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Raytheon prowls for more co-branding deals
Raytheon Aircraft is to end its King Air marketing agreement with luxury car manufacturer Jaguar after one year, as planned, but is considering similar "co-branding" deals involving its piston-powered aircraft. The manufacturer says the marketing tie-up has been a success, with all but one of 12 Jaguar Special Edition ...
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Boeing deliveries
Boeing has begun delivery of 45 MD 600N light single-turbine helicopters to the US Border Patrol, to replace Hughes OH-6As. Under a $71 million contract, the company will deliver nine aircraft a year. The low noise of the MD600's NOTAR tailrotorless anti-torque system was a major factor in the Border ...
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NASA's Pathfinder solar-powered wing soars to 80,000ft
NASA's Pathfinder Plus solar-powered, remotely piloted flying wing reached an altitude of over 80,000ft (24,400m) on a 6 August test flight from Hawaii. The flight, which lasted for almost 15h, paves the way for testing the Pathfinder's successor, the Centurion, a solar-powered unmanned air vehicle which is designed to reach ...
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Douglas vanishes but gets 737 work
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing has confirmed that it will open a new Next Generation 737 production line at the former Douglas Aircraft plant in Long Beach. The move comes as part of a major re-organisation within the group which could see up to 28,000 job losses. Despite the opening of ...
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China consortium plans regional jet
Three Chinese aerospace companies are proposing the joint development of a new 70-seat regional jet in what appears to be an independent initiative without central government support. Manufacturing plants Xian, Harbin and Shaanxi say that they plan to set up such a joint venture and are seeking additional risk-sharing ...
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UK Government livens up row over American/BA slot concessions
The UK Government has joined the row with the European Commission over whether British Airways should be allowed to sell airport slots as part of the deal allowing its alliance with American Airlines. Deputy prime minister John Prescott has sided with competition commissioner Karel Van Miert in claiming that ...
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Single company may emerge in South Korean restructure
Paul Lewis/SEOUL The South Korean aerospace industry is poised for a massive shake-up, possibly involving the creation of a single merged company, as the Government steps in to re-organise a sector which is struggling under mounting debts, shrinking work levels and growing overcapacity. In the wake of the ...
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Hyundai seeks KTX-2 wing
Paul Lewis/SEOUL Hyundai is signalling its intent to produce the wing for the planned Samsung KTX-2 advanced trainer/light combat aircraft, putting it on a collision course with the programme's principal subcontractor, Lockheed Martin. The US company has already been contracted to design and develop the wing for the ...
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US services select Israeli pods to equip F-16s
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV The US Air National Guard (ANG) and Reserve Command have selected Israel's Rafael Litening targeting and navigation pod for their Lockheed Martin F-16s, in an order potentially worth more than $300 million. Rafael and US partner Northrop Grumman will supply the systems early in 1999. ...
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New Piper rolls out Malibu Meridian
New Piper Aircraft rolled out the first single-turboprop Malibu Meridian on 13 August. "We're on time, we're under budget and we're moving," said chairman Chuck Suma at the roll-out at Vero Beach, Florida. Initial runs have been completed on the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A engine and a first ...
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Aspen Mountain Air
Exec Express II, parent company of Aspen Mountain Air of Grand Prairie, Texas, has applied for US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. It has already obtained approval for interim financing from a Dallas bankruptcy court. Source: Flight International
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UAL picks AlliedSignal
United Airlines has selected AlliedSignal's RDR-4B forward-looking windshear radar for its 473 aircraft. The radar gives 90s warning of windshear, working alongside the Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System. Source: Flight International
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Lone pilot objects to Australasian Singapore alliance
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS An objection by New Zealand pilot Peter Wakeman to Australia's competition authorities was the only remaining obstacle last week to the implementation of the planned commercial alliance between Air New Zealand, Ansett and Singapore Airlines (SIA). The Australian Consumer Competition Commission (ACCC)released a final authorisation on ...
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Titan 4A is destroyed only 40s after blast-off
A Lockheed Martin Titan 4A launcher carrying a classified US military satellite, rumoured to be worth some $1 billion, had to be destroyed only 40s after lift-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 12 August. The US Air Force launch ended in a spectacular explosion as the Titan appeared to ...
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Airbus will flight test Rolls-Royce Trent 500 on A340-300 prototype
Airbus Industrie plans to flight test the Rolls-Royce Trent 500 which is being developed to power the A340-500/600 family on its A340-300 development airframe. The Trent 500 is scheduled to have its first run in the second quarter of 1999. Flight testing on the A340-300, with a Trent being installed ...
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Boeing uses F-15E to prove
Boeing has demonstrated the use of commercial computing technology in an F-15E combat aircraft. Flight testing of an advanced display core processor (ADCP) using PowerPC hardware began in late July. The ADCP replaces both the central computer and the multi-purpose display processor in the F-15E testbed. Boeing says that ...
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Daewoo fuels civil expansion with 747-400 frame delivery
Paul Lewis/CHANGWON Daewoo Heavy Industries (DHI) has begun deliveries to Northrop Grumman of the first computer-designed fuselage frames for the Boeing 747-400, as part of wider expansion by the South Korean company of its civil aerostructures subcontracting business. Under a new contract signed with Boeing and Northrop Grumman ...
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Software tool promises fast design choices
European systems consultancy Knowledge Technologies International (KTI) is close to the release of a new software tool which links a system integrator with its suppliers in electronic product definition. The new system represents an extension of the existing ICAD manufacturing tool, which KTI has now acquired from original US ...
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TCAS 2 tests
The US Federal Aviation Administration has completed tests of the latest Change 7.0 software for the traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS 2), compulsory in Europe from 1 January, 2000, using a Boeing 727 and new software developed by Rockwell Collins. Source: Flight International
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Boeing stake
Boeing has acquired an equity stake in Elipso, the private firm that will offer satellite based low-cost, high-quality digital voice and data services globally. Source: Flight International