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Thomson wins RAF Tornado deal
Thomson Training &Simulation has been selected as the preferred bidder to supply Tornado simulator training centres to the Royal Air Force. The centres, which will be owned by the company and leased to the RAF, will be sited at the Tornado bases at Lossiemouth in Scotland and Marham in Norfolk. ...
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Boeing aims to fund F/A-18 active array work for the US Navy
Boeing plans to co-fund initial development of an active-array radar for the F/A-18E/F, in the absence of US Navy funding. The move will bridge the gap until the navy can find funding and "...get the radar into the fleet as early as possible," says Paul Summers, manager F/A-18 new product ...
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Blanc Aero expands Villefranche production
Julian Moxon/PARIS French aeronautical fixtures manufacturer Blanc Aero Industries has extended its factory at Villefranche de Rouergue in the south of France with a Fr50 million ($8.3 million) investment in a new high capacity production unit. Following the take-over by Blanc Aero holding company GFI of UK company ...
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Total tests environmental radar
Total Aircraft Services (TAS) is completing the installation of a novel synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system on a Gulfstream II, which will be available for land use research and environmental resource management from late 1999. The TAS aircraft, expected to undergo initial test flights by the end of this ...
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One Thousand HGS
Sales of the Flight Dynamics Head-Up Guidance System (HGS) have passed 1,000 following an order from Southwest Airlines. Since receiving the first orders for the system in 1987 from Alaska Airlines for its Boeing 727-200 HGS, Flight Dynamics has sold the system to 14 airlines, 30 corporate users, four military ...
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Tupolev carries on with cryogenic fuel research
Tupolev is continuing research on cryogenic fuel tanks for its Tu-204 and Tu-334 twinjet airliners. It is also researching an innovative design of a twin-turboprop Tu-136 transport, with the layout determined by cryogenic fuel considerations. It is planned to conduct aerodynamic tests of the Tu-136 model in the TsAGI ...
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Antenna agreement
Spar Aerospace has signed a long-term agreement with Lockheed Martin for the supply of satellite Ka and Ku band antennas. Source: Flight International
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Troubled Endeavour mission falls under the spotlight
Tim Furniss/LONDON All eyes are on the much-delayed STS88 Endeavour mission on 3 December, the purpose of which is to carry the Unity Node 1 and link it with the Russian Zarya control module, to establish the first part of the International Space Station (ISS). Endeavour's mission depends ...
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PanAmSat and Iridium satellites launched
An ILS International Launch Services Proton booster was launched from Baikonur on 4 November carrying the PanAmSat 8 communications satellite into orbit. It was followed by a Boeing Delta II, from Vandenberg AFB, California, on 6 November, carrying five more Motorola Iridium satellites. The five Iridium satellites comprise one replacement ...
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Atlas Russian engine tested
The modified Russian engine for the first stage of the Lockheed Martin Atlas III booster was test fired successfully at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama, on 4 November. The engine, which will be offered by ILS International Launch Services and will also form the first stage of the ...
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Japan gives go-ahead to develop spy satellites
Japan's national government has drawn up plans for the development of a $1.3 billion reconnaissance satellite system. This follows the flight of North Korea's Tapeo Dong 1 missile over the Japanese mainland on a failed satellite launch attempt on 31 August. The system, which will provide a much-needed stimulus ...
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FMS certification
Rockwell Collins' new FMS-6100 flight management system (FMS) has been certificated on the Dassault Falcon 2000 business jet. The system, standard on the Falcon 50EX, will also be available for retrofit on the Falcon 20 and 50. Features include the ability to view proposed flightplan changes before execution. Source: ...
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Sextant distributor
Sextant Avionique has appointed Matrix Aviation as the worldwide distributor of line replaceable unit spares for the French manufacturer's regional and business aircraft avionics. Matrix, a Banner Aerospace subsidiary, is based in Wichita, Kansas. Source: Flight International
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RWR production
RaytheonSystems has begun low-rate initial production of the ALR-67(V)3 radar warning (RWR) receiver for the Boeing F/A-18E/F. Current US Navy F/A-18C/Ds will be equipped with the improved system when operating in potential combat zones. Source: Flight International
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High band testing
TRW's prototype High Band subsystem, part of the US Joint Signal Intelligence Avionics Family (JSAF), has completed domestic flight testing and will be deployed internationally for more tests. The JSAF, which incorporates a Lockheed Martin Sanders Low Band subsystem, will be used to upgrade US signals intelligence aircraft. Source: ...
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King Air Order
Raytheon has won a $4.5 million contract from the US Drug Enforcement Administration for a Beech King Air 350 and training services. Options for three more aircraft take the potential value to almost $20 million. Source: Flight International
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Cessna certification
Cessna has received US approval for its 206 Stationair and T206 Turbo Stationair piston singles. Approval was delayed when the company decided to change engines. Source: Flight International
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HUMS acquisitions
Smiths Industries has acquired health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS) producer Stewart Hughes for £8.3 million ($13.8 million). The company is already a leading player in the aerospace diagnostic systems field and is buying its UK-based rival, particularly for its expertise in rotor track and balance vibration monitoring sensors. Hughes ...
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Apache warning
Lockheed Martin Sanders has delivered the first Common Missile Warning System electronic control unit to Marconi Electronic Systems for the British Army's GKN Westland Helicopters WAH-64 Apache programme. The US firm is providing CMWS sets for the self-protection suite against heat-seeking and radio-frequency guided missiles. Sanders will provide 58 CMWS ...
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Regional return
Qantas' regional services to four New South Wales provincial centres have been restored, following emergency meetings attended by the carrier, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Ansett Australia, the Royal Australia Air Force and air traffic control provider Airservices Australia, on issues related to the trial of a new uncontrolled "Class ...