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Dasa and GEC-Marconi bid for EF2000 defensive aids suite
Daimler-Benz Aerospace's (Dasa) Ulm defence and civil systems division and the GEC-Marconi-led EuroDASS consortium have submitted proposals to Germany for a defensive aids suite for its Eurofighter EF2000. The Dasa offer includes its own fast jet towed radar decoy (seen here being tested on a McDonnell Douglas F-4). A ...
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BMW Rolls-Royce finds cure for compressor blade cracks
BMW Rolls-Royce has resolved a compressor blade cracking problem in the BR715 engine. The problem has delayed the start of flight testing of the Boeing 717 regional airliner for several weeks. According to research and development director Günter Kappler, the cracks arose during altitude chamber tests to determine the ...
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Eurojet aims EJ200 variant at thrust vectored Gripen
Eurojet, the Eurofighter powerplant manufacturer, is offering an uprated version of its EJ200 engine to power a thrust-vectored Saab/British Aerospace Gripen demonstrator. The company says that a 700h flight test programme is being planned to explore thrust vectoring on a standard Gripen airframe for the export market. Eurojet has ...
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German guard will take its first EC135
Germany's border guard is to receive the first of 13 Eurocopter EC155 twin-engine medium helicopters this year. Eurocopter co-president Siegfried Sobotta says the group is putting a "tremendous effort" into getting the first of the EC155s to the border guard this year. The EC155 is a further development of ...
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MIG MAPO reveals MiG-29SMT upgrade details
MIG MAPO has released more details of its MiG-29SMT upgrade for the basic Fulcrum A. These include the potential to fit the aircraft with improved air-to-air and air-to-surface weaponry as well as an upgraded variant of the Klimov RD-33 engine, the RD-43, capable of thrust vectoring. MIG MAPO unveiled ...
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Dasa asks Germany for approval of EURAAM demonstrator
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) is pushing the German Government for approval of a DM350 million ($190 million) two-year flight test demonstration for its EURAAM next generation air-to-air missile programme. Go-ahead for the project could be received by the end of June, allowing Dasa's LFK missile subsidiary and its rocket motor ...
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Brazil and Canada plan subsidy accord for regional aircraft
Mediation of the regional aircraft subsidy dispute between Brazil and Canada has left both sides claiming victory. Special envoys appointed by the two governments have recommended means for resolving the dispute, but have not ruled on whether support provided to Bombardier and Embraer breaks international guidelines on subsidies. The trade ...
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British Aerospace aims Jetstream 32EP at Mexico
British Aerospace Asset Management is trying to persuade Mexican regional Aerolitoral to replace its fleet of 27 owned Fairchild Metros with 15 leased Jetstream 32EPs. The approach follows BAe's first deal with a Mexican carrier - to lease five 19-seat J32EPs, with seven options, to Aerocaribe. Cancun-based Aerocaribe, like ...
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P&WC bids to power improved Avro RJ-X
British Aerospace Regional Aircraft is considering an unsolicited proposal from Pratt & Whitney Canada to power the improved Avro RJ-X now under study. P&WC's offer of the PW308 to power the four-jet aircraft came after negotiations had begun with incumbent engine supplier AlliedSignal to power the RJ-X with its new ...
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Fairchild Dornier aims 428JET at USA
Fairchild Dornier is aiming its new 42/44-seat 428JET primarily at the US regional airline market. President Jim Robinson says the launch of a stretched version of the 32/34-seat 328JET is intended to offset the commonality advantage Embraer enjoys in marketing its 37-seat RJ-135 to 50-seat RJ-145 operators. Continental Express ...
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Saab and BAe remain cautious on leasing tie-up
Saab and British Aerospace are playing down reports that they plan to merge their regional turboprop leasing operations following BAe's decision to buy a 35% stake in the Swedish manufacturer. Instead, the companies say they have begun "benchmarking" their respective asset management operations "-to identify best practices-with a view to ...
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In Love
Continental Express will begin daily Embraer RJ-145 regional jet services from Dallas Love Field, Texas, to Houston, Texas, on 11 June, and to Cleveland, Ohio, on 1 July in competition with Southwest Airlines, which is based at Love Field and operates Boeing 737s. This will be the first time that ...
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Swidnik searches for partnership
Polish helicopter manufacturer PZL-Swidnik is seeking a strategic partnership with a major European helicopter producer which could lead to licensed Polish manufacture of Western helicopters. Swidnik declines to name its potential partners, but industry sources in Germany confirm that talks have been held with Eurocopter and Italy's Agusta. Both ...
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Dasa expects Trigat missile contract
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) missiles subsidiary LFK expects a German procurement contract for the long-range Trigat anti-tank missile in 1999. Its declaration comes despite the collapse of commitment to the Euromissile Dynamics Group project from France, which may now run a contest to select a weapons system for its Eurocopter ...
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Alcatel predicts space boom
Figures released by French space and telecommunications company Alcatel Alsthom predict a 25% growth in the global commercial space applications business between 1998 and 2000. By far the fastest growing segment is in the forthcoming low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations catering for mobile telephones and Internet applications. Alcatel, ...
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Delta III prepared for maiden launch
The first stage of the Boeing Delta III launch vehicle is erected at launch pad 17B at Cape Canaveral, Florida, in preparation for its maiden flight this year carrying the Hughes-built Galaxy X communications satellite. The Delta III stretched first stage uses a similar Rocketdyne RS-27A main engine as used ...
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Motorola completes Iridium constellation
Motorola's planned 66-satellite fleet of Iridium worldwide mobile communications satellites were all in orbit on 17 May after the launch of five satellites on a Boeing Delta II from Vandenberg AFB, California. In all, 72 Lockheed Martin-built satellites in the $5 billion system have now been launched in a ...
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Wake shield
Spacehab, which provides pressurised modules for the Space Shuttle, has signed an agreement with the University of Houston's Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center for the rights to the Wake Shield Facility free flier, which has has flown two Shuttle missions to manufacture semiconductor thin film materials. Source: Flight International
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NASA introduces lightweight tank on next Shuttle mission
Tim Furniss/LONDON A major component change to the Space Shuttle system will be introduced on 2 June when the Discovery STS91 is launched on the ninth Shuttle Mir Mission (SMM). The Shuttle stack will incorporate the first lightweight external tank (ET) which holds the 543,300 litres of liquid ...
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Echostar IV solar panels hit trouble
The Lockheed Martin A21200AX, Echostar IV communications satellite launched aboard a Proton booster from Baikonur by ILS International Launch Services on 8 May has experienced problems with solar panel deployment. Some transponders on board are believed to have been affected. Lockheed Martin's recent contract ...