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Primus 2000 selection offers family commonality
Honeywell's Primus 2000 integrated avionics system has been selected as the standard fit on the Fairchild-Dornier 428JET for regional airlines and corporate operations. The Primus 2000 suite includes an integrated set of computers and sensors displayed on five 8x7in displays, all working together using the General Aviation Manufacturers Association's ...
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PW4000 derivatives continue to drive engine success story
US engine giant Pratt & Whitney has developed a number of joint-venture partners in the Asia-Pacific region including Chengdu Engine Group, Aviation Industries of China, China-National South Aero Engine and SIA Engineering, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines. The manufacturer is offering dependability, low cost of ownership, and low emissions ...
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CTT Zonal Drying System wins Danish charter launch
CTT Systems has won its launch contract for supplying a Zonal Drying System for a Boeing B737-800 (Next Generation) aircraft. The Danish-based charter operator Sterling European Airlines has ordered the system with an option to equip its remaining B737-800 fleet. Sterling, one of the leading Scandinavian charter carriers, operates ...
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NASA research for Spectrum Astro
Spectrum Astro has just been awarded a Phase II contract for its Optimal Orbit Transfer Analysis for Advanced Space Systems project under NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programme. The contract provides for a two-year period of performance and funding for the development of prototype software capable of analysing ...
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Solar cycle threatens havoc with telecoms
Steve Nichols Worldwide HF and satellite communication systems could soon be severely disrupted if scientists' predictions come true. The sun's current 11-year solar cycle is predicted to peak this year, and the increase in sunspot activity and solar flares could cripple vital aircraft communication and navigation systems. ...
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Trent family propels R-R fortunes in asia-pacific
With the Asia-Pacific region representing around 30% of Rolls-Royce's firm orders for commercial engines, it's not surprising that the company has a large presence at Asian Aerospace 2000. Geoff Thomas interviews R-R's John Cheffins (managing director airlines) and he appears bullish about the company's prospects. Q: How did the economic ...
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China joint venture provides support for power systems
The opening ceremony for Hamilton Sundstrand's new Chinese joint venture, with Shaanxi Qinling Aerolectric, will be held later this week in Xiamen. An equity joint venture, Xiamen Sundstrand Qinling Aerospace will provide airlines in China with complete overhaul and repair services for Hamilton Sundstrand electric power systems. The majority ...
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Honeywell to maintain Chinese fleet's APUs
Geoff Thomas Honeywell has signed a maintenance service agreement (MSA) with China Southern Group under which the giant American aerospace company will provide maintenance and administration for China Southern's Honeywell 331-500 auxiliary power units (APUs). The contract, valued at around $8 million, is for five years initially, with ...
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Air safety conference to focus on new technology
Asian Aerospace 2000 is the setting for a special four-day conference on air safety. Held in association with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the 36th (Special) Directors-General Conference (Asia and Pacific Regions) marks the start of the new millennium and ...
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NASA promises more Shuttle support
NASA will hire 1,850 more engineers in the next five years to concentrate on improvements to the Space Shuttle main engines, auxiliary power units and cockpit avionics. The move follows an independent Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel assessment which concluded that NASA's manned spaceflight team is too small and too ...
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Proton on course for Zvezda launch
Tim Furniss/LONDON The prospects for a launch of the Russian Zvezda service module to the International Space Station (ISS) in July were raised on 12 February by the successful lift-off of a four-stage Proton DM booster from Baikonur. The rocket carried the Asia Cellular System (ACeS) Garuda 1 mobile ...
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MIR hopes
MirCorp, established last year to fund the continuation of operations of the Russian Mir space station, says it has paid Russian company Khrunichev about $30 million to keep the orbiting base in space until the summer. The company needs to raise $40 million more from investors. Meanwhile, Russian scientists propose ...
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Reusable Fregat proves concept with return flight
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW Tim Furniss/LONDON The Fregat upper stage was tested successfully for the first time on 9 February attached to a Soyuz booster. The Soyuz-Fregat placed into orbit and returned to Earth a dummy payload weighing about 110kg. The Fregat is a reusable module which has a unique ...
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NASA consents to Contour after Eros lift
NASA has approved the start of development of the Comet Nucleus Tour (Contour) spacecraft, which will be launched in 2002 to fly past up to three comets between 2003 and 2008. Contour, which is managed by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Baltimore, Maryland, which also built the ...
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Ilyushin gauges interest in turboprop to replace An-2
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW The Ilyushin design bureau is completing detailed design of its proposed new regional turboprop, the Il-100, which is to be built by MAPO. The twin-engined 12-seater was announced this month at a convention of polar airlines in Archangelsk in north-west Russia (Flight International, 8-14 February). During the gathering, ...
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IAI takes on more work on 428JET
Israel aircraft Industries (IAI) is increasing its participation in the Fairchild 428JET programme, which will see it taking on the design and manufacture of additional components. IAI has an agreement to design and manufacture the fuselage, as well as undertake final assembly of the 44-seat, Pratt & Whitney Canada ...
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Tarnished image
Three Japanese satellite launches in the last two years have failed: the country's space programme is in crisis Andrzej Jeziorski/TOKYO Japan's space programme has been tarnished by a series of launch failures that culminated this month in the unsuccessful mission to deliver a government observation satellite into orbit aboard ...
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Workshop
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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Swissair to rewire MD-11 cockpit areas
Swissair is to carry out an extensive programme of cockpit-area rewiring on its 19 Boeing MD-11s, starting in August. The airline's decision is based on analysis, since the September 1998 crash of one of its MD-11s near Halifax, Canada, of wiring routing in the forward fuselage, according to Swissair engineering ...
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CargoLifter: Zeppelin's rival in airships
David Learmount/BRAND, GERMANY While Zeppelin is injecting new life into the traditional airship market sector from Friedrichshafen, CargoLifter is developing a massive lighter- than-air machine to perform work which has never been done by any aircraft - let alone an airship. The early CargoLifter CL160 airships will be ...