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INDUSTRY Saab-Scania invests more in aerospace LINKQRNG The Saab-Fairchild 340 and the new aircraft plant in Linkoping "are not an investment in a single project—they represent an investment in commercial aviation as an important area of operations", says Saab- Scania Group president Sten Gustafsson in the Swedish company's annual report. He says that the 340's January 25 first flight, three years to the day following the co-operative agreement with Fairchild, "is something of a record—as a consequence, the 340 was able to fly before its competitors, giving us a lead. The value of being first in the market with a product can hardly be over estimated". This aircraft, the JAS 39 Gripen, and the RBS 15F aircraft missile, says Gus tafsson, "have created new conditions for planning Saab- Scania's aerospace operations on a long-term basis". Saab-Scania intends to expand high-technology spin off from its aerospace division products, and has formed a new corporate group, Saab- Scania Combitech, for this purpose. The addition of cars, trucks, buses and other machines makes Saab-Scania's product programme "unique by inter national standards". Group profit in 1982 was SEK (Swedish Kronor) 471 million* (£40 million) on revenues of SEK 18,726 million (£1,584 million). The respective figures in the previous year were £34 million on a total revenue of £1,370 million. Profit figures are net after all charges. ...and confirms military costs LINKOPING ~ Continuing its policy of publishing military-aerospace costs—the only company in Europe to do so—Saab-Scania confirms that the total cost of the JAS 39 Gripen pro gramme is SEK (Swedish Kronor) 25,700 million (£2,200 million) in 1981 prices over the period 1982-2000. Of this amount, Saab- Scania and the other four JAS industry-group companies are responsible for £1,480 million, of which Saab-Scania will find £982 million. The value of Saab-Scania's portion of the JAS contract, covering devel opment and production of the first 30 aircraft, amounts to the equivalent of £533 million. The agreement signed with British Aerospace makes BAe Weighing 9ilb un- upholstered, this Precision Composites passenger seat for Beech Aircraft Corporation meets FAR and BCAR requirements and has retractable armrests, adjustable headrest, three- position recline, and shoulder-harness inertia reels by Pacific Scientific Company. Full-scale static testing has been successfully completed (Precision Composites, 1745, S Maize Rd, Wichita, KS 67209 USA; tel (316) 722-5229) An air-cushion ski which can hover over slits or grooves has been introduced by Bertin. Renault uses the system to transfer parts of up to 500kg over a gap separating the lift table and the marble quality- control table without risk of damage (Bertin, BP 3, 78373 Plaisir Cedex, France; tel (3) 056 25 00) responsible for the design and production of the load- bearing portion of the proto type composite wings. The agreement "makes it unneces sary for the Saab-Scania aero space division to build up its own resources in the composite sector on a rush basis". Saab-Scania will grad ually assume responsibility for manufacturing and will be completely responsible for series production. The company reports that all scheduled deliveries of the JA 37 Viggen fighter version have been carried out. Deliv eries will continue until the end of the 1980s. Nearly 330 Viggens in five versions have been delivered to the Swedish Air Force. WHO'S NEWS Peter K. Chapman has been appointed vice-president international programme management for Sikorsky Aircraft. He will be responsible for production and offset agreements with foreign businesses and governments. Robert J. Hirvela is vice- president and general manager of Collins General Aviation Division, succeeding Harry M. Passman, who has retired. McDonnell Douglas Astro nautics Company names Kenneth A. Francis vice- president advanced product development, replacing Fred J. Sanders, who has been made vice-president general manager Tomahawk in St Louis. Gerald A. Johnston replaces Francis as vice- president engineering at Huntington Beach. The Douglas Aircraft Company division of McDon nell Douglas Corporation has appointed Howell L. Walker vice-president com mercial marketing operations and Kim Still as vice- president commercial market ing for North and South America. Henk Stomphorst is appointed managing director of Interturbine Holland. Michael Cullen, formerly Saudia's contracts adminis trator, is appointed oper ations research manager of Wren Skyships of Ramsey, Isle of Man. Prof R. O. C. Norman of York University is appointed chief scientific adviser to the UK Ministry of Defence. The Civil Aviation Authority has appointed John Thomas, director and chief engineer of the BAe Hatfield- Chester division, to serve on the ARB (Airworthiness Requirements Board). The CAA has also reappointed Bill Strang of BAe (retired) and Jack Pateman of Marconi Avionics to serve for further terms—Strang as the independent member and Pateman representing the avionics industry. WHA TS HAPPENIN' Structural impact and crash- worthiness will be the theme of an Anglo-American confer ence in London, July 16-20, 1984. The organisers are call ing for papers. Contact Dr G. A. O. Davies, Aeronautics Department, Imperial Col lege, London SW7 2BY, UK; or Prof J. S. Przemieniecki, USAF Institute of Tech nology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio 45433, USA. FLIGHT International, 16 July 1983 131
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