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Turkey signs up IAI for F-5 upgrade
A consortium led by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) signed a $70 million contract with Turkey on 24 September for the upgrade of 48 Northrop F-5 fighters. IAI, teamed with Elbit and Singapore Aerospace, beat a rival bid from Sagem of France. The upgrade, consisting of cockpit display, navigation and ...
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Focus falls on solo airlines after tie-ups
With British Airways and American Airlines having confirmed their move to counter the Star Alliance - with the five-airline "oneworld" alliance - attention is now turning to potential responses by major airlines which have not yet committed to one of the global blocks. The oneworld link, formally unveiled in ...
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Embraer boss holds back on 70-seater launch
Julian Moxon/HANOVER Embraer president Mauricio Botelho has played down expectations of a quick decision on the launch of a 70-seat regional jet by the Brazilian airframe builder, believing that market conditions in the USA and Asia do not warrant a speedy move. Speaking at the European Regions Airlines ...
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Satellite controls
US industry has attacked moves by Congress to subject the export of communications satellites to the same controls as apply to the sale of weapon systems. The action results from allegations that China may have gained access to technology while launching satellites for US firms. The US Aerospace Industry Association ...
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CAE civil and military sales continue to mount
CAE Electronics has sold an Airbus A320 full flight simulator to Pan Am International Flight Academy. The simulator, with CAE MaxVue Plus visual system, will be delivered in October next year, as part of the Miami-based training centre's aggressive expansion plans. The Canadian manufacturer has also confirmed the sale ...
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E&S wins WAH-64D contract
Graham WARWICK/Washington DC Evans &Sutherland (E&S) has received a $32.2 million contract from Boeing to supply four visual systems for the BritishArmy's WAH-64D Apache attack helicopter training systems. Boeing is building the training systems for its Aviation Training International venture with GKN Westland, which will build and operate the Apache ...
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Canadian company claims first for new European FTD approval
Canadian company Mechtronix Systems is claiming to be the first manufacturer to have a flight training device (FTD) approved under new European regulations. An FTD operated by Atlantic Flight Training in the UK has been approved under the Joint Aviation Authorities' new Flight, Navigation and Procedures Trainer (FNPT2) category. ...
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Cyber reality
CyberEdge Information Services of Sausalito, California, has launched a new study into the visual simulation and virtual reality market, including Europe and Asia for the first time. The company's 1997 study forecast that the market could approach $1 billion in 1998, up from $480 million last year. Source: Flight ...
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Consortia fight for Skynet 5
Lockheed Martin is leading a consortium, which includes British Telecom Defence and British Aerospace Defence Systems, to bid for the contract to build the UK's Skynet 5 military communications satellite system. TRW would provide communications payloads, as major subcontractor. The US company, offering a system based on its A2100 ...
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Boeing introduces new Delta IV variants for commercial market
Tim Furniss/LONDON Boeing is to introduce three new versions of a Delta IV Medium Plus class Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) booster to compete in the commercial market and to complement the standard Delta Medium EELV to be built for the US Air Force. The developments will give Boeing ...
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Thrust contract
Kaiser Marquardt has received a contract to supply Orbital Sciences with monopropellant thrusters for the OrbView 3 and 4 spacecraft. In the last two years, Kaiser Marquardt has more than doubled its annual deliveries of monopropellant and bipropellant engines and thrusters worldwide, the greatest increase being in the monopropellant production ...
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SOHO rescue shows right attitude
The rescue of the European Space Agency/ NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), which was lost in space on 25 June, has been completed with a successful "attitude recovery" operation. The spacecraft is now pointing at the sun again, following weeks of careful manoeuvring after a powerful radio telescope located ...
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The Spektr of Mir is brought back to life
Mir cosmonauts Gennadi Padalka and Sergei Avdeyev completed a 3h sortie into the unpressurised Spektr module on 15 September to reconnect cables to the module's solar arrays. The Mir unit was damaged last year in a collision with an unmanned Progress launcher during a docking operation. If the Spektr ...
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Exploring the Galaxy
Julian Moxon/Tel AVIV Cutaway/John Marsden and Tim Hall The pressure is on at Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) as its business aircraft division works to certificate its latest design by the late December deadline. The on-schedule maiden flight of the third prototype Galaxy on 23 September was a further boost to ...
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Military Aircaft Directory: Avioane
AVIOANE Manufacturer PWR Max TD Max TR WS FL Max RF Max Kts/Mach H Max OC C Max WLE E CR Max PNR ...
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Latin section
LanChile, TACA Group of El Salvador and TAM of Brazil have ordered AlliedSignal's enhanced ground proximity warning system, 131-9(A) auxiliary power units and flight data and cockpit voice recorders for their existing and newly ordered fleets of Airbus A320s. The deals are worth a total of $100 million. Source: Flight ...
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Security InVision
InVision Technologies says that its QScan QR500 hold baggage scanning system has passed US Federal Aviation Administration factory acceptance testing. Two units will be installed at two US airports later this year. Meanwhile, the firm's QScan QR160 cabin baggage scanning system has successfully completed a three-week field trial. The security ...
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EGPWS deal
Lufthansa has signed a 10-year agreement to buy AlliedSignal enhanced ground proximity warning systems (EGPWS) for its aircraft and those of its subsidiaries. The deal covers the initial purchase of 175 systems for its fleet, including that of Lufthansa Cargo, but is expected to grow to cover at least 400 ...
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French growth
France's aerospace industry grew strongly in the first half of this year, with sales up by 8.9% to Fr72.5 billion ($12 billion), and orders by 16.8%. Jean-Paul Béchat, president of French industry body GifaS, says that much of the growth came from the equipment industry, which accounts for 25% of ...
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BAe profits
British Aerospace has reported pre-tax profits for the half year up by 24%.Despite the rise, and a record order book, the company's shares tumbled after a fall in oil prices cut operating cashflow as a result of payments from the Saudi Arabian Al Yamamah contract by at least £500 million ...