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Flying support crew have their work cut out
Steve Nichols As more than 100 aircraft are put through their paces this week, spare a thought for the unsung band of 44 men, and one woman, who keep them in the air. Farnborough's Engineering Support Team, headed by Martin Miller of Wynnwith Engineering, is responsible for handling, ...
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Taurus test flight successful
The first captive flight of a Taurus stand-off weapon on a Saab JAS39 Gripen has successfully taken place at Linköping, Sweden, says a member of the consortium developing the weapon. The KEPD 150 (seen on the inner port underwing pylon) is a member of the Taurus family of weapons being ...
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Unison president Sontag likes a market challenge
Steve Nichols It's not often you get to meet a true entrepreneur, but if anyone deserves the title, Fred Sontag, president of Unison does. His company is the number one manufacturer of electrical devices for aero engines, with sales of more than $150 million. But it's how the ...
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BAe, R-R join universities in research programme
Two of Britain's major aerospace companies have joined with three leading universities in a joint programme of research into engineering processes for the new millennium. British Aerospace and Rolls-Royce are jointly investing £1.5 million ($2.4 million) in setting up a unique five-year University Technology Partnership (UTP) agreement with the ...
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Have a word in your shell-like electronic ear
If you thought that voice-activated avionics were strictly for hi-tech jets like the Eurofighter, take a look at Stand B5 in Hall 1. Octec and Skyquest are showing their Integrated Mission Equipment System (IMES), which they developed jointly to activate various aircraft systems using spoken commands. The system was ...
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Executive Jet ups NetJets fleet with Hawker/Falcon deal
Paul Derby Raytheon will today announce a $220 million order from fractional ownership company Executive Jet for 20 more Hawker 800XPs with 16 options. The deal follows hot on the heels of yesterday's $240 million purchase by Executive Jet of 12 additional Dassault Falcon 2000 business jets. Both ...
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Twin plans to resurrect Fokker designs
Mark Hannant and Tim Ripley Just a couple of years after its demise, the name of the venerable Fokker company is back in the limelight at a major airshow with the announcement of two proposals to resurrect its production lines. Forward Aircraft has been at Farnborough '98 in ...
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Matsushita links with Honeywell in key IFE move
In-flight entertainment (IFE) market-leader Matsushita Avionics Systems (MASC) is to team with Honeywell in a move which promises to alter the evolution of the industry significantly. The agreement marries MASC's leading-edge expertise in creating interactive IFE software operating platforms with Honeywell's communications and data-management skills. It is set ...
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Face the facts with Ruth Harkin
Ruth Harkin's appointment last year as United Technologies vice-president international affairs and government relations, and chair of United Technologies International, makes her UTC's highest ranking female executive. During her visit to Farnborough - her first time at the air show - she spoke to Karen Walker. Q What is your ...
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Flight Visions selected for HUD supply
Graham Warwick GEC-Marconi virtually invented the fighter head-up display, but here on its home turf a US upstart is celebrating two of the most significant recent wins in the HUD market. Flight Visions is displaying the lightweight Night Hawk HUD selected by Lockheed Martin for its X-35 Joint ...
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send images by phone and radio
ImageBase Technology (Hall 2, Stand B2) is demonstrating its Photophone 98 system for sending video or still images across telephone lines, networks or radio links. The system is fully interactive and allows either party to add text or zoom into any part of the image. An on-screen pointer lets ...
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Iridium on target for global phone launch
Steve Nichols and Tim Furniss Aeronautical equipment for the new Iridium satellite telephone service is making its debut on the AlliedSignal stand (Hall 4, Stand F8). Promising to deliver telephone calls from every part of the planet, on the ground or in the sky, the Iridium service is ...
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New contracts total over $1bn for Lucas
Mark Hannant New contracts worth well over $1 billion have been announced by Lucas Aerospace. The UK electronics giant will supply for Fairchild Aerospace's new 728JET the complete fly-by-wire flight control system - a contract worth £600 million ($960 million) - and a major proportion of the primary ...
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US government to file suit against Northwest, Mesaba
The US government is to file suit against Northwest Airlines and its affiliate Mesaba Airlines in a bid to force the resumption of air services to 13 cities affected by the continuing Northwest pilots' strike. The suit is to be filed by the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the ...
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European team makes most of Meteor bid
Tim Furniss A European industry team led by Matra BAe Dynamics, is promoting the virtues of its Meteor missile to meet the needs for the next generation European medium range air-to-air missile (MRAAM). The first step toward this objective is to meet the requirement to provide the UK ...
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Private finance mooted for RAF tanker replacement
UK Defence Secretary George Robertson visited Farnborough yesterday as it emerged that the Royal Air Force is looking to replace its 35 ageing air refuelling tanker aircraft under a private finance initiative (PFI), possibly worth more than $1.5 billion. Robertson announced that this could be the biggest PFI ever ...
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Nordic demand for helicopters anticipated
Paul Derby An emerging helicopter requirement in the Nordic region of Europe which might call for as many as 80 aircraft is set to spark the next scramble for orders among the world's manufacturers. Finland is looking to buy an unspecified number of tactical troop transport helicopters and ...
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Green light forecast for European missile programme
Tim Ripley Europe's long delayed programme, worth $1.6 billion, to build the next generation of surface-to-air missiles could get the go ahead this year, says Matra BAe Dynamics chief executive Frabrice Bregier. The Principle Anti-Air Missile System (PAAMS) is intended to be the main weapon of the European ...
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Pascall harnesses meteors for backup link
What do you do if your communications satellite malfunctions and HF links fail you too? According to Pascall (Hall 4/G5) you use meteors! Using reflections from trails of gas, caused by meteorites entering the earth's atmosphere, it's possible to establish two-way VHF communications over quite long path lengths. ...
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Swissair pioneers data-handling with Honeywell
Swissair and Honeywell will later this year begin trials of new avionics designed to ease the flow of cockpit and cabin data on and off aircraft. Honeywell will fit its Total Aircraft Information System (TAIS) in a single Airbus A321 as part of a collaborative project called SkyLink to ...