's EMB-145SA Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft rolled out on 28 May, it had its first flight on 22 May. The flight lasted 2h 30min, with the aircraft flying at 20,000ft (6,000m) . The Brazilian Government will receive the first of five on order in January 2001. ...
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Matra BAe/IMI team for Australian bid
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA Matra BAe Dynamics (MBD) has ditched plans to offer its Storm Shadow for the Royal Australian Air Force's Follow On Stand Off Weapon requirement. Instead, British Aerospace Australia (BAeA) has joined Israeli Military Industries (IMI) to offer the Delilah II. An agreement between IMI and BAeA ...
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A400M cost may be $80 million
Stewart Penney/LONDONAirbus Military Company (AMC) will supply its A400M four-engined tactical airlifter for $80 million each, if the participating nations buy all 288 covered by a seven-country request for proposals issued in 1997. Meanwhile, France, one of four nations evaluating competitive bids, is expected to declare the A400M winner of ...
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E-2C technology part of AEW offer to Australia
Northrop Grumman is including electronically scanned technology from the planned E-2C radar modernisation programme (RMP) as part of its airborne early warning (AEW) offer to Australia for the soon-to-be decided Project Wedgetail. Australia is expected to finalise its choice of AEW systems from three competing systems within a month. ...