All news – Page 6828
-
News
Denel offers Pakistan missile deal
Denel of South Africa is offering Pakistan a package of air-to-air weaponry for its planned Chengdu Super 7 fighter being jointly developed with China. It includes a proposed joint development of a datalink-equipped radar-guided beyond visual range (BVR) missile. The Pakistan air force confirms it is evaluating a range ...
-
News
New power source explored for Freewing Scorpion
Freewing Aerial Robotics and DCH Technology of the USA have launched an exploratory development programme to integrate DCH Technology's hydrogen fuel cells into the Freewing Scorpion Tilt-Body Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV). The multiphase project will begin with substitution of existing lead-acid batteries needed to operate sensor payloads. The research ...
-
News
Argos to test military systems
Tim Furniss/LONDON The US Air Force's latest satellite is a technology demonstrator for future space systems The US Air Force's Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite (Argos), to be launched no earlier than 22 February, is a space version of the Swiss army knife. It carries an array ...
-
News
Improvise and modernise
Paul Lewis/ISLAMABAD Resolving the deadlock with the USA over embargoed F-16 has left Pakistan's air force without new fighters The news that Washington had agreed to refund Islamabad $464 million for 28 undelivered Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs was greeted with mixed reactions by the Pakistan air force. The settlement brings to ...
-
News
Changing times
Paul Lewis/KARACHI Pakistan's national carrier must reform radically to survive Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has embarked on an ambitious programme of reform to revitalise its finances, its fleet and its services in the face of mounting competition from rival carriers in the domestic and international markets. It is the most ...
-
News
Scramjet progress
Julian Moxon/PARIS Scramjet revival has re-awakened the dream of the SSTO concept for the millennium The dream of a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) vehicle first came into the public eye with US President Ronald Reagan's vaunted National Aerospaceplane (NASP) programme. That dream faded as funding dried up and it became ...
-
News
NASA awards cockpit contract
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC NASA has awarded Avidyne and AvroTec a contract to develop a low-cost glass cockpit for general aviation aircraft. Team members Lancair and Raytheon will handle aircraft certification issues, and both AlliedSignal and Rockwell Collins will help with symbology development. The "highway in the sky" contract ...
-
News
Embraer pondering ERJ-135 business aircraft variant
Embraer is again looking at offering a business jet version of the new ERJ-135 regional aircraft and has already opened talks with the Brazilian air force to supply a VIP-configured model. The manufacturer says it would be a relatively straightforward adaptation of the new 37-seat jet to the role of ...
-
News
LoPresti captures SwiftFury rights
LoPresti Speed Merchants has obtained the production rights and tooling for the two-seat SwiftFury sports aircraft, developed nearly 10 years ago by the former Piper Aircraft. LoPresti, which designs and manufacturers a host of after-market kits for improving the aerodynamics of factory airplanes, launched the SwiftFury with Piper in ...
-
News
News in Brief
Jet Aviation first Jet Aviation of Basle Switzerland, has begun work on the first Boeing Business Jet to be outfitted in Europe. It will have an 18-passenger interior, nine auxiliary fuel tanks and a Flight Dynamics head-up display. Delivery is due in the third quarter. Service centre ...
-
News
News in Brief
Airborne Conference PictureTel and the German Aerospace Centre have completed live airborne videoconferencing trials in Italy. They are expected to have a significant impact on the future of multimedia in aviation. According to Slough, UK-based PictureTel, "-the event was set up to prove the feasibility of future multi-media communications ...
-
News
PDG Helicopters plans for expansion
PDG Helicopters plans to expand its international on-shore operations following a £1.6 million ($2.6 million) investment from the Scottish Clydesdale Bank. The Inverness, Scotland-based company specialises in utility pipeline patrol, forestry, aerial photography and fish farming - for which it also recently set-up "the first foreign base" in Chile, ...
-
News
JEA talks jets
Jersey European Airways is in final negotiations with Bombardier Aerospace over a $250 million purchase of around 15 Canadair Regional Jets and Dash 8s. The aircraft will replace five Fokker F27s and provide for growth. The move was revealed during an announcement by Bombardier subsidiary Shorts of an expansion of ...
-
News
Launch timing of A3XX hit by market turn
Airbus Industrie has confirmed a delay in its launch timing for the 480- 660-seat A3XX programme, saying "- the market is not ready for it yet". Airbus' A3XX timetable had called for a "substantial programme decision" to be taken early in 1999, to enable it to launch the project's industrialisation ...
-
News
Bombardier increases production
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON Bombardier Aerospace, buoyed by a record $1.3 billion sale of Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) 200LRs to Northwest Airlines, is increasing production of the 50-seat aircraft to eight a month. The US carrier, based in Minneapolis, has announced a firm order for 54 CRJ-200LRs and has taken options on ...
-
News
Singapore Link 16 move angers USA
Singapore has rejected a US offer of the Link 16 tactical datalink in favour of a cheaper Israeli alternative. The decision has angered officials in Washington and could threaten to undermine future interoperability with US military forces. The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is understood to have decided ...
-
News
Privatisation of Aerospatiale given the go-ahead
Julian Moxon/PARIS The French Government has cleared the way for the privatisation of Aerospatiale after agreeing terms for the merger of the manufacturing giant with the Lagardère group's defence unit, Matra Hautes Technologies. In return for putting Matra into the new grouping, Lagardère will receive a 33% holding ...
-
News
Airbus consortium faces new delay to formation of SCE
Chris Jasper/LONDON The transformation of Europe's four-nation Airbus consortium into a single corporate entity (SCE) could be delayed until mid-2000 or beyond, senior sources at British Aerospace (BAe) have revealed. BAe chairman Sir Richard Evans openly admits the shift to SCE status is unlikely this year, while other ...
-
News
Demand for civil helicopters 'robust'
Two engine manufacturers are forecasting continued robust demand for civil helicopters despite concerns over some operating sectors. AlliedSignal Aerospace is projecting deliveries of 2,350 new turbine-powered helicopters over five years from 1999 to 2003, while Rolls-Royce (formerly Allison) has produced a broadly similar forecast for 5,410 civil deliveries over ...
-
News
PIA: Turning It around
Paul Lewis/KARACHI PIA's decision to enlist the help of the US-owned Sabre Group was a brave move in Pakistan's politically fickle environment. The airline contends that its decision, endorsed at the highest political level, is central to turning the national carrier around and one which it is convinced will pay ...