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Racal scores Royal Navy avionics upgrade
Steve Nichols Racal Avionics feels it has plenty to shout about at Farnborough, thanks to winning important orders for both military and civilian equipment. UK MoD orders include avionics upgrades on Royal Navy Sea King, Lynx, and Nimrod aircraft, and the company is currently bidding on others. ...
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Search intensifies for Swissair cockpit voice recorder
Bad weather off the Canadian east coast forced the suspension of search efforts for the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the Swissair Boeing MD-11 that crashed into the Atlantic on 2 September. Search teams plan to resume the search for the CVR when weather conditions improve. US Navy teams ...
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FAA wants to lead
TEXT: Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Despite intense domestic criticism of its lateness in getting to grips with the year 2000 computer problem, the US Federal Aviation Administration sees itself leading the world's aviation industry safely into the new century. Exactly what the USA will do to safeguard American travellers ...
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Boeing does not believe that Y2K problems will be as bad as first thought
Guy Norris/Seattle The year 2000 software nightmare scenario is like something from the 1951 science fiction classic The Day The Earth Stood Still in which an omnipotent alien paralyses the world by shutting down every electrically operated device for an hour. If Boeing is right, nothing like ...
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Eurocontrol
Julian Moxon/PARIS Bringing European air trafÞc control (ATC) computers up to year 2000 standard is taxing both the national service providers and the Brussels-based Eurocontrol organisation, which has responsibility for the Maastricht upper airspace region and for the central ßow management units (CFMUs) at Paris, France, and Brussels, Belgium. ...
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Airbus to cross finishing line
Max Kingsley-Jones/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie set up a task force several years ago to examine the potential impact of the Y2K software problem on its aircraft. The consortium has concluded that there are only a few minor issues that will affect its products. It does, however, warn that it cannot ...
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Set to defend ?
Graham Warwick/FORT WORTH Having produced more digital-era fighters than any other manufacturer, Lockheed Martin should know better than most of its rivals whether the world's combat aircraft will be grounded at the dawn of the new century. "We are not aware of any airborne issue that has to ...
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Lord opens
Lord has opened an office near Yeovil, in the UK, to support GKN Westland Helicopters and other customers for its active noise control products. Meanwhile, the US company has received US approval for a refined version of its NVX system for the Boeing MD-80/90. Source: Flight International
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NTS gets stressed
National Technical Systems (NTS) of the USA has expanded its highly accelerated life testing and highly accelerated stress screening capabilities with the addition of a new 0.9m-diameter test chamber in Tempe, Arizona. It combines a temperature range of -100¼C to +200íC, fluctuation of up to 60íC/min and multi-axis (six degrees ...
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Virtual prototypes
Honeywell and Virtual Prototypes of Montreal, Canada have agreed to develop jointly a new process for the rapid deployment of avionics hardware and software. The initiative will integrate commercial off-the shelf products into Honeywell's advanced project development environment using the Canadian firm's VAPS/CCGLite product. Source: Flight International
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AlliedSignal latin win
AlliedSignal has won orders totalling $11.8 million to fit its enhanced ground proximity warning system and solid state flight data and voice recorders to Airbus A319/ A320s ordered by LanChile (40), TACA International Airlines of El Salvador (30) and TAMof Brazil (38). Source: Flight International
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CTS for BBJ
Swedish-based CTS Systems is to provide a zonal drying system for a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) due for completion by Jet Aviation of Switzerland. The system dries the space between the skin and cabin liner. Source: Flight International
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Composite rocket
Thiokol Propulsion has developed a composite cased motor for the US Army's Hydra 70 air-launched 70mm rocket, the first such casing to be used in a tactical sized weapon. The casing, which can withstand pressures up to 690 bar (10,000lb/in2), gives increased range or velocity. The motor will undergo airworthiness ...
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Nuclear luxury
A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is about $8 billion more expensive to operate over a 50-year period than a conventionally powered carrier, but offers no greater operational advantage, according to a recently released US General Accounting Office report. The Congressional watchdog says that the US Navy must resolve the powerplant issue ...
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Scenic sale
SkyWest, the parent of US regional SkyWest Airlines, has agreed to sell the Las Vegas assets of Scenic Airlines to air tour operator Eagle Canyon Airlines for a reported $14 million. The purchase will be completed as soon as Eagle Canyon receives the US Federal Aviation Administration's permission to operate ...
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Chinese cargo
China Eastern Airlines has signed a deal with Boeing's Long Beach division to convert two MD-11s into freighters for its new joint venture carrier China Cargo Airlines. The work will be subcontracted to either Kelly AFB in Texas or Aeronavali of Italy. Conversion work on the first tri-jet will start ...
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Wednesday's Flying Display
1400 Saab 340 1406 BAe Hawk Harrier Saab Gripen Eurofighter EF2000 Typhoon 1436 Airbus A330 1443 EHI EH101 Merlin ...
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UK signs up
Defence Secretary George Robertson will signal the UK's intention to join the NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC) programme when he meets with his Canadian counterpart, Art Eggleton, at the show today. Denmark signed up for the innovative Canadian-run fighter pilot training scheme on the eve of the show. Under ...
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Chinese interest leaps as 717 takes to the air
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Three Chinese airlines have asked Boeing to propose deals covering "up to 200" Boeing 717-200s. The request was made just hours before the 100-seat regional jet successfully completed a 4h 7min maiden flight from Long Beach, California, on 2 September. Boeing declines to identify the three carriers. ...
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Sabena A340 suffers as landing gear collapses
A Sabena Airbus A340-200 has been severely damaged in an incident which saw the aircraft's right main landing gear fail at the end of its landing run at Brussels Airport, Belgium, on 29 August. The damage is expected to take four months to repair, says the airline. Following the ...