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Sikorsky sees optimism offshore
Sikorsky has predicted an upturn in the offshore support helicopter market after carrying out a survey of the petroleum industry. "Prospects for the next 12 to 18 months are brighter than we have seen recently, all over the world," says Mike Moran, director of commercial programmes. The US company ...
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American Eagle confirms ERJ-135
Guy Norris/FORT WORTH American Eagle has selected the Embraer ERJ-135 to meet its requirement for up to 150 of the 37-seat regional jets. The carrier expects formally to announce the deal by early September - probably in time for the Farnborough air show. The decision will be a major, but ...
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Growth Super Puma will challenge S-92
Eurocopter has launched a growth version of its Super Puma transport helicopter, the MkIII, that will bring it closer to matching the new Sikorsky S-92 in the offshore exploration market. The new variant will be ready for European Joint Aviation Authorities certification and delivery at the end of 2001. While ...
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$3 billion EC grant to Air France was illegal, says Court of Justice
The European Court of Justice has ruled that the European Commission decision to permit Air France Fr20 billion ($3 billion) in state aid was illegal. However, the Luxembourg-based court threw out all but two of the 110 complaints made by rival airlines, including British Airways, British Midland and SAS. ...
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US Air Force makes a start on $1 billion upgrade of F-16C/Ds
US Air Force makes a start on $1 billion upgrade of F-16C/DsThe USAir Force has embarked on a $1 billion programme to upgrade and standardise 700 Lockheed Martin F-16C/ Ds to improve reliability and increase capability. There is already some international interest in the update, the company says. Under ...
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GEC sees through sales
GEC has seen through two key parts of its strategic repositioning, completing the $1.4 billion acquisition of US defence electronics group Tracor and also successfully floating off its share in the Alstom power and transport engineering joint venture with Alcatel. Source: Flight International
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US sanctions delay first flight of India's LCA
The first flight of India's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) will be delayed until at least mid-1999 by US economic sanctions imposed following India's nuclear tests. Lockheed Martin, which was collaborating with India's Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) on the LCA's digital flight control system, estimates that it will take India "over ...
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BAA New York deal
UK airport operator BAA is to develop retail facilities at New York Newark International Airport, along the lines of its Airmall at Pittsburgh. BAA has signed a 15-year lease and, with subtenants, will invest $17 million. Source: Flight International
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Russia takes action against 16 airlines
Russia's Federal Aviation Service has withdrawn the operating licences of 16 airlines. The reasons for the withdrawals have not been given but action of this type usually relates to financial or operational weaknesses. Among those grounded were regional scheduled carriers Aerolat, Elista Avia and Kurgan Avia, cargo operators Magadan ...
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Ukraine tries to fan interest in Tupolev upgrades
Paul Duffy/Moscow Russian and Ukrainian engine manufacturers are touting re-engineing programmes for the Tupolev Tu-134 and Tu-154 passenger aircraft, which, despite their age, continue in widespread service in the CIS. The re-engineing projects were among several similar schemes being offered at the recent Moscow Aeroengine Show. Ukrainian ...
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Shorts removes obstacle to resumption of Fokker production
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Bombardier Aerospace Shorts has removed a major obstacle to the restart of Fokker airliner production by finally agreeing to sell to the Dutch company's trustees the tools, equipment and drawings it has held as the wing producer. Belfast, Northern Ireland-based Shorts was a risk sharing partner in the ...
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ESA to develop small satellite launcher
Ministers from the European Space Agency member states have agreed to develop a new small commercial satellite launcher called the Vega. The booster will include the Italian/French-built Ariane 5 solid rocket booster, two Fiat Avio motors and a liquid propellant upper stage. The launcher is aimed at placing payloads ...
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Partners find X-31 funding
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) says that Government financing for the trinational VECTOR follow-on to the X-31 Enhanced Fighter Manoeuvrability programme is now secure, and a final go-ahead is expected later this year. "The financing questions have been resolved, and the partners are now in programme planning activities," says project ...
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Airbus radar
Rockwell-Collins' WXR-700 forward-looking windshear radar has been certificated for installation on Airbus' A320 family and the A330/A340. Source: Flight International
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Plastic fuselage C-130 flies
A Lockheed Martin/ 3M team has test flown a C-130 Hercules with about 150m2 (1,600ft2) of the fuselage forward of the wing treated with a plastic film, rather than paint. The two companies are developing appliqué technologies in a joint programme with the US Department of Commerce and have already ...
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BAe tests RJ parts production at TAPO
Ian Sheppard/London British Aerospace Regional Aircraft has dispatched the first raw material to Uzbekistan's Tashkent Aircraft Production factory (TAPO), which will produce 20 shipsets of nose-section components for the Avro RJ regional jets. The parts are now produced by Avro supplier Midcast Engineering of Maesteg, South Wales, but, ...
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Do-it-yourself weighing machine approvedTEXT: Ian Sheppard/LondonBritish Aerospace Regional Aircraft has dispatched the first raw material
A weighing device that uses aircraft landing gear struts as scales has won US Federal Aviation Administration approval. The weight and balance system (WBS) is made by Dallas, Texas-based Trinity Airweighs. It can measure the weight and centre of gravity (CG) of an aircraft without the need for traditional ...
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GM/Williams team up on microturbine generators
General Motors (GM) and Williams International have teamed up to develop microturbine generators for aerospace applications, primarily unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). The powerplants, which will also be used for distributed power generation, will be produced from a 40kW microturbine generator that was developed for an advanced hybrid electric car, ...
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Arianespace loses contract as CD Radio moves into new orbit
Tim Furniss/PARIS European commercial satellite launcher company Arianespace has lost a contract for two spacecraft but gained another, bringing to 40 the number of satellites on its launch orderbook. Although it has won the contract to launch the Hughes-built HS376 model Brasilsat B4 communications satellite aboard an Ariane ...
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Beal has bigger aims
Beal Aerospace is to develop the BA-2 satellite launcher, dropping the smaller BA-1. The BA-2 will be able to place 5,000kg into geostationary transfer orbit and place satellite constellations into low Earth orbits. The decision follows a market review and the successful testing of Beal's prototype hydrogen peroxide and kerosene ...