All news – Page 6870
-
News
Aer Lingus will sign up strategic partner 'by the first half 2000'
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Aer Lingus should be ready to decide on its strategic partner by the end of the first quarter of 1999, enabling a firm agreement to be finalised during 2000. The airline's executive vice-president for Europe, Richard Luchente, says that the carrier is discussing a strategic partner ...
-
News
Evans looks to lead in Turkish forces bid
Evans &Sutherland (E&S) plans to lead a bid to build and operate a privately financed helicopter training centre for the Turkish armed forces. A request for quotations is expected by year-end, says vice-president for business development David Janke. The centre would house simulators for the Eurocopter Cougar, Sikorsky Black ...
-
News
US Air Force accelerates plans for networked simulators
The US Air Force is pushing ahead with plans to acquire networked aircraft simulators under innovative "fee forservice" contracts. Air Combat Command commander Gen Richard Hawley says the Distributed Mission Training (DMT) initiative is key to plans to reorganise the USAF into 10 "expeditionary aerospace forces [EAFs]". The EAF ...
-
News
CAE and Sogitec visuals alliance throws out a challenge to E&S
CAE Electronics has formed an alliance with Sogitec Industries to market and develop visual systems, to compete more effectively against industry leader Evans & Sutherland (E&S). The agreement unites CAE's MaxVue mid-range visual system and Sogitec's high-performance Apogee-3, which will be marketed to military customers as the MaxVue Medallion. ...
-
News
European ATV gets go-ahead
Aerospatiale has been awarded a $470 million contract from the European Space Agency to proceed with the development of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) for the International Space Station (ISS). Leading subcontractors are Alenia Spazio, Matra Marconi Space and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace. The 10m-long, 4.57m- wide ATV will also include Russian ...
-
News
France joins NASA Mars mission
Tim Furniss/LONDON Julian Moxon/PARIS France is to become a partner in the NASA programme to mount a mission to Mars to bring the first samples of planetary material back to earth. The surprise French involvement was announced on 30 November by education, research and technology minister Claude Allègre. ...
-
News
Russia wants more Shuttle-Mir missions
Russia has asked NASA for at least one further Shuttle-Mir mission to take place during the assembly of the International Space Station (ISS), as it continues its quest to keep the Mir space station in orbit for another two years, says NASA Watch. Russia wants to use the Shuttle ...
-
News
Joint study
Inmarsat and Thuraya, the Abu Dhabi-based communications company, have signed a memorandum of understanding to discuss the development of "potential co-operation" in mobile satellite services in the Middle East. The launch of the regional Thuraya satellite system has been scheduled for 2000. Source: Flight International
-
News
Air France plans US link to pave the way toward a global alliance
Julian Moxon/PARIS Air France expects to join a global airline alliance based on an agreement with one of its two US partners, "before the end of 1999", according to the airline's president Jean Cyril Spinetta. The signing of the co-operation pact between KLM and Alitalia on 27 November ...
-
News
Mars microphone
The NASA Mars Polar Lander, due for launch on 3 January, will carry a microphone to return the first "sounds" of a planet back to Earth, thanks to efforts by the US Planetary Society. Source: Flight International
-
News
Triana camera
Lockheed Martin has been selected by the University of California to design and build the Earth polychromatic imaging camera for NASA's Triana mission, the deep space Earth observer proposed by vice president Al Gore to return daily images of the globe from the camera, via the Internet. Source: Flight ...
-
News
Landsat launch
NASA says it has rescheduled the launch of the Landsat 7 enhanced remote sensing satellite for April 1999, after the spacecraft suffered delays from the original December 1998 launch date, caused by problems with electrical power supply hardware. Source: Flight International
-
News
Weather watch
The European meteorological satellite organisation, Eumetsat, and the USA's National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration have reached formal agreement over the establishment of an Initial Polar System of satellites after the launch of Eumetsat's Metop 1 in 2003. Following that, each organisation will provide spacecraft with a common set of core ...
-
News
Flight time
Corporate charter broker Flight Time International is expanding its operation to The Netherlands. The Boston, US-based company specialises in product launches. Source: Flight International
-
News
Service Centre
Cessna has broken ground on a Citation service centre in Sacramento, California. The 3,700m2 (40,000ft2) construction will replace the 25-year old building and will house the full Citation line-up. Source: Flight International
-
News
Charter acquisition
IMP Group International has expanded its presence in Toronto, Canada, by acquiring air charter and cargo operator Air 500. The company, which owns Mitsubishi MU-2 turboprops and Cessna Citation Jets, will form part of IMP's Innotech-Execaire Aviation subsidiary. Source: Flight International
-
News
UTC sells
United Technologies has agreed to sell its Colorado Springs-based UTMC Microelectronic Systems integrated circuit business unit to Aeroflex of Plainview, New York, for $46 million in cash. The deal is expected to be closed early next year, once regulatory and financial reviews are completed. UTMC builds radiation-hardened integrated circuits for ...
-
News
GPA sale
Air Canada has sold its remaining 10.2% interest in leasing company GPA. The bulk of the shares have been acquired by a Texas Pacific Group subsidiary, although other shareholders have also purchased shares. Air Canada will realise an after-tax gain of C$18 million ($11.7 million) on the sale. Although the ...
-
News
Second Alligator
The second Kamov Ka-50-2 attack helicopter is under way at the Progress plant in Arseneyev, Russia. The helicopter, a two-seat version of the Ka-50, is financed by Kamov as a private venture. Source: Flight International
-
News
EUROSAM test
EUROSAM has carried out a test firing of an Aster missile as part of a demonstration of the Land SAAM vertical launch system. The weapon, fired on 24 November, destroyed a target drone simulating an attacking missile deploying electronic countermeasures. Source: Flight International