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Pakistan orders more F-7MG fighters, plans upgrades
Paul Lewis/ISLAMABAD Pakistan plans to order around 50 improved Chengdu F-7MG fighters from China, as the air force moves ahead with the upgrade of its existing F-7P and Dassault Mirage III/5 fighters and the delivery of more secondhand French aircraft. The Pakistan air force (PAF) is looking for ...
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SAS opts for A330/A340s but order awaits cost cuts to bite
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH SAS has selected the Airbus A330/A340 family for its planned long-haul fleet renewal but is holding off signing a firm order until its internal cost cutting targets have been met. The airline has decided to reject Boeing's offer of 10 Boeing 777-200ERs in favour of a ...
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Australia plans biological weapons buster
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA Australian concerns at the potential for proliferation of chemical and biological weapons within the Asia-Pacific region have lead to plans for the development of what is being termed a "Special Weapons" capability by 2005. Key decisions on whether to proceed with the project are to be ...
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ACE in the hole for AH-64 and UH-60
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Army plans to procure an Advanced Common Engine (ACE) in the 2,240kW (3,000shp) class for retrofit into in-service Boeing AH-64 Apache and Sikorsky Aircraft UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. US Army officials say the as-yet unfunded Common Engine Programme (CEP) is required for the ...
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USA threatens to stop Russian launches
Russia has reacted defiantly to a threat by the USA to restrict Russian commercial launches of US-built satellites. The Clinton Administration has warned Moscow to crack down on exports supporting Iran's military capability or four commercial satellite launches planned this year will be cancelled. The move would mean the loss ...
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ESA takes flexible approach
Julian Moxon/PARIS The European Space Agency (ESA) is embarking on a more flexible system for programme funding designed to speed up the process of directing money to programmes where it is most needed. There will be no major change, however, to the system of "just returns", under which ...
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Safest approaches are those flown...
Safest approaches are those flown at 3¼ angle- David Lonsdale's letter (Flight International, 23 December, 1998-5 January, 1999, P48) makes the very valid point that the safest approaches flown in a swept-wing transport are those that are close to a 3¼ angle, and the reply from SAS (Flight International, 6-12 ...
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Pop goes the boom
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON On the face of it, the Airbus and Boeing orderbooks have so far escaped much of the Asian gloom, with a third successive year of solid sales and production records. Order deferrals, however, have already begun, and airliner salesmen are bracing themselves for a tougher time ahead ...
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India's GSLV may get Arianespace work
India could gain commercial satellite launcher business for its planned Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) as a result of the decision to equip its booster with an Ariane-compatible satellite adapter. Under an agreement between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Arianespace last year, the GSLV could launch subcontracted ...
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Boeing wins Globalstar launch
Tim Furniss/LONDON Boeing has been contracted by Space Systems Loral to launch 28 more Globalstar worldwide mobile communications satellites on seven Delta IIs. The first eight - and so far only - satellites in the series were launched on two Delta II boosters from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 1998. Forty-eight ...
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Late satellite deliveries delay Arianespace launch schedules
Arianespace has warned that late deliveries of satellites may jeopardise its launch schedule for this year. Company president Jean Marie Luton says the situation may be as bad as it was in 1998. Despite 11 launches last year, there were no flights between May and late August because of ...
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Japan's Mars probe faces long wait
A propellant shortage will force a delay in Japan's $80 million Nozomi Mars probe reaching its target until towards the end of 2003, four years late. Launched last July, the Nozomi used more propellant than planned during a burn on 21 December to correct a deviation during a gravity-assist ...
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Spaceport move
NASA's Kennedy Space Center and the Florida Spaceport Authority will begin construction this year of an $8 million Resusable Launch Vehicle Support Complex near the Space Shuttle Landing Facility, to open in 2000. Source: Flight International
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Russian 1.44 to fly soon despite money shortage, says MAPO
MAPO MiG's MFI (Article 1.44) fifth generation fighter prototype will fly by early March, MAPO officials said at the aircraft's first public appearance on 12 January at the LII flight test centre at Zhukovsky, near Moscow. The aircraft taxied in front of an audience that included Russia's ministers of defence ...
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Intelsat order
Intelsat is to order a fifth Intelsat 9 communications satellite from Space Systems Loral. The satellite is to operate over the Atlantic Ocean. Source: Flight International
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Equity partner
Lockheed Martin is to become an equity partner in the Asia Cellular Satellite (ACeS) project led by Indonesian PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara. This completes the capital investment required to build and launch in June, on a Russian Proton rocket, the ACeS' Lockheed-built Garuda 1 satellite, as well as funding the ...
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Asiasat stake
Luxembourg-based Société Européenne des Satellites (SES) has acquired a 34.13% stake in Hong Kong-based Asiasat in a $372 million deal that will give SES a hold in the Asia Pacific market. The deal came as Cable and Wireless and Hutchinson Whampoa left Asiasat. Cable and Wireless will use the cash ...
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Fairchild fastens on
Fairchild has agreed to acquire Kaynar Technologies, a maker of aerospace fasteners, for $267 million. The combination of Fairchild Fasteners and Kaynar Technologies is expected to generate $685 million in revenues for the company in the fiscal year ending 30 June 1999. Source: Flight International
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Components plant
Snecma Services, the French engine maker's after-market arm, and the USA's Praxair Surface Technologies are negotiating to set up an aircraft engine component repair centre in France. Initially, it will provide compressor component repair services for CFM56, and later the General Electric GE90 powerplant. Praxair provides metallic and ceramic coatings ...
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Solair sale complete
Kellstrom Industries has completed its $57 million acquisition of Solair from Banner Aerospace. Solair sells a wide range of aircraft components, including flight data recorders, electrical and mechanical equipment, radar and navigation systems. Kellstrom provides after-market airborne equipment, including avionics, engines and engine parts. Source: Flight International