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First stage
The main cryogenic stage for the Ariane 502 mission has left Aerospatiale's Les Mureaux factory en route to the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana for the critical test flight due officially for September (Flight International, 23-29 April). Source: Flight International
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Outrider defended as testing resumes
Flight-testing of the problem-stricken Alliant Techsystems Outrider tactical unmanned air vehicle (UAV) has resumed, with a strong endorsement from a senior US Department of Defense (DoD) procurement official, despite the threat of cancellation hanging over the programme. The first of the additional flights, which took place on 3 ...
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King Air exhausted
Commuter Air Technology of Scottsdale, Arizona, has developed a streamlined exhaust-gas extractor for the Raytheon Beech King Air 200/B200 series, which it says eliminates "cracking problems" associated with the original design. Source: Flight International
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Innotech expands
Innotech Aviation has announced a C$11.5 million ($8.3 million) expansion of its Montreal business-aircraft maintenance and interior-refurbishment centre. Source: Flight International
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Boeing targets IT
Alan Mullally, president of Boeing Defense and Space Group, says that the company is aiming for one-third of its business to be based in information technology. Boeing has already taken a 10% stake in Teledesic, a joint venture with Microsoft and telecommunications guru Craig McCaw. Source: ...
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Indian separation
Alan Mullally, president of Boeing Defense and Space Group, says that the company is aiming for one-third of its business to be based in information technology. Boeing has already taken a 10% stake in Teledesic, a joint venture with Microsoft and telecommunications guru Craig McCaw. Source: ...
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Missile defence
The US Department of Defense has awarded two $8 million contracts for the concept definition study phase of the National Missile Defense (NMD) Lead Systems Integrator programme. Boeing North American received one award. The other went to United Missile Defense Company, a joint venture involving Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and TRW. ...
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French KC-135R
Boeing has delivered the first of three KC-135Rs to the French air force. The aircraft, re-engined with CFM International CFM56 turbofans, join 11 re-engined C-135FR tankers. Source: Flight International
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Tracor deal
Tracor subsidiary GDE Systems has received a $15.5 million US Marine Corps contract to supply three deployable ground-stations to exploit imagery from the electro-optical reconnaissance system planned for the McDonnell Douglas F-18. Source: Flight International
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More U-125s on order
Kanematsu has ordered four additional Raytheon U-125A search-and-rescue aircraft for delivery to the Japan Air Self-Defence Force in 1999. Five of the modified Hawker 800s are already in service. Source: Flight International
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Australian shortlist
British Aerospace Australia, an Elta/Elisra team, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon E-Systems and Rockwell-ASTA Defence (now part of Boeing) have been shortlisted to supply electric-warfare equipment for a range of Australian Defence Force aircraft. A request for tenders to supply self-protection systems for the General Dynamics F-111, Lockheed Martin C-130J, ...
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Jetstream SAR
The Hong Kong Government Flying Service (GFS) has ordered two new Aero International (Regional) Jetstream 41 multi-purpose patrol aircraft for delivery in 1998, as a replacement for its Raytheon Beechcraft King Air 200Cs. The aircraft will be used mainly in the search-and-rescue (SAR). The $18 million deal includes equipping the ...
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Stage 3 testing starts
Burbank Aeronautical II has begun flight testing its Stage 3 hushkit for the Pratt &Whitney JT3D-powered Boeing 707. The tests should finish in August, with US Federal Aviation Administration certification due in September. Source: Flight International
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Frontier talks
Low-cost Colorado-based carriers Frontier and Western Pacific Airlines are in discussions over a possible merger, to enable them to compete more effectively with United Airlines. Source: Flight International
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Great Lakes cuts
Great Lakes Aviation, which resumed limited services in late May after a voluntarily grounding of its aircraft, is to scale back operations. The Minneapolis, Minnesota-based regional will not resume service as United Express to eight cities, citing "economic factors", while its agreement with Midway Airlines, as Midway Connection, has been ...
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Bulgaria In
Eurocontrol has accepted Bulgaria as its 26th member nation on the basis of the country's programme to improve the Sofia flight-information region's air traffic-control infrastructure. Source: Flight International
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Brasilia engine fire
A SkyWest Brasilia suffered starboard-engine power loss and fire when climbing through 2,000ft (700m) out of San Diego, California, on 21 May, the US National Transportation Safety Board reports. The propeller auto-feathered and the fire was extinguished using both fire bottles. The crew made a safe, flapless landing at NAS ...