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Heat damage hints show up in recovered MD-11 wreckage
David Learmount/LONDON Signs of "heating" damage have been detected in parts recovered from the cockpit of the Swissair Boeing MD-11 which crashed off Nova Scotia on 2 September, says chief accident investigator Vic Gerden. Gerden, of the Canadian Transportation Safety Board (CASB) would not be more precise or offer ...
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RAF holds back on tanker programme
The UK Ministry of Defence has delayed releasing a request for information (RFI) for the Royal Air Force's future strategic tanker aircraft programme for six months as Airbus Industrie and Boeing prepare to square off with respective proposed new military derivatives of the A310-300 and 767-300ER twinjets. Manufacturers had ...
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Airbus confirms UPS A300 freighter deal
Airbus Industrie has confirmed its long-awaited deal with United Parcel Service (UPS) for up to 60 new A300-600 freighters. The estimated value of the contract is around $5 billion. The order, revealed exclusively in Flight International earlier this year, follows a bid battle involving new and used aircraft from ...
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SSTL wins moon mission contract
UK company Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) has won a contract from the European Space Agency to undertake a Lunar Orbiter Mission study. SSTL will work with the Technical University of Berlin and the Swedish Institute of Space Physics. The SSTL-led Lunar Academic Research Satellite, Lunarsat, is the result ...
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Fight for East Europe markets
Lockheed Martin sees "no near-term announcements of significance" from Eastern European air arms seeking replacement fighter aircraft. At a briefing at the show, Dain Hancock, president of Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems, said economic constraints on nations such as Poland and the Czech Republic meant that they were still ...
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Fuji's unmanned helicopter
Fuji Heavy Industries is preparing to launch its high performance unmanned RPH2 helicopter in the Japanese market next year. The multipurpose 100kg payload unit is piloted by a radio control system and its altitude, speed and direction are automatically maintained by various sensors and on-board computers. Source: Flight Daily ...
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Farnborough debut 'do or die'
Bell Helicopter Textron pulled out all the stops to make sure a production 427 light twin made its public debut at Farnborough, officials said at the show. "That's the importance we place on this airshow," says senior executive marketing director Jeff Pino. "Out of the 75 orders we have ...
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IATA networks with SITA
IATA has chosen SITA as its preferred, corporate networking partner for the supply of products and services. The three-year agreement will, by the end of the year, include integration of IATA's Montreal, London, Geneva, Miami and Singapore offices via SITA's global network. Other IATA offices will be connected via ...
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Parker commits staff to UK
Parker Aerospace has placed a team of engineers and support staff into the British Aerospace engineering facility in Filton, UK. Parker, which has headquarters in Irvine, California, says it made the move in support of the fuel control and monitoring system for the new Airbus A340-500/600 programme. Source: Flight ...
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Litton's PRC subsidiary is celebrating a contract award worth up to $50 million.
PRC has been named primary subcontractor to OAO Corporation and will provide architecture analysis for the North America Air Defence (NORAD)/US Space Command Mission and Architecture Support (N/UMAS) contract. The nine-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract has a ceiling value of $180 million. Source: Flight Daily News
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Vital links to medical experts
Remote Diagnostic Technologies has developed an inflight system which provides 24 hour access to medical experts. Recognising medical incidents cause the majority of aircraft diversions, Tempus 2000 can supply vital clinical data from any air, land or sea location. Designed for easy use by the non-expert,Tempus 2000 incorporates an ...
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Texan walks tall
Raytheon's $4 billion T-6A Texan II venture with the US Joint Primary Aircraft Training System remains on schedule after the addition of structural modifications. The next generation training aircraft set to replace the US Air Force's T-37 and Navy's T-34C has undergone load testing at all locations to generate ...
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Sights on $18.9m contract
The US Army Communications-Electronics Command has awarded Litton an $18.9 million contract for the production of advanced night vision systems and image intensification tube. The company says the total contract value, if all options are taken up, might be as high as $196.5 million. Work will be carried out ...
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Attention to detail
Metal Injection Mouldings (Hall 3, Stand A4) comes to Farnborough with the plan to bring its manufacturing of small steel components with intricate detail to a wider audience. The company's process can produce complex shapes and fine detail similar to die castings or plastic mouldings. The difference is that the ...
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US Army homes in on IMU
The US Army has placed orders for AlliedSignal's Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) for its next generation XM982 guided projectile. AlliedSignal claims it is the first major guided missiles award for an IMU that uses micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) technology which should bring increased accuracy and cost reductions. If the US Army ...
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Gyroscope under microscope
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded British Aerospace Systems and Equipment (BASE) a study and research contract worth more than $100,000 to evaluate the use of the company's silicon gyroscope for use in the space agency's satellite programmes. The BASA silicon vibrating structure gyroscope (VSG) is the world's ...
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Battery powers aircraft tug
A battery powered aircraft tug is sparking lots of interest on the Lektro stand in Hall 3. Taking just 6h to re-charge, the Lektro AP8850SD is capable of towing up to 100,000lb (45,000kg). Vice-president Valdis Skilins says Lektro was the first company in the world to develop the concept of ...
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PSL helping to plug the leak
It looks like a huge glass vat of pea green soup, but the specially made tank being displayed by PSL Aviation Systems serves a very good purpose. The company (Hall 1, Stand E36) is using the equipment to recreate a fuel leak, so that it can show off its Pinpoint ...
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$85m RJ deal boosts Avro
Mike Martin British Aerospace Regional Aircraft announced the sale of three Avro RJ100 aircraft at Farnborough '98 yesterday. The $80 million deal was with Swissair Group leasing arm Flightlease and the aircraft will be delivered in July, September and October, 1999. The order may have a deeper significance ...
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Big three look ahead to next millennium
Military Aerospace companies are spending considerable time and money on scenario planning for the next millennium. Industry journalists were given an intriguing insight into the thinking of three of the big players when representatives of British Aerospace (BAe), Saab and Lockheed Martin took part in a debate. Their starting ...