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Lockheed Martin to build second Garuda
Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems has received an order to build a second A2100 satellite for the Asia Cellular Satellite Systems (ACeS) company. The US concern has also landed a deal with GE Americom to build four satellites. Lockheed Martin is a member of the ACeS consortium, which owns ...
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NASA budget hit by space station needs
NASA's budget is to be reduced for the sixth year running, with more money than ever going towards the International Space Station (ISS). The agency's fiscal year 2,000 budget request of $13.58 billion, which represents a slight decrease on the FY1999 funding level, includes $2.48 billion for the ISS, ...
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Turkey invites heavylift bids
Turkey is moving ahead with its longstanding requirement for new military heavylift helicopters with the issue of an open invitation to potential bidders to submit proposals. The army is initially looking for eight helicopters and has given competing companies until 10 February to respond. The Turkish Army's technical ...
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US Army revamps Apache upgrade programme
The US Army has restructured its Boeing Longbow Apache programme, cutting the number of helicopters being upgraded but doubling the radars being procured for the project. Originally, the US Army expected to remanufacture 748 AH-64As to the latest AH-64D standard while procuring only 227 Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman Longbow fire ...
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Agency abandons supersonic transport
NASA'S decision to abandon its decade-long supersonic transport research effort was precipitated by Boeing and, to some extent, NASA's own HSR team last year, when the two concluded that the future High Speed Commercial Transport (HSCT) would need to meet Stage 4, rather than Stage 3 noise levels. As a ...
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IPTN planning to cut workforce by 33%
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Indonesian aircraft manufacturer Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) is planning to slash its huge workforce by 33% over the next two years. Some 700 staff will go next month as IPTN starts shedding 5,200 workers, reducing employee numbers to 10,500 by 2001, says the company. Employees ...
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FAA to issue directive on 777-200 tail corrosion
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE The US Federal Aviation Administration is expected to issue an airworthiness directive in March, recommending inspections to 18 Boeing 777-200s affected by a potential tailplane corrosion problem. Aircraft line numbers 15 to 33, excluding 18, are affected. The aircraft involved are in service with All Nippon Airlines ...
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France and India strike ATR assembly agreement
The French and Indian governments have signed a preliminary agreement, which could lead to local assembly and manufacture of the ATR 42 regional and military turboprop by Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL). The Franco-Italian consortium was the sole remaining contender for the deal, after the elimination of Bombardier and Saab, offering respectively ...
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Air-India funds A310 with 747 leases
Air-India has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a UK aircraft broker to lease out two of its Boeing 747 classics. Funds from the deal will help boost its Airbus A310 fleet. The agreement covers the short term lease of two 747-200s to London Gatwick Air Charters. The airline ...
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Japan to revise slots policy
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE The Japanese transport ministry plans to revise its policy on domestic airport slot allocation, taking into consideration applicants' load factors and fares. The move could cause concern among the big three Japanese carriers - Japan Airlines (JAL), All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Air System (JAS) ...
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Criticism over MLU hits US fighter bid to Norway
Andrew Doyle/OSLO Lockheed Martin's campaign to sell NKr10.5 billion ($1.39 billion) worth of new fighter aircraft to Norway has suffered a setback, following the publication of a highly critical report on the mid-life upgrade (MLU) programme for the country's fleet of F-16s. The report, compiled by Norway's general audit office ...
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Global Hawk looks to a wider role as DarkStar burns out
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical's Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance system has demonstrated the ability to collect and transmit synthetic aperture radar (SAR), electro-optical (EO) and infrared (IR) imagery in near real time, in a flight which marked the first use of all three sensors on the same mission. ...
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737 wiring ultimatum
All Boeing 737 models up to and including the -500 are to be retrofitted with new fuel tank wiring systems, a US Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive (AD) requires. The AD includes shielding and separation of fuel system wiring from adjacent wiring and installation of flame arrestors and pressure relief ...
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First production V-22s to roll off line
Bell is preparing to begin final assembly of the initial two production V-22 Osprey tiltrotors at its new Amarillo plant, for delivery to the US Marine Corps. It marks the end of the programme's engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase. Final assembly of the V-22 will switch to Amarillo ...
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GE renews F110 push for F-15E
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES General Electric is stepping up its campaign to equip the Boeing F-15E with its F110-129 engine following the completion of an extensive field service evaluation (FSE) with the US Air Force. The move comes despite an initial rejection by the USAF of an unsolicited offer of an ...
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SAir adds loss-making AOM to its portfolio
Julian Moxon/PARIS France's second largest airline, AOM, has become the latest independent carrier to fall to a foreign carrier's expansion plan, with the SAir Group purchasing a 49% stake from Credit Lyonnaise. As Switzerland is not a member of the European Union, a majority holding must remain in France, and ...
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Sea Launch aims for March take-off
The Boeing-led Sea Launch group is planning the maiden launch of its Zenit 3SL booster, from the Odyssey offshore platform in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, on 15 March. It will carrya dummy satellite to demonstrate geostationary orbit-launch capability. Six Ukrainian-Russian Zenit boosters are complete and three commercial flights are ...
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Crown Air opens Czech book for Citation X
Czech operator Crown Air has ordered a Cessna Citation X business jet for delivery in late May, the US manufacturer's first sale of the type to a European executive charter company. Based at Prague's Ruzyne Airport in the Czech Republic, Crown was formed in 1997 as Eastern Europe's first ...
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KLM suffers EC Martinair blow as slump bites into profits
Chris Jasper/LONDON European Union competition chiefs have blocked KLM's planned take-over of charter carrier Martinair Holland pending an investigation into the proposed deal. The European Commission (EC) announced the probe on the day that the Dutch flag carrier revealed that it had lost NLG29 million ($15 million) during the last ...
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Bombardier Continental takes shape
Ramon Lopez/FORT LAUDERDALE BOMBARDIER has agreed a series of deals covering the construction of most of the airframe for Continental super mid-size business jets. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and two of the Canadian company's subsidiaries are to build sections of the eight-passenger aircraft. MHI becomes a risk-sharing partner to provide ...