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Soyuz RD-1700 engines for MiG-AT expected this year
MAPO plans to install Soyuz RD-1700 engines in the MiG-AT advanced trainer by early next year. The two MiG-ATs involved in the flight test programme are powered by French-built Snecma/Turboméca Larzac 04R20 turbofans. The MiG-AT is competing with the Yak/Aermacchi Yak-130 to replace around a thousand Russian air force ...
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US Army scraps 'smart' MLRS
One of two research programmes aimed at creating a smart weapon from the non-precision Lockheed Martin-built Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) has been terminated because of funding constraints, says the US Army. The MLRS Smart Tactical Rocket (MSTAR)programme would have modified the weapon to carry two Northrop Grumman brilliant ...
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EADS woos Alenia with fighter plan
Andy Nativi/GENOA Andrew Doyle/MUNICH European Aeronautic, Defense and Space (EADS) is proposing the creation of a new European military aircraft company (EMAC). The strategy is part of a bid to outflank BAE Systems to land a merger deal with Alenia Aerospazio, the largest European aerospace concern not yet committed to ...
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Australian 'mega-merger' proposed
Australia's Defence, Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) has proposed a domestic "mega-merger" of international defence and aerospace firms operating in the Australian defence market. The proposal has been put to Australian Defence Industries, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Systems, Tenix Defence Systems and Thomson-CSF. All six are being asked to respond ...
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Hyundai move sets back BAE's Korean Aerospace ambitions
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE A BAE Systems plan to take a stake in Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) by acquiring one of the companies involved in the merger appears to have been thwarted. South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai Motor is poised to acquire Hyundai Space & Aircraft's one-third stake in the newly created ...
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China Airlines and EVA emerge from Asia's downturn
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI Taiwan's two largest carriers have reported a financially sound 1999. China Airlines (CAL) pulled out of the Asian downturn and posted a pre-tax profit after making a loss a year earlier, and rival EVA Air turned in healthy net earnings. CAL's $91 million pre-tax profit compares with ...
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Schweizer denial
Schweizer Aircraft, the pioneering family-held US light helicopter manufacturer, is not for sale, says president Paul Schweizer. His denial follows the mysterious distribution of a prospectus which indicates that the Elmira, New York-based concern seeks a buyer. Source: Flight International
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BM acts as US/UK bilateral talks fail
Chris Jasper/LONDON Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Airlines in the UK and USA are coming to terms with the failure of bilateral air services talks. British Midland (BM) - worst hit by the collapse of negotiations - has responded by filing a joint codeshare application with partner United Airlines that suggests it ...
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Roman legion
If Rome's rule once galvanised the European continent and gave it a sense of purpose, culture and identity, the Italian capital's role in determining the futures of Europe's two emerging aerospace and defence empires is also likely to be a central one. For Rome is being courted by Europe's two ...
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Cleaning up the act
The increasing risk to spacecraft from debris is causing concern in the space industry Tim Furniss/LONDON Space debris is a perennial problem. About 8,700 man-made objects larger than tennis balls - of which only about 700 are operational satellites - can be tracked in Earth orbit. Of these, ...
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MD Explorer makes news with Japanese sale
MD Helicopters (MDHI) has sold a twin-engined MD Explorer to Japan's Asahi Shinbun Press. The single-pilot instrument flight rules-certificated helicopter, equipped with a global positioning system, traffic collision avoidance system, e-mail and data fax facilities, will be delivered to Japan's second largest newspaper later this year. Mesa, Arizona-based MDHI has ...
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CarterCopter rebuilds for new flight tests
CarterCopter, the Texas-based maker of a proof-of-concept hybrid autogyro and fixed-wing aircraft, is rebuilding and modifying the prototype after it crash-landed on its twelfth flight. The innovative gyroplane, designed by company president Jay Carter, is designed to take off and land vertically and fly at low speeds like a ...
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Eurocopter delays EC145 sales effort
Eurocopter has put back commercial sales of its EC145 medium-twin utility helicopter for around 12 months, until the production backlog, totalling 40 machines for the French security forces, has been cleared. Advertising and promotion of the Turboméca Arriel 2E1-powered machine has also been delayed temporarily. Eurocopter president Siegfried Sobotta ...
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Helipro unveils hot-and-high Huey development
Helipro Completions has unveiled a new low-cost Bell UH-1H helicopter upgrade aimed at civil and military operators looking for enhanced hot-and-high performance. The Huey 703 has been developed as a joint venture between Airwork of New Zealand, which owns 50% of Helipro, and Global Helicopter Technology. It uses the ...
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Fractional ownership to be a click away
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON TransJet.com, an Internet-based business aircraft and helicopter fractional ownership venture believed to be the first of its kind, will start operations on 15 February in the USA. The operation, owned by 3wVentures.com, a California-based Internet funding subsidiary of venture capitalist Web Capital of Florida, plans to launch ...
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Mobil offers full compensation over fuel contamination
Mobil Oil Australia has offered all its avgas customers full compensation for direct business and personal losses caused by ethylene diamine fuel contamination in January. By 3 February about 1,000 of the 5,000 grounded piston-engined aircraft had been restored to service. Compensation was offered to commercial aircraft owners or ...
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Comair addition
Comair Jet Express, the Cincinnati-based business aircraft charter and management division of Delta Connection airline subsidiary Comair, has added a Bombardier Challenger 604 and a Learjet 60 to its fleet of four. Source: Flight International
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US distributor first to order Socata TB GT
Julian Moxon/TARBES Socata has launched its TB Generation Two (TB GT) range of light aircraft with a major US order for 79 aircraft. The deal, signed with recently appointed West Coast distributor New Avex, includes up to 10 TBM700 single-engined turboprops. The Aerospatiale Matra general aviation subsidiary has also ...
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Millennium Singles
Cessna has unveiled a limited-edition range of piston singles, covering the 172 Skyhawk SP, 182 Skylane, 206 Stationair and Turbo Stationair lines. Key features of the Millennium Edition aircraft will include a redesigned interior with leather seats; exterior striping schemes and Honeywell Bendix/King KLN 94 instrument flight rules global positioning ...
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Executives to go in Argentine rescue
Guy Norris/BUENOS AIRES Paul Lews/WASHINGTON DC Aerolineas Argentinas' majority owner SEPI will present a new business plan to the Argentine Government to revive the financially ailing carrier. This follows SEPI's rejection of American Airlines parent AMR's restructuring proposal and the removal of key US national managers. The airline's ...