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Italy talks defense
Italy is in talks with the US Department of Defense on taking a $40 million stake in the Joint Strike Fighter programme, according to Alenia aerospace division president Georgio Zappa. Source: Flight International
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USN plans test for T-45 engine surge solution
Flight testing of the US Navy's Boeing T-45 Goshawk jet trainer is planned for May in an effort to eliminate engine surges experienced at high angles of attack. Windtunnel testing of a model inlet and wing has been conducted at NASA Langley in a bid to isolate the problem, ...
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JSF requirement cap likely as rising costs force choices
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC The US Department of Defense (DoD) is likely to modify critical elements of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) in an attempt to cap escalating costs. Industry believes that the next iteration of the JSF requirements document will incorporate changes intended to reduce the costs of the three ...
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Rolls-Royce taps Chinese research
Rolls-Royce and BMW Rolls-Royce (BMW R-R) have signed agreements with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC), under which two Chinese universities and a research institute will carry out aero-engine research for the European companies. Beijing University will investigate the effects of vane pylon interaction on a low pressure com- pressor ...
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APIC APU for Boeing 717 passes tests
Sundstrand's Auxiliary Power International (APIC) has cleared the last major tests at the APS 2100 auxiliary power unit (APU) for the Boeing 717-200, and is on track for certification in October 1998. Three key tests now completed include cold and hot day starts, altitude tests and electromagnetic interference (EMI) ...
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SAAB A340 gear doors
Aerospatiale has awarded Saab a second A340-500/600 production contract, this time for main landing gear doors. The first shipset is due to be delivered in early 2000. Source: Flight International
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F-22 model installed for systems testing
A full-scale model of the forward half of a Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 has been installed on a tower at Fort Worth, Texas, to test the fighter's integrated communication, navigation and identification (CNI) system. The tests, at Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems, will use live signals from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, NAS ...
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Lucas drives on
Lucas Aerospace has been selected by Bell Helicopter Textron to supply main input drive-shaft assemblies for upgraded H-1 helicopters. Source: Flight International
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Intertechnique US link
Intertechnique and Derco Aerospace have agreed to form a joint venture repair and overhaul company. IDC Aerospace will be based at Derco subsidiary DRS' Milwaukee, Wisconsin base. See Feature, 'Room for manoeuvre' Source: Flight International
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CATIA simulates noise
A new acoustic simulation add-on to Dassault Systemes' CATIA computer aided design environment will be offered from May. Automated Analysis of Ann Arbor, Michigan, is integrating its COMET analysis software into CATIA. Source: Flight International
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Industrial PW150
Pratt & Whitney Canada has taken the unusual move of offering an industrial version of the PW150, which powers the Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-400, before the engine's certification. Source: Flight International
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Honeywell appeals over Sextant funding
Honeywell has appealed to the European Court of First Instance at Luxembourg against the European Commission's approval of a Fr140 million ($24 million) state aid package to Sextant Avionique for the development of a new flight management system (FMS). The US manufacturer says the decision violates the European provisions ...
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Asiana and KAL plunge into record losses
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Financially troubled South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines has released end-of-year results for 1997, showing a massive net loss, rivalling the deficit reported by rival Korean Air (KAL). Asiana lost 398 billion won ($270 million) for 1997, largely because of heavy foreign exchange losses from the collapse ...
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Aviation group shops
Aviation Group chief executive Lee Sanders promises further niche acquisitions this year as consolidation continues in the US aircraft services business. The latest addition is Aero Design, an aircraft batteries business based in Tennessee, to add to the group's newly formed Component Overhaul &Service division. Aviation Group has already built ...
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Litton takes TASC
Litton Industries has completed the acquisition of defence and commercial information technology and intelligence services specialist TASC from Primark for $432 million in cash. Source: Flight International
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Elta profits
Elta, the electronic warfare arm of Israel Aircraft Industries, posted pre-tax profits of $8.2 million for 1997, as sales grew by 17% to $270 million. New orders were booked worth $620 million, taking the company's backlog to $850 million. Source: Flight International
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Sonaca recovers
The recovery at Belgian aerostructures company Sonaca gathered pace last year with a net profit of BFr130 million ($3.5 million). That came despite a BFr360 million charge to cover an early retirement plan as part of its cost-cutting programme. Sales soared by 67% to BFr5.3 billion. Source: Flight International
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Strong US dollar helps to lift ST Aero's profits
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aero) has more than doubled its profits in 1997 as the strength of the US dollar helped push up margins in an already strong commercial and military overhaul business. Net profits for the aerospace business, now part of the ST Engineering grouping, came in at ...
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JAS forecasts losses and joins fresh Japanese drive on costs
Andrew Mollett/TOKYO Japan Air System (JAS) has added to the bad news in the Japanese airline sector, warning that it expects to post a loss for the last financial year and unveiling a renewed cost-cutting drive. JAS had forecast a profit of ´700 million ($5 million) for the ...
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Embraer heads for profits after sales soar
Embraer has produced its promised turnaround, coming close to breakeven last year and likely to show its first profits for seven years in 1998. The overall result for 1997 showed the Brazilian manufacturer with a net loss of $13.2 million, stemming from heavy costs in the first half of the ...