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++ Continental Airlines and VASP of Brazil will codeshare on flights between the USA and Brazil from mid-1998, pending Government approvals. ++ SAS Cargo is to introduce a DHL-owned McDonnell Douglas DC-8-70 freighter between New York and Gothenburg, Sweden, and will share an Antonov An-26 between Copenhagen and the ...
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Eagle achieves record sale with sports trainer
Australian light aircraft manufacturer Eagle Aircraft has signed its biggest fleet order yet, with the sale of seven of its all-composite tandem-wing Eagle 180 sports trainers to the Civil Aviation Academy (CAA) of Victoria, which already operates three of the two-seat aircraft. The new order, which brings the value of ...
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Shares programme extends eastwards
A group of Middle Eastern investors has agreed to purchase 12 Gulfstream IV-SP business jets, worth $335 million, for a fractional ownership programme in the region. The scheme, announced last November at the Dubai air show, will be managed by Executive Jet International (EJI) as an extension of its Gulfstream ...
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Mercury glass
Award of a contract to Boeing to upgrade US Navy E-6 Mercury command and control aircraft with a "glass" cockpit, based on that in the Next Generation 737, has been held up by a protest from Raytheon. Boeing hopes that a similar upgrade of US and allied E-3 Sentrys will ...
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Prowler prowls on
Northrop Grumman has won a US Navy competition to upgrade the EA-6BProwler electronic warfare aircraft to keep it in service until 2015. The Increased Capability-III upgrade, including a reactive jamming system to counter frequency-agile radars and new colour displays, is to become operational in 2004. Source: Flight International
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Sema support
Lockheed Martin has teamed with France's Sema Group to design the logistic support for its Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) proposal. The US company says Sema provides access to European experience and expertise in logistics support and information systems, which, it hopes, will strengthen its JSF bid. Source: Flight International
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UK apache runs
Ground runs of a GKN Westland WAH-64 attack helicopter fitted with the Rolls-Royce Turboméca RTM-322 were carried out for the first time on 6 April. The aircraft is scheduled to fly by mid-year. Source: Flight International
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AVPK director
Mikhail Pogosyan has been appointed general director of AVPK Sukhoi, replacing Alexei Fedorov. Acting prime minister Sergey Kirienko confirmed the changes last month. Pogosyan's main task will be to prepare the transition of AVPK Sukhoi from a unitary state enterprise into a joint-stock holding company. The holding will include the ...
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Russian air force revives efforts to find fifth generation fighter
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW Despite parlous finances, the Russian air force is renewing its efforts to procure a fifth generation fighter. Air force test pilots are evaluating the Sukhoi S-37 and funding is being provided for the MIGMAPO 1.42 prototype. Lt Gen Yuriy Klishin, deputy commander in chief for acquisition, ...
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Varyag sale renews Chinese carrier concerns
Fears that China is seeking to acquire an aircraft carrier have been rekindled by Ukraine's sale of the incomplete former Soviet navy carrier Varyag to a Chinese-linked trading company based in Macau. The 302m-long hull was sold in March to a Macau shell company, Chong Lot Tourist and Amusement ...
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Greyhound variant chases USN slot
Northrop Grumman is studying a turbofan re-engined derivative of the C-2 Greyhound as a potential low cost candidate for the US Navy's Common Support Aircraft requirement to replace carrier-based C-2 onboard delivery, E-2 early warning and S-3 maritime patrol, electronic surveillance and tanker aircraft. The Greyhound 21 could be operational ...
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C-27J emerges as possible AEW platform
Lockheed Martin has looked at the feasibility of installing Ericsson's Erieye airborne early warning (AEW) radar on the upgraded C-27J transport, under development with Alenia. A version of the C-27J could be offered as a smaller alternative to the AEW variant of Lockheed Martin's C-130J Hercules 2. The C-130J ...
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Bell strikes at S America
Graham Warwick/SANTIAGO Bell has begun marketing a variant of the AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopter configured for reconnaissance and armed escort. The "multi-mission" MH-1W is aimed principally at Latin America, where there is growing demand for armed helicopters to support anti-drug and counter-insurgency operations. The US manufacturer argues that the MH-1W ...
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Texan visits Chile
Raytheon Aircraft's T-6ATexan II turboprop trainer was demonstrated in Chile and Peru and evaluated by two unnamed Latin American nations during its recent trip to the FIDAE show. Chile has signed a letter of intent to acquire T-6s. Source: Flight International
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CLD phase 2
The US Department of Defense has picked two contractor teams to continue development of the Tactical Common Data Link. A Phase 2 contract worth $8 million went to a team of Harris/ GEC-Marconi Hazeltine and TSI TelSys, while a second team involving Lockheed Martin and Rockwell Collins won a $6 ...
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Block 2 clearance
Boeing has received US Government permission to export the upgraded Harpoon Block 2 anti-ship missile (Flight International, 28 January-3 February). Launch of the private-venture development programme awaits signature of a co-operation agreement with the US Navy. Source: Flight International
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Apache 'packs in'
The US Army has successfully completed a "dense pack" demonstration at Williams Gateway Airport, Arizona, in which six Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopters were loaded into a Lockheed Martin C-5A. Boeing says it took 2h for the Army to prepare each of the aircraft for loading, using 12 soldiers. Fire ...
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Merlin handover
GKN Westland delivered the fifth Royal Navy EH101 Merlin to prime contractor Lockheed Martin on 31 March. The Royal Navy will receive the aircraft at the end of the year. Source: Flight International
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V-22 award
The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey joint venture has been awarded a $419 million contract from the US Navy to begin low rate initial production of five MV-22 tiltrotor transports for the US Marine Corps. The contractor team was also awarded $59 million to provide long-lead items for a further seven ...
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Israeli EHUD for RAF
BVR of Israel is to supply its EHUD rangeless air combat manoeuvring instrumentation system to the UK Royal Air Force. The £3 million ($5 million) contract was signed earlier this month, with further options bringing the potential value of the contract to £31 million. GEC-Marconi will act as the main ...