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US Army launches kinetic missile programme
The US Army is launching a Compact Kinetic Energy Missile (CKEM) technology demonstration programme that could provide the US military with the next-generation hypervelocity missile that can be fired from helicopters and armoured vehicles. The CKEM would be smaller, lighter and faster than the Line of Sight Anti-Tank (LOSAT) ...
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Contracts
Canadian Marconi has won a C$4.9 million ($3.4 million) contract from Eurocopter Germany to supply CMA-806A Doppler navigation systems for retrofit to German navy GKN Westland Sea King Mk41 helicopters. Deliveries are due to start in mid-year. The Spanish army has awarded Boeing a contract to upgrade five CH-47C Chinooks ...
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South Korea deploys anti-radar UAV
South Korea has deployed the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Harpy anti-radiation unmanned air vehicle (UAV) and is on the verge of placing another order. Any additional purchase could include developed versions of the ground-launched system. The South Korean army purchased 100 Harpys in a deal valued at about $50 ...
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JSF office sets March target for design specification
The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme office plans to issue Boeing and Lockheed Martin with final design specifications by March, clearing the way for the conclusive Preferred Weapon System Concept (PWSC) tendering process to begin. Release of the final operational requirements document (ORD) was due in December, but was ...
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An-70 funding
Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma has issued an order to support the country's aircraft industry. About $350 million is to be allocated in the 2000 state budget to produce five Antonov An-70 propfan transports and 25 Progress/Motor Sich D-27 engines. Building production standard aircraft will allow the completion of certification flying, ...
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NMD test to be tougher
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC A second "hit-to-kill" National Missile Defence (NMD) flight test, set for 18 January by the US Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO), will be technically more challenging than the first last October. The first successful intercept test, IFT-3, was primarily to demonstrate the hit-to-kill capability of ...
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UK issues parallel invitations to tender for Spectator
Two parallel invitations to tender (ITT) for the risk reduction phase of the Spectator unmanned air vehicle (UAV) requirement have been issued by the UK Ministry of Defence. The two ITTs cover "potential programmes" for the supply of an aircraft to emulate a UAV and a radar to "provide ...
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Proposal to rescue InterCanadian fails
A plan to rescue InterCanadian Airlines, grounded since 27 November, has collapsed. Its originator, a union-backed investment fund, has found that the regional carrier owes more money than first believed. The Quebec Solidarity Fund says InterCanadian is a "financial disaster with debt of about C$45 million" ($31 million). It ...
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Mergers
Menzies Transport Services (MTS) has acquired the London Heathrow cargo-handling facility of Aer Lingus, with a 10-year contract to handle the airline's cargo there. Austrian Airlines, Olympic Airways and Air Algerie are other customers. MTS is the second largest cargo handler at Heathrow. Acquisitive Smiths Industries of the UK is ...
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KAI joint bid
BAE Systems and Boeing are in advanced talks on possibly merger of their bids to buy a 30% stake in Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI). The two have been shortlisted as foreign investors alongside a joint Lockheed Martin/Aerospatiale Matra/Carlyle bid. BAE says it is "exploring all possibilities". Source: Flight International
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FRA's NJS move will power plans for Asia expansion
Government flying services specialist FR Aviation of the UK hopes to expand into South-East Asia and Australasia through its A$62 million ($40.6 million) purchase of National Jet Systems (NJS). But it says it has no plans to divest itself of Adelaide-based NJS' civil operations. National Jets Italia, British Airways' planned ...
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Big two neck and neck
Airbus' sales put Boeing in the shade last year, as their order backlogs swung into equilibrium Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON The airliner order and production cycles reached significant points on the graph during 1999, with output peaking but global demand in descent. Airbus Industrie's order performance was its second best ever, ...
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Jobs to go as Primex shakes up Redmond aerospace division
US ordnance and propulsion specialist Primex Technologies is to restructure its Redmond, Washington-based Aerospace & Electronics division, cutting the 770-strong workforce by 10%. Primex, which was formed when Olin spun off its ordnance and aerospace divisions, says its Redmond operation "has not kept up with the competition in terms ...
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Raytheon divests simulation business to fast-growing L-3
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Raytheon has agreed to sell its flight simulation business for $160 million to diversified electronics supplier L-3 Communications. The sale is part of a previously announced restructuring aimed at improving struggling US defence electronics giant Raytheon's financial performance. New York-based L-3 is also buying the Space ...
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R-R and AVIC sign collaboration deal
Rolls-Royce and Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) have signed a five-year agreement to collaborate in aero-engine research and development work. Joint projects will focus on high-pressure (HP), core engine and system integration technologies. The new contract extends the co-operation with AVIC begun by the former BMW R-R, now wholly ...
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Sharp focus
If 1999 was the year of the aerospace mega-merger, the first few weeks of 2000 have produced more than enough evidence to suggest that the consolidation craze is not over yet. But while Boeing's purchase of Hughes Electronics' satellite business and Thomson-CSF's swoop for the UK's Racal are both multi-billion ...
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Marketplace
Atlas Air has signed an aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) lease contract with China Southern Airlines for a Boeing 747 freighter which will begin later in the first quarter. Flight International's sister on-line news service Air Transport Intelligence reports that Krasnoyarsk Airlines' (Kras Air) plans to acquire up to ...
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FutureFlight Central opens for business
NASA's FutureFlight Central, the world's first full-scale virtual airport control tower, has "opened for business" and is preparing to host a variety of customers ranging from airport and certification authorities to manufacturers. Formally opened last month, the $10 million site was jointly funded by NASA's Advanced Air Transportation Technologies ...
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Disaster ditching
An Avisto Shorts 360-300 ditched in the sea on approach to Marsa el Brega, northern Libya, on 13 January. Loss of power in both engines had been reported by the captain. As Flight International went to press, there were 19 survivors among the 41 people on board. The aircraft was ...
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ANA assists latest Japanese regional
All Nippon Airlines (ANA) will provide operational assistance to Japan's latest regional newcomer, Fair Inc, as Japan's aviation market continues to liberalise. The agreement comes as Japan's government prepares to drop restrictions on route entry and withdrawal and remove all ticket price controls at the start of February. "The ...