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Australian Navy uses Leasat
The former US Navy Leasat 5 communications satellite is providing ultra high frequency services to the Royal Australian Navy from a new geostationary orbit (GEO) location at 156¼E under a multi-million dollar contract with Hughes Global Services (HGS). Australia has the option to maintain the service for up to five ...
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New satellite
Pakistan's 70kg Badar-2 atmospheric and solar radiation research satellite will be launched as a piggyback payload aboard a Russian Molniya booster carrying a national Meteor 3 weather satellite in August. The Badar 1 was launched on a Chinese Long March 2E development flight in 1990 but functioned for only 35 ...
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Titan 3B sends NRO satellite
The second Lockheed Martin Titan 3B Centaur booster, the USA's most powerful unmanned booster, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 9 May, carrying a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite into orbit. The payload is thought to be a signals intelligence satellite operating from geostationary orbit. The US Air ...
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Controlling the future
David Learmount/LONDON There was a deafening silence from UK National Air Traffic Services (NATS) between 5 April and 13 May. At the beginning of the period, NATS had somewhat nervously announced that it had run the first full "operational" test of the much delayed new en route air traffic ...
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Out of the ashes
Julian Moxon/BEIRUT A visit to downtown Beirut to see at first hand the reconstruction that is now taking place is a powerful way of understanding something of the spirit that lies behind the rebuilding of the Lebanese national carrier, Middle East Airlines. Twenty years of indiscriminate shelling left more than ...
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Orbital images
Orbital Imaging (Orbimage), an affiliate of OrbitalSciences, has acquired St Louis, Missouri-based Trifid, a maker of reconnaissance image processing hardware and software which will form the nucleus of an on-line system for archiving and distributing high-resolution imagery from the company's OrbView satellites. Source: Flight International
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Magellan acquires
Canada's Magellan Aerospace has acquired privately held Chicopee Manufacturing, a Boeing supplier based in Kitchener, Ontario. Magellan subsidiaries include Bristol Aerospace, Fleet Industries, Orenda Aerospace, Aeronca and Middleton Aerospace. Source: Flight International
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Anglo sale
Cabair Group has acquired Bournemouth Flying Club from UK Piper aircraft distributor Anglo American Airmotive for an undisclosed sum. As part of the agreement, Cabair will also acquire the club's 11 training aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Chauffair wins JAR 145
The UK's Chauffair has won UK Civil Aviation Authority Joint Aviation Requirement 145 approval for its Farnborough-based maintenance and engineering company. It claims to have the largest fleet of business jets in the UK, with a total of seven aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Jet gains JAR-Ops 1
Jet Aviation has become one of the first European companies to receive an air operators certificate under the Joint Aviation Authorities' Joint Aviation Requirement Ops 1 rules, which require implementation of an ISO 9000-standard quality system. Source: Flight International
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Martini Ayres
Duijvestijn Aviation has signed a five-year agreement with Martini Airfreight for the lease of two Ayres Loadmasters. The Amsterdam Lelystad Airport-based aircraft sales and leasing company, which has an firm order for five Loadmasters and an option for a further five, is due to take delivery of the first aircraft ...
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Raytheon Hangar
Raytheon Aircraft Services (RASL) has opened a newly refurbished hangar at its Broughton, North Wales, base in the UK. The building, which now doubles RASL's capability at the site, will accommodate the company's engineering and support services for a range of Raytheon aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Pilot choice
The US Air Force has modified its pilot training to allow students to select between bomber and tanker/transport tracks. The bomber "mini-track" includes low-level flying training in the Northrop T-38 following completion of the standard multi-engine course in the Raytheon T-1A. Source: Flight International
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F-22 gets JHMCS
Vision Systems International (VSI) has received a Lockheed Martin contract to adapt its Joint Helmet-Mounted Cuing System (JHMCS) to the F-22. VSI, a joint venture between Elbit's EFW unit and Kaiser Aerospace & Electronics, is developing the JHMCS for the F-15, F-16 and F-18, with a first flight late this ...
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Chile delay
The Chilean air force has delayed selection of a new fighter until the end of May. The four bidders - Boeing (F/A-18C/D), Dassault (Mirage 2000-5), Lockheed Martin (F-16C/D) and Saab (Gripen) - have been given until 22 May to submit final offers for the supply of an expected 16 aircraft. ...
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SAS Lithuanian pact
SAS and Lithuanian Airlines have agreed to co-operate and aim to form a "strategic partnership" by 1 September. The Lithuanian flag carrier will co-ordinate its route network with SAS, while the agreement includes reciprocal ground handling and code-sharing arrangements. The Lithuanian Government hopes to float 49% of the airline this ...
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Colour sale
UK tour operator Sunworld is reported to be close to succeeding in a £40 million ($64 million) bid for UK charter airline Flying Colours, despite an initial asking price of £100 million by owner Flying Colours Leisure Group. The airline operates four Boeing 757s from its Manchester base and London ...
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Crossair Saab 2000S
Crossair has ordered two more Saab 2000s, increasing its total to 34 by mid-1999. It has also decided to purchase an aircraft which it is already operating off lease from Saab. The new aircraft are being added to meet demand at EuroAirport Basle-Mulhouse-Freiburg. Saab 340s now operating on routes such ...
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Dow on Sikorsky
Dow-United Technologies Composites Products has received a five year contract worth $100-125 million from Sikorsky to produce the majority of carbonfibre, glassfibre reinforced plastic and Kevlar composite components for its H-60 and H-53 helicopters. Source: Flight International
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Lucas actuators
Lucas Aerospace is to supply control actuators and electronics for the aerodynamic manoeuvring system on Lockheed Martin Vought Systems' Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC-3) surface-to-air missile. The USA plans to procure 1,200 PAC-3 missiles to upgrade Patriot air-defence batteries. Source: Flight International