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France and UK fail to sgree guided-bomb framework
Attempts by the French and UK defence ministries to pull together a joint next-generation guided-bomb programme have faltered with the failure of the countries to agree a basic framework for the requirement. France and the UK were exploring the joint release of a request for information (RFI) covering ...
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EJ200 thrust-vector nozzle nears test
Rolls-Royce's Spanish partner on the EJ200 engine for the Eurofighter EF2000 says that it will test a thrust-vectoring nozzle in January 1998. While no decision has been made on fitting the nozzle to the EJ200, R-R says that the device has "excellent potential" to improve the EF2000's manoeuvrability ...
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Hispano-Suiza makes Airbus A3XX first target for new 'scoop' thrust-reverser
Hispano-Suiza has revealed a "new concept" in thrust reversers aimed at high-bypass ratio engines. The new design will be offered for the Airbus A3XX, says the French thrust-reverser company. Claimed to offer a 20% improvement in efficiency over current cascade-type devices, the "scoop" reverser is also safer, says ...
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Daewoo expects 1998 approval for KTX-1
South Korea's Daewoo Heavy Industries expects the Government to give full approval for production of its KTX-1 primary trainer by the end of 1998. The company is now completing its fifth KTX-1 airframe, with the configuration effectively similar to that of a production-standard aircraft. The South Korean air ...
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Europe 0, USA 1
Airbus Industrie v Boeing; Boeing v Airbus. British Aerospace (BAe) with Lockheed Martin; Lockheed Martin perhaps with Airbus. Embraer perhaps with Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) If there has been a theme to the 1997 Paris air show, it is that of transatlantic relations, good and bad. It is ...
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Trial separation over London
Sir - Media attention has focused on the UK Civil Aviation Authority's plans to reduce separation on final approach at Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted airports in the UK. This attention followed publication in Transmit, the Journal of the Guild of Air Traffic Control Officers (GATCO), of a report ...
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Marketplace
++ Monarch Airlines has firmed up its letters of intent for two Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered Airbus A330-200s, and two International Aero Engines V2500-powered A321-200s. Monarch, which already operates a fleet of 12 Airbuses, will take delivery of the new aircraft from March 1999. ++ Rheintalflug has placed an order with ...
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Dasa's LFK develops NH90 missile warner
The LFK missiles division of Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) has been selected by Eurocopter Deutschland and the NATO Helicopter Management Agency (NAHEMA) to install its missile-launch detection system (MILDS) on the NH Industries NH90 helicopter. The contract to develop and adapt the MILDS AN/AAR-60 system to the NH90 is ...
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Augustine warns European firms
Lockheed Martin chairman Norman Augustine has warned that transatlantic alliances, including long-term ambitions for links with Airbus, cannot progress until European industry has freed itself from government ownership. "Privatisation is absolutely essential to building partnerships across the Atlantic-You cannot have alliances between private and public companies," says Augustine. ...
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Sabena selects Avros and Airbuses to replace 737s
Sabena is to order a mix of Aero International (Regional) Avro RJ100s and Airbus A319s and A320s by the end of 1997 to replace its 14 Boeing 737-200s, according to Air Transport Intelligence (ATI), the new Reed Aerospace news and data service . The electronic news service, formally ...
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Bombardier studies corporate gap
Bombardier chairman Laurent Beaudoin has revealed that the group's next priority is to plug the gap in its business-jet range between the Learjet 60 and Canadair Challenger 604. Beaudoin says that a new-aircraft programme is "under study", and that the group will make an announcement in "the near ...
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Lockheed Martin rules out A3XX equity stake
Airbus Industrie efforts to persuade Lockheed Martin to take a stake in the A3XX high-capacity widebody passenger aircraft have failed for the time being, with the US company effectively ruling out taking an equity stake in the project. Micky Blackwell, president and chief executive of Lockheed Martin's Aeronautics ...
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The great escape
An SSTL-built satellite made history in 1996 as the first officially registered surviving victim of a space-debris impact. The Cerise microsatellite bus, made for Alcatel Espace and the French ministry of defence, was launched into a 700km polar orbit in July 1995, riding piggyback on the Ariane 40 ...
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Model performers
The Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards were presented at the Meridien Hotel in Paris on 17 June amid the glamour of an exclusive fashion show Mikhail Simonov of Sukhoi Design Bureau accepts the Military Aviation award from Gina McAllister of Sikorsky Aircraft Michael Harrington (right) of Saab ...
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Propulsion pioneers
SSTL is also engaged in the development of its own spacecraft-propulsion system. The company has recognised that the lack of an on-board propulsion system has prevented it from exploiting fully the potential of its micro/minisatellite fleet. The company has certainly pioneered the use of small craft to conduct ...
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British Airways
The Cranfield School of Management has awarded an honorary MBA degree to British Airways chairman Sir Colin Marshall in recognition of his "distinguished contribution to business and aviation". Sir Colin was named chairman after ten years with British Airways, and in May this year was elected president of the Confederation ...
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Apprentices have earned licences
Sir - I was pleased that Jim McKenna, UK Civil Aviation Authority head of engineer licensing, responded to my letter on European Joint Aviation Requirement (JAR)-66 aircraft maintenance basic licences (AMBL) (Flight International, 11-17 June, P144)) -although the point of my letter was missed. I was not highlighting ...
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Bombardier aims for European fractions
Bombardier Business Aircraft is working towards the setting up of a European fractional-ownership programme to accompany the US-based FlexJet operation created by its joint-venture company Business JetSolutions, according to company president Michael Graff. "The European market is slightly different, and we are evaluating what the customer requirement there ...
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Pratt & Whitney pushes claims for AE31X with PW6000 plan
Pratt & Whitney has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) as part of efforts to bolster its chances of having the PW6000 selected for the Sino-European AE31X regional-jet programme. The US company says that "discussions are under way on what parts and ...