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NASA contract boosts Shavit
NASA has awarded Small Expendable Launch Vehicle Services (SELVS) contracts to Orbital Sciences (OSC) and Coleman Research for up to 16 flights from Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg and Wallops Island from 2000 to 2003 with a maximum potential value of each contract being $400 million. OSC's SELVS launches will ...
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Goresat goes ahead
US Vice President Al Gore's proposed satellite to send back - via the Internet - continuous views of the full sunlit disc of the earth, has been given the go-ahead by US space agency NASA. The Triana satellite, nicknamed the "GoreSat", will be deployed from the Space Shuttle in December ...
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Russia wants to transfer Mir research equipment
Yuri Semenov, the director of Russia's Energia corporation, says that up to 11t of unique research equipment should be transferred to the International Space Station from the Mir space station before it is de-orbited. The Space Shuttle would be best suited to the task, he says, although Progress tankers ...
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Orbital contract
Orbital Sciences has been awarded a five-year, $400 million, NASA contract to provide up to 16 Pegasus and Taurus launches of small scientific satellites under the Small Expendable Launch Vehicle Services programme. Source: Flight International
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728JET orders 'soon'
Fairchild Dornier confidently predicts that it will secure launch orders for its planned 70/78-seat 728JET by mid-1999. Fairchild Dornier senior vice-president, sales and marketing, Andrew Jampoler says: "We are still in discussions with Lufthansa CityLine and Crossair, and it is our expectation that these discussions will end with large orders ...
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US/UK bilateral
US Airways has asked the US Bill Clinton Administration to renounce the Bermuda II air services agreement between the USA and the UK in a move which is designed to speed up the pace of talks over an "open skies" aviation pact. Negotiations are at an impasse after meetings in ...
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Crisis aids Air New Zealand as it swoops for Garuda 737s
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDONAir New Zealand (ANZ) has taken advantage of the Asian crisis to conclude a deal with Boeing for the rapid delivery of six new 737-300s, which will allow it to accelerate the phase-out of its existing 737-200 ßeet. It is also believed to be in negotiations for additional 737s, ...
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Embraer gears up for the massive regionsl jet production boost
Guy Norris/Palm Springs Embraer plans to deliver more than 470 RJ-135/145s over the next five years as it rushes to boost regional jet production to 12 a month by May 2000. The company, however, is still not convinced that it wants to enter the 70-seater market. The Brazilian manufacturer revealed ...
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AAR supports A300F
AAR Cargo Systems is to supply British Aerospace Aviation Services with additional cargo loading services to support its expanding Airbus A300B4 passenger-to-freighter conversion programme. Orders now stand at 32 systems. Source: Flight International
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ATP tracks TFEs
Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP) and AlliedSignal have introduced the Maintenance Director electronic record- keeping software, which tracks the maintenance status of the engine manufacturer's TFE-series turbofans. Source: Flight International
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Ice Shield protects
B/EAerospace subsidiary SMR Technologies has won certification of its Ice Shield pneumatic de-icing system on the Cessna 421 and Rockwell Twin Commander, as part of a plan to offer systems for most popular general aviation aircraft types. Source: Flight International
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Midwest fits NOFOD
Midwest Express has picked TDG Aerospace's NOFOD overwing heater system for its Boeing MD-80s, to eliminate inspection of the upper surface for clear ice. American, Alaska, Delta and US Airways use the system. Source: Flight International
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F-22 boom costs cut
GenCorp Aerojet has won Boeing contracts worth $25 million to supply eight ship-sets of forward tailbooms for initial production F-22 fighters, and to cut the cost of producing the electron-beam- welded titanium booms. Source: Flight International
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Russian rocket firm
The Russian Space Agency plans to set up a Russian Rocket Engine public company to cover all rocket manufacturing entities into one organisation to help promote the technology worldwide. Source: Flight International
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Lufthansa Interiors
Lufthansa Technik has been appointed, to complete and maintain its Boeing Business Jet ordered by Michael Chowdry, chief executive of US cargo airline Atlas Air. The Hamburg, Germany-based company, will customise the aircraft with its XXL class Executive Jet cabin. Source: Flight International
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Alliant panels
Alliant Techsystems is to produce fibre-placed composite skin panels for the Bell 609 under contract to Aerostructures, the risk-sharing supplier of the fuselage for the civil tilt-rotor. Bell has orders so far for 70 aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Quiet cabin
Ultra Electronics has received certification for its UltraQuiet active noise and vibration control system for the Bombardier Challenger 604. The company claims the system reduce average cabin noise levels by 2dB. Source: Flight International
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Raytheon purchase
Raytheon Systems has purchased The Network Connection's AirView Integrated Business and Entertainment System for installation in the Boeing Business Jet demonstrator. Source: Flight International
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Sabena buy
Sabena has bought 10 aircraft from New Piper Aircraft to replace the ab initio fleet at its Scottsdale, Arizona, training centre. Delivery of five Archer III primary trainers, three Saratoga IIHP instrument trainers and two Seneca V multi-engine trainers will begin next January. Source: Flight International
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Upgrade offer
AlliedSignal is offering to upgrade TFE731-3 turbofans powering the Learjet 55 to improve reliability and durability. Meanwhile, operators of Dassault Falcon 50s, Raytheon Hawkers and other 731-3-powered types can now pay for a similar upgrade under AlliedSignal's hourly rate maintenance plan. Source: Flight International