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Asians sign up for Trent work
A memorandum of understanding for a proposed joint venture to undertake Trent engine overhaul and maintenance in Asia- Pacific has been signed by Rolls-Royce, Singapore Airlines Engineering (SIAEC) and Hong Kong Aero Engines Services (HAESL). HAESL, a joint venture between R-R and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering, is the only ...
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FAA seeks further FANS funding
The US Federal Aviation Administration is seeking Congressional approval to divert more than $100 million in 1998 funding towards future air navigation system (FANS) modernisation of US air traffic control centres (ATCCs), following complaints that it was not moving fast enough. Funding is needed to upgrade 20 US continental ...
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Westland looks east for secondhand sales
GKN Westland is exploring the potential of the Asia-Pacific market for resale of secondhand UK Ministry of Defence tactical helicopters now becoming available. British Army Air Corps Westland Lynx AH7s and Royal Navy Westland Sea King HAS5/6s will become available for export as significant numbers of the types are ...
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HAL discusses regional aircraft production links
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) is discussing with aircraft manufacturers a co-production tie-up on a turboprop regional aircraft and, later, a similar link for a 100 seat airliner, to meet expected demand for over 200 such aircraft in India over the next 10 years. HAL chairman Dr Krishnadas Nair says that ...
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RSAF closes on attack helicopter choice
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has narrowed its choice of new attack helicopter to the Boeing AH-64D Apache, Denel CSH-2 Rooivalk and Eurocopter Tiger. Singapore seems determined to press on with an attack helicopter programme, despite neighbouring Malaysia deferring any decision on its planned procurement to at ...
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Boeing aims for MD-17 launch
Boeing hopes to launch the MD-17 Commercial Globemaster by the end of 1998 and has begun briefing airlines, cargo specialists and handling agents for the first time after receiving the go-ahead from the Commercial Airplane Group. The company kicked off its marketing effort at Asian Aerospace and predicts an ...
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Australia prepares corporate tender
The Australian Government is poised to issue a request for tenders (RFT) for the supply of up to nine aircraft of various types to replace a fleet of Boeing, Cessna, Dassault and Raytheon aircraft operated by the Royal Australian Air Force. The package, which could include up to three ...
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Phazotron brings Flogger upgrades to market
Russian radar design house Phazotron is pushing for radar upgrades for the Mikoyan MiG-23 Flogger, and has held preliminary talks with several countries, including Vietnam. The upgrade would give the ability to carry the Vympel R-77 (AA-12 Adder) active radar guided medium range air to air missile. Phazotron, with ...
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Philippines will ask for new fighter bids
The Philippines is expected to issue a request for bids (RFB) for up to 24 fighter aircraft by the end of March, with a potential supplier to be selected by the middle of the year. The Philippines air force is in desperate need of combat aircraft to replace its ...
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RAAF works to extend F/A-18 life until 2010
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is working toward a full definition of its planned F/A-18A/B Hornet upgrade by the third quarter of this year, the aim of which is to extend the aircraft's combat effectiveness until 2010. The upgrade programme, say sources close to the project, is likely ...
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Honeywell and Racal reveal new satcom
Honeywell and Racal have revealed details of an advanced satellite communications (satcom) system offering up to seven channels of voice/data. The MCS-7000 is being developed for use with Inmarsat spacecraft and will be available in April 1999, says the company. The MCS-7000 will offer Aero-H, Aero-H plus, or Aero-I ...
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USA could buy Thai F/A-18s
The US Government may offer to acquire Thailand's eight unwanted Boeing F/A-18C/D fighters, now in production, unless a foreign buyer can be found for the aircraft or a satisfactory arrangement can be reached on either cancelling or deferring the $392 million order. US sources suggest that the scheme is ...
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Sukhoi gears up for Chinese tests
Sukhoi is expected to begin test flights in mid-1998 of a modified variant of its Su-27 Flanker air superiority fighter intended for the Chinese air force. Russian sources say that an Su-27 airframe produced by the Komsomolsk on Amur factory has been fitted with a variant of the Phazotron ...
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Commercial close-ups
Russia's Kometa remote sensing satellite, launched as Cosmos 2349 aboard a Soyuz booster from Baikonur on 17 February, is producing 2m and 10m resolution panchromatic images - such as this view of the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt - which are commercially available from Sovinformsputnik, Moscow. The company has ...
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Comets satellite stranded in wrong orbit after shutdown
Tim Furniss/LONDON The $360 million Japanese Communications and Broadcasting Engineering Test Satellite, Comets, was stranded in low Earth orbit on 21 February when the LE-5 second stage engine of its H-2 launch vehicle shut down prematurely. The second stage was 44s into a planned 192s burn to place ...
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DERA and MMS link for ion propulsion
The UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) and Matra Marconi Space (MMS) have formed a strategic alliance to develop and market ion propulsion technology for spacecraft. Ion propulsion - which has already been employed on some international spacecraft for attitude control and orbit station-keeping - employs inert xenon ...
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NASA delays ISS launches as it re-jigs schedules
NASA has admitted that the launch of the first components of the International Space Station (ISS) in June and July have been delayed until August and September. The space agency will ask Russia to delay the Proton launch of the Control Module. This had been planned for 30 June ...
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Lockheed works
Lockheed Martin has invested $10 million in the Kistler Aerospace project to develop a re-usable launcher system, by providing the booster assembly operations. The company has also initiated a $330 million contract from the US Air Force to integrate spacecraft on to 20 Titan IV and five Titan II boosters. ...
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Corporate Aircraft
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON The mood in the business aviation community is upbeat. With aircraft orders predicted to rise over the next 10 years, aircraft manufacturers are buoyant. AlliedSignal's 1997 Aviation Market Outlook has done nothing to dampen this fever, predicting a rise in business aircraft sales until 2008 - with ...
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AIA 98 FINALIST: Rockwell Collins (Avionics)
There is little doubt that liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are the way forward for today's increasingly sophisticated cockpits, offering serious gains in size and weight, as well as lower power use over the existing cathode ray tube (CRT). To date, however, the LCD has largely been sidelined into non-critical applications ...