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Raytheon to supply F-16 training units to Egypt
Raytheon Systems is to supply F-16 unit training devices (UTDs) to the Egyptian air force, under a US Air Force contract worth $26 million. The UTDs have been ordered under an indefinite delivery/indefinite quality contract originally awarded by the USAF in 1996. Under this contract, the air force has ...
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Simcom grows factory training portfolio with Attitudes buy
Graham Warwick WASHINGTON DC Simcom International is expanding its factory-authorised training business with the acquisition of Attitudes International, the exclusive provider of customer training on New Piper Aircraft's Seneca, Saratoga and Malibu light aircraft. Orlando, Florida-based Simcom already provides factory-authorised training for the Pilatus PC-12 single-turboprop utility aircraft ...
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United's $200m expansion continues with 777 installation
United Airlines has installed its fourth Boeing 777 full-flight simulator, as part of a $200 million expansion of its Denver, Colorado, training centre. All four simulators have been produced by Thomson Training &Simulation (TTS). The latest machine, and a fourth TTS-built Airbus A320 simulator to be installed in March next ...
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USAF awards launch contracts
Tim Furniss/LONDON US Air Force Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) contracts, worth $3.03 billion, have been awarded to Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The Boeing award is worth $1.38 billion and covers a contract for 19 Delta IV EELV launches. Rival Lockheed has won a $650 million contract for nine ...
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Endeavour Space Station Shuttle flight faces delay
The Space Shuttle Endeavour STS88 mission to attach the Unity 1 node to the Russian Zarya control module of the International Space Station has been threatened with being delayed from 3 December to later in the month because of potential computer problems. Zarya is due to be launched on a ...
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Mitsubishi becomes Optus C-1 prime
Mitsubishi has become the first Japanese company to win a prime contract to build a communications satellite for an international customer, beating Hughes and France's Alcatel in the final bid. An official announcement is expected soon, confirming the Japanese firm has secured the $312 million contract from Australia's Cable ...
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Russian parliament makes plea for Mir reprieve
The Russian parliament has appealed to President Boris Yeltsin to prevent the premature de-orbiting of the Mir space station next June, until construction of the International Space Station (ISS) has been completed. The termination of the Mir may result in the loss of 100,000 jobs, parliament says. Yuri Baturin, ...
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Astrophysics delay
The Space Shuttle Columbia mission to deploy the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility has been delayed two months from January 1999, to allow more time for payload testing. The delay, and International Space Station snags have jolted the NASA 1999 Shuttle schedule. Source: Flight International
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Bell fits NeoAV
Bell is to fit Rogerson Kratos' NeoAV flat-turbine integrated instrument display system as standard in its Model 427 light twin-turbine helicopter, deliveries of which are scheduled to begin in January. A NeoAV flat-panel electronic flight instrument system is available optionally. Source: Flight International
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Premier Travel
Kansas-based Raytheon Travel Air has ordered 22 Raytheon Premier I entry-level business jets for its fractional ownership programme. The aircraft are scheduled for service entry in 2001. The Wichita, Kansas-based company, believed to be the third largest fractional ownership provider, operates 27 aircraft on behalf of 120 customers, and claims ...
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PATS Falcon 20 APU
The Dassault Falcon 20 has won US certification for a new tail-mounted auxiliary power unit (APU). The aircraft is manufactured by Columbia-based engineering aviation systems Pats. The tail-mounted unit is powered by the Sunstrand T40C9 APU and its prototype installation was performed at Excel Aviation in Denton, Texas. Source: ...
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MMR certification
Rockwell Collins has completed certification of its multimode receiver (MMR) on all Boeing production types, following approval on the 767-300. The MMR combines receivers for the instrument landing, global positioning and optional microwave landing systems. Source: Flight International
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BFGoodrich de-icer
BFGoodrich has announced that it is supplying the pneumatic de-icing system to be added to the vertical tail of Lockheed Martin's C-130J to meet certification requirements. The electronically controlled system incorporates neoprene de-icers, allowing installation over a radar transmitter/receiver. Source: Flight International
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Kaman support
Kaman Aerospace International has begun construction of a 3,000m2 (33,000ft2 ) facility at Nowra, New South Wales, to support the Royal Australian Navy's future fleet of 11 SH-2G(A) Super Seasprite helicopters. The centre, adjacent to the Nowra naval air station, will also house Kaman's Australian programme partners, General Electric, Computer ...
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Sikorsky picks Enovia
Sikorsky has selected IBM/ Dassault Systems' Enovia Product Manager as its company-wide system for bill-of-material and document management, using CATIA design tools. The first programme to use Enovia is the S-92 Helibus helicopter. Source: Flight International
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Airport tag
The US Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a $932,000 contract to Sensis of De Witt, New York, to develop a tagging system for transponder-equipped aircraft operating on airport taxiways and runways. The award could go to $2.5 million if all contract options are exercised. The safety device, which is dubbed ...
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727 shot down
A Congo Airlines Boeing 727-100 (9Q-CSG) crashed on 10 October after take-off from Kindu Airport in the eastern province of Congo after being shot down by unidentified troops. The aircraft was bound for Kinshasa and all 40 passengers and crew on board were killed. Shortly after take-off, the pilot sent ...
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UNI expands
UNI Airways, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based EVA Airways, has acquired four more MD-90s from Boeing to expand its regional route network. The aircraft will be delivered by the end of this year, joining 10 MD-90s . At least three of the aircraft are believed originally to have been ordered by ...
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US cargo group members plan ADS-B tests
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued a supplemental type certification (STC) to II Morrow for installation of equipment to support tests of automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast (ADS-B) systems on several freight aircraft belonging to members of the Cargo Airline Association (CAA) . Three CAA members, Airborne Express, ...
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Aeroflot deal gives a boost to Boeing widebody leases
Aeroflot has concluded a deal with General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) for the lease of four more Boeing 767-300ERs, and has just received its second Boeing 777-200ER on lease from International Lease Finance. The four new 767s will be delivered next year, and replace two 767-300ERs and two Airbus ...