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Ikonos satellite imagery knocks security for a loop
Tim Ripley Singapore would opt to purchase a ground station to allow greater access to digital imagery from the Ikonos satellite for "targeting purposes". The commercially-funded satellite was launched last September by Lockheed Martin and the Space Imaging consortium, which involves US giants Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, Japan's ...
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SIA leads regional recovery
Mike Martin Singapore Airlines is in the market for up to 19 widebody and narrowbody aircraft plus 22 options. The launch of the long-awaited W-aircraft requirement, as reported in today's Flight International, is to replace the Airbus Industrie A310. SIA has issued a formal request for proposals ...
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A worldwide web of difference
STEVE NICHOLS Asian Aerospace is fast becoming a "dot-com" show - at least three companies are featuring new e-commerce products and many others are highlighting a WWW presence. SITA and AAR (Stand A720) are launching aerospan.com at the show, a site that will "initially feature spare parts inventory ...
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China to send men into space
Tim Furniss China is ready to become the world's third nation to put a man into space. The second launch of a Long March 2F booster with the Chinese Shen Zhou spacecraft from Jiuquan in the Gobi Desert is expected this year to test the craft before a ...
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P&W addresses 'green' concerns with PW6000
As the search to improve the impact of aviation on the Earth's environment goes on, Pratt & Whitney is talking up the advantages of its PW6000 engine, the only engine designed specifically for 100-passenger aircraft. The PW6000's balanced approach to low emissions produces the lowest overall emissions while satisfying ...
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Battle royale looming over radio frequencies
The aerospace industry could face a fight with "voracious" commercial telecoms interests at an international conference to re-allocate radio frequencies, says the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The World Radio Conference of the International Telecommunications Union, which is being held in Istanbul in May, has the power to re-allocate ...
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Supply may frustrate freighter conversions
The market for freighter conversions is estimated at some 2,300 aircraft in the next 20 years, but availability of appropriate aircraft for conversion may be an issue. Speaking at Air Freight Asia, Bharat Bhise, president and chief executive officer of C-S Aviation Services, sees continued strong growth in the ...
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Malaysian Prime Minister gives nod to limited open skies
Chuck Grieve Malaysia is prepared to grant reciprocal open skies rights as part of the government's efforts to support its growing air transport industry, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad told an aviation conference in Kuala Lumpur. Delivering the keynote address at the opening of Air Freight Asia 2000 ...
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Italians take delivery of first ACJ
The Italian love of stylish living now reaches into the heart of government following the delivery of the world's first Airbus A319 Corporate Jetliner (A319 CJ). Following the handover in Hamburg last week, the ACJ is now deployed to carry members of the Italian government in a modified interior ...
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Neutral site is response to needs of customers
The creation of MyAircraft.com, the Honeywell/United Technologies electronic marketplace for the aerospace industry, was a direct outcome of Honeywell's more intensely customer-focused policy, says Lynn Brubaker, vice-president and general manager, Air Transport and Regional Aerospace. Brubaker is charged with making the new "outward-facing" philosophy work. "We have established an ...
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Multi-role GIV delivered to Japanese defence agency
The Japanese air self defence force (JASDF) has taken delivery of a fifth multi-purpose variant Gulfstream IV. Equipped with a special cargo door measuring five feet by six feet, the aircraft is designed to meet the medical evacuation requirements of the Japanese defence agency. "The cargo door equipped ...
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New Honeywell is bullish at Singapore
Steve Nichols "With a lot of change going on in our business we want 2000 to be a year of settlement, a year of making the integration successful and leave all that structural change behind us." - Bob Johnson, president, Honeywell Aerospace Honeywell personnel are out in ...
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CFMI and Airbus discuss new powerplant to revitalise A340
Guy Norris/CINCINNATIAirbus Industrie and CFM International (CFMI) are in talks on proposed development of an upgraded A340-200/300 with an engine variant combining the CFM56-5C with the core of the CFM56-5B/P. At the same time, the General Electric/Snecma venture is adopting automotive assembly techniques to improve production efficiency. No firm agreement ...
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Lockheed Martin enters the airline training marketplace
Lockheed Martin has surprised the airline training industry by announcing the creation of a commercial flight simulator centre. The Orlando, Florida-based facility will open in the second quarter of this year. The company says the move reflects its need to diversify while remaining close to its core business. A ...
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R-R and SR Technics agree Trent venture
SR Technics and Rolls-Royce have reached agreement on the formation of a Trent engine overhaul joint venture to serve operators in Europe and Africa. The pair had been discussing the move for over a year, but had struggled to agree a structure for the organisation. Under the deal, Zurich-based ...
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Insidious training
Perhaps the time has come to look again at the traditional content of pilot recurrent training. The fundamental emergency which all pilots know that they will face in their simulator session is engine failure at or soon after take-off decision speed (V1). In every simulated take-off they are ready and ...
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Problem case
Setbacks to the US Federal Aviation Administration's satellite navigation centrepiece - the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) - just won't go away. The WAAS, designed to allow the US National Airspace System (NAS) to move away from its reliance on ground-based navigation aids to more accurate and efficient satellite-based ...
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Hornet UAV flight testing takes off
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV Flight testing of the Israeli-developed Hornet vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle (UAV) is under way. The Hornet is being developed by Aero Design and Development (AD&D). Intended primarily for short-range operation, the UAV can also be used in a manned role as it ...
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Mars exploration discussed
Representatives from four international space agencies met at the British National Space Centre in London this month to discuss their plans for Mars exploration. NASA intends to launch a Mars orbiter and lander next January, but these plans may change as a result of last year's investigations into the ...
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NASA studies use of UAVs for research into earth sciences
NASA plans to award at least two multiyear contracts to demonstrate whether unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) can support earth science research. The space agency says the technology has progressed to the point that UAVs could "become a robust component of the suborbital programme in earth science". The UAV-based ...