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B/E takes larger slice of general aviation cabin interiors market
B/E Aerospace is making further inroads into the general aviation aircraft interiors market, having agreed "in principle" to acquire Aerospace Lighting (ALC). The deal is expected to be finalised by the end of the month. This would be the third acquisition in as many months by the Florida-based commercial ...
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American given all-clear to acquire stake in Aerolineas
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC American Airlines has been cleared by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) to acquire an 8.5% stake in Aerolineas Argentinas and its regional affiliate Austral Lineas Aereas - but the US carrier will have to limit its role because of anti-trust concerns. Under the terms ...
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Aer Lingus renews hunt for an alliance as Team sale nears
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON With the sale of its loss-making maintenance arm now back on course, Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus is preparing to reactivate its search for a strategic alliance partner and could be heading for a partial privatisation. The airline's state owners asked Aer Lingus management to submit ...
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Kuwait Airways advances towards privatisation
A draft law for the privatisation of Kuwait Airways has been approved by its state owners backed by improving finances at the carrier. The Government draft still has to undergo a parliamentary debate in the Kuwaiti National Assembly, but airline chairman Ahmed al Meshari believes the airline could now be ...
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Heico buy stalls
Fast-growing US group Heico has encountered a problem with its biggest acquisition to date, and says it will not now be able to take overall control of the French ground equipment business Teleflex-Lionel-Dupontby the end of July. Source: Flight International
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CHC spin-off
Canada's CHC Helicopter has completed the spin-off of its maintenance business under the Vector Aerospace name, raising C$193 million ($131 million) from the initial sale of an 80% stake, with C$48 million to come if the new owners elect to buy out the rest. Meanwhile, CHC posted a net profit ...
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Lockheed Martin to develop targeting system for AH-1Z
Bell Helicopter Textron has selected Lockheed Martin to develop and produce an advanced target sight system (TSS) for the US Marine Corps upgraded AH-1Z attack helicopter. Lockheed Martin's Electronics & Missiles unit says work on the 54-month, $8 million engineering development and integration contract will begin this month. Lockheed ...
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Australia insists on deadline and raises CN235-330 partners ire
Aerospace Technical Services (ATS) has attacked the Australian Government's decision not to grant IPTN a tender extension, claiming that it was close to securing additional funding to complete the CN235-330 Phoenix development. According to ATS general manager Glenn Keys, two unidentified Australian companies had expressed willingness to invest in ...
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Spar C-130 upgrades stay on course for Canadian Forces
Graham Warwick/EDMONTON Spar Aviation Services will begin delivery of upgraded Lockheed Martin C-130s to the Canadian forces this month. The third of 32 aircraft in the CC-130 Avionics Upgrade Programme (AUP) - the first for an operational unit - will be delivered by the end of July. The ...
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DARPA awards communications contracts
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded multiple contracts for design, development and demonstration of an advanced airborne battlefield communications network. Raytheon Systems, TRW and Sanders, a unit of Lockheed Martin, have each won $1 million contracts to begin work on the so-called Airborne Communications Node (ACN) ...
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Aircraft recovery
The US Navy is developing advanced aircraft recovery systems to be used at austere airfields and the next-generation large-deck aircraft carrier. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst, New Jersey, seeks industry bids for study, design and demonstration of technology for an advanced arrester gear, utilising linear electric motors ...
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UK to overhaul RAF tanker/transport capability
Douglas Barrie/LONDON The Royal Air Force's airlift and tanker capabilities are to be revamped as a result of the UK's Strategic Defence Review (SDR), which could see the Vickers VC10 and Lockheed L1011 Tristar replaced earlier than originally planned, and the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III enter RAFservice as a ...
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Russia to overhaul nuclear weapons arsenal
Russia is to attempt to maintain its nuclear arsenal, with its security council clearing of the acquisition of a new generation of air-launched missiles for both the Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear H and Tu-160 Blackjack bombers, as part of an overhaul of the country's strategic weapons. The strategic weapons upgrade ...
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Pentagon stands behind THAAD
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Department of Defense expects to have a plan in place by the end of this month to save the troubled $15 billion Lockheed Martin Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile programme. The plan will address the technical problems that have caused the ...
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US trainers make progress with first flights and roll-outs
The first production Raytheon T-6A Texan II trainer for the US Air Force is expected to make its maiden flight from Wichita, Kansas, by 17 July. The first of more than 700 T-6A Texan II trainers for the US Air Force and US Navy's Joint Primary Aircraft Training System ...
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Venezuela selects MB339FD and AMX ATA combination
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA Venezuela has chosen a mix of the Aermacchi MB339FD jet trainer and the new ATA version of the Alenia-Aermacchi-Embraer AMX trainer/attack aircraft to meet its advanced jet trainer and light strike fighter requirements. The purchase of the AMX will be the first export order for the aircraft. The ...
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Preparing for Tiger
Julian Moxon/LUC EN PROVENCE French army aviation is changing fast. The decision two years ago to move France's armed forces towards an all-professional body has meant that the army must cut its force by 60% before 2002 and its helicopter numbers by more than one-third. In addition, ...
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Quicksilver machine
Guy Norris/DALLAS-FORT WORTHWithin the next five years, the combined fleets of American Airlines and its regional affiliate, American Eagle, will number almost 1,000, of which the vast majority will be jet powered. Managing these huge fleets, and restructuring them to meet the changing needs of the 21st century, has become ...
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Have Hercules, will travel
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON, DC Nobody has done a tour on this scale, according to Lockheed Martin international business development vice-president Rick Hundley, who claims to have "kissed the ground" at Marietta, Georgia, when he and the C-130J Hercules 2 completed their marathon sales drive on 27 June. The world ...
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Calling all choppers
Paul Lewis/GIFU, JAPAN Japan can best be summarised as a geographically compact and mountainous island nation of 120 million inhabitants, the bulk of whom are tightly squeezed into an urban coastal belt. The country therefore presents some fairly unusual challenges when it comes to disaster relief planning, in which ...