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BDE is developing rapid-installation firefighting kit for Caribou
Spanish company BDE is developing a firefighting modification for the de Havilland DHC-4A Caribou transport aircraft. The Madrid-based firm is developing a 4,500litre-capacity retardant tank kit designed to be installed or removed from the aircraft's cargo hold in less than 4h. Certification work is under way at BDE's Miami ...
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China signs for Canadian N-5 production
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The Canadian Aerospace Group (CAG) has concluded a second collaborative agreement with a Chinese aviation manufacturer covering the final assembly and sale of up to 240 Hongdu N-5A agricultural aircraft to North American buyers. China in return, has been given rights for local production of the Windeagle ...
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BAe and Dassault to seal combat aircraft link
Dassault Aviation and British Aerospace are preparing to take the next step towards their promised joint venture to study future combat aircraft technology, with plans to start firming up the terms of their co-operation pact by mid-year. French ministry of defence procurement chief Jean-Yves Helmer says that the two ...
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Boeing avoids redesign for Super Hornet wing
Boeing has selected a remedy for the wing drop problem on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet after flight testing at the Naval Air Station at Patuxent River, Maryland. A slotted fairing allows air to flow both ways through the wing fold hinges, making it aerodynamically invisible and preventing the asymmetric stall ...
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Elbit Digitasl Maps
Elbit Systems has won a contract to supply 40 of its Digital Map systems to an unnamed customer, the system's first use for a military aircraft programme. The Haifa, Israel-based company already supplies the systems for the Boeing V-22 tilt rotor aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Carrier-based F-18 simulator succeeds on Independence
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Boeing Reports that an F-18C flight simulator installed on the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence is "performing well" in the first test of a carrier-based weapon system trainer (CV WST). The simulator supplied by Boeing has been in operation since mid-January and may ...
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Microprobes team selected
A nine-strong science team has been selected by NASA to manage the Mars Microprobes, which will fly as piggyback payloads aboard the Mars '98 Polar Lander, pictured at Lockheed Martin Astronautics in Denver, Colorado. The Microprobes, to be launched in January 1999, are flying as the Deep Space 2 mission ...
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FAA safety agenda focuses on CFIT and engines
Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) and engine safety are to head the US Federal Aviation Administration's list of priorities, according to Administrator Jane Garvey, unveiling the FAA's new "safety agenda". Launching the new agenda in Washington on 14 April, Garvey, together with US Vice President Al Gore and transportation ...
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Marketplace
-US cargo carrier Atlas Air has signed a long term contract to operate Boeing 747-200 freighter services for Alitalia, with an ex-Philippine Airlines 747-200F being converted by Boeing. -Stansted, UK based AB Airlines has leased two ex-Jet Airways Boeing 737-300s from Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS). -Air Malta has concluded ...
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Routes
-Sabena inaugurated a new service between Brussels and Birmingham on 5 April, and will fly the route four times daily with an Avro RJ85. -Australia and the Solomon Islands have lifted capacity entitlements between Honiara and Australian gateways from three to five weekly services, shared between Solomon Airlines and Qantas. ...
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United wraps up with widebodies purchase
United Airlines has completed its latest round of airliner shopping, with a deal for 23 more Boeing widebodies, worth an estimated $3 billion. The deal, which follows an agreement concluded last month with Airbus for 30 more A320-family aircraft, is the third stage in a four part fleet growth ...
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Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman respond
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have issued an official response to the US Government's anti-trust complaints against their proposed merger, arguing that the deal is necessary if they are to compete with Boeing in military aircraft and Raytheon in defence electronics. The complaint was filed with the court on ...
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Hungary takes uprated L-39ZO
The Hungarian air force has been handed its first overhauled and upgraded Aero Vodochody L-39ZO Albatros trainer by Danubian Aircraft. The air force's longer-term hopes of reaching a part exchange deal with Vodochody to swap the aircraft for new-build L-39ZAs appear to have hit financing difficulties, however. The ...
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Lockheed wins JASSM battle
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Lockheed Martin can expect to earn more than $2 billion from the Joint Air-to-Surface Stand off Missile (JASSM) programme after winning the first battle against Boeing to provide an initial 2,400 of the cruise missiles to the US Air Force. The US Department of Defense awarded the ...
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Dee Howard sell-off looms
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA Alenia is considering the sale of part of its US maintenance business, Dee Howard, while the Italian group's Venice-based Aeronavali unit has received a huge order from a leasing company for converting McDonnell Douglas DC-10s into freighters. Maintenance represents around 65% of Dee Howard's annual $100 million sales. ...
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Gulf Air changes its orders to A330-200s
Gulf Air has revised its order for six Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered Airbus A330s, with the aircraft now being taken as the smaller longer range -200 rather than the -300 originally specified. Deliveries are due to begin in April 1999 and continue to June 2001. Gulf Air will use the ...
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ICAO recommends plan to balances NOx and CO2 emissions
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC A modified plan to reduce harmful aero engine emissions has been recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). ICAO's Committee of Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) has approved a plan which would cut emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) while encouraging development of more fuel-efficient engines ...
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Taiwan steps up safety audits
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI In an attempt to rebuild passenger confidence in Taiwan's air safety following a spate of accidents, the country's Civil Aeronautics Administration has announced stricter penalties, including severe fines and grounding, for airlines not in compliance with regulatory standards. Each of Taiwan's nine commercial airlines has been ...
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Bonn light SAM
The German parliamentary defence procurement approvals committee has cleared series production of the STN-Atlas Elektronik Light Anti-Aircraft System (LeFlaSys). The LeFlaSys is based around European-produced Raytheon Stinger infrared-guided short range surface-to-air missile (SAM), and is designed to provide anti-aircraft protection to crisis reaction forces and other airborne troop units. According ...
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Singaporean F-16D Block 52s reveal Israeli design heritage
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Singapore's latest batch of Lockheed Martin F-16D Block 52 aircraft is believed to be undergoing a modification by Israel, drawing on elements of the Israeli air force's own F-16D Brakeet (Thunderbolt) strike aircraft. The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has 20 F-16D Block 52 aircraft on order. ...