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Orenda completes certification tests on Vee-8
Orenda Recip has completed certification tests on the OE-600 high-power Vee-8 piston engine. Transport Canada's approval was granted at the end of March, climaxing a prolonged development and certification effort, which began in 1994 when the Canadian company acquired the engine programme. Certification allows OE-600 production to begin, initially ...
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Busy Socata is forced to delay Tangara
Julian Moxon/PARIS Production of the Socata Tangara light twin is to be delayed by up to a year, as the French manufacturer meets increased demand for subcontracting work and its TBM700 single. French certification of the Textron Lycoming 0-360-A1G6 powered Tangara was obtained in December 1997, with production start-up originally ...
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Fighter competition warms up in Chile
Chile's need for combat aircraft has w Graham Warwick/SANTIAGO Chile plans to shortlist two finalists for its Fighter 2000 programme by the end of this month, and select the winning aircraft by the end of May. The air force is completing its technical evaluation of the four competing aircraft - ...
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GE eyes supersonic Falcon SST
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES General Electric has begun a "basic feasibility study" into an engine for Dassault Aviation's proposed supersonic business jet. The work is based on its recently developed F414 military turbofan . The engine maker cautions that the study is preliminary and "-there is no discussion about a development ...
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Ilyushin freighter efficiency fails to impress Aeroflot director
Ilyushin's Il-96T has been brought to earth by criticism of its Alexander Velovich/Moscow THE HEAD OF Aeroflot has warned that the airline will not increase its orders for the Ilyushin II-96T freighter because the aircraft will not offer competitive operating economics. Speaking at a special gathering of Russia's Federal ...
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Airborne science flights begin at NASA Dryden
NASA's airborne science fleet has begun flying its 1998 programme at the Dryden flight centre at Edwards AFB, California, after being modified at the Ames Research Centre, California. Two Lockheed Martin ER-2s began flights from Dryden in January, while a modified McDonnell Douglas DC-8-72 is due to rejoin the airborne ...
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Mobile navaid test
Intertechnique's new automatic navaid inspection system (ANIS) has been certificated by the French civil aviation authority, the DGAC, for up to Category 3a instrument landing systems. The French company says that ANIS avoids the use of test aircraft and thus offers considerable savings. Source: Flight International
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Sextant gears up for merger
Ian Sheppard/PARIS Sextant Avionique is already gearing up to offer avionics systems from its future sister company Dassault Eléctronique. The initiative is part of the French company's efforts to build a flightdeck package to compete with integrated products offered by major US suppliers. Dassault Eléctronique developed an array ...
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Four teams line up to bid for new Argentine air traffic control
Argentina is to install a dual use civil air traffic control and military airspace surveillance system in a deal potentially worth $430 million. Four teams are expected to submit bids in mid-April, leading to a contract award by the end of May. Alenia, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Thomson-CSF are ...
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Lockheed Martin chases A-4 upgrade work
Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina plans to pursue opportunities to overhaul and upgrade McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawks expected to be acquired by Bolivia and Brazil. The Cordoba based company, which is upgrading A-4s for Argentina, also hopes to participate in a proposed upgrade of the Argentine air force's Dassault Mirages. Argentina's ...
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Bidders line up for competition to upgrade Brazil's F-5 fleet
Bids for Brazil's Northrop F-5 upgrade programme were submitted on 23 March. Embraer will act as prime contractor and system integrator for the structural and avionics upgrade programme, and will evaluate the bids, but the selection will be made by the Brazilian air force. Other aviation procurement programmes are also ...
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Enaer aims to revive Pillan trainer production
Chilean aircraft manufacturer Enaer hopes to put its Pillan trainer back in production following the sale of used aircraft to El Salvador and Guatemala. Enaer is co-operating with two Russian companies on development of an improved aircraft, the Pillan 2000. The recent sales involve T-35 Pillans previously operated by ...
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Airbus/Boeing vie for Mexico
Airbus Industrie and Boeing are competing for an order from Aeromexico and Mexicana for up to 100 narrowbody aircraft. The order will be placed by Mexico's CINTRA Group, which owns both carriers. A decision is expected "before June", says Airbus. The deal does not include aircraft for AeroPeru, which is ...
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HMOSP trial
The Chilean air force is testing a Boeing MD-530 helicopter equipped with the Israel Aircraft Industries helicopter multimission optronic stabilised payload (HMOSP). The system tested by the Chileans, which gives the helicopter day/ night observation and targeting capabilities, was interfaced with a datalink that transfers the images to a ground ...
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CN-235 order
Air Venezuela has ordered three CN-235 regional turboprops from IPTN for delivery this month. The Caracas-based regional airline is the South American launch customer for IPTN's N-250, with eight aircraft on order. Source: Flight International
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UK launch scheduled
The UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency's 100kg Space Technology Research Vehicles (STRV 1C and D) will be launched into geostationary transfer orbit by Arianespace in 1999 using the Ariane 5 Structure for Auxiliary Payloads system. Each STRV will weigh 100kg and each one will be equipped with 25 research ...
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Hughes wins three more contracts to build PanAmSat satellites
Hughes Space and Communications has received contracts to build the PanAmSat PAS 6B satellite and two spacecraft for the American Mobile Radio Corporation (AMRC). The PAS 6B is a rapid replacement for the Space Systems-Loral-built PAS 6 which has suffered electrical failures in orbit. PanAmSat has also expressed technical ...
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Arianespace launches Spot 4
Andrzej Jeziorski/KOUROU Arianespace successfully launched the Spot 4 Earth observation satellite for the French Space Agency (CNES) on 23 March after three days of delays. The hold-up was caused by a single bent connector pin on communications equipment. The 2,755kg satellite, built by prime contractor Matra Marconi Space, ...
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Three European space projects win UK funding
Three European space programmes have received a $36 million investment from the UK Government, with pledges that the country will now develop a closer relationship with the European Space Agency (ESA). John Battle, the UK's science, engineering and industry minister, says that the latest investment aims to help "position ...
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MAPO MIG to close for five months
MAPO MIG's Moscow factory has closed for at least five months from 1 April because of a lack of orders. The closure comes at a time of rising controversy over the future of the group. The shutdown of the plant was ordered by the general director of the VPK ...