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Indian air force offered MiG-29 upgrade package
MAPO is offering a MiG-29 upgrade to the Indian air force to bring its fleet of MiG-29A fighters up to the SMT multirole standard first shown at the Farnborough air show this year. At the same time, the Russian company has begun to make progress on its MiG-21 upgrade for ...
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HS-601 problems continue as battery failure hits Palapa C1
More problems have hit Hughes HS-601 satellites - another of the spacecraft is on the brink of losing its final workable battery and is about to be written off. The incident brings to seven the number of HS-601s that have malfunctioned this year. The latest problem satellite is the ...
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It's a breeze
The launch of a Russian Proton K booster with the new multiple-restart Breeze M upper stage has been delayed - to April 1999 - because of ground test difficulties. The Proton will launch a Raduga national communications satellite. Source: Flight International
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Garuda pushes to renegotiate 737 leases
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Garuda Indonesia is in talks with the US Export-Import Bank, Boeing and General Electric to renegotiate leases on six Boeing 737s. The airline says talks attended by airline president Abdul Gani and president commissioner Robby Djohan began on 11 December in Seattle, focusing on credit terms ...
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Asiasat backup
Hughes Space and Communications will build a backup Asiasat communications satellite for Asia Satellite telecommunications. The HS-601 spacecraft will back up the Asiasat 3S, a replacement for the Asiasat 3, which was lost in a Proton launch failure last year. The new craft, called the Asiasat 3SB, will be available ...
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Sounding off
Swedish Space launched a Maxus 3 sounding rocket from the Kiruna rocket range in Sweden on 24 November, carrying five science experiments, including one to test how a protein's structure is affected by microgravity. The joint German-Swedish Maxus reached an altitude of 714km - providing 12min of microgravity. The payload ...
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Extended inspection
AlliedSignal has won Federal Aviation Administration approval to extend the major periodic inspection interval for its TFE731-5Bs powering the Dassault Falcon 900B and Falcon 20-5 from 2100h to 2500h. Source: Flight International
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Heli contract
Helicopter Service has won a NOK250 million ($33 million) five-year contract from Saga Petroleum to provide support on the Norwegian continental shelf. The new contract will use one Sikorsky S-61N based at Floroe and two Eurocopter Super Pumas, based at Stavanger. Source: Flight International
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Prop contract
Hartzell has signed a six-year, $35 million contract with Raytheon, making it the sole supplier of propellers for the company's Bonanza, Baron and King Air range, as well as the 1900D and T-6A. The deal covers over 1,800 aircraft and expands Raytheon's use of Hartzell propellers. Source: Flight International
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Learjet record
A Bombardier Learjet 45 has set a new transcontinental speed record for its class by flying 2,021nm (1,100km) from San Diego, California, to Washington DC in 4h 18min. The twin engined AliiedSignal TFE 731-20-powered aircraft left San Diego carrying four passengers, two crew and 6,000lb of fuel. It has an ...
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Charter starter
UK corporate charter operator Euro Executive Jet has started up, flying a Cessna Citation 1SP. The Oxford Airport-based company plans to add a Bell JetRanger and a turboprop to its line-up during 1999. Source: Flight International
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AirOne results
Italian airline AirOne has reported a turnover increase of 40% for the first nine months of this year, to L226.7 billion ($135 million) compared with the same period last year. The carrier has also recorded an operating profit for the first time in its three years of operation. The L5.8 ...
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Volvo expands
Volvo Aero has acquired a 66.6% holding in Norwegian engine repair and component manufacturer Norsk Jetmotor. The take-over of the Kongsberg-based company is still subject to Norwegian Government approval. Source: Flight International
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lITTON buys Denro
Litton Industries it to acquire Denro for $60 million. The deal is subject to US Government approval. Denro, The Washington, DC-based manufacturer of voice and data electronic switching equipment and data recorders for air traffic control had sales of $38 million last year and expected to see that figure rise ...
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General Atomics flies ELINT Predator
General Atomics has test flown a Predator unmanned air vehicle adapted to carry specialised Radio Frequency payloads for a wide range of applications, including electronic intelligence gathering (ELINT). The Predator carried a suite of antennas during the flight evaluation, including three mounted on each wing and a single antenna integrated ...
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Lantirn order
Lockheed Martin's electronics and missiles unit has won a $106 million contract to manufacture low altitude navigation target infrared for Night (LANTIRN) systems for the Lockheed Martin F-16. The work includes 20 Sharpshooter and 20 Pathfinder pods, and related containers, support equipment and spares. The system permits fighter pilots to ...
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X-32 Design Review
Boeing has completed the final design review of the X-32 concept demonstrator with the US Defense Department's Joint Strike Fighter programme office. Details of the airframe, propulsion, subsystems and support systems, as well as flight testing plans are being finalised, says Boeing, which is building two X-32s for the competition. ...
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Romania support
The Romanian air force has awarded Lockheed Martin Aircraft & Logistics Centers a $2.5 million contract to support its four C-130B transport aircraft. The package will comprise spares, component overhaul, technical service representatives and simulator training. Source: Flight International
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Swanwick cleared
An independent audit of the UK National Air Traffic Services' air traffic control centres at West Drayton and Swanwick has pronounced them safe. Conducted by the UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) the audit was ordered by the parliamentary transport committee. The committee was concerned that postponements in opening ...