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Leasing companies drop 767-400ER commitments after poor demand
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Leasing companies General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and International Lease Finance (ILFC) have dropped their combined orders for seven Boeing 767-400ERs after failing to find sufficient market interest in the stretched twins. ILFC says it has switched its four remaining -400ER commitments for ...
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DASA reveals EADS structure
Julian Moxon/PARIS Chris Jasper/LONDON DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) has unveiled the proposed organisational structure of the new European Aeronautics, Defense and Space (EADS) company to be formed through the merger of Aerospatiale Matra and Dasa. But the plan could face opposition from British Aerospace, which is concerned about its impact on ...
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Acquisition complete
SAirGroup has completed its purchases of substantial minority stakes in Polish flag carrier LOT and South African Airways (SAA). It will hold 37.6% of Warsaw-based LOT, which becomes a full member of the Qualiflyer Group on 1 January, 2000, and 20% of SAA. Qualiflyer Group carriers and SAA will carry ...
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Greece is offered Eurofighter assembly
Greece has been offered final assembly of the Eurofighter Typhoon as part of the industrial package being proposed for the 60-90 aircraft deal. Athens became the first export customer for the Typhoon when it selected the fighter earlier this year. Negotiations to complete the deal are expected to be ...
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UK plans partial ATC sell-off
David Learmount/LONDONUK air traffic control (ATC) is on course for partial privatisation by the middle of next year, with the government last week announcing plans to put a bill transforming the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) into a "public private partnership" before parliament during the 1999/2000 session. As the government ...
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Guesstimation
Accident investigation is in danger of getting a bad name. The three US authorities - the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - associated with the EgyptAir flight 990 investigation deserve some understanding given the ferocity of the media ...
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Aerostar teams with Dasa on MiG-29
Andrzej Jeziorski/DUBAI Romanian upgrade specialist Aerostar has teamed with Germany's Daimler- Chrysler Aerospace (Dasa) to offer its MiG-29 Sniper upgrade to the Romanian air force. Aerostar's established Israeli partner Elbit is also involved, supplying a similar avionics package to that found in Aerostar's MiG-21 Lancer upgrade. "This upgrade will give ...
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AIDC begins design of IDF trainer
Taiwanese manufacturer Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) has begun preliminary design work on a "downgraded", advanced jet trainer version of its Ching-Kuo Indigenous Defence Fighter (IDF). The programme, known as Derivative IDF, involves removing the cannon to make room for 770kg (1,700lb) of extra fuel, and modifying the belly ...
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Australia confirms multi-stage fighter purchase
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA The Australian Department of Defence has confirmed that it intends to use a multi-stage purchase programme to replace Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F/A-18 and F-111 fighters, with an initial acquisition of new aircraft planned to go to tender as early as 2005. The multi-stage strategy, ...
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RAAF update
Boeing Australia is to upgrade the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) Boeing F/A-18A/Bs. Contract details are expected to be finalised early next year, with the first aircraft to be inducted into the programme next October. The first phase will include new mission computers, an ARC-210 communications suite, global positioning system, ...
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Raytheon wins US Army's tactical trainer contest
Raytheon has won the US army's long-delayed Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (AVCATT) competition - a follow-on to the Close Combat Tactical Trainer (CCTT) programme awarded to Lockheed Martin several years ago. AVCATT and CCTT come under the army's Combined Arms Tactical Trainer programme, which merges manned simulators with ...
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US Navy kicks off satellite study
Four companies have been awarded $700,000 six-month contracts to study concepts for the US Navy's next generation-communication satellite system. Hughes Space and Communications, Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space, Raytheon and Spectrum Astro will develop concepts for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), which is planned to ultimately replace the ...
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Boeing selects Raytheon to develop Super Hornet radar
Boeing has selected Raytheon to develop an active-array radar for the F/A-18E/F. The companies will begin development at their own risk, as the US Navy is not expected to secure funding for the active electronically scanned array (ASEA) upgrade until 2001. The "advance agreement" to begin development of the ...
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JDAM export
The USA has approved the sale of Boeing's Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) to Israel. The $50 million deal will involve delivery of 600-700 kits, allowing the Israeli Air Force to convert dumb bombs into accurate global positioning system directed weapons, plus support. Source: Flight International
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MEADS money unleashed for risk-reduction programme
Lockheed Martin and its team members on the Medium Extended Air Defence System (MEADS) programme, Alenia Marconi Systems and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace, have received $10 million to fund six months of work as a prelude to a three-year risk reduction programme. The money was delayed as Congress debated the need ...
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Nordic four start helicopter hunt
Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden will issue a request for quotation (RFQ) for the Nordic Standard Helicopter Programme (NSHP) on 29 November. The four countries seek a common procurement of a 9-15t helicopter for use in search and rescue, anti-submarine warfare and tactical transport roles. Programme manager Col Mats ...
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Swiss spend
A Raytheon/Thomson-CSF joint venture has won a $101 million deal to provide Phase IV/V of the Swiss FLORAKO air defence system. The deal includes multifunction military radar and monopulse secondary surveillance radars supplied by Thomson-CSF, as well as the modification of military radar sites and integration of the new systems ...
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France paves way for munitions project
France has ordered Raytheon Paveway II and Paveway III guidance kits, allowing it to create laser-guided munitions in conjunction with locally built Mk82/83/84 unguided bombs and BLU-109 penetrator warheads. With test equipment, spares and training, Raytheon says the deal is worth around $100 million. Deliveries are expected to be ...
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Future Rafale studies are unveiled
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRADassault Aviation is exploring enhancements to the low observable features of the Rafale fighter, and a possible future role for the aircraft as an in-flight controller for unmanned aerial combat vehicles. According to Dassault military adviser Paul Marty, studies are also to be carried out to assess a ...
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Prométhée goes to second phase
Julian Moxon/PARIS The French defence ministry and Aerospatiale Matra are discussing the funding of a second phase of the Prométhée research effort to explore the feasibility of a hypersonic air-to-ground missile. The work could include flight testing an experimental vehicle by 2004. The first phase of the three-year programme ...