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JSF will save billions, claims Kaminiski
Up to $76 billion in development and operational costs could be saved by developing the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), says US Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition and technology under secretary, Paul Kaminski. Of the total, some $60 billion in life-cycle costs would be saved, said Kaminski, speaking at ...
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The tangled web
As free flight comes closer to reality, all parties involved in the concept find the final details difficult to agree. Julian Moxon and Kevin O'Toole/AMSTERDAM Few concepts have caught the aviation industry's collective imagination as strongly as that of "free flight". The prospect of aircrews being able ...
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CNS/ATM programmes in Europe
PROGRAMME FOR HARMONISED AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT RESEARCH IN EURO-CONTROL (PHARE) Aimed at demonstrating the feasibility and merits of a future air-to-ground integrated air-traffic-management system in all phases of flight. Now part of Euro-control's European Air Traffic Management System initiative. The last of three demonstrations in 1998 will include ...
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The big turnaround
A pilot shortage may be about to bite, but the major carriers are likely to be unaffected Karen Walker/ATLANTA It seemed almost impossible three years ago, but the airline pilot is a wanted commodity again. In the USA, it is believed that almost every major airline will ...
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Boeing adds to sales of corporate 737-700
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Boeing Business Jets has sold a corporate 737-700 to an unidentified customer. The order marks the first outside sale for the joint venture formed by Boeing and General Electric in July to market the new-generation 737 as a long-range business jet. GE launched the ...
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Automobile engine growth motors on
Rapid growth in the use of modified automobile engines to power amateur-built aircraft was a key feature of this year's US Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Copperstate Fly-In which, was held at Phoenix, Arizona, on 10-13 October. Tucson, Arizona-based SWAG Aeromotive proved the fuel economy of its modified Geo ...
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AlliedSignal puts GPS on the Internet
AlliedSignal Aerospace has introduced a system, which allows operators of its Bendix/King global-positioning system (GPS) products to download database updates via the Internet, rather than waiting for them to arrive on diskettes or cartridges. All GPS-based navigation systems require regular updates of the database to remain current, particularly ...
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Raytheon raises turboprop output rates
Raytheon Aircraft says that deliveries of turboprop aircraft increased in the third quarter, and it expects full-year shipments of all aircraft types to exceed its 1995 total of 409. Deliveries of 16 Beech King Airs and one Beech Starship took business-turboprop shipments for the first nine months to ...
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Bell-Boeing agrees civil tilt-rotor
Ramon Lopez/PHILADELPHIA Bell Helicopter Textron and Boeing Helicopters, partners on the V-22 military transport, have agreed to agreed to build a nine-passenger civil tilt-rotor (CTR) aircraft aimed at the corporate market. The corporate aircraft, which will be powered by twin Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 engines would ...
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EC believes there is 'room for improvement' in open skies
Julian Moxon/PARIS Europe's air-transport liberalisation has resulted in cheaper fares, new airlines and more routes, but "-there is still room for improvement", says the European Commission (EC) in a report anticipating full liberalisation in April 1997. The EC says that it remains concerned about "excessive" ...
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Russia calls for industry help
Russia is considering protectionist measures to help bolster its ailing civil-aerospace industry and has called for specific support for the country's main commercial-aircraft and engine manufacturers. A Government meeting chaired by Alexei Bolshakov, the first deputy prime minister, on 19 October reviewed and approved proposals from a working ...
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MDC board approves MD-XX for airlines
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) is understood to have given board-level approval to its civil-aircraft arm to start offering the MD-XX tri-jet family to airlines. A final board decision was due to be made at a meeting held at St Louis, Missouri, on 25 October attended by MDC president and ...
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Israelis offer Phalcon on AEW 767 to South Korean air force
Paul Lewis/SEOUL Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is offering the South Korean air force its Phalcon phased-array airborne-early-warning (AEW) radar system integrated on a Boeing 767 platform. The Elta system being proposed is based on the multi-sensor L-band Phalcon package already in service with the Chilean ...
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Air Transat takes TAP TriStars
Air Transat, will acquire two ex-TAP Air Portugal TriStar 500s early in 1997, to operate non-stop charters to Canada from Europe, including flights to the UK on behalf of the UK tour operator Globespan. A further two aircraft may be added later. The long-range aircraft will replace Air Transat's shorter-range ...
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Cargo crash
A Boeing 707 freighter operated by Millon Air caught fire and crashed in a densely populated neighbourhood of Manta, Ecuador, on 22 October. At least 22 people were killed and 60 injured when the Miami, Florida-bound jet, loaded with flowers and frozen fish, lost altitude and crashed. The crew of ...
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CSC supports Merlin
US information-technology giant Computer Sciences has been selected by Lockheed Martin to provide technical and engineering support for the UK Royal Navy's fleet of EH Industries EH101 Merlin helicopters, due to enter service in 1998. Lockheed Martin is prime contractor for the $440 million Merlin Support and Spares Availability System ...
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Asiana engine bidders await decision
Competing power plant manufacturers are hoping for a decision from Asiana Airlines in November on the selection of engines for its planned fleet of 20 Boeing 777-200/300 and 28 Airbus A330-200/300 wide-body aircraft. According to local sources, General Electric, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce are now into the ...
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Lockheed Martin hopes for F-22 export approval soon
Lockheed Martin is hoping to receive US Government approval shortly to begin offering a foreign-military-sales (FMS) version of its F-22 air-superiority fighter to selected allied countries, including South Korea. According to Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems president Dain Hancock, the US Government is expected to give the ...
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Korean Air unveils helicopter mock-up for first time
Korean Air's Aerospace division has publicly unveiled, for the first time, a mock-up of an armed scout-attack variant of its planned Korean Multi-purpose Helicopter (KMH). Sikorsky has provided assistance with conceptual design of the KMH, and some aspects bear a strong resemblance to the US manufacturer's S-70 Black ...
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South Korea delays KTX-2 funding
Discussion of pending defence contracts dominated as South Korea staged its first international air show at Seoul's Sungnam airbase on 21-27 October. Paul Lewis reports. THE SOUTH KOREAN Government has again delayed any decision on launching full-scale development of the planned Samsung/Lockheed Martin KTX-2 advanced-trainer/ light-combat aircraft for ...