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Speedy communications
Teledyne Controls is to upgrade the MagnaStar airborne telephone system to allow higher data communications speeds. The software upgrade, to be available by year-end, will double the single-channel rate to 4,800 baud and increase the dual-channel rate to 9,600 baud. Source: Flight International
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Universal targets corporate jet market with flightdeck family
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Universal Avionics has launched a bid to become a major supplier of flightdeck equipment for corporate and commercial aircraft with the introduction of its System-1 product line. Building on its UNS-1 flight management system (FMS), Universal's System-1 includes flat panel displays, a terrain awareness and warning system ...
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BAe woos Denel in SAAF fighter deal
Jonathan Rosenthal/JOHANNESBURG British Aerospace is offering to consolidate the South African defence industry alongside the emerging single European defence company, as part of its bid to sell Saab/BAe JAS39 Gripen fighters and BAe Hawk lead-in fighter trainers to the South African Air Force (SAAF). Sources in the South ...
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SAS predicts profits up
Announcing good results for the first three quarters of 1998, the SAS group of Scandinavia forecasts that it expects its profit for the whole year, including capital gains, to be 15-20% higher than that posted for 1997. Meanwhile operating revenue for the year to 30 September showed a 4.7% increase, ...
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Air Niugini reduces debt with Government cash
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has boosted Air Niugini's capital base to over kina60 million ($22 million) with a kina50 million cash injection, as part of a wider effort to restructure the airline. The injection will allow the carrier to reduce its debt to PNG Banking, believed to exceed kina150 million. ...
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SAir Group acquires major Air Europe stake
Marco Messalla/MILAN Swissair parent SAir Group is to grow its increasing portfolio of small European airlines by taking the maximum permitted stake in Italian long-range charter carrier Air Europe, through the purchase of 49.9% of Dutch-based holding company Tegel. The move follows the recent purchase of 44%of France's Air ...
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Calm down
A new and unsettling problem for the airlines - dubbed "air rage" by the media - has been emerging over the last few years. The problem is unsettling because it appears to be global and growing rapidly, and although the airlines can describe it, they cannot define it. This intractable ...
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Teams queue as South Korea rekindles early warning plans
Paul Lewis/SEOUL South Korea's stalled E-X airborne early warning (AEW) programme is attracting renewed international interest, with Boeing/Northrop Grumman seeking US Government approval to offer the 737/MESA, while Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and Raytheon have broadened their teaming agreement to propose the Airbus A310/Elta Phalcon. South Korea has ...
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US tests Little Birds for clandestine operations
Ramon Lopez/WILLIAMSBURG The US Army's elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) is conducting flight tests of a further enhanced "Little Bird" helicopter destined to conduct clandestine missions until it is replaced by the RW-X rotorcraft in the 2015-18 timeframe, say US Army aviation officials. First fielded in ...
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Marconi tests Diamond Back wing kit on Boeing munitions
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Marconi Electronic Systems' Diamond Back wing kit is to be flight tested on the Boeing Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and the Boeing Small Smart Bomb (SSB) within the next two years, in a bid to extend the range of a new family of smart bombs. ...
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GKN Westland grabs maintenance deal
GKN Westland and the UK's Defence Helicopter Support Agency have signed a 10-year partnership agreement for the repair and overhaul of the UK Ministry of Defence's entire Westland Lynx and Sea King naval helicopter fleet. The deal is likely to cover the Merlin helicopter when it comes into service in ...
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Powerplant manufacturers face off for NH90 competition
Julian Moxon/PARIS Engine suppliers for the four-nation NH Industries NH90 military transport helicopter are in the final stages of an all-out competition to provide powerplants for aircraft which are being ordered by Germany and the Netherlands. The two teams - Rolls-Royce/Turboméca/BMW R-R, with the RTM322, and General Electric/Fiat/Alfa ...
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On the record
Analysis, Management & Systems has won a contract to supply engine life recorders for the Royal Australian Air Force and NATO Flying Training Canada British Aerospace Hawk trainer fleets' Rolls-Royce Adour turbofans. The systems are required for monitoring engine use. Source: Flight International
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C-130 ticket
Spain's National Institute of Aerospace Techniques (INTA) has certified cockpit modifications by CASA to the Spanish air force's fleet of Lockheed Martin C-130 transports. Modernisation of the whole fleet is expected to be complete by 2000. Source: Flight International
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Australia gears up for combat
Proposals from Cubic Defense Systems and Raytheon Systems have been shortlisted by the Australian Department of Defence for the development of an instrumented air combat manoeuvre facility located at the Delamare bombing range in Australia's Northern Territory, with a source selection to be made "in the next few months." ...
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Russian air force calls for fresh injection of attack capability
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW Russia needs to bolster its ground attack and strike capability by modernising existing designs as well as introducing new air-to-ground weapons and aircraft, according to Russian air force commander in chief Col Gen Anatoly Kornukov. "Efficient aviation support is a key factor for success for the ...
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Raytheon completes third land missile
Raytheon Systems has completed the third flight test of the Land Attack Standard Missile (LASM), when the weapon's Mk125 warhead underwent testing. The missile flew for 80km (50 miles) on a preprogrammed route in the trial, which took place at White Sands Missile Range, in New Mexico, in September. ...
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Lockheed Martin gives C-130J ergonomic refit
Lockheed Martin is to introduce a series of alterations to the cockpit of the C-130J tactical transport aircraft to overcome ergonomic problems experienced by short pilots, including visibility through the aircraft's advanced headup display (HUD) and reach to the throttle in certain flight parameters. The problem has been caused ...
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Russian Topol flops during launch
A Topol-M (RS-12M2) intercontinental ballistic missile, fired from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia, self-destructed during the system's fifth test on 22 October, following first stage engine burn-out. The Strategic Rocket Forces denies that the missile's destruction was caused by a system failure, claiming that the incident was a ...
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Building boom
Paul Lewis/BEIJING China has embarked on an ambitious programme of new airport construction and expansion of existing facilities as the country's infrastructure plays catch-up with breakneck growth in air transport since the mid-1980s. This building boom is now at its peak, with the government projected to spend some yuan100 ...