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Boutique lessor International Aircraft...
Boutique lessor International Aircraft Investors is advising shareholders that its first-quarter revenues and earnings will fall well short of analysts' expectations because Mexican airline Taesa has defaulted on the lease of a Boeing 737-300 owned by the Los Angeles company. Taesa's default would cause more than 80% of the $700,000-$800,000 ...
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ELOP teams up with KARI
Israel-based ElectroOptics Industries (ELOP) has won a major contract with the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) on the civilian Multi Spectral Camera (MSC) satellite programme. The MSC payload will fly on the Kompsat-2 satellite that is due to be launched in ...
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Flight awards acknowledge industry's high fliers
Flight International's prestigious Aerospace Industry Awards ceremony, launched at Asian Aerospace six years ago, provided a highlight of the week for a cavalcade of senior industry representatives who gathered at the gala event at the Ritz-Carlton hotel last night. The evening culminated with the announcement of the Aerospace Industry ...
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Hurel-Dubois joins the A3XX bandwagon
French aerostructures and thrust reverser manufacturer Hurel-Dubois has signed a risk-sharing participation agreement for a stake in Airbus's proposed A3XX ultra-large airliner. The framework agreement is for participation of up to 2% of the estimated $12 billion development cost of the 555-656-seat aircraft. It puts Hurel-Dubois in position ...
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'Big Two' take lead in aviation safety
Airbus Industrie and Boeing have created a world's first by calling a meeting with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to discuss how the aviation community can help meet safety challenges in the 21st century. Representatives from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the European Joint Aviation Authority (JAA) ...
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Agusta hopes to boost bid with new Australia office
Italian manufacturer Agusta has boosted its bid to supply Australia with a next-generation armed reconnaissance helicopter by setting up new headquarters in the country. Agusta will use its Canberra base to press the claims of the A129 Scorpion in competition for a 26-aircraft contract through Australia's Air 87 programme. ...
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Baden-Wuerttemberg chooses Eurocopter for police helicopter squadron
Paul Derby Eurocopter will be hoping to swell its order book for the EC155B even further during show week, after confirming the sale of two twin-engined machines in the run-up to Asian Aerospace. The Franco-German manufacturer tied up an agreement with the Ministry of the Interior of Baden-Wuerttemberg ...
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Honeywell warning system proves its worth
Honeywell's Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) now has 13 major enhancements and more are scheduled. Brian Pulk, Honeywell's Director of EGPWS products, says these developments were designed to further reduce the risk of Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) and the product is already proving its worth. "We ...
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Face the Facts with...Dain Hancock
In January, in a bid to improve its flagging financial performance, Lockheed Martin restructured its aircraft manufacturing business, creating a single company producing the F-16 fighter and C-130J airlifter, co-developing the F-22 and C-27J light tactical transport and competing for the Joint Strike Fighter programme. Dain Hancock, Lockheed Martin executive ...
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Frasca keeps spotlight on customer base
With 90% of the world market for Flight Training Devices (FTDs) Frasca International (Stand A1100) could well be forgiven for cruising comfortably into the new millennium. But the man charged with boosting new business for the company stresses that every effort is being made to maintain the dominant position ...
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Hermes handles critical Asia aviation data links
Steve Nichols Data link communication in Asia-Pacific is becoming increasingly popular. And as Communication Navigation Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) becomes more developed in the region airlines will rely heavily on data links to provide critical information about flight plans, graphical weather and eventually air traffic clearances. Rockwell Collins ...
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Malaysian deal for Raytheon
Raytheon is maintaining its position in the super-midsize business jet market at Asian Aerospace 2000 with a sale announcement. Shipbuilding and hotel magnate Dato' Amin Shah bin Omar Shah, chairman of Malaysian industrial giant Business Focus has placed his faith in Raytheon jets for the fifth time with an ...
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HUD guidance system certificate for Challenger
Rockwell Collins Flight Dynamics and Bombardier Aerospace have jointly announced that the head-up-display guidance system (HGS) on the Challenger 604 business jet has been granted an FAA supplemental type certificate (STC). The Flight Dynamics system on the Challenger 604 offers a 'full flight regime' display, usable for takeoff, climb, ...
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Ibis JV makes debut with multi-role single
Mark Hannant It's the aviation equivalent of the imagined offspring of Vaclav Havel and 'Ah Mei': half Czech poet, half Taiwanese songstress. The Ae270 is the first fruit of the union of Czech airframe manufacturer Aero Vodochody and Aerospace Industrial Development (AIDC) of Taiwan. The Ae270 - the ...
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Fast-track management for turbine engines
'Solutions in seconds' - that is the claim from JenaNet.Com (Stand D434) an internet-based company which has developed a turbine engine data management system. Since turbine engines are complex they are costly to support and manage. With increasing workloads and expanding fleets the pressure is on airlines to contain ...
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Litening passes operational testing and evaluation
Alan Peaford Northrop Grumman's Electronic Sensors and Systems Sector (ES3) has successfully completed operational testing and evaluation of its Litening II production pods at the Air National Guard (ANG) and Air Force Reserve Test Center in Tucson, Arizona. The Test Center received the Litening II Precision Attack Targeting ...
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Radar homes in on new international customer
Singapore is set to be only the second international customer to receive the Longbow millimetric wave radar for the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter. In a $25.9-million contract, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are to outfit the Republic of Singapore's AH-64Ds as they are delivered from 2002 onwards. ...
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AH-64 grounded
The US Army has grounded its entire fleet of AH-64 Apache attack helicopters until inspections for possible problems with rotor pins are carried out. The fleet consists of 743 helicopters. Each of the aircraft has eight rotor pins and the aircraft will be unable to fly until inspections and ...
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Bombardier forges ahead in Asia-Pacific
Mike Martin Bombardier Aerospace has enjoyed a record year for deliveries and is heading for a profitable year, John Lawson, president, sales said at the show yesterday. The Canadian manufacturer has "assumed a leadership role" in Asia-Pacific, he says. "We have 50 business aircraft operating in the area ...
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Life's a Beechjet for Raytheon
Raytheon aircraft is at Asian Aerospace 2000 with a line up of jet turboprop aircraft for business and special mission use. Highlighting the company's presence is the Beechjet 400A light business jet, a fast and roomy aircraft that has a proven record for corporate use and special mission roles. ...