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The face of the aerospace industry has changed dramatically since the last Famborough show, in 1998 Dynamics Meteor beyond visual range air-to- air missile is seen as giving the Eurofighter an advantage - it can be offered for export with a weapons package not reliant on the USA, avoid ing a potential Congressional embargo. Concerns that Eurofighter and the six-nation Meteor programme could be hampered by European governments' lack of co-ordination on export approvals should be resolved by a framework agreement which France, Ger many, Italy, Spain, Sweden and die UK are due to sign during die show. Boeing is expecting approval shordy to begin offering the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet for export, allowing it to offer the aircraft to Chile, which has a long-running fighter procurement programme, as well as NATO's three newest members, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. Other competitions are building in die Netherlands and Singapore - both of which are participating in dieJSF concept demonstration phase - while Brazil and Saudi Arabia borJi have long-standing requirements. NATO's Defence Capabilities Initiative aim ed at redressing the balance between die US and European military, combined widi US moves to ease technology transfers to its allies, means that programmes such as NATO's air-to-ground surveillance requirement are picking up steam. After scoring major orders at the Berlin air show, regional aircraft could again move to show front and centre. Embraer's ERJ-140 - a 44 seat derivative of the 50-seatERJ-145-neat ly slots in under die US scope clauses and is tar geted at US regional airline American Eagle. It debuts at Farnborough, which will be a busy eventforthe Brazilian manufacturer as it will be emphasising the virtual development tools used in its 70-seat ERJ-170, which was launched last year by Crossair. With its ERJ-170, Embraer is going head- to-head with Fairchild Dornier's 728JET, which was launched by Lufthansa. Bodi region al jet makers will also be looking for customers for die 70-seat jets and also planned stretch 90- seat ERJ-190 and 928JET derivatives. Bombardier will be seeking a launch cus tomer for its similar-sized CRJ900, following a commitment by- General Electric Capital Aviation Services as part of a larger CRJ buy The air show could also be die setting for debate over die merits of Bombardier's BRJ-X entry in die 100-to-110-plus seat category. Elsewhere in die booming regional jet market, Avro needs a blue-chip order to consolidate its launch of its RJX, and Alliance Aircraft is trying to get its proposed 70- and 90-seat StarLiner 200 and 300 regional jets off the ground. On the business aviation front, the attractions of fractional ownership will be promoted by Bombardier in die form of its Flexjet Europe programme. The manufacturer will also hope to boost Learjet 31A orders in Europe. Meanwhile, Embraer will be pushing its ERJ- 135 Corporate Jet, die business aircraft variant of its ERJ-135 regional jet, and competitor Fairchild Dornier will be offering its corporate 3 2 8JET derivative, die Envoy 3. For e-commerce, one of the newest sectors in aerospace, Farnborough will serve as "kind of a coming-out party", says Irvin Lucas, vice- president for marketing and sales at Aerospan.com. As the scene is set for Farnborough, the USA, Irvin suggests, "is probably ahead in the formation of ventures in die e-commerce world, but die interest is just as heavy in Europe and Asia as in the USA". Over the next year, he adds, the global e-commerce industry will probably enter a cycle of competi tion, consolidation and co-operation. Aerospan.com itself is "within weeks" of launching a product into operation - first with beta customers, dien commercially, Irvin says. At Farnborough, he adds, die aerospace indus try will have a major opportunity "to see some products to judge what kind of different content is there on different sites". • The 767-400ER. the largest airliner to make its Farnborough debut this year, will be spotlighted in Flight International s special Farnborough issue 18-24 July in a cutaway drawing, flight test and programme update. FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 20 - 26 June 2000 41
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