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US aerospace industry shows first signs of steady growth in five years
The US aerospace industry ended 1996 with increases in sales, orders and its workforce, representing the first rise in fortunes since the recession began in 1991. The improvement is expected to be followed by further growth in 1997, according to the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA). At ...
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AmWest slow-down
America West Airlines is scaling back its two-year expansion plan because of a rise in the cost of leasing aircraft. The airline had planned to increase capacity by up to 29% over the next few years, but says that a growth to 24% is more likely. A maximum of three ...
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BAfrees USAir and prepares to intensify American fight
British Airways has finally agreed to sever its partnership with USAir, putting its shareholding in the US carrier up for sale and planning to draw the marketing alliance to a close by April. The news increases pressure on BA to push through its new alliance with American Airlines, ...
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Aerospatiale and Dassault beat deadline
Aerospatiale and Dassault have agreed on the second stage of their merger - meeting the Government's 1 January deadline for agreement on the basic structure of the company. In a deal signed in December, the presidents of both companies signed a protocol under which the main elements of ...
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Continental calls halt to merger talks
CONTINENTAL Airlines says that it has broken off merger talks with rival air carriers, believed to include Delta Air Lines. In a message to employees, Gordon Bethune, Continental's chairman and chief executive , disclosed that the fifth-ranked US airline had recently undertaken "preliminary" merger discussions with "many different ...
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Dash 8-400 cash
Bombardier has won C$57 million ($42 million) from the Canadian Government in repayable launch aid for the 70-seat stretched -400 version of the de Havilland Dash 8. Bombardier and the government of Ottawa will fund C$400 million of the development cost, with the remaining C$200 million coming from risk-sharing partners, ...
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Racal close to clinching Aerad deal
Racal Avionics is in advanced talks with British Airways over the acquisition of the airline's wholly owned flight-documentation subsidiary Aerad. Racal provides worldwide navigation data for flight-management systems and sees Aerad's business as complementary. The UK avionics company declines to confirm that the talks are taking ...
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Too big, Mac?
The danger for the Europeans and the rest of the world's industry in Boeing's absorption of McDonnell Douglas (MDC) lies in believing that Boeing has trumped them for good. Yes, Boeing has - at a stroke - made itself the most powerful aircraft manufacturer in the world. That is not ...
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Hughes wins AIM-9X
Hughes has won its battle with Raytheon to provide the US Navy and US Air Force with replacement short- range air-to-air dogfight missiles. The US Naval Air Systems Command, which led the AIM-9X, selected the Hughes Evolved Sidewinder bid, a decision which provoked confusion and consternation among the ...
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Brazil chooses Elbit for AL-X avionics
Elbit has been selected to supply the mission avionics for Brazil's AL-X light-attack aircraft now under development. The Israeli company beat off competition from France's Sextant Avionique and GEC-Marconi of the UK for the contract, which is now being negotiated, according to engineering director Luis Carlos Affonso. ...
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US Navy receives SLAM-ERs
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) delivered the first of up to 700 Stand-off Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) weapons to the US Navy on 17 December. Flight-testing of the SLAM-ER is scheduled to begin in February using a MDC F-18. Five development flights have been planned. The first fully guided test against ...
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Embraer will offer an early-warning variant of EMB-145
Embraer plans to offer an airborne early-warning (AEW) variant of the EMB-145 regional jet following the Brazilian Government's decision to use the twinjet instead of the EMB-120 turboprop as the platform for the Ericsson Erieye phased-array radar under the SIVAM Amazon surveillance contract. The Brazilian manufacturer is negotiating ...
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F-18E/F flight tests resume after GE cures compressor
FLIGHT TESTING OF the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-18E/F Super Hornet has resumed after engine manufacturer General Electric developed a cure for a compressor failure in the F414 which halted flying in November (Flight International, 4-10 December, 1996, P14). GE has reverted to an earlier design of fixed stator ...
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UK funds Tornado replacement study
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to launch the feasibility study for the replacement of its Panavia Tornado GR4s. The French defence ministry is also funding elements of the project in a clear indication that it has an embryonic requirement for a strike aircraft to complement the Dassault Rafale. ...
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Poland's upgraded Iryda I-22 jet trainer prototype is 'ready to fly'
Polish aircraft manufacturer PZL-Mielec says that it is ready to test-fly an upgraded prototype of the I-22 jet trainer. Iryda chief designer Marek Potapowicz says that an aircraft incorporating the first stage of a range of proposed airframe and avionics improvements is ready for flight-testing. The ...
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Two more Ilyushin Il-76MFs will be tested
A further two Ilyushin Il-76MFs (upgrades of the basic Il-76 Candid military transport) are expected to join the flight-test programme in the first quarter of this year, with the manufacturer hopeful that the Russian air force will place an early order for at least another ten aircraft. The ...
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Sweden approves order for third Gripen batch
The Swedish parliament has approved an order for a third batch of Saab JAS39 Gripen fighter-bombers. The four-squadron order was cleared on 13 December as part of Sweden's new five-year defence strategy, but the exact number of aircraft has not yet been fixed. According to Saab, Batch 3 ...
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South Korea seeks funding for Black Hawk production
SOUTH Korea's armed forces are seeking funding in fiscal year 1998 to further extend licence-manufacturing of the Sikorsky UH-60P Black Hawk helicopter at Korean Air's Aerospace division. The Army is understood to be discussing ordering a third batch of between 60 and 80 UH-60 utility machines from Korean ...
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Nautilus laser gun to be deployed in 1998
The prototype of the Nautilus laser gun may be deployed in northern Israel as early as 1998. TRW and the US Department of Defense are close to concluding a $90 million development contract for the system. Israeli companies will act as subcontractors to TRW, and the Israeli Government ...
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SAAF C-130 upgrade
Denel and Marshall Aero-space of the UK are teaming to upgrade South African Air Force (SAAF) Lockheed C-130 Hercules airlifters, including five aircraft being provided to the SAAF by the US Department of Defense. The first two US aircraft are ex-US Navy C-130Fs; the other three are ex-USAF C-130Bs. The ...