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Boeing bullish on cargo expansion
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Boeing continues to predict a near-doubling of the world's jet freighter fleet by 2017 despite a short term slowdown in growth in the Asian market because of the spread of the current economic crises. The company's biennial world air cargo forecast says 75% of the growth ...
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GKN Westland buys Dow-UT for $60m
GKN Westland Aerospace of the UK is buying Dow-United Technologies Composite Products in a cash deal worth $60.5 million. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The US company, based in Wallingford, Connecticut, was formed by Dow Chemical and United Technologies in 1989 ...
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Litton sale
Litton Industries has agreed to sell its Applied Technology unit located in San Jose, California, to Condor Systems, also of San Jose, for $120 million. The sale is subject to US government review. Applied Technology, with 600 workers, manufactures threat warning systems for the military. Revenues for the fiscal year ...
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Flight International studies the development...
Flight International studies the development of new airport projects and upgrades taking place in China. Source: Flight International
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Brazil chooses Elbit for F-5 upgrade
Embraer has selected Israel's Elbit Systems to upgrade the avionics in Brazilian air force Northrop F-5s, under a contract estimated to be worth $180 million. Elbit is believed to have lowered its bid from $230 million. Elbit is already contracted to develop the avionics for the air force's ALX ...
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Australia issues F-111 maintenance tender
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) will call for four separate tenders for the depot maintenance of its F-111s as part of a "market testing" process to evaluate private contracting against in-house solutions. The process will use "-innovative contracting initiatives, including performance-based contracting, strategic alliances and life- of-type contracts, ...
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Doubts grow over Huzar anti-tank missile
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Longstanding doubts over the Polish procurement of the Rafael NT-D anti-tank missile for the PZL-Swidnik Huzar battlefield helicopter look set to be realised, as prospects fade of an Israeli consortium meeting Polish test requirements. Rafael told Polish defence officials at a meeting in Warsaw in the ...
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All-electric F-16 ground testing goes ahead
An "all-electric" version of the Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter is undergoing ground testing to demonstrate the electric actuation system intended for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Electric actuation promises to reduce the JSF's weight and cost and improve maintainability. Ground testing began when external 270V DC electrical power was ...
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Denel joins Matra BAe to arm Rooivalk with Mistral
Howard Gethin/LONDONSouth Africa's Denel Aviation has joined with Anglo-French weapons group Matra BAe Dynamics to integrate the Mistral air-to-air missile into the weapons suite at the South African armed forces' Rooivalk attack helicopter. The 18-month programme, which began in September, will include initial compatibility flight trials, integration with the Rooivalk's ...
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Missile contract
Raytheon has been awarded an initial $45 million from the US Army to undertake an Atmospheric Interceptor Technology Test Bed programme, supporting endoatmospheric missile defence projects, including the Medium Extended Air Defense System and the Lockheed Martin Theater High Altitude Air Defense weapons. The US company expects to earn as ...
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US Army gets the go-ahead for new UAV contest
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Department of Defense's Joint Requirements Oversight Council has decided to allow the US Army to proceed with the Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicle (TUAV) programme, prompting the Army to run a competition that may yet include the previously favoured contender, the Alliant Techsystems Outrider UAV. Lt ...
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US Air Force looks at UK refuelling alternative
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Air Force may retrofit a wing-mounted hose-and-drogue aerial refuelling system, made by UK-based Flight Refuelling, on its 24 Lockheed Martin MC-130H Combat Talon II special operations aircraft. The US Department of Defense (DoD) says US special operations aviation forces do not have enough ...
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Going south
Joseph Sims/MIAMI Air Transport infrastructure experts say that the economic turmoil which has spread from Asia to Latin America will slow down the pace of airport privatisation in the region - perhaps by as much as 18 months. But officials at US company Ogden, in charge of the world's most ...
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Indian ambition
Hormuz Mama/BANGALORE With the first flight of its Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) now put back to mid-1999, nearly four years after its roll-out, the programme appears to be plagued with difficulties and delays and the target date of 2003 for first deliveries to the Indian air force looks increasingly over-optimistic. ...
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Winners and losers
Brent Hannon/MANILA New carriers launched since aviation was deregulated in the Philippines in late 1994 have enjoyed rapid growth as a result of the prolonged crisis at Philippine Airlines (PAL). The crisis, which came to a head with a pilots' strike in June this year and a two-week cessation ...
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Uncertain demand
Tim Furniss/PARIS About 80% of the commercial launches between now and 2008 could be to place payloads weighing between 100kg and 1,000kg into low earth orbit (LEO) at altitudes of 300-1,000km, says a recent market study from the Teal Group. This forecasts launches of over 800 LEO satellites, ...
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Correcting the deviants
David Learmount/LONDDONPilots and maintenance engineers not only make mistakes, some often break the rules, a fact confirmed by studies on human performance presented at a seminar held by the UK Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) on 24 September, in London. The aim of the seminar, entitled Professionals performing poorly, was ...
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Cessna expects new record as Citation sales near 400 mark
Cessna expects sales of its Citation business jets to exceed 400 aircraft this year, its highest-ever annual total. Sales were boosted by substantial pre-ordering of the new Citation CJ2 and Sovereign before their official launch last month. The company booked orders for 76 entry-level CJ2s and 79 mid-size Sovereigns ...
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Ilyushin sets target for Il-103 certification to emerge from shadows
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Ilyushin expects to have the US Federal Aviation Administration shadow certification of its ll-103 single engined light piston upgraded to full certification by the end of this year. The Russian design bureau confirms that the MAK (Interstate Aviation Committee) Avia Register has certificated the aircraft's manufacturer, ...