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Hercules lifts 50 records in two categories
Andrew Douse A Lockheed Martin flight crew, flying a production-standard, unmodified C-130J Hercules transport, has claimed 50 world aeronautical records in two distinct aircraft categories. The records were set in four flights on two days and broke 16 existing world marks. A further 34 standards were established ...
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Sukhoi will survive Saturday's show crash
Kate Jones The terms and dates of the contract to supply the SU30MK to India will not be affected by Saturday's crash, says the director general of Sukoi's design bureau. At the Rosvoorouzhenie press conference on Monday, Mikhail Pogosyan stressed that the crash did not diminish the value ...
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Seeking sales
A consortium has been formed by FiatAvio of Italy, ITP of Spain, MTU of Germany and Snecma of France to offer the M138 engine for the Airbus A400M military transport. Airbus Military has already placed the M138, which can be seen in Hall 2/C16, on its short list of ...
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Crash at Cape goes unnoticed
A four-seater Piper aircraft crashed unnoticed this week between two launch pads at Cape Canaveral, the US Air Force said on Saturday. Wreckage and the body of the pilot were found in a wooded area Friday afternoon, nearly two days after the aircraft disappeared from radar screens, a USAF ...
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Westland looks global with strategic buys
Geoff Thomas Anticipating the era of consolidation and acquisition in the aerospace industry worldwide, Britain's GKN Westland Aerospace has just completed an intensive two-year programme of strategic acquisitions. This includes companies in the USA, Germany and the UK, building a global supplier to the world's aerospace prime contractors ...
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Partners set to firm up on NH90 after maiden flight
Paul Derby The fourth prototype (PT4) of the NH90 helicopter made its maiden flight in the run-up to Le Bourget as the four partnership nations prepare to firm up their commitment to the programme. The customers - Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands - are expected to sign ...
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Chinook crash software claim puts Minister under pressure
Steve Nichols A UK computer publication is claiming that a helicopter crash involving a Royal Air Force Chinook in 1994 was the result of a software failure and not pilot error as was claimed at the time. Computer Weekly also claims that the UK Ministry of Defence misled ...
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'Smart' weapons at the heart of Italian-UK venture
Tim Ripley A growing family of "smart" guided weapons is at the heart of the newly-formed Italian-British missile partnership, Alenia Marconi Systems. The missile divisions of the two companies were joined six months ago when their parents formed the 50:50 joint venture, linking their defence electronics, simulation, training, ...
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Crash thrusts ejection seat technology into forefront
Tim Ripley In the aftermath of the remarkable escape of the Sukhoi Su-30 aircrew at Paris on Saturday, ejection seat technology suddenly acquired a higher profile, making recent experiments in the USA very topical. NASA's Dryden research centre, the US Navy's Air Warfare Centre Weapons Division and the ...
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Dassault to spin off civil, military activities
Ian Verchere Dassault Aviation plans to hive its civil and military activities off into two separate companies by the end of this year. Announcing this at Le Bourget, group chairman and CEO Serge Dassault says the move is part of an effort to "improve flexibility and competitiveness, and ...
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Sikorsky shares the good news
Paul Derby Sikorsky has revealed more details of its fledgling fractional ownership programme which will begin operation "within weeks" under the name of Sikorsky Shares. Using the S-76C+ as the base aircraft, the programme will be launched initially in the North East USA, but there are plans to ...
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Who's to blame?
The two-man crew of the Su-30MK that crashed at the show on Saturday, last night sensationally blamed the show organisers for the disaster. Sukhoi chief test pilot Viacheslav Averianov (right) and navigator Vladimir Shendrik said the organiser's decision to cut their display from eight to six minutes was to ...
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'Aircraft not to blame'
Geoff Thomas The war of words between the Sukhoi Su-30MK crew and the show's organisers blossomed into a full-scale international argument yesterday. Was the aircraft which crashed during Saturday's display being flown outside the agreed envelope? Did the organisers insist on the Sukhoi's display programme being reduced to ...
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Smiths Industries lifts Hercules contract
British company Smiths Industries Aerospace has won a contract to supply equipment for the power distribution system on the Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules transport aircraft. The contract is with Smiths' Display and Control Systems division and involves the provision of an enhanced electronic circuit breaker unit (ECBU) system, ...
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X-32 passes big assembly milestone
First pictures of a major assembly milestone for Boeing's X-32 Joint Strike Fighter concept demonstrator were revealed at Paris yesterday. A small team of mechanics positioned and mated all of the attachment points between the single-piece wing and the fuselage. The assembly took less than 6h and ...
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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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Book it on the Web
If you need to check the widget, or undertake a full maintenance on a USA-built aircraft, but you've lost the manual, don't worry. Newport Aeronautical Sales has developed an Internet site which enables surfers to locate manuals. The company, based in Newport Beach, California, has a library of more ...
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Deadline nears for Nordic common helicopter decision
Paul Derby Crunch time is approaching for Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden as the four nations seek to decide on a common airframe for the proposed Nordic Standard Helicopter Programme. The end of June is the cut-off point when an inter-government agreement must be signed opening the way ...