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Polar Air Cargo has signed an agreement with Singapore Airlines (SIA) Engineering covering heavy maintenance work for its Boeing 747-100/200 freighters. Sabena Technics and Triumph Air Repair have signed a memorandum of understanding covering partnership on maintenance of auxiliary power units, integrated drive generators and constant speed drives, ATEC 6000 ...
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US funding cuts cause test concerns
US operational evaluators are concerned by the impact of funding instability on the testing of new weapon systems. The latest annual report by the Department of Defense's director of operational test and evaluation highlights concerns caused by funding constraints on the testing of the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor and Boeing/ ...
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Just the job
If there is one thing at which the aerospace industry excels, it is devising elaborate job creation schemes. The same goes for many of the customers it serves. There is nothing wrong with the principle of job creation as an economic driver, so long as it is the product ...
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Lockheed Martin tops DoD chart as Boeing closes in
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Lockheed Martin again emerged as the largest US Department of Defense (DoD) contractor in 1999. Boeing is still second, but closing rapidly, thanks to a ramp-up in production of the new F/A-18E/F fighter and V-22 tiltrotor for the US Navy and Marine Corps. The DoD spent ...
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Serge Dassault retires as chairman
Serge Dassault is to quit as chairman and chief executive of Dassault Aviation. His successor is Charles Edelstenne, the 62-year old accountant who is the company's executive vice-president of economic and financial affairs and chairman and chief executive of Dassault Systemes. Serge Dassault, 75 on 4 April, was compelled ...
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US Navy takes first steps towards new UAV
The US Navy is preparing to take the first concrete steps towards defining the requirements for a new medium-altitude, Multi-Role Endurance (MRE) unmanned air vehicle (UAV) capable of being operated from warships. The USN plans by 7 April to award one or more study contracts to evaluate the risks associated ...
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Elta wins Korean maritime radar deal
Israel Aircraft Industry subsidiary Elta is to supply a multimode maritime surveillance radar to the South Korean National Maritime Police (KNMP). Elta's EL/M-2022 surveillance radar will be the principal sensor for a Bombardier Challenger 604 business jet being modified for the KNMP by German modification specialist Aerodata. The EL/ ...
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Indian fighter deal to face investigation
Indian defence minister George Fernandes has ordered a probe of defence deals over the past 15 years following a series of corruption allegations. A deal to supply the Indian army with howitzers has been at the centre of similar investigations for several years. The biggest Indian air force programme ...
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Bidders swoop on Pave Hawk RFI
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC A US Air Force request for information (RFI) to replace or upgrade its fleet of ageing Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopters has drawn a strong response from domestic and international suppliers. The RFI is part of a USAF analysis of alternatives for ...
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Air Foyle aims to assure An-124s for RAF
Stewart Penney/LONDON UK cargo airline Air Foyle is offering to place two Antonov An-124 freighters on the UK military aircraft register if it wins the Short Term Strategic Airlifter (STSA) contest to provide the Royal Air Force with large transports. The STSA was due to be considered by the ...
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US Navy operational evaluation gives thumbs-up to F/A-18 Super Hornet
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Operational evaluation (Opeval) of the US Navy's Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet has found the upgraded fighter to be "operationally effective and operationally suitable", and ready for fleet introduction. The USN says the Opeval report concludes that the 25% larger F/A-18E/F has greater flexibility, lethality and ...
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Eurofighter strengthens Norway offer
Stewart Penney/LONDON Eurofighter International (EFI) - the sales and marketing company created to promote the Eurofighter Typhoon - has taken over contract negotiations with Greece and is strengthening the industrial package offered to Norway. Greece announced last year that it would order 60-90 Typhoons to meet its next ...
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Alpha process pioneers new co-operative approach to contracting
A new approach to contracting is helping to keep costs down on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme and could lead to a new way of working in the aerospace industry. "Alpha Acquisition," as the new process is called, began demonstrating its value last month when the US government, ...
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Consolidation predicted for rotary sector
Paul Derby Sikorsky president Dean Borgman believes another round of consolidation in the helicopter industry is inevitable. And he refuses to rule out a future bid for a rival manufacturer. "Somewhere down the line there will be movement," says Borgman, speaking on the eve of the show. "But ...
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China plans to strengthen its 'active defence' capability
Alan Dron The head of China's air force talked yesterday of his service's move away from a purely defensive posture in a speech which is likely to be studied carefully in foreign ministries around the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Lt Gen Liu Shunyao, commander of the People's Liberation ...
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Quality in the sky
Geoff Thomas What today's air display lacks in quantity it looks likely to make up for in quality. Lasting for 90min between 12.30 and 14.00, the display features three major international aerobatic teams as well as the added bonus of some fast jet crowd-pleasers for good measure. ...
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JSF TO dominate fighter/ attack aircraft market
Alan Dron The long-term future in the fighter/attack aircraft market belongs to the United States, providing the Joint Strike Fighter project (JSF) goes ahead, predicts a report issued at Asian Aerospace today. Europe's military aircraft manufacturers will enjoy an upturn over the coming decade, but if the JSF ...
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Asian sales likely to go ahead
The Teal report breaks down its predictions for fighter sales over the coming decade into regional markets. In Asia, it notes that not every country was affected by the financial crisis of recent years. Taiwan and Singapore, in particular, were largely unscathed. The report predicts Taiwan will buy ...
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Standard Aero wins contract with Swedes
Standard Aero, the world's largest independent gas turbine engine and accessory overhaul company, has won a five-year contract to repair the Swedish air force's Hamilton Sundstrand 54H60 propellers. Speaking at the show, Standard Aero's executive director Lee Beaumont says: "The expertise we've developed in propeller repair techniques has been ...
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Everything but actually building aircraft: Singapore technologies
Despite the regional economic difficulties, Singapore Technologies (ST) still returned a good performance last year. At Asian Aerospace 2000, the company's focus is firmly on engineering. It has some great new products, and ambitious plans. Singapore Technologies Engineering chief operating officer Tan Pheng Hock reveals all. Q. The regional ...